Jacaerys Velaryon

Prince Jacaerys Velaryon, nicknamed Jace, was the firstborn son of Ser Laenor Velaryon and Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen. After Rhaenyra's proclamation as queen during the Dance of the Dragons, he was named Prince of Dragonstone and heir to the Iron Throne. Appearance and character Jacaerys is described as a boy with brown hair and eyes, like his brothers, and with a pug nose. He was also a sturdy and handsome young man, responsible, bold, and politically intelligent. He was very protective of his family and became skilled in the use of weapons, serving as a squire. History Childhood Born in late 114 AC, Prince Jacaerys was the firstborn son of Ser Laenor Velaryon and Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, daughter of King Viserys I and Princess of Dragonstone. Ser Laenor wished to name the boy Joffrey, in memory of his late friend Ser Joffrey Lonmouth, but his father, Lord Corlys Velaryon, forbade it; instead, the child received a traditional name from House Velaryon. His uncle, Prince Daeron Targaryen, son of King Viserys I and Queen Alicent Hightower, was born shortly after Jacaerys. Trying to avoid an enmity like the one that already existed between Rhaenyra and Alicent, Viserys ordered that Jacaerys and Daeron share a wet nurse until they were weaned, hoping that becoming milk brothers would strengthen their bond. However, the king's hopes for peace between his children and grandchildren were in vain. Alicent's three sons, Aegon, Aemond, and Daeron, became bitter rivals of Rhaenyra's three sons, resenting what they considered the theft of their birthright to the Iron Throne. The forced closeness among the six boys, attending feasts, training together, or studying with the same maesters, only increased that rivalry. He had two younger brothers: Lucerys, born in 115 AC, and Joffrey, in 117 AC. Like them, Jacaerys had brown hair and eyes, in contrast to the Valyrian appearance of his parents. According to popular rumor, neither Jacaerys nor his brothers were trueborn sons of Ser Laenor, but had been fathered by Rhaenyra's supposed lover, Ser Harwin Strong. However, by royal decree, each of Rhaenyra's children received a dragon egg while in the cradle. Those who doubted the boys' parentage claimed the eggs would never hatch, but the birth of three dragons proved otherwise. Jacaerys's hatchling was named Vermax. According to Septon Eustace, King Viserys seated Jacaerys on his knees while he occupied the Iron Throne during an audience and told him that one day the throne would be his. In 118 AC, with the blessing of King Viserys I Targaryen, his mother announced the betrothal of Jacaerys to his cousin Baela Targaryen, daughter of Prince Daemon Targaryen and Lady Laena Velaryon. Youth In 120 AC, when Jacaerys was six years old, his father died. King Viserys I, Queen Alicent, and their children visited Driftmark to attend the funeral. Ten-year-old Prince Aemond had been told that afterward they would travel to Dragonstone so he could claim a dragon or a dragon egg. However, the prince was determined to claim Vhagar, the oldest and largest of the dragons, who had been left riderless after the death of Lady Laena Velaryon. Vhagar remained on Driftmark, and Aemond, knowing his parents would not allow him near the dragon, attempted it in secret. He was discovered by Joffrey, Jacaerys's younger brother, only three years old. To keep him quiet, Aemond slapped him, threatened him, and pushed him onto a pile of dragon dung before mounting Vhagar and taking flight. Upon landing, he found Joffrey waiting for him along with Jacaerys and Lucerys. The four boys began to fight with fists and wooden training swords, until Aemond called his nephews "Strong." Jacaerys, old enough to understand the insult, attacked him again. When Aemond gained the upper hand and began beating him violently, Lucerys drew a dagger and slashed his face, costing him his right eye. After the incident, Queen Alicent demanded that Lucerys lose an eye as punishment, while Rhaenyra demanded that Aemond reveal who had told him her sons were "Strong," implying they were bastards of Harwin Strong and that she had committed high treason. Finally, Aemond confessed that he had heard those words from his brother Aegon, who replied indifferently: "Everyone knows. Just look at them." King Viserys ended the argument, declaring that he would not hear such accusations again and ordering that anyone who called his grandsons bastards again would have their tongue torn out with red-hot pincers. Furthermore, he arranged for Rhaenyra and her children to remain on Dragonstone, while Alicent and hers returned to King's Landing. That same year, Rhaenyra married her uncle, Prince Daemon Targaryen. Later that year, Aegon was born, followed by Viserys in 122 AC. Unlike Jacaerys and his brothers, Rhaenyra's younger children possessed the Valyrian features typical of the Targaryens. In 126 AC, Lord Corlys Velaryon fell ill, and a dispute arose over who would inherit the title of Lord of the Tides. As Laenor and Laena had died, Jacaerys was destined to inherit the Iron Throne, so Rhaenyra urged Corlys to name her second son, Lucerys, as heir. However, Ser Vaemond Velaryon protested, claiming that Rhaenyra's eldest sons were bastards of Harwin Strong. Rhaenyra ordered Daemon to behead Vaemond and fed his body to her dragon. Vaemond's brothers went to King's Landing to seek justice, but King Viserys heard them and, reminding them that they had been warned, ordered their tongues removed. As he left the Iron Throne, the king cut his hand on one of the throne's blades. The wound became infected, and his life was feared for, though he eventually recovered. On the first day of 127 AC, a great feast was held to commemorate his recovery. Rhaenyra and Alicent attended with all their children, feigning reconciliation. However, after the king left, Aemond raised his cup to toast his three Velaryon nephews, ironically praising their brown hair, brown eyes, and strength, calling them "three strong boys." Later that same night, Prince Aegon took offense when Jacaerys invited his sister and wife, Princess Helaena, to dance. The two princes exchanged harsh words, and the confrontation nearly ended in tragedy, had it not been for the intervention of the Kingsguard. Dance of the Dragons Two years later, in 129 AC, King Viserys I Targaryen died in his sleep, sparking a civil war between the faction of Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen, who claimed the Iron Throne by virtue of Viserys's designation, and that of her half-brother, King Aegon II Targaryen, who defended his right as the older of the late king's sons. At Aegon's first council in King's Landing, Ser Criston Cole laid out the reasons why Rhaenyra should not be considered the legitimate heir, insisting especially that Jacaerys was a bastard and that a bastard could not sit the Iron Throne. At the start of the civil war, Prince Jacaerys was fifteen years old. His dragon, Vermax, grew stronger with each passing year. During Rhaenyra's first council on Dragonstone, Jacaerys and Lucerys offered themselves as messengers to travel across Westeros seeking the support of the great lords. Though their mother accepted, she first made them swear on a copy of The Seven-Pointed Star that they would not participate in any battle. The next day, during Rhaenyra's coronation as Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men, Jacaerys was named Prince of Dragonstone and heir to the Iron Throne. Upon hearing the news, Aegon II sent an offer to Rhaenyra: if she recognized him as king and swore fealty, she would keep Dragonstone for it to one day pass to Jacaerys, along with other benefits. Rhaenyra rejected the proposal. As Rhaenyra's eldest son, Jacaerys received the most important diplomatic mission. Astride Vermax, he visited Lady Jeyne Arryn at the Eyrie, Lord Borrell and Lord Sunderland at Sisterton, Lord Desmond Manderly at White Harbor, and Lord Cregan Stark at Winterfell. His charisma and the imposing presence of his dragon convinced them all to support Rhaenyra's cause. In the North, he sealed the famous Pact of Ice and Fire, promising Cregan Stark a Targaryen princess as a future wife. According to the account of the fool Mushroom, Vermax even laid a clutch of eggs in the crypts of Winterfell. Mushroom also claimed that Jacaerys fell in love with Sara Snow, Cregan's supposed bastard half-sister, and that they married in secret, though Archmaester Gyldayn doubts both the story and Sara's very existence. During the war, his brother Lucerys was killed by his uncle, Prince Aemond, while on a diplomatic mission to Storm's End. Shortly after, his grandmother, Princess Rhaenys Targaryen, also died at the Battle of the Gullet. Her death caused a rift between Lord Corlys Velaryon and Rhaenyra, as he believed it was his wife who had fought while the queen remained safe. It was then that Jacaerys assumed a leadership role among the Blacks. He reconciled Corlys with Rhaenyra by convincing her to name him Hand of the Queen and coordinated the movements of the armies loyal to his mother across Westeros. Likewise, it was Jacaerys who, reportedly at the suggestion of the fool Mushroom, devised the plan to recruit the Targaryen bastards of Dragonstone, known as the Dragonseeds, to try to claim the six riderless dragons remaining on the island and thus compensate for the losses suffered by the Blacks. He promised to ennoble any man or woman who managed to master one of those dragons. Several candidates succeeded, among them Addam of Hull, who claimed to be a bastard son of Ser Laenor Velaryon. At the request of Corlys and Jacaerys himself, Rhaenyra legitimized both Addam and his brother, naming the former heir to Driftmark. As the year drew to a close, Jacaerys completed preparations for the assault on King's Landing. He also organized the evacuation of his younger brothers, nine-year-old Aegon and seven-year-old Viserys. After reaching an agreement with the Prince of Pentos, both embarked on the Gay Abandon bound for the Free City. However, while crossing the Gullet, the ship and its escorts were intercepted by a fleet of the Triarchy, allies of the Greens. The escort ships were sunk or captured, and the Gay Abandon fell into enemy hands. Still, young Aegon managed to escape on his dragon Stormcloud to warn Dragonstone of the attack. During the Battle of the Gullet, Jacaerys mounted Vermax to confront the enemy fleet alongside the other Dragonseeds. Victory seemed assured for the Blacks until Vermax descended too low, perhaps wounded by a crossbow bolt or caught by a grappling hook, and ended up crashing into a burning galley. Jacaerys managed to free himself from the saddle and surface, clinging to the wreckage of the ship, but was struck by Myrish arrows and eventually sank into the sea.

更新 September 23, 2026