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gotham-at-nightfall · 10 days

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The Vale of Arryn submits to House Targaryen!

By Jota Saraiva

#a song of ice and fire #fire & blood #house targaryen #visenya targaryen #vhagar #house arryn #sharra arryn #ronnel arryn #fanart #deviantart

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duchess-of-oldtown · 1 year

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The thing that drives me crazy about people's opinion of Visenya in-universe is that they generalise her as "the stern one" or the "evil sister". Visenya may have been aloof but she loved with every bone of her body. She won the Vale banking on a mother's love for her son. She kept her word to a small boy despite a tense situation and grieved his death years later. She went to extreme lengths to form the Kingsguard to protect Aegon. She risked her own life to torch Dorne after it claimed Rhaenys. She counselled Aenys wisely throughout his reign. She counselled Maegor despite how close he came to bringing down House Targaryen, the legacy her bother and sister helped her build and left her with. Visenya helped build House Targaryen into what it was, not out of fire and blood but out of love.

#Visenya wasn't soft but she wasn't made of ice either #She fucking loved every one of her family #visenya the conqueror #visenya targaryen #aegon the conqueror #rhaenys the conqueror #maegor the cruel #maegor targaryen #aenys i targaryen #ronnel arryn #Sharra Arryn #House Targaryen #valyrianscrolls #Asoiaf #pre asoiaf #The Conquest

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coldraindropsss · 3 months

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Lysa Tully, Robert Arryn, Sharra Arryn, Ronnel Arryn

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twoiafart · 1 year

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Ronnel Arryn with Visenya Artwork by Tomasz Jedruszek

Visenya took flight on Vhagar to the Vale of Arryn and the Eyrie, where Queen Sharra and her son, King Ronnel, had sought refuge. The castle high on the Giant’s Lance proved no barrier to a dragon, however, and Visenya landed unopposed in the castle’s courtyard. By the time Sharra and her knights arrived, Visenya had the boy king Ronnel on her knee, begging to fly on her dragon. Sharra was forced to submit while her son got his promised flight, circling the Eyrie three times on Vhagar’s back—taking off as a little king and landing as a little lord.

#asoiaf art #visenya targaryen #ronnel arryn #tomasz jedruszek

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warp-speed · 1 year

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Sharra Arryn, Kingdom of the Mountain and Vale Queen Consort, with the heir Ronnel Arryn

I'm trying to get back into my more exaggerated cartoon style while using references.

#asoiaf #asoiaf art #asoiaf fanart #valyrianscrolls #house arryn #sharra arryn #ronnel arryn #art #drawing #illustration #characterdesign #my art

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slaymondoneeye · 1 year

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Great houses of Westeros - House Arryn of the Eyrie

#a song of ice and fire #asoiaf #game of thrones #arryn #house arryn #lysa arryn #robin arryn #ronnel arryn #westeros #the eyrie

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faeporcelain · 1 year

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"Mother, can I go riding with the lady?"

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echos-muses · 2 months

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my personal asoiaf fancasts thus far

aegon’s conquest

aegon i targaryen - charlie hunnam

visenya targaryen - katheryn winnick

rhaenys targaryen - elizabeth lail

orys baratheon - jonathan bailey

argella durrandon - kaya scodelario

argilac the arrogant - adrian schiller

harren hoare - jeremy irons

sharra arryn - jaimie alexander

ronnel arryn - billy jenkins (child), jeremy irvine (older)

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asoiafandotherbooks · 6 months

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TWOIAF/Fire & Blood: Thoughts on Rebellions

Warning, Spoilers Ahead…

In the previous two posts of a World of Ice And Fire, I recapped the rebellions Aenys faced in his first year as king. The second post was long so I’ll share my thoughts of the events in this post.

Aenys was weak and indecisive. How he can be so surprised over these rebellions? It has been less than forty years since the Targaryens conquered Westeros. A conquest that caused tens of thousands of deaths. There are still survivors of the Conquest alive during Aenys’ reign. We have countries in the real world that were conquered/colonized centuries ago, and there is still much resentment, anger, and bitterness over it. Forty years is nothing in comparison.

Aenys was told to use Quicksilver at Harrenhal and he declined. Dragons are the only deterring force the Targaryens have – if they aren’t going to be used to put down rebellions, what do the opposing forces have to fear? Minus the dragons, the Targaryens are just another Westerosi lord.

Aenys’ sole contribution to resolving these disputes was to send Lord Alyn Stokeworth. Even that decision was multiple choice: sail to the Vale, stay in King’s Landing, pursue Harren the Red.

The Rise of the Dragons mentions Aenys’ resentment of Visenya but he should thank the Old Gods and the New that he had her. Visenya was the one to take decisive action to end these rebellions. Visenya had to be seething at Aenys’ weakness and indecisiveness. Aenys should also be grateful that various lords stayed loyal and took their own initiative to resolve these conflicts.

As to why the four rebellions erupted at that time – I understand why the rebels sensed a weakness – Aegon the Conqueror is dead, Balerion unclaimed, Rhaenys and Meraxes are dead, Aenys is unfit for the throne…but Visenya, Vhagar, and Orys Baratheon are still alive. All three are battle-hardened and took active parts in the conquest. Maegor has shown to be an individual who is not be messed with. Did the rebels assume Aenys wouldn’t allow Visenya to take charge? Does Visenya seem like someone who can be put in the corner. Or did they pull a D&D and simply forget about Visenya, Vhagar, Orys, and Maegor? Visenya and Orys lost a sister to the Conquest, Orys lost his hand in the war with Dorne – there was no way they were going to stand aside and let their dynasty be overthrown.

As for the individual rebellions, I wrote most of my thoughts on Harren the Red post, but I would love to know more about him: actual descendant of Harren the Black, descendant of a survivor of the original Harrenhal staff, a Joker-type spreading anarchy in the Riverlands for fun?

The Vale – Jonos had to seriously resent Ronnel to not only overthrow him but also to murder him. Kinslaying is such a taboo in Westeros that Roose Bolton and Tywin Lannister refuse to commit the crime. Jonos threw Ronnel out the Moon Door without a second thought. Would the Crown have intervened if Jonos simply proclaimed himself the new Lord of the Vale as opposed to the “King of the Mountain and Vale”? Jonos was stupid to rely on the natural defenses of the Eyrie to protect himself as Visenya had already proven that strategy to be useless during the Conquest. Jonos and fellow conspirators must have peed themselves when Maegor and Balerion (!) showed up on their doorstep. I wish we had been told Visenya’s thoughts on the death of Ronnel – the one moment of softness she receives in the entire story is when she takes Ronnel on a dragon ride after securing the Vale’s submission. Sending Maegor and Balerion, along with the execution of the conspirators even after their surrender – could be an indication of Visenya’s anger over the situation.

The Iron Islands – Goren Greyjoy was an intelligent man. He knew he couldn’t battle dragons, but he could put down a crazy drowned priest. In a decisive moment, he ended Lodos Reborn’s rebellion, preventing an invasion from mainland forces, and was able to secure a boon from the Iron Throne. Said boon enabled Goren to expel all Septas and Septons from the Iron Islands. Goren is now vastly elevated in his fellow Ironborns’ esteem as he has now eliminated the hated Faith of the Seven from the Iron Islands. Take that, Lodos!

Dorne – Not surprising that Dorne had the largest rebellion. The Dornish War was less than thirty years ago, and massive atrocities were committed by both sides. The Targaryens must take most of the blame since they started the confrontation with Dorne. Hatred runs deep between the sides. It’s noted that few Dornish lords participated in the rebellion so most of the Vulture Kings’s forces could have been survivors/descendants of the survivors of the Dragon’s Wroth. I imagine if you aren’t a rich Dornish lord, and your home/land/family destroyed by fire-breathing dragons, and you don’t have the resources to rebuild – well, joining a rebellion against the dragon overlords might seem like a great idea.

Was Deria Martell aiding the Vulture King? After all, it was Deria’s father that made peace with Aegon Targaryen, not Deria. Does Deria have more of her grandmother in her than her father? Deria’s grandmother, the Yellow Toad (sorry, I’m blanking on her first name) was defiant to the end. Deria may wish to war against the Targaryens but knows it’s a battle she can’t win, so as the Vulture King rampages, she throws her hands up and says “so sorry, Vulture King bad, wish he would stop” while doing nothing to stop his rebellion?

Orys Baratheon died happily while avenging his most humiliating defeat. Orys’ death left Visenya truly alone – she is now the last of her generation of Targaryens. We don’t receive any details of Orys’ relationship with his sisters, only that he was very close to Aegon. Argella Durrandon Baratheon – did she mourn? Was she relieved to be a widow? Was she still alive at this point?

So many fun characters involved in the Vulture Hunt – “Savage” Sam Tarly, Ellyn “Lady Nightsong” Caron, Harmon “No-Nose” Dondarrion! Would love to know more about these characters. Don’t mess with marcher lords or ladies, they’re crazy!

Up next, the one-close bond between the brothers dissolves.

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sebeth · 1 year

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The World Of Ice And Fire/Fire & Blood: Visenya Makes A Friend, Rhaenys Does Not

Warning, Spoilers Ahead…

Aegon has gained the submission of the North and divides his forces one more. Aegon and his army marched towards Oldtown. Viseny, on Vhagar, went to the Vale, and Rhaenys, on Meraxes went to Dorne.

Sharra Arryn, regent of the Vale, had been preparing for the arrival of the Targaryens: she “strengthened the defenses of Gulltown, moved a strong host to the Bloody Gate, and tripled the size of the garrisons in Stone, Snow, and Sky” waycastles. None of which does any good against dragons.

Visenya landed Vhagar in the Eyrie’s inner courtyard, picked up Ronney Arryn, and smiled at Sharra.

Sharra, like Torrhen, is another wise ruler (and mother) who realized the only option was submission: “Lady Sharra sent for the three crowns (her own regent’s coronet, her son’s small crown, and the Falcon Crown of Mountain and Vale) and surrendered them to Queen Visenya, along with the swords of her garrison”.

Visenya then took Ronnel on a dragon ride, flying three times around the Giant’s Lance.

Visenya taking Ronnel for a ride on Vhagar is a sweet moment – possibly the only time “sweet” can be used in conjunction with Visenya. She was under no obligation to take Ronnel for a flight, but she did and made the boy’s day (while giving Sharra palpitations the whole time her son was on Vhagar).

Dorne was proving more difficult. Damn stubborn Dornish! Rhaenys landed in Vaith, Godsgrace, and Planky Town but only found women, children, and old men in each location – no lords.

Rhaenys landed in Sunspear and encountered Meria Martell, the elderly Princess of Dorne. Meria informed Rhaenys that “I will not fight you nor will I kneel to you. Dorne has no king. Tell your brother that.”

Rhaenys promised to return with “fire and blood”.

Meria countered: “Your words. Ours are unbowed, unbent, unbroken. You may burn us, my lady…but you will not bend us, break us, or make us bow. This is Dorne. You are not wanted here. Return at your peril.”

After that bit of ominous foreshadowing, Rhaenys left Dorne.

Aegon should have switched the sisters when sending the pair to the Vale and Dorne. We don’t know much of Rhaenys but she was said to be a charmer and could easily achieve the same “soft power/subtle threat” approach with the Arryns. Visenya’s fierceness would have been a better fit for Dorne: she wouldn’t have threatened to unleash fire and blood upon her return, she would have unleashed it the moment she was defied.

I don’t know if Dore would have been easier to conquer with an initial visit by Visenya instead of Rhaenys (the Dornish were already preparing for hit and run tactics) but rejecting Rhaenys (with no consequences) and later killing Rhaenys/Meraxes gave the Dornish a huge boost in confidence and morale. Meria herself seemed to be the main backbone behind the Dornish resistance – its after her death that her son makes peace with the Iron Throne. If Visenya melted Sunspear to the ground (with Meria in it) – how does that change the Dornish resistance? Do they surrender earlier or does the death of their princess make them even more defiant? Do the Targaryens and the Dornish come to an agreement since Aegon and Visenya aren’t continually firebombing Dorne to avenge Rhaenys?

Up next: Aegon arrives in Oldtown.

#asoiaf #game of thrones #Visenya Targaryen #Rhaenys Targaryen #Sharra Arryn #Ronnel Arryn #Meria Martell #Dorne #twoiaf #fire & blood #rise of the dragons

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horizon-verizon · 1 year

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Sharra Arryn had strengthened the defenses of Gulltown, moved a strong host to the Bloody Gate, and tripled the size of the garrisons in Stone, Snow, and Sky, the waycastles that guarded the approach to the Eyrie. All these defenses proved useless against Visenya Targaryen, who rode Vhagar’s leathery wings above them all and landed in the Eyrie’s inner courtyard. When the regent of the Vale rushed out to confront her, with a dozen guards at her back, she found Visenya with Ronnel Arryn seated on her knee, staring at the dragon, wonder- struck. “Mother, can I go flying with the lady?” the boy king asked. No threats were spoken, no angry words exchanged. The two queens smiled at one another and exchanged courtesies instead. Then Lady Sharra sent for the three crowns (her own regent’s coronet, her son’s small crown, and the Falcon Crown of Mountain and Vale that the Arryn kings had worn for a thousand years), and surrendered them to Queen Visenya, along with the swords of her garrison. And it was said afterward that the little king flew thrice about the summit of the Giant’s Lance, and landed to find himself a little lord. Thus did Visenya Targaryen bring the Vale of Arryn into her brother’s realm.

Fire and Blood, by George R.R. Martin pg 22-23

#aegons conquest #sharra arryn #ronnel arryn #visenya the conqueror #fire and blood quotes #Fire and Blood #visenya targaryen #visenya and vhagar #asoiaf quotes #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #the vale #the vale of arryn #vhagar

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kyuremking · 4 months

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Chapters: 8/11 - Aliah Stark Fandom: A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Snow and Stone Bells

The first marriage between the great houses of Westeros under Targaryen rule approaches, the hawk and the wolf will unite as one under the eyes of the gods.

#asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #house stark #house arryn #ronnel arryn #aoiaf fic

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duchess-of-oldtown · 16 days

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Visenya and Ronnel Arryn is something so precious to me, but it often gets me thinking what she was thinking when she found Ronnel alone in the courtyard. Did she see just a little boy amazed by a stranger and her dragon? Did she see Aegon at that age? Did she imagine a son of hers in the future? Was it strategy or just maternal or big sister instincts kicking in? Because Visenya could have taken the Eyrie as a show of strength and reminded the world of fire and blood. Perhaps that was the plan. But she changed her mind. She chose kindness.

#Visenya never gets to be a woman #She never gets to be thought of how rhaenys is beautiful and gentle and kind #She's the warrior the scary one #But she was the one who won by peace by compassion #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #house of the dragon #asoiaf meta #visenya targaryen #queen visenya #visenya the conqueror #Pre asoiaf #The Conquest #aegons conquest

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forced my situationship to watch hotd with me and they let me rant for half an hour about the history of the various informal targaryen doomrot curses that culminate in rhaenyra losing baby visenya in 1x10. also managed to rope in the norman conquest, danelaw, and ronnel arryn into it. they just let me. i think i’m in love.

you are so funny for this. weaponize the talking stage to get more people into your interests💯

#ive also done this

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atopvisenyashill · 2 months

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No okay bc i was thinking about Rhea Royce and Daemon too, right, bc she’s an heiress so like-

I’ve mentioned this before but Lady Waynwood rules in her own right and all of her sons have her name. We know nothing about her husband, perhaps he was some wealthy Essosi noble and thus there was no family on the continent to be affronted at his children not having his name, maybe he was like second born and no one gave a shit, but regardless, she and Jacaerys (who was meant to take the name Targaryen once he was prince of dragonstone) are our only real examples here for ruling women who actually have children outside of dorne - because jeyne arryn never has children of her own so she never deals with the problem of “how do i navigate naming my kids as an heiress?”

DOES THIS MEAN DAEMON’S KIDS WOULDNT EVEN BE CALLED TARGARYENS❓

or does this mean Rhea is supposed to just be okay with the name Royce disappearing??? I do not fucking think so, so they’d likely do the split name thing like with Rhaenyra’s kids, although (and this is assuming Daemon manages to have even one let one two kids with her lmao) I do imagine Daemon having a single child out there that doesn’t have the name Targaryen really pisses him off.

The first names in this situation intrigue me. When Valyrians marry outside the family, their children tend to get at least some Valyrian names - Laena Penrose, Aemma Arryn, Viserys Plumm tho u could argue that was a purposeful insult too, Rhaego to some extent - and they usually marry back into the main branch - Jocelyn Baratheon, Laena & Laenor Velaryon, all the cousin swapping going on with Daeron’s grandkids, Elia Nymeros Martell (ish), potentially Aelinor Penrose as well - but at the same time, this house will descend from RHEA not Daemon, so the Valyrian name is likely to kinda die out after a generation or two for the main line, while the second born probably marries back into the main line. Like, the Penroses are named Phillip now, not Baelor or Laena, bc they don’t descend from Elaena on paper, they descend from her HUSBAND, from Ronnel. And while it’s likely Rhaenyra’s grandkids by Jacaerys would have Targaryen names, her grandkids by Lucerys would have Velaryon names, and crucially, all of Rhaenyra’s kids by Laenor have names Laenor picks because the husband picks. So Rhea’s son? gonna have a whack ass name like Baelon Royce. But Baelon Royce may want to pick a more Royce-ish name for his own heir, instead of a Targaryen one, and that’s gonna be. a conversation.

i think daemon is going to insist on his royce child marrying another valyrian and choosing another targaryen first name (even if they still keep the name royce). like, he is going to be the bitchiest sort of grandparent who just straight up won’t acknowledge the child’s real name if he doesn’t get his way here, at least while he’s alive.

IN THAT SAME VEIN, daemon is super valyria brained. if he has two girls or two boys with rhea it’s whatever but if he has a boy and a girl. i think this man is going to want his kids to marry. we are just going to have random royces fucking in the vale.

(i think he can be talked out of it easily enough if viserys just like, idk, promises the daughter to his eventual son or promises daemon’s son to rhaenyra AND LETS TALK ABOUT THAT SITUATION PLEASE).

and rhea in all this is like. fine you can name our kid baelon royce. fine our daughter can be named baela targaryen too. fine baelon can have personal arms that have a dragon on them. fine they can-no fuck you baelon and baela are not getting married i’m sending a raven to the king as we speak you fucking freak. what do you mean you’re sending rhaenyra to runestone viserys??

this woman’s life is a nightmare omg

but also THIS COULD HAVE HELPED SO MUCH AFTER SUMMERHALL. this is what these bitches get for incest marrying so much, no cousins to turn to when your main house dies. that’s called bad dynastic planning, read a history book daemon!!!!!

#daemon targaryen #rhea royce #gender politics in asoiaf #getting on my soap box

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sugarbarbiefae · 16 days

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HOUSES THAT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY HAVE CONNECTIONS TO VALYRIAN BLOOD

House Targaryen

House Velaryon

House Celtigar

House Baratheon

Through their founder Orys Baratheon who was said to be the half-brother of Aegon Targaryen.

Through the marriage of Lady Alyssa Velaryon to Rogar Baratheon.

Through the marriage of Princess Rhaelle Targaryen to Lord Ormund Baratheon.

House Arryn

Through the marriage of Princess Daella Targaryen to Lord Rodrik Arryn.

House Hightower

Through the marriage of Princess Rhaena Targaryen and Ser Garmund Hightower.

House Penrose

Through the marriage of Princess Elaena Targaryen and Lord Ronnel Penrose.

House Plumm

Through the marriage of Princess Elaena Targaryen and Lord Ossifer Plumm.

House Longwaters

Decent from the bastard children of Princess Elaena Targaryen and Lord Alyn Velaryon.

House Tarth

Through a marriage of Larissa Velaryon and a second son of Lord Tarth.

House Estermont

Through the marriage of the daughter of Larissa Velaryon to the elderly lord of Estermont.

House Martell

Through the marriage of Princess Daenerys Targaryen and Prince Maron Martell.

House Blackfyre

Decent from King Aegon IV Targaryen and Princess Daena Targaryen.

#a song of ice and fire

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