𝑫𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒐𝒏 𝑫𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚

𝐕𝐡𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐫

   The large and vicious she-dragon was first ridden by Visenya Targaryen, the first sister-wife to Aegon Targaryen. The large dragon outlived Balerion the Black Dread and Meraxes, but she became too large for the world she once helped conquer. Her other known riders were Prince Baelon Targaryen, Lady Laena Velaryon and Prince Aemond Targaryen. 

  Vhagar was bronze and green in colour with a strong snout, a defined body, and a long thin tail. There aren’t many dragons with her particular facial shape. But her body resembles the traditional dragon-like model. 

  Out of the three Conquerors’ dragons, Vhagar was the smallest and youngest, with Balerion and Meraxes besting her in strength and scales. However, Vhagar was the only one of the three to survive and live to see the next four generations. 

𝒈𝒊𝒇 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒕: @itsvergilsparda

The black brides

Why is Viserra Lannister team Baelon? What’s her deal

she never got out of her born to die phase and then became a boymom to a kid named Jaeson so despite being a bad bitch she is also a reactionary who is soul bonded to her father’s canonically misogynist dragon. hope this helps. 

A World of Ice & Fire / AGOT, Jon IV / Fire & Blood / AGOT, Jon VI / Fire & Blood / ASOS, Jon XI / A World of Ice & Fire / ACOK, Daenerys I / Fire & Blood / AGOT, Jon III

Queen Visenya Targaryen + Jon Snow parallels throughout the series and its additions.

Princess Visenya Targaryen was supposed to marry her brother King Viserys ii Targaryen And became the mother of king Aegon IV, Queen Naerys and Prince Aemon.

But George r.r Martin canceled that and made Visenya a stillborn baby.

Love how Targaryen older sisters are always the personification of "If beauty could kill" while their younger sisters are always the personification of "If beauty could heal"

🇵🇸 🇵🇷🐢🏝️ i got tired of complaining constantly on my main blog (@thewingedwolf is me!) about how sansa and rhaenyra did nothing wrong and also i needed a way to organize my theories and stuff. yes i have read all the books. yes i have (unfortunately) seen the whole show. yes i have seen all of hotd as well. so here we go. my stances are this, so you have an idea what to expect:

i am a catelyn, sansa, brienne, elia, and rhaenyra stan FIRST and a person SECOND

i would die Gaemon Palehair, Lady Essie, and Sylvenna Sand, those are my canon OCs, and that’s why they’re my header.

Sansa and Bran are my favorites! I am a Sansa will be Queen in the North truther and a Bran will be the King in Harrenhal conspiracy theorist, It Is Heavily Foreshadowed In The Text and I stand on that!!

I'm well aware Rhaenyra has plenty of faults, I am simply saying that the greens (as in, the characters) do not like her because of her gender, and not for stuff she does that’s actually wrong, also, idc that she did all of that i simply think she’s neat.

Helaena really IS the one who did nothing wrong tho.

i am a Dark Daenerys believer. no, i don’t hate her - in fact, i really love her, although i do hate her show counterpart - I just think her arc is heading towards a dark path and being a villain protagonist is the more interesting route for her character.

House Martell will rise or I will piss in old man germ’s cornflakes.

I Will talk about the racism Dorne faces in the text and outside of it and neither your favorite house nor my favorite house is exempt from this. If you have a problem with that, keep it to yourself bc i do not care 🙏🏽

i multiship!! just bc i ship it doesn’t mean i think it’s gonna happen in the series, i just like the dynamic!!

i am in fact the annoying book jonsa truther they warned you about. i will Stay bitter about this. argue with the wall.

with that said, i also like theonsa, throbb, daemyra, laenyra, rhaewin, nedcat, braime, briensa, and a million other ones. faves listed here. several of them are dead dove-esque; what can i say, that's just george's style.

you decide whether it’s romantic or platonic when it’s an incest one, my opinion changes by the hour & im gonna fight grrm for making me think this much about incest.

i don’t like jonerys!!!!!! i'm sansan & sanrion ambivalent and i simply do not care about littlefucker like that. i would say i’ve thought positively about basically every other ship.

i’m in the middle of a reread, as of this moment (april 2024) i’ve kinda stalled on the beginning of a dance with dragons but i Have started a rewatch of the tv series as a form of torture.

i first read this series when i was 16 in like 2012-2013. i love to bitch about the takes i’ve seen. i sometimes reblog really old ass graphics bc they deserve new life even tho the creators are long since deactivated. i sometimes make graphics that look like they’re from 2014 bc we should bring that style back dammit i hate the typography movement going on rn.

big on tagging triggers so lmk (i’ll tag for all characters & major triggers but i’m fine with adding a specific one if asked and don't worry about it being a "weird" trigger - if sean bean's face or knives or wolves or whatever trigger you, i'm happy to tag for that!).

i have a tag page that is more organized than the slapdash nonsense on this post, feel free to check it out here.

i may sound angry but i promise i am genuinely just here for a laugh. i just have resting bitch voice and no feel for tone and use the word fuck too much. it’s fine and unserious.

Visenya Targaryen founding the Kingsguard to protect Aegon the Conqueror and the kings and queens to come. While Daemon Targaryen honored as the true founder of modern City Watch, cultivating it into an organization as he reorganized them, armored them and cloaked them in gold.

Both wielders of the sword, Dark Sister and known warriors of their house.

Visenya twice wielded Dark Sister in Aegon’s defense when he was set upon by Dornish cutthroats. Suspicious and ferocious by turns, she trusted no one but her brother. During the Dornish War, she took to wearing a shirt of mail night and day, even under her court clothes, and urged the king to do the same. When Aegon refused, Visenya grew furious. “Even with Blackfyre in your hand, you are only one man,” she told him, “and I cannot always be with you.” When the king pointed out that he had guardsmen around him, Visenya drew Dark Sister and slashed him across the cheek so quickly the guards had no time to react. “Your guards are slow and lazy,” she said. “I could have killed you as easily as I cut you. You require better protection.” King Aegon, bleeding, had no choice but to agree.

Fire and Blood (George R. R. Martin)

Peak older sibling energy. She even has “I’ll do it myself!” attitude.

So many knights came forward to offer themselves as candidates for the Kingsguard that King Aegon considered holding a great tourney to determine which of them was the most worthy. Visenya would not hear of it, however. To be a Kingsguard knight required more than just skill at arms, she pointed out. She would not risk placing men of uncertain loyalty about the king, regardless of how well they performed in a melee. She would choose the knights herself.

The champions she selected were young and old, tall and short, dark and fair. They came from every corner of the realm. Some were younger sons, others the heirs of ancient houses who gave up their inheritances to serve the king. One was a hedge knight, another bastard born. All of them were quick, strong, observant, skilled with sword and shield, and devoted to the king.

you know that one gif of that white lady pulling at her curtains or whatever because she's mad? that's me whenever i find out spn took bits and pieces of my culture and whitewashed it.

𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐞𝐧

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Slytherin

Chaotic Evil

King of Swords

Virgo Sun, Scorpio Moon, Aries Rising

 The eldest of the three siblings, Visenya was described as callous and unforgiving. She grew up training alongside, Aegon. And because of this, she made a fearsome opponent on the battlefield as well as in the air. 

 Aegon wed Visenya out of duty, and there was no romantic love between them. However, there was respect - possibly even friendship, albeit distant. Their personalities were very similar. Both being introverted, assertive and logical. 

  It was a shock to everyone when Aegon took another wife, his youngest sister, Rhaenys. It was not said how the relationship between Visenya and Rhaenys was, only that they were the complete opposite of one another (and that Aegon favored Rhaenys). 

  Visenya bonded with Vhagar, large and battle-reared, who made any and every man tremble. It was with the help of the young Vhagar, that the realms were conquored and united. 

 Visenya wielded the Valyrian longsword, Dark Sister. It was one of the two ancestoral swords of House Targaryen (the other being Blackfyre). 

 She had one son with Aegon, who did not continue the Targaryen line, although tried he did. His name was Maegor the Cruel. 

 It was also rumoured that Visenya dabbled with poisions and dark sorceries. Some rumours claim that that is how Maegor was conceived; through dark magic. 

You Broke Me First || Aelon and Visenya

ᴍᴀʏʙᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ ᴛᴏᴏ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀsᴇʟғ ʙᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ sʜᴏᴜʟᴅ'ᴠᴇ ᴛᴏʟᴅ ᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜɪɴᴋɪɴɢ 'ʙᴏᴜᴛ sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴇʟsᴇ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴅʀᴜɴᴋ ᴀᴛ ᴀ ᴘᴀʀᴛʏ, ᴏʀ ᴍᴀʏʙᴇ ɪᴛ's ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄᴀʀ ʙʀᴏᴋᴇ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴘʜᴏɴᴇ's ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴏғғ ғᴏʀ ᴀ ᴄᴏᴜᴘʟᴇ ᴏғ ᴍᴏɴᴛʜs, sᴏ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴄᴀʟʟɪɴɢ ᴍᴇ ɴᴏᴡ

ɪ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ, ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜɪs ᴡʜᴇɴ sʜɪᴛ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ɢᴏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴡᴀʏ, ʏᴏᴜ ɴᴇᴇᴅᴇᴅ ᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ғɪx ɪᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴍᴇ, ɪ ᴅɪᴅ ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ʀᴀɴ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏғ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ʀᴇᴀsᴏɴ ɴᴏᴡ sᴜᴅᴅᴇɴʟʏ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴀsᴋɪɴɢ ғᴏʀ ɪᴛ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴍᴇ, ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ'ᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇʀᴠᴇ? ʏᴇᴀʜ, ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ sᴀʏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴍɪss ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ᴄᴀʀᴇ ʜᴏᴡ ʙᴀᴅ ɪᴛ ��ᴜʀᴛs

ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ʙʀᴏᴋᴇ ᴍᴇ ғɪʀsᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ʙʀᴏᴋᴇ ᴍᴇ ғɪʀsᴛ

Ty for opening my eyes to the truth that Aegon I was really just a kind of boring literally sterile blank slate everyone else projected their needs onto and Visenya capitalized on. All he had going for him was the biggest lizard and being a dude. Visenya was given a fail husband and she turned that into 300 years of targ rule. What a queen

Any thoughts on Rhaenys I? Despite the horrible death and mutilation she still is the luckiest of the three bc Aenys was born with white hair and her just fucking around and having fun as far as we can tell was largely ignored/accepted/dismissed by her family.

in fire and blood aegon i is such a cardboard cutout and i want to believe that it’s commentary about how people who cast such large shadows in history are cursed to never be fully known or understood as humans. but maybe he’s moving in silence and just happened to never write anything down or say anything particularly exciting in front of witnesses for the historical record.

Rhaenys i is an enigma to me. I think she gets remembered as the woman one and not an individual person by a lot of people within the narrative but i think it’s more fair to say she’s the most human of the three of them. She’s the Renly of the three. She seems to be the most in touch with the cultural and social aspects of conquest and ruling so it’s not super surprising that things go right back to fuck it we’re ruling through fear when she dies and leaves Visenya in charge. Also fucking bards on the low and having her son by one be the king through which all targaryens are descended from was pretty cool and i mean that 100% seriously

alyssa and baelon really named their firstborn son after their uncle who was tortured to death (&body left to rot) by their grand uncle

Hi! So it’s rumoured that we might expect the show about the Conquerors so there’s one thing I’m interested in

Could Visenya’s motivation for pushing Maegor towards the throne, mocking Aenys at every turn and claiming he’s weak, and her falling out with Aegon to the point that they couldn’t even stay at the same residence been motivated by the fact that Aegon married Rhaenys?

It’s said he married Visenya for duty and Rhaenys for love. But we aren’t given details of their weddings. It could be Aegon married Visenya first as tradition dictated, but then Aegon chose to or was seduced by Rhaenys into taking her as a second wife? Visenya might not love Aegon, but him insulting her like that surely could motivate her into betrayal?

First things first: HBO, I've said this before and I'll say it again, I am willing to work for very little money and I know I'd make a good show, just give me this, I can do it right the Conquerors are my babies.

I think it's entirely possible, since we know next to nothing about the inner workings of the Conquerors' brains, but I'll be honest, if that were an actual plot I'd find it a bit lazy. There are very few tropes that feel as tired to me as "woman scorned" and given how interesting these characters have the potential to be, it would just seem to me like the easiest way out. Yes, there's a reading where Visenya feels insulted that Aegon loved someone else more than her and prioritized that relationship, and that's a perfectly acceptable headcanon to have and I'm not here to knock on anyone's theories (and this is all theorizing because of the dearth of information we have), but as a writer, I find it a bit basic, and I'm not entirely sure it holds up to scrutiny. Visenya never exhibits any sign that she is insulted by Rhaenys and Aegon's marriage, or that she bears either of them any ill will. She fights by their sides during the Conquest, she crowns Aegon as king herself, she's comfortable sharing administrative duties with Rhaenys, she's just as upset as Aegon was when Rhaenys died, and she specifically is the one who creates the Kingsguard to protect Aegon. And when Aegon dies, she doesn't ever actually try to challenge Aenys's authority as king, she respects him as a ruler and never mounts any challenges (especially poignant when it's so clear that if Maegor and Visenya really wanted Aenys gone, they could do that, they have the two most powerful dragons in the world at their command), and she does try to actually help and advise him. She badmouths Aenys, yes, but only once he's king and long after Aegon's dead, and it seems that's more motivated by genuine issues she has with Aenys's personality than any old hurts that are making her be vindictive or petty.

The thing is, the change in Aegon and Visenya's relationship really seems to have been motivated by Rhaenys's death, not her introduction into the marriage. Visenya, according to all the records we have, appears to have been perfectly fine with Rhaenys being Aegon's wife as well, and with Aegon's clear preference for Rhaenys as a romantic and sexual partner. It's only after Rhaenys dies and the First Dornish War comes to an end that it's apparently becoming clear to chroniclers that Aegon and Visenya are drifting apart. And to me, that reads more like it was what happened to Rhaenys specifically that altered the course of that relationship. Grief is a very powerful thing and it can either bring the people affected closer together or tear them apart with its intensity. And these two were absolutely grieving, they lost their baby sister unexpectedly and violently and clearly weren't handling it in the most healthy way, considering that their coping mechanism was "burn an entire subcontinent to the ground over and over with indiscriminate rage for two years". It seems like Rhaenys operated, in some capacity, as the glue holding their family together, considering how she's described as kindhearted and well liked and just a good person to be around, in stark contrast to Visenya's sternness and Aegon's reserved introversion. So when she died, you've got two people, who have a cooler relationship with each other than they had with her, who are feeling very strong emotions that they cannot handle very well and are heavily internalizing, and it resulted in them drifting further and further from each other in the years to come (especially on Aegon's part, considering how clear it is that he never got over Rhaenys). That's likely part of what motivated Visenya's own strong attachment to Maegor and her decisions to prioritize her own line over the laws and customs of Westeros and to do the things that she did, no matter how "evil" they might be.

My own theory is, as I've mentioned, that Visenya was a lesbian (or at least a woman attracted to other women) and was jealous of Aegon for having Rhaenys, rather than the historical narrative implying the opposite, and part of her issues with Aegon getting so bad was how Aegon ended the war and their chance to avenge Rhaenys without even consulting her. Mostly because Rhaenys and Visenya's relationship is very important to me, ASOIAF needs more gay characters, and there's a lot that can be played with in the idea that the taboo involved isn't even the incest but simple same sex attraction, and how that factors into the Valyrian culture vs. Westerosi culture debate and how the Targaryens operated in their early years. @ HBO, I'm right here, I'm free and available.

TL;DR, it's certainly possible, but it doesn't seem like Visenya was bothered by Rhaenys entering the marriage or viewed it as a betrayal, and the catalyst for how bad things got with Aegon and Visenya and how it bled over into the succession was Rhaenys's death, not Rhaenys's involvement with Aegon.