When Robert Baratheon met his death against the Great Boar, to say he was well past his prime would be putting it mildly. The man was obese from years, if not decades, of overeating and drinking. He hadn't fought anyone in years, as he himself pointed out. Not to mention, he was even more intoxicated than usual, due to drinking extra extra strong-wine that Lancel had prepared for him at Cersei's command. In the end, the boar was able to do to King Robert what the Night King failed to do to Jon or Dany - kill a powerful monarch, and in turn cause a massive crisis to overtake the world.
Yet we must not remember that Bobby B did not go gentle into the night, oh no. Bobby B made sure to take the beast down with him, even as rusty as he was due to decades of not fighting, on top of him having let himself go to binge drinking and eating, on top of him being even more intoxicated than usual due to Cersei's evil plots. The beast was then cooked and produced enough meat to seemingly feed Tyrion and Jaime all the way into S4, where the brothers are reunited after a series of events separated them in S1 alone (including the war that the boar had unwittingly caused).
Knowing that the US is about to deal with its own boar invasion from Canada and knowing that Robert in his prime was a beast of a man, how many boars do you think Robert could kill on his own? Assume that he has his war hammer, badass stag helmet, armor, Rheagar-killing rage, glowing eyes, the works, etc... Assume that he will fight 30-50 feral hogs on his own. If that's too unfair to Robert, cut that number in half.
I'm assuming that a non-drunk Robert could at least take 2 boars and possibly 3 on his own without the warhammer. With it, he could take up to 5. In his prime, I could see him taking 10 without armor - 15 with. I don't think he makes it, but maybe someone can convince me otherwise.
Submitted September 28, 2019 at 09:15PM by saminstark https://ift.tt/2mHd9TW
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