My Champion Is Fire: The Execution of Brandon and Rickard Stark by Mad King Aerys
Mar 03, 2025•2 hr 46 min
Episode description
King Aerys II had Brandon Stark seized and imprisoned on charges of treason, but Lord Rickard declared he would stand for his son in a trial by combat. Yet instead of an honorable duel, the Mad King declared that House Targaryen’s champion… would be fire. We take on the full, horrifying story.
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