House Velaryon

House Velaryon is a noble house within the Crownlands. Their seat is the island of Driftmark in Blackwater Bay, and the head of House Velaryon is styled Lord of the Tides and Master of Driftmark. A house of Valyrian descent, the Velaryons have long shared close relations with House Targaryen, being sworn directly to the seat of the heir to the Iron Throne and serving most often as Masters of Ships on the Small Council.

Current prominent members include Lord Vaemond Velaryon, a dragonrider and famed champion of the smallfolk, his wife Lady Laena Velaryon, a daughter of Lord Gwayne Baratheon, his cousin Prince Aerys Velaryon, regent of the Seven Kingdoms and son of Queen Visaera, and his cousin Maekar Velaryon, a hopeful claimant to the throne through his grandfather's line.

Deceased members whose legacy endures include the flamboyant and infamous Ser Lucerys Velaryon (master of coin to Queen Visaera and King Rhaegar II), Ser Corlys Velaryon (consort to Queen Visaera and captain general of the Golden Company), and Lord Vaemond Velaryon (master of ships and hand of the king in the time of King Aenar).

The Second War of Conquest
Following the death of Lord Monford Velaryon and the disappearance of Aurane Waters, House Velaryon was left in a sorry state. A child, Monterys, was lord and had little in the way of men or ships to make an impact in the war. However, this proved a valuable situation for the house when their neutrality in the early days was not seen as opposition by the newly-crowned Aegon.

The War in the Narrows
When King Rhaegar I's brother Baelon assaulted the Stormlands atop the Leviathan, the Royal Fleet under the command of Lord Velaryon was dispatched along the Narrow Sea while the king personally lead his ground forces down the Kingsroad. Eventually, the two forces met in battle along the shorelines of Westeros, with Rhaegar and Baelon engaged in a duel atop their beasts. While Rhaegar and Urrax were overpowered in the skies, the Royal Fleet held the Essosi at bay. In the end, the heroics of Ser Peremore Vance and Aegon's Glory won the day for the crown.

The Royal Tour
In the year 360 AC, Crown Prince Aenys undertook a tour of the Seven Kingdoms, culminating in his betrothal and marriage to the young Lenore Blackwood. However, another marriage was decided upon their return to Blackwater Bay. Visiting Driftmark near the end of his travels, Prince Aenys agreed to petition his father King Aenar for a marriage between Lord Velaryon's eldest son Vaemond and Aenys' younger sister Vaella. The match was agreed, and in the year 362 AC the marriage ceremony was held in King's Landing. The marriage would go on to bear five children: Shiera, Aurane, Lucerys, Rhaella, and Corlys.

Family Tree

 * Lord Vaemond Velaryon (345 - 407)
 * m. Vaella Targaryen (346 - 404)
 * Shiera Vance (371 - 430)
 * m. Lord Perceon Vance
 * Preston Vance (387 - 418)
 * Lady Cassana Vance b. 418
 * Rhialta Vanca b. 389
 * House Tully
 * Paxter Vance b. 395
 * Minisa Vance b. 399
 * Lord Aurane Velaryon (375 - 437)
 * m. Nora Sunglass (375 - 389)
 * Daenaera Velaryon (389 - 408)
 * m. Baela Targaryen b. 379
 * Valaena Velaryon (392 - 418)
 * Aelora Hightower b. 394
 * m. Lord Leyton Hightower
 * Alys Hightower b. 313
 * House Redwyne
 * Lord Arthur Hightower b. 315
 * Addam Hightower b. 317
 * Leyton Hightower b. 319
 * Lysa Velaryon (398 - 430)
 * m. Lord Desmond Hewett
 * Heward Hewett b. 418
 * Ambrose Hewett b. 420
 * Ellyn Hewett b. 422
 * Owen Hewett b. 423
 * Rosalyn Hewett b. 426
 * Vaella Velaryon b. 402
 * m. Symond Darry
 * Mariya Darry b. 430
 * Aegon Darry b. 432
 * Alyssa Darry b. 434
 * Aurane Darry b. 437
 * Daena Velaryon b. 408
 * Vaemond Velaryon b. 409
 * m. Laena Baratheon b. 409
 * Laurel Velaryon b. 426
 * Hazel Velaryon b. 429
 * Aelinor Velaryon (431 - 431)
 * Sage Velaryon b. 432
 * Juniper Velaryon b. 436
 * Lucerys Velaryon (378 - 426)
 * Zahra Waters b. 410
 * m. __________
 * Issue
 * Aethan Waters b. 411
 * Alyn Waters b. 411
 * m. Gael Targaryen
 * Maekar Velaryon b. 419
 * Rhaella Dayne b. 378
 * m. Lord Ulrick Dayne
 * Aemon Dayne (393 - 418)
 * Elyana Dayne b. 412
 * Lord Vorian Dayne b. 414
 * Ulrick Dayne b. 417
 * Ashara Dayne b. 393
 * House Dayne
 * Arianne Dayne b. 396
 * House Hightower
 * Anara Dayne b. 398
 * Allyria Dayne b. 402
 * Corlys Velaryon (382 - 418)
 * m. Queen Visaera Targaryen
 * Aerys Velaryon b. 410