Editing Corlys Velaryon (section)

==Character==
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[[File:Corlys Velaryon by Chillyravenart.png|thumb|right|350px|Corlys Velaryon, by Chillyravenart ©]]
By the of age seven-and-thirty, Corlys was hailed as the greatest seafarer the [[Seven Kingdoms]] had ever known.{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} Corlys was said to be as brilliant as he was restless, and as adventurous as he was ambitious. Though he accomplished much and more in life, he was seldom satisfied.{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} Corlys was known to be intractable, even in old age.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}} He was remembered as wise in peace and valiant in war.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}} He was a proud man.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}} Queen [[Alicent Hightower]] thought him arrogant.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}

During his elder years, Corlys liked to say that he was clinging to life "like a drowning sailor clinging to the wreckage of a sunken ship".{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}}