Daenaera Targaryen of Whitefyre

Daenaera was a Princess and later Queen-Consort of the Kingdom of the Three Islands, and thus member of House Targaryen-Whitefyre. She was the youngest daughter of King Daeron I Targaryen of Whitefyre, sister-wife of king Rhaellor I Targaryen of Whitefyre and sister as well of King Maelor I Targaryen Whitefyre "the Usurper". Her mother was a member of House Zyran, Lady Isha Zyran. She was the mother of Vaegon I Targaryen of Whitefyre and thus a participant of the great war against her own brother for the right to rule of his own son. Daenaera was the first rider of the Ambar queen, the she-dragon Gaulax.

Daenaera was the Granmother of later kings, Daeron II and Aerys II, and great-granmother of King Haegon III Targaryen of Whitefyre, Saena Targaryen of Whitefyre, Maelor Targaryen of Whitefyre and Naera Targaryen of Whitefyre. She was also the aunt of Baela Targaryen of Whitefyre (as well as her mother-in-law) Alaera Targaryen of Whitefyre, Jacaerys Targaryen of Whitefyre "The Cruel" and the granmother-in-law of Viela Targaryen of Whitefyre..

Biography
Daenaera was born in 345 A.C in the newly found city of New Valyria, having an egg placed at her craddle as it is customary among her family, from which a dragon, known as Gaulax hatched. She was said to have been a strong baby at birth. She was robust and bubbly for most of her childhood and grew up in peace alongside her cousins Lahaera and Shaella. Soon, she was betroved to her brother Rhaellor I. Knowing that they will be wed, they did not devellopped a sister-brother relation at all. At the same time, she was not fond of Maelor's ambitions and both grew apart from each other since an early age. This made Daenaera feel lonely within her most inmediate family and mostly bonded with Targaryen-whitefyre cousins Lahaera and Shaella, her mother Isha Zyran and her Zyran relatives that she visited as soon as she was able to fly over in Gaulax, once the dragon was big enough.

When her son Vaegon I was born, she soon arrange a marriage with her niece, Baela Targaryen of Whitefyre. She later grew closer to Baela, ironically and the marriage proposal went ahead until both married in their teen years. However, Rhaellor I passed and Vaegon being a teenager was seen as an opportunity by Maelor to take over the throne from him. This caused a brief war that took both, Vaegon and Daenaera by surprised. Not having the forces needed to save themselves and their rignt to the throne so quickly, they were forced to run away and take refuge in Lys. There, a counter offensive was organized in the decade that Maelor remained in power. When Maelor died, Vaegon rushed to the islands and was quickly crowned King, initiating a War of Sucession in the Three Islands between Vaegon and Maelor's eldest male son, Jacaerys which was famous for his cruelty.

Vaegon end up winning the war and thus seating as the rightful queen. Daenaera then, flew all the way to the Three Islands to be the Mother-Queen of the king. She had participated in the conflict and thus had gain the appreciation of his son and a side with him as adviser. Daenaera chose not to remarry but had some love affairs with some men at court. At the end of her live, she helped her niece and daughter-in-law to raise Daeron II and Aerys II, as well as helping Alaera and Viela accomodate to court. Some say it was her who planned Viela's wedding with Aerys II, finally reuniting both sides of the Civil Conflict.

Personality
She was known to be sweet and nice, good hearted and kind. She had a love of animals and her parents said she had no evil in her. According to many, such was the evil of Maelor that none of it was left for her younger sister. She was known to love flying on top of Gaulax, and she often travelled to Lys, where the rest of the Zyran resided. She also travelled often to Volantis, Tyrosh, Myr and Kingslanding where she was officially received by the Targaryens in a sign of peace between the cadet house and main branch.

Among her other afilitations, she was said to have a deep love for art and have commision the works of many artists and craften to create speacial objects (still in possession of the family to this day) and embellished the Royal Palace. Daenaera also loved music and bards and had many brought to the islands and have sons made. However, the most famous one was sang after Maelor's death, about how she had all the goodness her brother lacked and how she fiercely opposed him and later finally crowned her son as King after the defeat of the Maelor's son, Jacaerys.

The marriage between Rhaellor and Daenaera was unusually happy and both grew to love each other. When Rhaellor died, she had to run away with Vaegon and Baela, seeking refuge in her mother's family side, the seat of House Zyran in Rockbone.