Editing Meleys (section)

===Rhaenys Targaryen===
[[File:Meleys the Red Queen by Jota Saraiva.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Meleys the Red Queen, ridden by Rhaenys Targaryen. Art by Jota Saraiva ©]]
In {{Date|87}}, Meleys was claimed by Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys Targaryen]]. In {{Date|89}}, Rhaenys flew on Meleys to [[Highgarden]], to accompany King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] further on his [[royal progress]] to the [[Shield Islands]]. When Rhaenys married Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] in {{Date|90}}, she insisted on arriving to the wedding flying on Meleys.{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

Princess Rhaenys rode Meleys during the [[Dance of the Dragons]], on the side of Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] and the [[blacks]], versus King [[Aegon II Targaryen]] and the [[greens]]. When the [[Velaryon fleet]] closed off the [[Gullet]], sailing forth from [[Dragonstone]] and [[Driftmark]] to block all shipping for [[Blackwater Bay]], the blacks' plan was for Rhaenys to fly overhead on Meleys to keep the greens from attacking the ships with their dragons.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}}

[[File:Death of Rhaenys.png|thumb|350px|The bodies of Rhaenys and Meleys, as depicted by Douglas Wheatley in ''[[Fire & Blood]]''.]]
In {{Date|129}}, when [[Rook's Rest]] was besieged by the greens' army led by Ser [[Criston Cole]], Rhaenys flew Meleys to the castle to lend aid. During the [[battle at Rook's Rest]], Meleys was attacked by Cole's archers and shot with iron bolts by [[Armament#Siege Weapons|scorpions]], which angered her but did not do her harm. In response, she spat fire on the men below, and attacked the knights and horses, killing about 800 men.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}

However, the battle proved to be a ploy when King Aegon and Prince [[Aemond Targaryen]] suddenly appeared upon [[Sunfyre]] and [[Vhagar]] above Rook's Rest. Rhaenys turned to meet the attack, despite the knowledge that Meleys had no hope of success against the two dragons. According to Archmaester [[Gyldayn]], Meleys might have stood a chance against the older Vhagar alone, but not against Vhagar and Sunfyre combined. The dragons met violently in the air, a thousand feet above the field, with their fireballs bursting as bright as the sun. Meleys managed to close her jaw around Sunfyre's neck, just as Vhagar fell upon them, and all three dragons fell from the sky. They crashed to the ground so hard that stones fell from the battlements of Rook's Rest, half a league away.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}

From the ashes, only Aemond and Vhagar rose unharmed. Meleys had half torn one of Sunfyre's wings off,{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}} and Aegon suffered broken ribs, a broken hip, and burns that covered half his body. Meleys did not survive the fall, and was ripped to pieces when she hit the ground. A body believed to be Rhaenys Targaryen was found beside the carcass of her dragon, so blackened that she was impossible to identify. The head of Meleys was brought back to King's Landing by the forces of King [[Aegon II Targaryen]] and drawn on a [[cart]] through the city, a display that awed the [[smallfolk]] into silence. According to Septon [[Eustace]], thousands left King's Landing afterward, until Dowager Queen [[Alicent Hightower]] ordered the city gates closed and barred.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}