[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

Yeah, I've seen it postulated that he did it on purpose. That isn't necessarily beyond question.

The rock thing though... Yeah, he smashed her dome. They made a point for the maester to tell the king that the horse smashed her spine AND her head.

Ended up that he murdered her. But after she instigated him. Odds are he went there to do it, but he was unarmed.

It's fairly ambiguous his initial intentions, but yeah, he murdered that gal.

Speaking of... I'd toss one in her. Brag about it too.

He leaves her alive and she can accuse him of trying to murder him. Would Viserys go to bat for him attempting to murder his noble born betrothed at the risk of pissing off the Arryns (who might not be too happy Aemma Arryn died in childbirth) and thus risk war with the Vale?

Beyond that, the reality is Lady Royce is a quadriplegic in brutally austere conditions. Had Daemon dispatched with her in anyway save for bashing her fookin head in with a rock, killing her could have been merciful.