Queen Naerys Targaryen
Born to King Viserys II Targaryen and Lady Larra Rogare, Princess Naerys Targaryen arrived to the realm in 138 AC. The youngest, and only female child of the king, Naerys was said to carry the customary otherworldly beauty of the Targaryens, as she bore large, deep violet eyes, and pale, nearly translucent skin, as well as the traditional silver-gold hair of the family, though she often kept it tightly bound or concealed altogether.
A small, slim girl, Naerys was quite frail and sickly in her youth, leading her to develop an emaciated appearance as she grew. However, as delicate a girl she was said to be, she was fiercely pious and found great comfort in The Seven-Pointed Star, and it was understood that had it been allowed by her father, she wished to be a septa. This book, and the faith, itself, were said to be the only competition to the love she held for her elder brother, Aemon Targaryen.
As many knew it, Naerys was much closer to and loved her brother Aemon more than her eldest brother who she'd come to be wed, future King Aegon IV (the Unworthy). Similar in character, and one of the few to be able to draw a laugh from the princess, the knight, deemed the most noble by many, was said to love Naerys in equal measure. History would note that after the princess was wed to Aegon, both Naerys and Aemon wept, and Aemon openly quarreled with his brother.
Aemon, a member of the Kingsguard in his own right, never failed to defend his dear sister's honor at every opportunity, doing so even under the guise of a mystery knight known as the "Knight of Tears" to be able to crown her as the tourney's queen of love and beauty. He would also defend her against claims of adultery and treason, slaying the knight who accused her in a trial by combat, which only further bolstered his reputation.
In Aemon and her son Daeron would Naerys find the sole solace that her life was willing to offer. Though the birth of her dear son was extremely taxing on the young queen, and maesters would warn against any more childbirths, Aegon would dismiss her requests for the couple to live as brother and sister, insisting she was to perform her "wifely duties" for life. It would be for this reason, amongst many, many others, that the marriage was one of great unhappiness, as Aegon would cite nine mistresses as the only women he'd ever loved, and none would be Naerys.
While Naerys would suffer many childbirths, many of which would end in stillbirths and long, treacherous recoveries in which she'd nearly die, she would go on to birth one more child, a girl who was supposed to be born alongside a twin brother, though he was stillborn. The princess would be named Daenerys, the second of her name.
Ultimately, Queen Naerys' bleak life would come to an end as many a Westerosi woman's would, as she died giving birth to a child that was never to appear in the annals, leading many to conclude the babe died alongside her. Her death would follow a year after her true love's, as Aemon had died while defending their brother against an assassination attempt, and with them died what many court singers would say was a tragic love story.









