However long the night, the dawn will break

ASOIAF Women - Lyarra Stark

Lyarra married her first cousin once removed, Rickard Stark, the Lord of Winterfell and Warden of the North. Together they had four children: Brandon, Eddard, Lyanna, and Benjen Stark.

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╰┈➤ ❝ So it came to pass when King Aegon II flew Sunfyre over Dragonmont's smoking peak and made his descent […] up to meet him rose Baela Targaryen, Prince Daemon's daughter by the Lady Laena, as fearless as her father. ❞

The firstborn daughter of Prince Daemon Targaryen and Lady Laena Velaryon, Baela was said to be fearless, wilful and provocative. Growing up on Dragonstone, she was said to enjoy wrestling squires, dancing, hawking, and riding on her dragon Moondancer.

Betrothed to Prince Jacaerys Velaryon, had he survived the Dance she may have been his Queen. When he went to battle, she wished to ride by his side on dragon back, and was a dauntless supporter of his mother Queen Rhaenyra.

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╰┈➤ ❝ Rhaegel’s son, Aelor, then became the new Prince of Dragonstone and heir to the throne, only to die two years after, slain in a grotesque mishap by the hand of his own twin sister and wife, Aelora, under circumstances that left her mad with grief. ❞

Born to Prince Rhaegal Targaryen and Lady Alys Arryn, Aelora was one of twins; her brother being Aelor. Unlike most of the contemporary generation of Targaryens, they were wed in the custom of Old Valyria, potentially because of Rhaegal's own mental instability or in an attempt to strengthen their claim as branches of the family tree began to be cut down by disease and disaster.

Upon Aerys I's accession to the throne, their father was named Prince of Dragonstone. Dying soon after, Aelor inherited the title, since his uncle remained childless. However, he too died in a 'grotesque mishap' at the hands of Aelora, who subsequently went 'mad with grief'. Nothing further is known about the circumstances; the only hint being that Aerys I deemed it suitable to name Aelora his heir in lieu of their many surviving male relatives.

Attending a ball at Summerhall, likely hosted by her uncle Prince Maekar, Aelora was 'attacked' by three men, the pig, the rat and the hawk. She took her own life soon after.

It is worth noting that there are many strange 'coincidences' and questions surrounding Aelora's fate. First being that Summerhall was Maekar's seat, and he became heir after she passed; second that the three men who attacked her, or at least men using their monikers, would lead a small folk revolt thirty years later. Third being that she, her brother and her father all died by accident or attack, but there seem to be no prevalent rumours of the cause.

Aelor and Aelora Targaryen

"my brothers dreamed of dragons too, and the dreams killed them, every one."

no sleep, no dreams

matarys, aemon, daella, and rhae by CRAZYTOM0712