This was the sixth king Brynden had seen in his lifetime. In his youth, he had briefly met Aegon V and Jaehaerys II. The first had been foolish in his ideas about the smallfolk, while the second one had always been pale and sickly. Even young, Aerys II had a spark of madness in him, and nothing could hold his attention for long. Time only made it blossom, and after the Defiance of Duskendale, the insanity had become a raging fire. Brynden had personally seen Robert Baratheon bed whores and drink hard during the Rebellion. By all accounts, his reign continued similarly, and the stag only spiralled further into his vices as time passed. Despite all his prowess on the battlefield, the Young Wolf was foolish in matters of the heart and politics and paid for it dearly. That was not unexpected, considering that Robb Stark had barely been at the age of majority when he decided to rebel against the Iron Throne.