NGL if I was Rhaenyra I would just threaten to destroy Oldtown if he didn’t crown me
Septon: “I can’t crown you until I have proof that Aegon is dead.”
Rhaenyra: “Excellent. I’m going to start bombing Oldtown. Every hour you refuse to crown me, another building disappears.”
Like… she wouldn’t even have to actually do it.
Just isolate the Septon somewhere, send a dragonrider to Oldtown, politely explain to a sufficiently nervous maester or septon that it’d be in everyone’s best interest to write a letter saying, “Please reconsider. Everything is on fire.”
Congratulations. Crown acquired.
Yes, yes, I know. Plot.
u/Carrotsinthesalad — 7 hours ago