Daeron II and his Descendants headcanons part 4
*For reference, those are the ages I'm working off of. Some of them are canon, some are approximations, but I needed a guide*
As I stated in my first post (which you can read here) my favorite era of Targaryen history is the time between the First Blackfyre rebellion to Aerys I's death.
This time we'll be going over Alys Arryn and Rhaegel Targaryen. I've been very excited to go over them since they're is a lot of mystery about them. ALSO! Arryn family tree for fun:
Rhaegel was the kindest of his brothers. he was particularly close to Maekar, and the two boys were raised very close together. Maekar was not to hit or chide anyone who insulted Rhaegel.
Rhaegel was his mothers favorite son.
Alys was married to Rhaegel as thanks to her brother, Lord Donnel Arryn, for being such an active supporter of Daeron IIs claim.
Alys was very classically Arryn, in that she could be rather haughty. That being said, she loved Rhaegel, and she was a very active supporter of his political interests, though very often he was oblivious to this.
The two of them were married in 198, just after the First Blackfyre rebellion. Jena Dondarrion actually went into labor and delivered her son Matarys during the wedding celebrations, which was seen as a good omen.
Due to Rhaegels mental health problems, it took them several years to be able to have children. This is also why there is such a large age gap between the twins and Daenora.
Alys loved her twins dearly, but she sort of saw them as political pawns, more than children. It was for this reason she pushed so strongly to have them wed each other, to make them seem like traditional Targaryens (a la Alicent Hightower, and her children Aegon and Helaena.)
Alys was not close to her family-in-law. She resented that Jena Dondarrion and Aelinor Penrose had higher stations than her, even though they came from vassal houses, while her house were Lord Paramount's.
Rhaegel was an excellent singer, and even composed some of his own music, though most of it was destroyed during the Tragedy of Summerhal.
Aside from Baelor, Rhaegel was the most Martell in appearance.
Alys was robbed of the throne five times in her life. When Rhaegel choked on the pie, she was robbed of being queen. When her son Aelor died, and later Aelora, she was robbed of being the Queen Mother. When her daughter Daenora was passed over as heir, and finally, when her grandson Maegor was not selected to be king.
Although Rhaegel had been close to Maekar, Alys hated him, and may have even started the rumors that Maekar would kill his brother. It infuriated her that Maekars line won out in the end. She eventually left Kings Landing, and returned to the Eyrie, where she helped to raise her grand-nephew, Jon Arryn.
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