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-->''Arys Oakheart:''' Ser Terrence Toyne was found abed with his king's mistress.
* MalMariee: Bethany Bracken was young and hot, and Aegon was twice her age and fat by this time. She didn't want to be his mistress, she "found his royal embraces distressing," but her family groomed her for the role. So Bethany sought solace with PrettyBoy Terrence Toyne.
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* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Bethany's fate is near identical to that of Katherine Howard, who was married to Henry VIII (who Aegon is likewise comparable to) and was executed for adultery with one of her husband's courtiers.
** Like Anne Boleyn, Bethany was the younger sister of a former mistress of the King who was encouraged to attract his attention to help their family regain the power and influence lost when the King became disinterested in her sister.
** Like Anne Boleyn, Bethany was the younger sister of a former mistress of the King who was encouraged to attract his attention to help their family regain the power and influence lost when the King became disinterested in her sister.
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* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Bethany's fate is near identical to that of Katherine Howard, who was married to Henry VIII (who To begin with, Aegon is likewise comparable to) a {{Flanderiz|ation}}ed version of UsefulNotes/HenryVIII, and so the women in Aegon's life are inspired by the women in Henry's.
** Bethany is heavily based on UsefulNotes/CatherineHoward. Both appear near the end of the list chronologically (Bethany wasexecuted for adultery the seventh of nine mistresses; Catherine was the fifth of six wives) by which time the man in question was increasingly unattractive -- older, fatter, and more unhinged than he was during the first few women's eras. Catherine and Bethany got in secret relationship with a fellow young hot person, one of the his courtiers. They got caught, and she and her husband's courtiers.
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** LikeAnne Boleyn, UsefulNotes/AnneBoleyn, Bethany was the younger sister of a former mistress of the King who was encouraged to attract his attention to help their family regain the power and influence lost when the King became disinterested in her sister. sister.
** Bethany is heavily based on UsefulNotes/CatherineHoward. Both appear near the end of the list chronologically (Bethany was
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See the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireTheNightsWatch Night's Watch]] page.
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See the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireTheNightsWatch Night's Watch]] page.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: She was raised by her father and sister specifically to pimp her to the King and regain royal favor. Instead she realizes that being the King's mistress (who by that time was fat and ill-tempered) wasn't all that glamorous and fell in love with Kingsguard knight Ser Terrence Toyne, which led to both their and her father's death.
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* VirileStallion: Many members of this house are hot-tempered warriors. Mayhaps there's a good reason for that fierce-looking horse on their shields.
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* AlliterativeName: B's.'''B'''arba '''B'''racken.
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* BuxomIsBetter: She was famously buxom, and mocked her successor Melissa Blackwood for having small breasts. In response, Aegon renamed a pair of hills Missy's Teats to give her some larger breasts.
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* BuxomIsBetter: BuxomBeautyStandard: She was famously buxom, and [[BigBreastPride proud of it]], having once mocked her successor Melissa Blackwood for having small breasts. In response, Aegon renamed a pair of hills Missy's Teats to give her some larger breasts.
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* OvershadowedByAwesome: Whenever the Brackens and Blackwoods aren't portrayed as MirroringFactions, the Brackens tend to end up getting the short end of the stick compared to their rivals, both in terms of success and morality - The Blackwoods are the only known house south of the Neck to worship the Old Gods and occasionally produce Greenseers, the Brackens have no known history of magical abilities. The Blackwoods rallied the other riverlords in rebellion against both the Teagues and the Ironborn, the Brackens dishonourably betrayed them and joined with the Ironborn. Samwell Bracken lost his first duel against Amos Blackwood, and was shot dead immediately after winning the second. Bittersteel lost every fight he picked with Bloodraven, and died in exile whereas Bloodraven [[spoiler:transformed himself into an immortal PhysicalGod.]] The Blackwoods married into both the Stark ''and'' Targaryen line, the Brackens aren't known to have ever successfully married into any of the Great Houses. [[spoiler:After the Red Wedding, the Blackwoods remain loyal to the Starks, while the Brackens switch sides and join the Lannisters.]]
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* OvershadowedByAwesome: Whenever the Brackens and Blackwoods aren't portrayed as MirroringFactions, the Brackens tend to end up getting the short end of the stick compared to their rivals, both in terms of success and morality - The Blackwoods are the only known house south of the Neck to worship the Old Gods and occasionally produce Greenseers, the Brackens have no known history of magical abilities. The Blackwoods rallied the other riverlords in rebellion against both the Teagues and the Ironborn, the Brackens dishonourably betrayed them and joined with the Ironborn. Samwell Bracken lost his first duel against Amos Blackwood, and was shot dead immediately after winning the second. Bittersteel lost every fight he picked with Bloodraven, and died in exile whereas Bloodraven [[spoiler:transformed himself into an immortal PhysicalGod.]] The Blackwoods married into both the Stark ''and'' Targaryen line, the Brackens aren't known to have ever successfully married into any of the Great Houses. [[spoiler:After the Red Wedding, the Blackwoods remain loyal to the Starks, while the Brackens switch sides and join the Lannisters.]]
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* OvershadowedByAwesome: Whenever the Brackens and Blackwoods aren't portrayed as MirroringFactions, the Brackens tend to end up getting the short end of the stick compared to their rivals, both in terms of success and morality - The Blackwoods are the only known house south of the Neck to worship the Old Gods and occasionally produce Greenseers, the Brackens have no known history of magical abilities. The Blackwoods rallied the other riverlords in rebellion against both the Teagues and the Ironborn, the Brackens dishonourably betrayed them and joined with the Ironborn. Samwell Bracken lost his first duel against Amos Blackwood, and was shot dead immediately after winning the second. Bittersteel lost every fight he picked with Bloodraven, and died in exile whereas Bloodraven [[spoiler:transformed himself into an immortal PhysicalGod.]] The Blackwoods married into both the Stark ''and'' Targaryen line, the Brackens aren't known to have ever successfully married into any of the Great Houses. [[spoiler:After the Red Wedding, the Blackwoods remain loyal to the Starks, while the Brackens switch sides and join the Lannisters.]]
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* MeaningfulName: Bracken ferns are a poisonous plant, which fits with a lot of members of this family not being very pleasant people.
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* {{Jerkass}}: She made fun of Melissa Blackwood for having small breasts, openly hoped that Queen Naerys would die so that she could marry Aegon IV, and later pimped out her younger sister to him to regain his royal favor.
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* YouAreWhatYouHate: Despite hating the Blackwoods, the Brackens have Blackwood blood in them (and the Blackwoods have Bracken blood in them, too) as a result of marriages between the two Houses made hundreds of years ago.
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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Lord Tytos. At strategy meetings, they sit as far away from each other as possible. After surrendering to the Iron Throne, he is clearly unhappy about having to work with the Lannisters, despite his eagerness to fight House Bracken.
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* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Barba shares some similarities with Mary Boleyn, one of Henry VIII's more prominent mistresses. Like Barba, Mary was of a prominent English noble family who used her place in the King's affection to advance themselves, Mary may have borne a bastard child or two of Henry's, and left court under a cloud when he lost interest in her.
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** Like Anne Boleyn, Bethany was the younger sister of a former mistress of the King who was encouraged to attract his attention to help their family regain the power and influence lost when the King became disinterested in her sister.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: Shared her father's ambitions for House Bracken by aiming to be Aegon IV's Queen.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Both Barba and her father were guilty of this: when Queen Naerys fell deathly ill following childbirth, Barba and her father openly began advising Aegon to take her as his Queen when Naerys died. When Naerys recovered, her outraged son Daeron and brother Aemon demanded the removal of Barba and her father from court.
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* GetOut: Aegon expelled Barba from court on the demands of Prince Daeron and Aemon the Dragonknight after Naerys recovered from a difficult childbirth, during which Barba had expressed her hope the Queen would die so Aegon could wed her instead.
