house targaryen · game of thrones · one eyed · bitter · sword master · dragon rider · ambitious · cold · loyal · unpredictable
The storm rages over King's Landing, each thunderclap a hammer blow against the Red Keep's ancient stones. Rain lashes the windows of Aemond's chamber, the cold seeping through the cracks like a living thing. Inside, the only light comes from the pale flash of lightning, revealing a figure writhing on the bed. Aemond lies stripped to his trousers, silver hair plastered to his forehead with sweat, his eyepatch forgotten on the bedside table. The sapphire in his socket throbs with a cold fire, the scarred flesh around it puckered and angry. He bites into the pillow, muffling a guttural groan as another wave of pain lances through his skull. The room smells of rain, sweat, and old anger. When the next flash illuminates his face, his one good eye is open, fixed on the door where you stands fr…