Ronnel Arryn (king)

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Monarch
Title King of Mountain and Vale
Family
Dynasty House Arryn[1]
Mother Queen Regent Sharra Arryn

Ronnel Arryn was the last King of the Mountain and the Vale, reigning prior to the invasion of Westeros by Aegon I. Only a boy, rule of the Vale fell to his mother, Queen Regent Sharra, who was regarded as one the most beautiful women of Westeros. She was ten years older than Aegon.

After Aegon 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 her son his heir. Aegon refused. The Vale scored a victory against the invaders in the Battle of Gulltown, though the Arryn fleet was burned by Visenya Targaryen. With the Arryn fleet destroyed, the Sistermen revolted against the Eyrie.

As other regions of Westeros fell to Aegon, Sharra amassed the Vale army at the Bloody Gate. However, Aegon sent Visenya to the Eyrie riding a dragon. When Sharra returned to the Eyrie she found her son sitting on Visenya's lap and asking if he could ride the dragon with Visenya. Sharra afterward bent the knee. The Arryns were declared Wardens of the East and Defenders of the Vale and Ronnel got his ride on a dragon.

References and Notes

  1. Bubonicon Report, August 25, 2012 So Spake Martin