the crown had given her a headache, and her buttocks had gone to sleep. "ser barristan," she called, "i know what quality a king needs most."

"courage, your grace?"

"cheeks like iron," she teased. "all i do is sit."

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beneath him was the queen’s own mount (...). if daenerys herself could not be with them in their hour of peril, ser barristan hoped the sight of her silver in the fray might give heart to her warriors, reminding them of who and what they fought for.

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“so am i a coin in the hands of some god, is that what you are saying, ser?”

“no,” ser barristan replied. “you are the trueborn heir of westeros. to the end of my days i shall remain your faithful knight, should you find me worthy to bear a sword again.”

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George R.R. Martin says Barristan Selmy and Arthur Dayne were evenly matched with regular swords, but if Arthur wielded the greatsword Dawn he would beat Barristan ⚔️

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Comm for
Powerful barrista...

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It's time to meet the main characters of CHORUS!
Devon is a shy little bean who can't express themselves really well, while Sidney is a charismatic singer/guitarist/barrista who can't pipe down 1 second!🎤

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Made a bat pony for a good friend. She's an easy going but sophisticated play writer stuck working as a barrista. More on DA -> <https://t.co/sRijUWaZlA>

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"On the Trident, Ser Barristan here cut down a dozen good men, Robert's friends and mine. When they brought him to us, [...] Roose Bolton urged us to cut his throat, but [Robert] said, 'I will not kill a man for loyalty, nor for fighting well,'"

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she was the blood of the dragon, but ser barristan had warned her that in that blood there was a taint. could i be going mad? they had called her father mad, once. 

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ser barristan knew no more of dragons than the tales every child hears, but he knew targaryens. daenerys had been riding that dragon, as aegon had once ridden balerion of old.

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“Prince Rhaegar loved his Lady Lyanna, and thousands died for it.”
Barristan Selmy

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“Every child knows that the Targaryens have always danced too close to madness.”
Barristan Selmy

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"the dragons know when she is near," ser barristan told him.

every child knows its mother, dany thought.

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Prince Rhaegar loved his Lady Lyanna, and thousands died for it.

-Barristan Selmy

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Prince Rhaegar loved his Lady Lyanna, and thousands died for it.

-Barristan Selmy

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Barristan Selmy competed in his first tourney when he was 10 years old and only a squire in 247 AC at Blackhaven. Duncan Targaryen jousted against him when nobody else would, due to his small stature and Barristan famously earned the nickname "Barristan the Bold" despite losing

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“Even as a child, your brother Viserys oft seemed to be his father’s son, in ways that Rhaegar never did.”

-Barristan Selmy

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The scene where Barristan is dismissed from the Kingsguard was Ian McElhinney’s favorite scene to film

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He should have stayed in Dorne.
He should have stayed a frog.
Not all men are meant to dance
with dragons.

-Barristan Selmy

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