Editing Daemon Targaryen (section)

===Early reign of Viserys I===
[[File:Daemon_Targaryen_by_Jaenarra.png|thumb|350px|Daemon by Jaenarra]]
Ser [[Criston Cole]] twice defeated Daemon in the [[tourney for King Viserys I's accession]] in {{Date|104}}, besting him in first the melee and then the joust.{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} Daemon asked his brother to set aside his marriage to [[Rhea Royce]], but was refused.{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} Daemon served briefly as [[master of coin]] from {{Date|103}} until {{Date|104}} and [[master of laws]] for six months after that.{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} Governance bored Daemon, however, and the prince's demeanor made him a rival of the [[Hand of the King]], Ser [[Otto Hightower]], who could not stand Daemon's presence and had begged King Viserys to remove him from the [[small council]].{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

Daemon was appointed Commander of the [[City Watch of King's Landing]], a position he thrived in and maintained for about a year to Otto's regret, as, with two thousand men at his command, he waxed more powerful than ever.{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

Daemon inspired loyalty with many of the rank-and-file men of the City Watch, improving their armaments and equipment. He gave every man a golden cloak, which led to the guards becoming known as the gold cloaks. Crime fell sharply under Daemon's command, likely due to his love of inflicting harsh punishments on thieves and cutpurses.{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

Daemon developed a dark reputation in the stews and brothels in [[Flea Bottom]], becoming familiar to every cutpurse, [[whore]], and gambler.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}} He became acquainted with a prostitute named [[Mysaria]], known to her enemies as Misery. While Daemon called himself the "Prince of the City", he became known as "Lord Flea Bottom" among the residents of [[King's Landing]].{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

Daemon considered himself his brother's heir as Viserys had no living sons, and he coveted the title [[Prince of Dragonstone]], which the king refused to grant. Otto Hightower equally did not want Daemon to follow Viserys and proposed the idea that Viserys's daughter, Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]], should be named heir. Viserys did not address the issue of inheritance, hoping a future son would settle the issue.{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

Viserys's first wife, [[Aemma Arryn]], died birthing [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Baelon Targaryen]], Viserys' second son, the first having died in the cradle. Baelon died a day after his birth, however. Daemon was observed in a brothel in the [[Street of Silk]] making drunken japes about the "heir for a day". When word of this reached the grieving Viserys, the enraged king had Rhaenyra declared heir and Princess of Dragonstone in response to his ungrateful brother's apathy. The furious Daemon resigned from the gold cloaks and flew with Mysaria on [[Caraxes]] to [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]], and so was not present for Rhaenyra's ceremony in the [[Red Keep]].{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

Living on Dragonstone, Daemon impregnated his lover, Mysaria. He wanted to present her with a [[dragon egg]], but the angry Viserys demanded that Daemon return the egg and return to Rhea in the Vale. Daemon sent Mysaria to [[Lys]], but Mysaria's ship sailed through a storm in the [[narrow sea]] and Mysaria lost the child. This hardened Daemon against his brother.{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}