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🐉 CHARACTER PROFILE: Daenys Targaryen.
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Age: 20 years old.
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Height: 5'5"
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Weight: 120 lbs.
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Date of Birth: 189 AC.
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Sign: The Maiden (with a strong influence of The Stranger).
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Physical Description: Skin of a translucent paleness that seems to glow under candlelight. Long, straight hair of a silver so pale it appears white, inherited from the pure line of the dragons. Deep violet eyes, almost amethyst, with a gaze that seems to be forever reading an invisible paragraph in the air. Though young, she carries a solemn air that makes her appear older.
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Marital Status: Betrothed / Newly married to Prince Baelor Targaryen (her uncle).
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Children: None (for now).
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Title: Princess of the Seven Kingdoms.
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Place of Residence: The Red Keep (specifically the Grand Library and the Tower of the Hand).
Lineage
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House: Targaryen (Line of Aerys).
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Father: Aerys Targaryen.
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Mother: Aelinor Penrose (Deceased).
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Languages: High Valyrian (Fluent), Common Tongue, and rudiments of Old Ghiscari glyphs.
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Skills: Cryptography, dynastic history, and basic herbal medicine.
Personal History
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She grew up as an outcast lady, ignored by the court ladies who preferred embroidery over parchment.
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After her mother’s death, she became her father’s unofficial "librarian," living among the shadows.
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She was chosen by her grandfather, King Daeron II, as Baelor’s wife to visually "cleanse" the succession line and secure the loyalty of the houses that distrusted Baelor’s Dornish features.
Personality
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Strengths:
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Silent political wisdom; she listens more than she speaks.
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Unwavering loyalty to her family, despite feeling like a stranger among them.
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Absolute calm during moments of courtly tension.
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Shadows:
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Melancholic and solitary by nature.
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Feels like a mere "aesthetic object" used to validate Baelor.
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Difficulty connecting with the smallfolk; they see her as a specter.
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Fear of inheriting her father’s introspective "madness."
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Favorites of Westeros
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Likes: The scent of old paper and candle wax, the silence of the night in the Red Keep, lemon cakes with honey, tales of Ancient Valyria, watching the stars from the Tower of the Hand.
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Dislikes: Direct sunlight (she burns easily), the noise of tournaments, the smell of blood from hunts, being called names that doesn't are hers.
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Favorite Dragon: Meraxes. She is fascinated by the history of Queen Rhaenys and how her dragon was the swiftest, preferring the freedom of flight over the brutality of war.
Lore & Curiosities
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Derogatory Nickname: In court, she is called "The Ivory Princess" (as they say she is beautiful but cold and soulless).
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Habit: She always has ink stains on her fingertips, which she tries to hide with silk gloves.
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Relationship with Valarr and Matarys: She treats them with an almost maternal courtesy, despite being nearly their age, creating a strange but respectful tension.
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Mystic Connection: Occasionally has vivid dreams (not yet a confirmed "Dragon Dreamer," but her premonitions tend to come true).
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Favorite Music: The sound of the Dornish harp Baelor brought for her, though she prefers silence.
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Talisman: She wears a small Valyrian steel ring that belonged to her ancestor Daenys the Dreamer, a secret gift from her father.