Jon isn’t lying when he tells her she will always be his queen, right before plunging a knife into her. He genuinely swore obedience, and sees himself as a traitor when he commits the deeds.
But at that moment he is sprung upon by a panther billow leaping over the bulwarks. Wave after wave thus leaps into the ship ...
There's little sense of occasion in going to the cinema today, but the hows and wheres of viewing a film can deeply colour the whole viewing experience.
One very famous Sultan, Moulai Ismail of Meknes, in Morocco, had as many as 25,000 European slaves who participated in the building of his colossal stables.