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'''Eustace''' was a [[septon]] attached to the [[Red Keep]] during the reign of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]]. The writings of Eustace, among them ''[[The Reign of King Viserys, first of His Name, and the Dance of the Dragons That Came After]]'', were used as a source for ''[[The Princess and the Queen, or, the Blacks and the Greens|The Princess and the Queen]]'' as well as ''[[The Rogue Prince, or, A King's Brother|The Rogue Prince]]'' by [[Archmaester]] [[Gyldayn]].{{Ref|tpatq}} Eventually, he rose to the ranks of the [[Most Devout]].{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
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'''Eustace''' was a [[septon]] attached to the [[royal sept]] of the [[Red Keep]] during the reign of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]]. The writings of Eustace, among them ''[[The Reign of King Viserys, First of His Name, and the Dance of the Dragons That Came After]]'', were used as a source for ''[[The Princess and the Queen, or, the Blacks and the Greens|The Princess and the Queen]]'' as well as ''[[The Rogue Prince, or, A King's Brother|The Rogue Prince]]'' by Archmaester [[Gyldayn]].{{Ref|tpatq}} Eventually, he rose to the ranks of the [[Most Devout]].{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
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==Character==
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Eustace's writing is sober, ponderous, and less salacious than that of [[Mushroom]],{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} and Maester [[Yandel]] considers Eustace to have been the more accurate of the two.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}} Eustace did not care for Mushroom's preferred monarch, [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]],{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}} favoring instead [[Aegon III Targaryen]].{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
Eustace and [[court fool]] [[Mushroom]] gave conflicting accounts of events during the period before and during the [[Dance of the Dragons]], both on the relationships between Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] and Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]] and of the relationship between Rhaenyra and Ser [[Criston Cole]].{{Ref|trp}}
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===Viserys I===
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Eustace was born in [[Stoney Sept]] in the [[riverlands]].{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}} He served in the [[royal sept]] when King [[Viserys I Targaryen]] sat the [[Iron Throne]], becoming a confidant and confessor to the king and his wives.{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
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Eustace and [[Mushroom]] gave conflicting accounts of events during the period before and during the [[Dance of the Dragons]], both on the relationships between Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] and Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]] and of the relationship between Rhaenyra and Ser [[Criston Cole]].{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
  
Following the death of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]], [[Grand Maester]] [[Orwyle]] told the [[small council]] that Eustace should be summoned to perform the last rites and to pray for Viserys's soul. However, Ser [[Otto Hightower]], the [[Hand of the King]], said that they must first settle the matter of succession. Eustace wrote that Viserys's eldest son, Prince [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon]], was initially opposed to the [[greens]]' attempt to crown him instead of Aegon's elder step-sister, Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]], and that Aegon only agreed to accept the crown after [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]], Ser Criston Cole, convinced him he would be killed if Rhaenyra became queen.<ref name="Ran">[http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/100284-spoilers-the-princess-and-the-queen-complete-spoilers-discussion/page-6#entry5178064 Ran discussing Eustace]</ref> Because the [[High Septon]] was too old and frail to travel from [[Oldtown]] to [[King's Landing]], Eustace anointed and blessed King Aegon II during his coronation in the [[Dragonpit]].{{Ref|tpatq}}
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===Dance of the Dragons===
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Following the death of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]], Grand Maester [[Orwyle]] told the [[small council]] that Eustace should be summoned to perform the last rites and to pray for Viserys's soul. However, Ser [[Otto Hightower]], the [[Hand of the King]], said that they must first settle the matter of succession. Eustace wrote that Viserys's eldest son, Prince [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon]], was initially opposed to the [[greens]]' attempt to crown him instead of Aegon's elder step-sister, Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]], and that Aegon only agreed to accept the crown after Ser Criston Cole, the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]], convinced him he would be killed if Rhaenyra became queen.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}} Because the [[High Septon]] was too old and frail to travel from [[Oldtown]] to [[King's Landing]], Eustace anointed and blessed King Aegon II during his coronation in the [[Dragonpit]].{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}}
  
Following the [[blacks]]' [[Fall of King's Landing|capture of King's Landing]], Eustace wrote that the [[Iron Throne]] cut Rhaenyra when she sat upon it, although she was clad in armor.{{Ref|tpatq}}<ref name="Ran"/> He remained in the [[Red Keep]] during Rhaenyra's brief rule and even after she fled the capital. Unlike the [[knight]]s loyal to Rhaenyra and the [[mistress of whisperers]], Lady [[Mysaria]], Eustace was spared when Ser [[Perkin the Flea]] took the Red Keep to install his [[squire]], [[Trystane Truefyre]], on the throne.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}
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After the [[fall of King's Landing]] to the [[blacks]], Eustace wrote that the [[Iron Throne]] cut Rhaenyra when she sat upon it, although she was still clad in armor.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}} He remained in the [[Red Keep]] during Rhaenyra's brief rule and even after she fled the capital. Unlike the [[knight]]s loyal to Rhaenyra and the [[mistress of whisperers]], Lady [[Mysaria]], Eustace was spared when Ser [[Perkin the Flea]] took the Red Keep to install his [[squire]], [[Trystane Truefyre]], on the throne.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}
  
Following the death of King Aegon II, Eustace was arrested during the [[Hour of the Wolf]], after Lord [[Cregan Stark]] took control of the Red Keep to investigate the [[poison]]ing of the king. During the [[Judgement of the Wolf]], Eustace was the first accused brought before Lord Cregan and the first released, as there was no proof he had been a conspirator.{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}
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Following the death of King Aegon II, Eustace was arrested during the [[Hour of the Wolf]], after Lord [[Cregan Stark]] took control of the Red Keep to investigate the [[poison]]ing of the king. During the [[Judgment of the Wolf]], Eustace was the first accused brought before Lord Cregan and the first released, as there was no proof he had been a conspirator.{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}
  
Eustace remained in the court afterward. He was present at the coronation of the young [[Aegon III]], and his records indicated it was a cold but sunny day and that [[Maris Baratheon]] was not present, unlike her sisters, for she had joined the [[silent sisters]]. He also recorded that Unwin Peake was the only lord angered at not being included in the council of regents following Aegon's coronation. The septon, for his part, approved of the council.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}
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===Aegon III===
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Eustace remained in the court afterward. He was present at the coronation of the young [[Aegon III Targaryen]], and his records indicated it was a cold but sunny day and that [[Maris Baratheon]] was not present, unlike her sisters, for she had joined the [[silent sisters]]. He also recorded that Lord [[Unwin Peake]] was the only lord angered at not being included in the [[regency of Aegon III|council of regents]] following Aegon's coronation. The septon, for his part, approved of the council.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}
  
 
Eustace argued to the Hand, Ser [[Tyland Lannister]], to find a husband for Lady [[Baela Targaryen]] lest she bring dishonor to [[House Targaryen]].{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}
 
Eustace argued to the Hand, Ser [[Tyland Lannister]], to find a husband for Lady [[Baela Targaryen]] lest she bring dishonor to [[House Targaryen]].{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}
  
==Controversy==
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After the death of Ser Tyland in {{Date|133}}, Lord Unwin became Hand in his place. He dismissed Eustace from court and replaced him with one of his relatives, Septon [[Bernard]]. Eustace stayed in the capital long enough to see the public executions ordered by Unwin on the [[Feast Day of Our Father Above]] which included [[Orwyle]], the former [[Grand Maester]]. Eustace returned to [[Stoney Sept]] the next day where he wrote his account of the war.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
Eustace's account of the [[Dance of the Dragons]] was biased in favor of [[Aegon II Targaryen]], putting him in a positive light and [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] in a negative light. It is believed he invented several details, such as that Aegon did not want to declare himself king after his father [[Viserys I Targaryen]] had died, until his mother [[Alicent Hightower]] convinced him that Rhaenyra would kill him and his family if he did not. Eustace also claims that Rhaenyra cut her thighs when she sat on the [[Iron Throne]] as a sign that she was unworthy of it - through this was physically impossible, given that Rhaenyra was wearing full armor at the time.<ref name="Ran"/>
 
  
 
==Quotes==
 
==Quotes==
{{Quote|And as her lord husband Prince [[Daemon Targaryen|Daemon]] escorted her from the hall, cuts were seen upon Her Grace's legs and the palm of her left hand. Drops of blood fell to the floor as she went past, and wise men looked at one another, though none dared speak the truth aloud: the [[Iron Throne]] had spurned her, and her days upon it would be few.{{Ref|tpatq}}|Eustace writing of [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]}}
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{{Quote|And as her lord husband Prince [[Daemon Targaryen|Daemon]] escorted her from the hall, cuts were seen upon Her Grace's legs and the palm of her left hand. Drops of blood fell to the floor as she went past, and wise men looked at one another, though none dared speak the truth aloud: the [[Iron Throne]] had spurned her, and her days upon it would be few.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}|Eustace writing of [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]}}
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{{Quote|When [[Feast Day of Our Father Above|Our Father's Feast]] was done and the mob before the gates dispersed, the [[Hand of the King|King's Hand]] was well satisfied.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}|Eustace writing of [[Unwin Peake]]}}
  
 
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Eustace was a septon attached to the royal sept of the Red Keep during the reign of King Viserys I Targaryen. The writings of Eustace, among them The Reign of King Viserys, First of His Name, and the Dance of the Dragons That Came After, were used as a source for The Princess and the Queen as well as The Rogue Prince by Archmaester Gyldayn.[2] Eventually, he rose to the ranks of the Most Devout.[3]

Character

Eustace's writing is sober, ponderous, and less salacious than that of Mushroom,[3] and Maester Yandel considers Eustace to have been the more accurate of the two.[4] Eustace did not care for Mushroom's preferred monarch, Rhaenyra Targaryen,[5] favoring instead Aegon III Targaryen.[6]

History

Viserys I

Eustace was born in Stoney Sept in the riverlands.[1] He served in the royal sept when King Viserys I Targaryen sat the Iron Throne, becoming a confidant and confessor to the king and his wives.[3]

Eustace and Mushroom gave conflicting accounts of events during the period before and during the Dance of the Dragons, both on the relationships between Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen and Prince Daemon Targaryen and of the relationship between Rhaenyra and Ser Criston Cole.[3]

Dance of the Dragons

Following the death of King Viserys I Targaryen, Grand Maester Orwyle told the small council that Eustace should be summoned to perform the last rites and to pray for Viserys's soul. However, Ser Otto Hightower, the Hand of the King, said that they must first settle the matter of succession. Eustace wrote that Viserys's eldest son, Prince Aegon, was initially opposed to the greens' attempt to crown him instead of Aegon's elder step-sister, Princess Rhaenyra, and that Aegon only agreed to accept the crown after Ser Criston Cole, the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, convinced him he would be killed if Rhaenyra became queen.[6] Because the High Septon was too old and frail to travel from Oldtown to King's Landing, Eustace anointed and blessed King Aegon II during his coronation in the Dragonpit.[6]

After the fall of King's Landing to the blacks, Eustace wrote that the Iron Throne cut Rhaenyra when she sat upon it, although she was still clad in armor.[7] He remained in the Red Keep during Rhaenyra's brief rule and even after she fled the capital. Unlike the knights loyal to Rhaenyra and the mistress of whisperers, Lady Mysaria, Eustace was spared when Ser Perkin the Flea took the Red Keep to install his squire, Trystane Truefyre, on the throne.[8]

Following the death of King Aegon II, Eustace was arrested during the Hour of the Wolf, after Lord Cregan Stark took control of the Red Keep to investigate the poisoning of the king. During the Judgment of the Wolf, Eustace was the first accused brought before Lord Cregan and the first released, as there was no proof he had been a conspirator.[9]

Aegon III

Eustace remained in the court afterward. He was present at the coronation of the young Aegon III Targaryen, and his records indicated it was a cold but sunny day and that Maris Baratheon was not present, unlike her sisters, for she had joined the silent sisters. He also recorded that Lord Unwin Peake was the only lord angered at not being included in the council of regents following Aegon's coronation. The septon, for his part, approved of the council.[10]

Eustace argued to the Hand, Ser Tyland Lannister, to find a husband for Lady Baela Targaryen lest she bring dishonor to House Targaryen.[10]

After the death of Ser Tyland in 133 AC, Lord Unwin became Hand in his place. He dismissed Eustace from court and replaced him with one of his relatives, Septon Bernard. Eustace stayed in the capital long enough to see the public executions ordered by Unwin on the Feast Day of Our Father Above which included Orwyle, the former Grand Maester. Eustace returned to Stoney Sept the next day where he wrote his account of the war.[1]

Quotes

And as her lord husband Prince Daemon escorted her from the hall, cuts were seen upon Her Grace's legs and the palm of her left hand. Drops of blood fell to the floor as she went past, and wise men looked at one another, though none dared speak the truth aloud: the Iron Throne had spurned her, and her days upon it would be few.[7]

—Eustace writing of Rhaenyra Targaryen

When Our Father's Feast was done and the mob before the gates dispersed, the King's Hand was well satisfied.[1]

—Eustace writing of Unwin Peake

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Fire & Blood, Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows.
  2. The Princess and the Queen.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Fire & Blood, Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession.
  4. The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I.
  5. Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold.
  8. Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown.
  9. Fire & Blood, Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf.
  10. 10.0 10.1 Fire & Blood, Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand.