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reignof-fyre · 1 day

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I believe that Valyrians of old practised equal primogeniture, and the only thing an heir had to be was a dragonrider. Think about it. They practice incest, so the eldest (say, a daughter) inheriting meant that the firstborn son (say, the second eldest) would be a ruler anyway. Why overlook the dragonriding daughter for a dragonriding son when they'd both end up rulers anyway?

Also, in Old Valyrian, the world's "prince" "princess", and "heir" are all the same: dārilaros, as in, it isn't gendered. This is the biggest clue that they practised equal primogeniture in Valyria and likely gave that up in Westeros to please the misogynistic bastards there.

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Also, they were in close proximity to the Rhoynar, and they are confirmed to practice equal primogeniture.

From what we know, Visenya was a warrior and this was accepted by her father and brother-husband as normal. She rode a dragon, which is, again, their normal. It's also heavily implied that Aegon wed Visenya to strengthen his claim to dragonstone, meaning she was the named heir of their father as the eldest no matter her gender.

The Targaryens conceeded a lot when they became Kings and Queens, one being their faith (as far as we know; they could have secretly worshipped the 14 flames of Old Valyria) and they had to have a literal contract written by Jaehaerys and the Faith to be able to continue intermarrying to keep the bloodline pure.

From this, we can extrapolate that Valyrians likely practiced equal primogeniture and it was Jaehaerys, whose best friend was a Septon, who began the trend of being a misogynistic piece of shit to the women of House Targaryen, what with how he disregarded a lot of what Alysanne said to him, disinherited Rhaenys, and allowed Lord's not of House Targaryen to choose the heir to the throne rather than let Rhaenys inherit. He also treated his daughters like absolute shit, calling Saera a whore and barely mourning Viserra, etc.

I definitely think that Jaehaerys, due to his trauma from Maegor, was slowly manipulated by Septon Barth and the men he surrounded himself with to see women as less than, and he alone planted the seeds of rebellion by giving the lords a choice in who would inherit after him when they never should have had the option because in the world of ice and fire the monarchy is absolute and the King's word is absolute law.

Jaehaerys' many mistakes gave the Hightowers a foothold and meant that the realm would undoubtedly be split when it came to the Dance because a previous king (jaehaerys) planted doubts. And also Otto schemed and plotted with alicent and likely the maesters and faith.

In naming Rhaenys heir, Jaehaerys would then have to answer the question as to why he took the throne when Rhaena and Aerea were still alive and the wife and daughter of the last King (Aegon). Jaehaerys was, in actual fact, a usurper if you looked at it at a certain point of view.

The Rightful line of succession should have gone like this going by cannon deaths etc

Aenys > Rhaena > Aerea (died)> Rhaella (if she gave up her septas's vows), or Jaehaerys > daenerys (she died young) > aemon > rhaenys > laena (dies) > Baela (jacaerys as consort) > their firstborn > so on and so forth

But it didn't. Because jaehaerys is a cunt, and so are the women hating, misogynistic andals + faith and maesters.

#anti jaehaerys i targaryen #anti faith of the seven #anti maesters #anti otto hightower #anti alicent hightower #anti alicent stans #awoiaf #asoiaf #asoiaf meta #hotd #daenerys targaryen #rhaenyra targaryen #got #anti greens #pro blacks

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cthaehbutwithafrog · 15 days

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weirdest dog i’ve ever seen

#why is he wet #my art #aegon ii targaryen #hotd #house of the dragon #hotd fanart #house of the dragon fanart #asoiaf #asoiaf fanart #awoiaf

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wodania · 26 days

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“our towers, they rose up and set with the sun / our sermons, they burnt us with fiery tongues / we wrought our wings of metal, surprised when we fell,” eastward of eden by amelia day

“The Valyrians learned one deplorable thing from the Ghiscari: slavery. The Ghiscari whom they conquered were the first to be thus enslaved, but not the last. The burning mountains of the Fourteen Flames were rich with ore, and the Valyrians hungered for it: copper and tin for the bronze of their weapons and monuments; later iron for the steel of their legendary blades; and always gold and silver to pay for it all.” a world of ice and fire, ancient history: valyria’s children

“The freed slaves parted before her. “Mother,” they called from a hundred throats, a thousand, ten thousand. “Mother,” they sang, their fingers brushing her legs as she flew by. “Mother, mother, mother!”” a storm of swords, daenerys iv

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terrorofthetrident · 8 months

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“As a young man, Aemond wore night-black armor, chased with gold.”

— A Wiki of Ice and Fire

#even the description of his armor is hot #going to go insane when i see him in his armor #since they’re going green themed i think his cloak will be green instead of red #aemond targaryen #f&b #hotd #edited the coloring of this art a bit #awoiaf

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sleazyjanet · 1 year

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ashara dayne ko-fi commission 🫶

#ashara dayne #house dayne #art #digital art #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #awoiaf

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helaemonder · 5 months

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depressed wife and her war criminal husband.

#helaena targaryen #aemond targaryen #helaemond #helaena x aemond #hotd trailer #house of the dragon #hotd #awoiaf #pro helaemond #season 2 #helaena targaryen x aemond targaryen #ship post

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sirmacintosh · 1 year

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Justice for the Velaryon women and their hair

#mac draws #hotd #house of the dragon #house targaryen #house velaryon #rhaenys targaryen #rhaenys velaryon #rhaenys the queen who never was #laena valeryon #baela targaryen #rhaena targaryen #game of thrones #got #a song of ice and fire #asoiaf #a world of ice and fire #awoiaf #art #fan art

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murmel-malt · 8 months

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The Order of the Green Hand was a knightly order founded by House Gardener, the Kings of the Reach, whose sigil was a green hand. Only those both virtuous and skilled in arms were offered membership. The last members of the Order died with King Mern IX Gardener at the Field of Fire during the Aegon’s Conquest.

The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach: Highgarden

a redraw of my contribution to last year's Reach Week x

#my art #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #the reach #the order of the green hand #house gardener #asoiaf lore #asoiaf history #valyrianscrolls #awoiaf #pre asoiaf #i came to the realisation that i hate colouring armor/larger surfaces of metall in generall #it took so long until i was finally happy with how it looked. longer than all the rest combined

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bladeofdreadfort · 8 months

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Hightower is the tallest structure in Westeros, a stepped tower more than seven hundred feet high with a great beacon at its peak to show ships at sea the way to Oldtown. The city itself is the second largest in Westeros, behind only King’s Landing, but it is thousands of years old.

#house hightower #welighttheway #house of the dragon #hotd #asoiaf #awoiaf #gif edit #gifs #[mine]

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addaerontruther · 6 months

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a happier AU, commissioned by me (and my baby @emeraldruins). art by jota saraiva (twitter / instagram)

bloodstar baby lives rent free in my head! her name is serenei, she has two slightly different color purple eyes and a single streak of black hair from her blackwood side. she loves the color pink, talking to everyone she meets, and her parents. she is dearly cherished in return.

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a portrait of serenei, done by laura avellino ( @wickedlittlebxtchfromhighgarden / twitter / instagram)