Rhaeya Vakerian IV

== Appearance and Character ==
Rhaeya was a well endowed woman from her teen years, slim of waist and endowed where needed. Rhaeya was described as "beautiful", but seldom as "pretty". She had red eyes and silver colored waves. Rhaeya often wore a slimmer, more feminine version of her mother's old styles.
Rhaeya was bright but unremarkable as a young girl. She was courteous and biddable, and had a sweet smile and a pleasing voice. As a child, she was neither timid nor did she have a willful and stubborn temperament. According to Lord Rogar, Rhaeya was a proud girl at the age of thirteen. She was considered to be gentle, kind and loving. Rhaeya loved her subjects, both highborn and lowborn, and was well loved throughout Saerial in return. She loved her women's courts, where she listened to and learned from the women of the realm. She loved music, dancing, and reading. She was a fearless woman. Rhaeya was also a fine archer and hunter in her youth, and became renowned for her charities but stopped after Maegaron seemed to enjoy that she hunted.
Later in life, it was said that Rhaeya had learned to read before she had been weaned. According to Septon Bajahr, she would have been sent to the academy, had she been male. She had a great wit, and all the chronicles agree that she made a powerful impression on those who met her. Rhaeya was high-spirited, charming and keenly intelligent.
Rhaeya's hair turned white as snow in her old age in contrast to her old silver shade. She wore it in a bun, pulled back and pinned behind her ears. Additionally, age left crow's feet around her eyes and laugh lines about her mouth, although her face never lost its strength. Rhaeya became thin and frail after the disappearance and likely death of her daughter Haerya in 1,338 AC, and began to have difficulty in climbing hills. After she broke her hip in 1,344 AC, she has walked with a cane. Further, as she aged, her hearing has slowly began to fail.