I don’t know if there’s one single event, but certainly between shooting starving subjects and touching off the riot. In essence, he becomes not a necessary restraining force on the violence inherent in human nature, but a force that’s actively encouraging violence.
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No, I think the withholding of the blessing was and is a bid for power within the current monarchy.
The history of the Faith is a bit vague and confusing – we know that, for a long time, the High Septons were based in Oldtown and both independently powerful but also intently connected with highborn politics (the High Septon of the Revolt of the Faithful was a Hightower, for example).
So I’m not quite sure how this worked politically. You’d think that the Vale, being the first settlement of the Andals, would have been the historic center of the Faith – can’t imagine they would have been happy with losing the influence and the economic advantages from all the pilgrims. Likewise, how do the Kings of the Rock or the Storm Kings or the Kings of the Rivers and Hills or the Kings of the Mountain and Vale feel about the Faith possibly having pro-Reach bias? My guess is that the Most Devout are apportioned to the Seven Kingdoms in such a way as to ensure that the other kingdoms are represented.
Dorne’s an odd case – they’re officially of the Seven, but they seem less observant than other kingdoms. How exactly did they relate to a Faith under the thumb of the Targaryens when they weren’t? Not sure.
Rather than kill anyone, take them prisoner. Sell them to the Lannisters and let them do the killing.
By not killing “anyone” you aren’t including the troops outside, are you? I just to keep it front and center that the RW included more than just killing a few people dinner ala Tywin.
Well, the challenge was to describe a “reasonable” alternative. I don’t think killing the troops outside was necessary – the Boltons and Freys had them outnumbered, and we have plenty of examples of armies being effectively controlled through the holding hostage of their liege lords (see the Karstarks in TWOW).
Interesting question. If they’re already at war with the Lannisters, they can’t recognize Joffrey, and they’re kind of in the same dilemma that the North and the Riverlands were in at the end of AGOT.
Given the history between the North and the Vale, they’re probably not joining the Kingdom of the North without some really compelling reason – maybe a royal marriage between King Robert Arryn and Princess Sansa/Arya – but even then it’s iffy. They might continue as an independent ally, but that’s difficult politically.
OTHO, it’s quite possible that if the Vale is there in the council of war that the King in the North moment doesn’t happen. The Vale is one of the most consistently loyalist forces in Westeros – Robert’s Rebellion aside – so they might call for Renly (the smartest political move at the time), Stannis (the legal move at the time), or for a new Great Council to decide the succession.
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