Black Flame // Laena Velaryon
"They call you Black Flame, Kepus, why?"
"Because they fear me, dear niece. They fear what I am capable of. They have been since the Great Council."
"And what are you capable of? Magic?"
"Much more than you would imagine...Rhaenyra."
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In the year 101 AC, The Old King Jaehaerys held what was to be known...as the Great Council. A gathering of hundreds of lords, who would choose who to be the next ruler of the Seven Kingdoms after the Conciliator's death. Currently, there were two candidates that were already known. Prince Aemon's only child, Princess Rhaenys, and Prince Baelon's oldest son, Viserys. But there was also...a third claim...
Prince Areys Targaryen. King Jaehaerys' and Queen Alysanne's youngest son.
Born in the year 75 AC, he was the last child that Jaehaerys had ever sired, and was considered a rarity in the Seven Kingdoms, given that Queen Alysanne was 34 name-days old, and King Jaehaerys was 39 name-days old. Known as "Black Flame", Prince Areys was seen as the perfect combination of his mother and father, with his sister's, Princess Alyssa's, wild spirit.
Having been given a seat on his father's council as Master of Whisperers, the youngest son of Jaehaerys was widely known and respected, with Jaehaerys himself clearly showing a clear favouritism for his youngest child. But The Old King still feared a civil war between the eldest children of Prince Aemon and Prince Baelon, and his only surviving son, and so, the Old King had called the Great Council to avoid such a war, and settle the matter whilst he still lived. Admittedly, Jaehaerys firmly believed that his youngest son, with all his influence and his well-respected reputation, would emerge as king, merely seeing it as a formality.
But alas...the Lords of the realm chose otherwise...
And as Prince Areys said...
"I may not have been granted a crown that day...but everyone knew who truly wielded the power".
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