Rhaella Targaryen

## Princess of the Seven Kingdoms

Rhaenys Rivers (Half)

Daella Targaryen

Aerys Targaryen (Half)

**Rhaella Targaryen** is the eldest trueborn child of Viserys and his wife, Elena Targaryen of Summerhall. She is the fourth of six children, and was raised in Oldtown as a Septa after being sent there as a child of four. Though her father never took a great liking to her, the Septons and Septas of the Starry Sept did, and at the age of fifteen she became a Septa; at eighteen, was granted a Seat in the Most Devout. She is the first rider of the dragon Sunstryke.

## Appearance

Classically Valyrian in every sense of the word, Rhaella Targaryen commands a tall, striking figure, with large cat-like eyes that glimmer a soft hue of violet-blue, a mixture that seems to change depending on the reflecting light. Her hair is soft and silver, with a series of long, golden locks mixed within, a comparison to one Elaena Targaryen of old.

Rhaella is just as lovely as her sister, Daella, though words oft speak that hers is a softer beauty, sweeter and more feminine. Though by no means plump, Rhaella is more rounded than Daella, her breasts larger, her hips wider, her lips fuller. Her hair is perfectly coiffed and combed, and her eyes are soft and kind, sympathetic whilst full lips carry a sweet smile.

Despite her great beauty, Rhaella carries a long scar from hipbone to breast, from when Sunstryke injured her during taming.

## History

**98 AC:** Rhaella Targaryen is born in King’s Landing to Viserys and Elena Targaryen, the first legitimate child of the former

**402 AC:** Rhaella is introduced in Oldtown by Ser Luthor of the Kingsguard, after the Crown Prince decided it best to offer Rhaella to the Seven as a Septa.

**403 AC:** Begins studying at the Starry Sept, and by her father’s influence in the Hightower, glimpses the knowledge of the Citadel, and what lay within.

**407 AC:** The High Septon, commonly known as The Veiled One, travels to Oldtown and meets Rhaella for the first time. Shortly after, Rhaella is entrusted to the care of seven holy knights of the Order of the Seven, who escort her to and from the Starry Sept; she is never seen without them at her side.

**410 AC:** Rhaella visits Summerhall for the first time, and Highgarden shortly after.

**411 AC:** Rhaella makes her way to King’s Landing for a private attendance with the Veiled One. Rhaella does not chance to see her family during the quick visit.

**413 AC:** Rhaella makes her first tour around the Reach, and when she returns, is officially made into a Septa.

**415 AC:** Rhaella begins earning a reputation as a strong representative of the Faith. Foremost humble, Rhaella oft sleeps, eats, and talks with the lowest of society, claiming that no one is beyond reproach, and that even the highest must know what it is to go hungry, to weep, and to feel grime between their fingers.

**415 AC:** In the aftermath of the War of Four Daughters, Rhaella redoubled her efforts in Oldtown and the Reach. The failure of the armies of the Seven Kingdoms highlighted a key aspect of weakness within the Seven Kingdoms for her, and when she visited the Veiled One again in King’s Landing, Rhaella spent three days hidden amongst the people of Flee Bottom, and when she revealed herself, gifts aplenty were given to the smallfolk there – Rhaella, again, refused to meet with the King, speaking that she was only Rhaella, and two years ago, she’d cast away the name Targaryen.

**417 AC, 1st Moon:** Rhaella returns to King’s Landing after the death of her father, Viserys Targaryen, and is welcomed by the King, who she meets for the first time since leaving for Oldtown thirteen years prior. There, he tells her, “Had you been a boy, what a king you would’ve made,” which inspires Rhaella to travel to the sands of Dorne with a noble retinue in order to tame the dragon, Sunstryke. Among those followers were Desmond Tarly, Rowan Tyrell, and Greydon Hightower.

**417 AC,** **4th Moon:** Rhaella succeeds in taming Sunstryke, but nearly dies during the attempt. Sunstryke rips her open from waist to breast, and she spends five months in recovery in Yronwood during this time.

**417 AC, 10th Moon:** Rhaella returns to Oldtown atop the back of Sunstryke. The people of Oldtown herald her as she proclaims that a, “New age has come, and it is of the Faith.” After the death of Septon Eustace, Rhaella is named to the Most Devout in a surprising landslide vote.

**417 AC, 11th Moon:** Rhaella makes her way to King’s Landing to celebrate her grandfather’s nameday, and take up her seat on the Most Devout.

## Possessions

### Animal Companions

* Sunstryke, the Terror of the Red Mountains.

### Other

* A Septa’s gown that glittered like burnished gold, in all the colors of the Faith. Woven so that each color pronounces itself equally with the rest.

## Connections

* House Targaryen – Family
* The Veiled One – Rhaella has cultivated a secret relationship with the current High Septon.
* The Houses of the Reach – Rhaella is on a first-name basis with most, if not all major Houses in the region.
* Mina Tyrell – A Lady in Waiting for the Princess.
* Rhaella’s Seven – Seven Knights who guard her day and night.

## Rumors

* Rumours surround the thought that Rhaella may have presented herself naked before the Most Devout, in the proving of the miracle of her own survival after taming Sunstryke.
* The Septa is plotting with the High Septon, but for what reason?
* Rumors speak that the Princess is an advocate for an extended military arm of the Faith.
* Certainly there must be something wicked to the Princess, her enemies have decided – but heresay varies. She is sleeping with her sister; she is sleeping with Lord Hightower; she is sleeping with Lord Tyrell, or mayhaps all three. She cavorts with witches naked in order to gain favor from the smallfolk, in order to extend her beauty; she is not a maid; she drinks the blood of maiden girls. Menageries of terrible things spoken if only to lower the Septa’s prestige within and without the faith.