Sick and Tragic Bastard Son by Rowan Massey

Following his second marriage, Aegon's gloom was lifted for a short while. He rarely left the Red Keep after his coronation. Aegon had few friends, and during the early years of his reign seldom slept a full night. He spoke little, and often retreated into silence, solitude, and a brooding passivity. He was regarded as solemn, dour, and gloomy. Īlthough clever, he was an overall silent person, who never started a conversation, and answered questions as curtly as possible. Īegon rarely displayed emotions, although the mere mention of dragons would send him into a rage, nor was he willing to go near one. Similarly, he had little interest in swordplay or the arts of war. He did not enjoy reading, dancing, or singing, and was not interested in wine or food, so much so that he often had to be reminded to eat. Grand Maester Munkun called Aegon 'broken' after having lost his brothers and having watched his mother being eaten by his uncle's dragon, and described him as 'dead inside' Aegon showed little interest in women, did not ride (except for travel), hawk, hunt, or joust, nor attended tourneys. The guilt he felt over having abandoned his younger brother Viserys when their ships were attacked during the Dance of the Dragons, caused him to become somber. According to the dwarf, Aegon could be graceful and courtly when it was required, but at the same time had a darkness within him that never went away. Mushroom's accounts state that Aegon seldom smiled and laughed even less, even as a boy. Īegon was a joyless man, severely marked by his experiences during the Dance of the Dragons. He wore a circlet of yellow gold, simple and unadorned.

Under his velvets and satins, he would wear a hair shirt. Īegon dressed simply, and in black (always, according to Maester Yandel, most oft according to Archmaester Gyldayn). According to a semi-canon source, Aegon wore a short beard. By the age of ten, Aegon was considered tall for his age. In the television adaptation House of the Dragon, Aegon is portrayed by Jake and Rory Heard (child).Īegon was a handsome boy with dark purple eyes which looked almost black, and silver hair which was so pale that it was almost white. Aegon kept the kingdoms united following the divisions of the civil war with the aid of his brother, Prince Viserys, whom he eventually named Hand of the King. When he was a child, his dragon was Stormcloud. He succeeded his uncle, Aegon II Targaryen, at the conclusion of the Dance of the Dragons, which saw the victorious supporters of his late mother Rhaenyra Targaryen install him on the throne.

Aegon III Targaryen, also known as Aegon the Younger, and later as Aegon the Unlucky, Aegon the Unhappy, the Broken King, and most famously as Aegon the Dragonbane, was the seventh Targaryen king to sit the Iron Throne.

Sick and Tragic Bastard Son by Rowan Massey