Day 26: Best Strategist
I don't think we will know who the best strategist is until the end of the books, so instead of that, I'm going to put down my top five WORST strategists.
These are in basically random order of when I thought of them.
1. Theon Greyjoy Just. Wow. Fairly much everything that Theon does is horribly thought out and awful. Listening to his father was dumb. Taking Winterfell was dumb. Listening to Reek was dumb. It's not until he's basically had the life almost beat out of him before he makes any decisions that are decent. Actually, no not even then. His plans then consist of jumping into the snow and running to Stannis, which was, albeit his only option, also dumb.
2. Balon Greyjoy Hmm. Starting your rebellion you couldn't win was dumb. Not securing the situation with your heir was dumb. Not either deciding to work with Robb OR with the crown but instead to just raid....yup. Dumb. Balon was a total idiot.
3. Robb Stark Robb won some battles and I guess as far as battle plans go, he was fairly good. However.....sending Theon back to his family was dumb. Marrying Jeyne was dumb. Going anywhere near the Freys after marrying Jeyne was insanly dumb. The worst part about the Robb situation is that the whole thing could have been solved back in book one. "Oh gee, you've arranged it to where I have to marry a Frey girl? Okay, let's do that right now before we go any further. That way I won't piss off Walder and I can secure an heir before going into battle." DUH!!
4. Eddard Stark I guess we really can't blame Robb and Theon too much for their bad life/ruling decisions when they were raised by this man. Not listening to the Night Watchman who told you there were Others out there? Dumb. Going South? Dumb. Basically every decision you made there politically? Dumb. Great, Ned. You kept your honor. Awesome. Now your family is homeless, basically dying, and lost.
5. Stannis Baratheon Yes, Stannisfans, I went there. Okay, let's see. Not informing Robert about Cersei's children before he died. Dumb. Not making a truce with Renley so you could defeat the Lannisters THEN fight between yourselves? Dumb. Wasting time getting your bastard nephew out of Storms End instead of directly attacking King's Landing while you still had the advantage? Dumb. Thinking you're unbendable when you're really not? Dumb. Neither just completely listening to Davos or completely listening to Mel but instead doing a half-assed form of listening to both of them in a way that makes both of them counter productive? Dumb!
Honorable mention to any Lannister that didn't listen to Tyrion. Some of the kids made bad decisions, but I will forgive them as they are children.
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