Aerys Come Again
- Nov 4, 2025
- 4 min read
Originating early in A Clash of Kings, Aerys Come Again will develop into Butcher King and really becomea topic in A Dance With Dragons, with Daenerys.
76 ACOK 3 Sansa I: Sansa mut intervene to keep Joffrey from killing Dontos for being fool drunk at his nameday tourney. Aerys Come Again, Butcher King
83 ACOK 10 Arya III: Tywin has laid waste to the riverlands, burning them by command. Aerys Come Again
84 ACOK 11 Davos I: Stannis has slain and imprisoned those lords who defended Aegon's sept and voiced dissent. Aerys Come Again
85 ACOK 12 Theon I: The Old Way of piracy that enslaves thralls to work the mines and fish & field makes "ten thousand kings," each a butcher. Kings are Slavers and Pirates / Butcher King
86 ACOK 13 Daenerys I: After seeing Vaes Tolorro, Dany vows not to lay waste but to plant fruit trees. Kings are Slavers and Pirates
88 ACOK 15 Arya IV: Tywin has sent Amory Lorch to burn it all, the village, the holdfast, anyone there. Aerys Come Again
89 ACOK 16 Tyrion III: Cersei would take the tongues of any who spoke of Stannis's letter and burn every copy. Later, Tyrion learns Cersei threatened to have the hands of smiths who don't meet quota crushed on their own anvils. Butcher King
92 ACOK 19 Sansa II: Joffrey leads a sortie against hungry refugees. Aerys Come Again
94 ACOK 21 Tyrion V: Tyrion must prevent the pyromancers from recommending themselves to Joffrey. Aerys Come Again
100 ACOK 27 Arya VI: On the road to Harrenhal, an old man from the village wishes old king Aerys were stilla live, saying he wouldn't allow them to be taken as slaves, the way Tywin is doing. Aerys Come Again
"The thought of home disquieted her...The Dothraki sacked cities and plundered kingdoms, they did not rule them. Dany had no wish to reduce King's Landing to a blackened ruin full of unquiet ghosts. She had supped enough on tears. I want to make my kingdom beautiful, to fill it with fat men and pretty maids and laughing children. I want my people to smile when they see me ride by, the way Viserys said they smiled for my faher. But before she could do that she must conquer." 428 Aerys Come Again
106 ACOK 33 Sansa III: "You can't talk to me that way. The king can do as he likes." "Aerys Targaryen did as he liked. Has your mother ever told you what happened to him?" 489 Aerys Come Again
118 ACOK 45 Tyrion X: Tyrion has instituted a curfew it is death to defy. He plans to seize Tommen. Varys has set Tyrion spinning in paranoia. Aerys Come Again
120 ACOK 47 Bran VI: Theon would be a benevolent ruler, but the servants keep showing him contempt he has to smack down or foment rebellion. Aerys Come Again
124 ACOK 51 Theon IV: This chapter shows how one who intends to rule gently resorts to rule by fear. Holding Winterfell turns Theon paranoid and his sharp suspicions lead him to prefer to appear cruel than weak. Aerys Come Again
126 ACOK 53 Sansa IV: Tyrion is scorching the earth to starve Stannis's horses while Stannis is burning brush to smoke out the mountain clans. Aerys Come Again
130 ACOK 57 Theon V: Reek is ruling through Theon, as the latter convulses in paranoia. When Theon can find no relief, he calls for Kyra but leaves her crying with bruises and bite marks, as Aerys did to his queen. Aerys Come Again
133 ACOK 60 Tyrion XIII: You can see how a king under siege on the iron throne will always be tempted to blow the place sky high when all seems lost, rather than surrendering himself to executioners. Aerys Come Again
139 ACOK 66 Sansa VIII: Joffrey cuts himself on the throne. Aerys Come Again
140 ACOK 67 Theon VI: Theon spins in paranoia, thinking everyone wants him dead. Then Ramsay orders to "Burn it all. Burn it all." 930 Aerys Come Again
141 ACOK 68 Tyrion XV: Though safe in his room in Maegor's, Tyrion is certain he's in Cersei's clutches and about to be poisoned. Aerys Come Again
A Storm of Swords
147 ASOS 4 Arya I: When Arya sees Hot Pie is afraid of her she decides "It's better if he's scared of me, she told herself. That way he'll do like I say, instead of something stupid." 44 Aerys Come Again
148 ASOS 5 Tyrion I: Tyrion's petty bitterness and paranoia remind of Aerys. He is even carried up the steps "like a babe in arms," reminding that all men are like babies in old age, so feebleness in rulers should be and is expected. Aerys Come Again
152 ASOS 9 Daenerys I: Dany asks Selmy if he knew Aerys II:
"He could be very harsh to those he thought his enemies." "A wise man never makes an enemy of a king," said Dany 110 Aerys Come Again
154 ASOS 11 Davos II: The crews of Stannis's ships that didn't burn sunk their ships, according to Salladhor Saan, so they'd not be seized by Lannister. 138 Aerys Come Again