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* ParentsAsPeople: Lyman is a good man and loves Rhaenyra dearly, but he was raised in a traditional household and has a somewhat conservative view of the world. It's for this reason he has a hard time accepting Rhaenyra's relationship with Alicent at first.
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* ParentsAsPeople: Lyman is a good man and loves Rhaenyra dearly, but he was raised in a traditional household and has a somewhat conservative view of the world. It's for this reason he has a hard time accepting Rhaenyra's relationship with Alicent at first.first, once it's finally spelled out to him that it exists.
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* WrongNameOutburst: Daemon calls out Rhaenyra's name during sex with a Lyseni whore named Taena. By the following morning, all of King's Landing is declaring that this is the closest he is ever going to get to having sex with his niece.
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* WrongNameOutburst: Daemon calls out Rhaenyra's name during sex with a Lyseni whore named Taena. By the following morning, all of King's Landing is declaring that this is the closest he is ever going to get to having sex with his niece. [[spoiler:Otto gets in hot water by assuming from reports that Daemon's Valyrian-looking partner really was Rhaenyra.]]
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Aemon inherits Alicent's auburn hair instead of silver, and Rhaemond has her brown eyes instead of purple.
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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: The method of assassinating [[spoiler:the Hightower conspirators]] to avoid the additional collateral damage and bad PR of dragonfire. [[spoiler:Alys Rivers blows the top off the Hightower, which is taken for an alchemical accident when it's not taken as divine judgment.]]
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* EvilDetectingBaby: Hobert Hightower gets bitten by his toddler great-nephew Aemon.
** [[spoiler:Seasmoke still dies in battle with Vermithor]].
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* IRejectYourReality: [[spoiler:When Otto's attempt to discredit Rhaenyra goes wrong due to her ironclad alibi, he doubles down and claims that two members of the Kingsguard (including one from the highly respected House Darklyn), the heir to Harrenhal, and his own daughter are all lying on her behalf.]]
* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:Aemon blames himself for Rhaemond's lost eye, as it was protecting his older brother from two kidnappers that led to him getting maimed]].
* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:Aemon blames himself for Rhaemond's lost eye, as it was protecting his older brother from two kidnappers that led to him getting maimed]].
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* IRejectYourReality: [[spoiler:When Otto's attempt to discredit Rhaenyra goes wrong due to her ironclad alibi, he doubles down and claims that two members of the Kingsguard (including one from not only the highly respected House commoner Criston Cole but the highborn Steffon Darklyn), the heir to Harrenhal, and his own daughter are all lying on her behalf.]]
* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:Aemon blames himself for Rhaemond's lost eye, asit Rhaemond was protecting maimed trying to protect his older brother from two kidnappers that led to him getting maimed]].after the latter went into the Red Keep's tunnels and was accosted by kidnappers]].
* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:Aemon blames himself for Rhaemond's lost eye, as
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* ExactWords: Rhaenyra protests her innocence of Otto's accusations by swearing to Viserys on her mother's memory that "I have never bedded any man." [[spoiler:She is, however, bedding Alicent.]]
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* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Arnold Arryn dies at the end of his first uprising; in desperation, he plots to bring down Syrax with a scorpion bolt and is instead killed by one of his own allies to stop the utter destruction that would befall the rebels and their families if they killed the heir to the throne]].
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** Saera's letter to Rhaenyra includes a cryptic apology for "the cats and the bees" which she used to bully her sister (and Rhaenyra's grandmother) Daella.
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* IRejectYourReality: [[spoiler:When Otto's attempt to discredit Rhaenyra goes wrong due to her ironclad alibi, he doubles down and claims that two members of the Kingsguard (including one from the highly respected House Darklyn), the heir to Harrenhal, and his own daughter are all lying on her behalf.]]
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* SignificantWardrobeShift: [[spoiler:The "gold cloaks" of the City Watch become "blue cloaks" as part of a rebranding effort after Daemon leaves.]]
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: [[spoiler:According to the author, Rhaenyra uses her position as cupbearer to drug Grand Maester Mellos until he is forcibly sent into retirement, so she doesn't have to be around him after his hand in her mother's death; Lyman doesn't realize it was poison, let alone that she was responsible]].
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* DeadGuyJunior: Prince Lucas is implicitly named for Jeyne Arryn's late father, Lucas Arryn.
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* DeadGuyJunior: Prince Lucas is implicitly named for the late Lucas Arryn, Jeyne Arryn's late father, Lucas Arryn.father and Rhaenyra's maternal uncle.
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* AdaptationalJobChange: [[spoiler:Criston Cole exchanges his white cloak for a black one after murdering Otto Hightower in a fit of rage. Towards the end of the story, it's revealed he eventually rose through the ranks to become Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]].
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* {{Foil}}: The story deliberately contrasts Lyman with Otto, something that is referenced in the last book. Both are second sons of houses in the Reach who found themselves prominent positions in King's Landing, but whereas Lyman accepted his post as Master of Coin to sincerely serve the realm and redeem his family's honor, Otto deliberately sought his position as Hand to the King out of pure ambition. Lyman never wanted to be Lord of Honeyholt and inherited his title because undue tragedy that cut down his older brother's family, while Otto was always bitter about how his "idiot" older brother Hobert got to be Lord of the Hightower just because he was born first. Lyman wholeheartedly supports not just Rhaenyra but all of House Targaryen and keeps them united both out of affection and to maintain peace in the realm, while Otto tries to divide the family, even if it means causing a CivilWar in the future. And in the end, while Lyman goes down in history as celebrated figure, Otto goes down as another example of a grasping second son.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: [[spoiler:Larys Strong is still obsessed with Alicent, and tries to force her to marry him by blackmailing her. Alicent, petrified over the idea of having to go through MaritalRapeLicense again, ends up stabbing him to death in a panic]].
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: AbhorrentAdmirer:
** Daemon's attraction to Rhaenyra is much less welcome when she's an adult, due to her devotion to Alicent.
** [[spoiler:Larys Strong is still obsessed with Alicent, and tries to force her to marry him by blackmailing her. Alicent, petrified over the idea of having to go through MaritalRapeLicense again, ends up stabbing him to death in a panic]].
** Daemon's attraction to Rhaenyra is much less welcome when she's an adult, due to her devotion to Alicent.
** [[spoiler:Larys Strong is still obsessed with Alicent, and tries to force her to marry him by blackmailing her. Alicent, petrified over the idea of having to go through MaritalRapeLicense again, ends up stabbing him to death in a panic]].
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* BigBad: House Hightower (sans Alicent, Gwayne, and the former's children). Initially spearheaded by Otto in the first half of the story, [[spoiler:after he's killed his older brother Hobert takes over and proves to be even more dangerous than Otto ever was]].
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* FramingTheGuiltyParty: Otto tries to frame Rhaenyra for sleeping with Daemon out of wedlock. It fails because as it turns out, her alleged encounter with Daemon happened at the same time she was sleeping with ''Alicent''.
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* FramingTheGuiltyParty: Otto tries to frame Rhaenyra for sleeping with Daemon out of wedlock. It fails because as it turns out, her alleged encounter with Daemon happened at the same time she was sleeping with ''Alicent''. Since Otto obviously can't expose his own daughter as Rhaenyra's lover without destroying his plans, the whole scheme blows up in his face.
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* HeirClubForMen: In addition to Rhaenyra's difficulties at being accepted as heir to the throne, Corlys keeps on trying to convince her to have a fourth child because her third child, the one who is designated to inherit Driftmark, is a girl. There is also Arnold Arryn's attempt to forcibly usurp the Vale from his cousin, Jeyne Arryn, and Vaemond Velaryon tries to undermine his niece Baela's inheritance based on this.
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* HeirClubForMen: In addition to Rhaenyra's difficulties at being accepted as heir to the throne, Corlys keeps on trying to convince her to have a fourth child because her third child, the one who is designated to inherit Driftmark, is a girl. There is also Arnold Arryn's attempt to forcibly usurp the Vale from his cousin, Jeyne Arryn, and Vaemond Velaryon tries Velaryon's attempts to undermine his niece Baela's inheritance based on this.despite having no legitimate claim whatsoever to the Stepstones.
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** Alicent's mother Melara took a dim view of her attraction to Rhaenyra, even outright banning her from spending time with Rhaenyra so her feelings for the other girl wouldn't grow.
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** Alicent's mother Melara took a dim view of her attraction to Rhaenyra, even outright banning her from spending time with Rhaenyra the princess so her feelings for the other girl wouldn't grow.
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* DeadGuyJunior: Prince Lucas is implicitly named for Jeyne Arryn's late father, Lucas Arryn.
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* MythologyGag: Criston Cole still gives Lyman a head injury [[spoiler:when pushing him aside in a frenzy to get to Otto]].
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* MythologyGag: MythologyGag:
** Criston Cole still gives Lyman a head injury [[spoiler:when pushing him aside in a frenzy to get toOtto]].Otto]].
** Rhaenyra comments that if she married Daemon then Jeyne Arryn would disinherit her line and leave the Vale to a fourth cousin - such as Joffrey Arryn, her designated heir in canon.
** Criston Cole still gives Lyman a head injury [[spoiler:when pushing him aside in a frenzy to get to
** Rhaenyra comments that if she married Daemon then Jeyne Arryn would disinherit her line and leave the Vale to a fourth cousin - such as Joffrey Arryn, her designated heir in canon.
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** Lyman himself was a second son with his older brother and three nephews ahead of him in House Beesbury's line of succession. Then his nephew Braxton got killed in a trial by combat, another nephew died in a jousting accident, and his last nephew and his brother both died of disease, leaving Lyman as Lord of Honeyholt.
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** Lyman himself was a second son with his older brother and three nephews ahead of him in House Beesbury's line of succession. Then his nephew Braxton got killed in a trial by combat, combat over the scandal with Princess Saera, another nephew died in a jousting accident, and his last nephew and his brother both died perished of disease, leaving Lyman as Lord of Honeyholt.
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** Rhaenyra's relationship with her cousin and ally Jeyne Arryn is more personally close, to the point where Jeyne is willing to name Rhaenyra's child as her heir.
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** Grand Maester Mellos is replaced many years earlier than canon by Alester instead of Orwyle, who never appears.
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* HeirClubForMen: In addition to Rhaenyra's difficulties at being accepted as heir to the throne, Corlys keeps on trying to convince her to have a fourth child because her third child, the one who is designated to inherit Driftmark, is a girl. There is also Arnold Arryn's attempt to forcibly usurp the Vale from his aunt, cousin, Jeyne Arryn, and Vaemond Velaryon tries to undermine his niece Baela's inheritance based on this.
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* EvilIsPetty: When Lyman refuses to abuse his position to push for Aemon being named as heir, Hobert Hightower retaliates by weakening House Beesbury in several ways; an increase in taxes, grain collection and conscription of men-at-arms, pressuring Oldtown merchants to refuse purchasing their honey and using the house's influence on the Maester Order to get Lyman's son expelled on false charges.
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* TheFundamentalist: In his own brief POV scene, Hobert Hightower is revealed to be a religious zealot who hates House Targaryen for making a mockery of the traditions of the Faith with the Doctrine of Exceptionalism and wants Aemon to be king so he can end his house's incestuous practices and make the Faith of the Seven the predominant religion of Westeros.
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* TheFundamentalist: In his own brief POV scene, Hobert Hightower is revealed to be a religious zealot who hates House Targaryen for making a mockery of the traditions of the Faith with the Doctrine of Exceptionalism and wants Aemon to be king so he can end his house's incestuous practices and make the Faith of the Seven the predominant religion of Westeros.Westeros by declaring a holy war against the North.
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* HeirClubForMen: In addition to Rhaenyra's difficulties at being accepted as heir to the throne, Colrys keeps on trying to convince her to have a fourth child because her third child, the one who is designated to inherit Driftmark, is a girl.
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* HeirClubForMen: In addition to Rhaenyra's difficulties at being accepted as heir to the throne, Colrys Corlys keeps on trying to convince her to have a fourth child because her third child, the one who is designated to inherit Driftmark, is a girl. There is also Arnold Arryn's attempt to forcibly usurp the Vale from his aunt, Jeyne Arryn, and Vaemond Velaryon tries to undermine his niece Baela's inheritance based on this.
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* KangarooCourt: As part of Lord Hightower's retaliation against the Beesburys for their support of Rhaenyra, Lyman's son Garlon is expelled from the order of maesters under false pretenses.
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* KangarooCourt: As part of Lord Hightower's retaliation against the Beesburys for their support of Rhaenyra, Lyman's son Garlon is expelled from the order of maesters under false pretenses. pretenses and with no chance to plead his case.
