209120, interesting. thanks for this Posted by Mynoriti, Mon May-13-19 01:33 PM
>It's a pretty fascinating tale. His reign as king actually >started out pretty good. But as his wife kept having >miscarriages and his relationship with his hand, Tywin, >deteriorated, he began to lose it more and more. And THEN he >was kidnapped and held prisoner by one of the powerful >families in the realm, who planned to execute him. I think >that was really the point of no return for him. He became >super paranoid, didn't trust anyone around him, didn't leave >the red keep for years. That's when he started burning his >perceived enemies and traitors, and feuding with his eldest >son (Jon's daddy), and then eventually killed Ned's father and >older brother, kicking off Robert's Rebellion. > >He wasn't always the mad king, his descent into madness was a >gradual one. Not like Dany's 3 episode swing.
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