The Tragic (& Idiotic) Reign of Viserys Targaryen

In the ASOIAF lore, a case can be made that Viserys Targaryen was the worst king who ever ruled. He wasn't cruel like Maegor or spiteful like Aegon the Unworthy, but his incompetence led to the Dance of the Dragons civil war. King Jaehaerys left him a stable and prosperous realm, and he fumbled the bag tremendously, along with his family's dragon power.

In House of the Dragon, Viserys is a sympathetic character despite his mishandling of every relationship in his life, such as his two wives, his brother Daemon, and his children, Rhaenyra, Aegon, etc. But George RR Martin has praised the HBO version of Viserys, and if he could go back and write the story again, GRRM would make his Viserys more like Paddy Considine's.

Intro music: "Above the Vast Clouds of the Aquamarine Peak" - Quest Master https://questmaster.bandcamp.com/albu...

Art in thumbnail:
Alyssa Targaryen by René Aigner
Balerion by Ertac Altinoz
Death of Balerion by Hristo Chukov
Jaehaerys & Baelon by Douglas Wheatley
Daemon Targaryen by Samantha Spencer

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Darkstar animation & other art by Francy Sketches: https://nobodysuspectsthebutterfly.tu...

Map of Westeros by Tibstabs - https://www.deviantart.com/tibstabs

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:48 Baelon the Brave
5:51 Peace to Chaos
9:23 Great Council of 101
10:36 Briefly a Good King
15:35 Bad Decisions & Daemon's War
21:23 Rumors of his Later Reign
24:06 Year of the Red Spring
27:24 War: Viserys Doesn't Care
30:42 Last Words

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