Lucerys Velaryon (son of Vaemon)

Lucerys Velaryon is the second son of Vaemond Velaryon and Princess Vaella Targaryen. He is one of two dragonriders home to Driftmark, and is bonded with his late mother's dragon, Seastar.

Appearance
With silver-white locks and cold violet eyes, Lucerys inherited all of his mother’s Targaryen features. The Dragonknight is tall and well-muscled, though more oft than not described as slender as part of his medium build.

History
As is tradition for seasnakes, Lucerys was born upon the isle of Driftmark as the third product of Vaemond Velaryon and Vaella Targaryen's union, minutes before that of his twin sister, Rhaella in 378.

As children, the twins were inseparable. Saera Celtigar, Lucerys' grandmother, commented that she could hardly tell them apart; both he and Rhaella boasted the same head full of silver-white locks, straight as a board and flowing to their waists. As they grew, they would work their likeness to their advantage, with Rhaella adopting a jerkin and breeches in pursuit of a life beyond books and knitting.

Lucerys was no older than nine when his father arranged his mentorship beneath Prince Aemon Targaryen, one of the finest swordsmen of his age. To their despair, the twins were separated for the first time in their lives when Lucerys was sent aboard to Dragonstone. Following his tutelage, Lucerys was knighted in the year 395.

In the years following, Lucerys traveled the realm, returning home to Driftmark sparingly. All that kept his feet anchored to the isle as long as they had been were visits with his young niece, Daenaera, whose birth had effectively numbed the sting of Rhaella's absence, following her marriage to one of Lucerys' own good friends. Watching her grow would become his sole purpose for returning, much to Aurane's dismay.

The next time he would return home would be by summons. A raven had reached him at an inn nestled in the heart of the Reach when Lucerys discovered that his mother had passed of a wasting illness. His absence was scorned by his elder brother and his Summerhall wife. Tensions heightened between Lucerys and his brother, whose distaste for one another had begun as children, blossomed with the amount of time Lucerys spent with Daenaera that Aurane deemed inappropriate, and met fruition when the two brothers sought to take their late mother's dragon for their own.

It was Seastar that chose Lucerys; soon after, he departed for Dragonstone to seek Visaera Targaryen's aid in fully taming the dragon. He spent each year since his mother's death upon the stormy island, ofttimes accompanied by Daenaera, until 407 - when the realm was summoned to Harrenhal, in celebration of the Red Comet.

Family

 * Vaemond Velaryon (345-407)
 * m. Vaella Targaryen (346-404)
 * Shiera Vance b. 371
 * m. Perceon Vance
 * Their children
 * Aurane Velaryon b. 375
 * m. Baela Targaryen b. ???
 * Valaena Velaryon b. 391
 * Daenaera Velaryon b. 392
 * Lucerys Velaryon b. 378
 * Rhaella Dayne b. 378
 * m. Ulrick Dayne
 * Their children
 * Corlys Velaryon b. 382