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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: See ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice below. It's noted that even ''Tywin Lannister'' [[EvenEvilHasStandards was shocked at how brutal her death was,]] but used it to prove his loyalty to Robert all the same.
* DeathOfAChild: She was three years old at the time of her death.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: She was hiding under her father's bed during the Sack when Amory Lorch dragged her out and stabbed her ''half a hundred times'', because she'd kicked him and wouldn't stop screaming.
* DeathOfAChild: She was three years old at the time of her death.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: She was hiding under her father's bed during the Sack when Amory Lorch dragged her out and stabbed her ''half a hundred times'', because she'd kicked him and wouldn't stop screaming.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: See ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice below. It's noted that even ''Tywin Lannister'' [[EvenEvilHasStandards was shocked at how brutal her death was,]] but used it to prove his loyalty to Robert all the same.
* DeathOfAChild: She was three years old at the time of her death.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice:She was hiding under her father's bed during the Sack when Amory Lorch dragged her out and stabbed her ''half a hundred times'', because she'd kicked him and wouldn't stop screaming. screaming. It's noted that even ''Tywin Lannister'' [[EvenEvilHasStandards was shocked at how brutal her death was,]] but used it to prove his loyalty to Robert all the same.
* DaddysGirl: Implied: ''"[Amory] found her hiding under her father's bed, as if she believed Rhaegar could still protect her."'' Rhaegar had been dead for about two weeks by that point and the capitol had already known of his death, so Rhaenys was either deep in denial/inability to understand death like little Rickon Stark after her or believed her father's ghost would keep her safe. [[CrapsackWorld It didn't save her either way.]]
* DeathOfAChild: She was three years old at the time of her death. To cement the new regime's position, ''something'' needed to be done with the heirs of the Targaryen dynasty, yet all the rebels balked at actually killing innocent children... Enter the notoriously cold-blooded Lord Tywin Lannister. The brutal murders of Rhaenys and her little brother were seen as especially shocking and vile of the atrocities committed at the Sack, but Robert Baratheon was relieved he would not have to dirty his hands and dismissed their deaths as "dragonspawn". Years later, one of the rebel leaders Lord Ned Stark (who saw the bodies first-hand) still holds a grudge, believing the Lannisters should be brought to justice for their actions in the Sack and directly leading him to reject the idea of Tywin being entrusted with the care of Ned's young nephew Robert Arryn.
* FamilyThemeNaming: Like many other girls in her family, she was named for the original Rhaenys Targaryen. It's implied by the vision Dany saw of Rhaegar with Elia and her discussion of it with Jorah that Rhaenys and her Aegon were named after Aegon the Conqueror and his more beloved sister-wife as two of the three prophesized "heads of the dragon" with the expectation of a younger sister, a Visenya, to complete the set. However, a Visenya never came and the rest of the family was murdered during the Sack, [[spoiler:with Rhaenys' Aegon either surviving to adolescence without her under a false identity, or he really was murdered that night with her and the Young Griff Aegon is an impostor]].
* HeirClubForMen: Younger brother Aegon was generally seen as the heir behind Rhaegar, not his older sister Rhaenys, made notable from their father having the closest ties to Dorne since King Daeron II: his wife and the mother of his kids was a Dornish princess whose mother had ruled Dorne, his best friend (and the most loyal member of his Kingsguard) was a Dornishman, his wife's uncle/daughter's great-uncle was another Dornish Kingsguard member, and his brothers by marriage, his daughter's uncles, included the ruling Prince of Dorne. Rhaenys and Aegon's own cousin Arianne was also Doran's heir to Dorne ahead of younger brother Quentyn. Despite this, no mention is made of any debate within Dorne or the royal court on whether Rhaenys' claim should come before Aegon's, and the only mention of brewing conflict with succession and potential second Dance of the Dragons Maester Pycelle feared was between Aerys and Rhaegar specifically, indicating Rhaenys' family opted to not press her claim. Of course, considering [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Aerys]] was openly racist towards the Dornish, even his own grandchildren, and quickly disinherited them to put his younger son ahead of them as heirs once Rhaegar was out of the picture, it may be that as with Aegon IV and his son Daeron II, Rhaegar's position as heir with his unpredictable, petty father was too precarious for any to dare voice support for Rhaenys' claim.
* DeathOfAChild: She was three years old at the time of her death.
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* DaddysGirl: Implied: ''"[Amory] found her hiding under her father's bed, as if she believed Rhaegar could still protect her."'' Rhaegar had been dead for about two weeks by that point and the capitol had already known of his death, so Rhaenys was either deep in denial/inability to understand death like little Rickon Stark after her or believed her father's ghost would keep her safe. [[CrapsackWorld It didn't save her either way.]]
* DeathOfAChild: She was three years old at the time of her death. To cement the new regime's position, ''something'' needed to be done with the heirs of the Targaryen dynasty, yet all the rebels balked at actually killing innocent children... Enter the notoriously cold-blooded Lord Tywin Lannister. The brutal murders of Rhaenys and her little brother were seen as especially shocking and vile of the atrocities committed at the Sack, but Robert Baratheon was relieved he would not have to dirty his hands and dismissed their deaths as "dragonspawn". Years later, one of the rebel leaders Lord Ned Stark (who saw the bodies first-hand) still holds a grudge, believing the Lannisters should be brought to justice for their actions in the Sack and directly leading him to reject the idea of Tywin being entrusted with the care of Ned's young nephew Robert Arryn.
* FamilyThemeNaming: Like many other girls in her family, she was named for the original Rhaenys Targaryen. It's implied by the vision Dany saw of Rhaegar with Elia and her discussion of it with Jorah that Rhaenys and her Aegon were named after Aegon the Conqueror and his more beloved sister-wife as two of the three prophesized "heads of the dragon" with the expectation of a younger sister, a Visenya, to complete the set. However, a Visenya never came and the rest of the family was murdered during the Sack, [[spoiler:with Rhaenys' Aegon either surviving to adolescence without her under a false identity, or he really was murdered that night with her and the Young Griff Aegon is an impostor]].
* HeirClubForMen: Younger brother Aegon was generally seen as the heir behind Rhaegar, not his older sister Rhaenys, made notable from their father having the closest ties to Dorne since King Daeron II: his wife and the mother of his kids was a Dornish princess whose mother had ruled Dorne, his best friend (and the most loyal member of his Kingsguard) was a Dornishman, his wife's uncle/daughter's great-uncle was another Dornish Kingsguard member, and his brothers by marriage, his daughter's uncles, included the ruling Prince of Dorne. Rhaenys and Aegon's own cousin Arianne was also Doran's heir to Dorne ahead of younger brother Quentyn. Despite this, no mention is made of any debate within Dorne or the royal court on whether Rhaenys' claim should come before Aegon's, and the only mention of brewing conflict with succession and potential second Dance of the Dragons Maester Pycelle feared was between Aerys and Rhaegar specifically, indicating Rhaenys' family opted to not press her claim. Of course, considering [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Aerys]] was openly racist towards the Dornish, even his own grandchildren, and quickly disinherited them to put his younger son ahead of them as heirs once Rhaegar was out of the picture, it may be that as with Aegon IV and his son Daeron II, Rhaegar's position as heir with his unpredictable, petty father was too precarious for any to dare voice support for Rhaenys' claim.
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* LittleGirlsKickShins: Amory Lorch's excuse for stabbing her over and over again was that she'd kicked him.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: She inherited her mother's Dornish look, with black hair and brown eyes, to her grandfather's displeasure.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: She inherited her mother's Dornish look, with black hair and brown eyes, to her grandfather's displeasure.
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* LittleGirlsKickShins: Amory Lorch's excuse for stabbing her over and over (and over...) again was that she'd kicked him.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: She inherited her mother's Dornish look, with black hair andbrown eyes, to her grandfather's displeasure.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: She inherited her mother's Dornish look, with black hair and
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* UnbalancedByRivalsKid: Surprisingly averted with the normally AxCrazy and [[EvilIsPetty vindictive]] Cersei Lannister, who nursed a soft spot for Prince Rhaegar and expected to marry him before his ArrangedMarriage to Elia Martell. Her POV in ''A Feast for Crows'' has her sentimentally refer to "Rhaegar's little girl" and muse that, ''"She would have been my daughter, if the Mad King had not played his cruel jape on Father."'' Now the memory of ''Rhaenys' mother Elia'' on the other hand? [[SpeakIllOfTheDead Good ole Cersei comes back out swingin'!]]
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* RoyallyScrewedUp: The trouble with Targaryen princes is that it isn't always clear if (or, more importantly, ''when'') a potential king will become a Caligula, since "madness and greatness are two sides of the same coin". They can start out as charismatic little [[TheAce Aces]], to trade all that in for [[AxCrazy Axes]] down the line. The line has produced many able warriors, statesmen, and scholars as well as a rogue's gallery of tyrants and psychopaths. Some Targaryens begin quite noble and lose their grip on sanity as they age, such as King Aerys II -- by the end of his reign, he was known as King Aerys the Mad, and in the end his excesses sparked a revolt that toppled the dynasty.
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* RoyallyScrewedUp: The trouble with Targaryen princes is that it isn't always clear if (or, more importantly, ''when'') a potential king will become a Caligula, TheCaligula, since "madness and greatness are two sides of the same coin". They can start out as charismatic little [[TheAce Aces]], to trade all that in for [[AxCrazy Axes]] down the line. The line has produced many able warriors, statesmen, and scholars as well as a rogue's gallery of tyrants and psychopaths. Some Targaryens begin quite noble and lose their grip on sanity as they age, such as King Aerys II -- by the end of his reign, he was known as King Aerys the Mad, and in the end his excesses sparked a revolt that toppled the dynasty. Sometimes this madness is either caused or exacerbated [[DrivenToMadness by outside influences and circumstances]], but other times, there's simply no other excuse besides the rampant inbreeding.
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* DamnedByFaintPraise: The nicest thing that Barristan Selmy can think to say about him is "He could be very harsh to those he thought his enemies," which is the nice way of saying he was a mad tyrant who burned people alive for shits and giggles.
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* BerserkButton: The slightest hint of disrespect for his authority will cause Viserys to explode into rage.
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* PaperTiger: Or "Paper Dragon" as it were. For all his incredible haughtiness and temper, Viserys rarely does anything beyond scream and shout when he feels he's been disrespected and will almost always back down when challenged.
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* SmallNameBigEgo: Not really a "small name" since he ''is'' the prince and one of only two survivors of a once extremely powerful dynasty that made Westeros what it is but Viserys carries himself like he's already back in King's Landing and commanding a vast army and kingdom rather than just trying to survive day to day with people who regard less with reverence and respect than open contempt.
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** If one takes the backstory of the Targaryen family into account, and how one of the causes of the Dance of the Dragons was Viserys I marrying Alicent Hightower, Aerys' refusal to consider marrying Rhaegar to Cersei does make some sense besides humiliating Tywin; he remembers what happened the last time the Hand's family married into the royal family.
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* SanityHasAdvantages: He had ''some'' sense of self-preservation as a young man and seemed at least somewhat aware of how to act as a king and avoided pissing off enemies and was smart enough to listen to good advice. This all went bye-bye as his mental state declined, turning him into a raving loon that everyone was going to turn on at some point.
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* UncleanlinessIsNextToUngodliness: His slide into villainy saw a similar decline in hygiene standards, meaning he basically never bathed or changed his clothes and smelled absolutely ''awful''.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Of Westerosi nobility. They are weird, colorful, self-destructive, and have a laundry list of a weird stuff happening to them, and their family roster reads like both a RoguesGallery and a RagtagBunchOfMisfits, ''at the same time'', and yet they boast the most prodigious dynastic accomplishment of any noble family in the history of Westeros, building the biggest roads, most populous city, and passing more legal and institutional reforms in 300 years than anyone else in thousands.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Of Westerosi nobility. They are weird, colorful, self-destructive, and have a laundry list of a weird stuff happening to them, and their family roster reads like both a RoguesGallery and a RagtagBunchOfMisfits, ''at the same time'', and yet they boast the most prodigious dynastic accomplishment of any noble family in the history of Westeros, building the biggest roads, the most populous city, and passing more legal and institutional reforms in 300 years than anyone else in thousands.
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* CantArgueWithElves: This attitude turns up. Most prominently in members who take the Dragon motif to extremes. When it does crop up, it's one of the warning signs that the individual you are dealing with might be a little nutso.
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* CantArgueWithElves: This attitude turns up. Most up most prominently in members who take the Dragon motif to extremes. When it does crop up, it's one of the warning signs that the individual you are dealing with might be a little nutso.
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* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: The Targaryen's ruled for centuries for one big reason: Dragons. They had them, the other houses didn't and no one was dumb enough to try and topple them so long as the dragons were around.
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* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: The Targaryen's Targaryens ruled for centuries for one big reason: Dragons. They had them, the other houses didn't and no one was dumb enough to try and topple them so long as the dragons were around.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: ''The'' most hated of all the Targaryen kings in recent memory. By the end of his reign, all the high lords either hated him enough to take him down, or did as little as possible to support the Targaryens while waiting to see if ''Rhaegar'' would prevail. Only Maegor "the Cruel" also holds that distinction. [[PlayedWith That said]], during Gregor Clegane's rampage through the crownlands, Arya forgets herself and asks an elderly prisoner to elaborate when he claims to miss the "old king", assuming it to be Robert. It's Aerys, "gods grace him", whom the old man claims would never have stood for the Mountain's atrocities. At the very least, it seems that apart from palace servants, the smallfolk suffered at Aerys's hands far less than the highborn did, since they were less likely to be directly in the path of his predilection for human bonfires.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: ''The'' He was ''the'' most hated of all the Targaryen kings in recent memory. By the end of his reign, all the high lords either hated him enough to take him down, or did as little as possible to support the Targaryens while waiting to see if ''Rhaegar'' would prevail. Only The only other king to be as unpopular as him was Maegor "the Cruel" also holds that distinction.Cruel", who could get away with his unpopularity thanks to having dragons. [[PlayedWith That said]], during Gregor Clegane's rampage through the crownlands, Arya forgets herself and asks an elderly prisoner to elaborate when he claims to miss the "old king", assuming it to be Robert. It's Aerys, "gods grace him", whom the old man claims would never have stood for the Mountain's atrocities. At the very least, it seems that that, apart from palace servants, the smallfolk suffered at Aerys's Aerys' hands far less than the highborn did, since they were less likely to be directly in the path of his predilection for human bonfires. bonfires.
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* BadBoss: On a good day, he'd just find a way to ''dramatically'' complicate your work life. On a bad... well... [[KillItWithFire You'd die warm, at least]].
* BaitTheDog: Despite their unhappy marriage, after Rhaella suffered a string of stillbirths and miscarriages, Aerys did his best to try and comfort his wife in her grief...until he became convinced the children had all died because they weren't his, and had Rhaella watched at all times so he could be certain she wasn't cheating on him.
* BaitTheDog: Despite their unhappy marriage, after Rhaella suffered a string of stillbirths and miscarriages, Aerys did his best to try and comfort his wife in her grief...until he became convinced the children had all died because they weren't his, and had Rhaella watched at all times so he could be certain she wasn't cheating on him.
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* BadBoss: On a good day, he'd just find a way to ''dramatically'' complicate your work life. On a bad... well... [[KillItWithFire You'd you'd die warm, at least]].
* BaitTheDog: Despite their unhappy marriage, after Rhaella suffered a string of stillbirths and miscarriages, Aerys did his best to try and comfort his wife in her grief... until he became convinced the children had all died because they weren't his, and had Rhaella watched at all times so he could be certain she wasn't cheating on him.
* BaitTheDog: Despite their unhappy marriage, after Rhaella suffered a string of stillbirths and miscarriages, Aerys did his best to try and comfort his wife in her grief... until he became convinced the children had all died because they weren't his, and had Rhaella watched at all times so he could be certain she wasn't cheating on him.
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* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: Aerys' descent into Mad King territory began after the Defiance Of Duskendale, when he was held prisoner and tortured for 6 months by Lord Denys Darklyn. When he was rescued by Barristan Selmy, any minute shred of sanity or compassion he had was long gone.
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* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: Aerys' descent into Mad King territory began after the Defiance Of Duskendale, when he was held prisoner and tortured for 6 six months by Lord Denys Darklyn. When he was rescued by Barristan Selmy, any minute shred of sanity or compassion he had was long gone.
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* BrotherSisterIncest: Reluctantly married his sister Rhaella, as per Targaryen tradition.
* TheButcher: Quite fond of having people maimed or put to death, often in [[{{Sadist}} excessive fashions]]. [[spoiler:Jaime Lannister reveals that Aerys planned to burn King's Landing rather than allow Robert to take the city after Robert defeated Rhaegar at the Battle of the Trident, which is the reason Jaime decided to kill Aerys.]]
* TheCaligula: He was called "''King Aerys the Mad''", or just "''the Mad King''", among other things. As a young King, he went from being a harmless version, coming up with impractical but grandiloquent plans, calling himself Aerys the Wise, extorting sexual favors and being a sleaze. He then went full AxCrazy after the Defiance of Duskendale.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: To be perfectly truthful, almost[[note]]To be fair to Aerys, the Defiance of Duskendale happened solely because Lord Denys Darklyn didn't want to keep paying taxes, as Duskendale's wealth was dwindling as King's Landing grew, and it was Tywin rather than Aerys who refused him, leading to his ill-fated abduction of Aerys[[/note]] nobody ever fought against Aerys without a laundry list of honestly acquired grievances racked up over months or years, despite his protestations of their treason being either unfounded or nefarious in nature:
** "TheUsurper and his dogs", as Aerys's children, [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade Viserys and Dany]], call Robert, Ned and Jon Arryn, never once opposed the Targaryen family, even after Rhaegar had kidnapped Lyanna and Aerys killed Elbert Arryn (Jon's nephew and heir) and other companions of Brandon Stark. It took Aerys cruelly murdering Rickard and Brandon, and then calling for Ned and Robert's innocent heads for them to decide ThisMeansWar.
** Tywin Lannister served Aerys for 20 years, withstood the constant humiliation of Aerys creeping on his wife and indulging in petty insults, and even stood silent as Aerys insultingly called him "servant" and denied a match between Rhaegar and Cersei in favor of Elia Martell. Then Aerys nominated Jaime Lannister to the Kingsguard, denying him his preferred heir and making Jaime a potential hostage. When the rebellion was underway, Aerys II still had [[EntitledBastard the nerve]] to hold out for Tywin to come to his aid. Instead Tywin came forth to enact a KingmakerScenario in favor of Robert.
* TheButcher: Quite fond of having people maimed or put to death, often in [[{{Sadist}} excessive fashions]]. [[spoiler:Jaime Lannister reveals that Aerys planned to burn King's Landing rather than allow Robert to take the city after Robert defeated Rhaegar at the Battle of the Trident, which is the reason Jaime decided to kill Aerys.]]
* TheCaligula: He was called "''King Aerys the Mad''", or just "''the Mad King''", among other things. As a young King, he went from being a harmless version, coming up with impractical but grandiloquent plans, calling himself Aerys the Wise, extorting sexual favors and being a sleaze. He then went full AxCrazy after the Defiance of Duskendale.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: To be perfectly truthful, almost[[note]]To be fair to Aerys, the Defiance of Duskendale happened solely because Lord Denys Darklyn didn't want to keep paying taxes, as Duskendale's wealth was dwindling as King's Landing grew, and it was Tywin rather than Aerys who refused him, leading to his ill-fated abduction of Aerys[[/note]] nobody ever fought against Aerys without a laundry list of honestly acquired grievances racked up over months or years, despite his protestations of their treason being either unfounded or nefarious in nature:
** "TheUsurper and his dogs", as Aerys's children, [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade Viserys and Dany]], call Robert, Ned and Jon Arryn, never once opposed the Targaryen family, even after Rhaegar had kidnapped Lyanna and Aerys killed Elbert Arryn (Jon's nephew and heir) and other companions of Brandon Stark. It took Aerys cruelly murdering Rickard and Brandon, and then calling for Ned and Robert's innocent heads for them to decide ThisMeansWar.
** Tywin Lannister served Aerys for 20 years, withstood the constant humiliation of Aerys creeping on his wife and indulging in petty insults, and even stood silent as Aerys insultingly called him "servant" and denied a match between Rhaegar and Cersei in favor of Elia Martell. Then Aerys nominated Jaime Lannister to the Kingsguard, denying him his preferred heir and making Jaime a potential hostage. When the rebellion was underway, Aerys II still had [[EntitledBastard the nerve]] to hold out for Tywin to come to his aid. Instead Tywin came forth to enact a KingmakerScenario in favor of Robert.
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* BrotherSisterIncest: Reluctantly He reluctantly married his sister Rhaella, as per Targaryen tradition.
* TheButcher:Quite He was quite fond of having people maimed or put to death, often in [[{{Sadist}} excessive fashions]].fashions]] -- burning was his favorite standby, but he was perfectly happy to get creative if the occasion called for it. [[spoiler:Jaime Lannister reveals that Aerys planned to burn King's Landing rather than allow Robert to take the city after Robert defeated Rhaegar at the Battle of the Trident, which is the reason Jaime decided to kill Aerys.]]
* TheCaligula: He was called "''King Aerys the Mad''", or just "''the Mad King''", among other things. As a young King, hewent from being a was an essentially harmless version, coming up with impractical but grandiloquent plans, calling himself Aerys the Wise, extorting sexual favors and being a sleaze. He then went full AxCrazy after the Defiance of Duskendale.
Duskendale, and became a capricious, cruel, and unstable tyrant.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: To be perfectly truthful,almost[[note]]To almost[[note]]to be fair to Aerys, the Defiance of Duskendale happened solely because Lord Denys Darklyn didn't want to keep paying taxes, as Duskendale's wealth was dwindling as King's Landing grew, and it was Tywin rather than Aerys who refused him, leading to his ill-fated abduction of Aerys[[/note]] nobody ever fought against Aerys without a laundry list of honestly acquired grievances racked up over months or years, despite his protestations of their treason being either unfounded or nefarious in nature:
** "TheUsurper and his dogs", as Aerys's children, [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade Viserys and Dany]], call Robert, Ned and Jon Arryn, never once opposed the Targaryen family, even after Rhaegar had kidnapped Lyanna and Aerys killed Elbert Arryn (Jon's nephew and heir) and other companions of Brandon Stark. It took Aerys cruelly murdering Rickard and Brandon, and then calling for Ned and Robert's innocentheads heads, for them to decide that ThisMeansWar.
** Tywin Lannister served Aerys for20 twenty years, withstood the constant humiliation of Aerys creeping on his wife and indulging in petty insults, and even stood silent as Aerys insultingly called him "servant" "a servant" and denied a match between Rhaegar and Cersei in favor of Elia Martell. Then Aerys nominated Jaime Lannister to the Kingsguard, denying him his preferred heir and making Jaime a potential hostage. When the rebellion was underway, Aerys II still had [[EntitledBastard the nerve]] to hold out for Tywin to come to his aid. Instead Tywin came forth to enact a KingmakerScenario in favor of Robert.
* TheButcher:
* TheCaligula: He was called "''King Aerys the Mad''", or just "''the Mad King''", among other things. As a young King, he
* CreateYourOwnVillain: To be perfectly truthful,
** "TheUsurper and his dogs", as Aerys's children, [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade Viserys and Dany]], call Robert, Ned and Jon Arryn, never once opposed the Targaryen family, even after Rhaegar had kidnapped Lyanna and Aerys killed Elbert Arryn (Jon's nephew and heir) and other companions of Brandon Stark. It took Aerys cruelly murdering Rickard and Brandon, and then calling for Ned and Robert's innocent
** Tywin Lannister served Aerys for
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** There's his penchant for invoking CruelAndUnusualDeath and KickTheDog, being a BadBoss who ignores good advice, his grandiose impractical scheme, being an OrcusOnHisThrone and a NonActionBigBad who tended to invoke YouHaveFailedMe to his underlings and try and force people to help him by invoking IHaveYourWife (Jaime for Tywin, and Elia and her children for the Martells). He ticks nearly all the things to avoid in the EvilOverlord list and he pays for making those mistakes. Aside from PsychosForHire like his pyromancers, no one will willingly serve him, so he has very few competent supporters who can win his war for him and zero public support. When he decides to burn King's Landing to the ground, his bodyguard, who was having doubts about his vocation to start with, in large part due to being privy to Aerys' various depravities, decides that he'll be TheKingslayer instead. Likewise, the former HypercompetentSidekick Tywin who he kept abusing and humiliating throughout his tenure decides he'd rather be TheStarscream and parley his actions for a plum position in the new government.
** Likewise, he's also one for the BigBad. In Robert's Rebellion, Robert Baratheon, Ned Stark and Jon Arryn were the three heroes, the good guys in a relatively more straightforward conflict than the later wars in Westeros. Unlike other fantasy stories, there's no final battle and he dies ignominiously by being HoistByHisOwnPetard. Once the heroes win, they have to deal with the fact that Aerys was the last king of a nearly 300-year-old dynasty and trying to put someone new in that place, creating new alliances and making the new dynasty legitimately acceptable to people in a power vacuum is pretty hard. Turns out a BigBad doesn't really serve as a ConflictKiller for other social and political issues, or at least not in the long run.
** Likewise, he's also one for the BigBad. In Robert's Rebellion, Robert Baratheon, Ned Stark and Jon Arryn were the three heroes, the good guys in a relatively more straightforward conflict than the later wars in Westeros. Unlike other fantasy stories, there's no final battle and he dies ignominiously by being HoistByHisOwnPetard. Once the heroes win, they have to deal with the fact that Aerys was the last king of a nearly 300-year-old dynasty and trying to put someone new in that place, creating new alliances and making the new dynasty legitimately acceptable to people in a power vacuum is pretty hard. Turns out a BigBad doesn't really serve as a ConflictKiller for other social and political issues, or at least not in the long run.
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** There's his penchant for invoking CruelAndUnusualDeath and KickTheDog, being a BadBoss who ignores good advice, his grandiose impractical scheme, schemes, being an OrcusOnHisThrone and a NonActionBigBad who tended to invoke YouHaveFailedMe to his underlings and try and force people to help him by invoking IHaveYourWife (Jaime for Tywin, and Elia and her children for the Martells). He ticks nearly all the things to avoid in the EvilOverlord list and he pays for making those mistakes. Aside from PsychosForHire like his pyromancers, no one will willingly serve him, so he has very few competent supporters who can win his war for him and zero public support. When he decides to burn King's Landing to the ground, his bodyguard, who was having doubts about his vocation to start with, in large part due to being privy to Aerys' various depravities, decides that he'll be TheKingslayer instead. Likewise, the former HypercompetentSidekick Tywin who he kept abusing and humiliating throughout his tenure decides he'd rather be TheStarscream and parley his actions for a plum position in the new government.
** Likewise, he's also one for the BigBad. In Robert's Rebellion, Robert Baratheon, Ned Stark and Jon Arryn were the three heroes, the good guys in a relatively more straightforward conflict than the later wars in Westeros. Unlike other fantasy stories, there's no final battle and he dies ignominiously by being HoistByHisOwnPetard. Once the heroes win, they have to deal with the fact that Aerys was the last king of a nearly 300-year-old dynasty and trying to put someone new in that place, creating new alliances and making the new dynasty legitimately acceptable to people in a power vacuum is pretty hard.Turns It turns out that a BigBad doesn't really serve as a ConflictKiller for other social and political issues, or at least not in the long run.
** Likewise, he's also one for the BigBad. In Robert's Rebellion, Robert Baratheon, Ned Stark and Jon Arryn were the three heroes, the good guys in a relatively more straightforward conflict than the later wars in Westeros. Unlike other fantasy stories, there's no final battle and he dies ignominiously by being HoistByHisOwnPetard. Once the heroes win, they have to deal with the fact that Aerys was the last king of a nearly 300-year-old dynasty and trying to put someone new in that place, creating new alliances and making the new dynasty legitimately acceptable to people in a power vacuum is pretty hard.
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** According to ''A World of Ice and Fire,'' he appointed Jaime to the Kingsguard as an insult to Tywin by denying him his preferred heir. It only occurred to Aerys after he had sworn Jaime in that this means the favorite son of a man he hates is going to be at his side, heavily armed, for the rest of his life. He reportedly spent much of the night after he named Jaime a Kingsguard panicking.
** After Duskendale, Aerys refused to leave the walls of the Red Keep. The only time he did was for the Tourney at Harrenhal, which he suspected had been set up only to drum up support for Rhaegar, his own son, to overthrow him. From the writing of "World of Ice and Fire", the writings of Grand Maester Pycelle suggest he hoped his presence there would frighten the "conspirators" and thought his presence at the tourney would win back the love of his people. Unfortunately, by this point Aerys was thin and gaunt due to his fear of poisoning, his hair and beard were long, tangled and unwashed, his nails long (up to nine inches) and yellow, and he went from silent to joyful to weeping to furious in seconds, showing everyone how far he had fallen.
** After Duskendale, Aerys refused to leave the walls of the Red Keep. The only time he did was for the Tourney at Harrenhal, which he suspected had been set up only to drum up support for Rhaegar, his own son, to overthrow him. From the writing of "World of Ice and Fire", the writings of Grand Maester Pycelle suggest he hoped his presence there would frighten the "conspirators" and thought his presence at the tourney would win back the love of his people. Unfortunately, by this point Aerys was thin and gaunt due to his fear of poisoning, his hair and beard were long, tangled and unwashed, his nails long (up to nine inches) and yellow, and he went from silent to joyful to weeping to furious in seconds, showing everyone how far he had fallen.
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** According to ''A World of Ice and Fire,'' Fire'', he appointed Jaime to the Kingsguard as an insult to Tywin by denying him his preferred heir. It only occurred to Aerys after he had sworn Jaime in that this means the favorite son of a man he hates is going to be at his side, heavily armed, for the rest of his life. He reportedly spent much of the night after he named Jaime a Kingsguard panicking.
** After Duskendale, Aerys refused to leave the walls of the Red Keep. The only time he did was for the Tourney at Harrenhal, which he suspected had been set up only to drum up support for Rhaegar, his own son, to overthrow him. From the writing of"World "The World of Ice and Fire", the writings of Grand Maester Pycelle suggest he hoped his presence there would frighten the "conspirators" and thought his presence at the tourney would win back the love of his people. Unfortunately, by this point Aerys was thin and gaunt due to his fear of poisoning, his hair and beard were long, tangled and unwashed, his nails long (up to nine inches) and yellow, and he went from silent to joyful to weeping to furious in seconds, showing everyone how far he had fallen.
** After Duskendale, Aerys refused to leave the walls of the Red Keep. The only time he did was for the Tourney at Harrenhal, which he suspected had been set up only to drum up support for Rhaegar, his own son, to overthrow him. From the writing of
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* ElementalMotifs: Fire, of the "indiscriminately destructive raging inferno" kind. As his sanity slid further down the toilet, Aerys became obsessed with fire and burning people alive as punishment, to the point where he could only become aroused after watching someone burn to death. Near the end of Robert's Rebellion, he planned to burn all of King's Landing in a blaze of wildfire, believing he would transform into a dragon with the power to incinerate his enemies. But every blaze must eventually die out, and Aerys' fire was extinguished by the sword of his own Kingsguard, Jaime Lannister.
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* ElementalMotifs: Fire, of the "indiscriminately destructive raging inferno" kind. As his sanity slid further down the toilet, Aerys became obsessed with fire and burning people alive as punishment, to the point where he could only become aroused after watching someone burn to death. Near the end of Robert's Rebellion, he planned to burn all of King's Landing in a blaze of wildfire, believing he would transform into a dragon with the power to incinerate his enemies. But every blaze must eventually die out, and Aerys' fire was extinguished by the sword of his own Kingsguard, Jaime Lannister.
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* TheGoodKing: Played with. In ACOK, Arya overhears a peasant complaining about the injustices of Gregor Clegane against the smallfolk and argues that the "Old King" would not have abided by such treatment. She asks him if he's referring to Robert; he's actually referring to Aerys, so yeah... there's still people in Westeros that think that Aerys was a good king, only as far as safety was concerned. To Aerys II's credit, he did expand rights to the residents of the Kingswood (on Ser Arthur Dayne's appeal), so it might be that this one peasant remembers that one PetTheDog moment. The nobility of course consider Aerys one of the worst Targaryen kings of all time, if not the worst, and thanks to Jaime's secrecy, [[spoiler:the Mad King's final act of cruelty, destroying all of King's Landing and taking them with him, remains unknown to the public]].
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* TheGoodKing: Played with. In ACOK, ''A Clash of Kings'', Arya overhears a peasant complaining about the injustices of Gregor Clegane against the smallfolk and argues that the "Old King" would not have abided by such treatment. She asks him if he's referring to Robert; he's actually referring to Aerys, so yeah... there's still people in Westeros that think that Aerys was a good king, only as far as safety was concerned. To Aerys II's credit, he did expand rights to the residents of the Kingswood (on Ser Arthur Dayne's appeal), so it might be that this one peasant remembers that one PetTheDog moment. The nobility of course consider Aerys one of the worst Targaryen kings of all time, if not the worst, and thanks to Jaime's secrecy, [[spoiler:the Mad King's final act of cruelty, destroying all of King's Landing and taking them with him, remains unknown to the public]].
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** Aerys [[NeverMyFault never admitted any responsibility]] for turning people against him with his psychotic paranoia, treating all their "treasons" as unfounded- but the inciting incident for his madness, the Defiance of Duskendale, was exactly one such baseless treason, where a lord who didn't want to pay taxes (and had been refused by Aery's Hand Tywin) imprisoned, humiliated, and threatened to execute him for months. The problem was that Aerys apparently began regarding ''all'' defiances of him as being akin to Lord Darklyn's Defiance.
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** Aerys [[NeverMyFault never admitted any responsibility]] for turning people against him with his psychotic paranoia, treating all their "treasons" as unfounded- unfounded -- but the inciting incident for his madness, the Defiance of Duskendale, was exactly one such baseless treason, where a lord who didn't want to pay taxes (and had been refused by Aery's Hand Tywin) imprisoned, humiliated, and threatened to execute him for months. The problem was that Aerys apparently began regarding ''all'' defiances of him as being akin to Lord Darklyn's Defiance.
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** Tywin offered to wed his daughter Cersei to Rhaegar, which would have granted Aerys a powerful and wealthy ally in House Lannister. Instead, Aerys ridiculed the idea and made his son married Elia Martel instead, with the intended message being that he would rather let his son marry a Dornishwoman (whom he was also bigoted toward) than Tywin's daughter. As the result, the Lannisters sat out of most of Robert's Rebellion, only stepping in at the end to butcher the Targaryens and prove their loyalty to the new king.
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** Tywin offered to wed his daughter Cersei to Rhaegar, which would have granted Aerys a powerful and wealthy ally in House Lannister. made Aerys' rule rock solid with the Lannisters backing him. Instead, Aerys ridiculed the idea and made his son married Elia Martel instead, with the intended message being that he would rather let his son marry a Dornishwoman (whom he was also bigoted toward) than Tywin's daughter. doesn't even like) just to spite Tywin. As the result, the Lannisters sat out of most of Robert's Rebellion, only stepping in at the end to butcher the betray Targaryens and prove their loyalty to the new king.
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z* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The conquest of Dorne started by Aegon the Conqueror and finished by Daeron the Good would cost the Targaryens dearly (i.e, a rebellion and rival family still scheming to conquer Westeros).
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The conquest of Dorne started by Aegon the Conqueror and finished by Daeron the Good would cost the Targaryens dearly (i.e, a rebellion and rival family still scheming to conquer Westeros).
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The conquest of Dorne started by Aegon the Conqueror and finished by Daeron the Good would cost the Targaryens dearly (i.e, a rebellion and rival family still scheming to conquer Westeros).
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* RuleOfThree: Aegon the Conqueror and his sisters, [[ArcWords the dragon's three heads]], the three times Maester Aemon's vows to the Order and the Night's Watch were tested, the three Kingsguard knights who guarded the Tower of Joy, the three mounts Dany must ride, the three betrayals she will suffer and finally, [[spoiler: The three eyed crow]].
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* RuleOfThree: Aegon the Conqueror and his sisters, [[ArcWords the dragon's three heads]], Baelor the Blessed imprisoning his three sisters in the Maidenvault, the three times Maester Aemon's vows to the Order and the Night's Watch were tested, the three Kingsguard knights who guarded the Tower of Joy, the three mounts Dany must ride, the three betrayals she will suffer and finally, [[spoiler: The three eyed crow]].
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** Tywin offered to wed his daughter Cersei to Rhaegar, which would have granted Aerys a powerful and wealthy ally in House Lannister. Instead, Aerys ridiculed the idea and made his son married Elia Martel instead, with the intended message being that he would rather let his son marry a Dornishwoman (whom he was also bigoted toward) than Tywin's daughter. As the result, the Lannisters sat out most of Robert's Rebellion, only stepping in at the end to butcher the Targaryens and prove their loyalty to the new king.
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** Tywin offered to wed his daughter Cersei to Rhaegar, which would have granted Aerys a powerful and wealthy ally in House Lannister. Instead, Aerys ridiculed the idea and made his son married Elia Martel instead, with the intended message being that he would rather let his son marry a Dornishwoman (whom he was also bigoted toward) than Tywin's daughter. As the result, the Lannisters sat out of most of Robert's Rebellion, only stepping in at the end to butcher the Targaryens and prove their loyalty to the new king.
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** Tywin offered to wed his daughter Cersei to Rhaegar, which would have granted Aerys a powerful and wealthy ally in House Lannister. Instead, Aerys ridiculed the idea and made his son married Elia Martel instead, with the intended message being that he would rather let his son marry a Dornishwoman (whom he was also bigoted toward) than Tywin's daughter. As the result, the Lannisters sat out most of Robert's Rebellion, only stepping in at the end to butcher the Targaryens and prove their loyalty to the new king.
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!!!The Dragon, The Beggar King, The Cart King, The Sorefoot King
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* BigBrotherMentor: Inverted. He has had a tremendous influence in Daenerys' actions, but she mostly wants to do the exact opposite of what Viserys would do. [[spoiler:According to her prophetic dream at ADWD, by doing so she has been pussyfooting what she's been destined to do.]]
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* BigBrotherMentor: Inverted. He has had a tremendous influence in Daenerys' actions, but she mostly wants to do the exact opposite of what Viserys would do. [[spoiler:According to her prophetic dream at ADWD, by doing so she has been pussyfooting what she's been destined to do.]]]] On the other hand, he ''did'' teach her important information she would need later, [[spoiler:about how to feed her dragons]].
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** He gave away his most prized possession, Daenerys, to the leader of a horde of warriors that value strength in combat and arms, expecting to become their leader in spite of lacking both;
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** He gave away his most prized possession, Daenerys, to the leader of a horde of warriors that value strength in combat and arms, all while expecting to become their leader in spite of lacking both;
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** Daenerys tries to make a conscious effort to integrate Viserys into the people he's supposed to be leading, only for him to staunchly refuse, as he considers them filthy savages;
** His final threat, he has to pay dearly, as he threatens a pregnant Daenerys with cutting Drogo's unborn child in front of him and his Khalassar. This becomes the last offense Drogo takes from him, killing Viserys once and for all.
** His final threat, he has to pay dearly, as he threatens a pregnant Daenerys with cutting Drogo's unborn child in front of him and his Khalassar. This becomes the last offense Drogo takes from him, killing Viserys once and for all.
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** Daenerys tries to make a conscious effort to integrate Viserys into the people he's supposed to be leading, only for him to staunchly refuse, as he considers them filthy savages;
savages, while still expecting respect and obedience from them;
** His final threat, for which he has to pay dearly,as he threatens is threatening a pregnant Daenerys with cutting Drogo's unborn child in front of him and his Khalassar.Khalasar. This becomes the last offense Drogo takes from him, killing Viserys once and for all.
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* TheExile: The Targaryens were deposed and Prince Viserys and Prince Daenerys wound up being hosted by various patrons in Essos. He is ''not'' happy to admit how far their family has fallen, and clings to their glory days.
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* TheExile: The Targaryens were deposed and Prince Viserys and Prince Princess Daenerys wound up being hosted by various patrons in Essos. He is ''not'' happy to admit how far their family has fallen, and clings to their glory days.
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* EvenEvilCanBeLoved: He was bitter and abusive, but [[spoiler:after his death]], Daenerys named [[spoiler:one of her dragons after him]], and she admits that if it wasn't for Viserys, she never would have survived on her own.
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* EvenEvilCanBeLoved: He was bitter and abusive, but [[spoiler:after his death]], Daenerys named [[spoiler:one comes to lose a great deal of respect from him in the first book as she realizes he is a pathetic man who'd be a terrible king, and ultimately [[spoiler:Daenerys does not intervene to save him when he verbally assaults her, threatens her unborn child, and then pleads for her to help him]]. It's made clear she understands how foolish, abusive, and UnfitForGreatness he is. At the same time, her feelings on him are greatly mixed because of their shared past and how he UsedToBeASweetKid who was her sole caretaker and protector after Ser Willem Darry died: when informed late in the first book of the [[spoiler:lordship King Robert offered to anyone who killed her and Viserys, she says Robert owes Drogo a lordship, then bursts into tears. In an earlier draft of the books, GRRM had planned for Daenerys to even kill Drogo herself to avenge Viserys. At the start of the second book, she names two of her dragons after him]], both her brothers, acknowledging, "Viserys was cruel and easily frightened, [[ThickerThanWater yet he was my brother still]]. His dragon will do what he could not." In ''A Dance with Dragons'', she admits that if it wasn't has a DeadPersonConversation with what appears to be Viserys' ghost where he berates and guilt-trips her for Viserys, she having never would have survived on her own.mourned him after all he did for her, with Daenerys answering sadly that she loved him "once."]]
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* FreeRangeChildren: A total deconstruction. Viserys was eight when he and his baby sister were sent into exile and just a few years older when their protector, Ser Willem Darry, died and left them on their own. Viserys had to raise his sister, try to win back the throneand look after an entire dynasty's worth of inheritance and expectations before he was in his teens. This ''greatly'' contributed to his madness and cruelty toward Daenerys, leaving him a bitter and broken man by his early twenties. Worse, he was in an alien environment and faced growing further away from his roots as time went on, however hard he tried (and failed) to cling onto them. {{Jerkass}} though he is, you do have to feel for him a little bit.
* FreudianExcuse: Part of how he turned out is due to this. He was raised as a prince and when that was ripped from him in a rebellion he probably didn't fully understand (which his [[BigBrotherWorship brother]] was a catalyst of, no less), he was forced to support his infant sister mostly by himself at the age of ''eight'' (well, ''maybe'' nine) in a world that he had been utterly unprepared to deal with because his father's efforts to protect him effectively isolated him from the outside world. Dany notes that when they were younger he was more of a caring brother to her, but the humiliations he had to undergo to support the two of them took their toll on him. She remembers that the last straw was being forced to sell off their mother's crown, after which all remaining kindness in him was gone.
* GenerationXerox: He beat his father on the speed-run playthrough and couldn't get the resources to enjoy playing with the green liquid fire, but their SanitySlippage otherwise shares many features. Also, Aerion Brightflame; meet an exiled, jerkish distant nephew, and one ''very'' familiar with AlcoholInducedIdiocy, too...
* FreudianExcuse: Part of how he turned out is due to this. He was raised as a prince and when that was ripped from him in a rebellion he probably didn't fully understand (which his [[BigBrotherWorship brother]] was a catalyst of, no less), he was forced to support his infant sister mostly by himself at the age of ''eight'' (well, ''maybe'' nine) in a world that he had been utterly unprepared to deal with because his father's efforts to protect him effectively isolated him from the outside world. Dany notes that when they were younger he was more of a caring brother to her, but the humiliations he had to undergo to support the two of them took their toll on him. She remembers that the last straw was being forced to sell off their mother's crown, after which all remaining kindness in him was gone.
* GenerationXerox: He beat his father on the speed-run playthrough and couldn't get the resources to enjoy playing with the green liquid fire, but their SanitySlippage otherwise shares many features. Also, Aerion Brightflame; meet an exiled, jerkish distant nephew, and one ''very'' familiar with AlcoholInducedIdiocy, too...
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* FreeRangeChildren: A total deconstruction. Viserys was eight when he and his baby sister were sent into exile and just a few years older when their protector, Ser Willem Darry, died and left them on their own. Viserys had to raise his sister, try to win back the throneand throne and look after an entire dynasty's worth of inheritance and expectations before he was in his teens. This ''greatly'' contributed to his madness and cruelty toward Daenerys, leaving him a bitter and broken man by his early twenties. Worse, he was in an alien environment and faced growing further away from his roots as time went on, however hard he tried (and failed) to cling onto them. {{Jerkass}} though he is, you do have to feel for him a little bit.
* FreudianExcuse: Part of how he turned out is due to this. He was raised as a prince by an AxCrazy father who isolated him andwhen likely exposed Viserys to the idea that unknown enemies were conspiring to kill him. Then his home was ripped from him in a rebellion he probably didn't fully understand (which his [[BigBrotherWorship brother]] was a catalyst of, no less), he said brother was forced to support killed, his infant sister mostly father was [[BodyguardBetrayal betrayed and killed by himself at a Kingsguard knight]] Viserys would have [[EtTuBrute personally known as one of his family's sworn protectors]], his [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas beloved]] mother died giving birth to his sister, and in the age aftershock of ''eight'' (well, ''maybe'' nine) in a world that he had been utterly unprepared to deal with because this the remnants of his father's efforts men were conspiring to protect him effectively isolated him hand the helpless 8-year-old Viserys and his newborn sister over to the enemy who would have killed them. They were saved by one of their father's men, Ser Willem Darry, and got to lived in peace for a time in Braavos, but when Ser Willem died, they were kicked out of their home without any money, possessions, or wealth to their name, and the 13-year-old Viserys was forced to protect, feed, and raise his five-year-old sister entirely by himself. He had to continually resort to begging for food and shelter from wealthy patrons who treated the outside world.surviving Targaryens as little more than amusing curiosities, but always lost interest and forced them out. Dany notes that when they were younger he was more of a caring brother to her, but the humiliations he had to undergo to support the two of them took their toll on him. She remembers that the last straw was being forced to sell off their mother's crown, after which all remaining kindness in him was gone.
* GenerationXerox: He beat his father on the speed-run playthrough and couldn't get the resources to enjoy playing with the green liquid fire, but their SanitySlippage otherwise shares manyfeatures.features and the increasingly abusive, loveless relationship he has with little sister Daenerys (who he once expected to marry due to being his only sister) echoes the increasingly unhappy and abusive ArrangedMarriage Aerys had with ''his'' sister Rhaella (who were forced to marry by ''their'' father). Also, Aerion Brightflame; meet an exiled, jerkish distant nephew, and one ''very'' familiar with AlcoholInducedIdiocy, too...
* FreudianExcuse: Part of how he turned out is due to this. He was raised as a prince by an AxCrazy father who isolated him and
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* ImpoverishedPatrician: Despite coming from a line of kings and believing himself to be the true king of Westeros, Viserys is reduced to begging in order to survive. Unlike his sister, he is extremely haughty and acts like he is still royalty.
* ImproperlyParanoid: He spent years and money moving from place to place with Daenerys, convinced Robert's assassins were after them. We learn that while Robert had considered it, he was talked out of it by Jon Arryn and no effort was made until after Daenerys was married to Drogo.
* ImproperlyParanoid: He spent years and money moving from place to place with Daenerys, convinced Robert's assassins were after them. We learn that while Robert had considered it, he was talked out of it by Jon Arryn and no effort was made until after Daenerys was married to Drogo.
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* ImpoverishedPatrician: Despite coming from a line of kings and believing himself to be the true king of Westeros, Viserys is reduced to begging in order to survive. Unlike [[ModestRoyalty his sister, sister]], he is extremely haughty and acts like he is still royalty.
* ImproperlyParanoid: He spent years and money moving from place to place with Daenerys, convinced Robert's assassins were after them. We learn that while Robert had considered it, he was talked out of it by Jon Arryn and no effort was made until after Daenerys was married to Drogo. It's possible that growing up with Mad King Aerys as his father, the seeds of paranoia were planted early on (as by the time Viserys was born, Aerys was ''convinced'' his previous child Prince Jaehaerys had been murdered, and went overboard trying to keep Viserys alive, with Aerys unlikely the type of parent to keep his beliefs of potential treachery and attempted murder afoot from wee Viserys' impressionable young ears) and then blossomed after the exile, especially after traumatic betrayals House Targaryen then ''did'' suffer during the Rebellion: dear old Dad betrayed and murdered by that two-faced traitor Jaime Lannister, the gruesome fates suffered by Rhaegar's family in the Sack of King's Landing when the gates to the city were opened, the Dragonstone garrison plotting to sell little Viserys and his newborn baby sister to approaching Baratheon forces even knowing it'd spell their deaths and with Viserys having no way to stop them...
* ImproperlyParanoid: He spent years and money moving from place to place with Daenerys, convinced Robert's assassins were after them. We learn that while Robert had considered it, he was talked out of it by Jon Arryn and no effort was made until after Daenerys was married to Drogo. It's possible that growing up with Mad King Aerys as his father, the seeds of paranoia were planted early on (as by the time Viserys was born, Aerys was ''convinced'' his previous child Prince Jaehaerys had been murdered, and went overboard trying to keep Viserys alive, with Aerys unlikely the type of parent to keep his beliefs of potential treachery and attempted murder afoot from wee Viserys' impressionable young ears) and then blossomed after the exile, especially after traumatic betrayals House Targaryen then ''did'' suffer during the Rebellion: dear old Dad betrayed and murdered by that two-faced traitor Jaime Lannister, the gruesome fates suffered by Rhaegar's family in the Sack of King's Landing when the gates to the city were opened, the Dragonstone garrison plotting to sell little Viserys and his newborn baby sister to approaching Baratheon forces even knowing it'd spell their deaths and with Viserys having no way to stop them...
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* IncestantAdmirer: Viserys has always had a creepy interest in his younger sister, molesting and making inappropriate remarks about her. It's even stated that he'd tell Daenerys [[RoyalInbreeding that as Targaryens, they must marry for the sake of remaining "pure-blooded".]] And when he was forced to [[ArrangedMarriage let Daenerys and Drogo marry,]] he was planning on sneaking into her room to take her virginity before the wedding. Daenerys is clearly uncomfortable with all this.
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* IncestantAdmirer: Viserys [[spoiler:Viserys' ghost]] confirms he has [[WifeHusbandry always had a creepy interest in planned]] on one day marrying his younger sister, sister and having "pure-blooded" children with her, and after all he feels he's sacrificed to take care of her, he feels completely entitled to doing whatever he wants with Daenerys, molesting and making inappropriate remarks about her. It's even stated that he'd tell Daenerys [[RoyalInbreeding that as Targaryens, they must marry for the sake her with not a trace of remaining "pure-blooded".]] shame or remorse. And when he was forced to [[ArrangedMarriage let Daenerys and Drogo marry,]] marry]] to get the army he'd craved, he was ''still'' planning on sneaking into her room to take her virginity before the wedding. wedding and risking blowing up the whole plan for the sake of his pride and lust. Although willing to marry Viserys [[RoyalInbreeding per Targaryen custom for the sake of keeping the blood of the dragon "pure"]] and mentioning in her narration that she'd grown up expecting it, his sexual abuse and other cruelties have clearly taken a heavy mental toll on Daenerys, who is (initially) a meek and fearful 13-year-old cowed into submission by him. However, by present day he is keen on selling her off to be Drogo's bride instead so he can conquer Westeros, and Daenerys is clearly uncomfortable far more horrified by the idea of her having to marry Drogo than he is, with all this.Viserys berating her to please Drogo so the ArrangedMarriage will work; Viserys even gives an infamous speech about [[KickTheDog his willingness to have her raped by the entire khalasar as long as Viserys gets what he wants out of it]]. [[spoiler:Little did he know, there were plans drafted for him to marry Princess Arianne Martell instead and get his army that way courtesy of her father; as Daenerys reflects on this, she speculates that he would have dumped her and jumped at the opportunity with Arianne with little qualm. Pity nobody saw fit to tell him.]]
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Had he had any idea of [[spoiler: Illyrio and Prince Doran Martell's plan to marry him to Doran's smoking hot daughter when the Targaryens invaded Westeros,]] he might have settled the fuck down enough to manage to not [[spoiler: get himself brutally slain by the Dothraki.]] Then again, [[StupidEvil knowing Viserys,]] maybe not. [[spoiler: Daenerys even states that had Viserys known there was a Dornish princess for him to marry, he would have gone to Dorne as soon as he was old enough to wed, regardless of the consequences, and brought Robert's wrath down on his head and House Martell]].
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Had he had any idea of [[spoiler: Illyrio Ser Willem Darry's and Prince Doran Martell's plan to marry him to Doran's smoking hot daughter when the Targaryens invaded Westeros,]] he might have settled the fuck down enough to manage to not [[spoiler: get himself brutally slain by the Dothraki.]] Then again, [[StupidEvil knowing Viserys,]] maybe not. [[spoiler: Daenerys even states that had Viserys known there was a Dornish [[spoiler:Dornish princess for him to marry, he would have gone to Dorne as soon as he was old enough to wed, regardless of the consequences, and brought Robert's wrath down on his head and House Martell]].
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* UsedToBeASweetKid: Downplayed. According to Barristan, he was already showing signs of his dad's instability as a child, but according to Daenerys he did genuinely care for her, but the hardships they went through wore away at his compassionate side and by the time he had to sell his mother's crown, it was all gone.
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* UsedToBeASweetKid: Downplayed. According to Barristan, he was already showing signs of his dad's instability as a child, but according child. According to Daenerys however, he did was a genuinely care for her, kind and caring brother to her when they were children, but the hardships they went through wore away at his compassionate side and by the time he had to sell his mother's crown, it was all gone.
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* WifeHusbandry: Before he arranged her marriage to Khal Drogo, it's implied that he was waiting for Daenerys to be old enough to marry [[BrotherSisterIncest him]]. [[spoiler:According to Doran Martell, there were plans drafted for him to marry Princess Arianne; as Daenerys reflects on this, she speculates that he would have dumped her and jumped at the opportunity with little qualm. Pity nobody saw fit to tell him.]]
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Though he wants to return to Westeros to claim the Seven Kingdoms, he lives in exile with his sister.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Though he wants to return to Westeros to claim the Seven Kingdoms, he lives in exile with his sister.
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* WifeHusbandry: Got PromotedToParent at age 13 when their last guardian died and care of his five-year-old baby sister fell squarely on his shoulders. Before he arranged her Illyrio Mopatis hit on the idea of arranging Daenerys' marriage to Khal Drogo, Drogo to give Viserys the manpower to retake Westeros, it's implied that he Viserys was waiting for Daenerys her to be old enough to marry [[BrotherSisterIncest him]]. [[spoiler:According to Doran Martell, there were plans drafted for him to marry Princess Arianne; as him]] instead. By the time the books start, when Daenerys reflects on this, she speculates that he would have dumped her is now the 13-year-old and jumped at the opportunity Viserys is now 21, their relationship has become a nightmarish case of DomesticAbuse with little qualm. Pity nobody saw fit to tell him.]]
Viserys treating her with sneering contempt, physically abusing her, and making it clear he doesn't give a damn about her feelings.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Though he wants to return to Westeros to claim the Seven Kingdoms, he lives in exile in the Free Cities of Essos with his sister.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Though he wants to return to Westeros to claim the Seven Kingdoms, he lives in exile in the Free Cities of Essos with his sister.
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** [[{{Archenemy}} Robert Baratheon]]. Both [[WarriorPrince Warrior Princes]] but in a NobleMaleRoguishMale dynamic. Robert is a larger than life BoisterousBruiser ProudWarriorRaceGuy with no love for music save for bawdy songs, Rhaegar was a more thoughtful EmoTeen WarriorPoet who made women weep with his harp. Also, Rhaegar carried a [[HeroesPreferSwords sword]], Robert a huge [[DropTheHammer warhammer]].
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** [[{{Archenemy}} Robert Baratheon]]. Both [[WarriorPrince Warrior Princes]] but in a NobleMaleRoguishMale dynamic. Robert is a larger than life BoisterousBruiser ProudWarriorRaceGuy with no love for music save for bawdy songs, Rhaegar was a more thoughtful EmoTeen WarriorPoet who made women weep with his harp. Also, Rhaegar carried a [[HeroesPreferSwords sword]], Robert a huge [[DropTheHammer [[CarryABigStick warhammer]].
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* WarriorPrince: He was a prince who was a fine warrior... but not as good as [[DropTheHammer Robert Baratheon.]]
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* WarriorPrince: He was a prince who was a fine warrior... but not as good as [[DropTheHammer Robert Baratheon.]]
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• his son Aenys I -- Fairly normal, if a bit WeakWilled\\
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• his son Aenys I -- Fairly normal, if a bit WeakWilled\\WeakWilled,\\
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• his uncle Viserys II -- Kept his nephews from imploding the realm during their reigns, but died before he could finish the job as king himself\\
• his son Aegon IV -- Obese, corrupt, and horribly ineffectual,\\
• his son Aegon IV -- Obese, corrupt, and horribly ineffectual,\\
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• his uncle Viserys II -- Kept his nephews from imploding the realm during their reigns, but died before he could finish the job as king himself\\
himself,\\
• his son Aegon IV --Obese, corrupt, Corrupt, selfish, hedonistic, and horribly ineffectual,\\a complete asshole, but not strictly ''insane'',\\
• his son Aegon IV --
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* DefeatMeansFriendship: After the debacle of King Daeron I's invasion of Dorne, peace between the Targaryens and the Martells was sealed with a marriage. There was suddenly Dornishmen in line for the Iron Throne. This, among many things, helped spark the Blackfyre Rebellions
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** [[ExtremeDoormat King Aenys]] first wore his father Aegon's steel crown but he traded it in for a gold crown with the faces of the Seven Gods. It symbolizes that he is the Gods' ChosenOne, or the Faith's PuppetKing.
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** [[ExtremeDoormat King Aenys]] first wore his father Aegon's steel crown but he traded it in for a gold crown with the faces of the Seven Gods. It symbolizes that he is the Gods' ChosenOne, or the Faith's PuppetKing.
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** [[ExtremeDoormat King Aenys]] first wore his father Aegon's steel crown but he traded it in for a gold crown with the faces of the Seven Gods. It symbolizes that he is the Gods' chosen, ChosenOne, or the Faith's PuppetKing.
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** Little is known about the crown worn by [[ExtremeDoormat Aenys I]], save that it was large and heavily gilt. The ensuing weight helped to symbolise [[TheChainsOfCommanding the burden he felt as king]].
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** Little is known about the crown worn by [[ExtremeDoormat Aenys I]], save King Aenys]] first wore his father Aegon's steel crown but he traded it in for a gold crown with the faces of the Seven Gods. It symbolizes that it was large and heavily gilt. The ensuing weight helped to symbolise [[TheChainsOfCommanding he is the burden he felt as king]].Gods' chosen, or the Faith's PuppetKing.
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* DisownedSibling: Daenerys' narration describes Viserys as "the man who was once her brother" from the point that he threatens to cut out her baby if Drogo doesn't live up the deal to field him an army to his [[spoiler: execution by molten gold]].
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* ImproperlyParanoid: He spent years and money moving from place to place with Daenerys, convinced Robert's assassins were after them. We learn that while Robert had considered it, he was talked out of it by Jon Arryn and no effort was made until after Daenerys was married to Drogo.
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* KnightInShiningArmor: Deconstructed. His aforementioned qualities and flaws aside, his skills at the knightly arts were less than helpful [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome when he faced]] BloodKnight Robert Baratheon and his ''huge'' warhammer. Quoth Ser Jorah:
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* KnightInShiningArmor: Deconstructed. His aforementioned qualities and flaws aside, his skills at the knightly arts were less than helpful [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome when he faced]] faced BloodKnight Robert Baratheon and his ''huge'' warhammer. Quoth Ser Jorah:
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: He continues to wear silk and wool in order to look princely even while traveling with the Dothraki. By the time they get to Vaes Dothrak, his clothes are stained and ragged from weeks if not months of hard travel. Turns out there's a reason the Dothraki wear leather and horsehair.
