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Published: 2011-06-24 13:50:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 30780; Favourites: 1062; Downloads: 2004
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This picture is by Mike S. Miller.It depicts Robert Baratheon (antlered helm) and Rhaegar Targaryen at the Battle of the Trident. It is the moment right before the Stag cleaves his hammer into the Dragons breastplate.
From the AMAZING book series by George R. R. Martin: A Song of Ice and Fire.
If you haven't read it yet, you should go do it now!
HBO also finished the first season of it, and if you have not watched it yet, go! go! go!
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The best thing Rhaegar Targaryen ever did. Excellent artwork!
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Final blow indeed. That being said, I would draw the wound Rhaegar dealt to Robert in a different place. I doubt the Dragon Prince could cut through plate.
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Westeros would have been a lot different had Rhaegar won.
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Robert may have killed Rhaegar, but Rhaegar Targaryen still won even in death.
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As he got Lyanna's love and they are happy in the afterlife, right?
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But do you agree with me that Rhaegar and Lyanna are very happy in the afterlife (and strongly in love) while Robert Baratheon is breaking down as his delusions dissolve before his eyes?
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Wouldn't really say Rhaegar is happy considering his stupidity got his wife, 2 kids? (maybe 1 depending on if FAegon is a fake or not), most of his friends, and mother killed as well as his family's dynasty ruined and his little brother going mad while his little sister is now herself in the position of a foreign usurper.'
Lyanna herself doesn't really have much to smile for considering her father and oldest brother were killed on her account, her younger brother took the Black possibly out of guilt for her whole situation and is now missing, her other surviving brother had to dishonour himself and his wife in the eyes of other to protect her secret. and her son grew up as a bastard and is dead? (we all know GRMM is bringing him back though if its Dondarian-esque resurrection he may probably just wish he'd stayed dead).Β
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Yeah, lol. I don't know what Hayaba was thinking but Lyanna and Rhaegar aren't people to idolize. They threw an entire continent into civil war and got thousands of people killed, including members of their own family, all for a few nights of illicit sex. If they are together, it's in one of the seven hells.Β
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To be fair to Lyanna we have no idea what the circumstances of her disappearance are (I refuse to acknowledge the show's God awful "true love" nonsense) whether she was kidnapped, absconded freely, etc...
I personally think she wanted a quick fling before marriage to experience "freedom" then Rhaegar locked her up for his prophecy nonsense.
Rhaegar however has no excuses. He's just a fucking idiot at best and a rapist at worst. Either way he deserved his fate. Shame people over-romanticize him for whatever reason.
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I disagree, I think Lyanna was equally guilty for what happened. Hell Ned even alluded to as much didn't he? When he mentioned to Robert that he saw the "iron" within her or something? Sorry that I don't have the exact quote, I never got into the hype train of GoT like most folk did. But I do enjoy the CK2 mod for it, lol. Harren fo Lyfe!Β
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Yeah the CK2 mod is excellent. I put so many hours into it. Yeah GoT was alright till they ran out of book material but even then I never got the over-hype of it.
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My understanding is that seasons 1-4 are amazing...but after that things gradually turn to burning dogshit in a dumpster. In other words, I'm glad I stuck with Gotham. I personally was satisfied, despite the unfortunate cancellation that resulted in the need for a rushed ending.Β
I got a pretty funny story from the mod. Care to hear it?Β
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Sure. Lemme hear it.
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Sweet! I'll copy it down below.Β
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So funny story from a recent game of CK2 AGOT.
I'm playing as Harren the Black during Aegon's Conquest. Sounds like a suicide run right? Well apparently luck is on my side because Aegon decides "Fuck Westeros, we're going home" and decides to re-establish Valyria. First miracle achieved.
Riverlords rise up, as they do, but I manage to knock them back and even force marry Tulley's sister to my one of my sons. You know, just to rub it in to the prick. Along the way, Harren becomes a fuck me badass swordsman in his late fifties. Survival of the Rivers and Isles accomplished. I took one of the Blackwoods as a salt wife as well. Gotta keep that family tradition.
Moving on, Aegon starts to have trouble in the east with a lot of unhappy underlings and for whatever reason his ai being unable to beat Braavos, Volantis, and Norvos. Probably has to do with how he got himself stuck 'in hiding' and can't come out due to how the mechanics work for Aegon's Conquest but whatever. In any case, Harren sees a picture of Visenya or something and decides in that megalomaniac mind of his "This dragon bitch would make a great salt-wife". But there's no way I'm leading an army up against Aegon and his fucking dragons, so I take advantage of all those angry underlings and plot to kidnap the eldest sister. Eventually the opportunity comes up, something about a trip she's taking around the island or something idunno, basically she's lightly guarded and this is the one chance I'll get ever. Even with all the help, it's only about a 40% chance at best that it works. I sigh, fully expecting it to not work and click the go ahead.
IT. FUCKING. WORKS!
Visenya is brought to the old bastard in a sack and he immediately moves her into Harrenhal. Second miracle achieved.
I become aware of the third and biggest miracle after this. Vhaegar has been wounded in one of the ill fated wars with those three holdouts. We're not talking a little scratch either, this dragon will literally never fly again. One of the mechanics in the game is that if you make a dragon rider a salt-wife, slave, or generic concubine they will eventually use their dragon to fly away back home, usually leaving a burning mess in their wake. But since Vhaegar can't fly anymore, that prevents that event from firing at all, or at least until Visenya can hatch a replacement dragon. But that wouldn't matter because apparently, Harren got a surge of libido upon seeing this gal because almost nine months on the money later, his first and only daughter is born from this union. Syga the White, nick named for her hair and eye color being unique in her black haired and black eyed family. Harren doesn't have any other kids with Visenya, but this doesn't matter. He now has a way to the Valyrian throne via his daughter. You can go ahead and cue the villain laugh here because you know damn well he's gonna do it.
A fourth and final miracle occurs when, on top of Aegon being stuck in Dragonstone as a result of the game mechanics trolling him, Rhaenys decides "I'm gonna become celibate", eliminating any chances of there being any future Targs. Think Orys can save the day? Nope! He literally got cancer and died.
To end this on a slightly higher note, Syga actually made Harren a somewhat better man. She's a total daddy's girl and caused him to lose his 'cruel' and 'arbitrary' traits, and towards the end he even picked up some good ones. All's well that ends well I suppose. Funny story though, couldn't help but share.
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be careful about posting other people's art, you might get in trouble.
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And on That moment Rhaegar Knew... He Fucked Up
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Love it. The colors the portrayal. It would be awesome we actually got to see this defining moment in their history.
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Almost exactly how I imagined it when I was reading the book.
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This is absolutely fantastic. You made this scene come to life. You should be very proud. Bravo!
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I hope you don't mind, but I used this artwork in a weekly radio show of mine, your deviant art profile, has been linked, have a look - soundcloud.com/syed-adeel-rizvβ¦
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The pose of Robert Baratheon while delivering the final blow, very powerful, very strong. I love it, good job dude. I don't think it could get any better than this.
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My first thought was WOW. My eye is totally drawn to the center conflict (I love your composition here, by the way) with Robert smashing at Rhaegar. Everything about this just screams perfect. Rhaegar desperately falling but not quite dead, and Robert obviously winning and undoubtedly furious. Then I look at the background and see all the other men fighting...which makes sense, doesn't it? There's got to be other men, because it's a battle. But the entire piece evokes the idea that Robert crushing in Rhaegar with his warhammer (so badass, by the way) is the main turning point, and everything else on the battlefield just kind of fades away into the background compared to it. Ugh, and I love love love the perspective. Robert seems very dominant, and there's a feeling of impending doom every time I look at this piece. So. Perfect.
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Just perefct. I can feel so much things looking this art.
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Oh, now I feel bad. I clicked on this because I thought it was the Knight Who Says Ni fighting the Black Knight. Yes, from Monty Python. Okay, I clearly need to go to sleep.
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Love it. Props to Mike Miller for this epic scene. Very.... bittersweet. We see Robert as he once was - Robert as he was supposed to be. A proud, powerful, masterful king and ruler, fierce and strong. Sad that he let himself go the way he did.
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What a great depiction of the scene. I especially love the helms.
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Epic. Two masterful warriors fighting to the death.
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I think that might be Jon Arryn on the left mounted.
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Nice to see someone's giving the old warrior some love. Shame that King Robert went out the way he did; shame that his first (and only) love died at all. I've got a feeling that, had Lyanna not been killed, the man probably wouldn't have let himself go the way he did, all drunken and slovenly. Too bad, but he was probably the coolest king I've ever seen in literary context. Robert Baratheon aka The Dude King
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Mike S. Miller (yes, THE Mike Miller) did this image
/ Have the artbook, happy to help
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Many thanks for that, I will post that straight away.
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freakin awesome! i pictured robert a little more heavy to reflect his older self
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Such an awesome ASoIaF artwork! Thanks for posting it here.
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