Weeping, Jon holds Daenerys in his arms as she dies. As the two kiss, a greatly anguished Jon tells Daenerys that she will be his queen forever, before he stabs her in her heart with his dagger. Distressed, Jon asks Daenerys how she knows it's good and questions, "What about everybody else? All the people who think they know what's good?" Daenerys simply responds, "They don't get to choose." Embracing Jon, Daenerys asks him to be by her side and to build her new world together. Daenerys says she can't hide behind small mercies, "The world we need won't be built by men loyal to the world we have." Jon says they need a world of mercy, but Daenerys believes her actions are the way they build a good world. Jon pleads with Daenerys to forgive Tyrion and all of the people of King's Landing, to make them see they are mistaken about her. Daenerys defends her actions, claiming they were necessary. She approaches the Iron Throne, reaching out to touch it when she is found by Jon, who confronts her over burning down King's Landing, killing thousands of men, women, and children, and executing surrendered Lannister prisoners. Jon Snow holds the body of Daenerys Targaryen.ĭaenerys walks in to the ruins of the throne room, seeing what she saw in the House of the Undying years ago. Tyrion reminds Jon that his sisters will never kneel for Daenerys. Love is more powerful than reason." Jon reflects, "Love is the death of duty." Tyrion tells Jon that he is the shield that guards the realms of men, who tries to protect people, "Who is the greatest threat to the people now?" Tyrion acknowledges he is asking Jon to do a terrible thing, "But it is also the right thing." Due to his love for Daenerys, Jon doesn't think he can do it. I love her too, not as successfully as you, but I believed in her with all my heart. As Jon struggles with this, Tyrion reasons, "I know you love her. Jon visits Tyrion, who warns the former about what Daenerys has become.
Before them all, Tyrion disgustedly confronts Daenerys for slaughtering an entire city he is subsequently arrested by Daenerys. Daenerys tells them all that they "liberated" King's Landing, "You tore down their stone houses, you gave me the Seven Kingdoms." She declares their war is not over, proclaims her intention to conquer the world and put an end to the rule of all tyrants, breaking the wheel for good. Daenerys delivers a speech to her Dothraki and Unsullied forces, declaring the sack of King's Landing a success. Jon, Davos, and Tyrion walked through the city in the aftermath, stunned and dismayed by the amount of destruction and death caused by their queen. King's Landing is destroyed by the dragonfire of Drogon and the wildfire caches placed beneath the city by Daenerys's father, King Aerys II, with thousands of smallfolk and surrendered soldiers dead. However, at the Battle of King's Landing, she burns down the city even after the Lannister soldiers surrender. Daenerys stands over a ruined King's Landing.ĭaenerys, who gradually succumbs to the Targaryen madness, initially agrees to Tyrion's proposal that they give the people of King's Landing a chance to surrender.