Naera Targaryen of Whitefyre

> *"Through fire and blood, the lord of light gave me Gaulax and through him and my powers, I shall do his wonders, I shall light the way and prepare the world for the doom it is about to face."* **- Naera to her son, Rhogar.**
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Naera Whitefyre, or Naera Targaryen of Whitefyre was a member of House Targaryen-Whitefyre and the daughter of King Aerys II Targaryen of Whitefyre, King of the Three Islands and his wife, Viela Targaryen of Whitefyre. She was also sister of Haegon II Targaryen, ninth king of the Three Islands.

She was soon enrolled in the Red Temple of R'hllor, from which she became a devotee at a very young age. However, her start in the faith did not began until she was twelve, right after Maelor, his relative and bethroved man passed away. Naera then married three years later to Aenor Zyran, but he died three years after their wedding. In those three years, she gave birth to twins Rhaegan and Diena. It was then that without a marriage on sight, at age eighteen, she was enrolled fully in the faith and began her studies to become a Red Priestress, where she excelled.

She was later involved in the "Wars of Conversion" happening in the Three Island Kingdom in which the faith of the seven and the faith of R'hllor collided in a bloody war. Finally, most of the population was converted to the faith of R'hllor through her actions.

Naera is said to have an outstanding innerfire and excelled at her gifts granted by the lord of light to her. She was always called the *"Red Dragonrider Queen"* or "*Dragon Rider Priestress*" not only because she was the rider of the Dragon Gaulax but because she came from the blood of the Dragon and her dragon was also red and of enormous size. Many came to believed that she might be the "Prince/Princess that was Promise".

Gaulax actually bonded with Naera when she still was a baby. Her previous rider, Alaena, had passed away and Gaulax remained an unbonded dragon for at least a decade. However, Naera had already ride over Gaulax.

Currently, she is the High Priestess of R'hllor in the Three Islands, but most of the time she is away in the far lands of Asshai or in Essos. She had tried to land in Westeros, but she has been banished due to the faith being extremely fearful and suspicious of her intentions to convert Westeros to her faith.

## Biography

### Birth

During a diplomatic stay of Viela Targaryen of Whitefyre over in Dragonstone, she began her labours. Unable to get back to the Three Islands, she had no other option but to stay and deliver her baby over in the ancestral home of the Targaryens. Lady Viela allowed the Targaryen ruler to choose a name for the newborn girl and Naera was the name they picked. At ten days old, Naera and her mother flew back to the Three Islands but due to the recent instabilities, she was sent to Lys with the Zyrans.

### Childhood

For her first 11 years of her life, Naera grew up in Lys, raised by her mother. They made frequent visits to the Islands for long periods of time, but Viela and her daughter always preferred Lys and the company of the Zyrans. Since an early age, Naera was close to Alaera, her granmother, rider of Gaulax who also lived in between the Three Islands and the Free cities. In this period, Gaulax and the girl were said to have a sort of special bond, although that was impossible since Gaulax was already bonded to Alaera.

### Teenage years

At age 15, she was married to Aenor Zyran and the marriage was happy. However, it was short and only lasted 3 years as Aenor was killed in battle. Naera and Aenor however were able to have twins, a boy called Rhaegan and a girl called Diena. Naera was 18 at the time Aenor died and since then, she fully dedicated herself to become a red priestess leaving the care of her kids to her husband's mother. Even if she wasnt fully present she had contact with them often and send letters to them frequently.

As Alaera passed, Naera bonded with Gaulax rather quickly and they both became very close. Naera rode Gaulax almost all the time and they both travel far and wide, going often to Asshai and all over Essos. She tried to land in Westeros but the Faith of the Seven disliked her and caused raising tensions, which led to the rulers of Westeros formally ask her to leave the country. She however often visited the north and felt the increase in power the wall made her.

### Early youth

During her early twenties, she studied and trained extensively in the Red Temple of the Three Islands. She was later sent to the one in Lys where she stayed for several years and later she managed to travel to Asshai on the back of her dragon Gaulax to finally complete her training.

She saw in the flames the rise of the dead back in the far north, knowing that the origin of the Dark god reside somewhere in there. To that, she had a prophetic dream involving flames and a man in the north, a handsome man that waited for her. A key player in the wars to come. Curious to learn more about this part of Westeros, she defied her ban over the Kingdom and landed in the shores of the northwest (to much surprise of the locals) requesting an official visit to Winterfell. Reluctanly, the Starks accepted for her respect towards ***Melissandre***. In order for her to stay, she could stay low key in her proselithism. She still did some, but for her, it was more important to be allowed the study of the Wall than to be banished for ever.

Naera lived in the north, studying it for over four year. In her stay in the North, she met with Cregan Stark, and they became lovers. Out of this union, Rhogar Snow was born. This delayed her departude for over four more years into her thirtees. Cregan Stark chose her duties instead of her Red Lover and thus a broken-hearted Naera left with Rhogar to reside in Windfort, when Rhogar became the lord of the Grey Cliffs.