Adrian Celtigar had calmed down completely, his whole body going slack.
He could not even be bothered to get angry anymore and leaned back in his chair.
"We had best not pass such a judgment."
His voice was soft, with a strange hollowness to it.
"This will tarnish His Grace Viserys's reputation. We are reclaiming the throne for the true dragon. Ours is the righteous cause."
Instead of looking at the knights, he began speaking of something else.
"When Brynden Hewen served as Hand of the King, the kingdom faced a succession crisis."
"So Bloodraven decided to convene a Great Council to discuss who should inherit the throne."
"Aenys Blackfyre, the fifth son of Daemon Blackfyre, presented his claim to the Great Council and received Bloodraven's promise of safe passage to King's Landing."
Adrian Celtigar's voice flowed slowly through the hall.
"But the moment Aenys Blackfyre set foot in King's Landing, Bloodraven arrested him and had him beheaded at once to intimidate Blackfyre's supporters."
"After His Grace Aegon V became king, he immediately arrested Brynden Hewen for breaking his oath and betraying his word."
He paused, his gaze finally settling on Suleiman's face.
"Bloodraven's defense was that he had sacrificed his own honor for the peace of the realm."
"But His Grace Aegon V still sentenced him to death, or to atonement at the Wall."
Adrian Celtigar leaned forward slightly, his gaunt fingers tightening around the chair's armrests.
"These two matters are the same, Ser Suleiman."
"No one could deny the carnage of the Blackfyre Rebellion, or the depth of its conflict with the Iron Throne."
"Yet His Grace Aegon V Targaryen still passed a just judgment."
"These men broke their sacred oaths. They murdered their lord and must be punished."
Below the steps, the knights in the center of