While both men had the interests of the smallfolk at heart, this beneficence could not be balanced with keeping the lords of Westeros happy. He is likely to have dealt with the many rebellions during the reign of Aegon V very differently. It’s hard to ascertain what might have become of Westeros had Aemon Targaryen not refused to rule. By the time of the War of the Five Kings, his reign is beginning to fade from memory, yet his brother Maester Aemon survived at the Wall, having rejected the throne during the harsh winter that enveloped Aegon’s coronation. The fifteenth Targaryen to sit on the Iron Throne, Aegon V was once a squire for Ser Duncan the Tall, nicknamed Egg. Aegon V Targaryen: The Unlikely (233 AC – 259 AC)
