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ᵃⁿᵍᵉˡ ʰᵉ ᶜᵃˡˡˢ ᵐᵉ ,
ᵈᵒᵉˢ ʰᵉ ᵏⁿᵒʷ ᵗʰᵃᵗ ⁱᵐ ᶠᵃˡˡⁱⁿᵍ ?
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Approximately ninety-seven years after Aegon's conquest, forty-nine years into the old King Jaehaerys reign and thirteen years after the tragic passing of Princess Alyssa Targaryen, the solemn Red Keep was brightened once more by the cry of two precious infants.Rhaenyra and Rhaella Targaryen they were named, said to be the sun peeking through the dark cloud of grief that had hung over the Targaryens for many years.No one was more delighted by the birth of the two girls then their grandfather, Baelon, even if he never had the opportunity to watch them grow past infancy.
By the time they reached their seventh name day, Rhaenyra was soaring through the skies on her dragon, while her sister much preferred the solid ground and its flowered fields.Rhaenyra was sharp witted and bold, the fiery personality of a true dragon, while Rhaella was nurturing, sympathetic and softly spoken, the young girl wouldn't dare hurt a fly.While the dragon twins may be similar in looks, with their ghostly but shining blue eyes and silver locks, they were stark contrasts in personality from the moment they were born.
Rhaenyra despised the idea of marriage, children and only wished to travel the world and fly into battle on her dragon, and she wasn't afraid to make that dream known.Meanwhile, Rhaella foolishly dreamed of experiencing a fairytale-like love, similar to the ones she read about in her stories, of finding her "knight in shining armour" and having plenty of smiling children.Viserys was not one to squash his daughters dreams, even if Rhaella naively thought life was some fairytale, everything exactly as she wished it to be.He admired her eagerness to meet people from across the kingdom, how her cheeks flushed over the smallest compliment, everything that reminded him of Aemma when she was young, everything that Rhaenyra lacked.
Many suitors wished to win over either of the princesses but as they grew older and Rhaenyra made her disdain for marriage abundantly clear, all the attention shifted to Rhaella.She received many expensive gifts and plently of attention, laughed and smiled at the suitors jokes, but only one knight earned the princesses favour at every tourney, danced with her at every feast and stole her first kiss, hidden in a corner of the Red Keeps garden.
