This study aims to investigate power in language. More specifically, the study aims toinvestigate how a position of power affects how an individual performs speech acts.Additionally, the study aims to identify how power is legitimized through language. Theinvestigation focuses on a fictional character in a TV show, House of the Dragon, who holdsthe title of king, Viserys 1st Targaryen. The study is qualitative in nature and relies on theauthor's interpretations of the character's intentions behind each speech act analyzed. The resultsshow that the king is allowed to use language almost entirely how he wants to, even performingFace-Threatening-Acts, FTAs, towards anyone with impunity. The king is, however, morecareful with his speech acts when he desires to either maintain an open relationship withcharacters close to him, e.g., his daughter, or when what he says has drastic consequences, suchas war. To identify the legitimacy of power, the term was defined through two aspects, symbolicand functional, to illustrate that the power in the king's speech acts originates from other factors.The analysis argues that these two aspects, the social contract (symbolic), and the special,objective value of language (functional), are the sources that granted his power legitimacy. Bothsources are also dependent on each other. In other words, the king’s authority requiresrecognition and cooperation from enough characters in order to perform his speech acts withimpunity. However, not only does the social contract require the king’s compliance to adhereto social rituals as well, but it is also observed in the study that when the social contract hasbeen established the king’s speech acts actually worked as intended. When everyone agrees thatthe king has the authority to declare war, whether he intends to or not, his language can leadother characters to kill strangers on a battlefield. This ability of speech acts is considered in thispaper to be the effect of both symbolic and functional power. This paper is also emphasizingthe necessary relationship between the two aspects in order for power to be powerful.