Aegon the Conqueror
Aegon the Dragonlord
Aegon the Dragon
While the Century of Blood came to an end, my interest in Westeros grew. I had previously visited the Citadel of Oldtown and the Arbor in the Kingdom of the Reach with my sister Visenya, and I visited Lannisport in the Kingdom of the Rock. I had a huge wooden table made, cut in the shape of Westeros with a map of the seven kingdoms of Westeros painted upon the surface. No borders were painted upon the Painted Table, however, as I believed it should be one realm instead of seven. Storm King Argilac Durrandon reached out to me, proposing a marriage between me and his only daughter, Princess Argella. All the lands east of the Gods Eye from the Trident to the Blackwater Rush were offered as her dowry, although the lands did not belong to Argilac. His offer was an attempt to create a buffer between his own kingdom and that of Harren Hoare. I spurned the offer, As i didnt had need of a third wife, and instead I offered my close friend and rumored bastard half-brother Orys Baratheon as Argella's husband instead, in return for lands. Insulted, Argilac cut the hands of my envoy and sent those back to Dragonstone, upon which I called mine councilors together. After six days of consulting, I sent forth ravens to every lord in Westeros, declaring my claim to the throne.