ASOIAF card series: King of Diamonds - Stannis Baratheon
Positively, the King of Diamonds is endowed with wisdom and power. He may appear cold or hard — but in truth, he is just, fair and inclined to philanthropy. As a Kings Card he is born into power and must naturally equip himself as a ruler. And if that power means money, then it must mean money in such abundance that no one can outstrip them or outdo them. On the other hand, for those Kings of Diamonds who are the “initiates” - that is, working on the higher plane of values - the hard-boiled materialism of the typical King of Diamond is unknown to them. ♦
Had I shown him the contents of my privy, he would have called that admirable as well.
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| — | Stannis Baratheon (via madamevenom) |
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|GOT MEME| Eight Friendships [4/8] - Davos Seaworth and Stannis Baratheon
King Stannis turned from the table. “On your knees, Onion Knight.”
“Your Grace?”
“For your onions and fish, I made you a knight once. For this, I am of a mind to raise you to lord.”
This? Davos was lost. “I am content to be your knight, Your Grace. I would not know how to begin being lordly.”
“Good. To be lordly is to be false. I have learned that lesson hard. Now, kneel. Your king commands.”
Davos knelt, and Stannis drew his longsword. Lightbringer, Melisandre had named it; the red sword of heroes, drawn from the fires where the seven gods were consumed. The room seemed to grow brighter as the blade slid from its scabbard. The steel had a glow to it; now orange, now yellow, now red. The air shimmered around it, and no jewel had ever sparkled so brilliantly. But when Stannis touched it to Davos’s shoulder, it felt no different than any other longsword. “Ser Davos of House Seaworth,” the king said, “are you my true and honest liege man, now and forever?”
“I am, Your Grace.”
“And do you swear to serve me loyally all your days, to give me honest counsel and swift obedience, to defend my rights and my realm against all foes in battles great and small, to protect my people and punish my enemies?”
“I do, Your Grace.”
“Then rise again, Davos Seaworth, and rise as Lord of the Rainwood, Admiral of the Narrow Sea, and Hand of the King.”
For a moment Davos was too stunned to move. I woke this morning in his dungeon. “Your Grace, you cannot… I am no fit man to be a King’s Hand.”
“There is no man fitter.” Stannis sheathed Lightbringer, gave Davos his hand, and pulled him to his feet.
— A Storm of Swords
I offered you a name.”
“I have a name, Your Grace.”
“Snow. Was ever a name more ill-omened? Just who do you imagine that you are?”
“The watcher on the walls. The sword in the darkness.
“I have a name, Your Grace.”
“Snow. Was ever a name more ill-omened? Just who do you imagine that you are?”
“The watcher on the walls. The sword in the darkness.
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| — | George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons (via subbuglio) |
