#Maester Aemon

[coldraindropsss]

King Maekar and his family.

[kate-bridgerton]

Daenerys and Aemon

On Braavos, it had seemed possible that Aemon might recover. Xhondo’s talk of dragons had almost seemed to restore the old man to himself. That night he ate every bite Sam put before him. “No one ever looked for a girl,” he said. “It was a prince that was promised, not a princess. Rhaegar, I thought … the smoke was from the fire that devoured Summerhall on the day of his birth, the salt from the tears shed for those who died. He shared my belief when he was young, but later he became persuaded that it was his own son who fulfilled the prophecy, for a comet had been seen above King’s Landing on the night Aegon was conceived, and Rhaegar was certain the bleeding star had to be a comet. What fools we were, who thought ourselves so wise! The error crept in from the translation. Dragons are neither male nor female, Barth saw the truth of that, but now one and now the other, as changeable as flame. The language misled us all for a thousand years. Daenerys is the one, born amidst salt and smoke. The dragons prove it.” Just talking of her seemed to make him stronger. “I must go to her. I must. Would that I was even ten years younger.” The old man had been so determined that he had even walked up the plank onto the Cinnamon Wind on his own two legs, after Sam made arrangements for their passage.

~

“No,” the old man said. “It must be you. Tell them. The prophecy … my brother’s dream … Lady Melisandre has misread the signs. Stannis … Stannis has some of the dragon blood in him, yes. His brothers did as well. Rhaelle, Egg’s little girl, she was how they came by it … their father’s mother … she used to call me Uncle Maester when she was a little girl. I remembered that, so I allowed myself to hope … perhaps I wanted to … we all deceive ourselves, when we want to believe. Melisandre most of all, I think. The sword is wrong, she has to know that … light without heat … an empty glamor … the sword is wrong, and the false light can only lead us deeper into darkness, Sam. Daenerys is our hope. Tell them that, at the Citadel. Make them listen. They must send her a maester. Daenerys must be counseled, taught, protected. For all these years I’ve lingered, waiting, watching, and now that the day has dawned I am too old. I am dying, Sam.” Tears ran from his blind white eyes at that admission.

~

That had been one of his last good days. After that the old man spent more time sleeping than awake, curled up beneath a pile of furs in the captain’s cabin. Sometimes he would mutter in his sleep. When he woke he’d call for Sam, insisting that he had to tell him something, but oft as not he would have forgotten what he meant to say by the time that Sam arrived. Even when he did recall, his talk was all a jumble. He spoke of dreams and never named the dreamer, of a glass candle that could not be lit and eggs that would not hatch. He said the sphinx was the riddle, not the riddler, whatever that meant. He asked Sam to read for him from a book by Septon Barth, whose writings had been burned during the reign of Baelor the Blessed. Once he woke up weeping. “The dragon must have three heads,” he wailed, “but I am too old and frail to be one of them. I should be with her, showing her the way, but my body has betrayed me.”

[sansas-amythest-hairnet]

Rhae Targaryen Daughter of Maekar

I put her in Massey colors because one of my friends requested it, but we do know that she married and had children. We also know that she gave her brother Aegon V a love potion to try and make him fall in love with her

Sneak Peek of what’s next: Rhaelle Targaryen

[valyrianfreehold]

I never fuckin even considered this before Aemon is right

Aegon, Daeron, and Aerion all died because of the dream of dragons. Daeron’s literal dragon dreams leading him to self destruct, Egg’s dreams of awakening dragons and the failed Summerhall ritual, and Aerion literally thinking he was a dragon and throwing back wildfire

And then Aemon, doomed to watch them all die and to only begin to dream of dragons and renewal in his old age when it’s too late to do anything

[maid-with-sunset-in-her-hair]

Honestly, the chapter where Sam finds about the baby switch is so funny? 😂 Obviously my heart breaks for Gilly, but I can't get over the fact that Sam goes and asks Maester Aemon what happened to Jon, why he became so heartless? 😂 Because apparently Jon losing his entire family in the span of three years, his uncle being eaten by zombies, his father being unfairly executed, his brothers being murdered and his sisters being forced to be child brides isn't enough to explain his change of behavior 😂 And then Maester Aemon, who also lost his entire family to the game of thrones, basically tells Sam its his fault for commiting electoral fraud 😂

[emptyportrait]

Maekar's children are so funny like what do you mean Daeron the Drunken, Aerion Brightflame, maester Aemon and Aegon the Unlikely are literally brothers cause they all are at opposite ends of the spectrum!!

[asongoficeandfiresource]

Targaryen Week 2023 || Day Six: Family Dynamics -- Jon Snow and Maester Aemon

[asongofstarkandtargaryen]

Jon, I understand you are sad Old Bear died but it's impolite to call your great - granduncle "Bro".

[robynnnn311]

i will never get over maester aemons very sad death scene and sam and gilly having sex for the first time being in the same chapter george rr martin you will pay

[highgardenart]

Maester Aemon

“[He] had seen nine kings upon the Iron Throne. He had been a king's son, a king's brother, a king's uncle.”

[yourlocalnetizen]

Putting Targ males into tiers based on how much I like them.

I would plant my DNA in a crime scene for them:

Aemon the Pale Prince, Baelon, Vaegon, Daeron the Daring, Jacaerys, Viserys II, Aemon the Dragonknight, Baelor Breakspear, Maester Aemon, Aegon V

I would kiss them:

Aegon II (after I give him a breath mint), Aemond, Daeron II, Maekar, Daeron the Drunken, Duncan, Viserys III

My happy vitamins:

Aenys, Laenor, Lucerys, Aegon III, Aerys I, Valarr, Daeron son of Aegon V

They interest me, but I wouldn't say I like them:

Aegon I, Jaehaerys I, Daeron I, Baelor I, Daemon Blackfyre, Bloodraven, Rhaegar

Completely neutral:

Aegon the Uncrowned, Viserys son of Aenys, Joffrey, Rhaegel, Matarys, Aelor

Love to hate them:

Maegor, Viserys I, Aegon IV, Bittersteel, Aerion Brightflame, Aerys II

IDGAF:

Jaehaerys II

I'd pay to burn them alive they infuriate me so much:

Daemon the Rogue Prince

[thewatcher0nthewall]

The Blind Dragon of Castle Black

[fireandbloodsource]

DAENERYS APPRECIATION MONTH 2022 ↳ Day 15: Embodiment of hope

He was not a man to be refused. Sam hesitated a moment, then told his tale again as Marywn, Alleras, and the other novice listened. "Maester Aemon believed that Daenerys Targaryen was the fulfillment of a prophecy . . . her, not Stannis, nor Prince Rhaegar, nor the princeling whose head was dashed against the wall."

"Born amidst salt and smoke, beneath a bleeding star. I know the prophecy." Marwyn turned his head and spat a gob of red phlegm onto the floor. "Not that I would trust it. Gorghan of Old Ghis once wrote that a prophecy is like a treacherous woman. She takes your member in her mouth, and you moan with the pleasure of it and think, how sweet, how fine, how good this is . . . and then her teeth snap shut and your moans turn to screams. That is the nature of prophecy, said Gorghan. Prophecy will bite your prick off every time." He chewed a bit. "Still . . ."

[aegor-bamfsteel]

“The average Targ man lives 50 years—” actually, the average Targ man lives 27 years. Maester Aemon, who lived at the Wall and died aged 102, is an outlier who should not be counted.

[silverflameataraxia]

I can't get over Jon and Arya thinking about each other practically every POV 🥰

"He's frightened. We're leaving him." He remembered the day he had left Winterfell, all the bittersweet farewells; Bran lying broken, Robb with snow in his hair,  Arya raining kisses on him after he'd given her Needle. "Once we say our words, we'll all have duties to attend to. Some of us may be sent away, to Eastwatch or the Shadow Tower. Sam will remain in training, with the likes of Rast and Cuger and these new boys who are coming up the kingsroad. Gods only know what they'll be like, but you can bet Ser Alliser will send them against him, first chance he gets."

He told them all of it, even the part where he'd set Ghost at Rast's throat. Maester Aemon listened silently, blind eyes fixed on the fire, but Chett's face darkened with each word. "Without us to keep him safe, Sam will have no chance," Jon finished.  "He's hopeless with a sword. My sister Arya could tear him apart, and she's not yet ten. If Ser Alliser makes him fight, it's only a matter of time before he's hurt or killed."

AGoT, Jon V

A whooping gang of small children  went running past, chasing a rolling hoop. Arya stared at them with resentment, remembering the times she played at hoops with Bran and Jon and their baby brother Rickon. She wondered how big Rickon had grown, and whether Bran was sad. She would have given anything if Jon had been here to call her "little sister" and muss her hair.  Not that it needed mussing. She'd seen her reflection in puddles,  and she didn't think hair got any more mussed than hers.

AGoT, Arya V

Between the two of them, they think of all their siblings except Sansa 🤣🤣🤣 But then Sansa never thinks of her family in her POV's. She's too busy thinking about her beloved Joffrey 🤮