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'''Garth X Gardener''', called '''Garth Greybeard''', was a [[King of the Reach]] and head of [[House Gardener]].  
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'''Garth X Gardener''', called '''Garth Greybeard''', was a [[King of the Reach]] and head of [[House Gardener]]. During his long reign, House Gardener reached the nadir of their power.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
During his long reign, House Gardener reached the nadir of their power. He came into the crown at the age of seven and died at ninety six,  
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He came into the crown at the age of seven and died at ninety six, reigning longer than [[Garth VII Gardener|Garth Goldenhand]]. Though vigorous in his youth, Garth X was neither wise nor clever, became vain and frivolous, surrounded himself with fools and flatterers, and lost his wits entirely in old age, becoming the fool of one faction and then another. He sired no sons, but instead married one daughter to [[House Peake|Lord Peake]] and another to [[House Manderly|Lord Manderly]], and so each was determined that his wife should succeed Garth X to the throne. The rivalry between the two escalated from conspiracy and murder to open war, with other lords joining each side.
reigning longer than [[Garth VII Gardener|Garth Goldenhand]]. Though vigorous in his youth, Garth X was neither wise nor clever, became vain and frivolous, surrounded himself with fools and flatterers, and lost his wits entirely in old age, becoming the fool of one faction and then another. He sired no sons, but instead married one daughter to [[House Peake|Lord Peake]] and another to [[House Manderly|Lord Manderly]], and so each was determined that his wife should succeed Garth X to the throne. The rivalry between the two escalated from conspiracy and murder to open war, with other lords joining each side.
 
  
 
With the [[Kingdom of the Reach]] in chaos, the [[Storm King]] and the [[King of the Rock]] seized opportunity and took large swathes of territory, while [[Dorne|Dornish]] raids grew bolder and more frequent. One Dornish king besieged [[Oldtown]], another crossed the [[Mander]] and sacked [[Highgarden]]. The [[Oakenseat]] was chopped to pieces and burned, while the senile King Garth X was found tied to his bed, whimpering and covered in his own filth. The Dornish cut his throat - in an [[Gift of mercy|act of mercy]] one of them would later say - then put Highgarden to the torch.
 
With the [[Kingdom of the Reach]] in chaos, the [[Storm King]] and the [[King of the Rock]] seized opportunity and took large swathes of territory, while [[Dorne|Dornish]] raids grew bolder and more frequent. One Dornish king besieged [[Oldtown]], another crossed the [[Mander]] and sacked [[Highgarden]]. The [[Oakenseat]] was chopped to pieces and burned, while the senile King Garth X was found tied to his bed, whimpering and covered in his own filth. The Dornish cut his throat - in an [[Gift of mercy|act of mercy]] one of them would later say - then put Highgarden to the torch.

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Monarch
Full name Garth of House Gardener, the Tenth of His Name
Title King of the the Reach
Successor Mern VI Gardener
Personal Information
Alias Garth Greybeard
Died Highgarden
Family
Dynasty House Gardener

Garth X Gardener, called Garth Greybeard, was a King of the Reach and head of House Gardener. During his long reign, House Gardener reached the nadir of their power.

History

He came into the crown at the age of seven and died at ninety six, reigning longer than Garth Goldenhand. Though vigorous in his youth, Garth X was neither wise nor clever, became vain and frivolous, surrounded himself with fools and flatterers, and lost his wits entirely in old age, becoming the fool of one faction and then another. He sired no sons, but instead married one daughter to Lord Peake and another to Lord Manderly, and so each was determined that his wife should succeed Garth X to the throne. The rivalry between the two escalated from conspiracy and murder to open war, with other lords joining each side.

With the Kingdom of the Reach in chaos, the Storm King and the King of the Rock seized opportunity and took large swathes of territory, while Dornish raids grew bolder and more frequent. One Dornish king besieged Oldtown, another crossed the Mander and sacked Highgarden. The Oakenseat was chopped to pieces and burned, while the senile King Garth X was found tied to his bed, whimpering and covered in his own filth. The Dornish cut his throat - in an act of mercy one of them would later say - then put Highgarden to the torch.

A decade of anarchy followed, until Ser Osmund Tyrell, the High Steward of Highgarden, led an alliance of twoscore houses against the Peakes and Manderlys, defeated them both, reclaimed the ruined seat of the Gardeners and placed a second cousin of Garth X on the new throne as King Mern VI Gardener.[1]

References and Notes

  1. The World of Ice & Fire, Andals in the Reach.