Aegon

Aegon I Targaryen, also known as Aegon the Conqueror and Aegon the Dragon, is the head of House Targaryen and King of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. He's the Lord of Dragonstone, King of the Andals and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, and Protector of the Realm. He was born during the Century of Blood on Dragonstone.

He is tall, broad-shouldered and powerful in appearance, with purple eyes and short-cut silver-gold hair. He is very charismatic and commanding. He wields Blackfyre, a bastard sword made of Valyrian steel. His crown is a simple circlet of Valyrian steel, set with big square-cut rubies. Aegon is seen as an enigma even to his contemporaries. He is a solitary person whose only friend was Orys Baratheon, who was widely believed to be his bastard half-brother. The king is a great warrior who only rides his dragon, Balerion, for battle or travel and never entered tourneys. He is faithful to his sisters and often leaves governance in their hands and only takes command when necessary. While he is harsh with those who defy him, he is generous to those that bent the knee. He is not considered to be particularly pious. According to rumours, he followed the Faith of the Seven for political reasons. Aegon is rumored to be a dragon dreamer. He's fairly courteous, confident, goal-oriented, determined, strategic, courageous, dedicated, respectful, level-headed, stern, quiet, mostly serious, he's usually only lighthearted around Rhaenys or the children.

He is the founder and first king of the Targaryen dynasty who conquered Westeros and united the realm (with the exception of Dorne and the lands beyond the Wall) with three great dragons: Balerion, Vhagar, and Meraxes. His mount is Balerion, the biggest dragon there ever was with pure black scales, red eyes, and black fire. He is married to both of his sisters, Visenya and Rhaenys. Orys Baratheon is his bastard half-brother. He was born in 27 BC (before his Conquest), and is currently around thirty years old. He believes in the Old Gods of Valyria, and publicly the Faith of the Seven. Aegon fathered two sons with his sister-wives. His older son, Aenys, was born to Rhaenys in 7 AC, and in 12 AC, Visenya bore his younger son Maegor.

After the Conquest, Aegon founded the city of King's Landing, began construction on the Red Keep, and forged the Iron Throne from the swords of his defeated enemies, melted with dragonfire. The Targaryens, a family of Valyrian origin, had been in control of Dragonstone for a century before the Doom of Valyria destroyed their homeland in a volcanic cataclysm. For another hundred years on Dragonstone, the Targaryens slowly built up their strength and raised their dragons, the last in the world. When he was of age, Aegon, his two sister-wives and his three dragons led a scant few thousand troops in invading the entire continent of Westeros. Despite being vastly outnumbered, Aegon was able to secure victory after victory using his dragons. He smashed the Gardener and Lannister armies on the Field of Fire, securing their capitulation, and convinced the Arryns and Starks to join him peacefully through negotiation. Eventually, all of Westeros acknowledged him as king, save only Dorne. Aegon was born 27 years before his coronation as king (and 25 years before leading the invasion of Westeros, his coronation being dated from the day the High Septon anointed him in Oldtown). He was the son of Lord Aerion Targaryen and Lady Valaena Velaryon. All of the previous six generations of Targaryens born on Dragonstone were the product of incestuous marriages, but Aerion had no sisters - though by marrying a Velaryon he still ensured that his children were of pure Valyrian descent.

Aegon married both his sisters when all three were very young. It was said he preferred Rhaenys, and that while he married her for love, he married Visenya for duty, and that for every night he spent with Visenya, he spent ten with Rhaenys.

Aegon helped end the attempt by Volantis to conquer the other Free Cities, using his dragon Balerion to support the forces of Braavos, Tyrosh and the Westerosi Storm King in driving the Volantenes from Lys and Myr. In doing so, it is confirmed that he had no interest in reforging a Valyrian empire in Essos. He began planning the conquest of Westeros long before launching the attack, spending time incognito visiting Westerosi cities and castles and gaining intelligence on the different houses, their lords and their vassals. Rumors circulate that Aegon and his sister Visenya also visited Oldtown at some point before the Conquest. He used this intelligence well in dividing the houses and winning the allegiance of some of the houses against the others. He was helped in the planning by his bastard half-brother, Orys Baratheon, his most loyal ally and vassal, his best friend and the first Hand of the King. When King Argilac Durrandon, or the Arrogant, offered Aegon an alliance against King Harren Hoarr, offering his daughter's hand in marriage to cement the deal, the Conqueror declined (since he already had two wives) and instead offered Orys'. Argilac took that as an insult and angrily had the hands of Aegon's envoy amputated and delivered to Dragonstone in a box. Aegon used this as a justification for his invasion of Westeros.

He fortified his initial landing point at the northern shore of the mouth of the Blackwater River, a strategically very defensible position protected to the east and south by water, and surrounded by open plains which would expose any attacking army long before it arrived. Shortly after landing, his sister-wife Visenya crowned him King of All Westeros and Shield of His People, titles he later discarded after his second coronation in Oldtown. After the conquest, Aegon ruled for some time at the crude boomtown which sprang up there, known as the Aegonfort. For some time he moved his seat back to Dragonstone, until such time as a proper new capital city could be built in the former location of Aegonfort. He had the Aegonfort razed, while plans on the construction of King's Landing and the Red Keep continued.

Aegon only rode his dragon for travel or war, never pleasure, and did not ride horses in tournaments. While Aegon did weigh in on major decisions, he left most of the matters of day-to-day governance to his sisters - as well as to his later "Hand of the King" Orys. Aegon was ruthless to his enemies, but was always generous to those who surrendered. He also knew that conquering Westeros had been the easy part and that the hard part would be maintaining the realm he had built. To ensure that his dream would not die, Aegon spent most of his time traveling the various Kingdoms on royal progresses to remind lords and smallfolk who ruled them and to make his presence familiar to them. He also refrained from trying to unite the Kingdoms under the same laws, instead allowing them to retain their old laws and he would judge crimes committed in these Kingdoms according to their customs. Under the influence of Rhaenys, he also contracted several marriages between members of the Great Houses to maintain the peace between former enemies. However, these efforts, though successful, were met with great opposition from many. Aegon also maintained friendly relations with the Faith of the Seven, never missing an opportunity to visit the High Septon when he visited Oldtown. Although Aegon remained on good terms with the Faith, the question of incestuous marriage remained, simmering below the courtesies like poison. The High Septons who officiated during Aegon's reign never spoke out against his marriage, but did not declare it to be lawful either. The humbler members of the Faith still believed it was sinful of both aspects - the incest and the polygamy.