The newly promoted Kingsguard undoubtedly defied the order given to him by the king.
Choose to change your appearance and return to compete privately!
Aerys The king swears by this matter, even though there is no evidence.
It is said that Robert·Baratheon's drinking rival "Knight of Skulls and Kisses" Rickard·Lonmos was also present.
Rickard was very happy at the time, and immediately swore to the king that he would lift Mystery Knight's visor in the following games, reveal his true identity, and expose the traitor's treacherous behavior to the world.
But throughout the whole day today, Knight of the Laughing Tree did not appear again, and he actually disappeared without a trace.
Feeling that he had been fooled, Aerys II was even more angry, and immediately sent Crown Prince Rhaegar to search for the missing Mystery Knight.
Robert, who found Titus, kept complaining that he was a step too late and missed the trip, otherwise he would have joined in the fun.
Titus After hearing this, he looked back at the stupid man with contempt.
Robert didn't understand what he meant, and began to complain in a low voice about the king's unreliable behavior. He sat on the top floor of the viewing platform and saw everything that happened. None of the dukes came, and except for those who came up temporarily to flatter him, no one else was qualified to share the same stage with the king.
As for Robert's complaint, Titus feels it's a waste of time.
He had heard a lot of "rumors" about Aerys II before, but after seeing His Majesty the King in person this time, he felt that "Mad King" at this time was far less "crazy" than he imagined.
Rather than saying "crazy", it is better to say that it is crazy, with a little stress-induced persecution paranoia, which is not comparable to true madness.
It may be that his expectations and thresholds are different from others. Titus really thinks that this version of "Mad King" is actually not bad.
He also had other ideas.
The reason why Aerys·Targaryen was overshadowed by his former close friends Tywin·Lannister was because Tywin had a very high level of governance. Those years when Hand of the King was going smoothly, he won unanimous praise from the whole kingdom.
But is this really the case?
In Starpike's library, Titus, who had read many related books, found that--
Lord Tywin's main achievements include:
The debt dispute between Iron Throne and Braavos's financial institution "Iron Bank" was resolved, and a lot of debts were repaid with the gold of Lannister. But at the same time, Casterly Rock also took over part of the claims against Iron Throne;
Win the recognition of the aristocratic group by revoking the laws promulgated by Aerys's grandfather Aegon V that favored the common people;
By reducing the taxes on Lannisport and Oldtown from the royal capital, King's Landing will make the merchants in both places grateful;
Use the money from the treasury to maintain Kingsroad from Stormlands to Riverlands, and Golden Road leading to Westerlands... but there is no Lannister competitor Tyrell, the Reach Roseroad.
And what about King Aerys's stupid plan:
Attack and occupy Stepstones, actively participate in the Narrow Sea trade, and earn huge profits for the kingdom;
Build an invincible fleet, conquer the sea overlord Braavos of Essos, and take control of the sea power;
Eddard's father proposed and the king was very interested in occupying a large area of land north of the Wall and building a new the Wall;
Visit Sunspear and discuss with Princess Dorne to dig an underground canal under the Red Mountains, introduce water resources from Rainwood in Stormlands into the desert of Dorne, transform the desert environment, and turn them into cultivated land...
The more I study and compare, the more interesting Titus is.
His personal opinion is that the praise others have given Tywin may have gone too far.
The real Lord of Casterly Rock is not that good at "ruling the country", or in some people's eyes, he is "more like a real king".
And Aerys II, who is scornfully called "Mad King", may not be "wise" at all.
Lord Tywin has obviously always acted from the position of a noble, not as a king.
This is not his fault, after all, he is not the "real king".
So what about Aerys II.
This king really has many fantastic ideas. Titus agrees that some of his ideas are correct. However, in order to implement those grand ideas, it is still inseparable from the support of the noble forces within the kingdom... especially the support of the big noble forces.
In this regard, he did very poorly.
Several nobles in the kingdom have no real good relations with the royal family.
Westerlands was pushed away by the king because of Tywin. He always looked down on Dorne who was married to the royal family, the Reach It's true that Highgarden likes to lick Iron Throne, but Tyrell has not yet firmly grasped his own power, and Aerys doesn't look down on them either.
Titus believes that King Aerys still suffered the consequences of this damn medieval era.
Targaryen Royal House after the dragon is really not centralized at all.
A few days ago, when I saw the "tragic appearance" of "Mad King", Titus, who is not a soft-hearted person, sometimes felt unbearable and said to her heart:
Come on, brother with the crown... Let's let this old guy go and stop irritating him.
Sometimes, the more oppressed a person is, the more unimaginable it will be when they rebound...
Evening.
Rhaegar·Targaryen, who went out to search for Mystery Knight without success, finally came back.
Crown Prince It's not like the Harvest, he brought back a painted shield that was abandoned on a tree.
The smiling face on the shield was so lifelike that it seemed to be mocking everyone.
At least, the "the Harvest" in Rhaegar's mouth is limited to this...
The jousting continues on its fourth day.
As the fierce competition progresses, the number of shields with heraldry hanging on the sidelines continues to decrease.
The remaining contestants were all good at lance charge, parallel importers who relied on luck to advance, as well as unqualified contestants. They were all eliminated one by one by these genuine elite knights.
Titus saw with his own eyes the strength of Rhaegar. Although Rosso and Brune were not defeated badly, they did not survive the third round.
It can be seen that he tried his best, but still failed to push the bottom line of Rhaegar.
Since Titus, another dark horse in the competition has also appeared - Brandon·Stark from the North Winterfell.
He first defeated Prince Lewyn·Martell in Kingsguard.
Then, Oberyn·Martell was also folded into the hands of Brandon.
Titus admitted that "Wild Wolf"'s riding skills were indeed top-notch, and he calmly completed two consecutive kills against Dorne's strong opponent, becoming the "Prince's Nemesis" in this tournament.
Different from ordinary the North people, Brandon is a serious knight. This is because he was an adopted son in Barrowton House Dustin, which has a relatively strong knight culture.
Heir Winterfell, who has stayed in the north all year round and participated in this kind of competition for the first time, rose like a supernova and became one of the two biggest and most popular dark horses in this event.
After getting the achievement of "Martell Double Play", his odds continued to drop outside the stadium. This made gamblers desperate, wishing they could discern the difference sooner.
Titus does not fall into this category. He is confident and is not in a hurry at all, and proceeds with the rest of the game easily.
He won all the way and passed the level, his style remained unchanged, and he defeated the enemy every time.
The record of Crown Prince Rhaegar·Targaryen is also quite impressive.
So far, the good players who fell into his hands include "Bronze" John·Royce, "Black Bat" Oswell·Whent, and Jon·Darry Ser.
The latter two are Kingsguard in white robes, but they are not the enemies of the prince's trio.
Yingming version Mad King: