Silverwing

**Silverwing** is a silvery she-dragon formely of House Targaryen but now belonging to House Velaryon. She was ridden by Queen Alysanne Targaryen, and later by Aethan Velaryon.

## **Appearance and Character**

Silverwing has been described as a silvery dragon. She was considered relatively docile and friendly to strangers. Silverwing often coiled with Vermithor.

## **History**

### ***Alysanne Targaryen***

According to legend, Silverwing hatched from a dragon's egg that had been placed in the cradle of Alysanne Targaryen by her sister Rhaena, in 36 AC.

Silverwing contributed her flames to the funeral pyre of King Aenys I Targaryen, together with the dragons Quicksilver and Vermithor. Following Aenys's funeral, Silverwing was brought to Driftmark when her rider, Alysanne, fled to her uncle's castle.

By 48 AC, Alysanne had become a dragonrider by flying on Silverwing. After King Maegor I Targaryen's death, Alysanne flew Silverwing to King's Landing, together with her brother Jaehaerys and her sister Rhaena upon their dragons, Vermithor and Dreamfyre, so Jaehaerys could claim the Iron Throne.

In 49 AC, Jaehaerys and Alysanne flew Vermithor and Silverwing from the Red Keep to Dragonstone to secretly marry, without the permission of the Queen Regent Alyssa Velaryon or the Hand of the King Rogar Baratheon. Dragonstone remained their refuge for the remainder of the king's minority.

During the course of Jaehaerys's long reign, he spent much time guesting with lords or holding audience in towns and villages. He would fly there upon Vermithor, with Queen Alysanne soaring on Silverwing beside him.

In 54 AC, Alysanne flew Silverwing to Oldtown for the funeral of the High Septon. The dragon alighted atop the Hightower, fanning the flames of the tower's beacon with her wings, which made the city gasp. Later that year, Alysanne and Jaehaerys flew Silverwing and Vermithor to Storm's End so that they could be with their mother Alyssa when she died in labor. Still later, Alysanne flew Silverwing to Dragonstone, to comfort her sister Rhaena in her grief for the deaths of her companions. At the end of the year, when Rhaena flew to King's Landing in search of her missing daughter Aerea, Silverwing and Vermithor rose up and roared at Dreamfyre's arrival, and those watching were afraid the dragons would fight.

In 56 AC, when the Targaryens began to house dragons in the Dragonpit, Silverwing and Vermithor did not join Balerion and three younger dragons, but instead remained at the Red Keep, where they would be close to their riders.

In 58 AC, Alysanne flew Silverwing to White Harbor, Winterfell, and later the Wall, on a planned royal progress that Jaehaerys was initially unable to accompany due to duties in King's Landing. In White Harbor, tens of thousands of northerners turned out to cheer Alysanne and gape at Silverwing with awe and terror. At Winterfell, Lord Alaric Stark refused to allow Silverwing within his walls, citing the burning of Harrenhal. Later, Alysanne's charm convinced him to approach Silverwing, though warily. Alysanne grew restless waiting for Jaehaerys to arrive at Winterfell, and flew Silverwing to the Wall, stopping at Last Hearth and several smaller keeps (including Queenscrown) on the way. At Castle Black, the men of the Night's Watch were as awed by Silverwing as the people of White Harbor had been, but Alysanne noted that Silverwing "does not like this Wall." The dragon would hiss and snap at every chilly gust of wind coming down from the Wall. Alysanne attempted on three occasions to fly Silverwing north beyond the Wall, but the dragon refused and veered south every time. Alysanne wrote to Jaehaerys that she was troubled by the fact that Silverwing refused to fly over the Wall, despite never refusing her commands previously. Alysanne later flew Silverwing back to Winterfell to reunite with Jaehaerys, and from there they flew to Torrhen's Square, Barrowton, and back to King's Landing.

In 82 AC, Alysanne flew Silverwing to the Eyrie, to be with her daughter Daella Targaryen during her first pregnancy and childbirth.

In 92 AC, Alysanne quarreled with Jaehaerys over his decision to pass over his granddaughter Rhaenys, the only heir of his deceased eldest son Aemon, in favor of his son Baelon, in the line of succession. Alysanne departed King's Landing and flew to Dragonstone on Silverwing, where she remained apart from Jaehaerys for two years, in an estrangement that became known as the Second Quarrel. The couple reconciled in 94 AC, with the help of their daughter, Septa Maegelle, though they never reached accord on the succession.

In 93 AC, Silverwing was ridden by Alysanne for the last time. Alysanne wept as she climbed painfully from her dragon's back. Silverwing became riderless upon Alysanne's death in 100 AC.

## **Recent events**

### ***Aethan Velaryon***

In 106 AC, Aethan Velaryon on his four and tenth nameday was able to form a bond with Silverwing.

## **Known dragonriders of Silverwing**

* Queen Alysanne Targaryen
* Aethan Velaryon