Daemon Targaryen

Prince Baelor Targaryen (uncle)

Princess Daena Targaryen (aunt)

Prince Daeron Targaryen (twin brother)

Princess Vhaena Targaryen (sister)

Daemon Targaryen is the Prince of Dragonstone, the heir to the Iron Throne. The son of King Aemon I and his wife, Queen Laena, Daemon is their second born child, being the younger brother to Princess Vhaena, and the older twin to Prince Daeron. Despite his status as Prince of Dragonstone, Daemon spends relatively little time at his seat, preferring to travel throughout the Seven Kingdoms atop his dragon, Vhagar.

## Biography

### Early Life

Daemon Targaryen came into the world screaming, followed closely by a far quieter twin brother, Daeron. His mother named him after her grandsire, the Rogue Prince, who had been the wonder and terror of his age. Even as in infant, Daemon was loud and boisterous, and used to getting his way, refusing to suckle at any breast save his mother's, whilst his quieter brother was satisfied with a wet nurse. As he grew older, Daemon proved himself a precocious yet rambunctious child, using his wit to terrorize the Red Keep with all forms of pranks, usually accompanied by his twin. This was done primarily as an attempt to get his father's attention, for King Aemon was ever busy tending to the realm, and had little time for his children. Unfortunately, Daemon's antics were usually chastised by his mother. Luckily for Daemon, even young as he was, he was almost always able to charm himself out of the worst trouble he got himself into.

Daemon took special delight in pestering his elder sister, Vhaena, once conscripting Daeron into spending the day collecting spiders from throughout the castle and dumping them all into his sister's bed that night. This earned him a fierce chastisement from his mother, and even his father took notice, taking himself away from the endless administrations of the realm. This chastisement kept him from trouble for about a fortnight, before he stole Dark Sister from White Sword Tower , to the fury of his uncle Prince Baelor. This prompted Queen Laena to procure Daemon a whipping boy, Garrett, who would receive chastisement whenever Daemon transgressed, which managed to put a stop to most of Daemon's antics.

The rest of his energy was taken out in the training yard, which he entered along with his brother Daeron at the age of six, at first armed with wooden swords. The two brothers were well matched for their first few years, and Daeron at last managed to steadily come out of the shadow of his elder, more boisterous twin, coming to stand beside him as an equal.

#### Attempt on the Dragonpit

When they were ten years old, Daemon and Daeron made a pact with one another. Both wished to claim the dragon Caraxes, for they were both admirers of the exploits of the Bloodwyrm and his rider, the original Prince Daemon. Knowing that they would need to get past the Dragonkeepers, the two promised to help each other enter the Dragonpit, reach the Bloodwyrm's cave, and allow whoever was quicker to mount him. The two entered the Dragonpit with their sister Vhaena, having told her that they wished to see her young dragon, Pyrrias. As they passed Caraxes's cave, Daeron punched Daemon in the face, knocking him down. As Daemon started to cry, the Dragonkeeper before the Bloodwyrm's cave moved to help him up, whilst Daeron dashed past and mounted the dragon. The beast took off, leaving Daemon on the ground, until the eventual arrival of his parents and Daeron's later return. The fact that his little brother had claimed a dragon before he did irked the young prince tremendously, and he resolved that one day he would claim a greater mount, though that day was several years away.