Morienthar Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 8000 years of the kingdoms killing each other? Sure they count in the favor of the Targs.There were 9 wars during this peaceful Targ rule,some lasted Decades together.There was no difference what so ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenlyIsNotRight Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Didn't the Targs rule for 300 mostly peaceful years or am I missing something?I think you're confusing that with Ned Stark describing Robert Baratheons reign as "15 years of relative peace". As far as we know, at least the Dance of Dragons, multiple Blackfyre rebellions and quite a few Ironborn raids happened under House Targaryen. It wasn't as utopian as all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildBlood Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Faith Militant Uprising - 9yrsDance of Dragons - 9yrsConquering of Dorne - 4 yrsBlackfyre Rebellion - 1yrBlackfyre Rebellion 2 - ZERO BattlesWar of Ninepenny Kings - 5yrsDefiance of Duskendale - 6 monthsThat is 28 yrs of fighting out of 280 years, until Roberts Rebellion. And 10 of those years of war, were Targ vs Targ.Maybe we will have to agree to disagree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozentree Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Faith Militant Uprising - 9yrsDance of Dragons - 9yrsConquering of Dorne - 4 yrsBlackfyre Rebellion - 1yrBlackfyre Rebellion 2 - ZERO BattlesWar of Ninepenny Kings - 5yrsDefiance of Duskendale - 6 monthsThat is 28 yrs of fighting out of 280 years, until Roberts Rebellion. And 10 of those years of war, were Targ vs Targ.Maybe we will have to agree to disagree :agree:Also, the war of ninepenny kings happened mostly on Essos, all what actually touched the 7 kingdoms was Westerosi army slaughtering Golden Company on Stepstones. Sure lot of soldiers died, but not a single village was pillaged, not a single civilian victim was killed (at least not on Westeros)eta: also, in conquest of Dorne, most, if not all, of the fighting happened in Dorne and Duskendale hardly touched anything but Crownlands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildBlood Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 For comparison, I am 31, and the US has been involved in wars/fighting for at least a part of every year except 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
direwolves_and_dragons Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I have to agree that despite some notable exceptions (Aegon the Unworthy, the Blackfyre rebellion, Aerion and Aerys) i do view the Targaryen rule as positive overall like frozentree and wildblood, interesting parallel with the US. I believe with the exception of the North (to some extent as I believe they instilled more unity than any other Kingdom at the time of Aegon's landing) that the constant fighting of the other houses was extremely destructive to Westeros, more so than what followed until well now. Furthermore I don't think anyone can deny the Riverlands were vastly improved by Harren getting deep fried.I think despite the lack of any err karma or typical principles of morality governing the plot in Asoiaf and the way George writes, that how he ties it up and which families remain/return will offer some insight on this. I have my own views but I'll stop here so as to not provoke any Targ haters or anyone else haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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