Viserys IV Targaryen

King Viserys IV Targaryen was Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and twenty-eighth Targaryen to sat on the Iron Throne. He was the only son of King Valarr I Targaryen and Queen Cynthea Payne. He had a younger sister named Helaena. He was the rider of Vyraxion, known as the "Lilac Queen". He was named Prince of Dragonstone in 441AC. He ascended the throne after his uncle, King Aerys III Targaryen's death, in 447AC.

## Appaerance and Character

Viserys was a quiet, but courageous, kind hearted and charisatic. His allies always respected him, and he was admired for what he did during his "rebbelion". He was brave enough to take his sword and trained every day, morning and noon, with Prince Rhaegel.

He loved history and money. He used his charisma to make more money and to make strong allies. Viserys knew what he needed to do, and his uncle, Prince Rhaegel helped him always.

## History

Viserys IV was born at Dragonstone and he grew fast. During the early days, he spent a lot of time with Helaena, but after he grew older, he started learning to how to fight.

In 441AC, he was named Prince of Dragonstone and heir to the Iron Throne. He was eight years old back then and he already knew his place. He tried to stay at his father's side no matter what. He did learn some skill from his father, until his uncle siezed the throne from his father.

After his father's passing, Prince Rhaegel took great care of Viserys and protected him at every cost. They spent a year at Casterly Rock until *"The Clash of Dragons"* broke out. When the time came, Viserys was crowned by his uncle and was named Lord of the Seven Kingdoms. The title "Protector of the Realm" was held by prince Rhaegel Targaryen, until 439AC. The Prince was also the Hand of the King of King Viserys, so he was the most powerfull man during that time.

## Reign

### After the War

After the death of his uncle, King Aerys III, he ascended the throne at the age of thirteen, in 447AC. The realm was not stabilised, so the his first years of his reign were the toughest.

His first duty was to stabilish the region of Dorne after they were in an open rebellion during King Valarr I's reign. Princess Myria Martell and his brother, Prince Dorell, were the only leaders left in the White Army and so they bent the knee after prince Rhaegel's man entered the capital with the loyalists. Prince Dorell, Princess Myria and her daughter were held captive in the Red Keep until the court made their decisions about them.

After King Viserys reclaimed Dragonstone he spent nine days there and on the seventh day, Silverclaw has returned. He was missing since King Valarr's death. She was then claimed by King Valarr's daughter, Princess Helaena, who took great care of her new dragon.

The Small Council decided the fate of the princesses, in 449AC. Princess Visenya was taken to Dragonstone and she was raised by Lady Janie Lannister, the lady wife of Prince Rhaegel Targaryen. Princess Myria was accused of treason and murder, as was Prince Dorell. Dorell was sent to the Wall and he joined the Night's Watch. Myria was sent to Oldtown, to becoma a septa. The same year, Princess Myria was attacked at the Kingsroad near at Highgarden and was killed by cold blood. Many people says that House Tyrell was behind the murder, for the two houses hated each other since centuries, but no proof had made it clear. Princess Barba Martell, the daughter of Dorell, thought that it was ordered by the king himself to kill Myria in secret.

When Viserys turned sixteen, he married Lady Gwyn Manderly. She was well loved by the other members of the family, so she was also well respected.

Then House Martell was led by the son of Prince Dorell, Prince Tristan. Viserys made an offer for Tristan to join their houses and make peace between them. So Tristan agreed and he engaged Princess Naerys, in 448AC, then married in 458AC.

### The following years

Viserys's first heir was his uncle, Prince Rhaegel Targaryen. Although he already had a son, Prince Aegon, but he was only seven years old at that time. The Lord Hand was the Prince of Dragonstone until 454AC, after Prince Rhaegar Targaryen was born. The King put a dragon egg in the babe's cradle, and soon a new dragon has born. He was named Eyron, who grew larger every year. Prince Rhaegel asked permission to King Viserys, to give each of his children a dragon egg. Viserys supported the idea, and later two new dragons were born: Lerox and Tassyr.

The riders and their dragons after the *Clash of Dragons:*

* King Viserys IV Targaryen: Vyraxion
* Princess Baela Targaryen: Quickthunder
* Princess Helaena Targaryen: Silverclaw
* Prince Rhaegar Targaryen: Eyron
* Princess Naerys Targaryen: Lerox
* Prince Aegon Targaryen: Tassyr

At the year 457AC, Prince Aegon and Princess Helaena married at the Sept of Baelor with the King's blessing. The same year, Princess Aerola Targaryen was born, their only child.

Princess Visenya was never alone. King Viserys made sure that she has a proper life and that she stays loyal to him. One time Visenya aksed Viserys to let her go to Oldtown to become a Septa from Faith of the Seven. At the beggining Viserys did not let Visenya to leave, until he belived in her and let her on her way. She did not lie and a few years later she became a septa. The Faith and the smallfolk appreciated it as a generous and kind gesture from House Targaryen.

The fame of Viserys grew. He seald the power of House Targaryen and the tradings between the Free Cities and the Seven Kingdoms, extending his own power, for he knew that Aerys loved women, so he'll have to deal with his potential bastard son(s). He named his cousin, Prince Aegon, his master of whispers, who made many contacts in Essos and tried to find anyone with silvery hair and purple-lilac or blue eyes. If there were young llads like that, they were killed by the command of Aegon.

In 459AC, Princess Baela visited King's Landing to meet with the family. Baela's eldest son was already Lord of Winterfell that time, so she wasn't in need at the North anymore, although she was loved by all. After a long conversation with the King and his Hand, Prince Rhaegel, she was convinced to move to Dragonstone and stay close to the family. Lord Rickon accpeted his mother's decision and visited Dragonstone with her granchilldren once a year.

### The Fifth Dornish War

Princess Naerys Targaryen lived in Sunspear with her husband, Prince Tristan and his family, after the marriage. She wasn't happy in Dorne and she visited her family very often. The Queen asked her to move to the capital with his husband, but in the beginning she resisted. Until his husband, Prince Tristan, was found dead in his bed at Sunspear when Naerys was in King's Landing. Princess Barba Martell, the sister of Tristan Martell, took over as Princess of Dorne. Everyone knew she hated the Targaryens for what they did with her father and her aunt. Naerys returned to Dorne right after his husband's passing, to attend the funreal. Prince Tristan and Princess Naerys never had children, so the Lords were glad to kill the Princess the night after the funreal in her chamber, in 459AC. (Lerox was at Dragonstone at the moment, because Naerys wanted to return directly there after the funreal.)

Prince Rhaegel was furious, and commanded Princess Barba to answer for her Lords crimes. She answered:

* *"House Martell remain Unbowed, Unbent and Unbroken. Fire has no power over sand!"*

The answer made clear that House Martell are in an open rebbelion again. The same year, Rhaegel commanded Commander Walton Norrey, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, to execute Dorell Martell. It was too late...Dorell knew already what hapened with Naerys and he knew that his life is at risk even on the Wall, so he escaped from the Watch with some of his friends. Princess Barba already sent boats to Eastwatch and then they could escape from North. Dorell joined his daughter after his escape and planed the following War.

King Viserys knew that he can't escape from this war, so in 460AC, he assembled the Golden Company and summoned the Lord of Storm's End, Lord Kevan Baratheon, who hated House Martell. He gladly answered the King's summon and assembled his army of twenty-thousand men. With the Golden Company they have made nearly forty-thousand men. The commander of the Golden Company was Prince Rhaegel Targaryen, and the Baratheon army was led by Lord Kevan himself. Queen Gwyn Manderly was left in charge with Princess Baela Targaryen.

The Golden Company and the Baratheon army assembled at Tumbleton. The next week they marched to Ashford, where Viserys joined the army with his dragon. There was Prince Aegon, Rhaegel and Princess Helaena. Three dragons were ready to fight: Vyraxion, Silverclaw and Tassyr. Their master were experienced riders aswell, so the dornish army had a tough task but not impossible. They defeated dragons during Aegon I's conquest, why would they fail now?

Prince Dorell knew that they cannot meet the Targaryen dragons and their army at an open field, so he needed to strike first, where the enemy is weak.

* *"King's Landing! We need to take King's Landing first!...No one is defending it right now. They wouldn't burn their own city and household!"*-said Prince Dorell, as the hope of wining the war grew. If they succeed to take King's Landing, then they can racketeering the enemy.

The next week the Dornish Army sailed at Sunspear and took everything and everyone from the household. Prince Aegon was the master of whispers and he had contacts everywhere, even in Dorne, so he knew already the plan of the rebels.

In 461AC the first and also last battle of the *Fifth Dornish War* took place at the Narrow Sea. King Viserys was the first to attack the dornish fleet, on Vyraxion's back, and burned everything they saw moving. Some minutes later Silverclaw and Tassyr joined the attack of the dornish fleet. The members of House Martell burned alive on their ships with their own kin and friends. The fight did not take thirty minutes, the fleet was already defeated.

House Martell did not extinct, for there was one survivor named Martyn Sand, who was the bastard son of Prince Dorell Martell, and then bend the knee to King Viserys IV Targaryen and his family, in the name of his father. Viserys made Martyn a member of House Martell, and took the title "Prince" from them, as a punishment and a reminder for them, so the Martells had the same title (Lord) as the other leaders of the Great Houses. Lord Martyn Martell never really cared for his father and his legitimate children, so he never wanted to seek revenge, altough many Lords in Dorne disagreed. He often reminded his lords of what happened with his house at the *Burning of the Narrow Sea.*

* *"My Lords! My house nearly died out with many members of your houses. I do not intend to send my men and my family to slauter for some praud or title."*

So with Lord Martyn Martell leading House Martell, the *Fifth Dornish War* was over.

### Peacfull Times

After the Dornish War, Princess Baela Targaryen fell sick and suffered with an unknown illnes for a year. She suffered a lot and died in 463AC, at Dragonstone. Her body was burned by her dragon, Quickthunder, as the tradition of Old Valyria.

In 465AC, the King and Prince Aegon Targaryen agreed to connect the two line of House Targaryen with the heir, Prince Rhaegar, and Aegon's daughter, Princess Aelora. The two were only children, so the marriage did not happened in the same year.

Prince Rhaegel Targaryen resigned his tite Hand of the King at the year 465AC, for his health weakened and he wasn't in form anymore. King Viserys wanted to name Prince Aegon as his new Hand, but Aegon didn't wanted and advised the king to name Lord Rickon Stark, who was also their cousin. Lord Rickon accepted the honor, and served King Viserys faithfully.

In 466AC, Prince Rhaegel Targaryen has passed away. He was the most loyal servant to the Iron Throne, and to King Viserys's line. After his death the King gave a new title to honor Prince Rhaegel, as the *"Prince of the Realm".*

A year later of Rhaegel's death, The celebration of King Viserys's 20th reign anniversary came. The Lords and Ladies of the Seven Kingdoms came to celebrate it in a tourney. The tourney took place at Summerhall where Prince Aegon was the host. Jon Arryn, son of Lord Floryan Arryn, was the winner of the tourney. He defeated such warriors as Steffon Baratheon and Ser Willem Tarly, who were one of the greates fighters at that time. Jon Arryn was knighted then by the King himself after the tourney. At the end of the celebration, the King announced that his Queen is with child again after twelve years without succeeding. The celebrated during weeks, and wrote songs about the greatness of the King.

At the year 467AC, Queen Gwyn Manderly gave birth to their second son named Aerion. Sadly the child died two days after the birth. The Queen was heartbroken and she don't wanted accepting the loss. Lord Stark advised the King to take a new wife, but Viserys don't wanted to hear from this.

Prince Rhaegar Targaryen(16) and Princess Aelora Targaryen (13) married at the year 470AC. The Royal Wedding was celebrated at King's Landing with the family members, inculding the family of Lord Stark. When the Queen heard about the ghossips of her for not giving more children to the King, she decided to take her own life but her waitress has stopped her at the right time. Afterward the King refused to attend at the Small Council for some time, until his wife get well.

One day, Princess Helaena, her friends and two members of the Kingsguard, Ser Ilyn Dondarrion and Ser Preston Hightower,decided to make a trip from the capital to the Kingswood where they wanted to camp and sing songs to each other. The second night at the forest the two guards drank too much wine and started to make unright comments about the ladies. It was fun at the beginning, but then Ser Ilyn tried to kiss the Princess, but she defended herself and run away. It was really dark, so no one saw where she ran. The next day, Ser Preston found the body of the Princess and it was torn beyond recognition. The Ser only recognized the Princess of her dress and her silver hair. Ser Ilyn and Preston were so affraid, that they killed other three women and fled straight to Essos. Aegon's whispers told everything about his wife, then commanded his hunters to cach the two traitors alive. After three moons time, the hunters came back with a ship from Braavos, where the two knight were in a cage. Aegon commanded to take the two knights out of the gates of King's Landing. There he sat on Tassyr's back and waited the moment to give the command to his dragon. The two knight begged for mercy but before they could speak, Aegon gave the command to Tassyr.

In 472AC, Princess Elaena Targaryen, the King's first grandchild was born. Two years later came Prince Aemond, then a year later Princess Alyssa.

After so many pain and losses, the King was finally full of joy and happiness again. The realm celebrated and Rhaegarwas the "Silver Prince" celebrated by everyone.

**Dragonriders in 470AC:**

1. Vyraxion: King Viserys IV Targaryen
2. Eyron: Prince Rhaegar Targaryen
3. Tassyr: Prince Aegon Targaryen
4. Quickthunder: Princess Aelora Targaryen

King Viserys's last four years as King were difficult, for his health started to fail time by time. His son and heir, Prince Rhaegar, took over the court due to the King's infirmities. The King had the last word as always, but Rhaegar made most of the decisions until the King's death.

## Death

King Viserys of House Targaryen, Fourth of his Name, died in fever at the year 480AC. In his last moments, he moved to Dragonstone to die where he was born. He ruled wisely and he never lost a battle nor a war. He was called "Viserys the Young", for he ascended the throne at a young age and he was also called as "Viserys the Great", for he always made the best decisions for his people and his family. He was followed by his son and heir, King Rhaegar I Targaryen.