Originally Written: December 23, 2022 — May 15, 2023

Updated: May 15, 2024  — May 26, 2024 

SEASON I, ACT I

(Episode 1 & 2) 

Dramatis Personae

"The gods have yet to make a man who lacks the patience for absolute power."

House Targaryen ⸺

KING VISERYS I TARGARYEN, first of his name,

↳ his wife, QUEEN AEMMA, of House Arryn,

↳ their children:

     ↳ PRINCESS RHAENYRA, the eldest daughter, fifteen years of age,

     ↳ PRINCESS GAEL*, the younger daughter, thirteen,

↳ his brother, PRINCE DAEMON

     ↳ his wife, LADY RHEA, of House Royce,

     ↳ their son, RYLAND*, heir to Runestone, a boy of eight,

↳ his small council:

     ↳ SER OTTO HIGHTOWER, Hand of the King

     ↳ GRAND MAESTER MELLOS

     ↳ LORD LYMAN BEESBURY, master of coin

     ↳ LORD CORLYS VELARYON, master of ships

     ↳ LORD LYONEL STRONG, master of law

     ↳ SER RYMAN REDWYNE, Lord Commander of the Kingsguard,

↳ his court and retainers:

     ↳ ALICENT HIGHTOWER, daughter of Ser Otto Hightower, companion to Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, fifteen

     ↳ BARRA CELTIGAR*, companion to Princess Gael Targaryen and Rosey Buckwell, thirteen

     ↳ ROSEY BUCKWELL*, companion to Princess Gael Targaryen and Barra Celtigar, fourteen

    ↳ SER OSWYN BAR EMMON*, master-at-arms

     ↳ SEPTA MARLOW, Septa of the Faith, teacher of the royal children

↳ his Kingsguard:

     ↳ SER RYMAN REDWYNE, Lord Commander

     ↳ SER HARROLD WESTERLING

     ↳ SER ERRYK CARGYLL

     ↳ SER ARRYK CARGYLL

     ↳ SER WILLIS FELL

     ↳ SER RICKARD THORNE

     ↳ SER STEFFON DARKLYN

House Hightower ⸺

LORD HOBERT HIGHTOWER, lord of Oldtown,

↳ his children:

     ↳ ORMUND, the heir to Oldtown

     ↳ LASWELL*, fourteen years of age

↳ his brother, SER OTTO HIGHTOWER

     ↳ his son, GWAYNE

     ↳ his daughter, ALICENT, fifteen

House Velaryon ⸺

LORD CORLYS VELARYON, lord of Driftmark

↳ his wife, PRINCESS RHAENYS, of House Targaryen

     ↳ their children:

     ↳ LAENA, thirteen

     ↳ LEANOR, heir to Driftmark, twelve

↳ his brother, VAEMOND 

Author's Note: There were a lot of characters and none of my OCs have faceclaims, so I based this off the ASOIAF indexes to help you keep them straight. 

Lemme explain how to read these: 

— OCs have a * next to their names 

— All of the information (age, statuses) are based off the first episode in that section. 

This becomes important in later acts when I write a couple chapters before the actual events of the episodes, when characters are younger than listed in Act Introductions. Your best bet is to go based off the latest date marked and any mentions of ages (or just ask if you're super confused)

— Those ages came from a Reddit page I will link in a comment in-line here. I tried so hard to do my own math based off the limited amount I could find from those time skips, but it never worked. This is legitimately the only source that makes sense (I did change one thing from both this list and canon: Laena's age. In Fire & Blood, the inspiration book, Laena is older than Laenor, and I went with that because it plays into the plot of Luke's inheritance.) 

— Also, any canon stuff not on the show comes from the ASOIAF wiki, which in turn also comes from Fire & Blood. Figured that was my safest bet.