Also I would like to know does the horde arrive soon or towards the end of the book?
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From what I've read about royalty, that doesn't crack the top 10. Nor does throwing a boy off a tower to cover it. I was led to believe that in ancient Rome it was far from unheard of (especially mother/son).Gonzoron of the FoS wrote: But the Queen is not blameless here either. She is after all having sex with her twin brother. But yes, at least she keeps it private.
Keeping it behind closed doors is what counts. Hence, you kill witnesses. How can a knight respect his king if he treats his wife that way? And if he blatantly admits that he's bored ruling a kingdom? In episode 3 the assistants more or less admit to the Hand that "oh well, we owe 6 millions because the king doesn't bother to check if we have the money".
I'm not saying the king is a bad person, I'm just saying... he's not fit for a king. Why he made a bid for the throne is beyond me. That blond incestous dragon family or the family of his wife would be better suited and frankly, he would be happier being a knight in their court preferably stationed in a distant town with a couple of good breweries and a brothel.
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I won't answer this question, but I will just say that it won't go unnoticed by other characters.- Why are all the queen's children so blond? Besides the first one, the rest are too blond for such a dark-haired father.
Well, when that happened in Byzantine empire (and it's recorded a couple of times), the noble/emperess in question had her child killed or others whose fortune was tied to said noblewoman had it killed. The risk of a powerful general or the emperor noticing that his children are blond like his right-hand consultant while he's not blond nor has blue eyes himself was too great. I'm pretty sure with all the wars and missing husbands that the whole of Europe was that way until 200 years or so ago.
And said noblewoman wouldn't do the same mistake so many times!
I think it's quite weird that the Lancaster twins have so many puppets of their illegal and incestous love! Didn't that woman know when she was fertile?!? Unless of course if she was sure her drunkard of a husband wouldn't notice between drinking and "####ing boars and hunting prostitutes" so she would make sure her house and line was secure in the throne.
I don't hate his house, I hate two of his siblings. And it's good that he's loyal to the rest of them, it's realistic. His interests are better served with his family rather than his king and he doesn't hide that while he's on their side, he doesn't like their methods.It's also interesting how you can be led by the author to hate his house, but love him, even though he's loyal to the rest of them.
Death of the wolf (or lacking that wolf, another wolf) seems to be the going rate. Also, death, if you're just a Butcher's Boy. Being the daughter of an allied noble house gets your sentence reduced to just the wrath of your sister's future inlaws.[/quote]quote]- Ehhh... isn't there a penalty for throwing wolves on royal princes and threatening them with swords?!? For the family too?
Obviously I don't talk about pesky, smelly peasant sons of nobodies.
I just haven't realised how much standing the Stark family has in the kingdom. I considered them a lesser house in control of a small, backwater and uncivilized province in the border while as episode 3 made clear, they are a powerful house in control of a large, backwater and uncivilized province in the border.
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I'm pretty sure he's gonna die or be dethroned and soon enough.To borrow from another classic work: "It's good to be the King." At least for the moment.