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In 84 AC , two men of the City Watch of King's Landing rescued the court fool Tom Turnip from the whores at the Blue Pearl , where the young lords Mooton, Connington, and Beesbury were amongst the drunken patrons laughing at the fool. When Mooton admitted the joke had been Saera's idea, the three lordlings were brought before Ser Robert Redwyne , who brought them to King Jaehaerys, seated on the Iron Throne . When none of the three men dared to say a word about Saera, they were thrown in the black cells . Subsequently, Queen Alysanne called Saera's two friends, Lady Perianne Moore and Lady Alys Turnberry, to her to be questioned. Threatened with imprisonment, the two girls quickly revealed that the three girls had practiced at kissing, dressed at first, naked later on. When the girls dared each other to kiss a real boy, Saera had proclaimed she would kiss a man, which is where her three male favorites came in. According to Lady Perianne "it was [Beesbury] who did the training for all of them." When asked where the servants had been during all they had done, the two girls informed the queen that they had simply been ordered to stay outside, and that the few who had known something, had been forced to keep quiet by Beesbury.
Jaehaerys was subsequently informed, and had squires, grooms and maids questioned on the matter. Only then, Jaehaerys called Saera to him in the throne room. Jaehaerys scolded her for the joke regarding Tom and the Blue Pearl, after which Alysanne informed her they were aware that Alys Turnberry was pregnant. When informed of the imprisonment of her three favorite lordlings, Saera began to speak and within the span of an hour "went from denial to dismissal to quibbling to contrition to accusation to justification to defiance", according to Septon Barth . When Saera finally fell silent, Jaehaerys asked her whether she had given her maidenhead to any of the three men, and Saera proclaimed that they all three believed they had been the first, saying that boys were such "silly fools". Saera declared she would be married, but that she could not decide which one of the three would be the best choice. When she suggested marrying all three of them, she compared herself to Aegon the Conqueror and Maegor the Cruel . The latter comparison enraged King Jaehaerys, who had her confined to her bedchamber. She had to be dragged there by the guards.
The entire following day, Jaehaerys and Alysanne discussed what had to be done with Saera and her friends with Septon Barth and Grand Maester Elysar. King Jaehaerys, furious and ashamed, said more than once that Saera was no longer his daughter. Alysanne agreed that Saera needed to be punished, and moved Jaehaerys by telling him that, if he had been able to reconcile with the lords who had fought against him and his family, he could reconcile with Saera as well.
According to Septon Barth, Jaehaerys might have been willing to forgive Saera, had she done as she had been told. Instead, Saera escaped her confinement that night and attempted to enter the Dragonpit , only to be caught by the Dragonkeepers . Enraged by this attempt of stealing a dragon , Jaehaerys had her confined to a tower cell, where Jonquil Darke , Queen Alysanne's personal guard, stood watch over her every moment of the day. Saera's five companions in crime were dealt with. Ser Braxton Beesbury requested a trial by combat , in which he faced King Jaehaerys himself. Saera was forced to watch from the window of her cell while her father slew her lover.
Saera was sent to Oldtown and given to the Faith a fortnight later. At Oldtown, her older sister, Septa Maegelle , was to take charge of her instruction. It was announced that Saera would become a novice with the silent sisters . Septon Barth believed that Jaehaerys only meant the sentence to be a lesson, that he felt a few years of silent prayer, harsh discipline, and contemplation would be good for her and set her on the path to redemption, but that he did not intend for her to join the Faith in the end. However, Saera did not care for this plan. For a year and a half she endured cold baths, roughspun robes, meatless meals, having her head shaved and scrubbed with horsehair brushes, and being caned when she was disobedient. But in 85 AC she fled from the motherhouse during the night, knocking down an older silent sister during her escape. Lord Hightower 's men searched every house in Oldtown , but they found no trace of her. When she did not turn up at the Red Keep either, Jaehaerys ordered her former friends to keep out an eye for her.

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In 84 AC , two men of the City Watch of King's Landing rescued the court fool Tom Turnip from the whores at the Blue Pearl , where the young lords Mooton, Connington, and Beesbury were amongst the drunken patrons laughing at the fool. When Mooton admitted the joke had been Saera's idea, the three lordlings were brought before Ser Robert Redwyne , who brought them to King Jaehaerys, seated on the Iron Throne . When none of the three men dared to say a word about Saera, they were thrown in the black cells . Subsequently, Queen Alysanne called Saera's two friends, Lady Perianne Moore and Lady Alys Turnberry, to her to be questioned. Threatened with imprisonment, the two girls quickly revealed that the three girls had practiced at kissing, dressed at first, naked later on. When the girls dared each other to kiss a real boy, Saera had proclaimed she would kiss a man, which is where her three male favorites came in. According to Lady Perianne "it was [Beesbury] who did the training for all of them." When asked where the servants had been during all they had done, the two girls informed the queen that they had simply been ordered to stay outside, and that the few who had known something, had been forced to keep quiet by Beesbury.
Jaehaerys was subsequently informed, and had squires, grooms and maids questioned on the matter. Only then, Jaehaerys called Saera to him in the throne room. Jaehaerys scolded her for the joke regarding Tom and the Blue Pearl, after which Alysanne informed her they were aware that Alys Turnberry was pregnant. When informed of the imprisonment of her three favorite lordlings, Saera began to speak and within the span of an hour "went from denial to dismissal to quibbling to contrition to accusation to justification to defiance", according to Septon Barth . When Saera finally fell silent, Jaehaerys asked her whether she had given her maidenhead to any of the three men, and Saera proclaimed that they all three believed they had been the first, saying that boys were such "silly fools". Saera declared she would be married, but that she could not decide which one of the three would be the best choice. When she suggested marrying all three of them, she compared herself to Aegon the Conqueror and Maegor the Cruel . The latter comparison enraged King Jaehaerys, who had her confined to her bedchamber. She had to be dragged there by the guards.
The entire following day, Jaehaerys and Alysanne discussed what had to be done with Saera and her friends with Septon Barth and Grand Maester Elysar. King Jaehaerys, furious and ashamed, said more than once that Saera was no longer his daughter. Alysanne agreed that Saera needed to be punished, and moved Jaehaerys by telling him that, if he had been able to reconcile with the lords who had fought against him and his family, he could reconcile with Saera as well.
According to Septon Barth, Jaehaerys might have been willing to forgive Saera, had she done as she had been told. Instead, Saera escaped her confinement that night and attempted to enter the Dragonpit , only to be caught by the Dragonkeepers . Enraged by this attempt of stealing a dragon , Jaehaerys had her confined to a tower cell, where Jonquil Darke , Queen Alysanne's personal guard, stood watch over her every moment of the day. Saera's five companions in crime were dealt with. Ser Braxton Beesbury requested a trial by combat , in which he faced King Jaehaerys himself. Saera was forced to watch from the window of her cell while her father slew her lover.
Saera was sent to Oldtown and given to the Faith a fortnight later. At Oldtown, her older sister, Septa Maegelle , was to take charge of her instruction. It was announced that Saera would become a novice with the silent sisters . Septon Barth believed that Jaehaerys only meant the sentence to be a lesson, that he felt a few years of silent prayer, harsh discipline, and contemplation would be good for her and set her on the path to redemption, but that he did not intend for her to join the Faith in the end. However, Saera did not care for this plan. For a year and a half she endured cold baths, roughspun robes, meatless meals, having her head shaved and scrubbed with horsehair brushes, and being caned when she was disobedient. But in 85 AC she fled from the motherhouse during the night, knocking down an older silent sister during her escape. Lord Hightower 's men searched every house in Oldtown , but they found no trace of her. When she did not turn up at the Red Keep either, Jaehaerys ordered her former friends to keep out an eye for her.