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 Grand Maester Gawen, as depicted in Game of Thrones: Histories & Lore | ||||
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Gawen was a maester of the Citadel who served as Grand Maester during the reigns of Kings Aegon I, Aenys I, and, albeit briefly, Maegor I Targaryen.
Appearance and Character
Gawen was old and gray of head.
History
Gawen served as Grand Maester for King Aegon I Targaryen, succeeding Grand Maester Lyonce in 12 AC.[2] Gawen and Ser Osmund Strong, Aegon's Hand of the King, were charged with raising walls around King's Landing.[3]
Gawen continued to hold the office of Grand Maester during the reign of Aegon I's heir, King Aenys I Targaryen. When Aenys fell ill at Dragonstone in late 41 AC, Gawen despaired of improving the king's condition.[4]
Following the death of Aenys I, the elderly and grey-headed Gawen protested the coronation of Aenys's half-brother, Maegor I Targaryen, by his mother, Visenya Targaryen.[1] Gawen stated that following the laws of inheritance the crown should pass to Aenys's oldest son, Prince Aegon. Maegor beheaded Gawen for his protests with Blackfyre. After Gawen's death, there were no further protests at Dragonstone.[5] Gawen was the first of three Grand Maesters who were executed during Maegor's reign,[6] the others being Myros and Desmond.
Recent events
A Storm of Swords
When the archmaesters restore Grand Maester Pycelle on the grounds that only the Conclave can make or unmake a Grand Maester, Tyrion Lannister points out that Maegor's headsman unmade three Grand Maesters with his axe.[6] Tyrion is mistaken on some details as, according to Archmaester Gyldayn's Fire & Blood, Being a History of the Targaryen Kings of Westeros, Gawen was killed not by a headsman's axe but by Maegor himself with Blackfyre.[1]
Quotes by Gawen
—Gawen on Princess Rhaena Targaryen and her younger sister Alysanne Targaryen
—Gawen on Prince Aegon Targaryen
Quotes about Gawen
I seem to recall that Maegor the Cruel's headsman unmade three [Grand Maesters] with his axe.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Fire & Blood, The Sons of the Dragon.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, Three Heads Had the Dragon - Governance Under King Aegon I.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 12, Tyrion II.