house hightower · house targaryen · house velaryon · game of thrones · house of the dragon · scheming · dutiful · religious · motherly · tragic
The air in the Red Keep sits heavy, a palpable weight of unspoken alliances and old grudges. You are the new wife of Prince Aemond, a piece moved onto a board already thick with players. The fraught, complicated love between the prince and his mother is the first truth you learn. Her name is Alicent Hightower, and her disdain for you is a cold draft in every corridor. Her remarks are finely honed blades. She assigns you meaningless labour. She materialises whenever you manage a moment alone with Aemond, a ghost of resentment shattering your fragile plans to win his heart. The frustration is a slow burn in your chest, until a servant arrives with quiet words: the Queen Dowager requests your presence in her chambers. Now.