Lioness // Ser Bronn // GoT

What makes a good King?

'Please give the queen a moment alone with her son.' Jaime said 'all of you.' Cersei stood over Joffrey's body stones on his eyes she looked down to him crown still on his head as the door is closed

'It was Tyrion.' she told them, Tya wrapped an arm around cersei, tipping her head into her sister. 'he killed him he killed him he told me he would the day will come when you think you are safe and happy and your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth that's what he said to me.' Cersei told Jaime and Tya, 'you saw It. You saw Joff pointed him right before-'

'I don't know what I saw.' Jamie said

'Jaime avenge our son kill Tyrion!' Cersei begged. Jaimes eyes turned to Tya. But she didn't seem surpised at the proclamation of Jaime's fatherhood.

'Tyrion is my brother our brother there will be a trial and we will get to the truth-' Jaime reminded her.

'There will be no trial he will squirm his way to freedom.' Cersei spat. 'don't you understand that he always does I want him dead!' Cersei shouted and tya took a step back. 'please Jaime.' she sobbed 'he was our son our baby boy.' Jaime looked past cersei to tya she left silently. She didnt believe that tyrion would do such a thing.

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'Your brother is dead. Do you know what that means?' tywin questioned Tommen as they looked upon Joffreys corpse. 'I am not trying to trick you.'

'It means I'll become king.'

'Yes you will become king. What kind of King do you think you'll be?'

'A good king?' tommen suggested.

'I think so as well.' Tywin agreeed 'you've got the right temperament for it. But what makes a good king? What's a good king single most important quality?'

'This is hardly the place or the time.' Cersei muttered, tywin kept a hand on Tya, she stood perfectly still staring donw at the stone eyes looking back at them.

'Holiness?'

'Baylor the blessed with holy and pious he built the sept he also named a six year old boy high Septon because he thought the boy could work miracles he ended up fasting himself into an early grave because food was of this world in this world with sinful.' Tywin told him

'Justice.' Tommen said

'A good king must be just ORYS the first was just everyone applauded his reforms nobles and commoners like but he wasn't just for long he was murdered in his sleep after less than a year by his own brother. Was that truly just of him? To abandon his subjects to an evil that he was too gullible to recognize?' tywin questioned.

'No'

'No' Tywin agreed

'What about strength?'

'Yes strength King Robert was strong he won the rebellion and crush the Targaryen dynasty... And he attended three small council meetings in 17 years. He spent his time whoring and hunting and drinking until the last two killed him. So we have a man who starves himself to death a man who lets his own brother murder him and a man who thinks that winning and ruling are the same thing. What do they all lack?' tywin questioned.

'Wisdom'

'Yes.'

'Wisdom this was makes a good king.'

'Yes. But what is wisdom? A house with great wealth and lands asks you for your protection against another house with a strong navy that could one day oppose you. How do you know which choice is wise and which isn't? You've any experience of treasuries or granaries or shipyards and soldiers?'

'No' Tommen admitted.

'No of course not.' Tywin told him 'a King knows what he knows and what he doesn't. You are young. a wise young king listens to his counselors and heads advice until he comes of age. And the wisest kings continue to listen to them long afterwards your brother was not a wise king. Your brother was not a good king. If he had been perhaps he'd still be alive now...' cersei glared over at her father, tya kept her head down. 'as the king you will have to marry. Do you understand why?'

'A king needs a queen' Tommen answered as tywin led him away.

'Yes but why?' tommen didn't answer. 'To further the family line do you know how that happens?'

'Yes' tommen said slowly.

'Yes but did anyone explain the details to you?' tywin questioned.

'I don't think so.'

'It's all relatively straightforward.' Tywin said as tya chuckled.

'father giving the sex talk. Good God, what has the world come to,' she teased.

'How are you?' Jamie questioned as they were leaving the sept

'I'm all right.' Tommen answered

'You are, you will be, I'll see to that,' Jamie encouraged

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In the light of the seven I now claim Tommen Baratheon the first of his name the king of the andals and the first men and Lord of the seven kingdoms.' he crowned tommen 'long may he reign.'

'Long may he reign.' they echoed and everyone cheered happily as Tommen stood before them looking over his subjects.