The Realm’s Delight

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON ↳ Princess Rhaenyra and her uncle, Prince Daemon

Princess Rhaenyra was also enamored of her uncle, for Daemon was ever attentive to her. Whenever he crossed the narrow sea upon his dragon, he brought her some exotic gift on his return.

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON ↳ ‘Who can know the heart of a dragon?’

Some will claim that the bond between a dragon and dragonrider runs so deep that the beast shares his master’s loves and hates

Daemon Targaryen

Governance bored this warrior prince, however. He did better when King Viserys made him Commander of the City Watch. Finding the watchmen ill-armed and clad in oddments and rags, Daemon equipped each man with dirk, short sword, and cudgel, armored them in black ringmail (with breastplates for the officers) and gave them long golden cloaks that they might wear with pride. Ever since, the men of the City Watch have been known as “gold cloaks.”

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON ↳ Corlys Velaryon, the Sea Snake

Yet even with such forebears, Corlys Velaryon was a man apart, a man as brilliant as he was restless, as adventurous as he was ambitious. It was traditional for the sons of the seahorse (the sigil of House Velaryon) to be given a taste of a seafarer’s life when young, but no Velaryon before or since ever took to shipboard life as eagerly as the boy who would become the Sea Snake. He first crossed the narrow sea at the age of six, sailing to Pentos with an uncle. Thereafter Corlys made such voyages every year. Nor did he travel as a passenger; he climbed masts, tied knots, scrubbed decks, pulled oars, caulked leaks, raised and lowered sails, manned the crow’s nest, learned to navigate and steer. His captains said they had never seen such a natural sailor.

“This secret, it’s been passed from king to heir since Aegon’s time. Now you must promise to carry it, and protect it. Promise me this, Rhaenyra. Promise me.”

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“I remember,” Dany said sadly. “They murdered Rhaegar’s daughter as well, the little princess. Rhaenys, she was named, like Aegon’s sister. There was no Visenya, but he said the dragon has three heads. “What is the song of ice and fire?”

Whilst Princess Rhaenyra misliked her stepmother, Queen Alicent, she became fond and more than fond of her good-sister Lady Laena. With Driftmark and Dragonstone so close, Daemon and Laena oft visited with the princess, and her with them.

rhaenyra targaryen, the half-year queen ◇ resquested by @helenstroy

“The Prince and the Princess” more commonly known as Daemon and Rhaenyra Targaryen by the amazingly talented @lupotterdraws

I absolutely had to commission the OTP from this incredible (!) artist and this just blew me away! Exactly as I picture them and more perfect than anything I could have imagined!!!!

There, before the eyes of tens of thousands, Lord Alyn Oakenfist beheld his daughter, Laena, for the first time. After kissing his lady wife, he took the child from her and held her high for all the crowd to see, as the cheers fell like thunder. Only then did he return the girl to her mother’s arms and bend his knee before the king and queen.