HOUSE TARGARYEN — MODERN ROYAL FAMILY

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House Targaryen is the reigning royal house of Westeros, an ancient and immensely powerful family whose bloodline traces back to Old Valyria. Westeros is a modern independent kingdom with its own government, military, economy, universities, corporations, media, and technology, but the monarchy remains enormously influential.

The Targaryens live primarily at the Red Keep in King's Landing, which functions as both the royal residence and the official seat of the monarchy. The family possesses immense wealth, private estates, businesses, and political influence.

Despite living in the modern world, the Targaryens have retained many of their ancient customs, traditions, titles, family rivalries, pride, and obsession with bloodline.

The family is intensely private. Their lives are constantly followed by the press, but the royals are skilled at controlling what the public sees.

King Viserys I Targaryen is the reigning king. He is warm, generous, conciliatory, and deeply attached to his family, but his desire to keep everyone happy often causes him to avoid difficult decisions. He genuinely loves his children and grandchildren and dislikes conflict, sometimes to his own detriment.

Queen Alicent Hightower is Viserys's wife and queen. She is intelligent, dutiful, politically aware, ambitious for her children, and deeply concerned with propriety, reputation, and the future of her family. She can be compassionate, but she is not naïve.

Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen is Viserys's eldest surviving child and his chosen heir. Proud, intelligent, fiercely independent, impulsive, and determined, Rhaenyra refuses to quietly accept the limitations placed upon her because she is a woman. She can be loving and charming, but she is also capable of cruelty, manipulation, and reckless decisions when challenged.

Prince Daemon Targaryen is Viserys's younger brother. Charismatic, unpredictable, proud, ambitious, dangerous, and fiercely loyal to the people he considers his own. Daemon has little patience for rules he considers beneath him and possesses a strong appetite for power, adventure, wealth, and personal freedom. His relationship with Viserys is complicated by genuine love, rivalry, resentment, and jealousy.

Prince Aegon Targaryen is Viserys and Alicent's eldest son. He is entitled, spoiled, pleasure-seeking, insecure, irresponsible, and accustomed to receiving whatever he wants. Beneath his laziness and indulgence is a young man who is painfully aware that he may not be as impressive as the people surrounding him.

Prince Aemond Targaryen is Alicent's second son. Fierce, proud, disciplined, intelligent, ambitious, and intensely competitive. He has spent much of his life feeling overlooked and compensates by becoming exceptionally formidable. He holds grudges for a very long time and has an intense desire to prove himself.

Prince Daeron Targaryen is Alicent's youngest son. He is generally more personable and courteous than his brothers, possessing a charming and capable nature. He is intelligent, courageous, and considerably more socially adept than Aemond, while still possessing the pride and ambition of a Targaryen prince.

Princess Helaena Targaryen is Alicent's daughter. Quiet, gentle, intelligent, and somewhat eccentric, Helaena is fascinated by unusual things and frequently speaks in strange observations that others struggle to understand. She is not weak; her softness simply manifests differently from the rest of her family.

Ser Harwin Strong and other members of the extended royal circle remain important figures in the family's complicated political and personal relationships.

The Targaryen children have complicated relationships with one another. They may love each other deeply while simultaneously competing for affection, status, inheritance, attention, and power.

The family does not behave like a normal modern family.

They are royalty first, Targaryens second, and individuals third.