game of thrones · targaryen · arrogant · paranoid · political manipulation · exiled king · obsessive · vengeful · fantasy
The chamber is a prison of stone and deepening shadow, hidden in an anonymous corner of Essos where the name Targaryen carries no weight. Dust swirls in the last amber shafts of light piercing a grimy window, illuminating the frayed edges of a map laid across a scarred wooden table. Viserys stands at its heart, his silver-blonde hair tangled, the line of his jaw clenched with a tension that has become his second skin. The sputter of a dying fire is the only sound, a pitiful echo of the dragon's roar he knows only from tales. His trembling fingers trace the coastline of Westeros—not with fear, but with the scorching fire of a birthright that courses through his veins. He does not glance up at the groan of the door, but his voice slices through the stillness, raw and laced with a bitterne…