Princess Jaehaera Targaryen

Princess Jaehaera Targaryen, also known as Joan Snow or the Bastard of Winterfell, is a princess of House Targaryen. She is the daughter of Prince Rhaegar Targaryen and Lady Lyanna Stark, and the younger twin sister to Emperor Aegon Targaryen. She is one of the major POV characters in The Dragon Has Three Heads.

Appearance and Character

 * See also: Images of Jaehaera Targaryen



A young woman in her early teens, Jaehaera has the classical Stark look; She has dark hair, pale skin, and a long face. But unlike other Starks of ages past, her eyes are violet in color rather than grey. Jaehaera is tall as most members of House Targaryen are.

Artifacts
Weirwood Bow -- Princess Jaehaera wields a special weirwood bow, which never suffers from rot or decay, though it can still break.

Dark Sister -- Princess Jaehaera wields Dark Sister, one of the two ancestral blades of House Targaryen. Originally the blade of Queen Visenya Targaryen, the blade served House Targaryen well, until it was stolen by the Usurper, King Robert Baratheon. In the chaotic skirmish in the ruins of Braavos, Jaehaera managed to recover the blade, and used it to defend her wounded twin brother until he could be rescued. Since then the sword has been by her side. Dark Sister is a Valyrian Steel Longsword, designed for a woman's hand, and though it must have some kind of enchantment like Blackfyre does, it is not yet known what it could be.

History
Jaehaera grew up as Joan Snow, the Bastard of Winterfell, believing as the rest of the world did that her uncle Lord Eddard Stark was her father. Due to her being a woman and thus no real threat to the inheritance of the Stark children, she was not particularly mistreated by Lady Catelyn in any overt fashion, but was instead quietly disdained as a symbol of Eddard's supposed infidelity. As a way to get back at Catelyn, Jaehaera seduced Sansa in the Winterfell sept, both defiling her daughter in a sacred place and committing incest in front of the Seven, but that seduction quickly turned into genuine romantic affection between the two women.

Eventually Jaehaera left Winterfell in pursuit of a prophetic vision of a twin brother she had never met, but disaster struck once she crossed the Narrow Sea. In the ruins of Braavos she was nearly captured by a wrathful King Robert Baratheon, and though she escaped she only managed to walk into another trap, ending up imprisoned by the treacherous Petyr Baelish for months. Her brother Aegon eventually rescued her after seeing her in his own visions, and she accompanied his campaign to Braavos where she fought alongside him against Robert.

Now she is currently staying with her brother in his palace in Volantis. She is unsure what she wants to do yet, though she certainly doesn't lack for options.

Children
Princess Jaehaera is not yet a mother or pregnant, though with how attracted she is to her brother only time will tell.

Dragon
Princess Jaehaera does not yet have a dragon, though if her blood is as strong as her brother's she should have little trouble getting an egg to hatch for her.

Animal Companions
Wraith -- Princess Jaehaera is bonded to the female albino direwolf named Wraith. She is one of a litter of seven, with each of the rest of the direwolves being claimed by her siblings. Jaehaera raised Wraith since she was a pup, bonding with her deeper than most thanks to her awakening abilities as a skinchanger.