The Heir of the Dragon: A Rhaenyra Targaryen Quest

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Gain Trait: Strong
If you were a man you would probably be a knight already. You cut a striking figure, tall, solidly built, with muscles like a maiden's dream as they like to say. Though in your experince you have more than a fair few boys and men starring at you along with the women when you train, some just to gawk and mock you of course, but your strength has won you your share of admirers. Your strength is remarkable for your age, practically unheard of for a woman. With proper training you could become one of the deadliest fighters in the Seven Kingdoms. While luck or the gods made this strength relatively easy for you to acquire, it is something that needs constant work to maintain. If you don't train enough your skills with the sword may start to fade, and your hard earned muscles will begin to disappear.

Gain Trait: Defiant
Many men call you stubborn, but that's not true. You can be quite agreeable when you want to be, it's just when the men in your life try to confine you to a life of pretty dresses and act as a broodmare for some lord you were forced to marry to better your family's position. You are a Targaryen, you can command dragons and their blood flows through your viens, why should you be expected to behave like some common noble woman? You do not take kindly to being told you can't do something because of your gender and you make it known, sometimes loudly. More often then not you do what you see as best no matter what anyone says, even if it may cost you politically.

Gain Trait: Romantic
Your grandfather and grandmother loved each other deeply and passionately, as did your mother and father. While both relationships ended tragically, that love has left an impression on you. Whatever your feelings on having children, you believe love is a vital part of life. You want more than a husband who does his duty, or a night of passion with someone you care little for, you want love, you want romance. You want men to compete for your hand, you want women to offer you the favors as you compete in a tourney. While you're aware the romances in the stories, are just that, stories. You want some of that in your life. The person you fall in love with doesn't need to be the person you marry, but the thought of being trapped in a loveless marriage without anyone to find solace in leaves you terrified. And you know if you ever do fall in love, you would be hard pressed to even consider putting them aside, no matter the complications that may arise.

Gain Dream: To become Queen

Gain Dream: To become a Knight

Gain Dream: To find Love

Gain Dream: To sit on the Small Council

Gain 10 Stress
+10: Your Mother, Aemma Targaryen née Arryn has just died in a horrible manner, along with your newborn baby brother.

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Your father may call you Visenya Reborn but you have come to believe you more take after your late grandfather Baelon than anyone else. Baelon the Brave they called him, who once smacked the Black Dread on the nose as a child, rode the mighty Vhagar, and once competed in a tourney at Old Oaks as a mystery knight called the Silver Fool. He was loud and bold, he loved deeply and lived fearless. Your had barely celebrated your fourth nameday when Baelon died. Your memories of him are few and dim, but the stories you've heard about the man have shaped much of your life.

Like many girls you dreamed of knights in your youth, but while most dreamed of future husbands and lovers, you wanted to become one. Your dreams were filled with visions of you as a knight, fighting in tourneys, saving fair maidens from dangerous brigands or Dornish raiders, covering yourself in glory and honors.

Of course when you told people of your dreams they smiled and laughed and told you that was impossible for a woman, even a Targaryen Princess. Your own father admired your boldness but refused to allow you to train at arms, but you were not one to take no for an answer. You took matters into your own hand, training in secret with a wooden sword, getting into fights with stablehands and other boys around the Red Keep. The Kingsguard and your father all tried to get you to stop but you proved too stubborn and clever for their efforts. After the Maesters complained to the King about having to set your nose again, and pressure from your late mother, the King finally gave and agreed to let you train with proper training swords and lances under a Master-at-arms. The first day you trained openly caused quite the scandal, but you didn't care.

The training and your ambitions fustrated your father to no end. Having a daughter cross swords with men was something of a scandal among the lords in King's Landing. Once your father remarked that you would be the prefect heir, were you a boy, but as it was, you were simply a massive unending headache for him. His words were rather amusing in retrospect.

At the age of four and ten you are probably less trained then most boys trying to become a knight at your age but what you lack in experince you make up for in strength. Perhaps that strength is part of the reason your father decided to make you heir. Rhaenys is a skilled dragonrider and fierce woman but she has never been a warrior in her own right, not like you. Perhaps the Iron Throne needs a warrior to sit upon it. And you will be that warrior.

As you look at the lords gathered in the throne room, their faces a sea of curiosty, revlusion, respect, indifference and dismay, you think back to one of your dreams, perhaps one of your biggest ones, to become a Knight. Even when your father agreed to let you train he told you this dream was impossible. No knight of any merit would agree to it and no Septon would ever bless you. It simply was not the way of things for a woman But how many had said the same thing about a woman being heir to the Iron Throne? If you can do one thing men said was impossible for those of the fairer sex, surely you could do two? And a knighthood would go a long way towards proving you were worthy for the throne.

The Lords swore their vows to you and your father, promising to be faithful to king Viserys and his heir, the Princess Rhaenyra. Pleading fealty towards the two of you and to defend you in your times of need. You believe the more honorable among them took those oaths seriously, though you hope they will not be tested for a long time.

After the ceremony, most of the lords left and returned to their own lands, with things slowly returning to normal within King's Landing. Almost. Grief still clung to your father tighter than any cloak, the loss of your mother weighing at him during small council meetings. Much of his passion and joy are gone, and you're unsure if they will ever return.

Your uncle Daemon it turns out did not just leave the city. He took the city guard with him as well. All 2,000 Goldcloaks marched out of their barracks the day he left and onto awaiting ships. From what you understand Daemon and his small army are currently squatting on Dragonstone, your rightful seat as heir. Some have pushed your father to remove him, by force if needs must, but most have agreed that would cause more problems then it would solve. For now it has been decided the best course of action is to simply let him be. Let Daemon get over his childish fustrations in his own time. Various soldiers from nearby lords such as Stokeworth have been brought in to fill the hole left by the Goldcloaks for the time being.

For you, fustratingly little has changed since becoming heir. Your day to day life is largely the same and you are still just your father's cupbearer in the Small Council. You may be present when decisions are made, but you have no voice. Sometimes you catch yourself looking at Daemon's empty spot in the council and wondering if you could one day replace him and take over as commander of the City Watch. It could be a good use of your talents, it would give you an actual voice on the small council and it could be a good way of showing you are prepared for being a ruling queen. Claiming that seat, or any other seat on the Small Council for that matter, is no simple task however, and you know asking now would just be pointless. However you can't help but find yourself wondering what could be.

Third Season, 112 AC

Each turn is 3 months, though this may change as the quest goes on. You can pick either from the options below for your tasks or use write-in actions after QM approval. Please use plan voting for turn votes.

Conversations (Pick Two)

Conservations can establish relationships, change existing ones for better or worse, unlock new Actions, reduce stress, or gain allies, among other things. As heir to the throne, all of these things can be very important to use so it is important for us to avoid isolating ourselves through silence. Note that this does not mean these will be the only two people we will be talking with this turn but assume that most of those off screen conversations have little effect on the story.

[] Speak with Viserys
Since your conversation in the crypts and the ceremony, you and your father had no spoken much in truth, as if there was a wall of grief between the two of you. You both lost the most important woman in your lives that day, perhaps you can bond together over your shared grief. Build a new relationship, as father and daughter, king and heir.

[] Speak with Alicent
While you and Alicent haven't spoken much recently, you know there is no one else in the Red Keep who would understand the pain you are going through right now better than her. Perhaps Alicent can help you deal with the grief of losing your mother. Maybe you could even begin to repair your strained friendship.

[] Speak with Otto Hightower
You've heard, third hand admittedly, that it was Otto who first pushed for you to be named heir. The night your mother died in fact, before Daemon had disgraced himself even. You can't help but find this rather curious. Maybe you should talk with him, figure out what motivated him and why he thinks you are worthy to be heir.

[] Speak with Gwayne Hightower
Alicent's brother was in the city for the tourney that was suppose to mark the day your brother was born. Daemon ended up giving him quite the hit in the tilts. You don't know much about Gwayne. In truth, you don't think she knows much about him either. He will return to Hightower shortly. Perhaps you should use this time to get to know him. He is a knight after all and perhaps he has some advice that could help you.

[] Ser Harrold Westerling
Harrold has been by your side since you were a child. He has been a friend and your stalwart shield for years. He has never been supportive of your efforts to learn how to fight and even less so of your desire to become a knight. Mayhaps his thoughts have changed now that you are heir to the throne.

[] Lord Corlys Velyarion
From what little you know, it seems like the Sea Snake was one of the least supportive voices on the Small Council for your father's decision to name you heir, perhaps still bitter over his wife being overlooked by the Great Council of 101. If you could try and begin to win him over, that would go a long ways to shoring up your support. On the Small Council at least. He may also have advice on your own aspirations for a seat on the council as well.

[] Rhaenys Targaryen
The Queen who never was. Had her father outlived the old King, it is highly likely that she would be the ruling Queen by now. In many ways you have everything that has been denied to her, twice over. No doubt there is tension, perhaps you could smooth things over.

[] Lord Lyonel Strong
The Master of Laws and lord of Harrenhal. A Stalwart voice on the council and man you know generally strives to do what is best for the Kingdom. He may be able to give you some good advice on how to earn a seat on the council, and if nothing else his support would be useful.

[] Write-in
Subject to QM approval, has to have a reasonable chance of being in King's Landing.


Actions (Pick Two)

[] Relax
A lot has happened recently. Your mother has died and you have been suddenly thrust into a position that will one day make you the most powerful person in Westeros. That's a lot for one person to handle in a short period of time. Perhaps you should take some time to yourself, read in the godswood, fly around with Syrax for fun, and just enjoy yourself for a while.

[] Study the history of the Small Council
King Jaehaerys ruled for over five decades. His small council, particularly during the years Septon Barth served as Hand, keep decently detailed records of it's decisions and some of the activities of it's members. Perhaps if you understood better how the Small Council functioned it could help you in your efforts to attain a seat one day.

[] Study Visenya Targaryen
In truth you know little about the woman your father likes to compare you to so often. You know she was a warrior, a dragonrider, and that she helped conquer Westeros alongside Aegon. She was also the mother of the tyrant Meagor the Cruel. Beyond that most of what you heard seems to be rumor. Some say she was a sorceress who used dark magics to kill King Aenys, some even claim that Meagor was conceived through such magic, but that can't be true, can it? Perhaps if you knew more about Visenya you might be better prepared for the struggles that you face as a woman and a warrior.

[] Train
The Death of your mother and the ceremony where you were named heir have kept you out of the training yard for over a week, and it's been nearly a month since last practiced with your horse and lance. Your strength and skills are like the very weapons you wield. If neglected, they can grow weak and dull. Just as a sword needs whetstone, so too do you need training to keep yourself sharp

[] Train with Syrax
Syrax has grown bigger in recent years. Part of you suspects it has something to do with your own growth but with dragons you can never be certain. While Syrax is more powerful you've noticed he's not turning as sharply as you expect. A few flights with Syrax will help the both of you adjust to his size and increase your bond.

[] Sneak out and explore the city
When your father and uncle were your age, they regularly went out of the King's Landing at night for all kinds of things. Naturally such things were forbidden to you as they were "unbefiting a princess" but as heir to the throne, shouldn't you have a chance let loose and explore the city you'll one day rule? And if nothing else it will be great practice if you ever to need to sneak for more adventerous pursuits.

[] Try and gather info on Daemon's activities
The Small Council seems content to just let Daemon brood for the time being, but Dragonstone is your castle, you would like to know what he's doing with it. Perhaps some of the fishermen and merchants at the docks might have a hint of what your uncle is up to.

[] Write-in
Subject to QM approval

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QM's Note: Thanks to @Azel for agreeing to beta this. I'll have a character sheet up this weekend. For this turn I'll have voting open right away though please try not to all jump on the first plan posted.