Blood and Cheese
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| Source : historicalanalysisofasoiaf |
Once prince Lucerys velaryon was killed by Aemond Targaeyen, princes rhaenyra targaryen gone mad. The history says that the real reason for start the Dance of the dragon is killing the innocent prince Lucerys velaryon. The book says that this was a purposely arranged murder while the series telecasting it as a mistake by Aemond Targaryen.
Rhaenyra targaryen was not in the mood of war even the Greens have stolen her crown after the dead of her father. She value her relationship between queen Alicent Hightower thus she somehow keep her banner-men and mainly Daemon in her control instead of getting to the war.
Lucerys dead was a key point to get rhaenyraback to the track and daemon was used it well. He was a rude and rogue person at all the time, he wanted to finish the Otto Hightower and queen Alicent since he was hated by them while he was in the kings landing. Daemon take this opportunity to make rhaenyra against Greens.
“An eye for an eye, a son for a son. Lucerys shall be avenged.”
—Prince Daemon Targaryen
Daemon Targaryen is a character in the book that he was very loyal to his family and hated who tried to stand against house targaryen. If you read the Post about Daemon Targaryen you are known that the he was known as "Prince of the city", in simple terms daemon associate with not only the royalists, he had many connections in kings landing and they were loyal to him.
"In
his youth, Daemon Targaryen's face and laugh were familiar to every
cut-purse, whore, and gambler in Flea Bottom. The Prince still had
friends in the low places in King's Landing, and followers amongst the
Gold Cloaks. Unbeknownst to King Aegon, the Hand, or the Queen Dowager,
he had allies at court as well, even on the green council... And one
other go-between, a special friend that he trusted utterly, who knew the
wine sinks and rat pits that festered in the shadow of the Red Keep as
well as Deamon himself had, and moved easily through the shadows of the
city. To this pale stranger he reached out now, by secret ways, to set a
terrible vengeance in motion"
Source : Fire & Blood | Novel By George R. R. Martin
In the red keep there were many kind of people and daemon choose two from it. Blood was a murderer. He was a serjeant in King's Landing's City Watch who lost his gold cloak for thrashing a whore to death in a drunken chaos. Cheese was a ratcatcher who had extensive knowledge in the Red Keep's underground passageways.
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Daemon didn't want to kill Aegon here because then Prince Aemond would become king, or Alicent would be Regent until Jaehaerys came of age, and the Blacks would continue to rage.
Killing a child conveys a message of surrender - it's better to finish everything quickly than to drag it out.
Both of them entered the queen's chambers and Suddenly queen helena was shocked by looking at them.
“Who are you?” she demanded of the two.
“Debt collectors,” said Cheese. “An eye for an eye, a son for a son. We only want the one, t’ square things. Won’t hurt the rest o’ you fine folks, not one lil’ hair.Which one you want t’ lose, Your Grace?”
Source - fire & blood
In this instance queen pleaded to kill her instead of the children, however the assassins was not commanded by daemon to kill the queen, they didn't agreed for that.
Heleana has no choice, how come a mother can pick one child to get him murdered...? At the end she choose her youngest Maelor. In this scenario she wanted to give his younger child because of that the child is not grown enough to understand what is happening, in the other side the oldest Jaehaerys is king's first born son and who is in next in line to iron throne.
“You hear that, little boy?” Cheese whispered to Maelor. “Your momma wants you dead.” Then he gave Blood a grin, and the hulking swordsman slew Prince Jaehaerys, striking off the boy’s head with a single blow."
Source - fire & blood
That is how the assassins did what his master asked to do.
Wow 😍
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