Maester Steven, is it just me or does Mr William Howard Taft make an excellent visual model for King Viserys the First? (Personally Expansive: Check, Personality Genial: Double Check, Moustache: Flourishing): I have to admit that the Big Chief was quite tall as well as opulent in outline helps persuade me (I remain attached to the idea that Prince Daemon was half the size of his brother “But twice as fierce” given the other parallels between The Rogue Prince and his equally-turbulent nephew).

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I wouldn’t call Viserys I moustachioed per se – especially in comparison to William Howard Taft. Even in his later, “old Viserys” portrait in WOIAF, he’s really more bearded and his moustace is rather thin and patchy, meant mostly to avoid the Amish look.

Also, if I recall correctly, wasn’t Taft rather shy and retiring rather than genial? 

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