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'''''The Testimony of Mushroom''''' is an account by the court jester [[Mushroom]], about the years he spent at court during the reigns of [[Viserys I Targaryen]], [[Aegon II Targaryen]], [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]], and [[Aegon III Targaryen]]. | '''''The Testimony of Mushroom''''' is an account by the court jester [[Mushroom]], about the years he spent at court during the reigns of [[Viserys I Targaryen]], [[Aegon II Targaryen]], [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]], and [[Aegon III Targaryen]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
− | As Mushroom was the court | + | As Mushroom was the court [[fool]] and a [[dwarf]], people believed him to be a [[lackwit]]. This caused the highborns to speak freely around him. Mushroom's testimony was written down by an unknown writer. The account is filled with Mushroom's tales of plots, murders, trysts, and debaucheries, amongst other things. The stories are in the most explicit detail.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}} |
− | [[Septon]] [[Eustace (Dance of the Dragons)|Eustace]] has written an account, ''[[The Reign of King Viserys, first of His Name, and the Dance of the Dragons That Came After|The Reign of King Viserys, First of His Name, and the Dance of the Dragons That Came After]]'', covering many of the same events that are described in Mushroom's account, and while often the two disagree on how events | + | [[Septon]] [[Eustace (Dance of the Dragons)|Eustace]] has written an account, ''[[The Reign of King Viserys, first of His Name, and the Dance of the Dragons That Came After|The Reign of King Viserys, First of His Name, and the Dance of the Dragons That Came After]]'', covering many of the same events that are described in Mushroom's account, and while often the two disagree on how events occurred, at times they do agree.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}} |
− | Copies of | + | Copies of ''The Testimony of Mushroom'' were burned on orders of King [[Baelor I Targaryen]],{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}} but some must have survived to be referred to in [[Archmaester]] [[Gyldayn]]'s histories.{{ref|TWOIAF}} |
==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
− | {{Quote|Poison!? He didn't die of poison, he died in his sleep!}} - The response of Septon Eustace to one of Mushroom's claims, presumably about the death of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]]<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Chicon_7_Reading Chicon 7 Reading]</ref> | + | {{Quote|Poison!? He didn't die of poison, he died in his sleep!}} - The response of Septon [[Eustace (Dance of the Dragons)|Eustace]] to one of Mushroom's claims, presumably about the death of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]]<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Chicon_7_Reading Chicon 7 Reading (September 2, 2012)]</ref> |
==References== | ==References== |
Revision as of 02:04, 9 May 2018
The Testimony of Mushroom is an account by the court jester Mushroom, about the years he spent at court during the reigns of Viserys I Targaryen, Aegon II Targaryen, Rhaenyra Targaryen, and Aegon III Targaryen.
History
As Mushroom was the court fool and a dwarf, people believed him to be a lackwit. This caused the highborns to speak freely around him. Mushroom's testimony was written down by an unknown writer. The account is filled with Mushroom's tales of plots, murders, trysts, and debaucheries, amongst other things. The stories are in the most explicit detail.[1]
Septon Eustace has written an account, The Reign of King Viserys, First of His Name, and the Dance of the Dragons That Came After, covering many of the same events that are described in Mushroom's account, and while often the two disagree on how events occurred, at times they do agree.[1]
Copies of The Testimony of Mushroom were burned on orders of King Baelor I Targaryen,[2] but some must have survived to be referred to in Archmaester Gyldayn's histories.[3]
Quotes
Poison!? He didn't die of poison, he died in his sleep!
- The response of Septon Eustace to one of Mushroom's claims, presumably about the death of King Viserys I Targaryen[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire.
- ↑ So Spake Martin: Chicon 7 Reading (September 2, 2012)