>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.