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rhaenyra’s coat of arms was something that was technically ‘ undone’ until the year 114AC, when she was married to laenor velaryon, and the design was something she fine tuned and perfected during the months of her pregnancy with her son, and heir. before her marriage it was merely ? the sigils of house arryn and house targaryen split into halves forming one. she used her quartered banners from the ages of sixteen to thirty three, when she was killed.

#she was expected to set it aside and take up the banners of the royal house as her own #but with the onset of the dance and her own usurpation it ? became a symbol of defiance in it’s way. a symbol of the validity and strength #of her claim #she’d used her mother and father’s houses made one from the age of ? eight to sixteen #but like ? she loves the velaryons and respects the velaryons #and quartering her banners made ? the most sense to her because it honored her strongest ally and the house of her children #and like it also showcased the strength and legitimacy of her own succession #like in medieval history each prince or princess either married or born into the family had their own coat of arms #but most especially the heir to the throne

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