#daeron i targaryen

[wodania]

fire and blood

the kings (and rhaegar) of house targaryen

[gotham-at-nightfall]

Valyrian Couples: Part I

Aegon I Targaryen & Rhaenys Targaryen

Aenys I Targaryen & Alyssa Velaryon

Aegon (son of Aenys) Targaryen & Rhaena Targaryen

Jaehaerys I Targaryen & Alysanne Targaryen

Baelon (son of Jaehaerys) Targaryen & Alyssa Targaryen

Viserys I Targaryen & Aemma Arryn

Rhaenyra Targaryen & Daemon Targaryen

Aegon III Targaryen and Daenaera Velaryon

Viserys II Targaryen and Larra Rogare

Daeron I Targaryen, Daena Targaryen and Baelor I Targaryen

By JotaSaraiva

PART II

[melrosing]

Egg 3 and family

[thevelaryons]

Daenaera Velaryon & Daeron I Targaryen

Artist: @nurabelmax (bluesky/twitter/instagram)

[wweskywalker]

“she idolized her brother, daeron (the young dragon).”

easter eggs because i’m insane:

- daeron’s necklace belonged to rhaenyra

- the dornish longbow he bought her ☹️

- ik it’s because she wants to humiliate baelor but does it ever cross your minds that daena chose to wear white after daeron’s death to commemorate him, as she would be so much happier with him rather than baelor (i’m delulu leave me alone)

[mother-rhoyne]

The first gen Of Targaryens born after the Dance is such a mid-life crisis for the dynasty as a whole. Are you more "let's get crazy let's grab every opportunity follow our hearts we're 150 years young 🤪" (Aegon Daeron Daena) or are you "welp we've lost everything we based our personality on time to rebuild our sense of self entirely around whichever higher power makes us feel superior to the dirty youngins 🙏" (Rhaena Baelor Naerys Aemon)

[coldraindropsss]

Elaena Targaryen, Daeron I Targaryen, Daena Targaryen

[linaartsblogsworld]

▪️𝑴𝑨𝑴𝑨'𝑺 𝑩𝑶𝒀𝑺 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔: 𝐃𝐚𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐧 ,𝐃𝐚𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐈 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐞𝐧 💙

[cruciomee]

[warsofasoiaf]

What would you say are your ASOIAF "unpopular opinions"?

Let's see.

Jon Connington is unsympathetic and his "I loved a star, overreached, and fell" is maudlin, not tragic.

Doran Martell isn't motivated by justice, although he believes himself to be.

Daenerys's chapters in Meereen are uninteresting and her antagonists poorly-written.

The Dance of the Dragons sucks.

Daemon Blackfyre is not some meat head jock.

The idea that the Targaryens knew about the Others is incredibly stupid and introduces massive plot-holes. The reveal itself is also poorly-executed.

Rhaegar would have been an exceptionally poor leader. The right man died on the Trident.

What happened to Daeron I at the Dornish peace conference was an actual factual war crime and the Dornish were damned lucky to avoid reprisal. People that say it was FAFO have no idea what they're talking about at best, or are low-key cool with war crimes when it's "their" side at worst.

Thanks for the question, Anon.

SomethingLikeALawyer, Hand of the King

[yourlocalnetizen]

AU where all the adult dragons survive the dance in full health but no new eggs are hatched

(and their riders still die ofc)

Here's who I see the next generation of Targs claiming:

(Seasmoke will continue getting passed down by House Velaryon)

Viserys II: Vermithor - Intellectually he had the potential to be the second coming of Jaehaerys, I think Vermithor would have seen his first rider in Viserys II and formed a bond with him.

Aegon IV: Syrax - Both very lazy and very fertile. I know he would have wanted Sunfyre because he seems superficial as heck but I can NOT see him bonding with Sunfyre. (Say what you will about Egg2, but he loved Sunfyre in a was Egg4 was incapable of loving anyone.)

Aemon: Tessarion - The Daeron the Daring vibes are there! I think Tessarion would have been drawn to him judging by him sharing many traits in common with her first rider.

Naerys: Dreamfyre - Might have not claimed a dragon at all but Papa Viserys might have hoped a dragon would improve her poor health and pushed her to claim one. Plus, Dreamfyre LOVES her miserable tragic Targ Queens and Naerys gave birth to twins once. You know who else had twins? That's right, Queen Rhaena and Queen Helaena.

Daeron I: Vhagar - Boy King would have wanted himself the greatest beast he could get. Nothing more fitting to conquer Dorne than a conqueror's dragon. Would have gotten himself and Vhagar killed in Dorne like Rhaenys & Meraxes.

Baelor I: Silverwing - If he chooses a dragon at all I can't imagine it being anyone other than the gentle Silverwing.

Daena: Meleys - I think Meleys has a type: strong & badass Targ ladies.

Rhaena: NONE - She 100% wouldn't have claimed a dragon.

Elaena: Morning - After aunt Rhaena's death. She stole her other aunt Baela's man (Alyn V), only fitting for her to take Rhaena's dragon.

Daeron II: Sunfyre - While he's not that similar to Aegon II obviously, Sunfyre is a dragon who's characterization is built around love. I love the idea of Sunfyre picking up on a boy feeling rejected by his father and filling that hole like he did for another Targ boy before, only this one ended up being a better person. (Plus daddy undearest Aegon IV would have been so pissed off seeing Daeron claim the prettiest dragon.)

Daenerys: Silverwing - She seemed intelligent and likable and kind, not to mention her descendants followed absolute primogeniture and she shares a name with feminist icon Alysanne's daughter so Silverwing just fits.

Baelor: Tessarion - Listen! I trust my girl Tessarion to have good taste! I can see Baelor claiming her after great-uncle Aemon's death.

Aerys I: NONE - I feel like be wouldn't have one. He's so Archmaester Vaegon coded, he'd just be locked up in his room with his books.

Rhaegel: N/A - Just N/A, we know nothing about him.

Maekar: Sunfyre - He would wait years to claim Sunfyre after his dad's death. Sunfyre would have been very large at this point plus he's a war dragon which would be perfect for Maeker's war-like tendencies.

And the great bastards...

Daemon Blackfyre: Vermithor - I think Aegon IV would 100% let him claim a dragon and I think Vermithor would fit him. Especially with his forbidden love story with Daenerys.

Bittersteel: Vermithor - After Daemon's death, he'd claim Vermithor to continue Daemon's fight just like he took Blackfyre.

Bloodraven: Caraxes - An unusual dragon just like Bloodraven himself. I can see Daeron II offering him a dragon but I can't see him having a dragon going into current day so he'd probably get Caraxes killed at some point.

Shiera Seastar: NONE - As lovely as she is, there would be 0 good reason for Daeron II to give her one since she isn't fighting wars for him like Bloodraven.

[thaliajoy-blog]

Wait I almost forgot this flash of thought I had at three in the Morning last night about Jon & Young Griff & the parallels they both have with Daeron I. How Jon idolized the young wannabe conquerir king who died at 17 and how he died himself at seventeen although he had considerably gotten away from the ideal of Daeron, who wanted nothing more than to be as exceptional as his ancestors, to forget the gloom of the Dance & it's aftermath and finally get all of Westeros under Targaryen rule like Aegon I thought it should be. And that, at any cost. Daeron went to war in the South and sacrificed tens of thousands for nothing ; Jon does his best to fight North against the true ennemy, and forges alliances instead of making war against other men.

And you have Young Griff/Aegon, young & proud & bound to attempt to conquer Westeros again, whose words "I am the only dragon you need" ring as an echo to Daeron's "you have a dragon. He stands before you", who is bound to be loved (a mummer's dragon amidst a cheering crowd) but also to die young and violently. Young, proud, eager, and doomed.

[gotham-at-nightfall]

The Royal Families of The Seven Kingdoms: Part 3

By Jota Saraiva

[agentrouka-blog]

Jonsas never mention the fact that Jon dreamed of being a conqueror like King Daeron, I wonder why…

(Do you really "wonder why" or are you content making vague implications you don't care to spell out because it would make them even easier to refute?)

Why don't we spend our days talking about this?

Because GRRM mentions it twice, and both times he already dismantles it?

The first time it's a drunk 14-year-old trying to justify why he's already superqualified to join the Night's Watch, hoping to become a glamorously exciting ranger.

"Daeren Targaryen was only fourteen when he conquered Dorne," Jon said. The Young Dragon was one of his heroes." A conquest that lasted a summer," his uncle pointed out. "Your Boy King lost ten thousand men taking the place, and another fifty trying to hold it. Someone should have told him that war isn't a game." He took another sip of wine. "Also," he said, wiping his mouth, "Daeren Targaryen was only eighteen when he died. Or have you forgotten that part?" (AGOT, Jon I)

Young conquerors who get thousands killed and die young. Hello Robb. Hello..., well, let's not spoil anything else, I guess. His idealization is immediately reprimanded, for Jon the character and for the reader.

The second time, it's in direct contrast to the complex politics Jon-the-Lord-Commander is engaging in to balance out the interests of multiple dangerous parties so the maximum amount of human beings survive the winter and the Others, without killing each other - and secretly rescue his little sister on top of it.

When Jon had been a boy at Winterfell, his hero had been the Young Dragon, the boy king who had conquered Dorne at the age of fourteen. Despite his bastard birth, or perhaps because of it, Jon Snow had dreamed of leading men to glory just as King Daeron had, of growing up to be a conqueror. Now he was a man grown and the Wall was his, yet all he had were doubts. He could not even seem to conquer those. (ADWD, Jon VII)

The pivotal message here is that rulership is not that simple, not that glorious, not as banal as conquest. Jon is no longer a child hoping to compensate for his painful childhood with a power fantasy of being admired and adored for impressive feats of warfare. It's put into direct contrast with his actual challenges as a leader.

And wouldn't you know it, the moment Jon has a glamorous speech rallying men to march into war with him? That's the one moment GRRM chooses to undercut by immediately following it with his assassination. He will never ever depict war and battle as positive things, even with sympathetic characters. Even in defense, but especially related to conquest.

These things are not exactly subtle. GRRM is using Daeron and the way characters discuss him as a short-cut to criticising wars of conquest and those who glamorize them. Jon grows beyond that within the span of the books. His relationship with conquerors, especially in relation to the North, is bound to be conflicted.

So.. no, you're not seeing jonsas making a ton of posts about it. It's pretty clear-cut.

[grival]

I was bored so, I made a variation of this "meme" this isn't aegon bashing ok this is for fun

[thevelaryons]

“And an elephant,” Lord Alyn answered insolently. “Pray, do not forget the elephant, my lord.”

~

“The harbor teems with galleys, cogs, and carracks of every sort and size, yet even so I soon found myself consorting with smugglers and pirates. We have ten thousand men in the company, as I am sure Lord Connington remembers from his years of service with us. Five hundred knights, each with three horses. Five hundred squires, with one mount apiece. And elephants, we must not forget the elephants. A pirate ship will not suffice. We would need a pirate fleet...”