Aemon Targaryen

Maeghar Targaryen

Brother - Aerion Targaryen

Brother - Jaeghar Targaryen

Sister - Daelaena Targaryen

Sister - Rhaenerys Targaryen

Brother - Lucerys Targaryen

**Aemon Targaryen**, 'the Glass Prince' is the eldest son of Aeric and Rhaecaera, the Prince of Dragonstone and rider of the dragon, Aevorax.

## Appearance

> *"He was tall and lanky. A wisp of a figure that seemed to blow in the wind as easily as the long strands of milk-white hair.*" - Thoughts of Ardan Storm
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Due to his condition, Aemon lacks much muscle, but has some definition in his upper body due to some use of the bow, but it isn't readily apparent.

His face is rather thin itself, longer rather than wider. His lean physique has lended itself to a rather sharp jawline that juts out a bit. Aemon has a mouth of thin, wide lips, His cheekbones aren't too apparent, but are high like his siblings.
Aemon's hair is milk-white, like a very pale cream that falls past his shoulders. His eyes are an oval shape and coloured a clear violet. His clear skin is also fairly pale, typical of his house, though this is partly because he does not go outside the Red Keep often.

Aemon has no apparent scars, but there is one on his upper right thigh from where maesters attempted to see if they could fix anything with his legs.

## Biography

### Background

By all accounts, Aemon's birth was a relatively simple one on a slightly cool spring day in the Red Keep. The maesters that attended his birth all proclaimed the child to be healthy and strong, a declaration that was welcomed by the people of King's Landing and the Realm to know that their future was secure. An egg was placed in his cradle shortly thereafter, which would hatch within the year.

As an infant and toddler, Aemon spent much of his time with wet nurses and his mother, though by the time he was five, he was put in front of maesters to begin teaching him as would be expected of a high noble. Still, he was especially close with his mother, and only became closer as he grew into his upper single digits. His dragon, Aevorax, was kept in the Dragonpit, safely kept away from the young child.

In his youth, Aemon enjoyed spending time outside, exploring and dreaming of being a shining knight of the Kingsguard, watching as they trained inside the walls of the Red Keep.

#### Summer Sickness

In 134 AC, the sickness affected mostly children and most pulled out of it with no repercussions. In some cases, however, it was particularly severe.

It began among the smallfolk of the city, as plagues normally did. Aemon became infected and was bedridden within a few days. The King, Maesters, and advisors all spent time with the young prince, but none accompanied him more than Rhaecaera. It took several moons to pass, but Aemon would pull through and the sickness cleared up. But his lungs remained weak and his legs had grown weaker, explained by the Maesters to resemble what an older person's would.

Aemon became reclusive for a few years after, jaded by the life stolen from him. He was prone to fits and pity, which drove many of his attendants mad. While it improved over the next two years, what broke the spell was a brief journey to Dragonstone: As a child, Aemon viewed it as his parents not looking at him as this crippled boy anymore, but someone who could still do normal things. While it was a short journey, it did much to improve Aemon's life. It was this time that Aemon took his first journey atop Aevorax. While he didn't dislike his dragon or the ride, it wasn't something that he viewed as particularly important or comfortable due to his condition.

#### Prince of Dragonstone

When he became of age, Aemon officially became the Prince of Dragonstone. He still had much to learn and brought in many advisors to help him rule that he had learned under in King's Landing - including smaller bannermen of Lord Reyne's and local Crownland advisors. Due to this, Aemon was not as close to the rest of his siblings - both because of the age gap between them - and now because of the physical gap of Blackwater Bay. During this time, he learned more about the history of Westeros and trade with external partners of Westeros, exchanging frequent ravens with the Master of Coin, Lord Reynard Reyne, in the capital.

The death of his mother in 143 AC threatened to send him spiraling back down the rabbit hole, if it weren't for the interventions of the Grand Maester and the Master of Coin. As the oldest sibling, Aemon had known Rhaecaera the best and had the most memory of her - memories that would pain him for years. But, the Grand Maester and Lord Reyne cleverly sought to help Aemon bury his grief in reading and learning. It helped him tremendously, and he could be seen poring over ancient tomes on trade routes in the Narrow Sea and the history of Oldtown.

The Prince discovered his love of learning then and would foster that for the next several years, becoming quite the bookish young man. He learned to use a bow (though was still somewhat rudimentary at it by this time), which aided in boosting his self-confidence. Aemon was closest with several of the small council advisors, including successive Grand Maesters and Lord Reyne, whom Aemon admired greatly.

Aemon spends much of his time in his later teens and twenties on Dragonstone watching after the affairs of the keep and dealing with the houses of the Narrow Sea. It is there that he begins to learn more about the affairs of ruling and dealing with houses of similar stature, all of which wanted different things. Only once did he depart the Crownlands themselves to visit the isle of Lys, where he was 'made a man' there, but the purpose of his trip was to learn about the trade intricacies of the Three Daughters and the impact of it upon Westeros and the Stepstones. The death of Lord Reyne has also affected him, making him more worried for the future of a Realm without him.

Aemon has taken note of his father's lackadaisical approach to the realm's affairs and has tried to insert himself more into politics in King's Landing - both to help himself and his father. Aemon wants to learn more of the ropes if he can in the time leading up to his own ascent to the throne, and to help steady the ship before he gets there. More and more trips are taken to the city - both on dragonback and by ship - in order to get a sense of what's going on.

### *The Reign of Dragons*

Aemon sits on the Small Council to represent his father, who has since taken to Dragonstone with his son, Vaegon. In that time, Aemon betrothes his sister, Rhaenerys, to Durran Baratheon, something that irks Aerion. He and the council discuss Durran Baratheon's intent to make war on Dorne, and then what is to be done with Freya Greyjoy, but arrive at no clear conclusion on the latter subject. After an argument over who is to be made the new Hand of the King arises between Jeyne Tully and Arthor Hightower, Aemon promises he'll seek his father's wisdom on the matter at a later date. Once the attending members have left, he asks Jaeghar to take care of something for him. He is later in attendance when his uncle Maelor returns to King's Landing after a long time away. Though his father, wife, and sisters are all given gifts, Maelor pointedly shows Aemon little respect during the conversation. Not long after, Aemon travels to Storm's End as part of Rhaenerys' escort, where he introduces several members of his family to the Baratheons. While there, present members of the small council conduct an impromptu rendezvous, Aemon amongst them. However, after the meeting is inevitably derailed by the incessant quarrelling of Lady Tully and Lord Hightower, Aemon begins to lament his presence there and is quite grateful when a young page tells him Durran has called for an assembly in the Round Hall. Afterwards, Aemon witnesses an outburst from a now irate Ardan Storm which is immediately excused by Durran, and before he can hear any more, Aemon sees himself out. During a feast, Aemon is conversing pleasantly with Durran when Rhaenerys accuses him of being spineless, after which she follows their brother Aerion to nearest privy.

## Personality

Aemon is a kind and benevolent prince but not by any means a perfect one. As some say, the Realm wanted a Crown Prince with all of Aeric's benefits and none of his weaknesses. His heir came out with a little of each. The prince has a genial and polite demeanour, politics come naturally to him, and he knows how to work a room. However, he is eager to please and wants everyone to be satisfied and struggles if it isn't possible. Aemon shares \*some\* of his father's leisurely weakness, and is fond of good-looking women, but rarely partakes due to his knowledge about his own position. He is envious as he knows his physical limitations stop him from being what everyone wants him to be and what he himself wants to be. Aemon suffers from feeling as though he is never good enough and has a large chip on his shoulder. He has the white-hot anger of his family and struggles to contain it when he feels like he's being pitied. The character I would most associate him with would be Aenys I, though not entirely. I would use a secondary as Robb Stark to maybe explain it further, if that helps! Sometimes it does, sometimes it confuses.

Aemon would see himself as someone who has been picked on, an underdog of sorts, who is trying to make the best of the situation. He thinks that he will be able to prove himself and desires to do just that. Aemon would definitely see himself as a protagonist in his story - someone who's trying to do the right thing and keeps his nose to the grindstone. The rest of the world is murky in his eyes and it isn't something that is set in stone.

Aemon has a fear that they only see the outside of him - the wheeled chair, the walking stick, the narrow body, but don't see the inquisitive mind (in his eyes) and dedication to help the Seven Kingdoms that he believes that he has. His first goal in almost any conversation is to prove that he's more than what people think he is. The world, to him, is a very diverse place and he recognizes that from the beginning. Having suffered himself, he understands that others in the Seven Kingdoms may also have suffered or been labeled different unfairly. That could get him into trouble vis a vis the Dornish, he may have more sympathy to them than others might.

His best trait is that he genuinely does want to do good. Aemon is hardworking and he will put effort in to make sure that others are happy. While he is jealous, he is not greedy. On the other hand, you could argue that he has a few traits that are his worst. One would be this desire to prove himself, which could easily be portrayed as attention-seeking or seeking to have the limelight on him. Aemon wants others' approval badly. He's also quite envious and is quick to be jealous of those around him for having what he does not.

The most important thing to Aemon, is kindness. Not necessarily loyalty, not necessarily trust, but kindness. I want to explain it a bit because I feel like it really goes with his personality, but it sounds really simple on the tin. Aemon is a very warm and outgoing individual, and people even feigning kindness to him, giving him the attention that he wants - positive attention - would go a long way in his eyes. He would ignore a lot to see that kindness. Betrayal would be a cardinal sin in his eyes. Someone who feigned kindness to him \*and\* Aemon finding out would provoke the most anger from Aemon that is possible. In the end, Aemon would never change his bookishness, which he views as part of the reason he 'triumphed' over peoples' views of him.

As far as secrets, Aemon is pretty close to an open book. As a prince, it's rather difficult to have many secrets - at least to those that are somewhat close to him. But it's also just because of who he is. He wears his heart on his sleeve. The closest thing to a secret would be the fact that he visited a Lysene brothel, but even then, it's not the closest guarded secret. There are several things that could be pseudo-secrets - like the fact he doesn't ride his dragon too often (once a moon or so), he is a voracious book reader, or that he does have this jealous vein in him. They aren't necessarily secrets because people probably know about them - but they aren't \*well\* known. He doesn't hide them, but some may view him poorer because of them.

Aemon's biggest fear, which I've touched on and danced around, is a fear of pity, really. He doesn't want people to treat him as different. In this vein, his ultimate fear is that someone will attempt to depose him as king because of who he is and he's not the perfect prince that they want. He's also afraid of being thought of as lesser, which ties into that, and a larger fear that his wife won't love him or will only be in it for power. Aemon desperately wants to be a good king, though there is a lot of his personality that ties into the fact that he may be a better administrator or advisor than a king. He wants to be remembered for great things and deeds. He seeks validation through legacy.

The Crown Prince is fairly outgoing and can get along with most people. He would struggle with people like Maelor who may be more martially focused and view him as weak because of his condition. Even if they didn't view him like that, he may have insecurities that they do. Aemon would especially seek out those that may be more intellectual, as he would enjoy those conversations the most.