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After Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] fled [[King's Landing]], Ser Perkin seized the [[Red Keep]] and installed Trystane on the [[Iron Throne]], before the eyes of [[Grand Maester]] [[Orwyle]], Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] and Dowager Queen [[Alicent Hightower]]. Lord [[Larys Strong]], the [[master of whisperers]] for [[Aegon II]], emerged from hiding and took a place of honor at the side of the new "king", who styled himself Trystane Truefyre.{{ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}
 
After Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] fled [[King's Landing]], Ser Perkin seized the [[Red Keep]] and installed Trystane on the [[Iron Throne]], before the eyes of [[Grand Maester]] [[Orwyle]], Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] and Dowager Queen [[Alicent Hightower]]. Lord [[Larys Strong]], the [[master of whisperers]] for [[Aegon II]], emerged from hiding and took a place of honor at the side of the new "king", who styled himself Trystane Truefyre.{{ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}
  
Trystane began to issue royal decrees from atop [[Aegon's High Hill]], repealing the unpopular taxes of [[Bartimos Celtigar]] and dividing the coin of the royal treasury among his own followers. He followed with a general cancellation of debt and raised threescore of Perkin's gutter knights to nobility. In response to rival "King" [[Gaemon Palehair]]'s decree of free bread and beer for the starving, "King" Trystane grated the poor the right to take rabbits, hares and deer from the [[kingswood]] - though not elk or boar. Meanwhile, Ser Perkin recruited scores of surviving gold cloaks, taking control of the [[Dragon Gate]], the [[King's Gate]], and the [[Lion Gate]] - in total four of the seven gates of the capital and more than half the towers along the city's walls.{{ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}
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Trystane began to issue royal decrees from atop [[Aegon's High Hill]], repealing the unpopular taxes of [[Bartimos Celtigar]] and dividing the coin of the royal treasury among his own followers. He followed with a general cancellation of debt and raised threescore of Perkin's gutter knights to nobility. In response to rival "King" [[Gaemon Palehair]]'s decree of free bread and beer for the starving, "King" Trystane granted the poor the right to take rabbits, hares and deer from the [[kingswood]] - though not elk or boar. Meanwhile, Ser Perkin recruited scores of surviving gold cloaks, taking control of the [[Dragon Gate]], the [[King's Gate]], and the [[Lion Gate]] - in total four of the seven gates of the capital and more than half the towers along the city's walls.{{ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}
  
 
When King [[Aegon II Targaryen]] retook King's Landing, Trystane was captured and executed, but not before receiving the boon of [[knight]]hood.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}
 
When King [[Aegon II Targaryen]] retook King's Landing, Trystane was captured and executed, but not before receiving the boon of [[knight]]hood.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}

Revision as of 03:57, 19 January 2019

Trystane Truefyre
Titles
Born In 113 AC or 114 AC[1]
Died In 130 ACKing's Landing
Books

Trystane, later called Trystane Truefyre, was a squire to Ser Perkin the Flea, a hedge knight, during the Dance of the Dragons.[2]

Appearance and Character

Gyldayn describes him as gangling.[3]

History

Trystane was born sixteen years before the Dance.[3]

During the riot of King's Landing, Ser Perkin crowned Trystane king, declaring him the natural son of King Viserys I Targaryen,[2] and began knighting every man who flocked to Trystane's banner, including sellswords and thieves, amassing a force of hundreds of "gutter knights". The River Gate became the first place were Trystane's banner flew above the battlements, after the "Mudfoot" garrison of the gold cloaks went over to Trystane and slew their captain and three serjeants.[3]

After Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen fled King's Landing, Ser Perkin seized the Red Keep and installed Trystane on the Iron Throne, before the eyes of Grand Maester Orwyle, Lord Corlys Velaryon and Dowager Queen Alicent Hightower. Lord Larys Strong, the master of whisperers for Aegon II, emerged from hiding and took a place of honor at the side of the new "king", who styled himself Trystane Truefyre.[3][4]

Trystane began to issue royal decrees from atop Aegon's High Hill, repealing the unpopular taxes of Bartimos Celtigar and dividing the coin of the royal treasury among his own followers. He followed with a general cancellation of debt and raised threescore of Perkin's gutter knights to nobility. In response to rival "King" Gaemon Palehair's decree of free bread and beer for the starving, "King" Trystane granted the poor the right to take rabbits, hares and deer from the kingswood - though not elk or boar. Meanwhile, Ser Perkin recruited scores of surviving gold cloaks, taking control of the Dragon Gate, the King's Gate, and the Lion Gate - in total four of the seven gates of the capital and more than half the towers along the city's walls.[3]

When King Aegon II Targaryen retook King's Landing, Trystane was captured and executed, but not before receiving the boon of knighthood.[4]

Behind the Scenes

Trystane and Perkin the Flea may be homages by George R. R. Martin to Perkin Warbeck, who claimed to be Richard of Shrewsbury, son of King Edward IV of England.

References

  1. See the Trystane Truefyre calculation.
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Princess and the Queen.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown.
  4. 4.0 4.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II.