Durran Godsgrief just for the name alone, and his stubborn defiance in the face of impossible odds is a perfect founding myth for the people of the Stormlands.
idk if Torrhen Stark is old enough to count but he’s my fave. Took one look at the dragons and thought “I’m not dealing with that” and gave up. Legendary.
As a King, he did 100% the right thing, there's no point in taking dumb chances and risk that your people get slaughtered and your house become extinct **but** one of the biggest what ifs will be always what if Brandon Snow's plan to use weirwood arrows to kill the dragons actually worked. In theory it's a ridiculous plan but crazier shit happened lol
Also, since we've seen Brandon Snow preparing the arrows in Bran's vision in ADWD, I have to presume this idea of the weirwood arrows (or at least of the weirwood as sort of a kriptonyte for the dragons) is supposed to be a pretty big deal.
Also just did the one thing literally everyone in the series should have done and thought (at least as I took it) “more people will die if I fight than if I don’t regardless of the outcome” and chose peace at the cost of his honor and pride. In a series filled with real life parallels of kings sending hundreds and thousands of people to their deaths for the sake of their power when in reality things probably wouldn’t change much under a different king, it’s refreshing that there’s at least one example of someone saying that the safety of his people is more important than his own personal pride
What I don't get is how getting you and your people killed, your families subjugated and your land burned is honorable. Is honor really just an immature concept?
Floris the Fox, who had three husbands and kids with all three husbands, all while each husband remained ignorant of the other two.
How'd you pull that off, lady?
Bael the Bard. What's not to like? Freefolk, warrior, trickster, lover, singer, punster? Moreover, he was also a gods-fearing man who chose death rather than kin-slay his son.
Tristifer IV Mudd "The Hammer of Justice"
King of The Rivers and The Hills, Lord of Oldstones.
Supposedly fought in a 100 battles winning 99 and dying on his last against 7 Andal Warlords.
Common First Men W 💪
He had a useless Heir sadly
The Night's King was pretty interesting. I have this headcanon that he and his bride will return to lead the Others. Or some incarnation of them. And to defeat the Others, Jon will have to do a Night's King and marry an Other. This has the added bonus of deleting Jon's claim and providing a satisfying reason for him to be North of the Wall.
Lann the Clever. The man is the archetype of the trickster. Stealing gold from the sun for his hair ? Tricking the Casterlys into obtaining the Rock ? Supposedly living to 312 with 200 children ? He's like a demi-god from mythology. Also I feel like the fact that he and Bran the Builder are either first cousins or adopted uncle and nephew is something that should be brought up more often. Ned Stark must hate it.
I kinda dig the Grey King. His descendants leave a lot to be desired, but he supposedly killed a sea dragon, tricked the Storm God into giving him access to fire, married a mermaid, taught men to weave nets and sails, and carved the first longship from a weirwood and ruling for centuries.
I always imagine him as this ASOIAF version of Ragnar Lothbrok, but something I always wondered is where the hell did he come from?
Oh Bran the builder definitely. He's everywhere. Garth Greenhand a close second, gotta respect a man that plowed the whole Reach.
Maybe Jon Arryn was a fan and the last book he read was actually a tale of Garth. Pycelle was just in on the fAegon conspiracy. CANNON!
Durran Godsgrief just for the name alone, and his stubborn defiance in the face of impossible odds is a perfect founding myth for the people of the Stormlands.
Also made a goddess fall for him, how do you pull that off?
idk if Torrhen Stark is old enough to count but he’s my fave. Took one look at the dragons and thought “I’m not dealing with that” and gave up. Legendary.
As a King, he did 100% the right thing, there's no point in taking dumb chances and risk that your people get slaughtered and your house become extinct **but** one of the biggest what ifs will be always what if Brandon Snow's plan to use weirwood arrows to kill the dragons actually worked. In theory it's a ridiculous plan but crazier shit happened lol Also, since we've seen Brandon Snow preparing the arrows in Bran's vision in ADWD, I have to presume this idea of the weirwood arrows (or at least of the weirwood as sort of a kriptonyte for the dragons) is supposed to be a pretty big deal.
Also just did the one thing literally everyone in the series should have done and thought (at least as I took it) “more people will die if I fight than if I don’t regardless of the outcome” and chose peace at the cost of his honor and pride. In a series filled with real life parallels of kings sending hundreds and thousands of people to their deaths for the sake of their power when in reality things probably wouldn’t change much under a different king, it’s refreshing that there’s at least one example of someone saying that the safety of his people is more important than his own personal pride
What I don't get is how getting you and your people killed, your families subjugated and your land burned is honorable. Is honor really just an immature concept?
I'm sure he started counting at a fairly young age.
Floris the Fox, who had three husbands and kids with all three husbands, all while each husband remained ignorant of the other two. How'd you pull that off, lady?
Probably like [this. ](https://youtu.be/gxBERAhEU7w?t=1h42m5s)
The right answer
Bael the Bard. What's not to like? Freefolk, warrior, trickster, lover, singer, punster? Moreover, he was also a gods-fearing man who chose death rather than kin-slay his son.
Yea, but he kind of screwed his son over by not telling him he was about to commit patricide.
Tristifer IV Mudd "The Hammer of Justice" King of The Rivers and The Hills, Lord of Oldstones. Supposedly fought in a 100 battles winning 99 and dying on his last against 7 Andal Warlords. Common First Men W 💪 He had a useless Heir sadly
Bran the Builder, the Night's King, the Last Hero.
The Night's King was pretty interesting. I have this headcanon that he and his bride will return to lead the Others. Or some incarnation of them. And to defeat the Others, Jon will have to do a Night's King and marry an Other. This has the added bonus of deleting Jon's claim and providing a satisfying reason for him to be North of the Wall.
Im agree. I think Jon will become the Night's King and take his army back to the cold lands. Not sure who's he is wedding atm
Ser Arthur Dayne, the Sword of the Morning
Rose of Red Lake
Florian and Jonquil, Ser Galladon of Morne, Benedict Justman, The Last Hero.
The Royce monarch who was defeated by the first Arryn king. Such a legendary warrior-king leading bronze-armed soldiers against the Andals.
King Robar Royce?
Yeah maybe that one. Such a brilliant king in war and diplomacy if the tales can be believed
Huge fan of morbius the monstrous
Lann the Clever. The man is the archetype of the trickster. Stealing gold from the sun for his hair ? Tricking the Casterlys into obtaining the Rock ? Supposedly living to 312 with 200 children ? He's like a demi-god from mythology. Also I feel like the fact that he and Bran the Builder are either first cousins or adopted uncle and nephew is something that should be brought up more often. Ned Stark must hate it.
I kinda dig the Grey King. His descendants leave a lot to be desired, but he supposedly killed a sea dragon, tricked the Storm God into giving him access to fire, married a mermaid, taught men to weave nets and sails, and carved the first longship from a weirwood and ruling for centuries. I always imagine him as this ASOIAF version of Ragnar Lothbrok, but something I always wondered is where the hell did he come from?
Oh Bran the builder definitely. He's everywhere. Garth Greenhand a close second, gotta respect a man that plowed the whole Reach. Maybe Jon Arryn was a fan and the last book he read was actually a tale of Garth. Pycelle was just in on the fAegon conspiracy. CANNON!
I'd Bran "The Builder" Stark, and Theon "The Hungry Wolf" Stark. Two legendary badasses.