Breaking of Breaker

The Breaking of Breaker was the trial for treason of Lord Liam Breaker. It resulted in his death after the three judges voted unanimously guilty.

Prelude
After the High Septon raised the idea of reforming the Faith Militant, Dirk Telarien quickly moved to arrest him for treason. During the arrest, the High Septon accused Liam of planning to murder Dirk, who took the accusations to Grayce Tarlor. Angry that the supposedly honourable Liam would conspire against the Queen, Grayce ordered a search of his room. When he began preparing to leave, Grayce prevented him escaping the city by calling an emergency meeting in which she claimed an army was coming from across the Narrow Sea. When Liam left to prepare the fleet, Grayce told the Queen of her deception, and admitted she needed more time for her men to search Liam's room thoroughly. Lying, Grayce claimed there was conclusive evidence of a plan against Dirk.

Finding Liam at the docks, Grayce ordered his arrest and had the fleet stand down. While in the dungeons, Liam confessed to all the charges, hoping to spare Sana Martell, who had provided him information on Dirk.

Trial
A throughly chaotic affair, the trial itself was intitally held in the throne room. However, too many lesser nobles had been allowed in, and the Queen delayed her arrival, leading to a restless courtroom. Dirk moved the trial to the Red Keep's courtyard, which the City Watch were able to properly secure.

When the trial began, Grayce questioned the validity of Liam's confession that he acted alone. When she presented forged letters, Liam refuted their credibility by saying he had burned all his letters from Sana. Grayce asked why he would feel the need to, leading to Liam confessing that Sana had used her position as Master of Whispers to advance the plot against Dirk. Revealling that the letters were faked, Grayce then removed them from the evidence consideration.

Despite this, all three judges declared Liam guilty, and he was executed by drowning. Georg "Club" was ordered by Tarlor to ensure the body was dead, but failed to pierece it with his spear. He ended up hitting it with his cudgel, to the ire of spectating nobles.

Aftermath
But who is to say we even know the full ramifications?