i was wondering. did viserys and rhaenys spend time together as children? they were close of age so technically they should have, right? but i don't recall viserys ever mentioning her in the books. any thoughts? thank you ;)
Rhaenys and Viserys werenāt that close in age, Iām afraid. Well, 4 years may not be much, but it can be a huge wall when youāre very young ā a 4-year-old isnāt going to play with a baby, really, plus by the time Rhaenys was a toddler (and a little more āplayableā) the war was on. Furthermore, Rhaegarās family mostly stayed on Dragonstone, whereas Viserys was in Kingās Landing.
Also, thereās the unfortunate problems of Aerysās paranoia and Dornish racism and fear of Rhaegar supplanting himā¦. I mean, considering that Aerys was obsessed with keeping Viserys protected to the point of not letting Rhaella nurse him, refused to hold or touch Rhaenys because she āsmelled Dornishā, and even refused to let Viserys attend Rhaegar and Eliaās wedding, I donāt think he would have allowed Viserys to interact with Rhaenys very much. Perhaps Rhaella tried her best, during the time when she was shielding Viserys from Aerysās madness, and there must have been a point during the war where both children were in the Red Keep at the same time (when Elia and her children were kept as hostages to keep the Dornish in line, and before Rhaella and Viserys were sent to Dragonstone), but I doubt that they were ever very close.
Still, Dany does know about Rhaenys:
Dany remembered the story Viserys had told her, of what the Usurperās dogs had done to Rhaegarās children. āAGOT, Daenerys VIII
āPrince Aegon was Rhaegarās heir by Elia of Dorne,ā Ser Jorah said. āBut if he was this prince that was promised, the promise was broken along with his skull when the Lannisters dashed his head against a wall.āāI remember,ā Dany said sadly. āThey murdered Rhaegarās daughter as well, the little princess. Rhaenys, she was named, like Aegonās sister.ā
āACOK, Daenerys V
And all Dany knows of her family, she knows because Viserys taught her. But it seems mostly what Viserys told her of Rhaenys is how she died. :(










