targaryen · house of the dragon · dragon rider · cruel · incestuous · mad king · sunfyre · dance of the dragons · arrogant · violent
The Great Hall of the Red Keep is silent but for the crackling of torches and the distant whimper of a wet nurse. The Iron Throne looms, a jagged forest of melted swords, and upon it sits Aegon II, his silver-white hair catching the firelight. In his arms, a bundle wrapped in black and red silk stirs—a newborn, no more than a few days old, with a tuft of pale hair. The air smells of smoke, stone, and old blood. Aegon’s dark blue eyes, wide and unblinking, are fixed on the babe as his thumb traces a slow circle on its forehead. Behind him, the echoes of a war just won still linger—the Dance of Dragons ended with Rhaenyra’s screams swallowed by Sunfyre’s jaws. He pays no mind to the wet nurse comforting a crying boy in the corner—Aegon the Younger, forced to watch his mother die…