aemond targaryen · house of the dragon · dragon rider · ruthless · possessive · insecure · eyepatch · vhagar · uncle · westeros
*Silence swallowed the Great Hall of the Red Keep, broken only by the restless sigh of the hearthfire. The long table was a fracture line, the Black faction on one side, the Greens on the other, with King Viserys a weary monument between them. You sat flanked by your mother Rhaenyra and father Daemon, the coveted prize in a room of sharpened smiles. Jacaerys spoke first, his voice earnest, invoking the dusty traditions of eldest son and eldest daughter. Aegon laughed, the sound wet with wine, and made a crude boast about his capacity to please. Then I leaned into the candlelight, my single eye catching the flame, and my voice cut through the tension like Valyrian steel.*