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Baelor was one of the most exceptional and extreme dragon Kings to sit the Iron Throne, an example of both the best and the worst their line could produce. His devotion to peace was arguably second to none, but the same could be said for his Targaryen madness. This is a look at his early life and ascension featuring guest Nina Friel! Rize: https://rize.io/?via=WESTEROS
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0:00.0 | And the the Oh, Baylour the Blessed, arguably the most unique Targary and history yet simultaneously yet simultaneously wanted him to give off Jesus' vibes. |
0:58.6 | He straight up told a muck, the first artist to draw him, to use Jesus as the inspiration. |
1:04.5 | Baylor walked through the desert, was a man of peace and humility, shunned both wealth and pleasure. |
1:10.5 | He didn't die from something that really should have killed him though at the time it didn't look like he'd make it so yeah |
1:16.4 | He was on death's door but survived miraculously basically that's kind of like resurrection right |
1:21.6 | There's a lot to like about all that, especially given sitting the Iron Throne tends to be an extremely violent job with lots of deaths chalked up. |
1:29.0 | And that was still true of Baylor's reign, though definitely far less than other rains, as far as we can tell. |
1:36.0 | It's no wonder the Commons remember him so fondly, though, and why it was such a sin to execute |
1:41.1 | Lord Edard Stark at the sept named for him, that he himself commissioned, we might add. |
1:46.9 | But Baylor was not without his faults. |
1:48.8 | As dedicated as he was to peace, he was quite possibly a member of the Mad Targaryans Club or someone who joined it later in life |
1:56.9 | he's a reminder that you don't have to be violent to be insane. He may have had dreams |
2:01.9 | like the occasional Targaryan does, and how does a mind such as his interpret such? |
2:07.0 | Probably as the Word of the Gods, really, but the Seven in his case, of course course not the Valerian gods of old the |
2:15.0 | dragons were gone or going during his lifetime and his brother tried to conquer like |
2:20.2 | one bailor turned that around wanting peace and forgiveness from the dornish, |
2:24.0 | but he did at least one thing like a dragon |
2:27.0 | burning vast amounts of knowledge. |
2:30.0 | Oh, hey, don't do that. |
2:31.0 | He may have saved many in the short term only to do many more in the long term by casting them out of the light that shines through education. |
2:38.0 | He did harm in other nonviolent ways as well. To women, to policy, to communication, to worship of the old gods. |
2:45.4 | A fascinating guy, really, a man of extremes. |
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