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Originally Posted by Aegon the Unworthy  Boaz skirts around some excellent points.... |
HA! HA! HA!
Thanks, I needed a belly laugh today... it's my New Year's resolution. Wait, or was my resolution to get a backhanded compliment every day? Either way it works.
Yes, you also had my head twirling with the
Preston has Dawn line.
One nitpick, you said, and I quote, Barristan Selmy. You of all people need to get his name correct. I's Barristan
Fricking Selmy. BFS!
Garlan has inherited the Florent lands, so he's out from the winning regime's seven.
Second sons of influential families with great ability and honor don't seem to be easy to remember. I can think of a few that meet two or three of Aegon's criteria. Hobber Redwyne (younger, I assume, son of the Lord of the Arbor, though Horas might be the younger, I dunno), Tristayne Martell (younger son of the Prince of Dorne), Gerold Dayne (Darkstar will never serve the Lannisters), Donnel Waynwood (Lady Waynwood's younger son), Mychel Redfort (Mya Stone's lover), Lyle Crakehall (the Strongboar), Rollam Westerling (Robb's squire), Lewys Piper (Jaime's squire), Garrett Paege (Jaime's squire), and Josmyn Peckledon (another of Jaime's squires, he slew two knights at King's Landing) are the ones I can think of and look up.
The Freys might put forth a number of candidates including Elmar Frey (Roose's squire), Red Walder Frey (Emmon's youngest son), Olyvar Frey (Robb's squire), and Donnel Haigh (younger son of Frey bannermen).
Other intresting potentials... Gendry Storm and "Strong" Sam Stone (a knight of the Vale).
It seems to me that certain Kings, Hands, Queens, Lord Commanders of the Kingsguard or whomever selects the men to wear white all would elevate one of Egg's criteria above the others. There may be some awesome fighters that will never even be considered because of their low birth and others who are picked for their political connections.