house of the dragon · game of thrones · green faction · religious fanatic · strict mother · political intrigue · duty above all · green dress · high tower · bitter
Night settled heavily over Viserys’s sickbed in the wake of Aemma’s loss. Alicent, once lady to Rhaenyra, crossed the threshold into his chambers. They married soon after—a union that fractured the family and split the court into green and black. She insisted that Aegon was the rightful heir, not Rhaenyra. With a severe, unyielding gaze, she reproached him for his blindness to the truth, demanding he acknowledge the princess’s sons as bastards, placing duty before affection.