Towards the end of his reign, Aerys would often cut himself on the blades of the Iron Throne. As he was afraid of being poisoned, Aerys became very thin and gaunt, and he looked much older than he actually was. As a result, his hair grew past his shoulders to his waist and became matted, his beard tangled, and his fingernails grew to be yellow talons of almost a foot long. He afterwards refused to wash, and would not allow anyone to cut his hair, trim his beard, or cut his fingernails due to his fear of being touched. Later in his life, as his insanity grew, his appearance deteriorated, most notably after his captivity during the Defiance of Duskendale. In the television adaptation Game of Thrones, Aerys is portrayed by David Rintoul in a flashback scene.Īerys was a handsome young man, with purple eyes and gold-silver hair. He was eventually killed by a member of his own Kingsguard, Ser Jaime Lannister, during Robert's Rebellion. His paranoia and cruelty grew out of control.
His children that lived to adulthood, by his sister-wife, Rhaella, were Rhaegar, Viserys, and Daenerys Targaryen.Īerys showed great promise at the start of his reign, bringing peace and prosperity to the Seven Kingdoms, but later descended into insanity, caused by, amongst other factors, multiple miscarriages and stillbirths, the deaths of three sons, and a brief uprising known as the Defiance of Duskendale, in which he was held prisoner for half a year by a rebellious lord. Aerys II Targaryen, also called the Mad King and King Scab, was the seventeenth and last member of the Targaryen dynasty to sit the Iron Throne, ruling from 262 AC to 283 AC.
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