Jaehaeron Targaryen - The Northern Dragon

The Childhood of the Northern Dragon

Chapter 8 : 'The North remembers'

Chapter 9 : 'The Bastard of Winterfell

Chapter 10 : 'Bonding with a Snow'

Chapter 11 : 'The Ghosts of the Past'

Chapter 12 : 'Siblings'

Chapter 13 : 'The Dream'

Chapter 14: 'The Prince of Dragonstone'

Chapter 15: 'Stormborn'

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Even nowadays, the name of Jaehaeron Targaryen is subject to many debates. A Hero for the North, a Demon for the Faith, a Monster for the inhabitants of King's Landing and yet a defender of the common people of the Riverlands. The most honorable man in the history of the Seven Kingdoms to some, a lawless murderer for others. And while it is true that the majority of his actions are considered questionable by many maesters and many lords, all agree that there was a Westeros before the birth of the Northern Dragon, and a different Westeros after his death. And no one was stupid enough to deny the prowess of one of the greatest dragonriders in the history of the Seven Kingdoms alongside Aegon the Conqueror himself. But to fully understand the singular character that was the one who, once dead, was decked out with the nickname of 'Bloody Conciliator', it is necessary to return to his early childhood and to linger there for as long as it takes to draw the right conclusions.

Jaehaeron Targaryen was born in the year 97 AC, just months before his famous cousin; Rhaenyra Targaryen. Being the first descendant of both Valyria and the First Men, he was also the first male Targaryen to be born without the famous smooth hair of gold and silver that characterized the people of his noble House so well. Instead, he had inherited pitch-black curly hair that, according to Mushroom, attracted ladies like a flame attracts mosquitoes.

In his youth his father's rivals called him a bastard of the North, for Daemon and Lyanna had never married before the Seven.

They made fun of his black hair and his Northern ancestry, they called him 'Jon Snow', although this bastard nickname was never pronounced in public and even less in front of the Rogue Prince or the Northern Dragon himself. From the age of three, Jaehaeron stunned the Court by becoming the youngest boy to acquire the talents of reading and writing, which won him, according to Grand Maester Allar, the favors of his great-grandfather; Jaehaerys the Concialiator.

During the last years of the Old King's life and the early years of the Young Prince, they became inseparable.

Many claimed that Jaehaerys had seen in Jaehaeron, the only heir of House Targaryen who deserved to sit on the Iron Throne. But Septon Eustace rejects these fabrications. "Jaehaerys was an old man whose last years had been even more cruel than the first. His great-grandson had brought him the joy and the pride he had lost after the death of his sons. He was his only light of hope while awaiting his inevitable death, moreover, the little prince was excellent company with those he loved."

If these words were full of better meaning than those of the most fanatical theoreticians of House Targaryen, we are entitled to think that the Septon, undoubtedly underestimated the strong bond which had united the old man and his young descending. For shortly before the Great Council of 101 AC rendered its verdict on the succession of the Conciliator, a curious event occurred which was - fortunately - transcribed into history by the testimony of Ser Ryam Redwyne collected by the Grand Master Allar.