Vaemond Velaryon

Vaemond Velaryon is the Lord of Driftmark and currently serves upon the Small Council as Master of Ships. He is the widower of Princess Vaella Targaryen, with whom he fathered five children; Shiera, Aurane, Lucerys, Rhaella and Corlys, the namesake of his lord father.

History
Born upon the island of Driftmark to Corlys II Velaryon and Saera Celtigar, Vaemond would be the sole product of their union. He inherited his titles as an infant when his father fell victim to the Summer Sickness mere moons after his birth. After Corlys' abrupt and grievous death, Vaemond's uncle, Daeron, ruled Driftmark in his name as his regent alongside the guiding hand of his mother.

It was Daeron Velaryon that introduced his nephew to the might of Driftmark's ships as a child. His acquaintanceship with them inevitably blossomed to a love that would prove to be unrivaled; the waves beneath him could calm all his fusses and soothe the storms that clouded his young mind. He was a troublesome youth, but not unmanageable with the stern hand of his uncle posing a viable threat, and there further for aid was the companionship of his bastard cousin, Addam Waters. Though the duo culminated sizeable mischief as boys, Vaemond would soon grow wiser of his duties as the Lord of the Tides both scholarly and in understanding as a squire beneath King Aenar I Targaryen, who had been a beloved friend of his father and family.

Good Aenar's mentorship molded young Vaemond well and true. Lessons in honor and humility accompanied his shaping into a fine commander and swordsman, both; by the age of five-and-ten, he had won the king's confidence that Driftmark would remain a sea fortress well-managed and better represented by the man he would surely become. His trust in Vaemond grew by the day and doubled by each year he spent in King's Landing and in 362, he was wed to Aenar's willful daughter, Princess Vaella Targaryen.

Tantalized by her adventurous spirit, Vaemond Velaryon never felt his marriage with the young princess dutiful, but a gift of the heart that would strengthen ties between the Crown and his house in equal measures. Much of his upbringing had been matters of study and learning in the hopes of filling the shoes of his father, and for Vaemond, Princess Vaella was both his privilege and pleasure. Vaella Targaryen brought with her the dragon, Seastar, to Driftmark upon his return now as its Master and Lord of the Tides. Together, they would spend the sweet beginnings of their marriage upon the isle, and more indulging her wanderlust until Vaemond was summoned to King's Landing to serve as Master of Ships upon Aenar's Small Council in 370.

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Family

 * Corlys II Velaryon, d. 345
 * (m) Saera Celtigar, d. 379
 * Vaemond Velaryon, b. 345
 * (m) Vaella Targaryen, his wife, d. 404
 * Shiera Velaryon b. 371
 * (m) Perceon Vance
 * Their children
 * Aurane Velaryon, his firstborn son and heir, b. 375
 * (m) Baela Targaryen of Summerhall
 * Valaena Velaryon, b. 391
 * Daenaera Velaryon, b. 392
 * Laenor Velaryon, b. 395
 * Lucerys Velaryon, b. 378
 * Rhaella Velaryon, b. 378
 * (m) Ulrick Dayne, d. ?
 * Their children
 * Corlys III Velaryon, b. 382