Visenya Targaryen

Princess Visenya Targaryen is the eldest daughter of Prince Daeron Targaryen and Serra Baratheon and heir to Oldstones born in 105 A.C. She is also the mother of a pair of girls, Saerys and Rhaenyra.

## Appearance and Personality

Visenya is a true Valyrian beauty with a sharp face, tall cheeks, flowing silver hair, and curvaceous form. Perhaps the only part of her that is not Valyrian are her eyes which are the bright Baratheon blue. This is accentuated by Visenya’s vanity. She has spent hours perfecting every part of her appearance choosing only the finest dress and makeup to construct the perfect image. Being a Princess she is nearly entirely alienated from the pains of combat and hard labor leaving her completely without the scars and scabs that come from that.

Being raised as the treasured child of a Prince and the lady of a Great House Visenya has never not known the feeling of endless adoration. This has constructed a sense of extreme self-confidence and at times arrogance. To Visenya the world is at her command, perhaps even more so thanks to her gender. She expects to be treated as such as well looking for reverence from commoners and respect from nobles. Despite being a woman in a man's world Visenya feels as though she has overcome those limitations making her endlessly more confident in her own abilities. Her pride, however, is kept in check by her piety. Much like her mother Visenya has embraced the Faith of the Seven with great fervor believing strongly in its teachings even to the point to where she sometimes feels shame for her familiar past with its long history of dynastic incest.

## History

### Early Life (105-114)

Visenya's birth was nothing short of a miracle. The marriage of Serra and Daeron was wrought with maternal tragedies, losing several children in the womb and to stillbirth. Visenya’s birth was thus celebrated by the family and she would be doted on by both parents with her very cradle being draped in precious silks. Both parents would be extremely protective of their daughter both horrified by the thought of losing another child and fear that they would never be able to have another.

Only two years after her birth Visenya welcomed a sister into her life, what would be the last successful pregnancy for Daeron and Serra.  Even with the birth of a sister Visenya would still be the most dotted of the two with her mother greatly preferring her first miracle child to the second creating an early rift and small rivalry between the siblings.

Though her father was the Prince of Oldstones she, along with her family, would spend most of their lives at the Red Keep. Here Visenya would be immersed in court life with its ceremonies, conflicts, and power struggles even if she would not fully understand all this until much later. She would even play with the younger members of the royal family creating an early childhood bond with her extended family.

At the insistence of her father, Visenya would become early friends with her cousin, the future king Baelor. Though the two didn’t have all much in common they found a connection in their shared piety and familial ties. The two would also boat with each other as Daeron led his nephew and daughter on numerous boating trips. Though an infaminie ctivity Daeron always treated his oldest daughter as his lawful heir. Though Visenya adored the respect given she didn’t much like her father’s masculine activities like boating and combat and prefered to pursue more feminine arts when not learning administration.

### Teenage Years (114-125)

Though safely at the Red Keep when the Cobbler Rebellion erupted across the Riverlands her father was not so lucky. Contact was completely lost with Oldstones during the height of the rebellion leading to the terrified Visenya to spend hours each day praying for her wayward father. When he finally emerged again safely she thanked the Seven, crediting them for Daeron’s survival. The rebellion would only serve to harden her Faith while instilling a low opinion of the Smallfolk.

During her teenage years, Visenya wished to explore the heights of civilization and the extent of her family's power. She demanded that she be allowed to take an unofficial tour of the realm beginning from Oldstones and ending at Sunspear. Accompanied by her parents and little sister the young Princess would first stop by the home of her cousins, Riverrun and Harrenhal, though already long time friends they would bond over their shared faith. From there she visited the great home of the Arryns, the Eyrie. Though fascinated by the impressive vistas and charmed by the Arryns she found the mountain castle too isolated, too far from the rest of the world, and too dominated by the boring knightley culture that she already knew too well. So the progress continued south. The West did little to impress. The endless hills dotted with mines looked ugly on the horizon and seeing numerous soot-covered peasants only worsened her view. She avoided Casterly Rock, not wanting to spend any more time there and boarded a ship to Oldtown.

The moment she stepped into the Reach Visenya was awed. Oldtown was nothing like the smelly and decaying streets of King’s Landing. Where hustling merchants and dirty common folk might dominate the streets of the King’s Landing and broken down hovels might dominate the skyline, here men of great standing both materially, educationally, and spiritually walked from the grand Septs and numerous libraries. It was while praying at the Sept of Oldtown that she would meet the man who would one day become her husband, Sabestian Tyrell. She quickly became enamored at the young rose who was so unlike the other boys she had known in her life. To the shock of her parents (and dismay of Daeron) she would enter a courtship with the Tyrell even going as far as to visit High Garden several times and maintain communication with him until their eventual wedding two years later.

From there she would visit her cousin in the Stormlands. Though greatly differing personalities she and Ashara rekindled their childhood friendship before parting ways for Dorne.

In Dorne she would encounter the expansion of Rhil’lor in its full force. Where once there were Septs and people of the Faith, now Red Temples spreading their treacherous ways dominated the eastern fringes of the kingdom. Here her faith would harden, seeing both the weakness in her uncle for allowing this spread and fearing the implications this would have on the very soul of the kingdom.

### Faith Under Siege (125-Present)

It was during the late 120s that her faith would be truly tested. Word has reached her of the conflicts between the lords and knights of the Kingdom and the men of the Faith. Though inclined to support the Faith blindly the harsh murmurs of her own pious kin tempered her. Though still loyal to his holiness, Visenya would become wary of the faith for the moment.

It was hardly a few years later when she would be tested again. She had begun to pick up rumors of a change in her houses policy, a change to the old ways of the Valyrian golden years. The King had been dispatching singers to spread words of praise about a Doctrine of Exceptionalism. For perhaps the only time in her life Visenya would ride out with her guards to personally crush any talk of such heresy. The punishment for propagation of the doctrine was not harsh but still enough to silence the spread of the idea around Oldstones with many singers being banned from entry and merchants have trading privileges revoked.

She rode to King’s Landing to personally see where this doctrine was originating from but before she could arrive news had broken; the King had married his own sister. She entered the Red Keep in Protest before returning home. There, she and her cousin Aerys rode to Oldtown to pray with the High Septon. Though nothing conclusive came from the prayer, Visenya’s faith in the controversial Septon grew, setting the foundation for her own plotting against the king.

Since leaving the capital Visenya has focused on ruling her little keep while reaching out to her cousins across the Riverlands. Though still ambitious and plotting change she is often tempered by her soft husband, cautious father, and the ever difficulties of motherhood.

## Family Tree

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## Skills

attribute gregerous Skill Points:

skills: theology, diplomacy, intimidation, silver tongue, valyrian (free with Targaryen)

mastery: orator