The Iron Throne

The Kingdom of the Iron Throne is a realm located on the continent of Westeros, ruled by the Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, the king who sits on the Iron Throne in the capital city, King's Landing. The name derives from Aegon the Conqueror's unification of the lands of Westeros, which then contained seven independent realms.

The Iron Throne is currently ruled by King Baelor I Targaryen, son of King Viserys I.

## Origin

Aside from House Targaryen's island "kingdom" of Dragonstone, the continent of Westeros was ruled by seven monarchs at the time of Aegon's Landing. Aegon and his sisters conquered only six of the seven kingdoms, consolidating them under the rule of House Targaryen and the Iron Throne. Among the titles that Aegon received when crowned king in the Starry Sept in Oldtown, however, was "Lord of the Seven Kingdoms" - laying claim to Dorne, the seventh kingdom, though in truth the Iron Throne was at the time unable to claim rulership over the southernmost realm.

## Government

For most of their history the regions of Westeros were independent kingdoms. The number of these kingdoms and their borders have changed many times. Following a successful conquest of all the lands of Westeros south of the Wall but Dorne, and their consolidation under the rule of the Iron Throne, Aegon established his new empire's capital on the spot of his landing, for which it was known as King's Landing.

Due to the vast size of the new kingdom, in each region Aegon raised Great Houses who swore fealty to him. The lords were granted a degree of autonomy and granted authority over their minor lords and small folk. The vastness of the realm proved too large an obstacle, for the Kingdoms of the North and Iron Isles, located on the outer edges of Westeros reclaimed their sovereignty, while the Principality of Dorne resisted all efforts of conquest.

## Regions

The realm encompasses the entirety of the continent of Westeros, from Dorne on the Summer Sea in the south to where the North ends at the Wall. The realm is divided into nine administrative regions or provinces:

* The Crownlands

* The Reach

* The Riverlands

* The Stormlands

* The Vale of Arryn

* The Westerlands
* The Iron Islands
* The North
* Dorne

## History

### Reign of Maegor, 42 AC - 48 AC

After taking King's Landing back from the faith militant and felling his nephew, Aegon, Maegor had effectively solidified his rule. Maegor's reign was a cruel one. He finished the construction of the Red Keep, which had begun in 35 AC, during his reign, though he honored his moniker "the Cruel" when he killed all the construction workers after work was completed. He had come back from his exile with a third wife, Tyanna, but was still without an heir towards the end of his reign. Denouncing the claims of Aenys's only surviving son, Jaehaerys, Maegor married his three Black Brides, one of whom was Jaehaerys's sister, Rhaena, and named Rhaena's daughter as his heir until he had a child of his own, which would happen in 48 AC, when Rhaegar was born.

Maegor would eventually die of the mysterious sickness spreading around the Targaryen dragons only a few months after his son's birth. Surprisingly, unlike many expected, Prince Jaehaerys did not press his claim on the throne, and would instead serve as his royal cousin's Hand of the King and Regent from 50 AC onwards. Few knew why Jaehaerys didn't try to take the throne for himself, but it likely stemmed from his desire for a harmonious kingdom.

### Regency of Jaehaerys, 50 AC - 64 AC

While King Rhaegar was under the regency of his cousin, the Seven Kingdoms attempted to heal from the wounds Maegor's reign had inflicted, but to no avail. More and more outbreaks of the dragon sickness, which was now being referred to as "Dragonblight" wer spreading, and more dragons were dying. After finding themselves unable to assist the North during the Wildling invasion, they declared independence, and Jaehaerys did not dispute it. He did not genuinely believe that a war with the North was a war they could win.

In 59, Prince Regent Jaehaerys, his sister-wife, Alysanne, and the young King Rhaegar would go on a royal tour throughout the realm, as Jaehaerys thought it prudent to have Rhaegar see the people he's ruling over. This tour would provide the incentive for Jaehaerys to push forward laws that would later be called "Alysanne's laws".

Later on, as the Third Dornish War started in 61, the Crown itself would directly stay out of conflicts, with Jaehaerys neither encouraging nor condemning the actions of Lord Leo Tyrell. The Iron Islands took the opportunity presented and declared themselves independent during the Third Dornish War. It would only be when Rhaegar came of age that a "strongly worded" letter would make it's way to the Iron King, informing him that as long as the Ironborn did not cause any issues with the Iron Throne, that he would cause no issues.

Ultimately, the one good thing Jaehaerys' regency would see was a strengthening of the crown's legal power. The Justiciars were properly institutionalized as an extension of the King's will, deemed fit to pass judgement in his name, and would be commanded by Lord Justiciar Ronnel Darklyn. In conjuction with his sister-wife, Alysanne, Jaehaerys enacted the Widow's Law, and abolished the right to the first night.

### Early Reign of Rhaegar, 64 AC - 77 AC

The King's sixteenth nameday, and subsequent tourney, brought the whole realm to King's Landing once more, which would see the knighting of the young Rhaegar himself by the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, and a mystery knight, known as the Knight of Seven Oaks, winning the joust. It was not long after this tourney however, that the realm would witness Rhaegar's iron will during the Duskendale Incident, where he swiftly executed a rogue Justiciar and made amends with House Darklyn.

Only three years later would Rhaegar marry Saerys Velaryon, a noble lady who was popular and well known even before becoming the Queen. A couple years after this, in 69 AC, another outbreak of dragonblight hit King's Landing, leading to the death of Prince Jaehaerys and the Riot at Fishmonger's Square.

A healthy son would be born of King Rhaegar and Queen Saerys in the spring of 71 AC, named Aenar. Even from a young age, Aenar was bright, strong, and had all the makings to potentially become a great ruler. A couple years after this, Jaehaera Targaryen would be born. This pleasant family did not last forever though, as Aenar would pass of dragonblight during an especially harsh winter that would later become known as Maegor's Breath. Two moons later, Queen Saerys would give birth to Viserys Targaryen, but the birth of another son did not eliminate the grief the King felt.

### Hook Uprising and Later Reign of Rhaegar, 77 AC - 93 AC

Maegor's Breath, which had came about in the early moons of 75 AC, and the dragonblight outbreak that followed in 77 had wreaked havoc across Westeros, but the Crownlands were especially hit hard. Left with little other choice, the Crown took a loan from the Iron Bank to keep themselves afloat. The Hook Uprising started just as winter began to end in 78 AC, which saw several disenfranchised Crownlander Lords rise up against the Crown. The conflict was bloody on both sides, though loyalist forces eventually beat back the rebels. Surviving rebellious lords were hung, as King Rhaegar's message to any lord who thought about rising up.

Only days after the conclusion of the Hook Uprising, Queen Saerys gave birth to Daeron Targaryen, but the atmosphere at court was distinctly different than before. Rhaegar had never been a paticularly emotional man, but he grew colder by the year, and his rule grew firmer. After reconstructing the Justiciars, he named Harry Darry Lord Justiciar for his deeds in the Hook Uprising. The dragons continued to shrink, and the few that were left were weak, and infirm.

When a vacancy opened in the Small Council, specifically Hand of the King, Rhaegar named his cousin, Prince Aemon, to the office. Together, they started to make strides on repairing the economy, and paying back the gold they borrowed, but the Crown ended up in the Fourth Dornish War in 83 AC. In the following conflict, Prince Baelon, a skilled commander and swordsman and the brother of Prince Aemon, lost his life in the Boneway. Rhaegar would spend the next ten years building the economy of the Iron Throne, and would eventually pay the Iron Bank the remaining balance due on the loan in 92 AC.

In 93 AC, the crown prince, Viserys, was caught in an affair with his cousin, Helaena. Though only the King himself knew of this, he hastily put an end to it by marrying Viserys to Myranda Arryn. Yet, this did not stop rumors from spreading wide and far. More religious houses did not detest to a cousin lying with another; they had been also been doing that for centuries. What they instead took issue with was Viserys and Helaena lying with each other unwed. It was nothing worth rising up about, most Lords got the message Rhaegar sent during the previous Hook Uprising.

But not all Kings rule forever, and Rhaegar would die a short few moons later of dragonblight. His son would be coronated as King Viserys I Targaryen, but would find the start of his rule quite difficult.

### The Rosegold Rebellion, 93 AC

Many would admit that the new King was not the most suited to leadership, but nobody expected him to drunkenly insult Lords Lannister and Tyrell at his coronation feast. Viserys did not command the same respect and authority that his father had, and in an act of defiance, Houses Tyrell and Lannister rose up in arms.

The war did not last long, but it was bloody. With both sides batter and bruised, an uneasy white peace was formed. Gwayne Tyrell would set aside his freshly forged crown, and both him and Lord Tytos Lannister would do House Targaryen homage as their overlord. House Targaryen, in turn, would take a representative each from Houses Tyrell and Lannister on the Small Council. Lucien Hightower would be the Reach's representative, while Lord Tytos would directly represent his region. House Targaryen also promised to aid the Reach and the West whenever necessary, no matter the circumstance.

### Reign of Viserys, 93 AC - 98 AC

The realm once more saw peace. Viserys, though heavily burdened by both his insecurities and his lack of aptitude for leading, would truly do his best as King. His cousin, and Hand, Prince Aemon, took care of much behind the scenes, and his queen, would do her best to emotionally hold him up. A year after the war, Viserys brokered a betrothal between his sister Jaehaera, and Edmyn Tully, to secure the Trident's support.

Prince Aemon would later die in the midst of a dragonblight outbreak in 96, much to the sadness of House Targaryen and the rest of the realm. Viserys never found a suitable replacement for Hand, and instead left the office vacant for the time being. The loss of Aemon was felt immediately, as the kingdom very slowly, but steadily degraded. This worsened when Queen Myranda Arryn died while giving birth to Valarr Targaryen, who was stillborn. The King fell apart, shutting himself away and letting his kingdom unravel.

Viserys would only return to ruling after his brother convinced him to, and began to look forward to the future. The death of Balerion, the last dragon, would finally confirm the declining status of the Iron Throne, but Viserys was intent to change things.

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### Scars of War, 99 AC to 100 AC

Conflict in the Reach and the Riverlands, war against the ironborn, treason from myriad sides, and all of it within a span of two years, left quite a toll on the Targaryen kingdom, even if it ended with the Iron Islands once more swearing fealty to the Iron Throne. Yet the kingdom still stood and treachery needed to be repaid.

With "Queen Agnes" no longer an issue and the Bay of Crabs already given over to the demesne of House Arryn, House Tully - under the leadership of Lord Tommard Tully - saw little further direct action. Princess Jaehaera, however, desired nothing less than an immediate departure from Riverrun given the death of her husband Edmyn Tully and her having been a prisoner of Lady Agnes, and so she returned home to the capital - with her children Aerys and Aelinor in tow.

House Redwyne was the first to truly feel the wrath of the dragon, though the revelation that Cleyton Redwyne - recently released from imprisonment at Seagard - had attempted to warn the Crown of Lord Franklyn's treachery ultimately mitigated the punishments meted out by King Viserys. Rather than take their castle as he was initially inclined to do, King and council settled on a different set of obligations for the wayward house. To be recognized as lord, Cleyton Redwyne was required to bend the knee before a public session of court, swear anew vows of fealty to the Crown, and to publicly repudiate the treasons of both Franklyn and Urrathon Redwyne. For a period of five years Quentyn Oakheart would serve as a royal justiciar, overseeing Lord Cleyton's efforts to rebuild house and fleet and invested with the King's authority upon the Arbor. During this time, a naval tax was levied upon House Redwyne, requiring that the house relinquish every third warship constructed to the royal navy. Finally, hostages were required to be warded either with House Targaryen or other loyal houses as approved by the royal house.

It was the lion of Lannisters, however, that proved to be a more thorny issue. Despite Lord Tytos's strong protestations, his son and heir Ser Jason was summoned to the royal court to stand trial. A spy inside Casterly Rock had informed upon the plotting lion, confirming to king and council what they suspected - that Lannister had sided willingly with Sigrun Blacktyde, rather than their ships having been stolen. As his trial progressed, Ser Jason came to demand a trial by combat. Ser Garlan Roxton of the Kingsguard stood as King Viserys' champion and in the end Orphan-Maker's blade found its way to Ser Jason's throat.

Rather than face execution, Ser Jason accepted an offer from King Viserys to take the black and travel north to pledge the remainder of his life to the Night's Watch. Lord Tytos was soon thereafter removed from the king's small council and sent home to Casterly Rock, but not before being required to relinquish hostages to the Crown. Elissa Lannister would come to court to serve Queen Zhoe Arryn. Due to his loss of trust in the old lion, the king further saw fit to name Lord Andros Tarbeck as Warden of the West. Despite all this, Tytos' grandson and new heir Tybolt would be wed to Princess Alysella in the waning months of 100 AC- a measure designed to keep the lions in check and tied to the royal house.

### Hope Amid New Conflicts, 100 AC to 103 AC

Despite these hardships, there was yet some cause for celebration. Prince Daeron, victor over the ironborn and traitorous Redwyne and Lannister fleets, was welcomed home to King's Landing with a hero's retinue. In recognition of his brother's service, King Viserys would grant to him the title Protector of the Realm, a seat upon the small council as master of ships, and something more - a pledge that the throne would help to fund the reconstruction of the abandoned castle of Oldstones, where Daeron himself would be seated in a royal fief.

A bright spot would emerge in 100 AC with the birth of a crown prince. King and Queen would soon announce Baelor Targaryen to the realm, each as pleased as new parents could be - and with the succession of the throne assured, setting aside concerns of the king's bastard children. Despite the birth of his son, King Viserys would not immediately strip his brother of Dragonstone - rather than rule the island as its prince, Daeron would for the time being steward the ancient seat as its regent.

Even while all this was underway, so too was there still fighting within the realm. Rodrik Greyjoy had bent the knee to the Crown in the midst of Urragon's Folly and was sent home to the Iron Isles to subdue the remaining rebels, particularly House Blacktyde. The resulting Ironborn Civil War was a bloody affair that would stretch until 103 AC, but would see little in the way of outside involvement. At the end, Rodrik Greyjoy was victorious and reaffirmed as the Lord of the Iron Islands under the Iron Throne.

The south, too, found itself embroiled in war, with border disputes between Dorne and the Stormands rapidly escalating out of control. Initially distracted with matters of state related to the concluding conflicts in the Reach and Riverlands, it would not be until 102 AC that the Crown dispatched forces to aid the Stormlanders. Under the leadership of Lord Galladon Strong, Lord Triston Massey, and Ser Tristifier Darklyn, these fresh troops provided support initially to retake the castle of Blackhaven, and then to continue forward into Dorne. Meanwhile, ships of the royal navy sailed south under the command of Admiral Zia Grafton. Her experience as a privateer became invaluable in intercepting merchantmen bound to resupply coastal holdfasts in Dorne, as well as in blockading some of those same ports.

During this, an overture would be made by House Toland whilst Ghost Hill was blockaded. With the Iron Throne's support to overthrow House Martell, Lady Ashlynn Toland would bring an end to the war. This would take another year of fighting before the proposal came to reality, but in the end Sunspear and Dorne would fall. In 103 AC, Admiral Vaemond Velaryon would lead the royal fleet to safe anchorage at Ghost Hill, where Ser Matarys Waters would then march across the sands to Sunspear, aided by Toland and their supporters. Caught unawares, Sunspear was sacked and the Martells cast down, with the Tolands rising in their place to rule Dorne under the Iron Throne.

Also in 103 AC, King and Queen would welcome another child - a second son, one that would be named Jaehaerys. A third son named Armidyon would follow in 104 AC, with two girls born in 106 AC and 107 AC - Princesses Daenys and Rhaenys, respectively.

Princess Jaehaera, the king's cousin, would be remarried to Ser Florian Strong, heir to Harrenhal, as a boon for his father's service both in the war against Dorne and earlier for his support against Agnes Tully.

### Overtures and Righteous Tensions, 106 AC to 114 AC

Spearheaded by Prince Aegon, the King's stalwart Hand, the Iron Throne opened series of negotiations with the Starks in the Kingdom of Winter starting in 106 AC. Although these talks were ostensibly to improve relations between the two kingdoms in order to forestall future wars, nevertheless the Targaryens harbored grander hopes for a day to come in the future.

Around the same time, King Viserys began a correspondence with Dorian Tyrell, who had ascended to the lordship of Highgarden several years earlier after the abdication of his lord cousin. Once betrothed to the king's cousin Alysella, Viserys remained fond of the younger man, despite the necessity of breaking that betrothal due to treasons by too many of Dorian's relatives. Viserys hoped to maintain a positive relationship with the Lord Paramount of the Mander, so that the strength of the Northmarch need not be the only weight that maintained the loyalty of the roses.

Such efforts would prove all the more important starting in 110 AC, as the High Septon known as the Kindly One passed from the earth and was replaced by a zealot soon called the Righteous One. Preaching that the House Targaryen was allegedly responsible for various acts of "religious degeneracy," the Righteous One's rhetoric spread from Oldtown and inspired others, particularly in the Westerlands and the Riverlands.

By 114 AC, a second charismatic zealot - this one named Marq the Cobbler - started exhort peasants throughout the Riverlands to rise up against their lords. Hamlets and villages soon start to suffer, ravaged by Marq's followers - ostensibly under the guise of "liberation." Alternately known as Cobblists or Cobblers, these insurrectionists start to be seen as a serious threat in the Riverlands after they succeed in killing several minor lords and even exert a negative effect on the region's economy.

### Cobblist Revolts, 115 AC

Although Marq the Cobbler's influence was most keenly expressed throughout the Riverlands and the Westerlands, so too did it spread to the nearby Crownlands. Emboldened by their successes elsewhere, several of Marq's acolytes began to openly preach his views against the Iron Throne and nobility in the very heart of the Crown. Several minor houses, either feeling neglected by the Iron Throne as its attentions were drawn elsewhere in the realm or seeing a chance to capitalize on such distraction, offered support to the peasant cause. Some of this support was genuine; some of it, naturally, was merely opportunistic.

One such house approached by the Cobblists was House Sunglass, which previously held House Rambton as a bannerman until the Hook Uprising of 78 AC. Following their part in that rebellion and a trial for their lord, House Sunglass had been made a vassal of House Rambton. The Cobblists therefore saw the Sunglasses, both for this past reaction by the Crown and due to the house's reputation for piety, as a potential convert to their side.

Lord Sunglass indeed opted to meet with the acolytes and pledged his support in exchange for enacting revenge first upon House Rambton. Excited by the prospect, the Cobblists readily agreed and within a few months were gathered near Ramsport. When House Sunglass's forces arrived, however, they learned very quickly that they had been played for fools; rather than repeat the mistakes of the past, Lord Sunglass lured the peasants into an ambush. The men from Sweetport Sound quickly routed the peasants, save for the leader and a few others that were taken to King's Landing and presented before the King. In exchange for this leal service, House Sunglass was raised once more to swear their oaths directly to Dragonstone.

Not long thereafter, however, the Crown learned that there were yet other followers of the cobbler ensconced within the Crownlands when areas of King's Landing were suddenly put to the torch with unrest and riots spreading throughout the city. King Viserys himself, accompanied by Crown Prince Baelor and knights of the Kingsguard, took to the streets to aid the City Watch in putting down this revolt within the walls of their own city.

Elsewhere, however, the peasant revolts proved to be even more dangerous, with battles held throughout both the Riverlands and Westerlands. Houses Lannister and Tully worked closely together to quell these insurrections and were ultimately successful in trapping the rebels between their own two armies. Marq the Cobbler himself was even captured and brutally executed for his crimes. In response, all sanctions against both the lions of Casterly Rock and the trouts of Riverrrun were rescinded by the Iron Throne.

### Northern Ambitions, 114 AC to 118 AC

With rumors and reports alike making their way south of troubles in the northern Kingdom of Winter - wildling raiders, dragonblight, drought and so on - Vaemond Velaryon recognized an opportunity and approached King Viserys. The Velaryon admiral proposed that he remake himself into a pirate and start to harry the North’s eastern coast, particularly White Harbor. Knowing that his Hand would never support the measure, and due to lingering resentments towards one another from numerous issues of the past, Viserys approved the gambit but did not tell Aegon. An assassin named Unella of Dorne, with whom the king had become somewhat familiar years earlier, was enlisted to provide support in building a public and notorious reputation for Vaemond's new identity. Unella's efforts, clandestine as they were, would lead to her being granted a seat on the king's council as mistress of whisperers.

Not a week after the first winds of winter could be felt in the North, Vaemond in the guise of Lucerys the Sea Bear began to raid targets of opportunity numbers never seen before. Much-needed trade was cut off from the newly reopened White Harbor as the North attempted to fend off this plague of piracy. For three years Vaemond's attacks continued, culminating ultimately in the decisive Battle of the Bite where the northmen were successful in smashing a fair portion of the pirate fleet.

Soon thereafter Prince Aegon would seize upon his own opportunity in persuading King Viserys that the time was ripe to extend a hand of friendship to the Starks. The initial talks in White Harbor in 116 AC would prove inconclusive despite the Targaryen kingdom offering food stuffs to prevent full-scale disaster from unfolding in the northern half of the continent. Undeterred, Aegon would continue talks with King Theodan Stark throughout 116 and 117 AC.

In the midst of this, Prince Baelor would take to wife Lady Ellyn Tarbeck in 118 AC shortly after his eighteenth nameday. A political marriage through and through due to House Tarbeck's leal service to House Targaryen over the past many years, the union would nevertheless prove fruitful by the end of the year in producing a daughter - Princess Saerra.

### Ice and Fire, 119 AC to 120 AC

In early 118 AC, Prince Aegon and King Theodan met once more, this time in Winterfell. Following arguments and disagreements throughout the day and conversations that continued late into the night, Theodan Stark ultimately decided to swear vows of fealty to King Viserys and the Iron Throne.

This was the crowning achievement of Aegon's capable tenure as Hand of the King. However, it was marred upon his return home to King's Landing when his king revealed that the notorious pirate was none other than their own cousin from Driftmark. Furious at a gambit that could have failed dramatically and brought war between the Kingdom of Winter and the Iron Throne, Aegon demanded a concession from Viserys in exchange for not making public this news - that his daughter Aemma would be wed to the Stark heir, not one of the king's own daughters.

The North was thus officially welcomed back into the Seven Kingdoms with a grand wedding held in Winterfell between Osric Stark and Princess Aemma Targaryen in the second moon of 119 AC. Lords and ladies from throughout the land were invited to witness the reunification of the two kingdoms. For the first time since 55 AC - a period of sixty-four years - the realms of Westeros were once more reunited under one king, the King on the Iron Throne.

### Troubles of Faith, 120 AC to 125 AC

Despite the optimism of reunification, the inflammatory rhetoric of the Righteous One continued to spread throughout the realm. To counter this, Crown Prince Baelor resurrected an old idea once attempted by Prince Regent Jaehaerys Targaryen - the notion of Targaryen exceptionalism was once more on the lips of bards and poets, of mummers and actors' troupes, knights and maesters and septons, all throughout the realm.

Tragedy struck the House Targaryen in 122 AC with the loss of Lady Ellyn. In response, Prince Baelor retreated from courtly life back to the dreary castle of Dragonstone, where he could instead focus himself both on this new project and on the houses that swear fealty to the island fortress rather than directly to the capital city. Recognizing a state of melancholy in her brother, Princess Rhaenys would become a frequent companion; the two would grow close in the days to come as one another's confidantes.

In 125 AC, the Prince emerged from his isolation to travel to Gulltown. With Ser Jasper Arryn, he met with members of the Poor Fellows, which had reorganized itself in many areas of the realm over the past decade in response to the Righteous One. This meeting did not end well; indeed, unable to reach an accord with the militants, Ser Jasper arrested their leader and beheaded the man.

A few months later Ser Jasper and several other nobles of the Vale were ambushed while traveling, resulting in the knight's murder. Incensed by the brazen assault, Prince Baelor returned once more to Gulltown and - in cooperation with the Brotherhood of the Falcon - sought to extinguish the flame of the Poor Fellows from the city. Sadly, this effort did not come without cost; Ser Luthor Oakheart, a white brother of the Kingsguard, was felled in defense of his prince.

Angered and grieving, Prince Baelor went back to Dragonstone and the comforting embrace of his sister. Within short order the man would come to realize the true depth of his feelings for Rhaenys. Very soon thereafter the two were wed by the castle's septon and no less quickly the siblings sought to consummate the union before their father could learn of it. The Crown Prince and Princess Rhaenys would thus welcome a child shortly into 126 AC - a girl named Princess Naerys.

### A Tenuous Peace, 125 AC to 130 AC

With the realm once more reunified, peace appeared to be at hand. There were no conflicts between neighboring realms and the royal house stood tall. Nevertheless, in 128 AC, the High Septon held a mass at the Starry Sept in Oldtown to memorialize the fallen devout of Gulltown, as well as septons murdered in the Iron Islands. The Crown dispatched a letter expressing its disapproval, which the Righteous One saw fit to ignore.

King Viserys would not issue a further response, however, as he became ill soon thereafter. For the last two years of his reign, the king seldom attended to matters of state, increasingly leaving those concerns to his Hand, heir, and small council.

By late 129 AC, King Viserys drew his last breath and left the mortal plane. His son Baelor assumed the throne in the following days, with his coronation as Lord of the Seven Kingdoms set for early 130 AC.