Rhogar Velaryon
Rhogar Velaryon | |
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Title | Ser |
Allegiances | |
Race | Valyrian |
Culture | crownlands |
Died | or after 132 AC |
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Ser Rhogar Velaryon was a knight from House Velaryon. He was a nephew of Lord Corlys Velaryon by his youngest brother. He had four brothers, including Ser Malentine, and several cousins.[1]
History
During the reign of King Viserys I, Malentine's cousin Ser Vaemond Velaryon had put himself forward as the true heir to Driftmark, on the grounds that Lord Corlys' chosen successor, his grandson Lucerys, was a bastard. Their cousin lost his head at the behest of Lucerys' mother, Princess Rhaenyra, who had Prince Daemon seize him, behead him and feed his carcass to her dragon. Yet when Ser Rhogar and his siblings took their case before the sick and failing Viserys, they made the grievous mistake of questioning the legitimacy of his daughter Rhaenyra’s children. Viserys had their tongues removed for this insolence, though he let them keep their heads.[2][3] Rhogar and his four brothers were thereafter known as the "silent five".[1]
When Lord Corlys died in 132 AC, he was succeeded as Lord of the Tides by his bastard grandson, Alyn of Hull. This succession was not uncontested. Rhogar and his only surviving brother, Ser Malentine, yet again took their own claim to the small council in King’s Landing. When the Hand of the King and the regents ruled against them, Rhogar and Malentine refused to accept the decision. As Mushroom put it in his testimony, "lacking tongues with which to make their appeal, they preferred to argue with swords". The plot of the silent brothers to assassinate Alyn failed when the guards at Castle Driftmark proved loyal to the Sea Snake's memory and his chosen heir. Ser Rhogar was captured during the attempt, and his brother was slain. Rhogar was condemned to death, but choose to take the black.[1]
Family
Corwyn | Unknown wife | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Corlys | Rhaenys Targaryen | Son | Unknown wife | Son | Unknown wife | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Laena | Daemon Targaryen | Rhaenyra Targaryen | Laenor | Marilda of Hull | Vaemond | Unknown wife | Malentine | Rhogar | Three sons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jacaerys | Lucerys | Joffrey | Hazel Harte | Daeron | Daemion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Addam | Daenaera | Aegon III Targaryen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhaena Targaryen | Baela Targaryen | Alyn | Elaena Targaryen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Laena | Child | Jon Waters | Jeyne Waters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Fire & Blood, Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand.
- ↑ The Rogue Prince.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession.