10 Best 'Otto Hightower' Quotes

Otto Hightower: All hail King Aegon! Aegon the Magnanimous, Second of His Name, King of the Andals, and the Rhoynar, and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, and Protector of the Realm.
Martyn Reyne: Hail King Aegon!
Aegon II Targaryen (to Leon): “The Magnanimous”?
(Leon shrugs his shoulders)

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Otto Hightower (to Alicent): A sacrifice made for the stability of the realm. No king has ever lived that hasn’t had to forfeit the lives of a few to protect the many.

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Otto Hightower: Well played.
Alicent Hightower: None of this is a game.
Otto Hightower: And yet you treat it as one. A charming contest, the prize, a pouch of silver. We have relied on one another these many years. And now it is the good of the family that we both desire. Whatever our differences, our hearts remain as one.
Alicent Hightower: Our hearts were never one. I see that now. Rather, I have been a piece that you moved about the board.

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Otto Hightower: You’ll not leave this room without declaring your intention.
Lord Merryweather: I am no oath breaker. I will not bend the knee.

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Otto Hightower (about Rhaenyra): She and her family will be given the opportunity to publicly swear obeisance to the new King.
Alicent Hightower: She will never bend the knee. Nor will Daemon, which you know.

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Otto Hightower (to the council): We grieve for Viserys the Peaceful, our sovereign… our friend.

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Otto Hightower: I’ve never seen that side of you, my daughter. I even doubted its existence.
Alicent Hightower: It was an ugly thing. I regret it.
Otto Hightower: We play an ugly game. And now, for the first time, I see that you have the determination to win it.

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Otto Hightower (to Alicent): The King will die. It may be months or years, but he’ll not live to be an old man. And if Rhaenyra succeeds him, war will follow, do you understand? The realm will not accept her. And to secure her claim, she’ll have to put your children to the sword. She’ll have no choice. You know it. You’re no fool, and yet you choose not to see it. The time is coming, Alicent. Either you prepare Aegon to rule, or you cleave to Rhaenyra and pray for her mercy.

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Daemon Targaryen: Where is the King? I don’t see him.
Otto Hightower: His Grace would never lower himself to entertain such a mummer’s farce.

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Viserys Targaryen: Daemon has ambition, yes, but not for the throne. He lacks the patience for it.
Otto Hightower: The gods have yet to make a man who lacks the patience for absolute power, Your Grace.

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Viserys Targaryen: I named Daemon Master of Laws, but you said he was a tyrant. As Master of Coin You said he was a spendthrift that would beggar the realm. Putting Daemon in command of the City Watch was your solution!
Otto Hightower: A half-measure, Your Grace. The truth is, Daemon should be far away from this court.

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Character from House of the Dragon

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Top 5 Most Iconic Quotes by Otto Hightower from House of the Dragon

Otto Hightower Quotes from House of the Dragon

Above you’ll find the best quotes, dialogues and phrases by Otto Hightower. The quotes there are sorted from the latest added.

Otto Hightower is the Hand of the king Viserys I Targaryen and father of Alicent Hightower.

Otto Hightower is played by the actor Rhys Ifans.

The pick of the top 10 famous one-liners ever said by Otto Hightower:

“The gods have yet to make a man who lacks the patience for absolute power.” (Ep. 1×01)
“You’re no fool, and yet you choose not to see it. The time is coming, Alicent. Either you prepare Aegon to rule, or you cleave to Rhaenyra and pray for her mercy.” (to Alicent, Ep. 1×05)
“I’ve never seen that side of you, my daughter. I even doubted its existence.” (to Alicent, Ep. 1×07)
“We play an ugly game. And now, for the first time, I see that you have the determination to win it.” (to Alicent, Ep. 1×07)
“No king has ever lived that hasn’t had to forfeit the lives of a few to protect the many.” (to Alicent, Ep. 1×09)

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