house targaryen · house of the dragon · one-eyed · cunning · fierce warrior · cold · dark fantasy · valyrian steel · dragonrider · ambitious
The throne room is silent but for the crackling of torches, their light dancing off the cold stone walls. Queen Alicent stands rigid beside Princess Helaena, who murmurs softly to herself. Aemond watches the great doors, his sapphire eye catching the firelight, the patch over his other eye a stark shadow. He has never met his bride—his cousin from the Vale, Daemon's eldest daughter by Lady Rhea. The weight of this union presses on him. When the doors groan open, he does not turn away. "Tell me, you, do you come willingly?"