Selenya Targaryen

Born a bastard, Selenya Targaryen is the eldest child and sole daughter of Evaeline Targaryen. Though the identity of her father yet remains unknown to her, her mother would regale her at night with tales of his numerous feats of strength and displays of courage, assuring her that he was "one of the greatest warriors in Westeros".

With her family holding a magisterial seat within the city's ruling council, Selenya's life has been one of luxury and prosperity. Groomed and raised in the image of her mother from a young age, she was well-equipped to take the mantle of head of House Targaryen of Lys with Evaeline's relatively recent passing.

Appearance and Character
Despite the gradual dilution of the Targaryen blood in her family, Selenya arguably demonstrates the most Valyrian of features. Her cheek bones are high and angled; her jaw line is well-defined, coming together at a delicately chin. With an aqualine nose, finely sculpted lips, petite ears, and large lilac eyes, few can argue her beauty.

The only claim to be made against her Targaryen ancestry is that of her hair, but even that is an empty argument. As a child, Selenya encountered a number of Tyroshi with hair as vibrant and variable in hue as a rainbow following a heavy rain. Since then, Selenya has enjoyed playing with dyes of various shades. Although she prefers muted and subtle colours of pale gold, rose, copper and even the occasional lilac to the vibrant choices of the Tyroshi culture, her natural hair colour is a silver so pale it borders upon white.

Tall and straight-backed, she maintains her chin poised aloft and the hint of a smile perpetually upon her lips. With long legs and a lean frame, she almost glides as she walks. Like her mother, she carries herself with a regal disposition and air of pride. Though not as personally ambitious, Selenya is every bit as deviously driven as her mother in achieving whatever goals she sets. Loyal to those who are loyal to her, she is an enigmatic paradox of selfish altruism.

Early Life (381 AC - 394 AC)
Like many noble-born girls, Selenya enjoyed a variety of comforts and luxuries. From an early age, her health was attended to by a maester that her mother had hired from Westeros, who likewise contributed to her intellectual and social development. Unlike many noble-born girls, Selenya also had the privilege of being directly attended by her mother, receiving lesson after lesson of appropriate etiquette, attire, manner, and character. She excelled in lessons of history and politics, but her favourite subjects to study were the intellectual games of cyvasse, anatomy and physiology of the human body, and alchemical properties of various compounds.

Selenya may not have had friends or peers her age, but she grew close with her mother and was constantly surrounded by friends and members of the upper echelon. Two men in particular come vividly to mind when thinking of her past.

The first she knew ironically as Ser Nick, though she preferred the moniker Uncle Nikki. He was a whale of a man, rotund and hefty, but had come into her mother's employ frequently enough over the years as a sellsword that he had become akin to family. And he certainly acted the part, sharing pasties and treats with the young Dragon on more than one occasion. It could quite possibly be said that he was single-handedly responsible for her education of the finer arts, regaling her at every opportunity with epic poems and various oral traditions from across the Free Cities. On more than one occasion, she would listen to the retellings of the Thousand Classical Poems of Lys with him in tow during the annual festival in their honor.

The second man, known as UncaBee, quickly became her favourite source of entertainment (aside from Uncle Nikki). A sellsword in Essos as well, he visited frequently, staying for months at a time sometimes when his war excursions were either nearby or in recess. For hours on end, she would demand stories. He would speak of brave knights and grand tournaments and war and conquest in Westeros, but above all of those, she enjoyed when he would tell her all the dragon lore he knew. As she grew, it was this draconic knowledge she craved. She dreamed of one day sitting atop a dragon of her own, knowing well that without the Leviathan, her great grandfather Baelon would not have had nearly the same level of success that he did. However briefly. So much was her love for them that UncaBee gifted to her a music box featuring a dragon, all made of bronze with gold and ebony accents, a gift she treasures to this day.

Life as Selenya knew it changed quite dramatically after the birth of her brother, Aeryn, in 391 AC.

[To be continued...]

Personal Goals

 * Selenya seeks to see her House restored to the level of influence it carried in Essos upon its foundation
 * [to be added as the background is filled in]

Recent Events
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