Though speaking of Aegon, how many hints would we need to lay down to incept Viserys into not naming his son Aegon of all things?

Not only is it crazy as a name for the biggest threat to our legitimacy, but it kickstarts a very long and hard to keep track of trend in the Targ dynasty.

We should point that the name is ill-omened, as both an uncle named Aegon and a great Uncle named Aegon died within a year of being born and its the name of the Uncrowned King that got deposed by Maegor.

We should perhaps suggest some variation of the name Baelon, to honour his father.

"Of course, now the real problem is I need to find more people for her to spar with," Ser Tarly said with a broad smile. "It's clear I've grown too used to her fighting style."

Who should we grab to serve as sparring partners?
 
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IT is honestly kind of hard to judge Daemon's skills as a fighter because his skills are clearly in Dragon Riding specifically. And in the show we see him only win in the tourney due to basically cheating and lose because he showboated. He beat the Crabfeeder easily but the Crabfeeder was not exactly established as much of fighter.
He also kills Laena's betrothed in a duel though we don't really know much him and how skilled he was. The wiki however notes that Daemon was "a renowned warrior skilled in the joust, hunting, and sword play."


In the show he also beats sixteen people on the Stepstones in quick succession one after another despite having his stamina drained from sprinting in order to dodge arrows being shot at him:

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ8ZWhnzB3g&pp=ygURRGFlbW9uIHN0ZXBzdG9uZXM%3D
 
We should point that the name is ill-omened, as both an uncle named Aegon and a great Uncle named Aegon died within a year of being born and its the name of the Uncrowned King that got deposed by Maegor.

We should perhaps suggest some variation of the name Baelon, to honour his father.
Baelon or its variations are probably out as a name given that Baelon was the name of our brother who died as an infant.

Which crown should we wear when we become Queen: Aegon's Crown, Aenys' Crown, Jaehaerys' Crown or should we create a new crown?
I like the description of the look of Aenys's crown but he's probably not the legacy we want to claim. Aegon's crown would make sense but I'm kind of into making a new one of our own.
 
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Leaning towards Aegon's. Valyrian steel crown to go with Blackfyre, complete the legendary set. Gives a more martial tint than the others too, and keeps it out of any potential rival's hands.

Unrelated to legitimacy but Aegon's crown is low-key the best looking IMO. Very stately looking, regal but not gaudy. The band with rubies just looks neat.

I'd advocate for creating our own but we can't do better than Valyrian steel currently and added to the possible Blackfyre sword, it'd just add that much more to our legitimacy, aside from looks, of course.

We should perhaps suggest some variation of the name Baelon, to honour his father.

Maybe Baelor? With all luck he turns out just like the Blessed and wants to be a Septon lmao

I'd suggest either Baelor, Aemon or Daeron. All Daerons are either good dudes or die young. Aemons abdicate their rights or die young. Baelor is just a neat name. Honestly, just joking. I'd be fine with anything as long as it's not the ONE name that screams "Crown Prince"

(I'd suggest Rhaegar but I'm afraid if the name will curse him with OG Rhaegar's critical thinking skills)

Who should we grab to serve as sparring partners

Obviously in our Progress we should pick up not only handmaidens but sparring partners! Truly multitasking
 
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Jousting is part of your regular training, same with bow and arrow.

I was hesistant to make Rhaenyra this skilled so quick but you guys have put in some very heavy training a number of times, and I figure if Barristan Selmy at 16, with trainers probably less skilled then a knight of the Kingsguard, can beat the pants of Duncan the Tall in a Tourney then we should be at least nearing that same ballpark.
You can also attribute Barristan's accomplishment, and ours, to our opponents being at the point where age has started to slow them down a bit. In order to be a Kingsguard you, nominally, have to be a great knight, but since service in the kingsguard is for life knights will continue to serve even when age is starting to take its toll on their fighting ability. Olympic athletes for example tend to retire very young because when competing at the highest level even minor differences can make it difficult to keep up when the people you'll be competing with train just as hard and are themselves also exceptionally talented.
 
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I think we should practice our Diplomacy a bit before going on the progress.

It's kinda really important
 
Then no way in hell we´re naming them Aerys.

I suggest Maekar, it is in my opinion a truly underrated name.

I think we might be running a bit ahead by thinking we'll be the one to name our first brother. I could see Viserys possibly deciding to consult with us on the matter, but chances are our opinion on how our brother should be named is going to come at best in third place.
 
The name choice proposed by Johanna is going to be pretty instructive thoough. If she suggests Aegon or Jaehaerys then I'd think that would already be some indication that her thoughts are turning pretty usurpery.

Now is the moment in which Johanna, in a totally badass move, names the kid Maegor.

That just means that her thoughts are both usurpery and murderous.

I've already figured out Kingsguard Knight who is most likely going to favour any son Johanna has and the Lord outside of the Westerlands most likely to support her.

You didn't care much for Thorne and you suspected the feeling was mutual. The now Lord Commander Westerling may not have approved of your behavior or the fact you repeatedly got into fights with the stableboys when you were younger, but he was always gentle about it. Not Thorne though. Whenever it was him who found you, he all but dragged you to your father.
Ser Rickard Thorne is the Kingsguard most likely to back a son of Johanna if/when the Dance starts because he doesn't much care for our activities and was Green in the OTL. (Ser Harrold was dead by that point canonically)

Meanwhile the Non-Western Lord most likely to support any Westerling son is Lord Unwin Peake, because is a power hungry misogynist.
 
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Then no way in hell we´re naming them Aerys.

I suggest Maekar, it is in my opinion a truly underrated name.

Maekar is a pretty name. I quite like that one alongside Aerion and Aenar (and Daenys for a girl), so I shamelessly meant to gatekeep the best ones for our maybe-future kids

Now is the moment in which Johanna, in a totally badass move, names the kid Maegor.

A rather ominous name for another second-born all in all lol

Honestly aside from Aegon, Baelon and maybe Jaehaerys, I don't think there's many names that will outright signal that she wants the throne for her son, might be misremembering since I'm so sleepy
 
Then no way in hell we´re naming them Aerys.

I suggest Maekar, it is in my opinion a truly underrated name.
Canon King Maekar was the first Targaryen to be named so, it seems. The name may not exist just yet. And in any case, it sounds too close to "Maegor", which is something the canon King Maekar did have to content with in his time.

...okay, yeah, please have them name our potential rival "Maekar" so people will think "Maegor" :V


Maekar is a pretty name. I quite like that one alongside Aerion and Aenar (and Daenys for a girl), so I shamelessly meant to gatekeep the best ones for our maybe-future kids

On that note, for our kids, I'd suggest first of all two choices:

1) Viserys (male) / Visenya (female). Why shouldn't we honour our father, the first King who successfully established a woman as a heir? We owe our entire position to him, and that the female form of the name is Visenya, the warrior queen, makes that even better.

2) Aerion (male) / Aerea (female). If "Aegon" is cursed, and we don't want to further honour Jaehaerys (guy gets praised by everyone, but was a giant misogynist in his own family), then how about the father of Aegon, Rhaenys and Visenya? That would hence be a very prestigeous name as well. And again, the female form fits very nicely, too, because Princess Aerea was a famed dragonrider, who rode none other than Balerion, the Black Dread, and even rode him to Valyria and back (and then died of something the caught there). Also, apparently, she terrorized the Red Keep as a girl the same way we did.
 
Keep in mind Aerea rode Balerion in the sense that when she tried to bond with the Black Dread she immediately lost control of him and he ended up flying her to Valyria, where she met an agonizing death while Balerion got maimed. If nothing else it sets a bit of a poor precedent for if we try to have her claim an adult dragon.

If we want to give her a name of a previous Targaryen rather then an original one then I think Rhaenys might be good as one of the more popular queens who also held a fair bit of influence on day to day governance during Aegon's time. The Velaryons might even appreciate it a bit given their own Rhaenys.
 
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Why shouldn't we name our hypothetical Daughter, after the great dreamer herself Daenys Targaryen?

And/Or if we need another name for a daughter, why not chose Valaena (who was Aegon The Conqueror's mother)
 
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I normally would say that, if Alicent is still our girlfriend by then, we could name one of our children Otto, but tbh, that's a goofy name to begin with. Yes, I know, it was the name of three Holy Roman Emperors in history, but I can think of East Frisia and pugs hearing that name. I am sure other Germans can relate.
 
As the names for Hypothetical sons: Aenar, Viserys, Aelyx, Baelon and Aemon seem to be very reasonable choices.
 
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