Maelys I Blackfyre
Maelys I Blackfyre | |
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Maelys Blackfyre fights Barristan Selmy during the War of the Ninepenny Kings, as depicted by Jose Daniel Cabrera Pena in The World of Ice and Fire | |
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Alias | Maelys the Monstrous |
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Culture | Valyrian |
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260 AC Stepstones |
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Maelys I Blackfyre,[1] better known as Maelys the Monstrous, was the last of the Blackfyre Pretenders, and the last known member of House Blackfyre.[2]
Appearance
Maelys had a huge upper body with a second head sprouting from his neck.[3]
History
Maelys is the last known descendant from Daemon I Blackfyre, the first of the five Blackfyre Pretenders. He was named 'Maelys the Monstrous' for supposedly having eaten his twin in the womb, making him a kinslayer, albeit not by choice. Maelys grew up in exile in Essos, and eventually became a kinslayer by free choice when he fought his own cousin, Daemon, for command of the Golden Company. Maelys killed Daemon's destier, and then twisted Daemon's head, tearing it from his shoulders. Following Daemon's death, Maelys assumed command of the Golden Company.[3]
In 258 AC, Maelys gathered with eight other outlaws, exiles and sellsword captains beneath the Tree of Crowns in the Disputed Lands in Essos. There, they formed an alliance called the Band of Nine, promising to aid each other in carving out a kingdom for each member. The Band of Nine pledged to help Maelys in conquering the Seven Kingdoms.[4] While it was generally believed that the Band of Nine would founder in Essos,[4][3] they managed to sack and take Tyrosh, and seize the Stepstones, which made them a real threat to Westeros, while Maelys declared himself to be King Maelys I Blackfyre.[3]
In 260 AC, King Jaehaerys II Targaryen sent an army to the Stepstones to meet the Band of Nine in battle. The war, dubbed the War of the Ninepenny Kings, was fought entirely on the Stepstones. Maelys personally killed Lord Ormund Baratheon, Jaehaerys's Hand of the King, early in the war. Towards the war's end, Maelys himself was killed by Ser Barristan Selmy, a young knight from the stormlands who thereby ended the Blackfyre threat on the Iron Throne.[3] [2][5] Maelys's death decided the issue, as the other members of the Band of Nine were barely interested in Westeros, and fell back to their own domains. Their union would not last much longer.[3]
Quotes
When Maelys the Monstrous died upon the Stepstones, it was the end of the male line of House Blackfyre.[2]
Family
Daena Targaryen | Aegon IV Targaryen | Barba Bracken | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Daemon I | Rohanne of Tyrosh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aegon | Daemon II | Aenys | Two sons | Calla | Aegor Rivers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aemon | Haegon | Unknown wife | Daughter(s) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Daemon III | Son(s) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Daemon | Maelys | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References and Notes
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, Jaehaerys II.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 5, Tyrion II.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 67, Jaime VIII.