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She managed to capture King’s Landing and sit the throne, but then proceeded to slowly go mad while sitting the throne. Rhaenyra lost her son Luke to Aemond Targaryen, which devastated her. The two siblings successfully led to the mass extermination of the dragons that kept the Targaryens in power. Instead, King Aegon II was declared king, and Civil War ensued. Rhaenyra Targaryen: Famous and Infamous for her actions in the Dance of the Dragons, Rhaenyra fought to place herself on the Iron Throne when she found herself the obvious heir of Viserys I. In the end, Aegon didn’t accomplish much, but he still tried to fight for his throne whie the Faith Militant marched. Aegon, while wielding the might of dragons, was still defeated at the Battle Beneath the God’s Eye, and Maegor cemented his rule. Now, with that out of the way, here comes the big claimants, from Aegon’s Rebellion to the Five Kings.Īegon, Son of Aenys: After his father was born with the most hilarious name in Westeros, Aegon was determined to take the throne after his demise. Whether you think a better leader should be just with a good moral compass, or should lead like the Machiavellian Prince is up to you. The most charismatic ruler will find an easier time at taking the throne.Ħ) Morality and Justice. Without good leadership qualities, it’s tough to rally the people to your cause. More of an extra point, but effective all the same. The nobility need to like their ruler if they hope to stay in charge.ĥ) Charisma. Nobles won’t keep a king or queen on the throne if they dislike them. The masses need to love the ruler to keep them in power.Ĥ) Love from the nobility. Taking the throne is fine and good, but serves little point if you can’t keep it. Whichever the case, this is the ruler who knows the battle the best.ģ) Love from the masses. Whether this is leading the men or outmaneuvering the enemy, I’ll let you decide.
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If you want to win the war, you better come with the ammo.Ģ) Best commander for battle. Instead, we will use the following rules to judge which claimant would’ve made the best ruler.ġ) The biggest army/strongest army. The best cannot simply be “the nicest guy”. Also, title claimants, in this case, will only be those who had fought to take the throne for themselves, or to secede from the Iron Throne and build their own kingdom. Your time will come in another thread) and those who have died (but we love you anyway, Stannis). For simplicity’s sake, we will only debate those who failed to hold the throne permanently (sorry Robert. Here, we will debate the various goods and bads of each pretender for the Iron Throne.