Shiera Seastar

Shiera Seastar
Political information
House(s)	Targaryen (legitimized)
Personal information
Also known as	Great Bastard
Culture	Valyrian
Father	{Aegon IV Targaryen}
Lover(s)	Brynden Rivers
Sibling(s)	Paternal half-siblings: Daeron II Targaryen Daenerys Targaryen {Daemon Blackfyre} Aegor Rivers Brynden Rivers

"One of my foolish ancestors didn't see what separated his bastards from our family proper and legitimized them all on his deathbed."

―Viserys Targaryen

Shiera Seastar is one of the infamous Great Bastards of King Aegon IV Targaryen, also known as "Aegon the Unworthy".

Biography

Game of Thrones: Season 1

Shiera, along with her siblings is mentioned in the House Targaryen entry of the book The Lineages and Histories of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms.

Family

Daeron I Targaryen Deceased

Baelor I Targaryen Deceased

Elaena Targaryen

Rhaena Targaryen Deceased

Daena Targaryen Deceased

Aegon IV Targaryen Deceased

Naerys Targaryen Deceased

Aemon Targaryen Deceased

Daemon Blackfyre Deceased

Rohanne of Tyrosh

Aegor Rivers

Brynden Rivers

Shiera Seastar

Daeron II Targaryen

Myriah Martell Deceased

Maron Martell

Daenerys Targaryen

Aegon Blackfyre Deceased

Aemon Blackfyre Deceased

Daemon Blackfyre

Haegon Blackfyre

Wife

Baelor Targaryen

Aerys Targaryen

Aelinor Penrose

Rhaegel Targaryen

Maekar Targaryen

Dyanna Dayne Deceased

Son

Daemon Blackfyre

Son(s)

Daeron Targaryen

Aerion Targaryen

Aemon Targaryen

Aegon Targaryen

In the books

Shiera Seastar by Roman "Amok" Papsuev.©

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, while King Aegon IV had many bastard children, the mothers of four of them were also noblewomen, which encouraged him to formally acknowledge them. The four Great Bastards were Daemon Blackfyre (whose mother was Daena Targaryen), Aegor "Bittersteel" Rivers (whose mother was a member of House Bracken), Brynden "Bloodraven" Rivers (whose mother was a member of House Blackwood), and Shiera Seastar (whose mother was Serenei of Lys, from an ancient Valyrian noble family).

Shiera was the last of the Great Bastards, the daughter of Aegon IV's ninth and final mistress, Serenei of Lys, who died giving birth to her. Serenei had belonged to an ancient but impoverished Valyrian noble family of Lys. There were rumors that Serenei practiced black magic, that she was far older than she claimed to be but bathed in blood to maintain her appearance of youth. Many thought that Serenei had passed these powers on to her daughter, and that Shiera also practiced black magic. Certainly, Shiera was considered to be one of (if not the) most beautiful women of her generation, and a famous seductress. She had long silver-gold Targaryen hair, and wore stunning cloth-of-silver dresses. She was very well read, spoke many languages, and kept an extensive library (which, according to the rumors, contained books on black magic). Shiera's eyes had two mismatched colors, one blue and the other green, but it was believed that this only enhanced her beauty. She wore a silver necklace with alternating sapphires and emeralds to compliment her exotic eyes. Her mother named her "Shiera", which literally means "Star of the Sea" (in a language the text doesn't identify). Dozens of men fought duels to the death for her affection, poets competed to praise her beauty, but she spurned them all and never married. She did take many lovers throughout her life, however, including Brynden Rivers.

On his deathbed, Aegon IV had all of the Great Bastards legitimized, which led to strife between them and his legitimate heir King Daeron II, tensions which ultimately split realm apart in the devastating civil war known as the Blackfyre Rebellion. Bloodraven sided with their half-brother King Daeron II Targaryen, while his other half-brother, Bittersteel sided with his half-brother Daemon Blackfyre.

Bittersteel and Bloodraven hated each other, because they both competed for the love of their half-sister Shiera Seastar. Bloodraven asked her to marry him dozens of times and she refused, but she did let him into her bed on occasion. Shiera, however, completely rejected Bittersteel, and for this he never forgave Bloodraven. It also didn't help that Bittersteel's mother was a Bracken and Bloodraven's mother was a Blackwood, as those two noble families had been feuding for thousands of years. Bittersteel became a great champion and general for the Blackfyres, while Bloodraven became a great champion and general for the Targaryens.

Appearances

• – "Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things" (mentioned in text)
• – "A Golden Crown" (mentioned in text)
• – "The Bastards of Westeros" (mentioned indirectly)
• – "The Blackfyres" (mentioned indirectly)

External links

• Shiera Seastar on A Wiki of Ice and Fire (potential spoilers for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms)