![]() ![]() Less than three hundred answered his call, however, and they were easily defeated by Borros and Ser Perkin the Flea. Forewarned by the fate of Gaemon Palehair, the Shepherd called upon his " barefoot army" to assemble around the Dragonpit to defend the Hill of Rhaenys. When Lord Borros Baratheon's army neared King's Landing, the Shepherd ordered his flock to keep him from crossing the Blackwater Rush, but few obeyed from his dwindling mob. Other factions of rioters seized control of other parts of the city, particularly Trystane Truefyre at the Red Keep on Aegon's Hill and Gaemon Palehair on Visenya's Hill. Although thousands obeyed, his crowds grew smaller with each passing night. The Shepherd preached against lords, knights, and rich men, commanding his followers to cast off fine attire and walk barefoot with roughspun robes. He preached every night among the heads of the five slain dragons, which were set up on posts by his followers. This period was dubbed the Moon of the Three Kings by maesters even though the Shepherd never claimed kingship, styling himself a simple son of the Seven. Moon of the Three KingsĪfter the Storming of the Dragonpit and Rhaenyra's flight, the Shepherd and his mob ruled much of the city from the ruins of the Dragonpit. The Shepherd allegedly stood alone against the dragon, calling upon the Seven for succor, until the Warrior manifested and beheaded Syrax. A tale oft repeated in King's Landing names the Shepherd as the slayer of the dragon Syrax, Rhaenyra's mount. ĭuring the riots in King's Landing the Shepherd led a mob in the Storming of the Dragonpit, where three of the blacks' dragons and one of the greens' dragons dwelled. ![]() Munkun believes that the Shepherd spread the story that Rhaenyra sent Ser Luthor Largent to murder Queen Helaena Targaryen. ![]() Dance of the Dragonsĭuring the Dance of the Dragons, the Shepherd began to preach against Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen in Cobbler's Square in King's Landing, saying that dragons were demons, the spawn of godless Valyria, and the doom of men. Gyldayn believes the Shepherd lost a hand for thievery. Munkun suggests the Shepherd was one of the outlawed Poor Fellows. The thin man wore a hair shirt and roughspun breeches, and he hung a begging bowl about his neck. Mushroom called him "the Dead Shepherd" because he resembled a corpse. What distinguishes a great leader from a mediocre one is that a great leader has a heart for his people (page 101, Kindle Edition).The Shepherd was an itinerant brother of the Faith of the Seven, one-handed, religious, and insane. What makes a shepherd a shepherd isn’t the staff or the rod it’s the heart. That decision is made by the one who tends the flock (page 100, Kindle Edition). The thing is it’s not the sheep who get to decide. Someone has to pay it’s just a matter of who will pay. So the sheep ended up paying for his poor leadership. The sheep didn’t have a shepherd who was willing to pay the price to be who he was supposed to be. Keep your eyes and ears open, question, and follow through (page 28, Kindle Edition). Get to know your flock, one sheep at a time. Here are the “mustard seeds” I highlighted:įollow the status of your people as well as the status of the work. This is a fable about a graduating MBA asking advice from his major professor as he takes his first job managing people who are older than him. Kevin Leman and William Pentak Copyright © 2004 by Kevin Leman and William Pentak Zondervan, Grand Rapids The Way of the Shepherd: 7 Ancient Secrets to Managing Productive People, by Dr. ![]()
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