![]() ![]() Meanwhile, the "king's men" are also supporters of Stannis's cause, yet have kept the Faith of the Seven and show some mistrust towards Melisandre. An alternate interpretation is that the queen they are loyal to is not Selyse but rather Melisandre, who is in many ways closer to Stannis than Selyse. The "queen's men" take their name from the fact that Selyse is a vocal supporter of Melisandre and of her god, much more fervently than Stannis himself. All the King's Men is a 1946 novel by Robert Penn Warren.Its title is drawn from the nursery rhyme 'Humpty Dumpty'.The novel tells the story of charismatic populist governor Willie Stark and his political machinations in the Depression-era Deep South. Queen Selyse Florent was among the first on Dragonstone to convert to the faith of R'hllor, and it was initially at her insistence that Stannis took notice of the red priestess, Melisandre. The queen's men are those that followed Stannis's wife Selyse Florent in her conversion to the worship of R'hllor, while the king's men are those that kept to the Faith of the Seven. The king's men and the queen's men are two factions within the court of Stannis Baratheon. ![]() The brotherhood without banners also call themselves "king's men", although they support King Robert I Baratheon. ![]()
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