While HBO’s ongoing prequel House of the Dragon delves into House Targaryen’s history more than elsewhere on TV, King Aerys II Targaryen — depicted in Game of Thrones — is one of Westeros’ most important and infamous figures. He was portrayed in the flagship TV show by Liam Burke and David Rintoul in brief flashback sequences.Despite the minimal screen time the character gets, his grim role in history as the Seven Kingdoms’ “Mad King” indirectly sets the core plot of Game of Thrones in motion. Several main and supporting characters of the series were alive long enough to know his cruelty toward the latter stages of his reign, with King Aerys II’s characteristics and demise creating a dark parallel with his daughter — Daenerys Targaryen.Aerys fought for his kingly father’s cause during the War of the Ninepenny Kings, where the exiled House Blackfyre — comprised of Targaryen bastard children — attempted an invasion of Westeros. He even became close friends with Casterly Rock’s heir at the time, Tywin Lannister, who would later become the Hand of the King to Aerys. Aerys II would also carry on the Targaryen tradition of dynastic incest to keep the bloodline “pure” for the Dragonlord house, marrying his sister Rhaella Targaryen — the mother of Daenerys, Viserys, Rhaegar, and grandmother of Jon Snow. While the details are more ambiguous in the show compared to the books, this marriage was, by all accounts, a deeply unhappy — and abusive — one.
While HBO’s ongoing prequel House of the Dragon delves into House Targaryen’s history more than elsewhere on TV, King Aerys II Targaryen — depicted in Game of Thrones — is one of Westeros’ most important and infamous figures. He was portrayed in the flagship TV show by Liam Burke and David Rintoul in brief flashback sequences.
Despite the minimal screen time the character gets, his grim role in history as the Seven Kingdoms’ “Mad King” indirectly sets the core plot of Game of Thrones in motion. Several main and supporting characters of the series were alive long enough to know his cruelty toward the latter stages of his reign, with King Aerys II’s characteristics and demise creating a dark parallel with his daughter — Daenerys Targaryen.
Aerys fought for his kingly father’s cause during the War of the Ninepenny Kings, where the exiled House Blackfyre — comprised of Targaryen bastard children — attempted an invasion of Westeros. He even became close friends with Casterly Rock’s heir at the time, Tywin Lannister, who would later become the Hand of the King to Aerys. Aerys II would also carry on the Targaryen tradition of dynastic incest to keep the bloodline “pure” for the Dragonlord house, marrying his sister Rhaella Targaryen — the mother of Daenerys, Viserys, Rhaegar, and grandmother of Jon Snow. While the details are more ambiguous in the show compared to the books, this marriage was, by all accounts, a deeply unhappy — and abusive — one.
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