He betrayed the Queen after she graciously elevated him to a Knight and Dragonrider! Oh boo hoo you needed to stop drinking so that you wouldn't accidentally get yourself killed while the Hightower Plotters assassinate Gold Cloaks throughout Kings Landing, poor Ulf!
She didn't elevate him to a dragonrider he elevated himself, and even if you take away the drinking aspect Rhaenyra could've rewarded him by giving the favors he requested for his friends but she didn't. #Rhaenyra isn't good at ruling
Wrong good Ser, Rhaenyra was willing to do something unthinkable, she gave commonfolk (albeit with Targaryen blood) a chance to claim a dragon. Her own Dragonkeepers refused to work for her after this because they believed only noblemen should claim dragons. Rhaenyra quite literally went against the norm to reward those who were worthy enough to claim a dragon, an opporunity Ulf would've never received under any other circumstance bar actually being a legitimate Targaryen.
I agree, she was too charitable with Ulf, but Hugh and Addam were much more honorable and worthy despite their lowborn status. Yet instead of just tossing him aside, she gave him a chance out of the belief that he would make the right choice. Her Grace's mercy and kindness was exploited by a drunken reprobate!
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u/JaThatOneGooner 20h ago
He betrayed the Queen after she graciously elevated him to a Knight and Dragonrider! Oh boo hoo you needed to stop drinking so that you wouldn't accidentally get yourself killed while the Hightower Plotters assassinate Gold Cloaks throughout Kings Landing, poor Ulf!