These are the members of Maekar I's family. Most were present in the Tales of Dunk and Egg stories.
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Maekar I
King Maekar Targaryen, the First of His Name; r. 221-233
The Anvil, Prince of Summerhall
"Some men will say I meant to kill my brother. The gods know it is a lie, but I will hear the whispers till the day I die."
Fourth son of Daeron II and Mariah Martell. Married Dyanna Dayne, with whom he had six children: Daeron, Aerion, Aemon, Daella, Aegon V and Rhae. Succeeded his brother Aerys I and was tragically killed in battle against a rebellious lord during the Peake uprising after 12 years of ruling. Maekar I was noteworthy for keeping his own personal sigil; the Targaryen dragon, red on black, quartered. He wore a crown of black iron and gold, with sharp points.
- Appropriated Appellation: Maekar was not expected to amount to much since he is a fourth-born son. He instead made the number his own by making it part of his coat-of-arms which is four dragons.
- Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: A downplayed example, at least before accidentally killing Prince Baelor. He was an accomplished Warrior Prince who had earned the fear and respect of many, but the love and admiration of few. He also pushed his children hard to measure up to his example, which likely contributed to Daeron and Aerion's respective issues manifesting the way they did.
- Bait-and-Switch Tyrant: Maekar seems to fit the textbook model of evil prince & heavy handed tyrant. But under a veneer of brusqueness & pride, he is actually a fair minded & generally decent person.
- Bash Brothers: Very much. He and his brother Baelor were a right pair.
- Be Careful What You Wish For: Despite being low in the line of succession and overshadowed his entire life, circumstance made it so that he inherited the Iron Throne, and the respect that becoming King merited. The sad irony is that he never wanted the Iron Throne, just to be respected and acknowledged for his accomplishments.
- Cain and Abel: Kills his eldest brother Prince Baelor in a trial by combat, but accidentally. He notes people will call him a kinslayer for the rest of his days, and several years later Egg hears squires claiming Maekar means to murder his other brothers.
- Dropped a Bridge on Him: Despite being a great warrior King, he dies a sudden and anticlimactic death when he is crushed by a boulder during the Peake Uprising.
- Dude, Where's My Respect?: It is clear he suffered this often through his life, living in the shadow of his three more popular and beloved brothers, despite all his accomplishments for the family and a life of duty. And even more so when his brother did not name him Hand of the King, despite clearly being the best fit for the job and the duties it required, giving it to a sinister spymaster like Brynden Rivers with a one track mind, the Blackfyres, instead.
- The Dutiful Son: Even living in the shadow of his brothers, he was clearly this for House Targaryen, despite all the slights he received.
- Education Papa: It's heavily implied that many of the problems faced by his children were, at root, caused by him trying to pressure them to exceed the feats of his brothers' children by getting the equivalent of As across the board, which is even noted by them all having the names of great Targaryens. They all were very literate and all the boys got training in arms to try turning them into perfect little knights (even if Daeron, Aemon and, to a small extent, Aegon, didn't really take well to that — having said that, Aerion totally bungled the chivalry and logic parts of the course, for all he worked the Jock bit out).
- Though, according to Aemon, his father was opposed to sending him to the Citadel to earn his chain and it was his grandfather Daeron II who supported him in his decision because he felt there were too many Targaryens in the line of succession and wanted to diversify.
- Frontline General: Died during the Peake Uprising because he was close enough to the action to get caught in siege and anti-siege weapon crossfire.
- Generation Xerox: Has similarities to his great-great-grandson Stannis I Baratheon. They were both stern, socially-awkward younger sons with a penchant for grinding their jaws when irritated who are great military commanders that feel overlooked by their brothers, killed a more overtly charming and popular brother of theirs (though in Maekar's case it was accidental and in Stannis's case its unclear how aware he was), are very unpopular throughout Westeros and seen as The Evil Prince, and unexpectedly become King, when neither of them wanted to be. Both are deeply unhappy men who nevertheless continue to do their duty to the realm and their families. Also despite their image as stern and sticking to the law, both show a progressiveness in their treatment of a lowborn but decent Knight, Stannis knighting Davos and making them his Hand, and Maekar letting Dunk take his son Egg on as his squire. Ultimately Maekar seems to be the King Stannis would have been if he had won at the Blackwater, and as a result didn't suffer a humbling, character development inducing defeat.
- Heel Realization: After the tourney and the death of his brother, Maekar is quite remorseful about his ambitions and resentment. He also decides to spare Aegon from some of it by sending him out as the squire to a hedge knight.
- It Will Never Catch On: After Baelor Breakspear dies saving Dunk, the latter ponders if this means destiny has something great in store for him. Maekar dismisses this as "not bloody likely". Guess who would go on to lead the Kingsguards and play an instrumental role in ending two separate rebellions? Along with saving the children of Jaehaerys II from the fire of Summerhall, setting into motion important events in the future.
- Large and in Charge: Even Dunk feels a little... intimidated near him. That's quite something.
- Laser-Guided Karma: One of his sons, Aemon, notes that Maekar felt his reign was a punishment for his kinslaying. He never expected or wanted the crown to fall to him and yet, partly due to his own actions, it did.
- Massive Numbered Siblings: His issue: Daeron, Aerion, Aemon, Daella, Aegon and Rhae.
- Morality Pet: His youngest son Aegon. For all his other faults and failures, his brusque personality, it's clear he loves his son, and as a widower father tries to do the best he can to raise him properly. In turn Aegon frequently defends him furiously whenever others insult Maekar in his presence, especially if they claim Maekar killed his brother on purpose.
- Old Soldier: He was a grandfather at the time of his death, but still fought and fell in battle despite his older age.
- Once Done, Never Forgotten: The death of his elder brother Baelor Breakspear haunts him for the rest of his life, especially as some falsely believe that Maekar deliberately arranged it and means to murder other relatives of his.
- Outliving One's Offspring: His oldest sons Daeron and Aerion both predeceased him, which was one of the reasons that led to the formation of a Great Council to choose his successor after his death.
- Overshadowed by Awesome: Lived in the shadow of his brothers, all of whom he perceived as more popular.Ser Raymun Fossoway: Poor Maekar. The King's fourth son. Not as bold as Prince Baelor, nor as clever as Prince Aerys nor as gentle as Prince Rhaegel, and now he must suffer seeing his own sons overshadowed by his brother's.
- This even happens in "The World of Ice and Fire", where despite ruling for 12 years he only gets one page and a lot of it is about the Great Council that followed his death.
- Papa Wolf: Don't. Hit. His. Kids. (Even if they outright deserved it.) It's also the same Papa Wolfness that allows him to finally realize what a screw-up trying to bring Aegon up the same sheltered way as his brothers would be, once he grudgingly admits it to himself. Needless to say, Dunk was left with no illusions as to what would happen to him if Egg suffered any real damage during their adventures together. It's implied the reason he was fighting his brother hard enough to kill during the trial of seven, and couldn't even recall the fatal blow, is because he was so focused on and desperate to reach Aerion as he received a vicious beating from Dunk. One could also reasonably conclude his change of attitude towards Dunk following the trial — to the point of allowing Aegon to squire for him — was partly out of gratitude for sparing his son.
- Parental Favoritism:
- His youngest son Aegon ("Egg") was his favorite. Though considering that the eldest (Daeron) was an alcoholic, the second (Aerion) a psychopath and the third (Aemon) was effectively disinherited by becoming a maester, he hardly had any serious competition.
- When Dunk first meets him, it's mentioned he's been playing favorites with Aerion, though only because Aemon's studying, Aegon's gone walkabout, and Daeron is... Daeron, so that really only leaves Aerion to receive dad's attention (rather than, say, a smack upside the head or five).
- Passed-Over Promotion: Despite how strong, capable and just a leader he was, his military accomplishments, and the realm's best military commander, his elder brother Aerys chose their sinister sorcerer uncle Brynden Rivers over him as Hand Of The King, on account of him and Aerys having a shared interest in magic, much to Maekar's anger. At the show of disrespect he promptly packed up from King's Landing and returned to Summerhall. Given how Brynden turned a blind eye to the problems that weren't related to the Blackfyres, like overlooking the reaving of the Greyjoys for a long time, it's not difficult to see why Maekar may have been the better choice.
- Reassigned to Antarctica: It is possible Maekar was given Summerhall (close to the Dornish border) as his seat to keep his unsavory sons Daeron the Drunken and Aerion the Monstrous away from the rest of the royal family.
- Resigned to the Call: Maekar saw his reign as such. A duty he did not expect, nor particularly desire but one that fell upon his shoulders nonetheless. His son Aemon notes he never found peace in life and hoped he'd found it in death.
- Sour Outside, Sad Inside: At least from the moment when he accidentally killed his brother Baelor. He could come off as a bit nasty, but he actually wasn't such a bad guy. He was really just rather sad.
- Spikes of Villainy: The trope is played with thanks to Maekar's armor during the Trial of Seven instigated by his sons; while he’s much more of a Papa Wolf who’s failed to have a Heel Realization about his family's role in the situation, he’s also wearing highly intimidating armor covered in black dragon’s teeth.
- Token Evil Teammate: He is thought of as this among his brothers. Many thought that his accidental killing of Baelor Breakspear was intentional, and when Aegon says he loved his brother someone comments Maekar means to love his other brothers the same way.
- Unexpected Successor: A fourth-born son but outlived his father, brothers and nephews to become king.
- The Unfavorite: Sees himself as this. After accidentally killing his brother Prince Baelor, he notes bitterly that many will see him as a kinslayer for the rest of his days. He'll always be the guy who denied them King Baelor II.
Princess Daella Targaryen
Princess Daella Targaryen
Fourth child and older daughter of Maekar I and Dyanna Dayne.
- Arranged Marriage: To her brother Aegon at some point during their childhood, though he did end up marrying someone else.
- The Ghost: Only briefly mentioned in Tales of Dunk and Egg and The World of Ice & Fire.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Her brother Aemon mentioned her as having had children of her own, but that's the only thing we know of her adult life.
Princess Rhae Targaryen
Princess Rhae Targaryen
Youngest child and second daughter of Maekar I and Dyanna Dayne.
- Dead Guy Junior: Like many of her ancestors, she's likely named after Rhaenys Targaryen.
- The Ghost: Like her sister Daella, was only briefly mentioned in the published material.
- Love Potion: Slipped one in Aegon's drink so he would marry her instead of Daella. It didn't work as he refused to drink it.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Her brother Aemon mentioned her as having had children of her own, but that's the only thing we know of her adult life.
Daeron the Drunken's Family
Prince Daeron Targaryen
Prince Daeron Targaryen
Daeron the Drunken
- "I'm doomed to some hell, I know. Likely one without wine."
The eldest child of Maekar I and Dyanna Dayne. Married his cousin Valarr's widow, Kiera of Tyrosh, with whom he had one child, Vaella (said to be a "feeble-witted girl"). He eventually died from a pox caught from a whore.
- The Alcoholic: Turned to alcohol to cope with his "dragon dreams"... and likely as a response to the pressure of having to measure up to his father's expectations, when that was the last thing he wanted to do.
- Blessed with Suck: He'd argue that prescience isn't a blessing. Like, at all: his visions started young and never stopped terrifying him with their cryptic content and nightmare intensity.
- Crash-Into Hello: Almost having this happen to him with Dunk while he was drunk in a tavern practically knocked years off his life. Even if it didn't quite manage to sober him up. He recognized Dunk from some of his darker dreams, hence the panic.
- Deadpan Snarker: He could get in some pretty good zingers.Daeron: Aerion's quite the monster. He thinks he's a dragon in human form, you know. That's why he was so wroth at that puppet show. A pity he wasn't born a Fossoway, then he'd think himself an apple and we'd all be a deal safer, but there you are.
- Dirty Coward: Daeron knew this is how most people saw him... and he didn't much care. As he rather sarcastically puts it to Dunk, nobody is better at lying prone in the mud to avoid serious injury than he is. After being caught allowing Egg to run off with a hedge knight, rather than admitting to Maekar that he was too drunk to watch his brother, Daeron instead lied that the boy was kidnapped by Dunk, further landing the knight in hot water to save his own skin. Once said lie backfired and caused him to be dragged into a trial by Seven against the same man, who turned out to be prophecied to kill a Targaryen, Daeron did everything possible to avoid fighting him, including agreeing to throw the fight, withdrawing his accusation and practically begging the knight to kill his brother instead. One may argue that he was asking Dunk to kill Aerion because he didn't want the prophecized victim to be his father, but his wording made it very clear that he was concerned only with himself.Daeron: I don’t care to die today. The gods alone know why, but I don’t. So do me a kindness if you would, and make certain it is my brother Aerion you slay.
- Dreaming of Things to Come: He dreamed that dragons would be reborn, as well as Baelor Breakspear's death.
- Hidden Depths: Who would guess in-universe that this waste of space was actually a man who could see the future?
- Ironic Name: The man known for drunkenness shares the name as that of The Daring, The Young Dragon and his own grandfather The Good.
- Irony: He was, perhaps, the strongest, most accurate seer of a trueborn Targaryen born in generations, but he didn't get hit with either the Mystical White Hair or The Beautiful Elite signs of it like most would expect him to with such a specific family trait, so very few even guessed he had it. He did, however, get the strong determination not to try becoming The Ace by pushing his skill even near its limits in any size, shape or form, so was a... determined slacker.
Rank cowardice or rare non-Targaryen common sense to go with the non-Targaryen looks? You decide. - King Incognito: At the start of the novella, Daeron was ordered by his father to attend the tourney at Ashford, but instead he just ran off with Egg and drank himself stupid in some random tavern. Due to his unimpressive look and non-Targaryen features, no one there knew that this babbling drunken fool was a prince of the Seven Kingdoms.
- Jerkass: A bit of one, yes. Not in the same league as his evil bully of a brother, though. But wallowing in his problems didn't exactly sweeten his disposition any.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He comes around to Duncan's side during the trial of seven, warning him of whom he faces and promising to make no effort to actually fight him.
- Mad Oracle: Averted using a moat of booze and persistent, very deliberate under-achievement. However, he had the all the basic building blocks to become it, were it not for it being his personal nightmare.
- The Madness Place: Deconstructed. He feared the nature of his dreams with the alternate thinking they fostered and had no idea how to understand or deal with the whole package. So he turned to drink to drown them all out and find a relatively "normal" niche. Well, "drunken wastrel, profligate and disappointment" was a label he much preferred to "crazy oracle of doom" or "Baelor the Befuddled Mk.II". As a coping strategy it left much to be desired.
- "Near and Dear" Baby Naming: He was named after his grandfather, King Daeron the Good.
- Non-Action Guy: His default setting, by choice. His father pressured him to at least try to become worthy of the knighthood he scraped by getting, not all that successfully.
- The Nondescript: Well, as much as a Targaryen can get. He had sandy hair so plain-looking, it could make his eyes get easily mistaken for a more bog-standard blue. Add a medium height, medium build and normally plain face to that, plus take away his rich clothes with dragon insignias and replace them with plainer stuff, have him consciously drop the posh accent (or let him just get slurring drunk)... and most people would have a very hard time guessing they had a Prince among them. It's basically how he evades his father's searches so easily, at first, and why he made Egg shave his head (his hair color was too much of a giveaway for them both to get away with not being where they should have been).
- Obfuscating Stupidity: Implied he'd much rather be seen as a drunken fool than as a mad prophet. Also, did he really "lose" Egg that day, or did he actually know it was meant to be and, thus, make sure Egg was where Dunk could find him? If you're trying to indirectly set certain things in motion (or prevent others), it's perhaps better if strange words or actions are chalked up to drinking too much than to you seeing the future. And... if you fear messing things up if do you try too hard to then get labeled as just another crazy Targaryen, what better disguise or deflection than being a drunk nobody takes too seriously?
- Prophecy Twist: He had a vision of a Targaryen laying dead on top of Dunk, which he took to mean that Dunk would soon slay a Targaryen. This is implied to have influenced his decision to try and make peace with Dunk before the Trial by Seven, as he didn't want to be Dunk's fated victim. In truth, the prophecy was much more literal than he had thought, with the Targaryen in question actually killed by someone else and merely fell on Dunk.
- The Slacker: Oh, yeah. Something that annoyed his father beyond tolerance. Daeron, however, was hell bent on being this trope to the max for his own reasons.
- Self-Deprecation: He could get quite snarky, mainly when talking about himself. He raised this trope to an art form.
- Unhappy Medium: Having some really dark and downright terrifying dreams with, given Daenerys' version of the same ability, likely horrific and nightmarish cryptic imagery of the future (probably starting when very young) turned him right off the whole experience. His whole "nope-nope-nope, no thanks" attitude, sour disposition and the resulting tankard, goblet and shot solution become rather understandable once you get that he's miserable.
Princess Vaella Targaryen
Princess Vaella Targaryen
The Simple
The only child of Prince Daeron and Kiera of Tyrosh.
- All There in the Manual: Her name and nickname are only mentioned in The World of Ice & Fire.
- The Ghost: Only passingly mentioned in the (so far) published material.
- Passed-Over Promotion: After her grandfather Maekar's death, her claim was considered (as she was the only child of Maekar's firstborn son Daeron), but was quickly dismissed, with her uncle Aegon ending up as king.
- Royally Screwed Up: In this case, the generations of incest made Vaella a feeble-witted girl. Either that, or her father's years of trying to pickle himself thanks to the family "gift" hit her, too. Whichever or both.
- Take a Third Option: Inverted. She was basically filling the ballot for lack of candidates after Aemon stepped aside and took the black for the sake of Aegon, but she was so feeble that even Aenys Blackfyre would have had a chance at the candidacy if Bloodraven had let him live.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Even those with mental challenges don't stop breathing the minute they are conveniently written off family rolls. However, nothing is known of Vaella from after the conclave. For all we know, she could have had a long life with a merchant husband happy to have a trophy princess-wife, or died early due to her issues.
Aerion's Family
Prince Aerion Targaryen
Prince Aerion Targaryen
This is not going to end well.
Brightflame, the Monstrous, The Bright Prince, The Prince Who Thought He Was a Dragon
- "Are you not dead yet, hedge knight?"
Second child of Maekar I and Dyanna Dayne. Was married to his cousin Daenora, with whom he had a son, Maegor. He died in 232 AC by drinking a cup of wildfire (thinking it would turn him into a dragon). His personal sigil was the Targaryen three-headed dragon on a black field, with one head red, another orange, and the third yellow.
- Accidental Misnaming: The first time Aerion is named in the main books (first by Lord Alester Florent, and then by Jaime, both in A Storm of Swords, two years after The Hedge Knight was released) he was called "Aerion Brightfire".
- Alcohol-Induced Idiocy: Wildfire? Not a particularly good choice for a chaser, as it happens...
- Ascended Extra: He is only mentioned in the mainline books as some prince who poisoned himself. He is more important in the prequel.
- Asshole Victim: Ser Duncan's beatdown on Aerion is deserved many times over. And a large part of why Duncan survives attacking royalty is that most people, including many of his own family, wind up thinking he's an asshole too.
- Ax-Crazy: One of the most egregious and straightest examples of this trope in the Targaryen dynasty. The man had delusions of being a great dragon who would turn all his enemies to ash!
- Big Brother Bully: He threw Aegon's cat down a well and also broke into his bedroom during one night with a knife and threatened to castrate him... so he could have a sister to marry. Dude, that's not even a paper-thin excuse!
- The Caligula: Started working on this early, like any good little Caligula should. Had he ever got any real power, things would have turned rather nasty very quickly.
- Dissonant Serenity: Just look at his face when he brutalizes the puppeteer.
◊ - Cruel and Unusual Death: Death by drinking wildfire is not a pleasant way to go. Not that he didn't deserve it.
- Evil Prince: Oh, he tried very hard to live up to this trope to the point of being Stupid Evil about it. It got him exiled to attempt teaching him sense. Thankfully he predeceased his father.
- The Exile: Maekar sent him to the Free Cities to see if he would get better. It is known he joined the Second Sons for a while. As he never made it back home permanently (he did fight in the Seven Kingdoms on the Targaryen side during at least one Rebellion), the safe assumption is "nope: never really got better".
- Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon: He was described (and depicted in official art) as a handsome and slender young prince who wore regal robes. Underneath that, he was a monster who was loathed by all who knew his true nature.
- Faux Affably Evil: He was supposedly jovial and smiley to the respectable lords and ladies and was very courteous around his father and the small council, but behind their backs - and to those who he considered beneath him or he could torment - he was a cruel, arrogant and abusive maniac.
- Insane Troll Logic: An old, well-known folk-tale involving a dragon that gets slain is enacted in puppetry during a festival with an innovative gimmick which gives the dragon its spectacular decapitation-and-sawdust-spilling scene the center of the stage as the dramatic climax? Obviously a subversive message against House Targaryen! Yeah... erm... in which reality, mate? The "flimsy excuses for sadistic urges" one, maybe. Even before that: "cutting my brother's penis off will make him close enough to a sister — let's threaten him with that!". In short, normal logic was not strong with this one, despite his education: his drunker brother may not have been the only one with a touch of the dream stuff. Having said that, his uncle Baelor, a man far kinder and more logical, did recognize that the puppet show could be interpreted as a subversive gesture. Dragons, after all, are the sigil of House Targaryen. Perhaps Aerion did have a point, after all?
- Jerkass Has a Point: He supported Bloodraven's plan to cut Aenys Blackfyre off at the pass. Although not a move that would convince anybody that he wasn't still an enormous tool, the idea had some small merit, at least. Supporting the surprise slaying of kin when under a flag of truce for a decisively cheap victory definitely wouldn't have won him any Brownie points, though.
- Aerion also supported Bloodraven's wish to execute Bittersteel after he was captured at the end of the Third Blackfyre Rebellion. Both of them were proved right when the ship transporting Bittersteel to the Wall was intercepted and the moment he was free, Bittersteel went back to plotting the next rebellion.
- Jerk Jock: Out of Maekar's sons, he was the closest to being a naturally martial, jousting knight like his father wanted. And the biggest, dumbest bully of them all with a sense of entitlement quite a bit too large for his boots, too. What a charmer.
- Kick the Dog: During the Ashford Tourney, he drives his lance through the neck of a rival's horse on purpose. He also attacks a puppeteer and breaks her fingers for performing a show in which a puppet dragon is slain by a puppet knight, on the grounds of such performance being treason.
- Kissing Cousins: As per the family tree in The World of Ice & Fire, he married his cousin Daenora. Poor lass.
- The Madness Place: One possible explanation for his moonbats approach to jerktasticness is that... he primarily channeled what he had of this into being a dick.
- Named After Somebody Famous: Shares his name with Aerion, father of Aegon the Conqueror. Unfortunately, he also saw fit to name is son Maegor. Yeah, that went down as well as you'd think.
- Noodle Incident: Whatever contribution Aerion made during the Third Blackfyre Rebellion. While Maester Yandel makes note of Maekar's leadership, Egg's courage, and Bloodraven's second duel with Bittersteel, all he says regarding Aerion is that he made "actions" that were "known well".
- Royal Brat: Basically the Joffrey of this section of the family and/or "Aegon IV: Redux". Except, keeping him off the throne and well away from any other role of consequence. See? People can sometimes learn.
- Royally Screwed Up: Another example of Targaryen madness. He thought he was a dragon in human form and accidentally killed himself drinking wildfire, believing it would turn him into a dragon. Although, to be fair, he was pretty drunk at that point.
- The Sociopath: Very likely. Aerion was bloodthirsty, manipulative, cruel, impulsive, had no real empathy for anyone (how else do you explain unironically naming your only son "Maegor"?) and was hungry for power.
- Token Evil Teammate: Yup. Even if Daeron could be a bit of a prick to his family, at least he wasn't in Aerion's league of thoughtless douchebaggery. Despite this he's still nominally on Dunk's side in the Third Blackfyre Rebellion.
- Too Dumb to Live: Died from drinking wildfire, which he believed would turn him into a dragon. He was atrociously drunk at the time, though, as a partly mitigating factor.
- What Did You Expect When You Named It ____?: Seriously, Aerion? You wittingly clapped "Maegor" on your only bonny, bouncy baby boy? Unsure if logic-failure or deliberate trolling. Both?
- White Hair, Black Heart: Well, he was both white-haired and decidedly "not good".
Princess Daenora Targaryen
Princess Daenora Targaryen
The third child of Prince Rhaegel and Alys Arryn. Married her cousin Aerion and was the mother of his only child, Maegor.
- All There in the Manual: Only mentioned in The World of Ice & Fire.
- The Ghost: Nothing is known about her aside the little information we have from The World of Ice & Fire.
- Kissing Cousins: Married to her cousin Aerion.
Prince Maegor Targaryen
Prince Maegor Targaryen
The only child of Prince Aerion and Princess Daenora. He was one of the claimants of the Great Council of 233 AC.
- All There in the Manual: His name is revealed in The World of Ice & Fire.
- The Ghost: Only passingly mentioned either in the novels, the Tales of Dunk and Egg and The World of Ice & Fire.
- Names to Run Away from Really Fast: In-universe example. He's noted to be "ominously named," and rightly so: his namesake was none other than Maegor the Cruel.
- Passed-Over Promotion: After his grandfather Maekar's death, the Great Council of 233 AC decided to pass over his claim to the Iron Throne because he was an infant and out of fear he would have inherited his late father's combo of madness and cruelty. His name certainly didn't help his case, either.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: After getting turned down for the throne, his life is a blank, although it's presumed even in-world that he remained in Essos. Did he even survive to have kids, legitimate or otherwise? Enter Epileptic Trees, stage right. If he did have surviving sons and grandsons, they would be the senior heirs of Aegon the Conqueror in the male line, or perhaps the only male line heirs of King Aegon if Young Griff is not in fact who he says he is.
