Rhaenys Targaryen

**Princess Rhaenys Nymeros Targaryen**, is the daughter of King Rhaegar I Targaryen and Queen Elia Martell, she is a member of the royal family of House Targaryen.

She has two younger siblings, her younger brother, the Crown Prince, Aegon Targaryen and her youngest Half-Sister, Prince Visenya Targaryen.

## **Appearance and Character:**

Princess Rhaenys Targaryen resembles her mother's family, she looks much more like a Dornish princess from her mother's house, House Martell, than her own, House Targaryen. Like her sister, Visenya, she has very few of the usual Targaryen family traits. Rhaenys is lush, with olive skin, violet eyes, and long, thick dark black hair. She is considered very beautiful.

Rhaenys trusts a lot those she trusts and loves, but she is also very suspicious of those she doesn't trust. She tries to distance herself from those at court she doesn't really trust, or from those who are trying to gain more power or favors for her house. She is also very smart and cunning, she knows how Westeros's politics work, how people think, what she wants and how to get what she wants.

## **Early Life**

   Rhaenys Nymeros Targaryen was born in Dragonstone to Rhaegar Targaryen and Elia Nymeros Martell. After her birth, Elia was bedridden for half a year. Rhaenys was presented at court by her father, Prince Rhaegar Targaryen. While her grandmother, Queen Rhaella Targaryen, hugged her warmly, her grandfather, King Aerys II Targaryen, refused to touch or hold her, claiming that she smelled like " Dornish".

When Rhaegar and Daeron(Rhaenys's paternal Uncle and Rhaella's second son) were murdered and King's Landing was sacked, Rhaenys, her mother, Elia, and younger brother, Aegon, were snuck out by Ser Arthur Dayne. Narrowly avoiding death at the hand of the treacherous Gregor Clegane, Rhaenys and her family fled to Sunspear in Dorne, seeking refuge with the Martells. Several months after the family's arrival in Dorne, Lyanna Stark, second wife of the late Prince Rhaegar Targaryen, and her daughter, Visenya Targaryen, arrived in Sunspear as well.

Lyanna had barely survived giving birth to Visenya and remained in the Tower of Joy until heard word of Elia's survival and residence in Dorne. After learning of this, she, Visenya, her friend, Ashara Dayne, and Ashara Dayne's infant daughter Morgana, all left the Tower of Joy to travel to Dorne by carriage. After several weeks they finally reached Sunspear.

BeBecause of this, Rhaenys grew up with both of her siblings, Aegon and Visenya, and the trio was inseperable. Their playmates included Morgana Sand, Ashara's natural daughter with Eddard Stark, Obara Sand, Oberyn Martell's bastard daughter with Lady Malora Hghtower of Oldtown, Nymeria Sand, Oberyn's bastard daugter with a Volantene Noblewoman, Tyene Sand, Oberyn's bastard daughter with a septa, Sarella Sand, Oberyn's bastard daughter with a Summer Islander ship captain, and Arianne Nymeros Martell, next Princess of Dorne, and Prince Doran Martell's legitimate daughter with Lady Mellario of Norvos.

## Braavos

When Rhaenys was eleven, the Baratheon-Lannister alliance was at the peak of its power and Westeros grew too dangerous to remain in. Because of this, Rhaenys, Aegon, and Visenya, accompanied by Elia, Lyanna, Ashara, and Morgana, were sent to Braavos to stay with their grandmother, Rhaella Targaryen, their seven-year-old cousin by their deceased uncle Daeron Targaryen(Rhaella's third child and second son with Aerys) and Jon Arryn's daughter (by his first wife, not by Lysa Tully), Aemma Arryn, Rhaenyra Targaryen, their uncle, Viserys Targaryen, and their three-year-old aunt, Daenerys Targaryen.

Two years later, the family once again grew, as when Rhaenys was thirteen, the trio first met their aunt, Shaena Targaryen, and cousin, Shaera Waters. Shaena was Rhaella's first daughter and second child with Aerys, but because she was born with black hair, a trait she received from her grandmother on both sides, Betha Blackwood, Rhaella was fearful that Aerys II would believe Shaena was born out of wedlock. Because of this, Rhaella sent Shaena to her close friend, Joanna Lannister, who had Shaena raised as her handmaiden, Sara Waters. Shaera was later born from a one night stand between Shaena and Jaime Lannister. However, two months before Shaena's arrival in Braavos, Joanna passed away. Right before she died, she told Shaena and Shaera the truth of their lineage, and told them to find Rhaella in Braavos. Shaena and Shaera them made their way to Braavos by hitching a ride on a trade ship, and then asking around in Braavos until she found the Targaryen's estate.

## Bloodline

Rhaenys Nymeros Targaryen, daughter of Rhaegar Taragryen and Elia Nymeros Martell is a female descendant of House of Targaryen. She is blessed with one of the forty dragonlord bloodlines of Old Valyria by her ancestor, Aegon the Conquer and the bloodline of the Royal Family of the Rhoynar city of Ny Sar though her mother, Elia Nymeros Martell, and her ancestor Myriah Nymeros Martell. From these two great bloodlines, she has the power to bond with dragons, manipulate dragonfyre, create rivers, manipulate water, and command the Ancient Tortoises of the River. She also wields the circlet of Rhaenys I Targaryen, allowing her greater control over flames, and the amulet of Nymeria I of Ny Sar, granting her greater control over water.