House of the Dragon Quotes

Daemon Targaryen: Aegon was in your grasp. You should’ve killed him yourself.

Erryk Cargyll: Arryk and I were named to the Kingsguard at just 8 and 10. And we swore the same oath: to defend the whole of the royal family. So what were we to do when they turned against one another?

Helaena Targaryen: I’m afraid.

Aegon II Targaryen: Don’t be. They’d be fools to come with Vhagar protecting the city.

Helaena Targaryen: Not the dragons. The rats.

Aegon II Targaryen: The queen is an enduring mystery… is she not?

Cregan Stark: Do you think my ancestors built a 700-foot wall of ice to keep out snow and savages?

Jacaerys Velaryon: What does it keep out?

Cregan Stark: Death.

Jacaerys Velaryon: The realm will soon tear itself apart… if men do not remember the oath sworn to King Viserys and to his rightful heir.

Cregan Stark: Starks do not forget their oaths, my prince. But you must know that my gaze is forever torn between north and south. In winter, my duty to the Wall is even more dire than the one I owe to King’s Landing.

Cregan Stark: The North must stand ready. Winter is coming.

Jacaerys Velaryon: Coming? What is this, then, that falls from the skies and shivers my bones?

Cregan Stark: This is only a late summer snow, my prince. In winter, it will cover all you see, and all memories of warmth will be forgotten.

Cregan Stark: Duty is sacrifice. It eclipses all things, even blood. All men of honor must pay its price. The North owes a great duty to the Seven Kingdoms. One older than any oath. Since the days of the First Men, we have stood as guardians against the cold and the dark. Through its long tradition, the Night’s Watch cultivated its strength from doomed men who had their life as their only possession. But my ancestor, Torrhen Stark, began a tradition by making an offering at the onset of winter: one in 10 men from our household was to be chosen to fortify the Watch. This is not a sentence but an honor. A duty embraced by all who serve the North. Even by mine own kin. The North must stand ready. Winter is coming.

Bartimos Celtigar: There has never lived a Stark who forgot an oath.