Emperor Aegon Targaryen

Emperor Aegon Targaryen, Lord of Volantis, Essaria, Naques Irudy, Sarnor, and the Stepstones and the Narrow Sea, Royal Consort of Qarth, Protector of the Great Grass Sea, Chosen of the Fourteen, and Dragon Emperor, is the head of House Targaryen. He is the son of Prince Rhaegar Targaryen and Lady Lyanna Stark. He is the main POV character in The Dragon Has Three Heads.

Appearance and Character

 * See also: Images of Aegon Targaryen

A young man in his late teens, Aegon has the classical Valyrian look; He has amethyst eyes, pale skin, and pale silver-gold hair, and is said to greatly resemble his father Rhaegar.

Aegon is tall even among members of House Targaryen, towering over his peers. His strict martial training, his cultivation, and the favor of the gods has manifested in a nigh perfect body of sculpted muscle.

Aegon bears scars from the many life-threatening battles he has survived, from nearly being crippled by Khal Drogo, to fighting abominations in Qohor, to having Robert Baratheon shove Valyrian steel through his chest. That he survived without being bedridden or maimed speaks of his luck and the favor of the gods, but his body is nonetheless a tapestry of his history.

Artifacts
Blackfyre -- The Sword of Kings, ancestral blade of the Head of House Targaryen, Blackfyre had been considered lost ever since the treacherous branch family also named Blackfyre absconded with it after a series of failed rebellions. The blade is a bastard sword made of Valyrian steel, forged in the days of the Freehold of Valyria. It has demonstrated further capabilities against eldritch, activating some hidden magic to simply erase everything it cut into.

Blackfyre was returned to Targaryen hands shortly before the Dothraki Invasion, when Aegon requested the help of Illyrio Mopatis in finding it. The Pentoshi magister went above and beyond and retrieved the sword in record time, probably due to whatever connections he possessed.

History
Born as the son of Prince Rhaegar Targaryen and Lady Lyanna Stark, Aegon is the head of House Targaryen, coming in the line of succession before his uncle Prince Viserys Targaryen and his aunt-wife Empress Daenerys Targaryen. A loyal maid smuggled him out of the Tower of Joy as he was born due to his coloring being painfully obviously Valyrian, leaving his Stark-colored sister Princess Jaehaera Targaryen (known thereafter as Joan Snow) to be raised by their maternal uncle Lord Eddard Stark as his supposed bastard daughter.

Flight to Braavos
Aegon was effectively raised by his uncle Viserys alongside an equally young Daenerys, living off the streets and eating the scraps off of richer men's tables. He watched warily as the shame and humiliation of their circumstance chipped away bit by bit at Viserys' sanity, coming to a head when they were forced to sell Rhaella's crown.

Eventually they were found and sponsored by a wealthy Pentoshi merchant by the name if Illyrio Mopatis, who agreed to support Viserys' claim to the Iron Throne and even help him find an army. This would be accomplished by selling Daenerys' hand in marriage to Khal Drogo, the most fearsome Dothraki alive. Through their wedding, Viserys would supposedly gain 100,000 Dothraki Screamers as his army to take back Westeros and the Iron Throne from the Baratheon and Lannister usurpers.

Aegon was far more skeptical of the validity of this plan. Not only was he struggling with unvoiced romantic affection for his aunt, but he flat out distrusted the honor of savage Dothraki. What if they just stole Daenerys as a bride and never gave Viserys the army he was promised?

After a quick desperate discussion with Daenerys, the two resolved to run away from Pentos before Khal Drogo could claim his Dragon Princess bride, though not before taking as much of Illyrio's treasures as they could to fund their flight. Alas, they were caught by a furious Viserys, who raged at them in a manic fury for dashing his hopes of an army to take back the Iron Throne. Somehow, Aegon was able to calm Viserys down, and remind him that it was not he who had the true claim to the throne, but Aegon. Then and there, Viserys bent the knee, and helped Aegon and Daenerys in looting Illyrio's treasures. He even acted as a diversion so they could more easily flee from Pentos, refusing to be told where they intended to go just in case he was captured.

Upon a successful escape, Aegon and Daenerys arrived in Braavos.

Braavos Arc
In many ways Braavos was Aegon's coming of age, where he learned independence, resourcefulness, and cunning.

Conquest of Qohor
After the victory against the Dothraki with the death of Khal Drogo and the sacrifice of the Great Stallion to the Fourteen, the Targaryens realized they had an army with no general, and if they wished to finish off the Dothraki once and for all instead of waiting several generations for them to become a problem again they had to act soon.

And so they sent an offer letter to the man they considered most suitable, a General Moqorro Votar of Volantis. When he answered Aegon's request for a meeting, he did it alongside the Triarchs, for that was who he was currently sworn to. The Triarchs came to Aegon with a deal; if Aegon wished for the service of one of their best generals on top of already having a deal to become lord of all territories east of Volantis that he could claim before other nations managed it, then they wanted compensation. This compensation came in the form of Aegon and Daenerys swearing by the Fourteen to become vassals of Volantis. While this limited their power greatly, it also granted them the ability to run for Triarch themselves, something which the current Triarchs hinted that they would be perfectly fine with. There were concessions granted for such an oath, however.

The bargain struck, General Moqorro set to work mustering the army in preparation to destroy the Dothraki once and for all, and Aegon moved on to other work. He and Daenerys finally summoned the courage to face High Priestess Kinvara for the first time after they'd blatantly stolen the power R'hllor gifted to them and returned it to the Fourteen... only to be totally caught off guard when Kinvara reverently greeted Aegon as Azor Ahai.

Upon explaining further, it was clear that Kinvara viewed Balerion as a dragon spirit rather than a god in his own right, and that when Urrax opened the flaming eye in the sun to resurrect everyone of Volantis who died to the Dothraki, she had mistaken that power as R'hllor's (mainly because R'hllor was an aspect of Urrax in the first place which was why they felt similar). Contrary to shaking her faith, that incident had only strengthened her conviction and her resolve to guide the prophesied hero down the "one true religion".

It turned out Kinvara had come to the meeting with a gift as well. While Kinvara was seemingly not angry at the events that had transpired, her god was utterly furious, and through his high priestess cursed Aegon and Daenerys to take one fatal flaw as a ruler. While this flaw could have been anything from being weak-willed to overly proud, it ended up manifesting for both Aegon and Daenerys in the form of lust, specifically lusting after women both beautiful and useful in some capacity, whether that be their own talents or political power. More than a little flustered from their new and intense lust, Aegon and Daenerys agreed to meet Kinvara weekly to discuss theology (and of course to try to convert one another), and once Kinvara took her leave the Targaryens almost immediately succumbed and had sex, confessing to one another their desire to take Kinvara to bed.

Afterwards the Targaryens busied themselves with the remaining affairs of Volantis, from endorsing the current Triarchs in the next election in exchange for political favor rather than running themselves or endorsing new candidates, to finalizing their deal with the Triarchs for gaining the service of General Moqorro Votar in exchange for becoming subjects of Volantis, until their work was interrupted by something special. They had been attempting to hatch some of their dragon eggs in the Dragon Hatchery beneath the Dragonlord Manse of Volantis, but a mistake was made. Somehow, Aegon's pet Little Valyrian monkey Maelor managed to get into the hatchery and accidentally activated it... while not putting just one egg inside the mechanism, but three. And not even the normal ones stolen from Illyrio's manse, but the divinely blessed ones taken from the secret temple in Braavos.

Somehow, through divine guidance, it didn't end in disaster. The resulting dragon was three-headed, just like the sigil of House Targaryen, and even further a future version of Daenerys arrived for the hatching (specifically the evil one) and with a pulse of her power altered the dragon's chaotic coloring to have its body golden like Urrax, leaving each head their original colors. Just before departing, future!Daenerys suggested the name Tiamat (which more or less confirmed the goddess' identity), a name which Aegon considered before agreeing to.

The Triarchs were extremely pleased at the birth of Tiamat, visiting as often as they could to see the dragon, and the rest of Volantis was just as pleased to hear of the latest confirmation of the gods' favor to their Dragonlords. Tiamat herself proved to be both affectionate and needy, often making her way to Aegon and Daenerys' bed at night, crying when left alone for too long, utterly refusing to sleep without them present. Slowly they learned to care for the dragon, teaching her out to behave even as they poured love and affection upon her.

The hatching of Tiamat was far from the only event of note following the victory against the Dothraki. Aegon investigated a prize seized from the Dothraki camps, a Glass Candle of all things (where had Drogo even found one of those?)... but heedlessly went too far in getting it to work. It worked, to a certain measure. It was here Aegon had his first glimpse of the Ice Child, Lady Ellania Novalnis. But unfortunately Ellania was not the only one made aware of Aegon's existence. Something much darker deemed Aegon a growing threat, and began its hunt. After a scolding from Daenerys and Nalaehra of Oros, it was agreed that nobody should touch the Glass Candles until they could figure out how to use them safely without monsters spying on them in the dark.

Besides, there were more pressing things to study as he sailed to Qohor. Namely, dragons. As Aegon read, however, he realized he'd blundered badly. Apparently dragons couldn't be exposed to war in their formative years or they'd grow vicious and extremely difficult to control, little more than bloodthirsty beasts. Panicking at the near sabotage of Tiamat's training, Aegon took a swift ship back to Volantis and secretly left the infant dragon with his wife, before returning to his marching army which fortunately moved at a far slower pace.

Once they reached Dagger Lake on their journey to Qohor, things took a steady turn for the ominous. A thick fog covered the entire lake, but they forged onwards in spite of the potential risk of confronting Stone Men. They came painfully close to one such encounter, spotting a ship armed by Stone Men with the disease so advanced they were walking statues, led by a man in a dark cloak. Everyone was thankful they managed to avoid that particular fight. Shortly afterwards in the middle of the lake, Aegon's fleet encountered a band of seven ships filled with refugees fleeing Qohor. To a man they were all crazed with fear, begging for protection, but Aegon couldn't turn the entire army around for them, and they absolutely refused to follow him to Qohor. They spoke of "strange growths" and monsters.

When Aegon and his army arrived in Qohor's harbor, the harbor master calmly aided the army in docking and unloaded despite the whole thing being an obvious invasion. The gates were wide open with no one guarding them. The market seemed utterly normal, with men and women out and about. There were Priests of the Black Goat preaching in the streets. But nobody even spared them a glance, as though an invading army was an every day occurrence. Then, Aegon realized the thing that was bothering him the most about the scene. Where were all the children? No matter where he looked, there wasn't a single child to be found, from the merchants stalls to the beggars, from the lords to the slaves.

With that single realization, the world shifted ever so slightly, and Aegon realized what he was seeing was in fact an illusion. This city was deeply wrong. Slowly, he met with the leaders in his army, quietly warning them that something about the place was greatly amiss, but unfortunately none of them were able to see past the illusion as Aegon had been able to. Seeing no other choice, Aegon ordered his Unsullied to attack everyone in sight and destroy the city utterly. Shocked, Ser Barristan reached for Aegon, shouting that he wouldn't allow another Aerys. Fortunately for them both, the abominations in Qohor saw no further reason for the deception and dropped the illusion.

Everything was corrupted, from the land to the buildings to the trees to the creatures. Gigantic insects, wolves with too many eyes, mountains of flesh with tentacles and gnashing teeth. But what led them all was a terrible sight -- a Daughter of Shub-Niggurath, leading the entire city of abominations. The army was nearly overwhelmed at first, but the stalwart presence of Ser Barristan and General Moqorro kept the men from breaking. The Daughter of Shub-Niggurath attempted to act, but Aegon quickly bombarded it with his fire, bringing it down in an instant.

The fight was long and hard, but the army of Volantis fought with the desperation and strength of cornered animals. The Daughter of Shub-Niggurath tried to rise, and again Aegon bathed it in his sorcerous flames. A third time it rose, when unexpected aid arrived in the form of Volantene assassins who had been sent ahead of the army and somehow managed to avoid getting corrupted. Seventeen trained assassins fell on the Daughter with a fury, knives hacking into its seared flesh again and again until at last it fell with a keening wail.

With the fall of Shub-Niggurath's daughter, the rest of the abominations routed.

Return to Volantis
Emperor Aegon Targaryen is the first true dragonlord in generations.

Wives
Empress Daenerys Targaryen=

Empress Daenerys Targaryen is growing into her role as a wife, a mother, a dragonlord, and a queen. She is becoming adept at managing dozens of tasks at once, having had ample practice during her beloved Lord Husband's campaigns in Qohor and Braavos.

She seems to have struck a balance with her future selves, having somehow managed to literally fuck Good and Evil into submission. For the moment she seems to be Neutral.

Where her Lord Husband is focused on forging a realm out of his conquests in Essos, Daenerys' ultimate priority is the well-being of her children. Though of course, that certainly doesn't stop her from seeking out carnal pleasure with Aegon and his growing harem. Princess Jaehaera Targaryen is the younger twin sister of Aegon Targaryen, though she was raised in Winterfell as the bastard daughter of her uncle Lord Paramount Eddard Stark. Upon receiving a prophetic dream, and some nudging from her younger cousin Bran Stark, she set off to Essos to find her long lost twin brother. She had bad luck, however, and ended up being captured for months by an exiled and hunted Petyr Baelish. In the end she was rescued by her brother after her direwolf Wraith managed to find him on the march and get him to help. Born of house L'Kainos in Braavos, Lady Shaena L'Kainos is a descendant of the original keyholders of the Iron Bank of Braavos. As such she has extensive training in banking, and will use any means to her advantage she can. However, due to her training and needed to keep her name in good standing, she breaks no deals. She may ignore the laws of the land for profit, but her own laws, the laws of banking? She will follow to the end.
 * -|Princess Jaehaera Targaryen=
 * -|Lady Shaena L'Kainos=

She is now in charge of the reborn Iron Bank and runs it in the name of her Targaryen husband. A self-professed dark mage of unknown power, Lady Theraja Qrimbrozagon is as dangerous as she is beautiful. A dangerous poison to an enemy, a dark desire to a friend. Servant, Master, Slave, Lover, she seems to play all these parts equally well, wanting (as best as you can tell) nothing more than to serve you, and to be with you, in every way possible. You haven't been able to resist letting her. Empress Chai Ran Yan is the leader of the surviving Yi-Tish people, and is rapidly making her own position of power in your budding harem. The position is well-earned though, as she helps not only with harem management, and keeping inter-harem bickering to a minimum, but also allows you to benefit from her massive knowledge of statesmanship. She has also become a quite dedicated lover of both yourself and Daenerys - supposedly making up for "lost time" as her previous husband hadn't touched her in years. Leading her people in Naques Irudy, the Gift of the Dawn, previously known as Vaes Dothrak, they have declared the Mother of Mountains to be a new Sacred Mountain from where the Glorious Kingdom of Yi-Ti will be reborn... as a part of the New Valyrian Empire. Lady Chai Ran Yi is the niece to Empress Chai Ran Yan, and cousin to Lady Chai Ran Dian as well as her personal bodyguard. She is also attracted to both Daenerys and yourself - you're starting to wonder if this is going to be a theme... Thankfully she is not engaged to anyone as yet, and is receptive to courting you. You've started courting both her and Ran Yan - and you've also come to an agreement about Ran Dian. Now that she knows that she will be able to stay with Ran Dian if she is with you, rather than being separated from her, she seems even more receptive to your advances. Still, you think she prefers Dany to you. Lady Chai Ran Dian is the daughter of Empress Chai Ran Yan of the Yi-Tish people, and is their newest - and only - Dragonlord. Attracted to both Daenerys and yourself, and for a time this was further complicated by her engagement to Feng Xian. You've managed to resolve that situation, having to promise Feng Xian one of your own eventual daughters to him in exchange, but it was better than risking what you feared - that one day the temptation to be with Dian would grow stronger than you could resist. You still have to wait some time to marry her, but she is yours. Once a the Grand High Priest for R'hllor the traitor, now a converted to the worship of the Fourteen, High Priestess Kinvara once attempted to convert you to R'hllor's worship at any cost. From tempting you with much needed power during a war for survival, to tempting you with her body, you and Daenerys both were targeted for conversion by her previous deity. After many conversations and "conversations" shared between the three of you, eventually it was you who succeeded rather than her. Now a true devotee of the Fourteen, she remains a lethal weapon - both in and out of the bedroom. Her powers now being granted by Urrax rather than R'hllor, she is the first priestess in known history to be able to channel the powers of that particular divine. Formerly of Astapor, Vezenka is not Valyrian, and actually a Ghiscari halfbreed. But when she was four years old, she and her mother were sold to a Volantene nobleman. They were treated well, for slaves. Initially, she worked as a servant in the household, helping the other maids. When she was sixteen, she was given to one of the nobleman's ship's captain to warm his bed. She also had a prancing horse, the figurehead of the ship, tattooed on her right cheek to show her status as a slave. Once, on a voyage, they were set upon by pirates. There, she saved the captain's life by fighting off two of them. Impressed by her untrained skill, and in gratitude for saving his life, he taught her how to properly use a cutlass. When she was twenty, the nobleman's house was invaded by R'hllor zealots, claiming them to be heretics for worshiping the old gods of Valyria. After the fighting men, including the ship captain, were killed, the rest of them were captured. Later, her mother and the nobleman were sacrificed to R'hllor in a ritual. Fearing she and her friend Bantis (who she soon married) were next in line, she used her stealth skills and prowess with a blade to make their escape and stowed away on a boat. The boat brought them to Braavos, and the Braavosi merchant who the boat belonged to took pity on them being slaves and offered them both jobs as freedmen. Vezenka was made a member of the boat's crew after she proved her skill.
 * -|Lady Theraja Qrimbrozagon=
 * -|Empress Chai Ran Yan=
 * -|Lady Chai Ran Yi=
 * -|Lady Chai Ran Dian=
 * -|High Priestess Kinvara=
 * -|Vezenka=

Vezenka and learned of, and follows, the gods of Valyria from her Volantene master who worshiped them. She enjoys being on a ship's crew and she gets a rush of excitement every battle she's in, usually against pirates. She gets bored with any non-physical work and she hates being idle. She has a severe hatred of R'hllor and his followers. After how hers turned out, she has a distaste for slavery. She loves her newfound freedom and life of not being a slave. She has expensive tastes in food and drink, and she wishes she to wear the dresses worn by the rich. She desperately wants to prove her worth and move up the ranks of the crew and the world. She knows it will be hard for her as a woman, but she believes that with her skills of political maneuvering as well as skill with a cutlass and physical intimidation she can pull it off.

She loved her husband more than anything else in the world, and it very nearly broke her when he went missing on the way to Volantis. She found solace in the arms of her liegelady, Daenerys Targaryen, though that eventually turned into nights with Daenerys and her husband Aegon. Now she works as a captain in the Targaryen fleet, running trade missions or ferrying diplomatic envoys for them. King Elaheh Zareen Yavand Amireh is the King of Qarth who single-handedly took the city and slew the infamous Warlocks, somehow replacing the old system with an absolute monarchy. She came to Volantis to collect Aegon as her new "Queen," though eventually a deal was reached where she only takes him as her Royal Consort without him having to become a queen. Born of house Tosaecys in Old Volantis, Lady Eryshygael Tosaecys has since risen in power and prestige to become the Beastmaster of the Targaryens due to a singularly unique ability to command Firewyrms. She is the twin sister of the formerly missing Lady Ishtar Tosaecys, on whose behalf she negotiated to be taken into the service of House Targaryen as well. Born of House Tosaecys in Old Volantis, Lady Ishtar Tosaecys (formerly Innana) is a rather powerful mage whose magic appears to be gem based. She was initially missing, having run away from home after having been raped by a gardener, but has since returned in her efforts to chase after King Elaheh Zareen Yavand Amireh. However, she swiftly took service with House Targaryen instead thanks to the actions of her twin sister, Lady Eryshygael Tosaecys. When Lady Arenila Maegry steps into a room, she immediately holds everyone’s attention. She is persuasive, intelligent, erudite, and she knows it. She is as comfortable holding a debate among citizenry as she is twisting the desires of those that catch her eye. Never one to underestimate, but eternally loyal to those she deems worthy of it. This is not even counting her nigh divine beauty. Her mother doesn’t know how she got to Volantis, she just woke up in captivity one day. She was eventually sold to Triarch Paenymion who later married her, and then Lady Alise Paenymion was born. Alise is a skilled duelist and an accomplished rider. She enjoys testing herself against men and proving herself the stronger, though she certainly doesn’t let her education slack in the process. She is very much an achiever and a doer. Born of wealth, Lady Malaesella Vhassar is the beloved daughter and only child of Triarch Vhassar's first wife. She has grown up with means, but has an understanding of those that didn’t. She is the first to offer aid of both money and time, never questioning when she knows what she is doing is right. She is used to getting her way, but knows that she won’t always be able to. Having grown up in the higher echelons of Volantis, she is also used to those trying to use her. And woe betides those that do. She is an avid dog lover as well. The last of her kind, Lady Ellania Novalnis made her way south once she saw Aegon Targaryen in a vision, hellbent on finding him. She ended up captured by Robert after crossing the Narrow Sea, but managed to escape in the aftermath of the Targaryen army storming the fortifications in Braavos. Now she waits for the right time to approach Aegon to speak to him. Princess Arianne Martell is the eldest child and heiress of Prince Doran Nymeros Martell of Dorne. She and her uncle Oberyn sailed to Volantis to openly negotiate a marriage alliance with House Targaryen, and negotiations went well. Born of House Lannister in Casterly Rock, Queen Cersei Lannister is the eldest child and only daughter of Lord Paramount Tywin Lannister, and elder sister to her twin brother Jaime Lannister and her youngest brother Tyrion Lannister. She is the Queen of the Seven Kingdoms, wife to King Robert Baratheon, and mother to Prince Joffrey Baratheon, Princess Myrcella Baratheon, and Prince Tommen Baratheon. At the skirmish in Braavos, Queen Cersei was somehow left behind, and she ended up being captured by Targaryen forces. She is now Aegon's prisoner, though she doesn't seem unhappy about it.
 * -|King Elaheh Zareen Yavand Amireh=
 * -|Lady Eryshygael Tosaecys=
 * -|Lady Ishtar Tosaecys=
 * -|Lady Arenila Maegyr=
 * -|Lady Alise Paenymion=
 * -|Lady Malaesella Vhassar=
 * -|Lady Ellania Novalnis=
 * -|Princess Arianne Martell=
 * -|Queen Cersei Lannister=

With Empress Daenerys Targaryen
Crown Prince Jaehaerys Targaryen -- The eldest child of both Emperor Aegon Targaryen and Empress Daenerys Targaryen. Jaehaerys has a lively and gregarious personality, even at a young age. He is the elder twin brother of Prince Daeron Targaryen.

Prince Daeron Targaryen -- The second child of Emperor Aegon Targaryen and Empress Daenerys Targaryen. Even as a baby Daeron is noted to have a rather serious personality. He is the younger twin brother of Crown Prince Jaehaerys Targaryen.

With Lady Shaena L'Kainos
Shaena is currently pregnant with Aegon's child.

With Lady Theraja Qrimbrozagon
Prince Graesdan Targaryen -- The third son of Emperor Aegon Targaryen and the firstborn of Lady Theraja Qrimbrozagon. He is the elder twin brother to Prince Taeron Targaryen.

Prince Taeron Targaryen -- The fourth son of Emperor Aegon Targaryen and the firstborn of Lady Theraja Qrimbrozagon. He is the younger twin brother to Prince Graesdan Targaryen.

With Empress Chai Ran Yan
Chai Ran Yan is currently pregnant with Aegon's triplets.

With Lady Chai Ran Yi
Chai Ran Yi is currently pregnant with Aegon's triplets.

With High Priestess Kinvara
Kinvara is currently pregnant with Aegon's child.

With Vezenka
Vezenka is currently pregnant with Aegon's child.

Dragon
Tiamat -- The three-headed dragon of Aegon Targaryen, hatched from the combination of three different divinely-blessed eggs in the Dragon Hatchery.

Abilities
Valyrian Battle Magic

Warg

Greenseer

Dragon Dreams

Otherblooded

Child of Destiny