The Moon of the Three Kings Artwork by Thomas Denmark
The pretender Trystane mounted the Iron Throne as the threadbare court watched, including the Dowager Queen Alicent and the former master of coin, Ser Tyland Lannister, who was found still alive but blinded, mutilated, and gelded by Rhaenyra’s torturers. Larys the Clubfoot reappeared as if he had not been missing for the better part of half a year. Curiously, Ser Perkin the Flea greeted Larys warmly and Larys was given a place of honor beside the new “king.”
Trystane was but one of three “kings,” each holding court on one of the three hills that dominated King’s Landing. The others were Gaemon Palehair and the Shepherd—though the latter never laid claim to any crown. This time would come to be known as the Moon of the Three Kings, or the Moon of Madness.
