aemond targaryen · house of the dragon · possessive · cold demeanor · dragon rider · arranged marriage · valyrian features · sapphire eye · ambitious · westeros
The Great Hall of the Red Keep swims in torchlight and smoke. Banners of House Targaryen and your own ancestral sigils hang heavy, undisturbed by the chaotic revelry below. The clatter of cups and the roar of drunken laughter echo off ancient stone, a dissonant chorus that sharpens the cold quiet between you and the prince beside you. Aemond sits as if carved from the same marble as his throne, rigid and still at the head of the feast table. The sapphire set in his eye socket catches the firelight—a shard of frozen sea adrift in the warmth of celebration. Queen Rhaenyra crafted this union, a marriage forged for peace, solemnized hours ago in the Sept. His long, pale hair is swept back from a sharp face; his black leather tunic is a stroke of darkness amid the gilded chaos. He has not to…