House Targaryen of Harrenhal

**House Targaryen of Harrenhal** is one of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms and the ruling house of the Queenslands. The Prince of Harrenhal rules from Harrenhal. House Targaryen of Harrenhal is a cadet branch of the royal house of the Seven Kingdoms, House Targaryen of King's Landing, which was founded by Rhaena Targaryen, the eldest daughter and wife of Kings Aenys I Targaryen and Maegor I Targaryen, respectively.

The sigil of House Targaryen of Harrenhal is a purple three-headed dragon breathing purple on a black field, the original Targaryen sigil but purple. Their words are "*Born of Fire*". Like their kin, they possess Valyrian features like silver-blonde or platinum hair, purple eyes and the premonition-like dragon dream ability.

The main seat of the Targaryens is the castle of Harrenhal, but they also have three strongholds surrounding the Gods Eye: Thornehill, Queenstone and Briarhall.

## Culture

### Traits

The typical Targaryen features remind strongly of the typical Valyrian features: pale skin, silver, platinum, or gold hair and eyes in a variety of shades of purple, or light blue.

Among the traits passed on from their kin is the ability to tolerate fire more than ordinary people, but they are not immune to it. The Targaryens also posses premonition-like dreams.

The Targaryens, much like their cousins, are susceptible to the known Targaryen madness, as seen in the cases of Draeco and Visegon Targaryen.

### Customs

House Targaryen of Harrenhal adopted the original House Targaryen sigil when they established their house. They changed the colour of the three-headed dragon from red to purple. The purple represents Dreamfyre, Rhaena's dragon. Several members of the house have also used variations of the sigil as their own. Daenyra Targaryen adopted a sigil with a purple and blue three-headed dragon, as Jaehaerys and his sister-wife Viserya, both children of Daenyra.

Members of House Targaryen of Harrenhal typically follow the Faith of the Seven, but there are others who choose to follow the Valyrian gods. Regardless of their faith, the Targaryens follow the Valyrian practice of incestuous marriages.

The Targaryens follow the old custom of House Targaryen of King's Landing of cremating their dead and interring them inside the sept at Harrenhal.

A tradition started by Rhaena, the tradition of placing a dragon egg in the cradle of a newborn Targaryen was continued by Targaryens. This tradition ended when dragons died out. It was later practiced after the revival of dragons.

## History

### Origin

After the death of her eldest daughter Aerea, Rhaena did not wish to return to Dragonstone nor King's Landing, she also did not wish to return to Greenstone where she had previously stayed. Instead, she settled at Harrehal, where she was a guest of House Towers. Once settled, she had her son brought to her, refusing to travel to Dragonstone herself. The two resided in the Widow's Tower of the castle. They quickly befriended the sickly and impoverished Maegor Towers, who was the last of his line. When Maegor died in 61 AC, Rhaena took the small household into her care. Just a few weeks after Maegor's death, King Jaehaerys I Targaryen, Rhaena's younger brother, granted her the castle of Harrenhal as her personal seat and proclaimed her Princess of Harrenhal, a title passed on to her son and male line descendants.

Upon the death of Rhaena, her only son, Prince Aerion Targaryen, succeeded her as the ruling prince of Harrenhal. To honour their sister, King Jaehaerys and Queen Alysanne created a pact with the overlords of each region of the Seven Kingdoms which took a piece of land from each region to create the Queenslands. With the creation of this new region, they bestowed the titles of Lord Paramount of the Queenslands and Master of the Gods Eye.