Couple questions about some recent posts: 1: Are Kingsguard choices announced before investiture? I think it’s possible Aerys chose Jaime back in King’s Landing, but decided to hold off the investiture until the symbolically important Tourney of Harrenhal, which would explain a Cersei absence at the Tourney.

2: In the case where Viserys doesn’t take a second wife, wouldn’t there be a civil war between Rhaenyra and Daemon? Even if they were married, if they both think they are rightful ruler and the other is the consort, I have a hard time seeing them getting along long-term without the threat of the greens (and of course, the relationship did break down fairly quickly even *with* the threat of the greens).

  1. I don’t think they’re particularly publicly announced – Jaime mentions a “royal raven” telling him to come to King’s Landing for his investiture, which suggests a measure of discretion before the ceremony – but I imagine the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard and the Grandmaester would know at the very least. So it’s possible Pycelle told Tywin ahead of time, but I think the larger point that Cersei was in the vicinity and could have attended stands.
  2. Could be, but I don’t know whether their conflict would take the form of a civil war vs. assassination. 

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