Theory about the basis of Elend

[gjustice99 she/her]

If any of you know anything about the Emperor Claudius, then you would know that he was ridiculed for being a fool, probably supported a republic, was a very accomplished scholar (historian), and became emperor of Rome. Sound a bit familiar? I think so. Elend and Claudius are both known as the fools of the family, both come from wealth, are both very scholarly men, and both end up reluctantly ruling an empire and doing it very successfully. 

[Lord Tavash Shar]

Fiction Mirrors reality and explains what we don't know.

[Plaeggs he/him]

Just look at the GRRM ASOIAF, how the Stark-Lannister conflict mirrors the Lancaster-York conflict in the war of the roses.