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"What the King dreams for
Hand of the King builds."
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...or so say the kings, the hands an the
lords who wish to be hands.
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The lowborn put it differently...
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..."the King eats and the Hand
takes the shit."
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The fact is most kings hate ruling.
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We shouldn't blame them, their only
qualification is blood.
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So naturally they're wary of a seat
made of blades...
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...far better to find other men to rule
in their stead.
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But how should a king select his hand?
Family?
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One king chose his brother,
Prince Maegor...
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...a warrior who was proud and arrogant.
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Maegor agreed to marry the
High Septon's niece...
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...to unite the Faith and the Crown,
but then secretly wed a second wife...
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...a Valyrian ceremony artfully combining
bigamy and heresy.
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And when word of it got out the King
was forced to exile Maegor...
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...and choose a Septon as his new hand.
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But the damage had been done.
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The King had trusted him family...
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...and his brother had set off a
rebellion that would claim his rule...
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...and his life.
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Strenght?
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As little more than a boy...
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...Sir Criston Cole, replaced the legendary
Sir Ryam Redwyne on the Kingsguard...
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...and soon rose to Lord Commander.
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But knights only know one way
to settle disputes.
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When Prince Aegon's father died...
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...Sir Criston, slit the throat of an
advisor who objected Aegon's ascension...
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...over his aunt the anointed heir.
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His actions so pleased the new king,
Aegon Second of His Name...
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...that he appointed Sir Criston as his
hand in the ensuing civil war...
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...called The Dance of Dragons.
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Neither Sir Criston, nor the King...
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...nor even the Targaryen dragons
would survive it.
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Perhaps it's no surprise that the wisest
king in the history of Westeros...
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...made the wisest choice for his hand.
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The son of a lowly blacksmith...
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...Septon Barth had few options
for advancement in the world.
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And even fewer after his family gave him
to the Faith as a child.
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But as royal record-keeper, Barth
impressed the King so much...
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...that the King defying all his
highborn advisors...
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...made Septon Barth his hand.
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40 years of prosperity ensued.
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So much did Barth accomplished...
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...that many lords and commoners
credited him with sorcery.
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No other explanation could they accept for
a man without blood or skill at arms...
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...because what Barth had
was rarer than both...
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...a sharp mind.
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Years later, the realm had no sharper
minds than Lord Tywin Lannister...
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...hands to King Aerys Targaryen...
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...or as history remembers him,
The Mad King.
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He saw assassins and plots
in every shadow...
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...heard whispers in silence
and burned men alive.
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But his greatest madness by far
was driving away Lord Tywin.
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The Mad King then cycled through
every mistake of his ancestors...
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...soldiers, toadying lords...
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...but at the end even an alchemist...
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...perhaps to save the crown's growing
expenses on wildfire.
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Unfortunately it didn't save his crown
or his dynasty.
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The new King Robert, chose
his foster father...
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...Lord Jon Arryn as his hand.
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The wisest decision Robert ever made.
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Not that it had many rivals.
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Too bad it proved so fatal.
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Lord Arryn was a man of honor from an
ancient and proud family...
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...but honor is no shield against
the corruption of the Capital.
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As Lord Arryn's successor, Ned Stark,
learned as well.
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Perhaps The Hand of the King is a
flawed idea.
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Westeros needs a ruler who can rule...
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...who builds what he dreams himself.
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A king who can't govern his kingdom
is no king...
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...and a hand who shits what another
man eats, is an ass.
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