How Are Maesters Assigned to Castles?

While in residence they are privy to many things that their Lords and Ladies would wish to keep secret.

The maesters owe their very existence toHouse Hightowerand continue to live on their land at their pleasure.

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Whether they’re truly aligned and if it is a spoken or unspoken agreement remains to be seen.

How Could the Maesters Sabotage Viserys?

This makes them one of the most powerful groups within Westeros - when there is no magic.

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It is therefore seemingly in the Citadel’s best interests to eradicate all forms of magic from the world.

Before his death, King Viserys is clearlya ruined man in his last days.

The maesters brew many concoctions at the request of those they serve.

Paddy Considine as an ailing and masked King Viserys atop in the Iron Throne in House of the Dragon

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