Daeron Falseborn

He is round-shouldered, with thin legs and a small pot belly. Daeron was far from the warrior his father, the Dragonknight, was, looking more of a maester than a knight. He wore the elaborate dragon crown of his supposed father, actually uncle, Aegon IV Targaryen. On his coinage, he was depicted as clean-shaven.

Born on the last day of 153 AC during the final years of the reign of his great-uncle King Aegon III, Daeron was thought to be the eldest son of Prince Aegon and Aegon's sister and wife, Naerys. After the failed occupation of Dorne during the reign of Daeron the Young Dragon, King Baelor the Blessed ascended the Iron Throne and arranged the marriage of his cousin, Prince Daeron, to Princess Myriah Martell of Dorne as part of a dual marriage pact between the two kingdoms to make peace. In 170 AC Daeron and Myriah had their first son, named Baelor in Baelor the Blessed's honor. Three other sons would follow.   When his uncle became King Aegon IV Targaryen in 172 AC, Daeron became the heir to the Iron Throne and the Prince of Dragonstone. Daeron challenged much of Aegon IV's behavior. He became an obstacle to many of his father's ideas, most notably Aegon's plan to conquer Dorne. The king built a massive fleet, and sent it to invade the Dornish coast in 174 AC. Daeron was said to be relieved when the fleet was scattered and destroyed by a storm en route, resulting in the deaths of many good and loyal men. At about the same time Ser Morgil Hastwyck, dicovered the truth about Daeron's parentage, and acused Queen Naerys of treason and adultery, casting doubts on Daeron's parentage. The matter was settled when Prince Aemon the Dragonknight defended his sister and lover's honor and slew her accuser in a trial by combat.   Upon learning of Aegon IV's death, Daeron departed Dragonstone for King's Landing. He chose to crown himself with his uncle's crown to quell the doubts and rumors about his parentage. Daeron acted swiftly to put to undo some of the actions of his predecessor. He replaced the small council with his own men. It took a year to seize control of the City Watch of King's Landing, whose officers were chosen by king Aegon based on merit and loyalty to the crown. Daeron could not undo the legitimization of his uncle's bastards. He paid the dowry Aegon had promised the Archon of Tyrosh for his daughter, Rohanne of Tyrosh, to wed Daemon Blackfyre when Daemon was thirteen. On Daemon's wedding day, Dareon granted him a tract of land near the Blackwater Rush so Daemon could build a keep, trying to keep him content enough to not try to claim his rights. Daeron began negotiations with his good-brother Maron Martell, Prince of Dorne, to unite Dorne with the Seven Kingdoms. After two years of negotiations an agreement was finalized. Daeron gave away his sister, Princess Daenerys, to Maron Martell in 188 AC and, after a year, the Prince of Dorne swore an oath of fealty before the Iron Throne. To celebrate the joining of Dorne to the realm, Daeron founded Summerhall, a new palace in the Dornish Marches lightly fortified to represent the new peace. However, other Great Houses felt like the many special privileges and rights which were allowed to House Martell in detriment to other houses that had been loyal to House Targaryen for nearly two hundred years was a slight. Maron was allowed to keep the royal title "Prince" and could collect taxes for the Iron Throne with little to no oversight from King's Landing.   The Great Blackfyre Rebellion broke out in 195 AC and engulfed most of Westeros, but had been years in the making. Many lords, especially marcher lords, still hated the Dornishmen for their treatment of King Daeron, the Young Dragon, as King Aegon IV Targaryen had, and the weak and meek Daeron was disliked for his blatant bias towards House Martell. Some nobles instead looked to Daemon Blackfyre, a Great Bastard, who was nonetheless the son of Aegon IV, and who had been granted Blackfyre, one of the Valyrian steel swords of House Targaryen that had been wielded by the Conqueror himself, by Aegon for his martial skill and chivalry as a sign that he was the true successor.   The Blackfyre rebellion broke out with battles in the riverlands, Reach, Vale of Arryn, and westerlands between those who supported the Black Dragon and those who supported the False Red Dragon. Daeron was supported by another Great Bastard, Brynden Rivers, an albino sorceror who was known as Bloodraven. The rebellion ended at a battle beneath the walls of King's Landing in 196 AC, where the sorcerer Bloodraven was slain, and the false king Daeron Falseborn surrendered and was sent to the Wall for his crimes, where he currently lives as a man of the Night's Watch.