A ruler who hides behind high walls while his people are looted, burned, and enslaved loses legitimacy in a single bad season. The people don't stay loyal to a cowardly king out of tradition — they switch allegiance to whichever claimant actually shows up to fight for them. Viserys becomes the 'rightful monarch' the moment the current king fails to defend the realm.
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