Corlys Velaryon

You know, you've got this kind of third power in the anarchy in Scotland.

And I guess to some extent, this could be maybe Lord Corliss, you know, to some extent he's doing his own thing.

He has his own agenda.

He's sort of kind of supportive of the crown, but...

...

this base of operations to bring in the characters like Corlys where it feels more believable than if they're just, like, on the march, I guess.

I don't know.

I do wanna talk about that because, like, I think that they could largely done the grooming of Daeron if you just have them at different camps along the way and, and, uh-

... like the worst kinda circumstances.

Nobody really wants to see her succeed.

Um, and in the show that's like, I think they make that a lot more explicit, like how many different directions she's being pulled into by Jace, and Daemon, and Mysaria, and, you know, Cor- in the book there's Corlys and, and, uh, uh, Selhyrr the Master of Coin, all that kinda stuff.

She just, she's just really being pulled in all these d- different directions, trying to do the right thing always, but...

And he's like, no, with uncle.

Daron again like Daron wanting to fight Daron saying that he wants to you know people are going to die for him he should be there fighting this is the whole reason for everything that Gwyn does next everything releasing Corlys everything this is about Daron feels compelled to fucking jump in here and fight so

he's got to protect him

and he needs to protect him because he's Because

I love that Gwaine's hiding behind Corliss through the whole thing.

It's so funny.

in that moment when Corlys is like giving his speech to Daemon about you know this could actually work think about this but he turns around and he looks at Gawain as if to say can I have more chain please I'm trying to make a dramatic statement

Gawain's like oh shit sorry here

So I, I guess like in the show they're trying to like each of these things is, is, is there's a stand-in, there's one thing to sh- throw it in relief.

Like there's no gold so you can't pay your police and they're going to leave, so now you're relying on the Velaryons as your security, right? Like you gotta, you gotta-

Mm-hmm

... just shorten all that down.

Um, and so like it would muddy the waters to have the Baratheon troop movements and like the... ''Cause you'd be like, "Well, the Velaryons are here, so why the Velaryons are so, so important? You, you don't need them for the big battle anymore, so just put them to tr-" So they're like...

Condal's like paring it down to like Rhaenyra's got this big problem and it's, it's, it's manifested as this one issue.

And having Jeyne not send her troops but send gold kinda has a way to do both of that at once.

Oh, do you by any chance remember the 23rd Psalm? I learned it as a child, but now I...

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.

He leadeth me beside the still waters.

The day was saved, but darker days were to follow.

Defeat dug the steps of Washington's braggart army, but he did not despair.

In one last desperate attempt, he planned to trap the victorious troops of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown.

Here, here!

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in some sense, like Corlys, of sh- so Corlys asked one thing of her, and that is, "I want you to legitimize my two sons that are my two bastard sons," which were Addam Hull and, uh, what's the other guy's name? Um, that act- the, the character's name, I'm blanking on it at the moment.

Yeah.

Uh, but then he has an, uh, a, uh, Alyn, I think.

[laughs] Uh-oh, said the B word.

Whom I accepted as my heir was a bastard.

Lord Corlys.

Your son Jacaerys lived and died a bastard.