Equilibrium Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Why are there silver stags? Targs conquer, the establish new currency, dragons are self explanatiory so are the seven-pointed stars but why did Targs put stags on the silver currency? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfTheRock Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Orys Baratheon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Equilibrium Posted August 30, 2014 Author Share Posted August 30, 2014 See I thougth it too but it kinda weak to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trigger Warning Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 See I thougth it too but it kinda weak to me...He was Aegon's closest friend, not too much of a stretch to think that he'd put Orys' new sigil to a coin. He was the hand after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Equilibrium Posted August 30, 2014 Author Share Posted August 30, 2014 So this is it, no more creative solutions? Agh fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salafi Stannis Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Well, it's because when Aegon was a teenager he was forced into a marriage to a stag, at first it was a loveless marriage but then they grew to love each other and Aegon started calling it "my sun and stags". But all good things must come to an end so the Stag got into a fight with a rival and was injured, Aegon insisted on treating it, so he got a slave healer from the stag's "Stagasar", who tried and failed to heal it, so Aegon asked the healer to use magic to heal his "Stag and Stars", but it was blood magic which killed and deformed their baby and turned the Stag catatonic, so Aegon had to smother it to end it's suffering. Then Aegon built him a funeral pyre and went into it with his 3 petrified dragon eggs which hatched and he used to conquer Westeros. He then used stag for the currency to honour the memory of his "sun and stags". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfTheRock Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Well, it's because when Aegon was a teenager he was forced into a marriage to a stag, at first it was a loveless marriage and the stag would rape him but then they grew to love each other and Aegon started calling it "my sun and stags". But all good things must come to an end so the Stag got into a fight with a rival and was injured, Aegon insisted on treating it, so he got a slave healer from the stag's "Stagasar", who tried and failed to heal it, so Aegon asked the healer to use magic to heal his "Stag and Stars", but it was blood magic which killed and deformed their baby and turned the Stag catatonic, so Aegon had to smother it to end it's suffering. Then Aegon built him a funeral pyre and went into it with his 3 petrified dragon eggs which hatched and he used to conquer Westeros. He then used stag for the currency to honour the memory of his "sun and stags". The internet is yours, my king. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Orys Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Well, it's because when Aegon was a teenager he was forced into a marriage to a stag, at first it was a loveless marriage but then they grew to love each other and Aegon started calling it "my sun and stags". But all good things must come to an end so the Stag got into a fight with a rival and was injured, Aegon insisted on treating it, so he got a slave healer from the stag's "Stagasar", who tried and failed to heal it, so Aegon asked the healer to use magic to heal his "Stag and Stars", but it was blood magic which killed and deformed their baby and turned the Stag catatonic, so Aegon had to smother it to end it's suffering. Then Aegon built him a funeral pyre and went into it with his 3 petrified dragon eggs which hatched and he used to conquer Westeros. He then used stag for the currency to honour the memory of his "sun and stags". Sun and Stags :bowdown: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kikajon Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Of course the right answer is in the previous post.But just a question: are we sure that before Robert's reign the currency was already the stag? Couldn't it be a change wanted by Robert to mark discontinuity?I don"t remember any reference to currency in past times..just noticed..so TStMtW means truly The Stag that Mounts the world.Someone should update N00B.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryanfury Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Stags are referenced and used in the Dunk & Egg series. Aegon I introduced the stags as a form of currency after the conquest. Yes, the most likely reason for the choice of the stag was because Orys Baratheon assimilated the arms of Durrandon and became the first Hand of the King. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernXY Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 With the gold that's mined, do they still make golden dragons? Wouldn't think they would, would retain the size but would get rid of the dragon emblem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRANDON GREYSTARK Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Orys Baratheon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salafi Stannis Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 The internet is yours, my king. Why thank you, my... also king? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittleFinger Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Still sad he missed the opportunity to have Gold Dragons, Silver Fire and Copper Blood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FittleLinger Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Of course the right answer is in the previous post.But just a question: are we sure that before Robert's reign the currency was already the stag? Couldn't it be a change wanted by Robert to mark discontinuity?I don"t remember any reference to currency in past times..just noticed..so TStMtW means truly The Stag that Mounts the world.Someone should update N00B.. I think it was mentioned somewhere that Robert wouldn't care enough as to change the whole kingdoms' currency symbol, something along those lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
born amidst snow and corn Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 the durrandons once ruled the area that is now king's landing and the surrounding crownlands and i guess aegon changed the golden stags that were used in that area to golden dragons and kept the silver stags the way they were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibzit Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Orys was hand of the king when Aegon made the currecy, so the 2nd most powerfull house gets the 2nd most valuable coin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Targaryen Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Orys was hand of the king when Aegon made the currecy, so the 2nd most powerfull house gets the 2nd most valuable coin. Not to mention, possibly, Aegon's bastard brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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