Daemon Velaryon

## Lord of Driftmark

Daena Waters

**Daemon Velaryon** is the Lord of Driftmark and rider of Synestra. He is the former squire of Prince Viserys Targaryen and is rumoured to have been responsible for his demise. Daemon is a deadly man, cynical and sour, but ultimately innocent.

## Appearance

Daemon is a handsome man, tall and strong, with a stern jawline and uncompromising lavender eyes. His silver hair is often pulled back in a curly mess, his nose aquiline, his voice soft as satin - until given cause to anger. When he smiles, there are slight dimples upon his cheek, and he is said to have a music hidden in his laughter. Popular with the young women of the court, Daemon is every bit the Valyrian prince, if it were not for his bloodline.

## History

**391 AC:** Born on Driftmark to the Lord of the Tides, Monterys Velaryon, and his young bride, Lina Longwaters. A great feast is held by the Lord Velaryon to hail his son’s coming.

**398 AC:** Is made a squire under Viserys Targaryen, the Crown Prince. This is seen as a great honour and naturally Lord Monterys holds another feast in Viserys’ name.

**399 AC:** Daemon’s younger brother, Aurane, is born. Lord Monterys feasts his subjects and peers once more.

**401 AC:** Daemon’s younger twin siblings, Daeron and Daena Waters, are born to Lord Monterys and the scullery maid. Lord Monterys feasts, much to the upset of Lady Lina.

**408 AC:** Upon a routine visit to Driftmark, Daemon encounters and tames the dragon Synestra. Unsurprisingly, the now fat Lord Monterys calls another feast. Synestra is fed five sheep and sleeps for nearly eight-and-ten hours.

**409 AC:** Neither Monterys nor Daemon are with the fleet that suffers defeat at the hands of the Lorathi, though Ser Aurane Velaryon is injured and taken prisoner by the raiding Essosi.

**409 AC:** Daemon sails with his father to blockade Myr; he is very much the voice of the Velaryon fleet, for his father has grown too large and bloated to walk unaided (the Maester later confirmed Monterys was suffering from gout). Synestra joins them for the flight, though Daemon does not permit her to join the fighting out of worry for her safety.

**410 AC:** The Myrish Fleet, with aid from Lysene sell sails, manages to drive the Velaryon fleet out of the Myrth and into a series of sea engagements. Daemon fights tooth and nail to protect his family’s flagship, and “The Sea Drake” survives all six of her engagements.

**410 AC:** After the arrival of the Ironborn, the Velaryons move their some-5000 levies to land in the Disputed Lands, only to be routed shortly thereafter with the Battle of the Creek. Daemon leads his father’s levies through the Second Battle of the Myrth, gaining some newfound admiration from the men of Driftmark.

**412 AC:** Reunited with Prince Viserys, Daemon fights to the best of his ability, and is knighted by the Crown Prince on the sixth day of the fighting, for his valor. While this is a great honour, it is also a slight, for Prince Baelor was knighted one day prior and Daemon went ignored.

**415 AC:** Daemon attends the wedding of Viserys Targaryen & Selyse Redwyne, and is asked by the groom to remain in the capital not as his squire but as a companion and retainer. Despite his duties to his aging father, Daemon agrees, choosing to reside at a small cottage further down the Blackwater to allow Synestra to roam free.

**416 AC:** Prince Viserys is unhorsed and slain during the Tourney of his third-and-fourty nameday. Naturally, a lot of eyes are on Daemon himself, as the Prince’s squire. Despite protests of his innocence, the rumour-mill that is King’s Landing gets under his skin and Daemon returns to Driftmark. Not long after, Daemon flies east, to explore Essos as a dragonrider might.

**417 AC:** Lord Monterys Velaryon dies of a heart attack during, yes, another feast. Daemon is proclaimed Lord of Driftmark within the fortnight, upon his return.

**417 AC:** Daemon heads to King’s Landing to declare his vows of fealty to King Maelor; he also seeks to play his hand at the Game of Thrones, hearing rumours of a succession crisis. His loyalty is to Viserys’s newborn son, and to himself.

## Possessions

### Animal Companions

* Synestra. “A quiet, cunning dragon of two-and-sixty years, and fearsome when roused. Her scales are scarlet and the membrane of her wings is the soft pink of springtime roses. Her spinal plates and horns are a deeper, darker crimson flecked with black and her eyes gleam as bright as copper discs.”

### Trinkets

A ring with a two-headed dragon on it - a gift from Viserys upon Daemon’s five-and-twentieth nameday.

## Connections

* Baelor Targaryen - A fellow squire formerly in servitude to Viserys; their relationship is often explosive and leads to vicious fallouts. Daemon has always been outshined by the darling Baelor, and has suffered to the younger man’s distaste.

## Rumours

* Suspected to have been involved in Viserys’s death, as it was Daemon who prepared his horse and gave the Crown Prince his lances.
* Rumoured to have flown as far east as Asshai during his travels. Travelers from Yin still talk of the Rose Drake.

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