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Grand Maester '''Gawen''' is a maester of the [[Citadel]]. He served as [[Grand Maester]] during the reign of [[Aenys I Targaryen|King Aenys I]] and very briefly during the start of the reign of [[Maegor I Targaryen|King Maegor]].
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Grand Maester '''Gawen''' is a maester of the [[Citadel]]. He served as [[Grand Maester]] during the reigns of [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon The Conqueror]], [[Aenys I Targaryen|King Aenys I]] and very briefly during the start of the reign of [[Maegor I Targaryen|King Maegor]].
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
Gawen served as Grand Maester during Aenys reign, according to his writings Aenys by {{date|42}} despite being only thirty five looked like a man of sixty due to the pressure and stress of ruling.  
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Gawen served as Grand Maester for Aegon I. He and the [[Osmund Strong|Hand]] were charged with raising walls around [[King's Landing]]. He continued to serve during Aenys' reign. According to his writings Aenys by {{date|42}} despite being only thirty five looked like a man of sixty due to the pressure and stress of ruling.  
  
 
Upon the death of Aenys and the coronation of Maegor by his mother [[Visenya Targaryen]], Gawen protested stating that by the law of the inheritance, the crown should pass to Aenys son [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon]]. For that statement Maegor beheaded him with [[Blackfyre]], their was no further protest after that. {{ref|twoiaf}}
 
Upon the death of Aenys and the coronation of Maegor by his mother [[Visenya Targaryen]], Gawen protested stating that by the law of the inheritance, the crown should pass to Aenys son [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon]]. For that statement Maegor beheaded him with [[Blackfyre]], their was no further protest after that. {{ref|twoiaf}}

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Gawen
Title Grand Maester
Died 42 AC
Book A World of Ice and Fire (Mentioned)

Grand Maester Gawen is a maester of the Citadel. He served as Grand Maester during the reigns of Aegon The Conqueror, King Aenys I and very briefly during the start of the reign of King Maegor.

History

Gawen served as Grand Maester for Aegon I. He and the Hand were charged with raising walls around King's Landing. He continued to serve during Aenys' reign. According to his writings Aenys by 42 AC despite being only thirty five looked like a man of sixty due to the pressure and stress of ruling.

Upon the death of Aenys and the coronation of Maegor by his mother Visenya Targaryen, Gawen protested stating that by the law of the inheritance, the crown should pass to Aenys son Aegon. For that statement Maegor beheaded him with Blackfyre, their was no further protest after that. [1]

Gawen was one of the three Grand Maesters that were executed during Maegors reign. [2]

References and Notes