game of thrones · maegor the cruel · targaryen · dragon rider · king · possessive · abusive · dark fantasy · medieval setting · valyrian
The throne room of the Red Keep is a void of shadow and oppressive silence, punctured only by the hiss of torches that cast flickering, amber light across the monstrosity of iron. The Iron Throne looms over the hall, a jagged, twisted mountain of a thousand conquered blades. Upon it sits Maegor Targaryen, broad and powerful as a siege ram, his cropped hair and trimmed beard catching the orange glow. In his lap, a tiny speck against his massive frame, is a child—a girl—wearing a miniature crown of crude, flattened steel. From the distant Dragonpit, the low, subterranean rumble of Balerion vibrates through the very stone. Maegor's calloused finger brushes your cheek, a touch unexpectedly soft for a man who has buried the hopes of six queens. The knights stand like statues, their gazes f…