“But the biggest disappointment you.”
In the World of Ice and Fire, Dragons don’t have arms, but they do have wings.
And so did some Targaryen children.
How were Targaryen children born with wings and tails?
Today, we are going to go over that as well as another mystery.
Who poisoned Rhaenyra Targaryen?
Three of Maegor the Cruel’s wives allegedly gave birth to monstrosities.
Lady Alys Harroway’s child was a stillborn monster with twisted limbs, a huge head, and
no eyes.
Jeyne Westerling birthed a stillborn child as monstrous as the one Alys Harroway had
birthed.
A legless and armless creature with neither male nor female genitalia.
Last, but not least, Elinor Costayne delivered a malformed and stillborn child.
An eyeless boy with rudimentary wings.
Fast forward to the Dance of the Dragons.
Nine years before the Dance, Laena Velaryon delivered a twisted and malformed baby that
died within the hour.
Nine years later, Rhaenyra Targaryen’s third child with Daemon was also twisted and malformed.
She had a hole in her chest where her heart should have been.
And, on top of that, Rhaenyra’s stillborn had a stubby, scaled tail, according to Mushroom.
So those are five examples of Targaryen monstrosities.
“The whole way from Dorne all anyone talked about was the monster that had been born to
Tywin Lannister.”
To be fair, there were once rumors that Tyrion Lannister had been born with a tail.
That Lord Tywin Lannister had lopped it off.
“No red eye.
No tail between your legs.
Just a tiny pink cock.”
So those rumors had been a lie.
But there is a reason to believe that these five accounts were true.
Something similar happened to Dany.
Mirri Maz Duur told Dany that her stillborn child was twisted.
That he was scaled like a lizard.
He was blind.
He had the stub of a tail and he also had small, leather wings.
Ser Jorah did not see the baby, and Mirri Maz Duur may have been lying.
But Jorah told Dany that the other women saw the baby.
So take that as you may, but personally, I believe it to be true.
Dany’s baby had wings.
How was that possible?
What caused these six monstrosities?
Well, we know what happened to Dany.
Mirri Maz Duur happened to Dany.
In other words, Bloodmagic.
One of the most intelligent people in the history of Westeros was Septon Barth.
Septon Barth speculated that the bloodmages of Valyria used wyvern stock to create dragons.
There is one underlying principle to blood magic: only death can pay for life.
So it is likely that something or someone was sacrificed to create the first dragon
from a wyvern.
As Quaithe once said, Dragons are fire made flesh.
Life fire made flesh.
Bloodmagic.
So that may be why some Targaryen stillborns had wings.
And here’s where it gets interesting.
Tyanna of the Tower told Maegor that she had poisoned the children inside the wombs of
Alys Harroway, Jeyne Westerling, and Elinor Costayne.
Tyanna of the Tower was rumored to be a poisoner and a sorceress.
And it appears that she did not poison those children in the conventional sense.
Tyanna had used bloodmagic on those children similar to the way in which Mirri Maz Duur
poisoned the child inside Dany’s womb.
So it begs the question.
Who poisoned Laena Velaryon and Rhaenyra Targaryen?
The prime suspect is Mysaria.
Lady Misery.
Mysaria and Daemon were a thing.
Mysaria got pregnant, and Daemon tried to give her a dragon egg.
Daemon’s older brother, King Viserys, nipped that in the bud.
Mysaria was sent back to Lys.
On her way, she supposedly lost her baby during a storm.
But keep in mind that Mysaria was rumored to be a sorceress.
So she may have already done bloodmagic on herself.
In other words, she may have already sacrificed her unborn baby so as to give life to that
dragon egg.
On top of that, she may have poisoned the children inside the wombs of Laena and Rhaenyra.
However, there is a problem with this jealousy theory.
Lady Misery was sent back to Lys around 105 AC.
The next time that she was mentioned in the chronicles was after the Blood and Cheese
event of 129 AC.
So Lady Misery may not have been around for 24 years.
That would explain why both Laena and Rhaenyra had two normal children with Daemon before
they gave birth to twisted and malformed monsters.
But, if Mysaria did not return until around 129 AC, then she could not have poisoned Laena’s
third child in 120 AC.
So that one remains a mystery.
But Lady Misery is an option for Rhaenyra’s monster in 129 AC.
Another option is Rhaenyra herself.
Rhaenyra went into labor after hearing that her father had died.
That her half-brother wanted to usurp the throne.
So it was an emotional time for her.
She may have unknowingly done the bloodmagic on herself similar to the way in which Thoros
of Mir unknowingly did bloodmagic himself so as to resurrect Beric Dondarrion.
The final option is the darkest, and it may make the most sense.
Dowager Queen Alicent Hightower.
Alicent Hightower may have had a sorcerer or sorceress used bloodmagic on Rhaenyra similar
to the way in which Tyanna of the Tower had used bloodmagic on Maegor the Cruel’s wives.
So those are the top three options.
Alicent or an accomplice.
Rhaenyra herself.
Or Lady Misery.
We may never know who did the bloodmagic on Rhaenyra.
But one thing is for sure.
Septon Barth believed that Dragons were the product of bloodmagic.
There is one rule to all bloodmagic.
Only death can pay for life.
So there may be a connection between the deaths of unborn children and the lives of dragons.
In other words, Dragons are awesome, but Daenerys Stormborn may have said it best.
The price is too high.
"I warned you that only death can pay for life.
You knew the price."