SNOW – EPISODE 1

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SNOW – EPISODE 1 | The Queen’s Peace
by Wicked AI
34:14 minutes
Oct 19, 2024

SNOW – EPISODE 1 takes place in the Game of Thrones universe, specifically after the events of the main series. It appears to follow Manfrey Martell, cousin to Arianne Martell, who serves as the “master of whispers” for King Bran, ruler of the Six Kingdoms. Manfrey narrates his experiences of being sent on a mission to uncover hidden threats to Westeros, with particular mentions of a “coming storm” and a “great other,” which alludes to a dark, ancient threat potentially beyond the Wall.

From this sample, here are some key elements:

  1. Setting and Characters:
  • Westeros is in a fragile peace, ruled by Bran the Broken.
  • Manfrey Martell, related to the Martell family of Dorne, holds an influential but covert position as Bran’s “eyes and ears.”
  1. Themes:
  • Secrets and Whispers: Manfrey’s position highlights a strong theme of hidden threats and political intrigue.
  • Ancient Darkness: References to “the great other” and an ominous force foreshadow the return of supernatural elements to Westeros.
  1. Tone:
  • Reflective and suspenseful, suggesting both reverence and apprehension toward the emerging threats.

TRANSCRIPT: [Music] for the past 10 years I have served as the master of Whispers I manfrey Martell cousin to Arian Martel the princess of sunspear now sit the small Council of Kings Landing I serve branstock ruler of the six kingdoms has his eyes and ears in a realm at peace but it is in peace that little bird sing most loudly they call me the serpent in the shadow but Shadows are all that remain Westeros basks in the sun oblivious to the chill wind that blows from Beyond the Wall in time but brand the broken knew and he trusted only me together we searched for answers for Whispers Whispers of a coming storm meant to swallow the world carried on the Winds of the narrow sea Whispers of a Darkness older than time the great other a threat that even the three-eyed Raven sight could not Pierce he sent me to OS following a trail of breadcrumbs my quest shrouded in secrecy and it was in braavos that I learned Secrets monstrous secrets that chill me to the Bone I returned as quickly as I could manage eager to tell my king the terrible truth to seek Bran’s guidance hopeful as wisdom would calm my fears but he was gone vanished leaving behind a council of bewildered souls and a realm which has no idea it’s teetering on the edge of Anarchy they’re holding a king’s moot in the South each house scrambling for power blind to the true danger the true enemy but I dare not tell them just as they dare not tell Sansa the truth about her brother’s disappearance they fear her loyalty to him the king who saw Beyond the Veil but she is the only one I can trust the only one who might understand the only one capable of standing against the coming Darkness I would have sent a raven or taken a ship but the knowledge I bring her is too dangerous too vital to the future of the realm to rely on the wings or sails of others but the road to Winterfell is long and the Shadows they grow longer with each passing day forgive my intrusion but the night is cold and I am hungry might I share your warmth for a while the night is indeed cold and it grows ever colder find your own fire elsewhere yours seems to be Burning Brightly enough for for two be on your way girl and best not linger there are wolves in these Woods wolves really I haven’t seen any you wouldn’t would you not until it was too late you seem troubled is something Weighing on your mind the road is long a weary traveler’s mind wanders just as yours should be doing further on up the road mod yours wanders North i’ wager towards Winterfell what do you know of my destination just making an observation observations are a dangerous game girl especially on a night like this you have the look of a man with a purpose the look of King’s Landing the north draws many these days the Queen’s peace is renowned throughout the realm peace a fragile thing isn’t it like a thin layer of ice on a winter Pond you seem to know a lot about ice for a man who travels with daish sand still clinging to his boots you have a sharp tongue girl best you keep it sheathed fine fine sit go ahead and sit warm yourself thank you and you girl what brings you North family the King’s road takes me to deepwood mot where I’m to treat with the Glovers on behalf of my father you’re Highborn I take it I’m Ellen mandley the youngest daughter of Aller mandley he’s Wyman of white Harbor’s youngest brother a manderly daughter walking the King’s Road alone my horse went lame a few leagues from here foolish Beast took a bad step now I’m the one doing the walking unwise even in times of peace peace makes fools of us all in the end doesn’t it makes us forget the dangers that lurk in the shadows and what would a girl like you know of Shadows perhaps I will tell you or perhaps it is not my darkness that concerns me they say the night is dark and full of Terrors yes there are some who do say that the night has many Whispers And I have learned to listen to them all the voice of the night does it Whisper of gathering Shadows Of Darkness to the north storms to the West betrayals in the East tell me what Secrets has the Knight revealed to you what brings a man like you to the doorstep of Winterfell manfrey Martell You Know My Name a girl knows many [Music] [Music] [Music] names the north remembers it remembers the cold that seeps into your bones the wind that Whispers Tales of Winter’s past it remembers the battles fought and lost the sacrifices made the blood spilled on the frozen ground but it also remembers spring the Thor that melts the ice the return of life to the land the promise of a new beginning and that is what we have built here A New Beginning Winterfell Stands Strong its walls are rebuilt its Halls Echo with laughter the harvests are Bountiful the people content and I Sansa Stark Queen in the north I am finally home I married a good man a kind man a man from the South Willis Tyrell a name that once carried the weight of fertile fields and Rich coffers he was loris’s brother and was away from the reach during the war only to return and find his family dead at the hands of Cersei and his legacy handed to Brun tyrion’s mercenary Bran’s master of coin the north looked Upon Our Union with suspicion at first a stark and a Tyrell binding the North to the reach to high Garden there were Whispers there always are Whispers of Southern influence creeping into our lands of alliances forged with motives beyond the love of Heth and family but I learned from the best from Littlefinger from Cersei from Tyrion I learned how to listen to those Whispers without letting them control me in the first year of our marriage I faced the doubt of my bannermen the quiet disapproval of those who feared the South’s influence they all question questioned if I their Queen had compromised the north for the riches and power of the South they all underestimated me but 9 years have passed and those doubts have quieted and the mandes a proud Northern house once exiled from the reach before the Targaryen Conquest has prospered and through them the north reaps the benefits our grain stores are full our population swells and now even house castar and the umbers trust my judgment unconditionally my marriage to Willis has built a bridge between the North and South that many thought was impossible it has given me a political Victory but it also has given me joy Willis loves me he truly Lov loves me and when we stood before our people as the queen and king in the North Willis understood what that meant and his understanding was the most precious gift I have ever been given there must always be a Stark in Winterfell it is a promise to the north and even in death I will honor it I had to secure our House’s place for generations to come and will understood that so our children carry the Stark name our five beautiful children there’s edad my eldest a boy who carries his grandfather’s name with pride catlyn my sweet girl as clever and compassionate as her namesake my mischievous Twins Rob and ricken always finding trouble always reminding me of the brothers I lost and then there’s little lyana my youngest named for an aunt I never knew a woman whose Beauty ignited a war a woman whose love for a prince from the south shattered a kingdom her name is a reminder of the past of the power that love holds to destroy and to heal it all seems so long ago now the battles the betrayals the endless Winters those days in King’s Landing Joffrey’s cruelty cersei’s cold ambition little fingers Whispers weaving a web of Deceit those Horrors they shaped me hardened me they taught me how to play The Game of Thrones so I did and I won and yet even in the warmth of Summer the Shadows of the past still linger I wake each morning with a knot of unease in my stomach a fear that claw at the edges of my happiness old Nan’s stories they come back to me in my dreams tales of the long night nightmares of white walkers of the ice that consumes all light but the night king is dead and bran rules the six kingdoms to the South he is the three-eyed Raven a protector against the darkness my realm is safe the north is safe I should be at peace but the dreams remain storms raging a darkness that swallows the Sun a cold that seeps into my bones a fear that chills my heart but why am I afraid so very afraid why can’t I escape these Shadows my life is good my children are healthy the north is strong maybe it’s me maybe I’m broken maybe my pain cut deeper than I thought maybe it cut down into my very Soul maybe some wounds never truly heal there are some scars no one ever sees scars even I don’t acknowledge scars left by those who sought to break me ramsy his cruelty still lingers like Black Ink on my spirit a sickness I cannot shake the things he did to me the pain he reveled in is that what’s seeping into my dreams as if his presence his dark presence even in death will never truly leave me and then I think of bran he is alone all alone so very far away the Lone Wolf the lone Raven I want to be there with him to offer him Comfort remind him of his family of the love that binds us I want to seek answers but I know my place is here in the north with my children with my people I will not repeat my father’s mistake I will not abandon my home perhaps I can convince him to visit Winterfell let him see the North in all its Glory with his own eyes let him meet the newest generation of starks yes I will send for him my brother needs to come home my apologies for interrupting your prayer Your Grace it’s all right I was just finished what is it a visitor seeks your audience Your Grace he arrived quietly from the south from the south who are they Lord manfrey Martell the master of Whispers to King bran manfrey Martell here was he expected was I not told no your grace he came in secret and you confirmed his identity it’s really him yes your grace I met him once before in King’s Landing he Bears the sigil of House Martell and his words carry weit he insists it is a matter of grave importance and claims he must speak with you immediately and privately privately did he say what he wants no your grace only that it could not wait and it must be with you alone very well shall I bring him here to the godswood no bring him to my Chambers and wait outside no one else is to enter as you command your grace Your Grace Winterfell stands strong as it always has under your rule I wish I could bring better news from the South but the winds carry Whispers of chaos chaos you say there’s always chaos in the south M speak plainly why are you here Lord Martel I wish it were simple but the truth is far more complicated King bran your brother he’s gone gone what do you mean he’s gone disappeared Your Grace bran has disappeared how could the King’s Guard how could Brienne have allowed this to happen he is your king my brother he must be found you misunderstand Your Grace he is not merely gone he has vanished one moment he was Seated on his chair and the next poof Gone without a trace how could you possibly expect me to believe that I wish I could say I saw it myself but I’ve only just returned from esos at his Grace’s behest and and the council was in disarray they’ve tried to keep it quiet but the truth will not stay hidden much longer and who was it who learned of this truth who actually saw my brother disappear Lord Tyrion Lord Tyrion he claims it was sudden mid conversation no warning no explanation bran was simply there and then he simply wasn’t and why is it you who has brought me this news and not Tyrion when did this happen 41 days ago your grace 41 days Tyrion did not want you to know no one did the small Council has called for a king’s Moot and as we speak the Lords of the great houses are all being gathered all the Lords except for me the North stands independent the council believes it was not yet meant for you to know only I disagree you said you were sent to OS by bran why I was sent to investigate a rising threat from Beyond the Seas Whispers of termoil of storms Prophecies of blood but when I returned I found a realm in chaos a missing king and a missing hand a missing hand you mean Tyrion is gone too yes your grace he fled the capital on drogon’s back drogon’s back you’re telling me Tyrion Roe a dragon that he fled King’s Landing on a dragon you’re serious things have changed Tyrion has changed the man you knew is long dead the red priests and Os have begun to worship him calling him aor a high they say the signs all point to him they say fire speak his name and Tyrion is using it to his Advantage Tyrion worshiped by priests he doesn’t even believe in the gods why would the priests turn to him because he has drogon the dragon follows him in esos there are Whispers everywhere the red priests hail him as the prince who was promised they preach he will bring fire and salvation and Tyrion has embraced it they say he’s raising an army an army Tyrion raising an army why he’s seeking the throne Your Grace he believes the Iron Throne is his destiny that he was robbed of it under fairly he’s flown to OS to gather forces and with drogon at his command you can rest assured he will return with Fire and Blood to claim what he believes is his that doesn’t make any sense Tyrion never wanted the throne he wanted nothing more than peace peace before he learned the truth the truth what truth the truth about his birth about his real father tyrion’s father was Tywin lanister there were always rumors that AIS coveted his mother and these Whispers were proven true enough when the Lord of Light revealed it to his followers in the Flames Tyrion wasn’t born of taiwan’s blood he was born of the Mad King no that cannot be Tywin never would have raised a bastard he hated the targaryens indeed did you really believe political aspirations are alone were enough to embroil the Lannisters in Robert’s Rebellion think your grace it explains everything tywin’s hatred of Tyrion his mismatched features his dreams of dragons why Daenerys trusted him and why droon now follows him they say dragons recognize their own blood and now Tyrion has embraced his true identity even if that’s true and the old laws were still follow he’s only a bastard he’s not Tyrion Targaryen he’s Tyrion Waters and he was raised by the Lannisters he has no claim perhaps not by law but by Fire and Blood the red priests don’t care about marriage they care about prophecy they see him as the one who will bring the world to its knees with Drogan with the Army he’s raising Tyrion may be the greatest threat the realm has faced in a decade and you expect me to believe all of this that bran vanished with Without a Trace and Tyrion Tyrion has fled raising an army as some Targaryen Bastard with the Red Priest backing him you don’t have to believe the prophecy is your grace but the facts are there bran is gone Tyrion is gone and now an entire religion chants his name in OS the south is vulnerable and so is the north you need to act now before he brings the fires to your doorstep and why tell me all of this you’re a Martel your loyalty is to Dawn and the South not to me not to the north my loyalty is to my king the rightful King of the six kingdoms bran the broken your brother in his absence his questionable absence you are the only one I can truly trust an outsider his Grace’s sister a stark of Winterfell what is it you’re proposing what would you have me do what steps would Bran’s master of Whispers have the queen of the north take to protect the realm think carefully Your Grace with bran gone the south is a Tinder Box Tyrion will need allies and he knows everyone’s weaknesses he knows how to exploit their desires mark my words Your Grace Braun and haard will side with him and they will use the tyros to manipulate you you must sever your ties with the reach I would have you consolidate your strength fortify by your borders and rely only on those whose loyalty is unquestioned the north needs its Queen now more than ever but does the queen need the South turn my back on my husband’s family abandon the alliances we’ve forged you expect me to cut ties with the reach just because of some Whispers from OS it’s not Whispers Your Grace it’s War the south is crumbling the red priests are Fanning the flames and those Flames will devour everything don’t let sentiment Cloud your judgment the reach will abandon you the moment it suits them just as they abandoned haard you need to act now for your children for your people call your banners and prepare for what’s coming if you don’t the north will burn and what do you stand to gain from this you come to me with warnings no proof no evidence just Whispers And fear you seow chaos not Clarity so tell me manfrey why have you really come what do you want I want to save you to save Westeros bran trusted me with this task and now that trust Falls to you the north must be protected trust you speak of trust but all you’ve brought brought me a lies Tyrion may have his faults but never has he been a threat to me I know manipulation when I see it your grace you must believe me this is the truth no you’re telling me what you think will make me act but I’ve played the game before and I’ve learned from the best why are you really here manfrey what do you truly want from me I believed you were the key to stopping what’s coming but perhaps I was wrong perhaps you’re more a part of the problem than the solution a problem that must be dealt with what do you mean by that how am I the problem I had Faith you would do the right thing when called upon clearly that Faith was misplaced sir aldri come in here immediately I need you sir aldri there’s no answer your grace because I made sure of it you always were so cautious but even you can’t see everything you’re not your brother what did you do only what needed to be done it’s unfortunate really part of the fault is my own You’re simply too clever Sansa far too clever for your own good and that makes you dangerous you’ll always be a threat to me but you’re still needed manfrey Martell served his purpose now you will serve yours do you intend to kill me I won’t just kill you Sansa I’ll become you and the north will follow me just as they always have who are you your face will serve me well after all I have always loved did so who are you who do you think the north is my home it always has been I have given everything to protect it to ensure its survival but now even this fragile piece I fought so hard to secure feels like an illusion he came to me with Whispers of chaos Whispers of betrayal of a Darkness gathering in the South he came out of loyalty for my brother my brother Lost in Time King bran vanished Without a Trace Tales of Tyrion fleeing on the back of drogon riding into a storm of fire and prophecy a storm he will bring to my kingdom to my home the world has always felt so distant to the north as though we were an island Untouched by the politics of the South but that is a fantasy that must be shattered I once thought of Tyrion as an ally as a friend but now I wonder have I misjudged him was I too blinded by our past to see the truth is he truly seeking the throne raising armies in essos he always swore to protect the realm what changed was it just his name that changed or did something deeper shift within him was his ambition always there lurking beneath the surface waiting to rise high enough that he could claim it my husband assures me that the reach stands with the north that his family will honor our vows but can I trust them can I trust anyone if Tyrion returns with drogon with fire in his eyes and a targaryen’s destiny in his heart then the north will burn I cannot let let that [Music] happen I will not let that happen I will not let the north fall I see the fear in the eyes of my children they know a darkness is approaching them but they cannot see it so they wait and they watch for it the darkness coming for us all they look to me for protection for guidance their mother their Queen Brienne once told me there is no shame in fear but there is shame in failing to act and if Tyrion brings the fire then I will meet him with ice the north remembers it remembers the betrayals the wars the blood spilled on our frozen ground we will not be caught unaware we will not be Pawns in their game again the north will stand strong the north will be ready Winterfell will not fall and I I will not fail my people maester make sure all the Ravens are fed I wish to send word to the Lords of the north by Nightfall at once my queen and what should the message say tell them winter is no longer our only enemy tell them I will meet them all in the Great Hall in a fortnite tell them there isn’t much time these are fail Tidings indeed what could possibly be so urgent your grace is worse than you can possibly imagine tell the Lords to summon their banners all of them a call to arms but your grace the realm is at peace peace is a fleeting illusion maester and the north must be ready for war Lords of the north my kin my blood my people we have known suffering we have known cold and we have known war the north remembers and so do we you stand before me as the strength of our kingdom The Shield that guards our homes and families for years we have known peace years of prosperity of rebuilding of raising our children under Skies free of War but peace my lords is fragile peace is a thin layer of ice on a winter Pond and the cracks are beginning to show a storm is coming it comes from the East born on the back of a dragon a storm of Fire and Blood fueled by ambition betrayal and Whispers of Prophecy my brother the ruler of the six kingdoms is gone vanished Without a Trace and now Tyrion Lannister the man who once swore to protect the realm has fled King’s Landing he rides drogon daenerys’s Dragon to OS seeking power seeking War I once called him friend called him husband but we have all been deceived me most of all the man we thought we knew is lost and in his place stands a man who listens to The Whispers of the false gods the red Priests of os hail him as their savior the prince who was promised they have crowned him their champion and he has embraced it he rides within the fires of their Prophecy with drogon beneath him and an army soon to follow when he returns he will not come as the man who fought by our side against the night King against Cersei against Daenerys he will come as a conqueror he claims he is the son of the Mad King he is coming for the south for the kingdoms that betrayed his family for the crown he believes was stolen by my brother but make no mistake my lords the north will not be spared he will bring Fire and Blood to Westeros to all of us we cannot let that happen I will not let that happen the alliance we built are fragile and the South grows restless we must rely on our own strength we must be prepared to stand alone I will not let Tyrion Lannister burn the north to ashes I will not let him destroy what we have built I will not fail you my lords My People The Whispers of War have already reached our Shores the winds carry the scent of smoke and blood the Shadows are gathered in and the Wolves of Winterfell must be ready to fight I have called you here today not to celebrate the peace but to prepare for the storm summon your banners gather your men sharpen your swords the north will not fall we will stand strong against this new threat just as we have stood against every enemy that has ever dared to cross our borders we are the north we remember we will always remember we will survive we will endure and we will fight [Music] la [Music