Shouldn't Euron be at least quick?

[siempie78]

I mean, it kind of speaks for itself. He's and attractive, and strong (which is necessary to model in his unnatural youth), but what's really missing is the quick trait. I mean, come on, he's marketed as a malevolent chessmaster, shouldn't he be at least as smart as Margaery then?

 

[JimThePocket]

I mean, it kind of speaks for itself. He's and attractive, and strong (which is necessary to model in his unnatural youth), but what's really missing is the quick trait. I mean, come on, he's marketed as a malevolent chessmaster, shouldn't he be at least as smart as Margaery then?

Have we seen him do anything particularly smart? I mean at the moment we only know that he's smarter than Victarion, but so is Ser Pounce.

 

[kuczaja]

Attack plans on Shield Isles and Lannisport.

 

[Darsara]

It also seems likely that he arranged Balon's death and the events afterwards.

 

[siempie78]

Knew exactly how to win over the Kingsmoot, married Asha off to get her out of the game, gives his enemies land and makes them his followers, is rumored to be Daario Nahaaris, that's why he would be so confident he can get Daenerys.

I'd say that's good enough for a quick trait .

 

[JonStryker]

Knew exactly how to win over the Kingsmoot, married Asha off to get her out of the game, gives his enemies land and makes them his followers, is rumored to be Daario Nahaaris, that's why he would be so confident he can get Daenerys.

I'd say that's good enough for a quick trait .

Wow, never heard about this theory until now :O

 

[D Toccs]

It's not possible, Euron was in Westeros sitting on the Seastone Chair while Daario was in Meereen . . . um . . . "sleeping" in Daenerys' bed.

 

[JonStryker]

It's not possible, Euron was in Westeros sitting on the Seastone Chair while Daario was in Meereen . . . um . . . "sleeping" in Daenerys' bed.

Timeline-wise it is at least possible. Euron is sent to Lhazar and is gone for quite some time.

 

[D Toccs]

Timeline-wise it is at least possible. Euron is sent to Lhazar and is gone for quite some time.

Euron sailed into Pyke the day after Balon died. That was about 3/4 through A Storm of Swords. Daario was at Daenerys' side the entire time.

 

[JonStryker]

Euron sailed into Pyke the day after Balon died. That was about 3/4 through A Storm of Swords. Daario was at Daenerys' side the entire time.

The problem is the sail time ... normally this distance can't be covered in a couple of months. "Silence" would have to be super fast to do it.

He did NOT return to the Iron Islands during Storm of Swords!

Timeline (of both Feast and Dance):
Daenarys I: Daario leaves for Lhazar
Daenarys II, III: He's gone
Aeron II: Euron arrives for kingsmoot
Daenerys IV: Daario isn't there
Victarion II: Euron is at the shield islands, then leaves
Daenerys V: Daario isn't there
Daenerys VI: Daario returns

Supposedly he could've been at all those places if his ship is fast enough.

 

[D Toccs]

He did NOT return to the Iron Islands during Storm of Swords!

From chapter 45 of A Storm of Swords. When Robb is informed that Balon is dead and Euron has arrived at the Iron Islands.

The shabby little captain nodded. "You know how Pyke's built on a headland, and part on rocks and islands off the shore, with bridges between? The way I heard it in Lordsport, there was a blow coming in from the west, rain and thunder, and old King Balon was crossing one of them bridges when the wind got hold of it and just tore the thing to pieces. He washed up two days later, all bloated and broken. Crabs ate his eyes, I hear."
The Greatjon laughed. "King crabs, I hope, to sup upon such royal jelly, eh?"
The captain bobbed his head. "Aye, but that's not all of it, no!" He leaned forward. "The brother's back."
"Victarion?" asked Galbart Glover, surprised.
"Euron. Crow's Eye, they call him, as black a pirate as ever raised a sail. He's been gone for years, but Lord Balon was no sooner cold than there he was, sailing into Lordsport in his Silence. Black sails and a red hull, and crewed by mutes. He'd been to Asshai and back, I heard. Wherever he was, though, he's home now, and he marched right into Pyke and sat his arse in the Seastone Chair, and drowned Lord Botley in a cask of seawater when he objected. That was when I ran back to Myraham and slipped anchor, hoping I could get away whilst things were confused. And so I did, and here I am."

From Aeron's very first chapter (chapter 1) in AFFC, when Aeron hears the same thing.

Aeron was almost at the door when the maester cleared his throat, and said, "Euron Crow's Eye sits the Seastone Chair."
The Damphair turned. The hall had suddenly grown colder. The Crow's Eye is half a world away. Balon sent him off two years ago, and swore that it would be his life if he returned. "Tell me," he said hoarsely.
"He sailed into Lordsport the day after the king's death, and claimed the castle and the crown as Balon's eldest brother," said Gorold Goodbrother. "Now he sends forth ravens, summoning the captains and the kings from every isle to Pyke, to bend their knees and do him homage as their king."

The first few Aeron Chapters in AFFC, including the Kingsmoot, chronologically all take place during the back half of ASOS. A time when Daario's whereabouts are accounted for. I can't believe I'm actually arguing this.