House Targaryen

House Targaryen

House Targaryen is one of the former Great Houses of Westerosand the previous ruling royal house of the Seven Kingdoms, beforeHouse Baratheon took the Iron Throne, and the few surviving Targaryens fled into exile. House Targaryen's symbol is a three-headed red dragon on a black background and their motto is "Fire and Blood".

Members

• King {Aerys II Targaryen}, called "the Mad King" and "King Scab", slain by Ser Jaime Lannister at the end of Robert's Rebellion.
• His sister-wife Queen {Rhaella}, also of House Targaryen, died in childbirth.
  • Their oldest son and heir, Prince {Rhaegar Targaryen}, slain by Robert Baratheon at the Battle of the Trident.
  • Prince Rhaegar's wife, Princess {Elia} of House Martell, slain during the Sack of King's Landing by Lannister bannermen.
    • Prince Rhaegar's daughter, Princess {Rhaenys}, slain during the Sack of King's Landing.
    • Prince Rhaegar's son and heir, Prince {Aegon}, slain during the Sack of King's Landing.
  • Aerys and Rhaella's second son, Prince {Viserys Targaryen}, called "the Beggar King", in exile in theFree Cities. Killed by Khal Drogo for threatening his wife and unborn son Rhaego.
  • Aerys and Rhaella's daughter, Princess Daenerys Targaryen, in exile in the Free Cities. Widow of Khal Drogo.
    • Daenerys and Drogo's son {Rhaego}. Stillborn.
• Aemon Targaryen, known popularly as "Maester Aemon", the uncle of Aerys II Targaryen, a maester serving atCastle Black. Still alive, despite being almost a hundred years old. As a member of the Night's Watch and the order of Maesters, Aemon renounced his family ties and allegiances and his claim to the Iron Throne decades ago.House Targaryen
  
  Sigil

  A red three-headed dragon,
  on a black field.
  Motto

  "Fire and Blood"
  Seat

  Dragonstone (former)
  King's Landing (former)
  Region

  Currently in exile
  (formerly the Crownlands)
  Lord

  Queen Daenerys Targaryen
  Heir

  none
  Military strength

  3 dragons,
  under 100 Dothraki cavalry,
  8,000 Unsullied (heavy infantry),
  2,000 Second Sons (armored mercenary cavalry)
  Cadet branches

  House Blackfyre (extinct)
  Age

  Rulers of Dragonstone island since 500 years ago. Unknown amount of time beforehand as a noble family of the Valyrian Freehold.
  Ancestral weapon

  Blackfyre (lost)
  Dark Sister (lost)