![]() In 37 AC, Maegor's father, King Aegon I, died, and his half-brother Aenys ascended the throne as King Aenys I Targaryen. In both 29 AC and 30 AC Maegor assisted the master of ships, Lord Aethan Velaryon, and the Hand of the King, Ser Osmund Strong, in two campaigns against the pirate king Sargoso Saan in the Stepstones, and in 31 AC defeated the Giant of the Trident. He was knighted by his father, King Aegon I, at the age of sixteen, making his the youngest knight in the realm at the time. In 28 AC, he won renown a tourney by defeating three knights of the Kingsguard in the joust, and next winning the mêlée. Maegor had more success in his military accomplishments. Though Maegor boasted that he had conceived a child on his wedding night, the marriage remained barren. Instead, Maegor was betrothed to the High Septon's niece, Lady Ceryse Hightower, whom he married in 25 AC at the Starry Sept in Oldtown in a ceremony presided over by the High Septon himself. In 23 AC, shortly after Maegor had turned eleven, Queen Visenya suggested a betrothal between Rhaena and Maegor to settle the succession issue, but both Rhaena's parents and the High Septon protested. After Rhaena's birth, the issue arose as to whether Maegor would fall behind her in the line of succession. Maegor's brother Aenys had married Lady Alyssa Velaryon in 22 AC, and their daughter Rhaena was born the next year. When his good-sister Alyssa Velaryon teased him that he was afraid of dragons, Maegor scowled and replied that only one was worthy of him. Despite the fact that there were several dragon hatchlings on Dragonstone, Maegor never claimed a dragon of his own. His mother gave him her Valyrian steel sword, Dark Sister, as a nameday present when Maegor turned thirteen in 25 AC. By the age of twelve, he was already unhorsing boys four and five years his elder in the lists and battering seasoned men-at-arms into submission in the castle yard, and by the age of thirteen he was already defeating hardened knights in mêlées. Maegor was trained at arms by Ser Gawen Corbray, the master-at-arms of Dragonstone. Regardless, when Maegor was eight, he stabbed to death a palfrey which had kicked him, and slashed half the face off the stableboy who came running towards the animal's screams. He supposedly immediately butchered a cat with the sword, although some doubt the truth of this tale. He received his first sword at the age of three, and took to swordplay at once. ![]() Maegor and Aenys were not close as children Maegor was raised by his mother on Dragonstone, and in time became known as the "Prince on Dragonstone". As a babe, he was a big and healthy child almost twice as heavy as his half-brother Aenys had been. That son, Maegor, was born the next year, on Dragonstone. In 11 AC, Queen Visenya Targaryen announced that she was pregnant with a son. Instead of a shirt of scale, Maegor wore a breastplate, covered by a surcoat that displays the Targaryen three-headed dragon, red on black. His armor, however, was more elaborate than Aegon's. Maegor wore his father's Valyrian steel-and-ruby crown. Although he had many companions throughout his youth, he had no true friends, and even as an adult Maegor trusted no one. He preferred fire and steel over settling issues through discussion, and showed cruel tendencies early in his childhood. He was a rigid man, unyielding, and unbending. Maegor was quarrelsome, quick to take offense, slow to forgive, and fearsome in his wroth. His savagery in the field and his harshness toward defeated enemies was frequently remarked upon. However, he was also a hard and brutal man who craved violence, death, and absolute mastery over all he deemed his. He lived for war, tourneys, and battle, and rose to become one of the youngest and finest knights of his time. Maegor was a born warrior whose skill with weapons was unmatched. He had angry-looking, suspicious eyes, and a scowling mouth. He kept his hair short and his beard trimmed to his jawline. Though he was on the heavy side, he was not fat, but more massive and square. He was bull-like, with heavy shoulders, a thick neck, and huge arms. Maegor was a tall, broad, and fearsomely strong man, larger than his father, Aegon I Targaryen.
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