"Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, also known as Rhaenyra of Lys, Black Bow, and Rhaenyra Blackfyre, was one of the triplet daughters born to Prince Aerion Targaryen and Princess Daenora Targaryen; her sisters, Saera and Viserra Targaryen, were her younger twins. She was the great-granddaughter of King Daeron II Targaryen, the grandniece of King Aerys I Targaryen, the granddaughter of King Maekar I Targaryen, the niece of King Aegon V Targaryen, and cousin to King Jaehaerys II Targaryen.
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Rhaenyra had a younger brother, Prince Maegor Targaryen. She was also the younger half-sister of Lord Gaemon Brightflame, Ser Daemon Brightflame, Ser Aemond Brightflame, and Ser Aenar Brightflame.
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Rhaenyra Targaryen was born in Lys during the hour of the nightingale on the twenty-second day of the ninth moon of 210 AC. She was immediately followed by her triplet sisters, Saera and Viserra.
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Princess Rhaenyra was oft described by her mother as a precocious child and a lover of books, a trait that earned her the sobriquet “Book-Handed” among certain lords at court. Some were quick to dismiss the girl’s talk of visions as the fancies of an overlearned mind, claiming that her bookish nature fed such imaginings.
Yet I, Maester Tybold, would contend otherwise, having myself heard the princess speak of such matters. Ser Torrhen Snow, one of her sworn guards, was known to remark that “her grace sees and hears more than any man might guess.” Another of her guards, Ser Ben Rivers, once confessed to me—deep in his cups—that the princess had foretold a strange vision concerning him. She told him that he, a bastard of little renown, would one day stand before a wounded dragon with sword and shield, clad in armor black as night, and defend it until “red giants” would come thundering down a hill to crush the foe with their bare hands.
At the time, I took this for nothing more than a boy’s fancy, inspired by the tales of gallant knights so beloved of young maidens. In this, I was most grievously mistaken.
For many moons later, during the Third Blackfyre Rebellion, when Aegor “Bittersteel” Rivers crowned Haegon Blackfyre and once more raised his banners, the events unfolded much as the princess had foretold. Ser Ben Rivers—known thereafter as the Bastard of Pennytree—was found amidst the chaos of battle, standing steadfast before the wounded Prince Valarr, defending him against a host of foes until his hands bled.
It was then that the so-called “red giants” appeared: Ser Torrhen Snow and his twin sister, Kyra Snow, bastards of House Umber, both tall and fierce, their hair the color of flame and their hands red with blood. Descending the hill where the battle raged, they carved a path through the enemy ranks to reach the prince and their sworn brother. When Ser Torrhen’s blade was lost, he is said to have torn through his foes with his bare hands until the way was cleared and the prince made safe.
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Despite the refinement of her education, Rhaenyra was by temperament restless and curious. From childhood she was prone to roaming the streets and harbors of Lys with her siblings, most often in the company of her elder brother Gaemon.
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In her first and longest marriage, Rhaenyra endured as many as thirteen pregnancies, giving birth to twenty-nine children, including twelve stillborns. Of these, only one survived to adulthood: her firstborn son, Daemon IV Blackfyre.
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Unwillingly wed to Daemon III Blackfyre and crowned by Bittersteel during her captivity in Tyrosh, she was styled Queen Consort by Blackfyre supporters; however, following her rescue, Princess Rhaenyra is said to have consistently rejected the title."
— claims of Maester Tybold in his chronicles: "Prince Aerion's Sons and Daughters: The Tragedy of the Blood of the Dragon."
"Rhaenyra was oft referred to by Blackfyre supporters as the Dawn-and-Dusk Moon-Maiden, a title drawn from a prophecy said to have been delivered to Bittersteel by a woods witch. In their telling, she was believed to be the maiden of mismatched eyes who would guide the exiled three-headed dragon aright and lead it toward the Iron Throne.
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The prophecy itself spoke of a Dawn-and-Dusk Moon-Maiden leading the exiled and usurped three-headed black dragon to conquest, to bring again the dawn upon the world with its flaming sword."
— disputed by Maester Bennard
"As set down by Maester Yandel, Princess Rhaenyra, much like her father, Aerion Targaryen, was known to dabble in the black arts. In her case, however, such inclinations appear to have stemmed not only from her father’s influence during their wanderings in the Free Cities, but also from the presence at court of her great-great-aunt, Shiera Seastar, and Shiera’s paramour, her great-great-uncle, Lord Brynden Rivers."
— as recorded by Maester Theomore
