Alicent Hightower

Alicent is fiercely loyal to her family. She has a habit of picking at her fingernails when she is stressed since her youth.

Since she was still a child, Alicent was already very studious, with a particular passion for history, and devoted to pursuing her duties and meeting the expectations that everyone, her father in the first place, had of her. She was also unconditionally loyal to Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, her best friend, to whom she felt deeply attached. Having lost her mother at a very young age, Alicent is able to fully understand the stages of mourning that both Viserys and Rhaenyra are going through after Queen Aemma's death and this has helped her in knowing how to advise and give emotional support to both of them.

In the years following her essentially unhappy marriage with the King and the growing rift between her and Rhaenyra, Alicent grows into an adult woman deeply resentful of her former best friend, as well as extremely paranoid about the safety of her children. She also becomes obsessed with placing her eldest son, Aegon, on the throne in place of her half-sister to ensure the security she longs for and make up for all the years she sacrificed all her needs and desires while remaining a good, devoted and dedicated wife under to Viserys. While loving and caring for her children, Alicent is not blind to their faults, as shown when she angrily berates Aegon for his lecherous tendencies towards Dyana.

Alicent has shown a more softer side to Helaena, taking offense at Rhaenyra’s attempt to end their dispute by marrying her to one of her sons. But like with her sons, Alicent is also at times frustrated by Helaena’s faults, such as her difficulty socializing and communicating and her general disinterest in getting involved in court politics. Despite this, Alicent has still shown to care greatly for her and tries her best to comfort and support Helaena after Jaehaerys's death.

After being removed of her position in the Green Council by Aemond, Alicent begins to question herself everything she's done until that moment, even regreting have spent most part of her life doing what's been told to do. She is seen remorseful for abandoning her youngest son Daeron to Oldtown and feels relived when her brother Gwayne tells her he's been doing well. Alicent feels exhausted for her work so makes the decision of leaving the city and going far away with both her daughter and granddaughter to make sure she can have a peaceful and happy life outside of the court. She tells Rhaenyra that she agrees on killing Aegon and giving her the Iron Throne with the condition of showing her and Helaena mercy, even asking Rhaenyra to accompany her.