#War of the 5 kings full

Unfortunately for Xaro Xoan Daxos, his complicity in aiding and abetting the warlocksвЂ™ theft ofВ DanyвЂ™s dragons, as well asВ their attempt to entrap her did not sit well with the Mother of Dragons. I guess weвЂ™ll just entomb you inside then.Дuring DaenerysвЂ™ brief stay in Qarth, her sponsor (and suitor) Xaro Xoan Daxos staged a coup dвЂ™etat with the aid of the Warlocks, killing the rest of the Thirteen (the trading oligarchs who ruled Qarth) and declared himself the King of Qarth. Stannis gave Renly the night to reconsider his options, but killed his brother before dawn. In StannisвЂ™ eyes, Renly was a usurper and therefore committing a grave offense by pressing his claim to the throne, but Stannis had him assassinated during a time of truce that he himself had established. Stannis is typically honorable to a fault, but not in this scenario. ItвЂ™s a very Macbeth-y sounding moment, and I have this sense that when the demon was off to attack Renly, Stannis was connected to it and directing it. It wasnвЂ™t so much of an вЂњI ordered his deathвЂќ or вЂњI was okay with something killing Renly.вЂќ It really sounded like Stannis was owning up to the deed, personally.

#War of the 5 kings full

(IвЂ™ll have to take her word for it, itвЂ™s pretty hard to tell.)ДЄfter his defeat at Blackwater, Stannis was full of regrets and said that he murdered his brother. In the show, Brienne had stated that the solid smoky shadow that killed Renly had StannisвЂ™ face. Yeah, I recognize that, but I think thereвЂ™s a significant difference.

Is this some sexist double standard? Both had a flunky/sex-partner (Lancel and Melisandre) set the stage for a 3rd party (boar and shadow assassin) to get the job done! Wait a minute! Renly was stabbed by a shadow-baby! If Cersei doesnвЂ™t get a kingslayer label, how come Stannis does? If we consider both Stannis and Renly kings (Stannis had the better claim, but Renly had the bigger army) RenlyвЂ™s death provides another example of one king killing another, but under lessВ honorable circumstances than DrogoвЂ™s poetic execution of Viserys. WeвЂ™ll talk more about that when I cover the next guy. Lancel took direct action to harm the king by getting him dangerously drunk. Should I consider Cersei a kingslayer too? ErrвЂ¦ I donвЂ™t know if I want to go that far. Okay, it was technically the boar that killed King Robert in the end, but certainly the kingвЂ™s squire Lancel was complicit by keeping Robert well supplied with strongwine when probably everyone else on the hunt was drinking Coors Light.Д¬urrently, Lancel seems to have gotten a pass on the kingslaying charge by the High Sparrow, but part of that stems from him ratting out CerseiвЂ™s extramarital situations and her scheming to have Robert killed during that hunt. Your grace, shall I send your regrets to the Alcoholics Anonymous meeting? I know how that makes you laugh. Establishing that kings were to be considered inviolate might turn out to be an insurance policy for themselves.)ДЄ large number of kings die during the course of Game of Thrones, and itвЂ™s interesting (at least to me) to examine the wheres and whys of the circumstances of their deaths.

(I assumeВ a king onceВ set this as a precedent. In general, kings were treated with special status their lives were not to be so easily taken, and usually not without the approval of a peer. The seriousness of killing a king varies from situation to situation, but historically (in our world) kingslaying was a big deal. ItвЂ™s unusual to have so many kings running around (and to tell the truth, since Mance Rayder was active north of the Wall during that time, there were more than five kingsвЂ¦) but to balance that out, the show has also had several kingslayers, individuals who have taken the life of a king. We last saw you in Season Three or something, so I assume youвЂ™ve survived the War of the Five Kings by hiding.

Oh, sorry, I totally forgot about you, Balon. What? Was I killed off-screen, and no one told me? WHAT IS DEAD CAN NEVER DIE!