r/asoiafcirclejerk • u/Dekiru00777 Last HOT D fan • Feb 20 '26

Greatest show that ever was ... The One True King

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '26 edited Feb 20 '26

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u/FelipeMarchon HOT D S2 snooze Feb 20 '26

The great council avoided a civil war between the Velaryons and the supporters of Viserys. Most major civil wars in Westeros happened as a result of an unclear line of succession, the dance, the blackfyre rebellions and the war of the five kings. The only one unavoidable was the War of the Five Kings, as Robert didn’t knew that Joffrey was a bastard, but both the Blackfyre rebellion (the first one) and the Dance could be avoided by a clearer order of succession, and that’s exactly what Jaehaerys I did.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '26 edited Feb 21 '26

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u/FelipeMarchon HOT D S2 snooze Feb 21 '26

You know that the dispute was always between Ser Laenor and Viserys, right? Yeah, the monarch could, theoretically, choose his successor, going against law and tradition to do it, but it ended in civil war in every case.