Editing Iron Throne (section)

==Quotes==
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{{Quote|I swear to you, sitting a throne is a thousand times harder than winning one.{{Ref|AGOT|4}}|[[Robert I Baratheon]] to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Have no fear, Stark. I was only keeping it warm for our friend [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]]. It's not a very comfortable seat, I'm afraid.{{Ref|AGOT|12}}|[[Jaime Lannister]] to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|The Iron Throne was full of traps for the unwary. The songs said it had taken a thousand blades to make it, heated white-hot in the furnace breath of [[Balerion|Balerion the Black Dread]]. The hammering had taken fifty-nine days. The end of it was this hunched black beast made of razor edges and barbs and ribbons of sharp metal; a chair that could kill a man, and had, if the stories could be believed.{{ref|AGOT|43}}|thoughts of [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Seat [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] on the Iron Throne and I promise you, [[Seven Kingdoms|the realm]] will bleed.{{Ref|AGOT|47}}|[[Petyr Baelish]] to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|When [[Wights|dead men]] come hunting in the night, do you think it matters who sits on the Iron Throne?{{Ref|AGOT|70}}|[[Jeor Mormont]] to [[Jon Snow]]}}

{{Quote|[[House Lannister|They]] can keep their [[Red Keep|red castle]] and their iron chair as well.{{Ref|AGOT|71}}|[[Rickard Karstark]] to [[Jon Umber]]}}

{{Quote|Tell me, what right did my brother [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]] ever have to the Iron Throne? Oh, there was talk of the blood ties between [[House Baratheon|Baratheon]] and [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]], of weddings a hundred years past, of second sons and elder daughters. No one but the [[maesters]] care about any of it. Robert [[Robert's Rebellion|won the throne]] with [[Robert's warhammer|his warhammer]].{{Ref|ACOK|22}}|[[Renly Baratheon]] to [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{Quote|This Iron Throne you speak of sounds monstrous cold and hard. I cannot bear the thought of jagged barbs cutting your sweet skin.{{Ref|ACOK|40}}|[[Xaro Xhoan Daxos]] to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]}}

{{quote|'''Jorah''': When [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Dragon]] stepped ashore in [[Westeros]], the kings of [[Ronnel Arryn (king)|Vale]] and [[Loren I Lannister|Rock]] and [[Mern IX Gardener|Reach]] did not rush to hand him their crowns. If you mean to sit his Iron Throne, you must win it as he did, with [[steel]] and [[dragonfire]]. And that will mean blood on your hands before the thing is done.<br>'''Daenerys''': The blood of my enemies I will shed gladly. The blood of innocents is another matter.{{Ref|ASOS|23}}|[[Jorah Mormont]] and [[Daenerys Targaryen]]}}

{{Quote|'''Stannis''': Have you ever seen the Iron Throne? The barbs along the back, the ribbons of twisted steel, the jagged ends of swords and knives all tangled up and melted? It is not a comfortable seat, ser. [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]] cut himself so often men took to calling him King Scab, and [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor the Cruel]] was murdered in that chair. By that chair, to hear some tell it. It is not a seat where a man can rest at ease. Ofttimes I wonder why my brothers wanted it so desperately.<br>'''Davos''': Why would you want it, then?<br>'''Stannis''': It is not a question of wanting. The throne is mine, as [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert's]] heir. That is law.{{Ref|ASOS|36}}|[[Stannis Baratheon]] to [[Davos Seaworth]]}}

{{Quote|By the end the [[Aerys II Targaryen|Mad King]] had become so fearful that he would allow no blade in his presence, save for the swords his [[Kingsguard]] wore. His beard was matted and unwashed, his hair a silver-gold tangle that reached his waist, his fingernails cracked yellow claws nine inches long. Yet still the blades tormented him, the ones he could never escape, the blades of the Iron Throne. His arms and legs were always covered with scabs and half-healed cuts.{{Ref|AFFC|16}}|thoughts of [[Jaime Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|I will claim the Iron Throne by myself, with your swords and your allegiance.{{Ref|ADWD|24}}|[[Aegon Targaryen (Young Griff)|Aegon Targaryen]] to the [[Golden Company]]}}