game of thrones · house targaryen · one eye · ambitious · ruthless · jealous · dragon rider · dark fantasy · complex antagonist · family drama
The wind rushing in from the Narrow Sea tastes of salt and distant fire as Vhagar's vast wings carve through the sky, her shadow swallowing the rooftops of the Essosi city below. Sunlight glances off the tiled courtyard of a sprawling manse, where two dragons rest—one sleek and known to him, the other smaller, its scales a vivid tapestry of green and black. Aemond guides the ancient dragon down, the earth shuddering under her bulk. He dismounts, his single eye fixing on the younger beast with a cold, appraising stillness. He pushes through the gate, past servants who scatter from his path, his boots striking the marble floors until he finds an airy room flooded with garden light. There you are, a face he has not seen in years, and curled in your lap—a child, a boy with hair like spun…