Character: Jaehaerys Targaryen

“A hundred naked ducks will frighten her,” the king replied.

“My lords,” he said to the council, “when the queen and I go on a journey, we fly Vermitor and Silverwing.” When we look down from the clouds, we see cities and castles, hills and swamps, rivers, streams and lakes. We see trading towns and fishing villages, ancient forests, mountains, wastelands and meadows, herds of sheep and wheat fields, old battlefields, ruined towers, cemeteries and septs. All this and more can be seen in our Seven Kingdoms. Do you know what I don't see? The king slammed his hand on the table. - Dear, my lords. I don't see roads. I see some ruts if I go down lower, I see animal tracks in the forest and footprints here and there by the stream. But I don't see real roads.

“He calls himself a vulture,” said the king, “but he does not fly. He hides. He should have been called a gopher.

Words are the wind, but the wind can fan the fire. My father and uncle fought the words with fire and steel. We will fight with words - with words, and put out the fire before it flares up.

- There was peace in the kingdom when my grandfather died, but as soon as my father ascended the throne, and enemies climbed from all sides. They tested him, tested whether he was strong or weak. They will test me the same way.