Daemon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar II)

Daemon Targaryen is a prince of the Seven Kingdoms as a scion of royal blood. He is the fifth child and fourth son of King Rhaegar II Targaryen and his sister-wife, Queen Rhaenys. Of the royal princes, young Daemon is among the most willful, cunning, manipulative, and ambitious. Where another might wither in the shadow of the Dragon, he thrives within it, if only because in such darkness he can tend the many fractures within his carefully cultivated facade.

Appearance and Character
Prince Daemon Targaryen is a slight, elegant man with all the hallmarks of the Old Blood that runs fast and true through his veins. He was a beautiful baby, and this was a quality that he retained, and perhaps even curated, with age. His sharp features have none of the rigidity one might come to expect and are thus refined rather than harsh. Like so many of his forebears his blonde hair is cast I platinum, bright and luxuriant. The prince’s eyes, however, much like his elder brother Prince Aerion, are different than either of his parents. Rather than the dark purple of his father and light violet of his mother, Daemon’s eyes echo those of his grandfather, the lost Prince Aemon, and are a delicate, lilac hue.

While many of his brothers, and indeed his eldest sister, are most comfortable in armor with a sword strapped to their hips, Daemon has wholly rejected this aesthetic. He is a, at heart, a true scion of the royal court, preferring soft silks and other such decadent fabrics. A goodly portion of his allowance is allocated to such fashions, and indeed there have been times his expenditures in that regard has rivaled even those of his half-sister, Visenya Silvermoon. Thus, his wardrobe is diverse featuring fashions from King’s Landing, Oldtown, Lannisport, and even a handful of cities from across the Narrow Sea.

Facets of his wardrobe and his manner lend the prince to a most flamboyant image. Yet despite the ornament, and the ostentation, Daemon has an intrinsically subtle nature, and his flamboyant airs act as a sheath in which that dark, subtle frame of mind is left to nurture and grow. It is this very nature that makes him a man with a proclivity to make grand displays and gestures, be it for obfuscation, his own amusement, or the encapsulation of a statement that needs be made. This is notable when it came to the origins of Rhaenyra’s talons. So amused was dear Daemon by the observations of Grand Maester Godwyn, he commissioned a brooch for his sister in the shape of a dragon’s claw, which he presented to her before all the court on her nameday that same year.

Daemon has affection for his family, and fully embraces his identity as a prince with the blood of the Dragon in his veins. Nevertheless, he is also a quintessentially selfish person, whose current tenor of existence is not conducive to a purist form of service to the dynasty he is meant, in part, to represent. This quality, if it could be called such, is represented through the way he thinks, the way he pursues his goals, and even how he perceives himself. In all things, Prince Daemon’s ultimate barometer is attuned towards what will serve him.

His moods are many, and his appetites without surcease. Indeed, the young prince is also a man who can sometimes be given to demure in the face of pressures, desires, or even demands of decorum. Yet, that is not because he is a man easily pressed upon or dominated by the will of others when their imperatives are not in line with his own. At certain times and in certain places, he can be as rigid, and as stalwart as his grandmother, the Black Queen. This is apparent in his refusal to marry, or even entertain courtship of any kind.

They say when a member of House Targaryen is born the gods toss a coin in the air and the world holds its breath to see how it might land. Daemon exemplifies this adage, for madness and genius are well represented on either side of that coin. He is an intelligent, cunning man to be sure, with an eye for detail and a mind that is capable of pursing many a possibility. Yet, he is not immune to the afflictions that have sometimes assailed his lineage. He is given to violent swings in mood and demeanor. The severity and frequencies of such episodes vary, but needless to say the delicacy of Daemon’s mind ever hangs in the balance, no matter the sophistications of his plans.