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{{Character  
| Character_name = Larra Rogare [[File:House Targaryen.svg|50px|right]]
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| Character_name = [[File:Coin of Lys.png|40px|left]] Larra Rogare [[File:House Targaryen.svg|50px|right]]
 
| image = [[File:Larra Rogare.png|350px]]
 
| image = [[File:Larra Rogare.png|350px]]
| image_caption = A young Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]] and Larra Rogare hold the toddler Prince [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon]], as depicted by Magali Villeneuve in ''[[The World of Ice and Fire]]''
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| image_caption = A young Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]] and Larra Rogare holding the toddler Prince [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon]], as depicted by Magali Villeneuve in ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]''.
| Alias =
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| Alias = Larra of Lys{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Voyage of Alyn Oakenfist}}
| Title =  
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| Title = Lady{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Voyage of Alyn Oakenfist}}{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
 
| Allegiance = [[House Rogare]]<br>[[House Targaryen]]
 
| Allegiance = [[House Rogare]]<br>[[House Targaryen]]
 
| Race = [[Valyria]]n
 
| Race = [[Valyria]]n
 
| Culture = [[Lys]]ene
 
| Culture = [[Lys]]ene
| Spouse = Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]]
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| Father = [[Lysandro Rogare]]
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| Mother =
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| Spouse = Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| Appendix: Targaryen Lineage}}
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| Issue = [[Aegon IV Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| Appendix: Targaryen Lineage}}<br>[[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| Appendix: Targaryen Lineage}}<br>[[Naerys Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| Appendix: Targaryen Lineage}}
 
| Place_of_Birth = [[Lys]]
 
| Place_of_Birth = [[Lys]]
| Date_of_Birth = {{date|115}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Larra Rogare|Larra Rogare]] calculation.''</ref>
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| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|115}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Larra Rogare|Larra Rogare]] calculation.''</ref>
 
| Place_of_Death = [[Lys]]
 
| Place_of_Death = [[Lys]]
| Date_of_Death = {{date|145}}<ref name=AMA />
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| Date_of_Death = {{Date|145}}<ref name=AMA />
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned)
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| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[Fire & Blood]]'' (mentioned)
 
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Lady '''Larra Rogare''' was a member of [[House Rogare]] of [[Lys]] who became the wife of Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]], brother of King [[Aegon III Targaryen]]. She abandoned Viserys before his ascendance to the [[Iron Throne]], thus she never became queen consort. Larra was the mother of King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]], Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon the Dragonknight]], and Queen [[Naerys Targaryen]].
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Lady '''Larra Rogare''' was a member of [[House Rogare]] of [[Lys]]. She married Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]], the younger brother of King [[Aegon III Targaryen]]. With Viserys, Larra had three children: King [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon IV]], Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon]], and Queen [[Naerys Targaryen]]. She eventually abandoned Viserys and returned to Lys.
  
 
==Appearance and Character==
 
==Appearance and Character==
Tall and willowy, with the silver-gold hair and purple eyes of old [[Valyria]], Larra was considered a great beauty.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys II}}
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Larra was considered a great beauty.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys II}}{{Ref|fab|Under the Regents - The Voyage of Alyn Velaryon}} She had pale skin,{{Ref|fab|Under the Regents - The Voyage of Alyn Velaryon}} and the silver-gold hair and [[purple eyes]] of [[Valyria]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys II}} She was tall and willowy.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys II}} She dressed in Lysene fashion, even during her time in [[King's Landing]].{{Ref|fab|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
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Larra was fluent in [[High Valyrian]] and the dialects of [[Lys]], [[Myr]], [[Tyrosh]], and [[Old Volantis]], but not the [[Common Tongue]].{{Ref|fab|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}} She worshiped several deities, including [[Pantera]], [[Yndros of the Twilight]], [[Bakkalon]], and [[Saagael]].{{Ref|fab|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
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According to [[Mushroom]], Larra liked to hear the music played by [[Sandoq]], her guardsman, on a large stringed instrument, although it always made her cry.{{Ref|fab|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
Lady Larra was a noblewoman born to the wealthy and influential [[House Rogare]], a banking family from the [[Free Cities|Free City]] of [[Lys]]. She was the daughter of [[Lysandro Rogare]], known as Lysandro the Magnificent, and the [[Rogare Bank]] even surpassed that of the [[Iron Bank of Braavos]] during its prime.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}
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===Early life and marriage===
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Larra was born in {{Date|115}} as the youngest daughter of [[Lysandro Rogare]], the head of the wealthy and influential banking family in [[Lys]]. Larra married Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]], while he was a hostage to [[House Rogare]]. Not long thereafter, Larra's uncle, [[Drazenko Rogare]], approached Lord [[Alyn Velaryon]] at [[Sunspear]], informing him where Viserys could be found. Lysandro Rogare's terms included that Velaryon had to swear upon his honor that Larra's marriage to Viserys would not be set aide, for whatever reason. When Velaryon agreed to Lysaro's terms, he brought Viserys back to [[King's Landing]].{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Voyage of Alyn Oakenfist}} Larra accompanied him, with three of her brothers, [[Moredo Rogare|Moredo]], [[Lotho Rogare|Lotho]], and [[Roggerio Rogare|Roggerio]].{{Ref|fab|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}} There, the [[regent]]s of King [[Aegon III Targaryen]] confirmed the legitimacy of Larra's marriage to Viserys.{{Ref|fab|Under the Regents - The Voyage of Alyn Oakenfist}}
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===Life in King's Landing===
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Larra moved into the [[Red Keep]] with her husband, but did not manage to adapt to the customs of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. She made no attempt to learn the [[Common Tongue]], instead using translators. She kept her Lysene servants and continued to worship Lysene gods, to whom she did obeisances. The people of King's Landing soon came to dislike and mistrust her. [[Cat]]s were seen coming and going from her chambers frequently, and people began to whisper that they were her spies. Some even claimed that Larra was able to transform herself into a cat, and darker rumors followed soon after. Her worship of the god Yndros caused men to whisper that Larra would transform herself into a man to visit the brothels on the [[Street of Silk]]. As a result of her worship of [[Saagael]], she was subsequently also blamed every time a child went missing. By late {{Date|134}}, some of King's Landing began to fear that the Rogares would soon rule the Seven Kingdoms, with Larra holding the strings.{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
  
Larra wed Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]] in {{date|134}}, when he was twelve and her nineteen.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}} Not long thereafter, Lord [[Alyn Velaryon]] found Viserys in Lys, and paid a vast sum of [[Currency|coin]] for the prince's release. Viserys was taken back to [[Westeros]], and Larra went with him, accompanied by her brothers, [[Lysaro Rogare|Lysaro]] amd [[Moredo Rogare|Moredo]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}} In [[King's Landing]] in {{Date|135}}, she gave birth to the first of her three children with Viserys, Prince [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys II}}
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Prince Viserys announced to the royal court that Larra was pregnant in {{Date|134}}. She gave birth during the third month of {{Date|135}} to a son whom Viserys named [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon]], for King Aegon III. Aegon was anointed with the seven oils of the [[Faith of the Seven]], but when it became known that Larra wished to have Aegon blessed by her own gods as well, people began to whisper about obscene ceremonies and blood sacrifices.{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
  
There were many at court who mistrusted the ambitious Rogare family who soon became embroiled in the conflicts of the [[regency of Aegon III|regency]] of Prince Viserys's brother, King [[Aegon III Targaryen]]. Larra's brothers were arrested, and Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]], the [[Hand of the King]], was tortured for information, having been suspected to have been working together with the Rogares. Ser [[Marston Waters]] of the [[Kingsguard]], the new Hand, ordered the arrest of Larra, but Aegon III and Viserys refused to give her up. They were besieged in [[Maegor's Holdfast]] for eighteen days, before Marston fulfilled his king's command to arrest those who had implicated Lord Rowan and the Rogares falsely. Marston was then killed trying to apprehend Ser [[Mervyn Flowers]], also of the Kingsguard.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
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Following the sudden deaths of Larra's father Lysandro and her uncle Drazenko, Larra's eldest brother [[Lysaro Rogare|Lysaro]] drained the gold held by the [[Rogare Bank]]. When rumors began to spread that the Rogare Bank was unsound, [[House Rogare]] fell from power in Lys. The consequences extended to [[Westeros]], where Lotho and Roggerio were arrested. Ser [[Marston Waters]] of the [[Kingsguard]], the new [[Hand of the King]], ordered Larra's arrest, but when Ser [[Amaury Peake]] arrived at [[Maegor's Holdfast]] to arrest her, he found himself denied entrance by Larra's husband Viserys, and Viserys's brother, King Aegon III. During the [[secret siege]], Larra, Viserys, Aegon III, Queen [[Daenaera Velaryon]], and several servants were trapped in Maegor's Holdfast for eighteen days. According to Marston Waters, Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]], the previous Hand, had confessed to having plotted with Larra's three brothers to poison King Aegon III and Queen Daenaera in order to crown Viserys king, with Larra as his queen. When Rowan was brought before Maegor's Holdfast to confirm his confessions, Viserys was quick to reveal Rowan had been tortured into giving false confessions. After his arrest, Septon [[Bernard]] would claim that it had been intended for Larra to die, so Viserys could ascent the throne and take a "proper Westerosi queen." Six days after Marston fulfilled his king's command to arrest those who had implicated Lord Rowan and the Rogares falsely, the siege came to an end.{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
  
In {{date|136}}, Larra gave birth to a second son, Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon]]. A daughter, Princess [[Naerys Targaryen|Naerys]], followed in {{date|138}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys II}} Larra never felt part of the court at [[King's Landing]], however, and was never truly happy in Westeros.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys II}} A year after having given birth to Naerys, in {{date|139}}, Larra returned to Lys. She eventually died in {{date|145}}<ref name=AMA>[http://www.westeros.org/BoD/Transcripts/Entry/The_World_of_Ice_and_Fire_AMA The World of Ice and Fire AMA]</ref> of unknown causes.
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In {{Date|136}}, by the time trials were held for those implicated in the siege and turmoil that had gone before, Larra was pregnant with her second child. She attended the trials together with her husband and young son Aegon. She was also present when Lord [[Torrhen Manderly]] passed his judgment on Lotho and Roggerio, and wept when the sentences were proclaimed.{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
  
Prince Viserys, an otherwise charming man, grew stern after Larra left him and their children.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
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On the eve of [[Smith's Day]] in {{Date|136}}, Larra gave birth to her second son, [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon]].{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}} Two years later, she gave birth to a daughter, [[Naerys Targaryen|Naerys]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys II}} Larra never felt part of the court at [[King's Landing]], however, and was never truly happy in Westeros.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys II}} In {{Date|139}}, a year after having given birth to Naerys, Larra returned to Lys. She eventually died in {{Date|145}}<ref name=AMA>[http://www.westeros.org/BoD/Transcripts/Entry/The_World_of_Ice_and_Fire_AMA The World of Ice and Fire AMA]</ref> of unknown causes. Viserys, an otherwise charming man, grew stern after Larra left him and their children.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
  
 
==Family==
 
==Family==
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==References==
 
==References==
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Revision as of 16:01, 29 July 2021

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Larra Rogare
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A young Prince Viserys and Larra Rogare holding the toddler Prince Aegon, as depicted by Magali Villeneuve in The World of Ice & Fire.

Alias Larra of Lys[1]
Title Lady[1][2]
Allegiances
Race Valyrian
Culture Lysene
Born In 115 AC[3]Lys
Died In 145 AC[4]Lys
Father Lysandro Rogare
Spouse Prince Viserys Targaryen[5]
Issue
Books

Lady Larra Rogare was a member of House Rogare of Lys. She married Prince Viserys Targaryen, the younger brother of King Aegon III Targaryen. With Viserys, Larra had three children: King Aegon IV, Prince Aemon, and Queen Naerys Targaryen. She eventually abandoned Viserys and returned to Lys.

Appearance and Character

Larra was considered a great beauty.[6][7] She had pale skin,[7] and the silver-gold hair and purple eyes of Valyria.[8] She was tall and willowy.[6] She dressed in Lysene fashion, even during her time in King's Landing.[2]

Larra was fluent in High Valyrian and the dialects of Lys, Myr, Tyrosh, and Old Volantis, but not the Common Tongue.[2] She worshiped several deities, including Pantera, Yndros of the Twilight, Bakkalon, and Saagael.[2]

According to Mushroom, Larra liked to hear the music played by Sandoq, her guardsman, on a large stringed instrument, although it always made her cry.[2]

History

Early life and marriage

Larra was born in 115 AC as the youngest daughter of Lysandro Rogare, the head of the wealthy and influential banking family in Lys. Larra married Prince Viserys Targaryen, while he was a hostage to House Rogare. Not long thereafter, Larra's uncle, Drazenko Rogare, approached Lord Alyn Velaryon at Sunspear, informing him where Viserys could be found. Lysandro Rogare's terms included that Velaryon had to swear upon his honor that Larra's marriage to Viserys would not be set aide, for whatever reason. When Velaryon agreed to Lysaro's terms, he brought Viserys back to King's Landing.[1] Larra accompanied him, with three of her brothers, Moredo, Lotho, and Roggerio.[2] There, the regents of King Aegon III Targaryen confirmed the legitimacy of Larra's marriage to Viserys.[1]

Life in King's Landing

Larra moved into the Red Keep with her husband, but did not manage to adapt to the customs of the Seven Kingdoms. She made no attempt to learn the Common Tongue, instead using translators. She kept her Lysene servants and continued to worship Lysene gods, to whom she did obeisances. The people of King's Landing soon came to dislike and mistrust her. Cats were seen coming and going from her chambers frequently, and people began to whisper that they were her spies. Some even claimed that Larra was able to transform herself into a cat, and darker rumors followed soon after. Her worship of the god Yndros caused men to whisper that Larra would transform herself into a man to visit the brothels on the Street of Silk. As a result of her worship of Saagael, she was subsequently also blamed every time a child went missing. By late 134 AC, some of King's Landing began to fear that the Rogares would soon rule the Seven Kingdoms, with Larra holding the strings.[2]

Prince Viserys announced to the royal court that Larra was pregnant in 134 AC. She gave birth during the third month of 135 AC to a son whom Viserys named Aegon, for King Aegon III. Aegon was anointed with the seven oils of the Faith of the Seven, but when it became known that Larra wished to have Aegon blessed by her own gods as well, people began to whisper about obscene ceremonies and blood sacrifices.[2]

Following the sudden deaths of Larra's father Lysandro and her uncle Drazenko, Larra's eldest brother Lysaro drained the gold held by the Rogare Bank. When rumors began to spread that the Rogare Bank was unsound, House Rogare fell from power in Lys. The consequences extended to Westeros, where Lotho and Roggerio were arrested. Ser Marston Waters of the Kingsguard, the new Hand of the King, ordered Larra's arrest, but when Ser Amaury Peake arrived at Maegor's Holdfast to arrest her, he found himself denied entrance by Larra's husband Viserys, and Viserys's brother, King Aegon III. During the secret siege, Larra, Viserys, Aegon III, Queen Daenaera Velaryon, and several servants were trapped in Maegor's Holdfast for eighteen days. According to Marston Waters, Lord Thaddeus Rowan, the previous Hand, had confessed to having plotted with Larra's three brothers to poison King Aegon III and Queen Daenaera in order to crown Viserys king, with Larra as his queen. When Rowan was brought before Maegor's Holdfast to confirm his confessions, Viserys was quick to reveal Rowan had been tortured into giving false confessions. After his arrest, Septon Bernard would claim that it had been intended for Larra to die, so Viserys could ascent the throne and take a "proper Westerosi queen." Six days after Marston fulfilled his king's command to arrest those who had implicated Lord Rowan and the Rogares falsely, the siege came to an end.[2][9]

In 136 AC, by the time trials were held for those implicated in the siege and turmoil that had gone before, Larra was pregnant with her second child. She attended the trials together with her husband and young son Aegon. She was also present when Lord Torrhen Manderly passed his judgment on Lotho and Roggerio, and wept when the sentences were proclaimed.[10]

On the eve of Smith's Day in 136 AC, Larra gave birth to her second son, Aemon.[2] Two years later, she gave birth to a daughter, Naerys.[6] Larra never felt part of the court at King's Landing, however, and was never truly happy in Westeros.[6] In 139 AC, a year after having given birth to Naerys, Larra returned to Lys. She eventually died in 145 AC[4] of unknown causes. Viserys, an otherwise charming man, grew stern after Larra left him and their children.[9]

Family

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unknown
women
 
Lysandro
 
Unknown
wife
 
Drazenko
 
Aliandra
Martell
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16 bastard
children
 
Lysaro
 
Fredo
 
 
Moredo
 
 
Roggerio
 
 
Lysara
 
Larra
 
Viserys II
Targaryen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Daughters
 
Daughters
 
Drako
 
Lotho
 
Marra
 
Aegon IV
Targaryen
 
Naerys
Targaryen
 
Aemon
Targaryen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Fire & Blood, Under the Regents - The Voyage of Alyn Oakenfist.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Fire & Blood, The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency.
  3. See the Larra Rogare calculation.
  4. 4.0 4.1 The World of Ice and Fire AMA
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 The World of Ice & Fire, Appendix: Targaryen Lineage.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Viserys II.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Fire & Blood, Under the Regents - The Voyage of Alyn Velaryon.
  8. The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Viserys II.
  9. 9.0 9.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III.
  10. Fire & Blood, The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency.