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[[Image:Iron Throne.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The [[Iron Throne]], the seat of the king of the [[Seven Kingdoms]].]]
 
[[Image:Iron Throne.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The [[Iron Throne]], the seat of the king of the [[Seven Kingdoms]].]]
   
{{Quote|The breath of the greatest dragon forged the Iron Throne...the swords of the vanquished, a thousand of them, melted together like so many candles...|[[Viserys Targaryen]]|Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things}}
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{{Quote|The breath of the greatest dragon forged the Iron Throne...the swords of the vanquished, a thousand of them, melted together like so many candles...|[[Viserys Targaryen]]|Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things}}[[Special:Contributions/24.125.163.75|24.125.163.75]] 02:36, November 20, 2012 (UTC)Ali A.
   
 
The '''Iron Throne''' is the throne upon which the [[King on the Iron Throne|King]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] sits, located in the [[Red Keep]] in the city of [[King's Landing]]. The term is also used colloquially to refer to the government of the Seven Kingdoms and the authority of the King (i.e. "Rebellion against the Iron Throne").
 
The '''Iron Throne''' is the throne upon which the [[King on the Iron Throne|King]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] sits, located in the [[Red Keep]] in the city of [[King's Landing]]. The term is also used colloquially to refer to the government of the Seven Kingdoms and the authority of the King (i.e. "Rebellion against the Iron Throne").
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==In the books==
 
==In the books==
In the ''[[Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels, the Iron Throne is reportedly uncomfortable to sit upon due to the blades that radiate out from it, occasionally cutting the incumbent. The moral lesson Aegon intended for his heirs was that no ruler should never sit upon the throne carelessly, just as they must not ruler carelessly.
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In the ''[[Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels, the Iron Throne is reportedly uncomfortable to sit upon due to the blades that radiate out from it, occasionally cutting the incumbent. The moral lesson Aegon intended for his heirs was that no ruler should never sit upon the throne carelessly, just as they must not rule carelessly.
   
 
King [[Aerys II Targaryen]]'s increasing insanity over the years led him to absent-mindedly sit upon the throne with his full weight, frequently cutting and injuring himself. Ultimately he cut and scraped himself so much upon the Iron Throne that his personal enemies derisively referred to him as "King Scab" (alongside their more frequent epithet for him, "the Mad King".)
 
King [[Aerys II Targaryen]]'s increasing insanity over the years led him to absent-mindedly sit upon the throne with his full weight, frequently cutting and injuring himself. Ultimately he cut and scraped himself so much upon the Iron Throne that his personal enemies derisively referred to him as "King Scab" (alongside their more frequent epithet for him, "the Mad King".)

Revision as of 02:36, 20 November 2012

Iron Throne

The Iron Throne, the seat of the king of the Seven Kingdoms.

"The breath of the greatest dragon forged the Iron Throne...the swords of the vanquished, a thousand of them, melted together like so many candles..."
Viserys Targaryen[src]

24.125.163.75 02:36, November 20, 2012 (UTC)Ali A.

The Iron Throne is the throne upon which the King of the Seven Kingdoms sits, located in the Red Keep in the city of King's Landing. The term is also used colloquially to refer to the government of the Seven Kingdoms and the authority of the King (i.e. "Rebellion against the Iron Throne").

The Iron Throne was forged at the order of Aegon the Conqueror, the first of the Targaryen Kings, who united the kingdoms together during the War of Conquest. The swords of all the hundreds of lords who surrendered to him and offered him fealty were subsequently melted down by the fiery breath of Aegon's dragon, Balerion the Black Dread, then beaten and bent into a throne of imposing size and appearance.

In the books

In the Song of Ice and Fire novels, the Iron Throne is reportedly uncomfortable to sit upon due to the blades that radiate out from it, occasionally cutting the incumbent. The moral lesson Aegon intended for his heirs was that no ruler should never sit upon the throne carelessly, just as they must not rule carelessly.

King Aerys II Targaryen's increasing insanity over the years led him to absent-mindedly sit upon the throne with his full weight, frequently cutting and injuring himself. Ultimately he cut and scraped himself so much upon the Iron Throne that his personal enemies derisively referred to him as "King Scab" (alongside their more frequent epithet for him, "the Mad King".)

At the end of Robert's Rebellion, King Aerys was slain by Jaime Lannister at the foot of the Iron Throne itself. Jaime proceeded to wait out the rest of the sack of the city by Lannister soldiers, and waited in the throne room for the late arrival of Eddard Stark and the main rebel army. Eddard's most powerful memory of the event was arriving in the throne room to find Jaime sitting on the Iron Throne, his sword at his side still covered in Aerys' blood, with the Mad King's corpse lying in a pool of his own blood in front of the throne. On seeing Eddard, Jaime got off the Iron Throne, joking that he was just keeping it warm for Robert.

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