Arya Stark Gets a History Lesson From Tywin Lannister | Game of Thrones | HBO

Harrown the Black thought this castle would be his legacy. Greatest fortress ever built. Tallest towers, the strongest walls. The great hall had 35 hearths. 35, can you imagine? Look at it now, a blasted ruin. Do you know what happened? Dragons? Yes, dragons happened. Harrown Hall was built to withstand an attack from the land. A million men could have marched on these walls and a million men would have been repelled. But an attack from the air, the dragon fire. Harrown and all his sons roasted alive within these walls. Aegon Targaryen changed the rules. That's why every child alive still knows his name 300 years after his death. Aegon and his sisters. What? It wasn't just Aegon riding his dragon. It was Rhaenys and Visenya too. Correct. Student of history, are you? Rhaenys rode Meraxes. Visenya rode Vhagar. I'm sure I knew that when I was a boy. Visenya Targaryen was a great warrior. She had a Valyrian steel sword she called Dark Sister. She's a heroine of yours, I take it. Are most girls more interested in the pretty maidens from the songs? Jonky, flowers in her hair. Most girls are idiots. You remind me of my daughter. Where did you learn all this stuff about Visenya and her Valyrian steel sword? From my father. He was a well-read stonemason. Can't say I've ever met a literate stonemason. Have you met many stonemasons, my lord? Careful now, girl. I enjoy you, but be careful. Take that back to the kitchen. Eat what you want.