Lírio

First, Laenor Velaryon "dies" (or disappears), and she loses the shield of active paternity—a living father defends his son, a dead father becomes just a convenient narrative. Later, when Corlys Velaryon’s health falters and their grandmother, Rhaenys, can no longer contain the whispers, the structure instantly cracks, it only took the Sea Snake falling ill for men like Vaemond Velaryon to find the courage to go to King's Landing and shout that the boys were bastards. And, finally, the death blow comes with the passing of Viserys I. The king was the legal rubber stamp that kept the Greens in check; without him around to threaten to tear out tongues, Alicent and Otto Hightower only had to point at the Strong boys' brown hair to justify crowning Aegon II.​Ultimately, Harwin Strong's presence at court—and the boys' appearance—was a daily visual provocation. It's not worth having bastards if your political survival depends on powerful men pretending to be blind. The moment those pillars fell or weakened, the truce was over. Rhaenyra thought she was building a dynasty, but she was merely signing a contract where she controlled none of the clauses.