
“He was the king that should have been. He was the best of them.”
“A groom says that Renly was slain by a knight of his own Rainbow Guard. A washerwoman claims Stannis stole through the heart of his brother’s army with his magic sword. Several men-at-arms believe a woman did the fell deed, but cannot agree on which woman. A maid that Renly had spurned claims one. A camp follower brought in to serve his pleasure on the eve of the battle says a second. The third ventures that it might have been the Lady Catelyn Stark.”

We all know what Stannis is. He inspires no love nor loyalty. He is not a King. I am.

He was the best of them.