The The Oh, And then. Oh, Oh, Oh, uh,, who wants to be appreciated respected and perhaps even loved by his family

but of course he would never say that one of the first scenes with him in season one sees him complaining a bit peevishly, a little childishly almost, in my opinion, that not once had Visseras asked him to be his hand to the king, like as if it's something you would ask multiple times. Like only ask me to be in you know five or six

times bro what's up with that never mind that he had been master of laws master of coin then

lord commander the gold cloaks so Visserus gave him a lot and he had a lot in life before that he was a prince a dragonwriter the wielder of dark sister

Still it's a fairly regular thing to see nobility propped up with false claims of

valor or skill see Harry the air and santa's plot line for example or Mace

Tyrell talking about his great victories that he didn't really earn. Part of what makes

Damon such a compelling character is that his reputation for Marshall Prowis is

actually deserved. The royal gilding of Damon as a warrior is pretty honest

and it's made more interesting given that his older brother and the one who is

so important in his life perhaps the most important figure in his family, and King of course,

was not one of those people who thought he needed to be seen as a warrior.

Visseris didn't care if people knew he wasn't. It was just a simple truth.

Visseris not a warrior. And he had his younger brother Damon to take care of that for both of them.

He had enough skill for both of them.

At some point in the both book and show though, Damon's

personal ambition grew into something less about himself and more about the realm or his family or,

well, we're not entirely sure to be honest.

But something changed him or in him.

He went from a man who wanted the crown for himself

to a man willing to die for the future of humankind.

We'll spend a bit of time on his earliest years to get a better

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