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| Alias | The Flower of the Mountain | |||
| Title | Queen Regent | |||
| Allegiance | House Arryn | |||
| Culture | Valemen | |||
| Born | 37 BC[1] | |||
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Sharra Arryn, known as the Flower of the Mountain, was Queen Regent of the Kingdom of Mountain and Vale, ruling in the name of her son, the boy-king Ronnel Arryn, during the invasion of Westeros by Aegon I Targaryen.[2]
History
In her youth, Sharra was regarded as one of the most beautiful women of Westeros, known as the "the Flower of the Mountain".[2] Sharra married the King of Mountain and Vale and had two sons with him, Ronnel and Jonos Arryn.[3] Sharra was widowed when Ronnel was only a boy, and so rule of the Vale of Arryn fell to Sharra.[2]
The War of Conquest
After Aegon I Targaryen launched his invasion and made his intentions known to the rulers of the seven independent kingdoms of Westeros, Sharra sent a portrait of herself to him and offered her hand in marriage with the condition Aegon would make Ronnel his heir. Though it is unknown if Aegon replied, he did apparently reject her proposal, as he already had two queens, and Sharra was ten years older than him, no longer as beautiful as she was in her youth.[2]
The Vale scored a victory against the invaders in a battle in the waters off Gulltown, though the Arryn fleet was burned afterwards by Queen Visenya Targaryen and her dragon Vhagar. With the Arryn fleet destroyed, the Sistermen revolted against Arryn rule.[2]
As other regions of Westeros fell to Aegon, Sharra strengthened the defenses of Gulltown, amassed the Vale army at the Bloody Gate, and tripled the garrisons of Stone, Snow, and Sky. However, Visenya bypassed these hosts by flying up to the Eyrie upon Vhagar's back, and landed the dragon in its courtyard. When Sharra returned to the Eyrie, she found Ronnel sitting on Visenya's knee, staring up at Vhagar. The wonderstruck boy king asked his mother if he could go flying upon the dragon. But Visenya made no verbal threats, and neither did Sharra; the queens only smiled and exchanged courtesies. After Sharra bent the knee and surrendered the Falcon Crown of House Arryn, Ronnel's small crown, and her own regent's coronet, Ronnel flew with Visenya upon Vhagar around the summit of the Giant's Lance.[4]
Rather than kings, House Arryn henceforth ruled as Lords of the Eyrie, Defenders of the Vale, and Wardens of the East.[2][5]
Family
References
- ↑ See the Sharra Arryn calculation
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 The World of Ice & Fire, The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Sons of the Dragon.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, Aegon's Conquest.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Vale: House Arryn.
External Links
- Sharra Arryn on the Wiki of Westeros