Revised Daenora Headcanons
That focus more on her relationship with family:
In my headcanon, Aelor, Aelora, and Daenora are triplets, all born in the same year as Aemon, rather than Daenora arriving years later.
The three siblings were extremely close, with Aelor and Aelora being fiercely protective of Daenora because she was different.
Aelor and Aelora were the favorites of their mother, Alys Arryn. They were the perfect Targaryens, with flawless silver hair and shining lilac eyes, and Alys took great pride in their beauty and talents, often boasting about them.
Daenora, however, was seen by Alys as complicate. She was a strange child with a peculiar personality, far more like her father than her mother.
Alys feared for her younger daughter’s reputation and frequently tried to get her daughter to act more like Aelora and when that failed, she pushed Daenora into the shadows.
Rhaegel loved Daenora more than anything. She was his little twin flame. As a baby, he carried her constantly and hid her beneath his cloak. When the nursemaids took her away, he would often become tearful. Rhaegel filled her imagination with magic and validated her ability to see and speak to spirits, giving her a sense of wonder and acceptance that she rarely received elsewhere.
After Aelor and Aelora were wed at fourteen, Daenora was left unmarried. Rhaegel argued with his family that Aelor should marry both Aelora and Daenora, citing the Old Valyrian belief that triplets were made for each other. He passionately accused his brothers of being ashamed of their Valyrian heritage and letting the Andals control them, but he was overruled by his father and siblings.
This pattern of being left behind left a lasting mark on Daenora, and she came to believe that perhaps she was born to be alone.
Daenora grew into an introverted, quiet, and gentle princess, inquisitive and thoughtful. Despite her off-putting nature, she enjoyed helping others. Her mannerisms often echoed those of Rhaegel, with birdlike gestures, especially tilting her head when observing something.
Maekar attempted to betroth Aerion to Daenora to keep her protected and close to the family. Aerion, however, despised the idea, seeing Daenora as the weird and ugly triplet.
Daenora was sweetly aloof to his distain. When he and his family visited, she’d hug him (he doesn’t hug back) and gift him a little gift like an owl feather, a lock of her hair, the skull of a dead lizard.
Daenora claimed to see and speak to the dead, holding full conversations with invisible companions.
Some family members, including Rhaegel, Aerys, Aemon, and to a lesser extent Baelor, believed her due to their knowledge of Old Valyria and the powers of Dead Speakers.
Aegon accepted her abilities out of childlike fascination, while the Andals and Maesters dismissed her as a poor princess who had merely inherited her father’s madness.
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