One of Aegon II's silver-haired bastard children.
- "A dragonseed must watch his own neck, when he has no white-cloaked guardsmen to do it for him."
- ―Ulf
Dragonseed[1] is a term that refers to the bastard offspring of commoners and Valyrian nobles.
Known dragonseeds[]
- Orys Baratheon was rumored to be the bastard half-brother of Aegon I Targaryen.
- Ulf, claimed to be the bastard son of Prince Baelon Targaryen and a half-brother to King Viserys I Targaryen and Prince Daemon Targaryen.
- Hugh, bastard son of Princess Saera Targaryen.
- Alyn and Addam of Hull, unacknowledged bastard sons of Lord Corlys Velaryon.
- Silver Denys, who died attempting to claim the dragon Vermithor on Dragonstone.
- 80 dragonseeds in King's Landing known to Mysaria.
- Several bastards fathered by Aegon II Targaryen in King's Landing.
In the books[]
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, "dragonseeds" was a term used to describe bastards of House Targaryen and House Velaryon. They were often born as a result of the "first night" custom, which was not as resented on Dragonstone as it was in many other parts of Westeros due to the fact that many of the smallfolk viewed the Targaryens as gods. Women whom the Lord of Dragonstone impregnated were even seen as "blessed" and the children born of these unions were often given lavish gifts by their fathers. The practice continued even after it was outlawed by King Jaehaerys I Targaryen.
Due to lack of an official census registration, it was uncertain whether the alleged dragonseeds were in fact offsprings of Targaryens or Velaryons. Their physical appearance did not mean much, since in Dragonstone and in Driftmark were plenty of people of Valyrian origin, who had the Targaryen physical features.
References[]
- ↑ House of the Dragon: Season 2, Episode 3: "The Burning Mill" (2024).
External links[]
Dragonseed on A Wiki of Ice and Fire (potential spoilers for House of the Dragon)
