The Boy-kingRonnel Arryn And His MotherSharra Arryn, His Queen Regent, Had Ruled Over The Kingdom Of

The boy-king Ronnel Arryn and his mother Sharra Arryn, his Queen Regent, had ruled over the Kingdom of the Vale during the War of Conquest. Sharra was considered one of the most beautiful women of Westeros. When Aegon sought to conquer the Seven Kingdoms, she offered him her hand in marriage if he would declare Ronnel his heir. He refused, and in the battles that came after, Sharra stood firm. The Arryn fleet won against Targaryen ships at the Battle of Gulltown. In retaliation, Aegon sent his sister-wife Visenya. Riding Vhagar, her dragon, Visenya burned the Arryn fleet at anchor. Sharra refused to bend the knee. She amassed the strength of the Vale at the Bloody Gate, expecting an onslaught from the Targaryens. However, defeat was not in blood but in coercion: through the boy-king himself. With the army diverted from the Eyrie, Visenya flew Vhagar into the very heart of the stronghold. Sharra returned to her son sitting on Visenya’s lap, enchanted by the sight of Vhagar in the courtyard. Sharra bent the knee, and the Eyrie fell without a fight.

(with Rosamund Pike as Visenya Targaryen.)

How long can hate hold a thing together? 

Ser Kevan remembered the girl she once had been, so full of life and mischief. And when she’d flowered, ah… had there ever been a maid so sweet to look upon?

young cersei lannister (requested by anonymous)

everyone is happy au:

Lyanna and Cersei are best friends.

// Jessica Brown-Findlay as Lyanna; Odeya Rush as young!Lyanna; Celina Sinden as young!Cersei

the dance of the dragons week: day 6 → quotes

“She was my only daughter, and they killed her. They stole my crown and murdered my daughter, and they shall answer for it.”

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“King Viserys is dead, long live King Aegon.” Hearing the cries, some wept whilst others cheered, but most of the smallfolk stared in silence, confused and wary, and now and again a voice cried out, “Long live our queen.”     

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“An eye for an eye, a son for a son,” Prince Daemon wrote. “Lucerys shall be avenged.”

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What did Viserys ever have that she did not? A little sausage? Is that all it takes to be a king?

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“With your own tongue you admit I am your lawful queen. Why then do you serve my half brother, the pretender? Tell my half brother that I will have my throne, or I will have his head”

scenery gifs: house of the dragon + lucerys & arrax above the clouds