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"BURN THEM ALL!!!!"--The Mad King.
By now, Aerys had become aware of the tales being told in his Kingdoms; that it was Lord Tywin who truly ruled the Seven Kingdoms and that Aerys was but a hollow figurehead. These statements greatly angered the king. When Lord Tywin's captain of guard, Ser Ilyn Payne, had been overheard to repeat this statement, Aerys had the man's tongue torn out with hot pincers. The angered king became determined to disprove the tales, and to humble Tywin, his "overmighty servant", putting him back into his place.
http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Aerys_II_Targaryen
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Pretty sad when our reality is swiftly approaching events from fictional, mythical medieval kingdoms these days..
