The penitence of the wolf - Aerys and Rhaenys Targaryen
Added 2026-01-16 13:00:21 +0000 UTCLittle is said about the Love Aerys Targaryen had for his first and favorite gran-daughter, the rumors said that the dragon king himself grants the princess her dragon egg, to place it at her crib like the Targaryen of Old, the young princess would grow up in her grandfather lap, often when the monarch was hosting the court, learning to rule the Kingdom that, one day, would be hers.
When Empress Rhaenys of House Targaryen raised to the Iron Throne in 351 A.C. after the death of emperor Rhaegar, the teachings of her grandfather would be key to secure her right to the Throne, exterminating her enemies, luring Lords to her side and commanding her armies and dragon, the Powerful Antarion, against the Crow's Eye abominations and slave army in the Second Great Crusade
-Maester Samwell Tarly, 365 A.C. in The Second Rise of the House of the Dragon, the born of an Empire
