Aemond Targaryen

Prince Aemond Targaryen, known as Aemond the One-Eyed, was the son of King Viserys I Targaryen and his second wife, Queen Alicent Hightower, daughter of the Hand of the King Otto Hightower. He was the younger brother and regent of King Aegon II Targaryen. He was the rider of the dragon Vhagar. History Youth Born in 110 AC, Prince Aemond was the second son and third child of King Viserys I Targaryen and his second wife, Queen Alicent Hightower. When he was born, it was said that Prince Aemond was half the size of his brother Aegon, but twice as fierce. The births of Aemond and his elder brother were the cause of some conflict in the court of Viserys I. The king had named Rhaenyra, his only surviving child from his first marriage, as his official heir in 105 AC, but he refused to alter the order of succession even though his second wife gave him sons. This ultimately led to the emergence of two opposing factions within the court: the Greens (supporters of Queen Alicent and her children) and the Blacks (supporters of Princess Rhaenyra). Moreover, it was said that Prince Daemon Targaryen, the king's younger brother and Aemond's uncle, was notably cold toward Aemond and Aegon, as their births had pushed him further down the line of succession. The enmity between Aemond's mother, Alicent, and his older half-sister, Rhaenyra, also passed on to their children. Aemond and his brothers became bitter rivals of Rhaenyra's three sons, Princes Jacaerys, Lucerys, and Joffrey Velaryon, resenting them for stealing their birthright, the Iron Throne. The time the six boys were forced to spend together (for example, attending feasts, training together in arms, or studying with the same maester) only caused such aversion to grow. Over the years, Aemond was mocked by his brothers and nephews for being the only prince who still did not have a dragon (Aegon rode Sunfyre, Helaena Dreamfyre, and even Prince Daeron, younger than Aemond, had Tessarion), and this fact may have marked him for life. After the funeral of Ser Laenor Velaryon, King Viserys I planned to visit Dragonstone to see if Aemond was "brave enough" to claim a dragon egg on his own. Trying to prove his daring, at the age of ten, Aemond resolved to claim the oldest and fiercest dragon in the known world, Vhagar, recently riderless since the death of Laena Velaryon. Upon discovering that his three-year-old nephew Joffrey was spying on him, he gave him several slaps and pushed him into a pile of dragon dung, escaping on Vhagar's back. Upon returning to land, he found Joffrey and his brothers waiting for him. He fought them and lost his right eye when Luke gouged it out with his dagger. As a result of losing his eye, people soon began to call Aemond by a nickname that would stick with him for life: Aemond the One-Eyed. Despite lacking an eye, Prince Aemond became a dangerous warrior under the tutelage of Ser Criston Cole, Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. Aemond was nineteen years old when King Viserys I died. The day after his father's death, Queen Alicent sent Ser Willis Fell, a knight of the Kingsguard, to find Aemond, and discovered the young prince in the armory, preparing for his morning training. Dance of the Dragons He rode the dragon Vhagar during the Dance of the Dragons, taking the side of his brother Aegon II. Just as the former Lord of Storm's End, Lord Boremund Baratheon, had been a supporter of Princess Rhaenys Targaryen, the Greens feared that Lord Borros Baratheon, the current lord, might remain on the same side. Therefore, shortly after Viserys I's death, Aemond was sent to Storm's End by his grandfather, Ser Otto Hightower, to convince Lord Borros to support Aegon II, with the promise of marrying one of his daughters. Aemond was well received, and Lord Borros was more than willing to marry him to one of his daughters, but while they haggled over dates and dowries, Borros received a visit from Prince Lucerys Velaryon, who had come to speak on behalf of Rhaenyra's claim. Aemond tried to provoke Lucerys, who ignored him. When the one-eyed prince demanded that his nephew tear out one of his own eyes, under threat of killing him if he did not, Lord Borros refused to allow bloodshed under his roof, so he dismissed Lucerys with an escort. Prince Velaryon returned to Dragonstone on the dragon Arrax in the midst of a great storm, but on the way he was chased by Aemond, who had been called a coward by Maris Baratheon, and his dragon Vhagar. Although Arrax was younger and faster and might have escaped on a normal day, Vhagar was five times larger and could better withstand the storm's onslaught. Both dragons and their riders met over Shipbreaker Bay. According to Archmaester Gyldayn, if there was a fight, it could not have lasted long. Arrax fell wounded and was swallowed by the waters lashing the bay. Mushroom claims that the sea washed Prince Lucerys's corpse ashore and that Prince Aemond tore out his eyes to present them to Lady Maris Baratheon on a bed of seaweed, though such a tale seems too excessive to be true. The cold-blooded murder of his own nephew earned Aemond a new nickname by which all his enemies would call him: Aemond the Kinslayer. Aemond returned to King's Landing, having secured Storm's End's support for his brother Aegon II. There he expected a hero's welcome, but after recounting the events, his mother and grandfather reproached him for what happened, for with Lucerys's death war was now inevitable. King Aegon II, however, held a banquet in honor of his brother, whom he proclaimed as belonging to "the true blood of the dragon." In the Battle of Rook's Rest, he was part of the trap laid for Princess Rhaenys Targaryen. While she fought against enemy forces, Aegon II on Sunfyre and Aemond on Vhagar appeared by surprise. Alone against Vhagar, Rhaenys might have had a chance to win, but she was lost against two dragons. Nevertheless, the princess did not flee but faced her enemies. The battle ended with the deaths of Rhaenys and Meleys, along with severe burns for Aegon and a shattered wing for Sunfyre, which prevented him from flying fully again. After the battle and while his brother recovered from his wounds, Aemond ruled the realm for a year as prince regent and Protector of the Realm, wearing the ruby crown of Aegon the Conqueror. As prince regent, Aemond gathered an army with Ser Criston Cole, the Hand of the King, to attack Prince Daemon at Harrenhal, but during their march King's Landing fell to Rhaenyra and Daemon. After retaking Harrenhal, Aemond ordered the deaths of Ser Simon Strong and his kin. Alys Rivers, a bastard of House Strong, was spared and became Aemond's lover. When he tried to strangle the squire who brought news of the Fishfeed, Alys intervened and saved the boy's life. According to Mushroom, Alys used potions and love filters to inflame the passion not only of Aemond but also of Ser Criston Cole, causing rivalry between the two. Aemond and Criston Cole parted ways, and Aemond left the fortress on Vhagar to burn numerous settlements loyal to the Blacks in the Riverlands, leaving his enemies without supplies and avoiding direct confrontations. In his absence, Lady Sabitha Vypren seized Harrenhal and captured Alys, but Aemond eventually returned to rescue his lover. Meanwhile, Prince Daemon and the dragonseed Nettles sought Aemond and Vhagar across the Riverlands without success. Finally, Daemon decided to wait at Harrenhal and challenged Aemond, waiting thirteen days with Caraxes until he arrived accompanied by Alys, who was pregnant. On the twenty-second day of the fifth moon of 130 AC, Aemond and Daemon, mounted on their dragons, fought a bloody battle over the Gods Eye. The duel ended with both riders and both dragons dead as they crashed into the earth, after Prince Daemon drove his sword, Dark Sister, into Aemond's eye. Aemond's body, still strapped to Vhagar's saddle, sank into the lake. His corpse, along with Vhagar's skull, was recovered years later, with Dark Sister still lodged in his eye socket.

更新 September 23, 2026