dunkaerionlings a.m (after marriage) (14/14)
(close ups and extra lore under the cut :D)
close ups!
Balerys and Rhaelon (especially) are the problematic bunch in this group. Dyanna too if you squint.
Dunk tries his best to love all of his children equally where Aerion does not hide the fact that he has favorites at all.
Most of the Dunkaerionlings get along well with their cousins.
Aerion tried to marry his oldest children to each other and it never works (to Dunk’s relief) (Maegor eloped, Rhaenyra got his father (Dunk) to arrange her a marriage away from King’s Landing with the help of her Uncle Egg, Daemon got married without his permission, and Alysanne fell in love)
Aerion doesn't die as early in this au as in canon so Dunk, Aerion and the children are happy. However, Dunk still dies in Summerhall and Aerion a year later from drinking wildfire. I like to think that Dunk helped Aerion to not succumb to his dreams despite multiple attempts from others to poison the prince’s ears. Dunk and their children’s deaths only broke what held Aerion back from committing the act. Aerion outlived five children by the time of his death: (in order of death) Alysanne, Rhaelon, Aemond, Merax, Maegor.
When Egg became king, he kind of used some of the dunkaerionlings as political pawns and married them to different houses throughout the kingdom. Aerion was opposed to Egg having that much power over his OWN children but he can’t really do anything about it because Egg’s the one in power and the matches Egg made really were advantageous (It doesn’t mean that Aerion doesn’t complain). Egg tried his best to give them good and loving matches though. Most of them did enter love marriages!
extra extra lore for the dunkaerionlings :)
