The Prince of Thorns

🌹No Mercy🌹

Tyrion is walking over an ash-covered ground. There are burned bodies and cargo strewn about. Dothraki are looting dead Lannister soldiers. A group of mounted Dothraki are escorting captured Lannister soldiers to where Daenerys and Drogon are awaiting the prisoners. Daenerys addresses the captured soldiers.

Daenerys: I know what Cersei has told you, that I've come to destroy your cities --

The camera pans around the prisoners. The men are covered in filth and blood from the battle.

Daenerys: -- burn down your homes, murder you, and orphan your children. That's Cersei Lannister, not me. I'm not here to murder. And all I want to destroy is the wheel that is rolled over rich and poor to the benefit of no one but the Cersei Lannisters of the world. I offer you a choice. Bend the knee and join me. Together we will leave the world a better place than we found it, or refuse and die.

A few Lannister men kneel to the ground, while most remain standing. Drogon roars and moves closer to the men. Almost all the Lannister men quickly kneel, while a few still remain standing, including Manden Turnberry and his son Arlen.

Daenerys speaks to Manden.

Daenerys: Step forward, My Lord.

Manden takes several steps towards Daenerys and stands in front of the kneeling Lannister men.

Daenerys: You will not kneel? Manden: I already have a queen.

Tyrion: My sister, she wasn't your queen until recently though, was she, until she murdered your rightful queen. So it appears your allegiances are somewhat flexible.

Manden: There are no easy choices in war. Say what you will about your sister, she was born in Westeros, has lived here all her life. You, on the other hand, you murdered your own father and chose to support a foreign invader. One with no ties to this land, an army of savages at her back.

Daenerys: You will not trade your honor for your life. I respect that.

Tyrion turns to speak to Daenerys.

Tyrion: Perhaps he could take the black, Your Grace. Whatever else he is, he is a true soldier. He would be invaluable at the Wall.

Manden: You cannot send me to the Wall. You are not my queen.

Daenerys turns to look at her Dothraki escort. The Dothraki walk forward to collect Manden. As the men are pulling Manden away, Arlen steps forward.

Arlen: You will have to kill me too.

Manden pulls away from the Dothraki and turns to face his son.

Manden: Step back and shut your mouth.

Daenerys (to Arlen): Who are you?

Manden: A stupid boy.

Arlen: I'm Arlen Turnberry, son of Manden Turnberry.

Tyrion: You are the future of your house. Don't let it cloud your future. Bend the knee.

Arlen looks to Manden. Manden nods to his son.

Arlen: I will not.

Tyrion turns to speak to Daenerys. He speaks softly so no one but the queen can hear.

Tyrion: Your Grace, nothing strips bold notions from a man's head like a few weeks in a dark cell.

Daenerys: I meant what I said. I'm not here to put men in chains. If that becomes an option, many will take it. I gave them a choice. They made it.

Tyrion: Your Grace, if you begin beheading entire families --

Daenerys: I'm not beheading anyone.

Tyrion pauses and looks over at Drogon. Drogon roars and shakes his head and flexes his wings.