“Dragons,” Aemon whispered. “The grief and glory of my House, they were.”
“The last dragon died before you were born,” said Sam. “How could you remember them?”
“I see them in my dreams, Sam. I see a red star bleeding in the sky. I still remember red. I see their shadows on the snow, hear the crack of leathern wings, feel their hot breath. My brothers dreamed of dragons too, and the dreams killed them, every one. Sam, we tremble on the cusp of half-remembered prophecies, of wonders and terrors that no man now living could hope to comprehend… or…”
“Or?” said Sam.
“…or not.” Aemon chuckled softly. “Or I am an old man, feverish and dying.”
The Targaryens have always danced too close to madness. King Jaehaerys once told me that madness and greatness are two sides of the same coin.
A place of dragons and dragonlords, the seat of House Targaryen.
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Aegon the Conqueror was the first Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and king on the Iron Throne, having conquered six of the Seven Kingdoms during the Conquest. He was a great warrior who wielded a sword called Blackfyre but only rode his dragon for battle or travel and never entered tourneys. He remained faithful to his sisters and left governance in their hands and only took command when necessary. While he was harsh with those who defied him, he was generous to those that bent the knee.
Visenya was both stern and sensual, more voluptuous than her sister Rhaenys, more passionate, but with a dark and unforgiving side. Even those who loved her best found her stern, serious and unforgiving. Visenya was described as having a “harsh beauty” and was reputed to have dabbled in sorcery. While Rhaenys was the flirt, Visenya was the seductress. Although they shared their brother Aegon between them, they competed for him each in their own way.
Rhaenys was more slender and graceful than her sister. She was known as less stern and more playful and curious than her older sister. She was also interested in music and poetry. She surrounded herself with comely young men and there were whispers that she entertained men while Aegon was with Visenya– yet Aegon spent ten nights with Rhaenys for every one with Visenya.
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asoiaf meme: 2/9 houses
House Targaryen is a noble family of Valyrian descent that escaped the Doom. They lived for centuries on the island of Dragonstone until Aegon the Conqueror and his sisters rode their dragons in their conquest of the Seven Kingdoms. House Targaryen ruled as the kings on the Iron Throne and as the Great House of the crownlands for nearly 300 years, until their ouster in Robert’s Rebellion, which they call the War of the Usurper.
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Madness and greatness are two sides of the same coin. Every time a new Targaryen is born, the gods toss the coin in the air and the world holds its breath to see how it will land.
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Yet sometimes she missed him all the same.
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Viserion? Rhaegal?
“I would name them all for those the gods have taken. The green one shall be Rhaegal, for my valiant brother who died on the green banks of the Trident. The cream-and-gold I call Viserion. Viserys was cruel and weak and frightened, yet he was my brother still. His dragon will do what he could not.” “And the black beast?” asked Ser Jorah Mormont. “The black,” she said, “is Drogon.”