#bittersteel

[knightsickness]

great bastards dashboard simulator

🧺 humblekingslandingwasherwoman

bloodraven’s pussy would taste like this i think

📗 oldtownie

no it wouldn’t

📗 oldtownie

it would taste like toxic shock syndrome

🐚 shierastarred

🐎 aegorsonofaegon

baby please call me

🐎 aegorsonofaegon

this isn’t you

🐎 aegorsonofaegon

shiera please

🐚 shierastarred

who did you vote

🛡️ kingsguardimagines

imagine you’re aemon dragonknight’s bastard daughter 🤫 and seduced by the king 🤤 while your father is in the sept 🤭

🌿 brackenheart

you people will be seen to seven willing

👼 sweetestlittlesepta

sickos see a man committed to faith and celibacy and seethe because they know they could never do that. we LOVE you aemon he doesn’t deserve this at all… need a break from this hellsite i’m losing my trust in humanity. if you can slander one of the kindest, bravest knights in westeros’ history, who has never done ANYTHING to you… well i don’t like to be mean but i really think you need to take a step back and seriously examine the kind of person you must be to do that, and how much, deep down, you must truly hate yourself.

🐕 tittysteel

rb if you deep down must truly hate yourself OR if you’re dicking aemon dragonknight’s hypothetical daughter

🌌 sevenheritageposts

faith of the seven heritage post

📗 oldtownie

all this tired otto hightower hate coming back up after jon’s appointment .. just say you hate to see old queens win and go

👑 queenofloveandbooty-deactivated186AC

??

⌛️ citadhell-deactivated186AC

he deleted it lmao

🔥 maegorwithouttits-deactivated186AC

who is mutuals with bloodraven’s fake washerwoman sideblog

🥣 peaseandlove

this post is a graveyard

🐕 tittysteel

🏰 klupdates

king aegon seen stepping out with jeyne lothson, daughter of his previous mistress falena stokeworth

🗡️ whiteknightmare

🗡️ whiteknightmare

happy anniversary of this post HES DEAD

🐚 shierastarred

aemon dragonknight sacrificing himself for his brother cosmic dickriding event. like get some self-respect lol

[daenerys-stormborn]

TARGARYEN WEEK Day 6: Favorite Family Dynamic - THE GREAT BASTARDS

While on his deathbed, Aegon legitimized his bastards and placed them in his line of succession after his firstborn, Daeron II.

Daemon Blackfyre  

Daemon I Blackfyre, born Daemon Waters, was the bastard son of Princess Daena Targaryen and King Aegon IV Targaryen. Daemon when denied Princess Daenerys he rose up and  swayed half the kingdom to support his claim to the Iron Throne against King Daeron II in a war called the Blackfyre Rebellion. He was the first and greatest of the Blackfyre Pretenders.   

Aegor 'Bittersteel' Rivers  

Ser Aegor Rivers, often called Bittersteel, was a renowned knight. In the First Blackfyre Rebellion, Aegor sided with Daemon against King Daeron II.  Bittersteel fled Westeros after Daemon’s death at the end of the rebellion to the Free City of Tyrosh.  Aegor founded the Golden Company, a famous mercenary organization, to stop the loss of support for the Blackfyres.  

Brynden 'Bloodraven' Rivers  

Lord Brynden Rivers, called “Lord Bloodraven”. Brynden was a Targaryen loyalist during the Blackfyre Rebellions, the Hand of Aerys I and Maekar I Targaryen, and Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch. Shiera Seastar, another bastard of Aegon IV, was his mistress. His half-brother Aegor “Bittersteel” Rivers desired Shiera also, which served in increasing the enmity between the two. Bloodraven was thought to be a sorcerer. He disappeared while ranging beyond the Wall in 252 AC. He is discovered to be The Three-Eyed Raven by Bran Stark.  

Shiera Seastar  

Shiera Seastar was the last of the Great Bastards of King Aegon IV Targaryen.  Shiera never married, but took many lovers, and numerous duels were fought for her favor. Her half-brother Brynden Rivers repeatedly proposed marriage to her. Although she refused to marry him, she did share her bed with him.Her other half-brother Bittersteel, was said to have also desired her, which only served to increase the hatred between Bloodraven and Bittersteel. There were rumors that she bathed in the blood of maidens to retain her beauty.  

[tronodiferro]

The Seeds of the Blackfyre Rebellion From left to right: Daemon Blackfyre; Aegor Rivers/Bittersteel; Barbra Bracken; Shiera Seastar; Brynden Rivers/Bloodraven; Mya Rivers; Melissa Blackwood; Gwenys Rivers. Background: Aegon IV Targaryen the Unworthy.

From and art by JotaSaraiva

[targsource]

TARGARYEN PORTRAITS: PART 6

by riotarttherite on twitter

featuring: King Aegon IV (1), Lady Barba Bracken (2), Lady Melissa Blackwood (3), Lady Serenei (4), Ser Daemon Blackfyre (5), Ser Aegor Rivers (6), Lady Mya Rivers (7), Lady Gwenys Rivers (8), Ser Brynden Rivers (9), Lady Shiera Seastar (10)

[rozsesandart]

Lady Barba Bracken, fifth mistress of Aegon IV Targaryen and mother of Aegor Rivers, known as Bittersteel ⚔️

Art - by @rozsesandart

Socials - art masterlist- kofi - commissions

[eddtollett]

[dreaminghelaena]

pov hypothetical blackfyre show marketing

[sansa286]

On...Targaryen (Valyrian) Hair Colors!

Season 1 wigs were superior imo.

Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon have a habit of making all Targaryen hair look rather one-note, and in the same bleached platinum-blonde color. However the books offer a wide variety of descriptions which I plan on covering today.

Disclaimer: The pictures used are to show color, not texture. In the books there are several different textures, and in the show the Velaryons have afro-textured hair and locs. Not every example (or most) is going to be texture-accurate, this post is is purely about the different shades of hair color found in the family.

Silver-Gold

The most common hair color Valyrians are said to have is "silver-gold". Aegon I, Rhaenys, Visenya, Rhaena Targaryen (Aenys's daughter), Daenerys, Viserys and many others of Valyrian descent (as well as Hightowers) have been described with this color. Interestingly in the portraits GRRM commissioned years ago, their hair looked something like this:

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The difference between the silver and the gold is stark (pun not intended.) However other depictions have been more blended to resemble something like this:

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That is personally how I first imagined Daenerys's hair in A Game of Thrones looking.

2. Silver-White

The Dragon Twins Baela and Rhaena Targaryen (Prince Daemon and Lady Laena Velaryon's twins) are described as having "silver-white" hair. Which can be interpreted as a very bright silver color with no hints of gold or blonde.

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The wig department for HotD better take notes! This is what Rhaena's locs should've looked like.

3. White

King Aegon III Targaryen is described as having hair so pale it appeared white. White differs from silver due to silver having a gray base.

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4. White Gold

Prince Aemon (son of King Jaehaerys I & Queen Alyssane) was said to have white gold hair, which was considered rare. White-gold can be interpreted as just a very pale blonde/gold color. You may think that white gold is silver-looking in color, but that is only because much of modern-day white gold has been plated with rhodium to reduce the pale yellow color. White gold that hasn't been plated is a (very pretty) pale gold color, which is what I'm assuming GRRM meant because I am fairly certain rhodium plating wasn't a thing during the medieval period.

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5. Honey

Not all Targaryens are pale haired! [Best] Queen Alysanne's hair was said to be honey colored. It was believed that her hair came out this way due to her grandmother being Lady Alarra Massey, who was Andal not Valyrian.

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6. Dirty-Blonde

Princess Alyssa Targaryen (daughter of King Jaehaerys I and Queen Alysanne) was said to have dirty-blonde hair without a trace of silver.

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8. Brown

I'm including Prince Jacaerys Velaryon and his bros here, because while his parentage was disputed, and confirmed in the show, he's still a Targaryen on his mother's side and would have taken on the name Targaryen when he became king. Jace is said to have brown hair. No flowery language used to describe it by GRRM...just brown.

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7. Black

Yes, there are black-haired Targaryens! Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Prince Aemon and Jocelyn Baratheon) had black hair, as did the children of Prince Rhaegar and Princess Elia Martell (sweet Princess Rhaenys and Prince Aegon.) Aegor Rivers, also known as "Bittersteel" (the son of King Aegon the Unworthy and Barbra Bracken) also had black hair.

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[aegor-bamfsteel]

When crows remember people who wronged them and hold grudges it's 'intelligent' and 'really cool', but when I do it I'm 'petty' and 'need to move on? - Aegor Rivers

[knightsickness]

if you’ve any interest in being one of those annoying bitches whose like um actually hotd marketing didn’t get me i was always absolutely insane about one team and hated the other NOW is the time to start doing that for the brackens and blackwoods. when the inevitable blackfyre rebellion show is marketed as the wicked bittersteel vs the cool bloodraven everyone will be doing it

[highgardenart]

Ser Aegor Rivers

“Perhaps it was his Bracken blood that made Aegor so choleric and so quick to take offense…“

[kazz-brekker]

confession time whenever people talk about the bloodraven-seastar-bittersteel love triangle i always just think of this meme

[unusual-raccoon]

What if Bloodraven Bittersteel fic??? What if internalized homophobia??? What if incest targ blood cancels out blood feud???

[makesitprecious]

LET'S CAST THAT ⤵

Sasha Luss as Shiera 🌊🌟

Though she never wed, she had many offers, and several lovers through the years. Duels were fought over the right to sit beside her, men killed themselves after falling from her favor, poets outdid each other writing songs about her beauty. Her most ardent admirer was her half-brother, Bloodraven, who proposed marriage to her half a hundred times. Shiera gave him her bed, but never her hand. It amused her more to make him jealous. -- So Spake Martin

[rozsesandart]

“Though she never wed, she had many offers, and several lovers through the years. Duels were fought over the right to sit beside her, men killed themselves after falling from her favor, poets outdid each other writing songs about her beauty.” - Fire & Blood by George RR Martin

Shiera Seastar by @rozsesandart