Editing Mushroom (section)

===Reign of Viserys I===
Mushroom served as the court [[fool]] during the reign of [[Viserys I Targaryen]], and he spoke of what transpired at Viserys's court in ''[[The Testimony of Mushroom]]''. His accounts often conflict with the records of Septon [[Eustace (Dance of the Dragons)|Eustace]]. Mushroom claimed that Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]] took the [[maiden]]head of Lady [[Alicent Hightower]], and that he assisted Daemon in teaching [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] "how best to touch a man to bring him pleasure". He later played a part in revealing their activities to King Viserys I, Rhaenyra's father. He claims to have found Rhaenyra in bed together with Ser [[Harwin Strong]] in {{Date|113}}. Not long after, Mushroom traveled with Rhaenyra and her court to [[Dragonstone]].

In the years that followed, Rhaenyra and Alicent could scarce suffer each other's presence, and Rhaenyra continued to spend most of her time at Dragonstone, where Mushroom remained to attend to her. After King Viserys lost two of his fingers due to sepsis in {{Date|126}}, he held court only from his [[solar]], and later his bedchamber, surrounded by maesters, septons, and Mushroom, who claimed he was the only man who could still make the king laugh.{{Ref|fab|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} By the time of Viserys's death on the third day of the third month in {{Date|129}}, Mushroom was once again on Dragonstone, in Rhaenyra's service.{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}}