Egon the fourth legitimized all his bastards on his deathbed and how much pain grief, war and murder grew from that. I know you trust John, but can you trust

his sons or their sons? The Blackfire pretenders troubled the Targarians for five generations

until Barrisen the Bold slew the last of them on the stepstones.

Now as King Rob was writing his will, Catlin tried to impress upon him the dire consequences of legitimizing

bastards.

The Blackfire rebellions were the best possible choice for her example as they represent the worst case scenario.

So hello and welcome to another episode of History of Westrose Podcast, a podcast dedicated to George R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire book series, as well as HBO's Game of Thrones.

This, yes, HBO's Game of Thrones.

This is episode one, Seeds of the Black Fire Rebellion.

This is the first of many episodes leading up to the Battle of Redgrass Field,

the final battle of the first Black Fire Rebellion.

This episode is spoiler free except for the world of Ice and Fire

and some very, very mild Dunkin Egg spoilers.

They're so mild that they're really barely worth mentioning.

Yeah, just some of the historical backdrop that... They're so mild that they're really barely worth mentioning.

Yeah, just some of the historical backdrop that is featured in those stories.

Nothing actually related to the stories themselves.

So you won't be spoiled on the plots of those at all.

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