TimJames Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 There were seven Kingsguard knights, all told to guard the king. However, one of them (Jamie) killed the king he was supposed to guard (Aerys) because said king plotted to burn the whole city to the ground with wildfire.If Jamie was sent to guard the tower of joy, and one of the other six kingsguard knights was in KingsLanding, would they have done the same thing. If not, what would they have done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterfell is Burning Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 All of them would have subdued the King without killing him, both because they have more experience and because they hate Aerys less (also Aerys hadn't ordered them to kill their own fathers). It's the KG's job to protect the King from himself if the need arises. Rossart might be a goner whoever was there, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Rahloo Connington Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I feel that they would have forced Aerys to flee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStarkInWinterhell Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 The Kingsguard does not flee. Yet they would have probably tried to protect Elia and her kids especially Martell and Dayne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pod The Impaler Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I think every one of them but Lewyn Martell would have protected Aerys right to the end, had they been in King's Landing. This is even accounting for the fact that by then, they may have been following Rhaegar more than the king. Lewyn Martell would have protected Elia and her children at all costs. Some might say maybe Dayne would as well, but Dayne stood against Eddard Stark after the war was pretty much done, so I think whatever duty he has, he probably chooses to go down fighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assjfjgjsgjljljglgjfjsduar Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 They wouldn't have killed Aerys but I think they would have at least tried to restrain him. They all would have still killed Rossart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee-Sensei Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I'm guessing they would do nothing. Or not. Aerys was a danger to himself at the time, but then again... any genius could have figured out that burning a bunch of high lords alive wouldn't end well for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Reaper oOo Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I would hope they would let the city burn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonCon's Red Beard Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Kill the pyromancers and let the King believe they are about to torch the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Brandon Badwater Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 In Jaime`s defence i think they`d all have done Cersei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pod The Impaler Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Kill the pyromancers and let the King believe they are about to torch the city. Yup. A good idea, if the king has not yet given the order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oopeed Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I think every one of them but Lewyn Martell would have protected Aerys right to the end, had they been in King's Landing. This is even accounting for the fact that by then, they may have been following Rhaegar more than the king. Lewyn Martell would have protected Elia and her children at all costs. Some might say maybe Dayne would as well, but Dayne stood against Eddard Stark after the war was pretty much done, so I think whatever duty he has, he probably chooses to go down fighting. I think all of them would have stopped him, but none would have killed him. Rossart was a goner for sure, but the White Bull and Barristan would have knocked the king and confined him to his quarters while they rallied the defenders of the city. All of them, knowing Tywin for years would have never opened the doors. Even if they trusted Tywin, every one of them would have died protecting Maegor's once the sacking started, Barristan, Hightower and Dayne would be more than happy to cut Tywin and his dogs to pieces instead of killing the king and allowing the butchering of Elia. Dayne and Hightower kept their vows to the bitter end, had they been in KL, the history of House Lannister could be very different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanged Black Robin Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Probably would have allowed Aerys to burn the city and let themselves get torched with it. Out of all of Aerys' KG, only Jaime actually proved he would do what's actually right instead of being "honorable" and blindly obedient to a lunatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonCon's Red Beard Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Probably would have allowed Aerys to burn the city and let themselves get torched with it. Out of all of Aerys' KG, only Jaime actually proved he would do what's actually right instead of being "honorable" and blindly obedient to a lunatic. That's why Arthur and Whent confabulated with Rhaegar to remove such lunatic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Buckethead Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I think it depends on the person(s). Some would have done what Jaime did. Others would have obeyed Aerys, no matter what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Buckethead Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Kill the pyromancers and let the King believe they are about to torch the city. Technically, that would be treason as well, wouldn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oopeed Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Technically, that would be treason as well, wouldn't it? The KG vows are those of a sworn knight + the hold no lands/titles/family/riches of the NW... Their vow is to keep the king safe at all costs, but since they are also knights and not just sworn shields, doing something to protect the realm, the faith and the weak is a must. Finding a way to do it without harming the king directly may not be easy, but it must be done. In that case I think that it's not treason since you're not harming physically the king nor betraying him to his enemies. You're just keeping him from doing something stupid... You're protecting him from getting burned which is in line with your vow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangover of the Morning Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I'd say Gerold and Barristan, would probably try to reason with the king and would plea for him to change his mind. My guess is that they would eventually at the very last moment decide to stand up to the king or arrest him (or even kill him) but it might already be too late. Arthur Dayne seem like someone who thinks out of the box. He was also probably more aware and worried about Aerys' paranoia than some of the others. I think he'd try to restrain and/or incapacitate the king much earlier on. If that failed, he might have pulled Jaime. Not sure about Whent, Lewyn or the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Lannister Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I honestly never understood why Jaime got so much flak for being hesitant to kill his father and for not allowing Aerys to burn the city. You'd think they would pin a medal on him or something. I think a lot of people, Selmy especially, are just projecting their own failures and inadequacies in regards to the rebellion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkdude103 Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I honestly never understood why Jaime got so much flak for being hesitant to kill his father and for not allowing Aerys to burn the city. You'd think they would pin a medal on him or something. I think a lot of people, Selmy especially, are just projecting their own failures and inadequacies in regards to the rebellion. No one knew he was gonna burn down the city though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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