While it was quickly agreed that Prince Rhaegar should inherit. The matter of succession and the naming of a new hand were the central points of discussion. The King announced an emergency small council meeting. " Sadly even after the war the King still had no time to properly mourn the death of his son, since Aerys was the crown prince. A brutish Monster was never a match for a skilled Knight." - Maester Alan, abridged, in The Rule of Jahaerys the Wise Aftermath of the war. When a strike from the Dornishmen drew blood, he howled like an animal, looking for the king for mercy, before both his heads were cut off with one clean swipe. The monster growled and grimaced menacely, but when it came to the art of swordfighting he was not only bested, but clearly outmatched. He faced Ser Lewys Martell, the man who would later become the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. Even though he had no right for it, as his crimes were known to the world at large King Jahaerys granted him this wish, but not as many thought, out of mercy but because he wanted to see Maelys fail at his last resort, the one thing he thought himself to be not beaten in.
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#War of the nine penny kings trial
He believed himself to be above mere men and demanded a trial by combat. However down in those cells it was, that the Abdomination that Maelys was found new courage. He was put in chains and brought back to Kings Landing, where he would rot in a cell until the small council would have found fitting punishment for his crimes against the crown and humanity. It is said that Maelys had soiled himself and begged when he was dragged out of his hiding hole, but Jahaerys never intended to quickly dispatch of him. The blood that was flowing was mostly from the enemy garrison. He took the castle in a bloody assault that only lasted a few hours. He personally joined his men, sailing to Bloodstone, where the last of the Blackfyres was hiding. He expected the King to be shocked by the loss of his only son, but Jahaerys personally took it upon himselves to end this farce of a war. His Body was stolen by the fiends of the Pretender and later be displayed hung from the galleon figure of Maelys' flagship.Įven though most of his men lay dead in the sands, Maelys returned to his friends, boasting of his great victory, having slain the Crownprince. Sadly it was in one of these battles that the Crownprince Aerys, a gentle soul and an inspiring leader of his man, was slain by a pirate lord he had spared to have him captured.
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Even though such an action was questioned by many it actually provoked the monstrous Maelys into landing on the shores of Westeros were the men of the crown had an easier time to kill them as they landed ashore. As a man of justice he did not attack without warning however, but sent a messenger officially declaring war on the evildoers. After the Scoundrels had seized Tyrosh King Jahaerys, known as a great strategist in military matters, decided to strike first, before they would assemble a bigger host.
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" The first major Event in the Rule of King Jaeharys, Second of his Name, was the Rise of Maelys Blackfyre with his Band of Outlaws that were commonly referred to as the Ninepenny Kings. Jaehaerys II Targaryen (AC 224-277) War of the Ninepenny Kings: