The king reached over and pulled up a corpse covered by mud and ash from the pile. Tyrion noticed that the place in question was relatively untouched by the fire, because the ground was only caked instead of glassed. With a single swing, the head was cleanly severed from the body and tied up with dirty silver hair on his belt like a grim trophy. A golden crown rested atop its brow, making him realise that this was Aegon's head.