Aemon the Dragonknight

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Aemon the Dragonknight was the younger brother of Naerys I Targaryen and was in love with her despite the fact that she married their brother, Aegon IV. He joined the Kingsguard at the age of seventeen.
Prince Aemon has been referred to as the noblest knight who ever lived, and his skill with a sword is legendary throughout Westeros. He bore the Valyrian steel sword Dark Sister, previously wielded by Aegon the Conqueror's sister-wife Visenya.
He served under four kings: Daeron the Young Dragon, Baelor the Blessed, his father Viserys II, and lastly his own brother, Aegon IV. Aemon once fought Cregan Stark. Prince Aemon claimed he never faced a finer swordsman.
=== The Conquest of Dorne ===
Aemon took part in the invasion of Dorne, led by his cousin and King Daeron I. Aemon won great fame by defeating a Dornish champion, and was present several years later after the rebellion in Dorne undid Daeron's Conquest, and Daeron I himself died. Aemon was taken captive by the Dornish, and put in a crow cage, placed above a pit filled with vipers. He was eventually rescued by his cousin Baelor, his new king.
=== Aegon IV's reign ===
After Kings Baelor I and Viserys II died, Aemon's elder brother Aegon became king. During Aegon's reign, Aemon remaind the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, a position he held until his death. He defended his sister Naerys when she was accused of treason by the knight Ser Morgil
Aemon once won a tournament, disguised as a mystery knight, after his brother Aegon had forbidden him to take part because Aegon wanted to crown his mistress of that time as the Queen of Love and Beauty. Aemon secretly took part anyway, disguised as a mystery knight known only as the Knight of Tears. The Knight of Tears won the tournament, and Aemon was thus able to name his sister, Naerys, the Queen of Love and Beauty in place of the king's mistress.
Despite Aegon's feelings of disrespect and hate towards Aemon and Aegon's provocations, Aemon died honorably, defending his brother and king against two brothers of House Toyne who sought to assasinate the King in retribution for the execution of their brother, Ser Terrence Toyne.
Daeron II, Aemon's nephew (or son, according to the rumors), named his grandson Aemon in honor of the Dragonknight.
According to Ser Arys Oakheart, the rumors of the parentage of King Daeron were only that, rumors, a lie whispered to the ear of King Aegon IV as many believed he planned on disinheriting Daeron in favor of his bastard son Daemon Blackfyre.Category:House Targaryen