"Spies are a most important element in war, because on them depends an army's ability to move ♟️" — Sun Tzu, The Art of War. 🐉 ⚔️ "The end and aim🎯of spying in all its five varieties is knowledge📚🎓🕸️ of the🐍enemy; and this knowledge can only be derived, in the first☝️instance from the converted spy🥷. Hence it is ⚠️essential that the converted spy🕵️‍♀️ be treated with the utmost liberality." - Sun Tzu, The Art of War. 🐉 ⚔️ “Never attempt to win by force 💪 ⚔️ what can be won by deception 🎭.” — Niccollo Machiavelli, The Prince.♟️ “All warfare is based on deception.🐍 There is no place where espionage is not used. Offer the enemy bait to lure him.” — Sun Tzu, The Art of War.🐉⚔️ “Caesar set the ideal for all🤴leaders and people of power. Like him, you🧠 must learn to enlarge your actions 🎬 through dramatic techniques ♟️ such as surprise 🫢.” — Robert Greene, The 48 Laws of Power.♟ “Do the unexpected. Attack the 🐍🥷unprepared.” — Zhuge Liang The SI definitely outmaneuvered them within three moves. It’s like everybody else in the Game of Thrones are there playing 3D checkers while he plays♟️ 4D chess. She was caught in Baelon’s trap the moment Daemon got used to fish her out as bait 🎣. By placing her in his pocket and using her to destroy Larys. He is basically killing two birds 🦅 with one stone 🪨 by removing🐍 a deadly foe in the future and blinding the Greens by stealing 90% of the spy network installed in the Red Keep 🏰. Which means: his enemies won’t able to actually predict what he does next.

“A friend 🎭 to all is a friend to none.” — Aristotle “Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who aren’t 🦹‍♂️ good. Hence a prince who wants to keep his authority must learn how not to be 🐍 good, and use that knowledge 🧠 , or refrain from using it, as necessity ⚖️ requires.” — Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince.♟️ “The strength of a family, like the 🪖 strength of an army, lies in its loyalty to each other.” — Mario Puzo “To be👑emperor of China was to be alone, surrounded by a pack of 🐍 🐺 enemies—it was the least powerful🗡️🎯least secure position in the realm.” — Robert Greene Yeah, he ain’t going to suck up to that people pleasing hypocrite. It’d just be a waste of time. Also, I wouldn’t really trust any of the Greens to have the SI-ed Aegon’s back 24/7 either. I feel like Otto and the rest of the sycophants or schemers in the king’s court prefers a weak figurehead over an effective and self-reliant monarch. The SI knows he must tread carefully when it comes to living as a member of a dysfunctional family like the Targaryens. 🐉

Wait, did King Viserys also tell the MC not only about his dragon dreams but also Aegon the Conqueror’s dream as well: The Song of Ice and Fire? If so, I wonder how exactly Rhaenyra’s going to feel about that. Anyhow, I love how Maegor subtly mocked Otto about his possible senility during their wordplay match. He basically just told him: You aren’t the King, buddy, so that means I don’t answer to you nor have to follow your orders. Also, you aren’t as secure and irreplaceable as you think.

I bet after both the Blacks and Greens hear of Maegor’s actions in the North. That the Rogue Prince will most likely be wearing this totally proud smirk on his face 😏 thinking, ‘That’s my boy!’