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'' '''The Testimony of Mushroom''' ''is an account by the court jester [[Mushroom]], about the years he spend at court.<ref>The reign of Kign [[Viserys I Targaryen]], [[Aegon II Targaryen]], and at least a few years of the reign of King [[Aegon III Targaryen]].</ref> Mushroom's testimony was written down by an unknown writer. The account is filled with Mushroom's tales of plots, murders, trysts, debaucheries, amongst other things. The stories are in the most explicit detail.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Viserys I}}
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'''''The Testimony of Mushroom''''' is an account by the court jester [[Mushroom]], about the years he spent at court during the reigns of [[Viserys I Targaryen]], [[Aegon II Targaryen]], [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]], and [[Aegon III Targaryen]].  
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
As Mushroom was the court jester, people believed him to be a lackwit. This caused the highborns to speak freely around Mushroom. Septon [[Eustace (Dance of the Dragons)|Eustace]] has written an account, ''[[The Reign of King Viserys, First of His
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As Mushroom was the court [[fool]] and a [[dwarf]], people believed him to be a [[lackwit]]. This caused the highborns to speak freely around him. Mushroom's testimony was written down by an unknown writer. The account is filled with Mushroom's tales of plots, murders, trysts, and debaucheries, amongst other things. The stories are in the most explicit detail.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
Name, and the Dance of the Dragons That Came After]]'', covering many of the same events that are described in Mushroom's account, and while often the two disagree on how events occured, at times they do agree.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Viserys I}}
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[[Septon]] [[Eustace (Dance of the Dragons)|Eustace]] wrote an account, ''[[The Reign of King Viserys, First of His Name, and the Dance of the Dragons That Came After|The Reign of King Viserys]]'', covering many of the same events that are described in Mushroom's account, and while often the two disagree on how events occurred, at times they do agree.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
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Copies of ''The Testimony of Mushroom'' were burned on orders of King [[Baelor I Targaryen]],{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}} but some must have survived to be referred to in [[Archmaester]] [[Gyldayn]]'s histories.{{ref|TWOIAF}}
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==Quotes==
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{{Quote|[[Poison]]!? He didn't die of poison, he died in his sleep!<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Chicon_7_Reading Chicon 7 Reading (September 2, 2012)]</ref>|the response of [[Eustace (Dance of the Dragons)|Eustace]] to one of [[Mushroom]]'s claims, presumably about the death of [[Viserys I Targaryen]]}}
  
 
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Latest revision as of 11:14, 6 June 2020

The Testimony of Mushroom is an account by the court jester Mushroom, about the years he spent at court during the reigns of Viserys I Targaryen, Aegon II Targaryen, Rhaenyra Targaryen, and Aegon III Targaryen.

History

As Mushroom was the court fool and a dwarf, people believed him to be a lackwit. This caused the highborns to speak freely around him. Mushroom's testimony was written down by an unknown writer. The account is filled with Mushroom's tales of plots, murders, trysts, and debaucheries, amongst other things. The stories are in the most explicit detail.[1]

Septon Eustace wrote an account, The Reign of King Viserys, covering many of the same events that are described in Mushroom's account, and while often the two disagree on how events occurred, at times they do agree.[1]

Copies of The Testimony of Mushroom were burned on orders of King Baelor I Targaryen,[2] but some must have survived to be referred to in Archmaester Gyldayn's histories.[3]

Quotes

Poison!? He didn't die of poison, he died in his sleep![4]

—the response of Eustace to one of Mushroom's claims, presumably about the death of Viserys I Targaryen

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