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My Addam Variants

Yep, this move doesn’t bode well for him. At no point in HOTD has Alyn ever cared about the glory of Old Valyria. So why should Rhaenyra’s words about the higher Valyrian gods be enough for him to murder the equivalent of the Westerosi Pope? Alyn is supposed to be a dutiful person, but this is still a strange direction for his characterization.

That murder scene is yet another diversion from book canon.

At the Starry Sept, [Alyn] received the blessing of the High Septon, who traced a seven-pointed star upon his brow in holy oil.

— Fire & Blood, Under the Regents

[Alyn] sat with the scribes and maesters of the Citadel so they might set down the details of his voyage, was feted by the masters of the seven guilds, and received yet another blessing from the High Septon.

— Fire & Blood, Under the Regents