The ironborn, badly outnumbered, were defeated with many great warriors and lords such as Lord Blacktyde killed. Balon Greyjoy was overpowered and brought before King Robert in chains. Some urged him to execute the rebel or send him to the Wall, but Robert felt magnanimous possibly because the rebellion had spiced up what was becoming a dull reign for him and allowed Balon to knee and re-swear fealty in return for forgiveness.
Robert took hostages from several of the ironborn families, with the young Lord Baelor Blacktyde sent to Oldtown. Jorah Mormont was also knighted. In the great tourney at Lannisport to celebrate the victory, he met and successfully wooed Lynesse Hightower.
Lord Leyton, surprisingly, consented to the match and Jorah and Lynesse were soon married. However, the marriage turned sour when Lynesse came to hate the poor, remote and wild Bear Island. Word of this reached Eddard Stark, who stripped Jorah of his title. Jorah became a sellsword, wandering the Free Cities and other parts of Essos. He also began treating his daughter Asha as his effective heir, perhaps having already written off Theon so he could not be used against him in a future rebellion.
The lands north of the Seven Kingdoms. By AC many of the wildling tribes and clans had been united by Mance Rayder, the King-beyond-the-Wall the location of some of the tribes is speculative. A much more minor event happened after this time, although it had long-lasting consequences. Mance turned his cloak and went over to the wildlings. Gifted in music and oratory as well as a formidable warrior, Mance soon won the respect of several wildling tribes and was proclaimed their chief.
Word soon came of a spreading terror from the north, a tide of cold and ice. The nature of this threat grew more serious and Mance determined to unite the wildlings against it.
Over a decade or more he united dozens of tribes, from the northern valleys of Thenn to the Wall and from the Frozen Shore to the Bay of Seals. Late in the s he was proclaimed King-beyond-the-Wall and made no secret of his intention to take his people into the Seven Kingdoms. However, their marriage was not a happy one.
Robert was boisterous and fun-loving, but found his wife was cold and harsh towards him, and intolerant of his dalliances and his pining for the slain Lyanna Stark. Robert lived for excitement, fighting and celebrations and found the minutiae of day-to-day rule tedious in the extreme, which he took out in slighting and baiting his wife and her twin brother Jaime, a member of his own Kingsguard. Robert raised his youngest brother Renly to the position of master of laws and more than a few noted that Renly, although charismatic and brave like his brother, was also wiser and more level-headed.
Renly also took care to cultivate friendships with other factions and houses, most notably the Tyrells of Highgarden and his own storm lord vassals. Stannis was regarded by all as dour, lacking in charisma and dangerously inflexible in his judgements.
Still, as the year progressed war and disquiet seemed far away. Westeros basked in the heat of a long summer, the Hand of the King ruled wisely and well even if the king could be rash and intemperate, and the Seven Kingdoms prospered.
But, most forebodingly of all, in the Free City of Pentos, beyond the Narrow Sea, Daenerys Targaryen was married to Khal Drogo of the Dothraki, a warlord with an army of forty thousand skilled riders.
The Beggar King now had an army, more battle-hardened and experienced than any in Westeros. To meet this threat, the Seven Kingdoms would need wise and strong leadership. But it was not to have it, for Lord Jon Arryn took ill suddenly and died unexpectedly. After a period of grieving, King Robert took to the Kingsroad for Winterfell, and the beginning of the end. Robert Baratheon : [drinks and sits] We haven't had a real fight in nine years.
Back-stabbing doesn't prepare you for a fight. And that's all the realm is now: back-stabbing and scheming and arse-licking and money-rubbing. Sometimes I don't know what holds it together. Cersei Lannister : Our marriage. Cersei joins his laughter]. Robert Baratheon : The whore is pregnant. Eddard Stark : You're speaking of murdering a child. Robert Baratheon : I warned you this would happen, back in the North. I warned you, but you didn't care to hear. Well, hear it now: I want them dead.
Mother and child both, and that fool Viserys as well. Is that plain enough for you? I want them both dead! Eddard Stark : [quietly] You'll dishonor yourself forever if you do this.
Robert Baratheon : [raises his voice] Honor? I've got Seven Kingdoms to rule! One king, Seven Kingdoms! Do you think honor keeps them in line? Do you think it's honor that's keeping the peace? It's fear! Fear and blood! Eddard Stark : Then we're no better than the Mad King! Robert Baratheon : Careful, Ned, careful now! Eddard Stark : You want to assassinate a girl because the Spider heard a rumor? Lord Varys : No rumor, my lord, the princess is with child. Eddard Stark : Based on whose information?
Lord Varys : Ser Jorah Mormont. He is serving as advisor to the Targaryens. Eddard Stark : Mormont? You bring us the whispers of a traitor half a world away and call it fact. Petyr Baelish : Jorah Mormont's a slaver, not a traitor.
Small difference, I know, to an honorable man. Eddard Stark : He broke the law, betrayed his family, fled our land. We commit murder on the word of this man? Robert Baratheon : And if he's right?
If she has a son, a Targaryen at the head of a Dothraki army? What then? Eddard Stark : The narrow sea still lies between us.
I'll fear the Dothraki the day they teach their horses to run on water. Robert Baratheon : Do nothing. That's your wise advice? Do nothing 'til our enemies are on our shores? Robert Baratheon : You're my council: counsel!
Speak sense to this honorable fool! Lord Varys : I understand your misgivings, my lord. Truly, I do. It is a terrible thing we must consider, a vile thing. Yet we who presume to rule must sometimes do vile things for the good of the realm. Should the gods grant Daenerys a son, the realm will bleed. Grand Maester Pycelle : I bear this girl no ill will, how many innocents will die?
How many towns will burn? Is it not wiser, kinder even, that she should die now so that tens of thousands might live? Renly Baratheon : We should've had them both killed years ago. Petyr Baelish : When you find yourself in bed with an ugly woman, best close your eyes, get it over with. Cut her throat. Be done with it. Eddard Stark : [walks right up to Robert] I followed you into war. Without doubts, without second thoughts.
Active 7 years, 6 months ago. Viewed 5k times. What advantage did Robert have, that he was able to propser for so long? Improve this question. John Smith Optional. John Smith Optional John Smith Optional 5, 4 4 gold badges 27 27 silver badges 50 50 bronze badges. I'm asking why Robert was able to stay on the throne so long without meeting a grisly end, if everyone in the political arena of Westeros behaves with such ambitious Machiavellianism.
Robert Baratheon may have been an inept leader and an idiot, besides. But he was a useful idiot , by golly. JohnSmithOptional It has been verified by both Lancel and Cersei in the books that they exchanged his strongwine with wine 3 times as strong. They knew it would put him in mortal danger, so it is murder, and it is premeditated.
JohnSmithOptional If you take an action that you know will put a person in lethal danger, and your intent is that they die, then you are a murderer. And it is pretty clear in the books that it was Cersei's intent that he die.
Show 13 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Dima Dima Monty Ok, now I am done. JohnSmithOptional that's not far from the truth: Robert almost immediately made allies of the Lannisters, who held most of the money and thus power in Westeros, and he was allied with Jon Arryn and Ned Stark, the respective military powers in the North and East.
MichaelBorgwardt: A skilled administrator has the ability to delegate. In this instance, the Crown's finances were being managed by Littlefinger, who would have assured Jon that all was well. It would have been unwise of Jon to trust Littlefinger, but he wouldn't be the first or last person to make that mistake.
Also, we see that Robert was prone to impulsive spending on things like the Hand's Tournament; probably Jon was no better than Ned at reining in Robert's extravagance. MichaelEdenfield: Small detail: it was John Arryn who arranged Robert's marriage to Cercei, securing an alliance with the richest of the great houses.
Arryn himself married Lysa Tulley to ensure the loyalty of the Riverlands. The only political decisions Robert has made himself as king was to appoint Ned as the new hand and to order the death of Deanerys. Show 3 more comments. Ward - Reinstate Monica 9, 5 5 gold badges 49 49 silver badges 63 63 bronze badges. Valorum Valorum k gold badges silver badges bronze badges. Again it's pretty obvious, but the Lannisters were bound to Robert by his marriage to Cersei; they had one of their own as Queen and the next King would be ahem half Lannister.
Jon Arryn, Lord of the Vale, was a friend and mentor of Robert. The Martells despised Robert, but were willing to wait patiently for their revenge. Finally, Robert's "strength" was in war. When Balon Greyjoy rebelled, Robert ruthlessly defeated him in battle, killed his two elder sons and took Theon hostage.
There was plenty of intrigue between different factions, but no military rebellion until after Robert's death. RoyalCanadianBandit - You've hit the nail on the head.
Lots of intrigue but all the interested parties were better off with him alive. The whole war would probably never have happened if Ned had been smart enough to keep his mouth shut or had Joffrey been smart enough just to send him packing.
Thanks for answering. So you're saying King Robert didn't neccesarily possess any virtues that made him a 'good king', but was fortunate enough to rule at a time when he had no natural enemies save for the Targaryen Children : and as such had no need for guile?
JohnSmithOptional - I don't think it's fair to characterise him as a man with "no virtues". He was loyal and brave, generous to his friends, blessed with an excellent choice in aides and ruthless to his enemies. He might have personally lacked guile but he certainly employed people with plenty of it. Add a comment. Here are the previous owners of the Iron Throne along with the length of their reign: Aegon I "The Conqueror" 36 years Founder of the Targaryen royal dynasty.
Unified six of the seven kingdoms. Aenys I 5 years Weak king. The Faith of the Seven rebelled against his rule. Killed in unknown circumstances. Jaehaerys I "The Wise" 55 years Negotiated peace with the Faith in return of them disbanding their militant arm. His reign is regarded as the longest and most peaceful. Viserys I 27 years Continued the peaceful reign of his grandfather, and groomed his eldest daughter Rhaenyra to be the first female Targaryen ruler.
Aegon II "The Usurper" 2 years Rebelled against his older half sister Rhaenyra in a ruinous civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons and took the throne for himself. History of that conflict is told in the novella "The Princess and the Queen". Died with no male issue of wounds inflicted during the conflict. Hated dragons due to the events in the Dance of Dragons.
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