Squire Dalbridge
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I didn't see that idea represented on this thread so I figured it was valid.
Sansa stiffened as his hand touched hers, but the king tightened his grip and drew her closer.
"You shouldn't look so sad. My uncle is an ugly little thing, but you'll still have me."
"You're to marry Margaery!"
"A king can have other women. Whores. My father did. One of the Aegons did too. The third one, or the fourth. He had lots of whores and lots of bastards." As they whirled to the music, Joff gave her a moist kiss.
"My uncle will bring you to my bed whenever I command it."
Sansa shook her head. "He won't."
"He will, or I'll have his head. That King Aegon, he had any woman he wanted, whether they were married or no."
Tywin's strength as Hand is so great that many feel he's the real ruler, not Aerys II. Ser Ilyn boasts of this and has his tongue cut out for impertinence, yet Aerys is infuriated because he knows this to be true. Aerys is annoyed by Tywin's offer of Cersei for Rhaegar. Aerys allows Jaime into Kingsguard to further spite Tywin. We know Aerys raped his own sister/wife, Rhella... why should he balk at another woman?
Relations between Aerys and his queen had been strained during the last years of his reign. They slept apart and did their best to avoid each other during the waking hours. But whenever Aerys gave a man to the flames, Queen Rhaella would have a visitor in the night.
Did GRRM include this passage just to show Joffrey's depravity or is it a clue towards Targaryen bastards?
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