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==Prominent blacks==
 
==Prominent blacks==
 
===Royal Targaryen Members===
 
===Royal Targaryen Members===
[[File:The_blacks_by_naomimakesart.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The royal blacks]]
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[[File:The Blacks by naomimakesart.jpg|thumb|right|500px|The Blacks, by Naomimakesart ©]]
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*{{COA|House Targaryen (Rhaenyra)|small}} Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]], rode [[Syrax]]
 
*{{COA|House Targaryen (Rhaenyra)|small}} Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]], rode [[Syrax]]
 
*{{COA|House Targaryen|small}} Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]], rode [[Caraxes]]
 
*{{COA|House Targaryen|small}} Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]], rode [[Caraxes]]
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*{{COA|House Targaryen|small}} Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys Targaryen]], rode [[Meleys]]
 
*{{COA|House Targaryen|small}} Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys Targaryen]], rode [[Meleys]]
 
*{{COA|House Targaryen|small}} Lady [[Baela Targaryen]], rode [[Moondancer]]
 
*{{COA|House Targaryen|small}} Lady [[Baela Targaryen]], rode [[Moondancer]]
*{{COA|House Targaryen|small}} Lady [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena Targaryen]], possessed one [[dragon egg]] and later two more.
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*{{COA|House Targaryen|small}} Lady [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena Targaryen]], possessed one [[dragon egg]] and later three more.
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===The [[black council|Black Council]]===
 
===The [[black council|Black Council]]===

Revision as of 09:58, 3 August 2022

Blacks
Rhaenyra Targaryen.svg
The blacks carried the personal sigil of Rhaenyra Targaryen: the normal Targaryen red dragon sigil, quartered with the moon-and-falcon sigil of House Arryn (for her mother Aemma Arryn), and the silver seahorse on sea green of House Velaryon (for her first husband Laenor Velaryon, as well as for the Velaryons in general, who were among her major supporters).
Symbol Rhaenyra's black gown
Type Political faction
Seat Dragonstone
Red Keep (briefly)
Region Westeros
Allegiance Rhaenyra Targaryen
Founded 111 AC

The blacks, previously known as the party of the princess, were the faction of House Targaryen and their loyalists who supported the ascent of Rhaenyra Targaryen as Queen of the Seven Kingdoms during the Dance of the Dragons and the years that preceded it.[1] They were opposed by the greens.[2]

History

The title derives from a great tournament held in 111 AC at King's Landing on the fifth anniversary of King Viserys I's marriage to Queen Alicent Hightower, his second wife.[2]

At the opening feast, Queen Alicent wore a green gown, whilst Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, Viserys's daughter by his first wife, dressed dramatically in Targaryen red and black. Note was taken, and thereafter it became the custom to refer to “greens” and “blacks” when talking of the queen’s party and the party of the princess.[2]

Prominent blacks

Royal Targaryen Members

The Blacks, by Naomimakesart ©

The Black Council

Rhaenyra's Queensguard

Defected to the Blacks

Other notable blacks

Crownlanders

Northmen

Rivermen

Men of the Reach

Stormlanders

Valemen

Dornishmen

Foreigners

References

  1. Fire & Blood, Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Princess and the Queen.
  3. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 8, Tyrion III.