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Finally, aided by the former Kingsguard Ser Barristan Selmy, she conquered the slave cities of Slaver's Bay and declared herself Queen of Meereen, vowing to stay and learn how to rule. Her ambition remains to return to Westeros and retake her father's throne. After the death of his wife during childbirth, Viserys remarries and has a son with Rhaenyra’s best friend, Alicent Hightower (Emily Carey, then Olivia Cooke).
Maester Aemon
However, not infrequently, the one he winds up butting heads with is Rhaenyra herself. Rhaena Targaryen (Eva Ossai-Gerning, and then Phoebe Campbell) is the younger sister of Baela. Though she was given a dragon egg at birth, her egg never hatched. Baela is caught putting her egg in the fire in hopes that it will eventually produce a dragon. In order to become a dragonrider Rhaena will likely have to claim a dragon for herself, a harder task than simply bonding with a dragon whose egg was gifted to her in childhood.
Jacaerys Velaryon
Loyal Targaryen retainers, namely Ser Willem Darry, took Daenerys and her brother Viserys into exile in the Free Cities, whilst Robert Baratheon was crowned King. Aegon's younger son Jaehaerys took the throne, but he was in a state of shock from the deaths of his father and brother and died prematurely just two years later. One century after the Targaryens arrived on Dragonstone, the Doom descended on Valyria and destroyed it, shattering the peninsular and devastating the Freehold. The empire collapsed, most of its dragons were slaughtered and the conquered vassal states became independent.
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The civil population of Westeros suffered a lot especially during the bloody conflicts between opposing branches of House Targaryen, like the Dance of the Dragons and the Blackfyre Rebellions. It was this third scene and the actors’ commentary that made me think of Fire & Blood and reader discourse during Season 1. But let's start at the beginning with the theory for some context.
Princess Rhaenys’ dragon is named Meleys, also known as the Red Queen. According to the books, Meleys was the dragon first ridden by Rhaenys’ aunt, Princess Alyssa Targaryen (King Viserys’ mother). Over the course of the series viewers could see up to 17 different dragons. As they are introduced, be sure to visit the Official Dragon Index for a quick look at which dragon is which.
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On his deathbed, Aegon IV legitimized all his bastards, leading to more problems. Dorned swore to the Iron Throne after Maron Martell married Daenerys Targaryen, Daeron’s sister. Because Prince Baelor looked more like the Martells, the lords favored Daemon Blackfyre over him. When Daemon tried claiming the Iron Throne, the First Blackfyre Rebellion began and ended in Daemon and his sons’ deaths.
After the War, Aegon III became King, and his younger brother Viserys became the Hand of the King. Aegon IV was unhappy with his legitimate son, Daeron, considering him weak for he was more interested in wisdom gleaned from books and maesters rather than war and combat. He had married Daeron to Princess Myriah Martell of Dorne in an effort to entice Dorne into peacefully joining the Seven Kingdoms, but to his dismay his son seemed to take up Dornish ways instead.
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With help from his brother Maegor and supporters like Lord Goren Greyjoy and Lord Royce of Runestone, Aenys shut all opposition to his reign. Though most of his enemies were dead, the Vulture King, with an army of thirty thousand, and Harren the Red remained. Many marcher lords marched against the Vulture King and defeated him in battle.
During this Targaryen Civil War, George R.R. Martin killed off half the population of Westeros and, as noted previously, nearly every member of the blondest family. However, the HBO series has already tweaked parts of the book, so there’s no reason to believe that everything will go down as Martin wrote in the lore. Queen Alicent and Otto Hightower will definitely begin to see consequences of their long game, and Rhaenyra will be coming for the Iron Throne with Blood and Cheese (wait for them, oh boy) paving the way. With that said, this series has been plotted out for four seasons, and that plan could change, but it’s unlikely that we will see the entire war take place in Season 2.
Keep scrolling to find out more about the main characters and their relatives. From this time on, it is said that Aerys danced on the edge of madness. He alienated Tywin by going back on an agreement to marry his son Rhaegar to Tywin's daughter Cersei, instead wedding him to Princess Elia Martell of Dorne.
When he does finally name Rhaenyra as next in line for the throne, Rhaenyra faces skepticism from a kingdom that would prefer to see her half-brother as king than ever submit to a queen. Though she does not wish to marry, she eventually does wed Laenor Velaryon in order to create a strong alliance that will help her capture the throne. However, when the parentage of Rhaenyra’s sons comes into question, Alicent tries to undermine her old friend’s claim to be queen. In order to strengthen her claim to the throne, Rhaenyra plots to marry her uncle Daemon. They seem to share a mutual attraction and have become close over the years.
The tradition continued even after the last dragon’s death, and many attempts to hatch dragons failed till Daenerys Targaryen’s time. House Targaryen was among the forty dragonlords that ruled the Valyrian Freehold. Aegon IV was a reputable warrior, but after taking the throne he lost himself to vice, becoming grossly fat and interested in matters of the flesh.
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