#The Sworn Sword

[dorsie]

ROHANNE WEBBER 🕷️

[knightofthenewrepublic]

[crazy-god-bunker-jughead]

Obligatory please reblog for larger sample size!

[sare11aa11eras]

Ser Eustace: of course no one liked Daeron ii!! He was gay!!! And a nerd!!! Fuck that guy!!!!

Also Ser Eustace: [describes Daemon Blackfyre in THE MOST homoerotic terms possible]

[marwyn]

George R. R. Martin, “The Sworn Sword”

Apuleius, “The Tale of Cupid and Psyche” (trans. Jack Lindsay)

Illustration by Gary Gianni

Illustration by Edward Burne-Jones, engraved on wood by William Morris

[muadweeb]

"You’ve known queens and princesses. Did they dance with demons and practice the black arts?"

"Lady Shiera does. Lord Bloodraven’s paramour. She bathes in blood to keep her beauty. And once my sister Rhae put a love potion in my drink, so I’d marry her instead of my sister Daella."

Egg spoke as if such incest was the most natural thing in the world.

[withfireandbl00d]

Aegon I Targaryen, also known as Aegon the Conqueror and Aegon the Dragon, was the first Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and king on the Iron Throne, having conquered six of the Seven Kingdoms during the Conquest. The dragonlord was the founder of the ruling Targaryen dynasty of Westeros.

Appearance and Character :

Aegon was tall, broad-shouldered and powerful in appearance, with purple eyes and short-cut silver-gold hair. He was very charismatic and commanding. During his Conquest he typically wore a shirt of black scales, greaves, gauntlets, and a cloak into battle and wielded Blackfyre, a bastard sword made of Valyrian steel. His crown was a simple circlet of Valyrian steel, set with big square-cut rubies.

Aegon was seen as an enigma even to his contemporaries. He was a solitary person whose only friend was Orys Baratheon, who was widely believed to be his bastard half-brother. The king was a great warrior who only rode his dragon, Balerion, for battle or travel and never entered tourneys. Aegon remained faithful to his sisters and left governance in their hands and only took command when necessary. While he was harsh with those who defied him, he was generous to those that bent the knee.

Aegon is not considered to have been particularly pious. According to a semi-canon source, he followed the Faith of the Seven for political reasons. Aegon was a dragon dreamer according to another semi-canon source.

Quotes by Aegon :

"When the sun sets, your line shall end."

—Aegon to Harren Hoare

"A king should never sit easy"

—Aegon to his armorers

Quotes about Aegon :

"On the seventh day, a cloud of ravens burst from the towers of Dragonstone to bring Lord Aegon's word to the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. To the seven kings they flew, to the Citadel of Oldtown, to lords both great and small. All carried the same message: from this day forth there would be but one king in Westeros. Those who bent the knee to Aegon of House Targaryen would keep their lands and titles. Those who took up arms against him would be thrown down, humbled, and destroyed."

—writings of Gyldayn

"Aegon the Conqueror brought fire and blood to Westeros, but afterward he gave them peace, prosperity, and justice."

—Daenerys Targaryen to her supporters

"Aegon once stood here as I do, looking down on this table. Do you think we would name him Aegon the Conqueror today if he had not had dragons?"

—Stannis Baratheon to Davos Seaworth

Reign : 1–37 AC

Coronation : 2 BC(Aegonfort) 1 AC(Oldtown)

Full name : Aegon of House Targaryen, First of His Name

Titles :

Lord of Dragonstone

King of All Westeros

Shield of His People

King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men

Lord of the Seven Kingdoms

Protector of the Realm

Predecessor : Lord Aerion Targaryen(as Lord of Dragonstone)

Heir : Prince Aenys Targaryen

Successor : King Aenys I Targaryen

Aliases :

Aegon the Conqueror

Aegon the Dragonlord

Aegon Dragonlord

Aegon the Dragon

Aegon of Dragonstone

Born : 27 BC Dragonstone

Died : 37 AC(aged 63) Dragonstone

Buried : Dragonstone

Race : Valyrian

Culture : Crownlander

Dynasty : Targaryen

Queens :

Visenya Targaryen (1–37 AC)

Rhaenys Targaryen (1–10 AC)

Issue :

With Rhaenys: King Aenys I Targaryen

With Visenya: King Maegor I Targaryen

Father : Lord Aerion Targaryen

Mother : Lady Valaena Velaryon

Books :

The World of Ice & Fire (mentioned)

Fire & Blood (mentioned)

The Rise of the Dragon (mentioned)

The Princess and the Queen (mentioned)

The Hedge Knight (mentioned)

The Sworn Sword (mentioned)

The Mystery Knight (mentioned)

A Game of Thrones (mentioned)

A Clash of Kings (mentioned)

A Storm of Swords (mentioned)

A Feast for Crows (mentioned)

A Dance with Dragons (mentioned)

Fancast(s) : Charlie Hunam / Henry Cavill

[eschercaine]

The writers already ruined Game of Thrones with that trash of a finale, then House of the Dragon by disregarding the source material for a terrible fanfic they cooked up, and now after all this shit, they want to adapt Tales of Dunk and Egg into a tv show?

If these people are gonna ruin the books like they did to the predecessors, then they should stop adapting it.

[ceve-art]

One of the things that I really enjoyed while reading “A knight of the Seven kingdoms” is the subtle parallelism with Egg and Daenerys. There are certain behaviors and “quirky” manners that the Targaryen (including the Blackfyres) share, repeat and undoubtedly, inherit. Take the fact that both Egg and Daenerys like to bathe in hot —almost boiling, scalding— water as an example of what I’m talking about:

(“The Sworn Sword”; Dunk’s POV.)

(“Game of thrones”; Daenerys POV.)

Aside from that, we have the dreams: symbolic dreams of dragons, hatching dragon’s eggs and death. Some of the “Targaryen dreamers” are:

-Daenys The Dreamer

-Aegon I The Conqueror

-Daeron The Drunken

-Daemon II Blackfyre

-Maester Aemon Targaryen

-Daenerys Stormborn

-Aerys II The Mad King

(I cannot recall any others, so, if you remember, feel free to comment/correct me!)

And finally, the pathologically-cruel siblings: take Egg’s brother Aerion Brightflame and Daenery’s brother Viserys as an example of the parallels).

I could go on on this topic, as there are many more things “the dragons” had/have in common. But maybe in a next post.

[lady-asteria]

Ok so...

(If you can tell me why, go on)

[confusedismymiddlename]

It's mentioned in text that Dunk calls Osgrey "lord" by courtesy only because he respects him but the moment he lost all respect for him GRRM doesn't need to make mention of it, just having Dunk call him "ser" the moment the knight shows his true colours was all we needed to read to understand his state of mind. One of my favourite scene. It was so subtle the change of titles but you know what it means and... ah so good.

[knightofthenewrepublic]

[time-woods]

A fallen angel i need gabriel ultrakill gone ! !

[mothfishing]

reblog to give a trans girl a sword

[captainofthetidesbreath]

I should get an award for my restraint in not automatically blocking people who say things like "I hate paladins, they suck so much, they're the worst class bc their vibes are so bad" on my posts that even just mention paladins.

RIP that you and most people do not understand paladins as a class and do not understand that their narrative is not just "stick in the mud who loves being a cop", but I'm different and I think they're incredible and they're one of the classes with the best inherent narrative

[muadweeb]

y'know one cant help but admire daemon blackfyre for the compassion he showed gwayne corbray like. that shit was mad chivalrous. ngl i would have supported him also fuck bloodraven