Editing Barba Bracken (section)

==History==
[[File:Barba Bracken by Rae Lavergne.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Barba, by Rae Lavergne]]
In {{Date|161}}, King [[Baelor I Targaryen]] imprisoned his sisters — the Princesses [[Daena Targaryen|Daena]], [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aegon III)|Rhaena]], and [[Elaena Targaryen]] — within the [[Maidenvault]] in the [[Red Keep]]. The three princesses were kept in comfortable confinement, and to gain favor with Baelor, [[lord]]s and [[knight]]s sent their [[maiden]] relatives to the Maidenvault to be their [[lady companion]]s.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}} Near the end of Baelor's reign, one of these maidens was Barba Bracken, daughter to [[Lord Bracken (Hand of the King)|Lord Bracken]] of [[Stone Hedge]]. When King Baelor I died in {{Date|171}}, King [[Viserys II Targaryen]] released the princesses from their confinement, and sixteen-year-old Barba met Prince [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]], who became entranced with her.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

When King Viserys II died in {{Date|172}}, Prince Aegon ascended the throne as King Aegon IV Targaryen, named Barba's father his [[Hand of the King]], and openly took Barba as his [[mistress]]. Barba gave birth to a [[bastard]] son of Aegon, [[Aegor Rivers]], only a fortnight before Queen [[Naerys Targaryen]] nearly died in childbirth. With Naerys lingering near death, Barba's father began to speak openly of Barba marrying King Aegon IV. However, Queen Naerys recovered, and the talk about Barba marrying the king became a scandal. Princes [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon]] and [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron Targaryen]], Naerys's brother and son, forced King Aegon to send both Barba and her bastard son away from court. They returned to Stone Hedge, where Barba raised her son Aegor.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

After Barba, King Aegon IV took [[Melissa Blackwood]] as his mistress, who was younger, prettier, and more modest. In response, Barba and her father began grooming Barba's younger sister, [[Bethany Bracken|Bethany]], to replace Melissa. This eventually worked in {{Date|177}}, when Bethany caught Aegon's eye while he was visiting Stone Hedge to see Aegor. However, in {{Date|178}}, Bethany was caught abed with the handsome knight of the [[Kingsguard]], Ser [[Terrence Toyne]], and both Bethany and Lord Bracken were executed.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

===Barba's Teats===
In {{Date|172}}, King Aegon IV Targaryen was visiting Stone Hedge when he saw the hills called the [[Teats|Mother's Teats]], and renamed them Barba's Teats on account of their resemblance to his buxom mistress's breasts. After Barba was sent away from court, Aegon took Melissa "Missy" Blackwood as his mistress; she was slender, and Barba was heard to say that she was flat as a boy. When Aegon heard how Barba had disparaged his mistress, he renamed the hills Missy's Teats,{{Ref|ADWD|48}} and granted them to [[House Blackwood]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} The Blackwoods still call the hills Missy's Teats, and the Brackens still call them Barba's Teats.{{Ref|ADWD|48}}