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A Song Of Ice And Fire

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Please hide Spoilers for show-only watchers please

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[–] dornad@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The line of succession at this point would be

  • Baelor
    • Valar
    • Matarys
  • Aerys
  • Rhaegel
    • Aelor
  • Maekar
    • Daeron
    • Aerion
    • Aemon
    • Aegon

And then anyone else, including women of house Targaryen.

So… a lot of 💩 had to happen for Aerion to have a chance. It really puts into perspective Egg’s Moniker “The Unlikely”