House Targaryen

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House Targaryen of King's Landing
Coat of arms	Black, a red three headed dragon
Words	Fire and Blood
Seat	Red Keep Dragonstone
Current Lord	Queen Daenerys Targaryen
Region	King's Landing Dragonstone Valyria
Title	King of the Seven Kingdoms Lord of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men Prince of Dragonstone (heir apparent)
Overlord	none; sovereign
Cadet Branch	House Blackfyre House Baratheon
Ancestral Weapon	Blackfyre Dark Sister
Founded	0AL (~300 years ago)

House Targaryen is a noble family of Valyrian descent that escaped the Doom. They lived for centuries on the island of Dragonstone until Aegon Targaryen and his sisters rode their dragons to the conquest of the Seven Kingdoms. House Targaryen ruled as the Kings of Westeros for nearly 300 years, until ousted in the War of the Usurper. Their seats were the capitol city of King's Landing and the island castle of Dragonstone.^[1]

Contents 1 Customs and Traits 1.1 Dragons 2 History 2.1 Origins and Conquests 2.2 Early Dynasty and the Faith Militant Uprising 2.3 Death of the Dragons 2.4 Incorporating Dorne 2.5 The Blackfyre Pretenders 2.6 Mounting Problems 2.7 Downfall 3 A Song of Ice and Fire 4 Timeline 5 The Targaryen House at the end of the third century 5.1 Household 5.1.1 The Queen's protectors: 5.1.2 The Queen's captains and commanders: 5.1.3 The Queen's Meereenese court: 5.1.4 The Queen's handmaids and servants: 5.2 Young Griff/Prince Aegon's followers 6 Quotes 7 References and Notes

Customs and Traits

House Targaryen sigil is a three-headed dragon breathing flames, red on black. The three-headed dragon represents Aegon the Conqueror and his two sisters, Rhaenys and Visenya,^[2][3] Their house words are "Fire and Blood." ^[4] Although the Targaryen kings took their seat at King's Landing, the place where Aegon and his army first landed in Westeros and made their first fort, Dragonstone remained the traditional seat of the heir-apparent to the throne.

House Targaryen historically followed the gods of Valyria. Sometime before the conquest of the Seven Kingdoms, the Targaryens abandoned the Valyrian gods and converted to the Faith of the Seven, the predominant religion in Westeros. However, they continued to follow the Valyrian practice of incestuous marriage, wedding brother to sister, cousin to cousin, and uncle to niece, holding themselves apart from and above the noble Westerosi families.

The phrase "blood of the dragon" refers to what are considered typical Targaryen features: silvery-gold (or platinum) hair and violet eyes. The Targaryens can tolerate a bit more heat than most ordinary people, though they are by no means immune to fire. ^[5]

Another trait typical to Targaryens, and one that was passed on to the cadet house, House Blackfyre, was the ability to have premonition-like dreams.^[6] Before the Doom, a noble in Valyria called Aenar Targaryen had a maiden daughter whose visions moved him to relocate his family to Dragonstone, twelve years before the Doom. Her visions were written down and published in a book called Signs and Portents, which is now lost.

Probably due to their incestuous practices, the Targaryens are prone to madness; King Jaehaerys II said that with the birth of a new Targaryen the gods tossed a coin to decide whether the child would be great or mad.

Dragons

See also: Dragons

The Targaryens are known as dragonlords, and seem to be closer to dragons than other men are. Aegon I introduced dragons to Westeros when he conquered it, and dragons were kept and ridden by the Targaryens until the last one perished in the reign of Aegon III Dragonbane.

The Targaryens kept dragons for much of their reign in Seven Kingdoms. To house them they built an immense domed structure in King's Landing called the Dragonpit. New dragons were bred from Aegon's original three: Vhagar, Meraxes, and the dreaded Balerion. However, violent deaths in battle and a growing infirmity in each following generation caused the family's stable to dwindle. The last Targaryen dragon was a deformed and sterile creature that died very young. It is not clearly understood what caused the last dragons to die out. A legend holds that Aegon III poisoned them, but Archmaester Marwyn suggested that the Maesters were somehow responsible. Others have also claimed that raising dragons in enclosed spaces, even the Dragonpit, was unnatural and stunted their growth.

History

Origins and Conquests

House Targaryen is one of the forty ancient noble houses of the Valyrian Freehold, a great empire spanning most of the eastern continent, known as Dragonlords who actually ruled the empire. It was not one of the most important of these families. The Targaryens were one of the few families to survive the Doom of their home which they escaped by departing for the westernmost outpost of Valyrian influence, the island of Dragonstone, off the east coast of Westeros, taking their five dragons with them, among them Balerion. They did so because Head of House Aenar Targaryen's daughter Daenys the Dreamer had visions about the Doom that would come over Valyria. Twelve years after Aenar Targaryen settled on Dragonstone, the Doom descended on Valyria, leading to the collapse of the Freehold. The Targaryens were the only dragonriders of Valyria to survive the Doom. Thereafter four of the dragons died under unknown circumstances, possibly due to infighting among the family, but two more were born from eggs, Vhagar and Meraxes.

Following the Doom, there was pressure for the Targaryens to go east and ally themselves with Volantis, who attempted to restore the Freehold by conquering the rest of the Valyrian colonies to survive the Doom, now known as the Free Cities. However, the Targaryens remained on Dragonstone for another century until the young Aegon the Conqueror developed his ambitions toward Westeros, but not before Aegon flew to the Disputed Lands and joined an alliance to crush Volantene aspirations.

Aegon aspired to unite the seven Westerosi kingdoms under one ruler, and he was determined to be that ruler. A hundred years after the Doom, Aegon set forth from Dragonstone with his sister/wives Rhaenys and Visenya, their dragons, and a small force, landing at the mouth of the Blackwater Rush and beginning the Wars of Conquest. During his campaigns, Aegon was anointed king by the High Septon in Oldtown, leading to the unification of the Seven Kingdoms under Tlargaryen rule from the Iron Throne, starting a dynasty that lasted nearly 300 years. The area where the Targaryens had begun their conquest became the site of their new capitol, King's Landing. Dragonstone was used as the seat of the heir to the throne. The region around these strongholds became known as the Crownlands, and several houses of the area (such as the Velaryons, Darklyns, and the lords of Crackclaw Point) were among the staunchest Targaryen loyalists. Another close ally was House Baratheon; Aegon had installed his bastard brother Orys Baratheon to rule the Stormlands.

Early Dynasty and the Faith Militant Uprising

Despite converting to the Faith, the Targaryens held themselves apart from the laws of gods and men, and continued to follow the Valyrian practice of incestuous marriage, which was a sin in the eyes of the Seven. Indeed, Aegon married both of his sisters. When Aegon died 37 years after his landing and was succeeded by his incest-born son and heir, Aenys I, local populations revolted in what is know as the Faith Militant uprising. Early Targaryen kings often appointed those of the blood royal to act as their Hand. Such was the case with with Aenys, who was served by his brutal half-brother and cousin, Prince Maegor. Maegor conducted the suppression of these revolts, and seized the throne for himself after Aenys's death, going on to earn the moniker "the Cruel" in his attempts to crush the rebellion. Construction of the Red Keep was finished during Maegor's reign. After his mysterious death in 48 AL he was succeeded by Aenys's son Jaehaerys the Conciliator, who disbanded the Faith Militant. His rule was long and wise.

Death of the Dragons

See also: The Dance of the Dragons

After his death in 103 AL, Jaehaerys was succeeded by his grandson Viserys I, who ruled well except in marriage. Viserys raised his daughter Rhaenyra as his heir, but his wishes were defied by the Lord Commander of his Kingsguard, Ser Criston the Kingmaker, who earned his epithet by crowning Aegon II, a son of a second marriage. In the resulting war of succession, called the Dance of the Dragons (129-131 AL), both of the monarchs perished, as did many lesser branches of House Targaryen, and most of their dragons. During the reign of Aegon III, the son of Rhaenyra who held the Iron Throne at the war's conclusion, the last dragon died, earning him the nickname "Dragonbane." The loss of their signature war mounts and the deaths of so many family members severely weakened the Targaryens' grip on the Seven Kingdoms.

Since the Dance, House Targaryen has practiced a highly modified version of agnatic primogeniture, placing female claimants in the line of succession behind all possible male ones, even collateral relations.

Incorporating Dorne

Since resisting the conquest of Aegon, the Martell princes of Dorne had ruled their land as a sovereign realm. Upon assuming the throne in 157 AL, Aegon III's fourteen-year old son Daeron I decided to end that. Despite his youth and lack of dragons, Daeron defeated the Dornishmen in a successful invasion. His rule of Dorne did not last, however, and he and 40,000 men died trying to defeat an uprising. Dead at eighteen without issue, the Young Dragon was succeeded by his brother Baelor the Blessed, who was in training to become a septon. One of Baelor's first acts was to make peace with Dorne by marrying his cousin Prince Daeron to Myriah Martell. Baelor is well-remembered by the smallfolk, but maesters and others learned in history recall his piety as his undoing. As his Hand, Baelor retained his uncle Viserys, who had also served Daeron. Viserys held the realm together while Daeron warred and Baelor prayed. During his reign, Baelor locked his three sisters in the "Maidenvault" of the Red Keep to avoid carnal thoughts. One, Daena the Defiant, carried on an affair with their cousin Aegon. When Baelor died childless as well in 171, his uncle took the throne as Viserys II. After a brief reign, Viserys was succeeded by his son Aegon, who reigned as Aegon IV and was called "the Unworthy". It was during the reign of Aegon's son Daeron II that Dorne finally joined the Targaryen empire, after Daeron's sister Daenerys, daughter of Aegon IV wed Prince Maron Martell.

The Blackfyre Pretenders

See also: House Blackfyre, Blackfyre Pretenders, Blackfyre Rebellion, Second Blackfyre Rebellion, and War of the Ninepenny Kings

Aegon IV kept many mistresses and sired several bastards by them. The oldest of them, by Princess Daena, had strong Targaryen features; he grew up to be a promising young knight and was granted Blackfyre, the Valyrian steel blade of The Conqueror. He became known as Daemon Blackfyre. Before his death in 184, Aegon IV legitimized all of his natural children, placing them in the succession, albeit behind his trueborn son, Daeron II. Nobles such as Aegor "Bittersteel" Rivers (one of Aegon IV's Great Bastards) did not care for Daeron's bookish nature or the Dornish flavor of his court, and whispered that Daeron was not the son of Aegon IV, but of his brother Prince Aemon the Dragonknight, casting doubts over Daeron's right to rule. Finally, Daemon Blackfyre was bitter over the loss of Princess Daenerys, Daeron's sister whom he had promised to Prince Maron. For these reasons, Daemon and his supporters launched the First Blackfyre Rebellion against Daeron's rule. This was crushed by Daeron's sons Baelor Breakspear and Maekar and his bastard brother Brynden "Bloodraven" Rivers, Bittersteel's rival for the affections of their half-sister Shiera Seastar. Daemon was killed by Bloodraven in the Battle of the Redgrass Field, and Bittersteel driven into exile across the narrow sea, where he founded the Golden Company, a sellsword army bent on naming a Blackfyre son as King of Westeros. Prince Baelor was named his father's Hand as well as heir, but died in 209 in a Trial of Seven at the Ashford Tourney fighting opposite his brother Maekar for the honor of a hedge knight called Dunk. Maekar's son Aerion Brightflame was sent into exile after the trial, and Maekar allowed his son "Egg" to continue squiring for Dunk in order to teach him humility and honor. During Daeron's reign, the third major Targaryen palace was built at Summerhall, in the Dornish Marches.

Mounting Problems

The Great Spring Sickness of 209 AL killed King Daeron and several of his grandchildren. His equally bookish son Aerys I took the throne, appointing his uncle Bloodraven as Hand. Aerys ignored the realm's problems (including plague, drought, dwindling trade, rising banditry, and the reaving of Dagon Greyjoy) as Bloodraven focused on dealing with minor Blackfyre rebellions instigated by Bittersteel. Prince Maekar, who had expected to be named Aerys's Hand, succeeded his brother on the throne in 221 and had Bloodraven thrown into the Red Keep's dungeons. Across the Narrow Sea, House Blackfyre continued to be a distant threat to the main Targaryen line. In 233 King Maekar fell in battle against a rebel lord, presumably a Blackfyre supporter.

A series of misfortunes and deaths over the years culminated in a Great Council being held upon Maekar's demise in 233 AL. The council bypassed the mad Prince Daeron's lackwit daughter and the infant son of the dead and mad Aerion Brightflame, leading to the crowning of Maekar's son "Egg" as Aegon V, called “The Unlikely” for being the fourth son of a fourth son. His elder brother Aemon had been quietly offered the throne before he, but Aemon refused the crown since he had taken a maester's vows, forswearing his inheritance and going on to join the Night's Watch lest he be used in plots against Aegon. Aegon emptied the dungeons to accompany him to the Wall, including their great-uncle Bloodraven, who went on to become Lord Commander. As Lord Commander of his Kingsguard, Aegon V appointed Ser Duncan the Tall, the hedge knight for whom he had squired in his youth.

In the latter part of Aegon's reign, he sent a host to the Stepstones to defeat Maelys the Monstrous, the last Blackfyre. The Blackfyre pretender and his supporters were defeated in the War of the Ninepenny Kings, and Maelys slain. Hearing a prophecy from a woods witch that their line would bear the Prince That Was Promised to defeat the Others, Egg arranged the marriage of his grandchildren Aerys and Rhaella. Since he had done so, Aegon allowed his children to marry for love, earning him bitter enemies instead of friends. His daughter Rhaelle married into House Baratheon. His son Duncan the Small, Prince of Dragonflies, "cast aside a crown" for Jenny of Oldstones, leading in some way led to the Tragedy of Summerhall, where Aegon V and both Duncans lost their lives in 259. Aegon's sickly son Jaehaerys II reigned for a few years before dying in 262. Amiable, clever, and able, he nonetheless was seen as weak by those martial lords prejudiced against his frail constitution. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Aerys II.

Downfall

See also: Robert's Rebellion

Aerys II began his reign with promise, and with the help of his able Hand Tywin Lannister, but became paranoid and increasingly mad after being abducted during a failed revolt of the longtime Targaryen loyalists of House Darklyn and Tywin's cautious response. His heir, Prince Rhaegar, resolved to be a better monarch and set forth to prove himself, and to fulfill the prophecy of the Prince That Was Promised. Aerys chose Tywin's heir Ser Jaime for his Kingsguard, robbing Tywin of his heir and provoking him to resignation because the King had also rejected Tywin's proposal of a marriage between Rhaegar and Cersei Lannister. Also during the Tourney at Harrenhal, Rhaegar offended Robert Baratheon by naming his betrothed, Lyanna Stark, as Queen of Love and Beauty rather than his own wife, Princess Elia Martell.

Shortly after the tourney, Prince Rhaegar ran off with Lyanna. When Lyanna's brother and father protested, Aerys had them killed. This started a civil war. Rhaegar took command of the royal troops, leading them to defeat in the Battle of the Trident, where he was killed by Robert Baratheon. Prince Viserys and the pregnant Queen Rhaella fled to Dragonstone. Perfidious Lannisters killed Aerys, Elia, Rhaenys, and the infant Aegon in King's Landing. On Dragonstone, Rhaella died giving birth to Princess Daenerys, who was spirited to the Free Cities along with Viserys. Robert Baratheon was crowned king, partially due to his having a Targaryen grandmother.

King Aerys II Targaryen was the last king in a dynasty which had held for nearly 300 years of unbroken rule. Where the Targaryens had begun as untouchable demigods atop fire-breathing dragons, their power had fallen noticeably since the time of those beasts, with many more large-scale civil wars featuring pitched battles. In the short term, Aerys' madness had provoked the nobles to action, but such open defiance would not have occurred if his family's prestige had not been in decline for some time. This loss of influence is perhaps shown by the fact that Aegon V was invited to rule by a council rather than claiming a divine right. The Defiance of Duskendale by House Darklyn, one of the staunchest traditional royal allies, is another sign of the decline of the House's loss of influence.

A Song of Ice and Fire

Across the Narrow Sea, the Mad King's surviving son claims legitimacy as "Viserys III." He and Daenerys wander the Free Cities, seeking aid from various merchant princes to restore House Targaryen. Few take his claim seriously, calling him the Beggar King.

In 288 AL, Viserys betroths his sister to Drogo, a mighty khal of the Dothraki, hoping to use his horde to retake the Seven Kingdoms. Viserys alienates the horselord with his arrogance and is eventually killed. After the death of Khal Drogo, Daenerys takes command of the khalasar's ragged remnants, and is able to hatch three dragon eggs, the first in a century and a half.

She nurtures her dragons and her people, bringing them through the Red Waste to the strange city of Qarth. Traveling to the cities of Slaver's Bay, she embarks on a campaign of liberation that seems to cause more conflict than it solves.

Recently Daenerys refused a marriage proposal from Quentyn Martell, whose father was attempting to honor a secret pact made to wed Viserys to Arianne Martell. As she hones her skills of leadership, Dany must learn to tell good counsel from bad and how to make decisions of dubious morality. Currently she is in the wilderness near Meereen as her enemies and supporters alike await her in the city. Soon she must make sail for Westeros to retake the homeland she has never known.

On the Wall, the century-old Maester Aemon, brother to Aegon V, imparts wisdom to the new recruit Jon Snow regarding the conflict of loyalty between family and duty. Later Aemon pushes Snow to take command of Castle Black during crisis. When Snow is elected Lord Commander, he orders Maester Aemon to Oldtown to avoid the red sorceress Melisandre, who might wish to sacrifice him to R'hllor for his kingsblood. Unfortunately Aemon does not survive the voyage, leaving the lore of the Night's Watch in the hands of Samwell Tarly. Beyond the Wall, the three-eyed crow who has been appearing to Bran Stark in his dreams is strongly implied to be none other than Bloodraven, kept alive by sorcery.

It is claimed that, unbeknownst to the Lannisters, Rhaegar's son Aegon Targaryen survived the Sack of King's Landing thanks to Varys, who had a peasant baby killed in his place. The purported Aegon was raised in secret across the Narrow Sea by Rhaegar's friend Jon Connington, and has now landed in the Stormlands with the Golden Company at his back, calling himself Aegon VI.

Timeline

See also: Timeline of major events

Targaryen kings

Aegon I	1 AL – 37 AL
Aenys I	37 AL – 42 AL
Maegor I	42 AL – 48 AL
Jaehaerys I	48 AL – 103 AL
Viserys I	103 AL – 129 AL
Aegon II	129 AL – 131 AL
Aegon III	131 AL - 157 AL
Daeron I	157 AL -161 AL
Baelor I	161 AL - 171 AL
Viserys II	171 AL - 172 AL
Aegon IV	172 AL - 184 AL
Daeron II	184 AL - 209 AL
Aerys I	209 AL - 221 AL
Maekar I	221 AL - 233 AL
Aegon V	233 AL - 259 AL
Jaehaerys II	259 AL - 262 AL
Aerys II	262 AL - 283 AL

All dates are given relative to Aegon's Landing (AL).

before ca. -200 AL

House Targaryen relocates to the island of Dragonstone, off the coast of Westeros.

The Doom of Valyria (ca. -100 AL)

The Doom destroys the freehold of Valyria.

The Wars of Conquest (ca. 1 AL)

Aided by his two sisters and their dragons Vhagar, Meraxes, and Balerion, the armies of Aegon the Conqueror invade the seven kingdoms of Westeros, sparking the Wars of Conquest. In the battle known as the "Field of Fire," Aegon's army conquers the combined forces of the Rock and of the Reach; the three dragons kill nearly four thousand men. Many other kings bend the knee to Aegon, and in the end, only Dorne remains unconquered.

Faith Militant uprising (37-48 AL)

The two armed wings of the church rise against Aegon's incest-born son Aenys I. Aenys's half-brother and Hand, Maegor I seizes the throne after his death and fails to crush the rebels. Aenys's son Jaehaerys I succeeds and outlaws both military orders.

The Dance of the Dragons (129-131 AL), the Targaryen civil war.

Aegon II's claim to the throne is disputed by his elder sister Rhaenyra; both perish in the resulting war. Several dragons and lesser branches of the house are extinguished.

Conquest of Dorne (ca. 157 AL)

Aged 14, Daeron I conquers Dorne, but is unable to hold it. He dies along with tens of thousands.

The Battle of the Redgrass Field (196 AL)

The first Blackfyre Rebellion ends when the rebel Daemon Blackfyre's forces are defeated in the Battle of the Redgrass Field. These events are recounted in The Sworn Sword.

Tourney at Ashford (208 AL)

Baelor Breakspear dies from wounds sustained in trial by combat. These events are recounted in The Hedge Knight.

The Great Spring Sickness (209 AL)

A plague engulfs large parts of Westeros, killing King Daeron II and his grandsons Valarr and Matarys.

Great Council (233 AL)

A great council passes over the infant bastard son of Aerion Brightflame and the idiot daughter of Prince Daeron, crowning Aegon V, the Unlikely.

War of the Usurper (282-283 AL)

The Targaryen reign ends when Lord Robert Baratheon takes the Iron Throne and King Aerys II is killed by his sworn knight Ser Jaime Lannister.

The Targaryen House at the end of the third century

The known Targaryens during the timespan of the events described on A Song of Ice and Fire are:

• {King Viserys III}, called the Beggar King and Khal Raggat (Sorefoot King) and self-proclaimed King of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men and Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, in exile. Fatally crowned in Vaes Dothrak.
• Queen Daenerys I Stormborn, called Mother of Dragons, sister of Viserys and last known Targaryen heir, Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Shackles, Queen of Meereen.
  • her dragons, Drogon, Viserion, Rhaegal,
  • {Khal Drogo}, her first husband. Euthanized after disabling wounds.
    • {Rhaego}, her son by Drogo. Died at birth.
  • King Hizdahr zo Loraq XIV, her second husband, King of Meereen, Scion of Ghis, Octarch of the Old Empire, Master of the Skahazadhan, Consort to Dragons, Blood of the Harpy. A Ghiscari noble of Meereen.
• {Maester Aemon}, sworn to the Night's Watch. Great-granduncle to the Mad King. Died of a chill at sea, at the age of one hundred and two.

• Prince Aegon, Rhaegar's son. Believed to have died at Gregor Clegane's hand in the Sack of King's Landing, but is purported by some to be alive under the identity of Young Griff and with the Golden Company. If true his claim supersedes his aunt Daenerys', and he is Aegon VI.

Household

The Queen's protectors:

• Ser Barristan Selmy, called Barristan the Bold, Lord Commander of the Queensguard.
  • his two known knights:
    • Ser Tumco Lho, of the Basilisk Isles, a knewly-made knight.
    • "The Red Lamb", a Lhazarene freedman and newly-made knight.
  • his lads, squires training for knighthood:
    • Larraq, called 'The Lash', of Meereen.
    • the Boys, three Ghiscari brothers and freedmen.
• Belwas, called Strong Belwas, eunuch and former pit fighter.
• her Dothraki bloodriders:
  • Jhogo, the whip, blood of her blood and ko.
  • Aggo, the bow, blood of her blood and ko.
  • Rakharo, the arakh, blood of her blood and ko.
• Ser Jorah Mormont, called 'Jorah the Andal', former Lord Commander. Banished.

The Queen's captains and commanders:

• Grey Worm, a eunuch, commander of the Unsullied, a company of eunuch infantry.
  • Hero, an Unsullied captain, second-in-command.
  • {Stalwart Shield}, an Unsullied spearman, murdered by the Sons of the Harpy.
• {Mollono Yos Dob}, commander of the Stalwart Shields, a company of freedmen named for the martyred Unsullied. Died of the Pale Mare.
  • Tal Toraq, new commander of the Stalwart Shields.
• Symon Stripeback, commander of Free Brothers, a company of freedmen.
• Marselen, commander of the Mother's Men, a company of freedman, a eunuch, brother to Missandei.
• {Groleo} of Pentos, formerly captain of the great cog Saduleon, made an admiral without a fleet. Executed by the Yunkai'i.
• Rommo, a jaqqa rhan of the Dothraki, he represents Daenerys' khalasar at council.
• Daario Naharis, a Tyroshi sellsword, captain of the Stormcrows, a free company.
  • The Widower, second in command and acting joint-commander of the Stormcrows.
  • Jokin, commander of the archers and acting joint-commander of the Stormcrows.
• Ben Plumm, called 'Brown Ben', a mongrel sellsword, captain of the Second Sons, a free company. Defected to Yunkai.

The Queen's Meereenese court:

• Reznak mo Reznak, her seneschal, bald and unctuous.
• Shahaz mo Kandaq, called 'The Shavepate', shaven-headed commander of the Brazen Beasts, Meereen's city watch.

The Queen's handmaids and servants:

• Irri and Jhiqui, young women of the Dothraki, handmaidens.
• Missandei, a Naathi scribe and translator.
• Grazdar, Qezza, Mezzara, Kezmya, Azzak, Bhakaz, Miklaz, Dhazzar, Draqaz, Jhezane, children of the pyramids of Meereen, her cupbearers and pages.
• {Doreah}, a Lysene handmaiden and former bedslave. Perished to sickness in the Red Waste.

Young Griff/Prince Aegon's followers

• 'Griff', a sellsword late of the Golden Company. Actually Jon Connington, exiled Lord of Griffin's Roost and Hand of the King to Aerys II.
• Ser Rolly Duckfield, called 'Duck', a knight. Pronounced the first of Aegon's Kingsguard.
• Septa Lemore, called 'Lady Lemore', a woman of the Faith of the Seven.
• Haldon, called 'the Halfmaester', Aegon's tutor.
• Yandry, master and captain of the Shy Maid
  • Ysilla, his wife.
• The Golden Company, a famous sellsword company founded by the Blackfyre Pretenders to the Iron Throne.

Quotes

“

Like their dragons the Targaryens answered to neither gods nor men. [8]

”

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“Every child knows that the Targaryens have always danced too close to madness." [9]

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– Ser Barristan Selmy

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