Editing Trystane Truefyre

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| title = Ser
| firstname = Trystane
| lastname = Truefyre
| image = File:Trystane_Truefyre_by_Debustee.png
| image_caption = Trystane by Debustee
| Alias = Trystane Fyre
| Title = [[King]]<br>[[Knight|Ser]]
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| Father = [[Viserys I Targaryen]] <small>(allegedly)</small>
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| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|114}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Trystane Truefyre|Trystane Truefyre]] calculation.''</ref>
| Place_of_Death = [[King's Landing]]
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|130}}
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[Fire & Blood]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[The Rise of the Dragon]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[The Princess and the Queen]]'' (mentioned)
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'''Trystane''', later called '''Trystane Truefyre''', was a squire to Ser [[Perkin the Flea]], a [[hedge knight]], during the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{Ref|TPATQ}}

==Appearance and Character==
[[Archmaester]] [[Gyldayn]] describes him as gangling.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

==History==
During the [[Riot of King's Landing (Dance of the Dragons)|riot of King's Landing]], Trystane was crowned king by Ser [[Perkin the Flea]], who claimed Trystane was the [[Bastardy|natural]] son of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]].{{Ref|TPATQ}} Ser Perkin began [[knight]]ing every man who flocked to Trystane's banner, including [[sellsword]]s and thieves, amassing a force of hundreds of "[[gutter knights]]". The [[River Gate]] became the first place were Trystane's banner flew above the battlements, after the "[[Mudfoot]]" garrison of the [[gold cloaks]] went over to Trystane and slew their captain and three serjeants.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

After Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] fled [[King's Landing]], Ser Perkin seized the [[Red Keep]] and installed Trystane on the [[Iron Throne]], before the eyes of [[Grand Maester]] [[Orwyle]], Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] and Dowager Queen [[Alicent Hightower]]. Lord [[Larys Strong]], the [[master of whisperers]] for [[Aegon II Targaryen]], emerged from hiding and took a place of honor at the side of the new "king", who styled himself Trystane Truefyre.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}

Trystane began to issue royal decrees from atop [[Aegon's High Hill]], repealing the unpopular taxes of Lord [[Bartimos Celtigar]] and dividing the [[coin]] of the royal treasury among his own followers. He followed with a general cancellation of debt and raised threescore of Perkin's gutter knights to nobility. In response to rival "King" [[Gaemon Palehair]]'s decree of free bread and beer for the starving, "King" Trystane granted the poor the right to take rabbits, hares and [[deer]] from the [[kingswood]] - though not elk or [[boar]]. Meanwhile, Ser Perkin recruited scores of surviving gold cloaks, taking control of the [[Dragon Gate]], the [[King's Gate]], and the [[Lion Gate]] - in total four of the seven gates of the capital and more than half the towers along the city's walls.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

After the death of Rhaenyra, when Lord [[Borros Baratheon]]'s army reached the [[Blackwater Rush]], Trystane followed the Clubfoot's advice and sent him to parley under a flag of truce along with Grand Maester Orwyle and Queen Alicent. An accord was reached between the two sides, in which Ser Perkin and his gutter knights would be pardoned of all crimes, but not the pretender Trystane. Thus, when Borros reached the Red Keep, he found Trystane's ragged banners hauled and the pretender arrested. He was put in a dungeon and would be joined by the two other false "Kings", Gaemon Palehair and the [[Shepherd]], to await the return of King Aegon II for judgment.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}

According to [[Mushroom]], Trystane was at first defiant when he was dragged before King Aegon II, but seeing Ser Perkin standing beside the king took the heart from him. He did not plead innocence nor beg for mercy, asking only that he be made a knight before he died. Aegon granted that boon and Ser [[Marston Waters]] dubbed him Ser Trystane Fyre - as the name "Truefyre" was deemed presumptuous - and then Ser [[Alfred Broome]] beheaded him with [[Blackfyre]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}

==Behind the Scenes==
Trystane and [[Perkin the Flea]] may be homages by [[George R. R. Martin]] to [[w:Perkin Warbeck|Perkin Warbeck]], who claimed to be [[w:Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York|Richard of Shrewsbury]], second son of King [[w:Edward IV of England|Edward IV of England]].

==References==
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