the blackfyre's rebellion - inspired by the book a world of ice and fire
birth name. rhaelle of essos
married name. rhaelle targaryen
name analysis.
rhaelle - high valyrian. old valyria.
nicknames.
rhae - friends
the lying bastard - enemies
my beloved - bryden rivershouse. n/a
rank. legitimated bastard
religion. valyrian godsancestors.
aelys 'the golden witch'(mother)
unknown father
unnamed bastard, aemond's son (grandfather)
cecelie (grandmother)
anya 'the great whore'(great grandmother)
aegon ii targaryen (great grandfather)
siblings. n/abackstory.
aegon, second of his name, was known to have fathered more bastards than legitimate sons or daughters. during his youth, or even when he was the king, aegon was a well known figure in every brothels of the capital. anya was one of his favourite, born in a region of essos, far from westeros, she left to have an opportunity to make more money. there, she met her mentor : white worm, or myseria. it is during the war that anya gave birth to a daughter, called cecelie. as the war ended, westeros slowly started to become a better place again. with time, anya became old and decided to take her daughter to the riverlands. it is rumoured that when they arrived, cecelie fell for a well known bastard, son of alys rivers and aemond targaryen. it is unsure how the two eventually left for essos again, as the bastard had nothing to do in the riverlands anymore, but cecelie gave birth to three children. one was named aemond, after the bastard's father. the other was named aemon and the last one, a daughter, was named aelys, after the witch.it was later said, that the two mothers, were in fact planning to usurp the throne by making their two bastards the heirs - cecelie was a king's daughter, the other bastard was a prince's son-. however, it is under aegon, the third of his name, that the two got banished to essos, to prevent any betraying.
however, after years of banishment, aelys gave birth to a daughter. rhaelle was an healthy child, she had the valyrian's silver hair, but had her mother's blue eyes. she was herself the great granddaughter of a king, the granddaughter of a great bastard. many were sure that one day, rhaelle would have a place at court. the family, during the exile, decided to live in a region, near asshaï. with time, they started to worship the valyrian gods again, relinking with the old traditions. rhaelle followed it and started to learn about blood and fire magic early in her life. she had three generations of great bastards behind her, and she decided to make it worth. aelys decided to go back to westeros, as she knew for aegon iv's unlimited desire. she became one of his mistress, but did not gave birth to any bastard. her only envy was to make rhaelle the next queen of westeros. a plan that failed, but rhaelle definitely became important.
date of birth. 178 AC
place of birth. unknown region of essos
place of residence. kingslanding, westeros
death. old age at sixtybook description. in the book, a story of ice and fire, rhaelle is described as a rare beauty from essos. her skin is closer to a pink shade, her hair is long and has a lot of curls. it has a silver shade, mixed with golden stripes. her eyes are blue and deep.
serie description. however, in the serie, she is described as blond and has bright blue eyes. she is still described as beautiful and charming.
personality description. rhaelle is said to be a witch, which, she is. she knows how to manipulate blood and fire, she is said to see prophecies in the flames. she is known as manipulative, but also as spoiled. when her mother became the king's mistress, she became even more spoiled and ruthless. she knew that her status at court was an advantage and used it. she doesn't like to be interrupted and loves to hear the court's rumours about her.
quote(s). “rhaelle targaryen was born with the blood of the dragon, but it burnt her with time”gender. female
pronouns. she / her
sexuality & romantic orientation. bisexual
marital status. later wed to brynden rivers
children. maegor riversloyal ties. the targaryens
friends. shiera seastar, your oc.
enemies. the court, the blackfyres.love interest. bryden rivers
dynamic. enemies to enemies with benefits to lovers
love language. hate speech, glancing at distance, small physical contacts, jealousy.
backstory.
brynden rivers and rhaelle never liked each other. at an early age, they started to show their dislike of each other in front of the court. it said that once, rhaelle decided to put a snake in the bastard's bed after he called her a lying whore. with the years, their hate grew bigger and they started to be called 'the soulmates' out of sarcasm by shiera seastar.
however, their relationship took a surprising turn after a few years. as the two started to share a bed, they started to like it more and more, as it was a better way to let their frustration out than yelling at each other all day. it is naturally that they became lovers, secretly of course.
in fact, rhaelle did not want to get married or to become a mother. a wish that daeron ignored. at the start of the rebellion, he decided to marry her to brynden, to prevent any kind of betrayal. he then forced them to have an ‘heir’ to show her loyalty toward him and her husband. out of anger, she named her first born maegor, so everyone would fear him.