Game of Thrones (TV Series)
Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things (2011)
Julian Glover: Grand Maester Pycelle
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Grand Maester Pycelle : "The Lineages and Histories of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms, with Descriptions of Many High Lords and Noble Ladies and their Children."
Eddard Stark : [opening it and flipping through pages] "Harkon Umber, first of his name, born to Lord Hother Umber and Lady Amaryllis Umber in the 183rd year after Aegon's landing, at the last hearth. Blue of eye, brown of hair, and fair complected, died in his 14th year of a wound sustained in a bear hunt."
Grand Maester Pycelle : As I said, my lord, a ponderous read.
Eddard Stark : Did Jon Arryn tell you what he wanted with it?
Grand Maester Pycelle : He did not, my lord. And I did not presume to ask.
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Eddard Stark : I've been hoping to talk to you about Jon Arryn.
Grand Maester Pycelle : Lord Arryn? Oh, his death was a great sadness to all of us. I took personal charge of his care, but I could not save him. His sickness struck him very hard and very fast. I saw him in my chambers just the night before he passed. Lord Jon often came to me for counsel.
Eddard Stark : Why?
Grand Maester Pycelle : I have been grand maester for many years. Kings and Hands have come to me for advice since...
Eddard Stark : What did Jon want the night before he died?
Grand Maester Pycelle : Oh, he came inquiring after a book.
Eddard Stark : A book? What book?
Grand Maester Pycelle : Oh, I fear it would be of little interest to you, my lord. A ponderous tome.
Eddard Stark : No, I'd like to read it.
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Eddard Stark : Jon's death...
Grand Maester Pycelle : Such a tragedy.
Eddard Stark : ...did he say anything to you during his final hours?
Grand Maester Pycelle : Nothing of import, my lord. Oh... there was one phrase he kept repeating. Uh, "the seed is strong," I think it was.
Eddard Stark : The seed is strong?
Grand Maester Pycelle : Mmm.
Eddard Stark : What does that mean?
Grand Maester Pycelle : Oh, the dying mind is a demented mind, Lord Stark. For all the weight they're given, last words are usually as significant as first words.
Eddard Stark : And you're quite certain he died of a natural illness?
Grand Maester Pycelle : Well, what else could it be?
Eddard Stark : Poison.
Grand Maester Pycelle : A disturbing thought. No, no, no, I don't think it likely. The Hand was loved by all. What sort of man would dare...
Eddard Stark : I've heard it said that poison is a woman's weapon.
Grand Maester Pycelle : Yes, women, cravens... and eunuchs. Did you know that Lord Varys is a eunuch?
Eddard Stark : Everybody knows that.
Grand Maester Pycelle : Yes, yes. Yes, of course. How that sort of person found himself on the king's council, I will never know.
Eddard Stark : [closing the book] I've taken enough of your time.
Grand Maester Pycelle : No trouble at all, my lord. It's a great honor...
Eddard Stark : [taking it with him] Thank you. I'll find my own way out.