#rhaena loved alayne openly

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We know Rhaena loved Alayne

She preferred to spend her days with her siblings, her dogs and cats, and her newest favorite, Alayne Royce, daughter to the Lord of Runestone … a plump and homely girl, but so cherished that Rhaena sometimes took her flying on the back of Dreamfyre, just as she did her brother Aegon. (Fire & Blood)

Alayne asked, “Did you take your cousin Larissa flying too?”

“No, I never did. Dreamfyre was not large enough to carry the weight of two people, when Larissa was my companion.”

“Is she strong enough to carry us both? I am plump enough for two, my brother used to say. I could do with less flesh on my bones, he said, the last time I saw him. Princess Rhaena would be embarrassed by a plump and homely companion, with no claim to beauty to speak of, he claimed.”

“Your brother is a fool!” Rhaena exclaimed. “And he’s too skinny besides. At this rate, he’ll never be strong enough to wield a sword. He should be more concerned about putting more flesh on his bones. Tell him Princess Rhaena said so.”

Alayne tried to imagine the look on her brother’s face, if the message was ever conveyed. Not that she had any intention of conveying it. Her brother would only accuse her of making it up, no doubt. “Brothers are often foolish, I find,” she remarked. “The bane of a sister’s existence, all too often. I used to think I was the only one feeling that way, but ever since I arrived in court, I have heard the same sentiment expressed by so many. It is reassuring in one way, but disheartening in another.”

“Not all brothers are like that. My brothers are as delightful as little Aly. They are the joy of my life, my siblings.”

“Your love for your brothers and sister is very touching, Princess. It … well, it surprised me, truth be told, when I first came to court, to see how openly affectionate you are of your siblings,” Alayne confessed.

Rhaena regarded her with raised eyebrows, instead of the stern expression Alayne had been expecting. “Why were you surprised? Did you think I am incapable of love? Did you believe the tales told of me, that I am cold and unfeeling?” The princess seemed more amused than wroth, despite her questions.

“No, not cold and unfeeling,” replied Alayne. “Princess Rhaena is shy, it is often said. She prefers her books and her pets to people.”

“I prefer my books and my pets to some people. That is true enough.”

Eyes twinkling, Alayne asked, “Or most people?”

Rhaena laughed. “Perhaps. But certainly not all people.”

“Am I in that list?”

“Which list?”

“The list of people you prefer less than your books and your pets.”

“If you are, would I be asking you to fly with me?”

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Favourites of Rhaena Targaryen

Elissa Farman “The queen found her true love on Fair Isle,” Maester Smike wrote to the Citadel, “not with Androw, but with his sister, Lady Elissa.” Three years Androw’s elder, Elissa Farman shared her brother’s blue eyes and long flaxen hair, but elsewise she was as unlike him as a sibling could be. Sharp of wit and sharper of tongue, she loved horses, dogs, and hawks. She was a fine singer and a skilled archer, but her great love was sailing. “The Wind Our Steed” were the words of the Farmans of Fair Isle, who had sailed the western seas since the Dawn Age, and Lady Elissa embodied them.

Septa Maryam The queen’s own beloved Septa Edyth arrived to assume the place of Rhaena’s much lamented Septa Maryam.

Melony Piper As the Lannisters of Casterly Rock were still reluctant to openly espouse Prince Aegon’s cause, his adherents gathered at Pinkmaiden Castle, seat of House Piper. Jon Piper, Lord of Pinkmaiden, had pledged his sword to the prince, but it was widely believed that it was his fiery sister Melony, Rhaena’s girlhood friend, who won him to the cause.

Alayne Royce Princess Rhaena had many a suitor as well, but unlike her brother she gave encouragement to none of them. She preferred to spend her days with her siblings, her dogs and cats, and her newest favorite, Alayne Royce, daughter to the Lord of Runestone…a plump and homely girl, but so cherished that Rhaena sometimes took her flying on the back of Dreamfyre, just as she did her brother Aegon.

Cassella Staunton She found consolation in her ladies instead, in old friends like Samantha Stokeworth and Alayne Royce, and newer companions like her cousin Lianna Velaryon, Lord Staunton’s pretty daughter Cassella...

Samantha Stokeworth Then Septa Maryam sickened, and Alayne Royce, and even big, boisterous Sam Stokeworth, who liked to boast that she had never been sick a day in her life.

Larissa Velaryon Not long after, Rhaena made her first true friend in the person of her cousin Larissa Velaryon. For a time the two girls were inseparable…until Larissa was suddenly recalled to Driftmark to be wed to the second son of the Evenstar of Tarth.

Lianna Velaryon Lianna Velaryon died even as her uncle’s galleys were pushing off from Driftmark. Maester Anselm had purged her, bled her, and covered her with ice, all to no avail. She died in Rhaena Targaryen’s arms, convulsing as the queen wept bitter tears.

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She preferred to spend her days with her siblings, her dogs and cats, and her newest favorite, Alayne Royce, daughter to the Lord of Runestone … a plump and homely girl, but so cherished that Rhaena sometimes took her flying on the back of Dreamfyre, just as she did her brother Aegon. (Fire & Blood)

Alayne asked, “Did you take your cousin Larissa flying too?”

“No, I never did. Dreamfyre was not large enough to carry the weight of two people, when Larissa was my companion.”

“Is she strong enough to carry us both? I am plump enough for two, my brother used to say. I could do with less flesh on my bones, he said, the last time I saw him. Princess Rhaena would be embarrassed by a plump and homely companion, with no claim to beauty to speak of, he claimed.”

“Your brother is a fool!” Rhaena exclaimed. “And he’s too skinny besides. At this rate, he’ll never be strong enough to wield a sword. He should be more concerned about putting more flesh on his bones. Tell him Princess Rhaena said so.”

Alayne tried to imagine the look on her brother’s face, if the message was ever conveyed. Not that she had any intention of conveying it. Her brother would only accuse her of making it up, no doubt. “Brothers are often foolish, I find,” she remarked. “The bane of a sister’s existence, all too often. I used to think I was the only one feeling that way, but ever since I arrived in court, I have heard the same sentiment expressed by so many. It is reassuring in one way, but disheartening in another.”

“Not all brothers are like that. My brothers are as delightful as little Aly. They are the joy of my life, my siblings.”

“Your love for your brothers and sister is very touching, Princess. It … well, it surprised me, truth be told, when I first came to court, to see how openly affectionate you are of your siblings,” Alayne confessed.

Rhaena regarded her with raised eyebrows, instead of the stern expression Alayne had been expecting. “Why were you surprised? Did you think I am incapable of love? Did you believe the tales told of me, that I am cold and unfeeling?” The princess seemed more amused than wroth, despite her questions.

“No, not cold and unfeeling,” replied Alayne. “Princess Rhaena is shy, it is often said. She prefers her books and her pets to people.”

“I prefer my books and my pets to some people. That is true enough.”

Eyes twinkling, Alayne asked, “Or most people?”

Rhaena laughed. “Perhaps. But certainly not all people.”

“Am I in that list?”

“Which list?”

“The list of people you prefer less than your books and your pets.”

“If you are, would I be asking you to fly with me?”