- It certainly would have helped, but I don’t think it would have prevented it, because so much of the revolt came from below and not from above.
- I think what the Dornish hoped to accomplish was twofold. First, to remove an enemy commander they couldn’t defeat on the field. Second, to create a change in government which might allow an end to the war. Daeron wasn’t about to accept peace without victory because victory was his doing and his legacy; Baelor might (and in fact did).
If Daeron I had allowed the Dornish nobility to retain their position in exchange for fealty, as Aegon the Conqueror did in other places, rather than appointing overlords from outside Dorne, might the Dornish revolt have been averted? On the other side, what did the Dornish hope to accomplish by murdering Daeron under a peace banner? Surely they must have realized the likely outcome of doing this would be massive retaliation.
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