Jaehaerys, First of His Name, styled the Conciliator, lived sixty-and-nine years, and sixty of those as King, though for the first five years the Seven Kingdoms were ruled by Maegor the Cruel, who had usurped power, the crown, and Blackfyre. Any man with but a passing knowledge of history would name the Old King's reign wise and just, recalling the roads he built, the code of laws he brought to order (which might more justly be named the Code not of Jaehaerys, but of Barth), the improvement and growth of King's Landing and other cities of the Seven Kingdoms, and, naturally, the Reconciliation with the Faith.
Yet, a historian more seasoned might say that it was the actions—or, more precisely, the inaction—of the Conciliator that ordained the events of the second century of the Targaryen era. Did Jaehaerys comprehend that by summoning the lords to Harrenhal, he was sowing the wind, the harvest of which would not fall to him to reap? 'Tis hard to say. Did his intimates understand this? Indubitably. Some realized that this would lead to war and did all within their power to forestall it. Thus may a single weakness shown by a king cast a shadow over all his great deeds.
From a course of history lectures delivered by Archmaester Perestan at the Citadel of the Dragon's Heart in the year 299 After the Conquest.
— Thunderclaps so loud the very heavens shall crack are unheard now. The City shall dread them, but it shall be too late.
— Is my daughter in her right wits?
"Farewell to Valyria", Song of Daenys, Verse 11.Ainar Targaryen, Lord of Dragonstone, styled the Exile.(A prose rendering into the Common Tongue from High Valyrian, executed by the White Dragon.)