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The Heir of the Dragon: A Rhaenyra Targaryen Quest

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hailcapital said:
IIRC we've been told this isn't possible for our character.
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I must have missed that, but I believe it. Still, as Teen Spirit notes, we could invest effort in prolonging his life. Yes, it'd do a number on our action economy, but a few more years of being heir before having to fight our way into proper rulership could do good things.

Lord of Sturgia said:
Lads, in episode 2, Viserys mentions Rhaenyra that Rhaenyra is 15, before Alicent gets married to Viserys, then in episode 3, Aegon is two years old and Alicent is visibly pregnant with Helaena, which shows that nearly three years have passed and Rhaenyra is 17-18, and then in episode 4, Rhaenyra has a tour of the seven kingdoms to find a husband and cuts it short by two months, which shows that at least almost a year has passed making her 18-19, she is married to Laenor and some time after that Jacerys is born to Rhaenyra from Harwin.

We are freshly 16, we can afford to wait a few years, since Jace is a 15-16 by the time the Dance rolls around and his egg born dragon Vermax is a decently sized dragon.

Mayhaps a year would be optimal? I mean since the main three options are Gwayne, Harwin and Laenor, it would take around a year from now for our progress to even arrive to Driftmark and betroth to Laenor, and we would likely want some time to get to know Harwin and Gwayne and become friends with them if we want them instead.

Two years would be fine and also morally good, but if we want to be optimal and pragmatic, a year would be better.

Also keep in mind at 15 our Rhaenyra was considered a skilled dragon rider though not on the level of Daemon and Rhaenys.
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I'm very much flexible about this and not trying to push matters unduly. I just want to keep it on the radar that it is probably not a great idea for an aspiring empress* who plans to rule in her own name and will probably have to fend off one or more rounds of challengers for the throne to completely set aside dynastic considerations.
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*(and the Iron Throne is an imperial seat, not just a royal one, make no mistake)

hailcapital said:
More years, yes, but we can't cure him, right?

Also, although this is a bit metagame-y and isn't something we should consider as a factor IC, but it's not strictly advantageous to prolong his life past a certain point, because it's likely that we are our own strongest soldier. Ideally the Dance to kicks off when our kids are old enough to be combatants but we're still in our prime.
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Ehhh. The way I figure it, Rhaenyra's not irreplaceable as a soldier in ground combat. She's strong and going to be a prodigious duelist in her twenties, thirties, and probably well into her her forties, sure, but I doubt she's going to be so invincible that it's even a good idea for her to lead her battles from the front. There's always that stray arrow, or that lucky lance, or that mace that hits you hard enough to give you a concussion you never quite recover from properly.

The Queensguard will still exist for a reason, in other words.

No, where Rhaenyra is going to be really decisively relevant in battle is on dragonback, and somehow, I think her window of combat-effectiveness on dragonback is going to be a long one if she doesn't die of something else first.

I'm not saying you're wrong to think about this, but I don't think it's realistic to expect VIserys I to live well past his sixtieth birthday (in canon he died at, uh, I think it'd be 129-77 = 52). And when he's sixty, Rhaenyra will still be forty, and while forty's a bit old to be pure hell on wheels in the melee, it's definitely not too old to be dangerous in dragonrider combat.
 
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Simon_Jester said:
No, where Rhaenyra is going to be really decisively relevant in battle is on dragonback, and somehow, I think her window of combat-effectiveness on dragonback is going to be a long one if she doesn't die of something else first.
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Yeah, I mean, Rhaenys was considered about the most dangerous dragonrider in the war and I think she might even be a bit older than Viserys.
 
Teen Spirit said:
I will say if personal prowess matters a lot for Rhaenyra in direct combat during a dance then things have gone weird or wrong
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Tfw we avert the dance by having a trial of the seven against Daemon and cave in his skull.

But yeah. If we were a guy, our personal prowess would be a real factor just for the reputational aspect getting us support. But that's a bit more mixed with Rhaenyra. Might get us some respect in some corners at least, even if it's likely to drive some off. Though a lot of those would have hated us for being a girl anyways.
 
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