Orwyle

Orwyle is the Grand Maester on the Small Council of Viserys I Targaryen.
==Biography==
===Background===
Orwyle is a maester serving at the Red Keep.
===House of the Dragon: Season 1===
Orwyle assists Grand Maester Mellos in treating an ailing King Viserys. When Orwyle says that he has prepared herbal medicine for the king, Mellos is dismissive, stating that leeching will be sufficient. After Mellos leaves, Orwyle gives the king a sleeping medication.
Ten years later, Orwyle has succeeded the late Mellos as Grand Maester. He attends a Small Council meeting in which a feud between the Brackens and Blackwoods is discussed along with the War for the Stepstones.
After King Viserys's death, Orwyle is present at the meeting of the Small Council where the Greens move to crown Prince Aegon in place of his half-sister Rhaenyra. After Lord Lyman Beesbury is murdered by Ser Criston Cole for protesting the plan out of loyalty to Rhaenyra, Orwyle requests leave to remove Beesbury's body from the Small Council chamber, only to be refused permission by Otto Hightower. Orwyle also agrees to the proposal to assassinate Rhaenyra and her family, pragmatically stating that leaving a rival claimant to the throne alive only invites bloodshed.
Orwyle is a part of the negotiation embassy sent to Dragonstone to convince Rhaenyra to surrender peacefully.
==Personality==
Orwyle prefers less traditional methods of healing than those of his predecessor.
==In the books==
In Fire & Blood, Orwyle was an archmaester of noble birth. The Conclave elected him to succeed Mellos as Grand Maester in 127 AC, and he was known to be a better physician to King Viserys than Mellos was. His account is one of three major sources cited by Archmaester Gyldayn in the latter half of Fire & Blood.
After King Viserys's death, Orwyle attended a meeting of the Small Council, most of them were greens. According to Munkun, Orwyle softly protested when Otto Hightower spoke of crowning Aegon, but Mushroom and Septon Eustace insist the protest was made by Lyman Beesbury.
Following Aegon II's coronation, Orwyle suggested he take peace terms to Rhaenyra, seeking to resolve the conflict peacefully. Aegon did not like the idea, accused Orwyle of disloyalty, and threatened to imprison him, but Alicent and Helaena were in favor of Orwyle's idea. Thus he (in the show - Otto Hightower) was sent to Dragonstone, under a peace banner, escorted by Arryk Cargyll, Gwayne Hightower, a score of scribes, and septons (amongst them Eustace). 
Rhaenyra listened to the terms Aegon had offered, then asked Orwyle if he remembered whom her father had named as his heir and successor. Orwyle admitted it was her, then Rhaenyra demanded to know why he served her half-brother. According to Munkun, Orwyle cited the Andal law of a son inheriting before a daughter and the Great Council of 101 AC; Mushroom claims he stammered and wet his pants. Rhaenyra angrily told him "You are no Grand Maester, and you bring only shame and dishonor to that chain you wear." Her knights stripped his chain of office from his neck and forced him to his knees, whilst Rhaenyra bestowed the chain upon Maester Gerardys. She then expelled Orwyle and his retinue from Dragonstone, saying "Tell my half-brother that I will have my throne, or I will have his head."
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