

According to legend, her sister Rhaena placed a dragon egg in Alysanne's cradle, from which eventually the dragon Silverwing hatched. She had four older siblings - Rhaena, Aegon, Viserys, and Jaehaerys - and one younger sibling, Vaella. History YouthĪlysanne and Silverwing, by Samantha Altarozzi ©Īlysanne was born to Prince Aenys Targaryen and Lady Alyssa Velaryon in 36 AC.

Further, as she aged, her hearing began to fail, and she became too unsteady to fly. After she broke her hip in 95 AC, she walked with a cane. Alysanne became thin and frail after the death of her son Aemon in 92 AC, and began to have difficulty in climbing hills. Additionally, age left crow's feet around her eyes and laugh lines about her mouth, although her face never lost its strength. She wore it in a bun, pulled back and pinned behind her ears. Īccording to a semi-canon source, Alysanne's hair turned white as snow in her old age. However, Lord Roose Bolton considers Alysanne to have been shrewish. Alysanne was high-spirited, charming and keenly intelligent. She had a great wit, and all the chronicles agree that she made a powerful impression on those who met her. According to Septon Barth, she would have been sent to the Citadel, had she been male. Later in life, it was said that Alysanne had learned to read before she had been weaned. According to a semi-canon source, Alysanne was a fine archer and hunter in her youth, and became renowned for her charities. She loved music, dancing, reading, and flying on her dragon. She loved her women's courts, where she listened to and learned from the women of the realm. Alysanne loved her subjects, both highborn and lowborn, and was well loved throughout the Seven Kingdoms in return. She was considered to be gentle, kind and loving. According to Lord Rogar Baratheon, Alysanne was a proud girl at the age of thirteen. As a child, she was neither timid nor did she have a willful and stubborn temperament. She was courteous and biddable, and had a sweet smile and a pleasing voice. Īlysanne was bright but unremarkable as a young girl. Alysanne often wore a slimmer, more feminine version of her brother-husband's crown at court. Her lack of the classic Valyrian coloration of silver-white hair and purple eyes may have been due to the fact that her maternal grandmother was Alarra Massey. She had blue eyes and honey-colored curls. Alysanne was described as "pretty", but seldom as "beautiful".


According to a semi-canon source, she was small of breast, with a long neck, a fair complexion, a high forehead, and high cheekbones. Alysanne was a small woman, slim of waist and slight of frame.
