Rhaegar is a bastard son of Aegon the Usurper, currently posing as a hedge knight wandering the Seven Kingdoms.
Appearance and Personality[]
Tall and somewhat handsome, Rhaegar does not appear to be a bastard borne of a Targaryen. His mother was a noble woman from the Riverlands, though he does have the hair of a Targaryen, he keeps his hair dyed to protect his true identity. He also has piercing dark blue eyes, that in the right lighting can appear to be purple. Due to his father's death early in his life, Rhaegar was raised by a knight named Garrett Gaunt who instilled in him more humble values than someone of his birth might be expected to have.
History[]
- 175 AC: Born to Prince Aegon Targaryen and an unknown woman in the Riverlands.
- 183 AC: Begins to serve as a page for his father.
- 186 AC: The proudest moment of Rhaegar’s young life occurs when he is take on as his half brother, Viserys' squire at the onset of the Blackwater Rebellion. Rhaegar soon witnesses firsthand the ravages of war.
- 187 AC: After only a year of being a squire, Viserys, Rhaegar's half brother is slain in battle. Aegon marches north after the Battle of Blackbridge in an attempt to save his and his bastard son’s life.
- 187 AC: As the Loyalist forces begin to draw upon Aegon’s army, one of his father’s men, Garrett Gaunt, steals Rhaegar away, leaving a bloodied and mangled corpse of a young boy in his place, Rhaegar does not learn of the fate of the young squire until his is much older. Garrett tells Rhaegar he must now go by the name of Arrec Storm. Days later, Rhaegar learns that his father has died, hung from a tree. He escapes from Ser Garrett and his small group of men and finds the spot where his father’s body was hung. In the grass beneath the trees, he spots a black object glinting slightly in the sunlight, and picks it up. The object was in reality, his father’s signet ring. Rhaegar blames disloyal soldiers for his father's death, not believing that he would take his own life.
- 193-200 AC: Ser Garrett passes away and Rhaegar begins a quest to find his father’s sword and crown, a task that he devotes himself to almost entirely. Leading his small band of friends all over Westeros in an attempt to find the lost blade and his father’s crown. During this time, he works as a bandit hunter, refining his fighting skills and martial abilities.
- 201 AC: Daeron dies, Jaehaerys II inherits the crown, and Rhaegar learns of the strife occurring in the West, learning of a man supporting the Black Dragon. While in the Reach, under the guise of Ser Arrec Storm, Rhaegar heads to Oldtown to learn more about the situation in the West.