So would this be the best Kingsguard possible made out of characters that have actually served in the books.
Ser Ryam Redwyne
Ser Criston Cole
Ser Aemon Targaryen
Ser Duncan The Tall
Ser Barristan Selmy
Ser Arthur Dayne
Ser Jaime Lannister
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Greatest yeah, but when Jamie's there, all of them are just useless.
Greatest, maybe, but without Jaime they’d all fall apart fast.
cole and criston cole are the same guy, but yeah that's a stacked lineup even with the redundancy
Swap out Criston Cole for literally anyone who won't start a civil war the second the king dies and then we can talk
Criston Cole is a great commander and one of the best warriors and did very well for the side he was supporting, whenever a civil war happens, Kingsguard will have to choose a side no matter what
He only did that for personal reasons since he (here come the downvotes) was raped by Rhaenyra and Helena huge grudge against her. And in his own personal life he’d fallen so far from his path of chastity that he fell in love with Alicent and her family. He didn’t just do it for the hell of it.
You are taking out the kingmaker and not the kingslayer
with that lineup, they should just start a band called "The Kingsguard Legends" because that’s like the ultimate fantasy rockstar squad!
The Kingsguardians of the Galaxy
Brynden the Blackfish Tully Dagmer Clefjaw Ser Mark Mullendore Benfred Tallhart Ser Hugh of the Vale aka the Lance of the Afternoon Timmett Son of Timmett Gender Baratheon
You’re so alternative
Brienne of Tarth deserves a spot imo.
She hasn't served in the books, which was OP's requirement
Someone hit me with some lore about Aemon Targaryen. I thought he was that mangy old dude on the wall?
That’s a different Aemon Targaryen.
This Aemon the Dragonknight was a prince a generation after the Dance of Dragons. He became a Kingsguard during his uncle's reign and eventually rose to Lord Commander. He served several kings and eventually died saving the life of his brother.
This is the guy he’s named for, he’s nicknamed the dragon knight and is a wielded Darksister. He is referred to as the noblest knight that ever lived. He went to Dorne with Daeron the 1st he prevented an assassination attempt by taken a poisoned arrow for his cousin and was sent back to kings landing to recover. He then went back to Dorne and defeated a Cornish champion. Under a peace banner king Daeron was attacked 3 kingsguard died and one fled and Aemond killed 2 betrayers and was captured and put in a cage. When Baelor the blessed came to down he walk though a pit of vipers to unlock Aemonds cage and was bitten, Aemond after months of malnutrition was able to pick up Baelor and jump out the pit and save him. He became the Lord commander of the kingsguard and later died protecting his brother Aegon the 4th (The Unworthy) from an assassination attempt.
that’s a solid lineup, but where's Ser Jorah? he’d add that seasoned grit to the mix
The raw aura of having Arthur Dayne, Barristan Selmy, and Aemon Targaryen on the exact same line up is unmatched. Good luck to literally anyone trying to touch that king
Knees _will_ easily bend.
Howland Reed's valyrian shotgun knows no fear.
Cole gunna be touching the queen tho!
If I can pick only from Kingsguard Members: Lord Commander Barristan Selmy Aemon Targaryen Arthur Dayne Jaime Lannister Duncan the Tall Gyles Morrigen Joffrey Doggett If I can pick ANY character to appoint TO the Kingsguard whether they were in it or not: Lord Commander Barristan Selmy Arthur Dayne Duncan the Tall Robert Baratheon (this could be seen as a strange pick but as long as he could keep his lusty tendencies as a secret I feel like he’d be a good Kingsguard) Brynden Tully Daemon Blackfyre Quentyn Ball
Hard to know. These might be the most prolific, but other than Barristan and Arthur, George doesn't really like to talk about "who the best fighters are" and has refrained from doing so. Most of what we have is the biased and often inexperienced opinions of characters.
How original of a list.
Well done
In theory, what about totally loyal effectively-a-robot Robert Strong? If you are a righteous king and have an autonomous zombie Gregor Clegane walking around, might as well use him eh?
What, no Meryn Trant?! /s
Barristan Selmy Brienne of Tarth Loras Tyrell Archibald Yronwood Rolland Storm Balon Swann Andrew Estermont I know this wasn't OP's question, but this is the best I can come up with at this point in the booms
Idk man. There was literally an assassination in the Red Keep on Cole's watch and he started a civil war that got most of the royal family killed. Jaime had two kings murdered in his tenure, one by his own hand. Barristan similarly had two kings and a crown prince murdered while Lord Commander. Hard to blame Dayne for any of that also, but still. Ryam, Aemon, and Dunk are the only ones who don't have a king murdered - and even then, Dunk let's his king kill himself and his whole family (we don't know the details, but we know it happens) and Aemon should be slandered more for letting Aegon IV do what Aegon IV did. These are seven of the best warriors in Planetos history but they've got some pretty epic failures in their resumes altogether. Anyways, gimme Gwayne Corbray.
Seven Hodors
that's a solid lineup, but can you imagine the chaos with Jaime and Duncan in the same room?
No love for Gerold Hightower? Jaime chapters make him seem like one of the best fighters of that era
I could have gone with Gwayne Corbrey as well he duel Daemon Blackfyre for an hour.
Are we saying Sandoq the Shadow did or did not serve? Because... He definitely guarded a king, and protected him against people seeking to do him harm/subvert his rule. Yeah yeah, I know... But....
All Undead Dragons wearing Valyrian steel armour.