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HOTD vs History: Murdering Family for Power

History of Westeros (Game of Thrones)

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Having the Claim Can Go Both Ways

Sigurd had a son named Hakon, probably because he was best friends with King Hakon. Sigurd and Harold Bluetooth team up to murder Harold Graycloak so that Harold Bluetooth can now become King of both Denmark and Norway. So an uncle and a nephew, the uncle kills the nephew and Sigurd becomes one of his vassals. And what does this tell you? It tells you that having the claim can go both ways. You have familial loyalty and extreme familial disloyalty.

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