Recent Events A Game of ThronesĮddard Stark, by Jake Murray © Fantasy Flight Games King Robert I Baratheon named Lord Jon Arryn as his Hand.
Aerys burned Lord Qarlton Chelsted for his opposition to the king's wildfire plot, but Aerys and Lord Rossart were then killed by Jaime while attempting to enact their plot during the Sack of King's Landing. Aerys dismissed first Lord Owen Merryweather for failing to prevent Robert's Rebellion, and then Lord Jon Connington for his failure at the Battle of the Bells. It was said throughout the Seven Kingdoms that it was Tywin who truly ruled, not King Aerys II Targaryen, and Tywin eventually resigned after his heir, Ser Jaime Lannister, was appointed to the Kingsguard. Īt the age of twenty, Ser Tywin Lannister became the youngest man to serve as Hand. Brynden called a Great Council after King Maekar's death, and King Aegon V Targaryen sent him to the Wall for having orchestrated the death of Aenys Blackfyre. Lord Brynden Rivers, on the other hand, was mistrusted as Hand, and his appointment angered Maekar Targaryen, Prince of Summerhall. Prince Baelor Targaryen was a popular Hand, but he was killed during the tourney at Ashford Meadow. Lord Ambrose Butterwell failed to prevent the First Blackfyre Rebellion, and his successor, Lord Hayford, was killed by Lord Gormon Peake during the war. Viserys II served as Hand to three different kings: his brother Aegon III, and his nephews Daeron I and Baelor I prior to becoming king, himself. Ser Tyland Lannister, Lord Unwin Peake, Lord Thaddeus Rowan, Ser Marston Waters, and Lord Torrhen Manderly all served as Hand during the contentious regency of Aegon III.
Lord Cregan Stark was briefly Hand during the Hour of the Wolf. Prince Jacaerys Velaryon named Lord Corlys Velaryon as Hand of the Queen for Rhaenyra Targaryen, Aegon's rival. First Otto and then Ser Criston Cole served King Aegon II Targaryen as Hand during the Dance of the Dragons. Otto was reinstated after Lyonel's death at Harrenhal. Because Otto encouraged Viserys to name as his heirs the children of the king's second wife, Otto's daughter Alicent, he was replaced as Hand by Lord Lyonel Strong. Ser Otto Hightower served as Hand to Jaehaerys in the king's final years, and Otto continued in the position for King Viserys I Targaryen. Septon Barth, considered by some as the wisest man to have served as Hand, began the Books of Law in 55 AC. Lord Rogar Baratheon was seen as the true power in the realm while serving as Hand during the minority of King Jaehaerys I Targaryen. King Maegor I Targaryen executed Lord Lucas Harroway and his kin after his daughter, Queen Alys Harroway, was accused of infidelity. Lord Osmund Strong oversaw construction of the walls of King's Landing, and Lord Alyn Stokeworth and Queen Visenya Targaryen oversaw construction of the Red Keep. Orys resigned after losing a hand in the First Dornish War. Historyĭuring the Conquest of the Seven Kingdoms by House Targaryen, King Aegon I Targaryen proclaimed his half-brother, Orys Baratheon, to be "my shield, my stalwart, my strong right hand." Because of Aegon's description, Orys is regarded to have been the first Hand of the King. Servants of the Hand might wear the emblem of a hand. Several Hands have used chains, such as a necklace of linked golden hands. Rogar Baratheon and Brynden Rivers used brooches of gold and iron, respectively, and a silver clasp has also been used. His badge of office always includes a hand, though each Hand can design his own. The Hand resides in the Tower of the Hand within the Red Keep. A popular saying goes, "What the king dreams, the Hand builds," but the lowborn say, "The king eats, and the Hand takes the shit." Many able men have failed in the office throughout history. It is considered by some to be a difficult and unglamorous job of great responsibility. The office typically makes the Hand the second-most powerful man in the kingdom next to the king, though some Hands have had the reputation of ruling their kings. The Hand also sits on the small council and will run the council if the king is not present. The Hand may act on the king's behalf when he is indisposed, and sit the Iron Throne while doing so.
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