Roby 🦋 φιλαλέξανδρος

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Rhaegar: My friends, fate has rewritten our plans. There is now only one path. I shall to my father alone. Arthur: Alone, my prince? Rhaegar: You swore that same vow, I'll not make you break it. Oswell: If you mean the king harm… Rhaegar: If you’d stop me, then DRAW YOUR SWORDS! All this spectacle, and to what end?! So I can flatter nobles? Grovel like some smallfolk beggar?! Nay! This conspiracy was born from mine own cowardice. I hold the lives of the realm in my hands. Yet I hesitate, for what? Duty, love? Can I be worthy of the Iron Throne if I lack the resolve to TAKE IT!? Arthur: Act not in rage, my prince. A throne won through blood shall not be held peaceful. Rhaegar: We stand in a castle wrecked by dragonfire! Aegon the Conqueror did not cower from destiny. He pled not with lords, or played games. Arthur: Your Grace, there's no deed more foul than slaying one's kin! Rhaegar: My father is mad. Procrastination imperils us all, while the heart of the realm is havoc. Oswell: If Tywin raises his banners in war, we shall- Rhaegar: I have seen it, Oswell! The end of life itself. I've seen dragons. Arthur: Dragons, my prince? Nay, your ambition deceives you! Rhaegar: Arthur, you know me of old. I crave not power or glory. ‘Tis not for me the earthbound delights of dancing, feasting, joy. These happy nobles, they may shape their lives as they wish. Mine own path is not sought, but given, authored by the gods, and they grow impatient, placing the king before me to force me to act. It is not my wish, but it is my path. I must to my father. Oswell: And we are by your side, my prince, ‘till the end. — Scene between Arthur Dayne, Oswell Whent, and Rhaegar Targaryen before Rhaegar goes to confront Aerys | Act I of ‘Game of Thrones: The Mad King’ 🐉💫 ✐ᝰ art by rhaegarpool

Tomomi Kobayashi creates beautiful and romantic fantasy illustrations