Apparently Randyl Tarly is quite the badass and I think he's who people need to look out for. I didn't realize he was the only person who won a battle against Robert Baratheon's forces during the War of the Usurper. Now he's arrived at the captial with an entire army with him and is the new Justicar. I see him moving up in the ranks and also was wondering were the Tarlys Blackfyre supporters during that rebellion cause I can see them helping out the Golden Company/Aegon?

Laswell Peake: "Even after a century, some of us still have friends in the Reach. The power of Highgarden may not be what Mace Tyrell imagines."

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Posted by 19

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Posted on 5/10/13 at 12:30 pm to BlackleafBaller

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Randyl Tarly is quite the badass

You better believe that shite.

He is probably the most under-rated characters in the series - Been flying below the radar for the most part, but I saw during my read a very strong similarity between him and Roose Bolton - Tarly's frustration at being second fiddle to Tyrell will manifest sooner or later, probably in the same way, too.

And he doesn't have a psycho heir to deal with like Ramsey.

I could see a set-up where Randall is severely wounded and Maester Sam saves his life...through the same service Randall thought beneath his House...

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Posted by NIH

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Posted on 5/10/13 at 12:36 pm to BlackleafBaller

Martin has been setting up Mace Tyrell as an oaf for four books now. With the build up of Tarly as the ultimate general it is only a matter of time before he defects or betrays Mace. Notice in the epilogue of ADWD he continually plays off Aegon and the GC as a non-threat, almost to the point of suspicion.

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