grantaere:preasoiaf appreciation week ( @preasoiafsource): day 6 (monarchs) ♛ Aegon V Targaryen Th
grantaere: preasoiaf appreciation week ( @preasoiafsource): day 6 (monarchs) ♛ Aegon V Targaryen Though beloved by the smallfolk, King Aegon made many enemies amongst the lords of the realm, whose powers he wished to curtail. He enacted numerous reforms and granted rights and protections to the commons that they had never known before, but each of these measures provoked fierce opposition and sometimes open defiance amongst the lords. A student of history and lover of books, Aegon V was oft heard to say that had he only had dragons, as the first Aegon had, he could have remade the realm anew, with peace and prosperity and justice for all. -- source link