Prince Aemond Targaryen

Aemond Targaryen is the Greens' deadliest weapon - a second son who turned a childhood humiliation into the most dangerous resume in Westeros. At Driftmark, his cousins take his eye in a knife fight over a dragon claim; years later he answers by claiming Vhagar, the last and mightiest of the old dragons, a mount no one else alive could hope to ride. The boy who was laughed at becomes the rider every side must plan around.

His arc follows the logic of grievance. Aemond is the one who flies after Lucerys Velaryon in the war's first hours and loses control of Vhagar mid-chase, killing his nephew and detonating the Dance of the Dragons in an afternoon - a death he frames as misfortune while visibly savoring the power it signals. Season 2 makes him the Green war party's engine: pressing for attack while his brother the king burns hotter and less carefully, and testing exactly how far a second son can ride past his king.

"Smallfolk" marks the turn - the moment Aemond's willingness to burn what stands in his way stops being an asset and becomes the thing his own side must manage. His arc's question sharpens accordingly: whether the monster he made of himself can be aimed, or whether it can only burn what should have been his. Criston Cole trained him; Alicent fears him; Aegon underestimated him. The corpus tracks all of it through Season 3.

Aemond Targaryen is the Greens' deadliest weapon: a second son who lost an eye to his cousins at Driftmark and answered by claiming Vhagar, the last and mightiest of the old dragons.

His arc follows the logic of grievance. Aemond kills his nephew Lucerys in the war's first hours, drags a kingdom into fire in an afternoon, and then discovers that the monster he made of himself cannot be put back - leaving him to burn what should have been his.

• Rider of Vhagar
• Second son
• Grudge-bearer
• Precise and lethal

antagonist

Aemond's defining relationships are with the men and women of Team Green: his mother Queen Alicent Hightower, his brother King Aegon II Targaryen, whom he grows to overshadow, and Ser Criston Cole, who trained him to hate. His feud with Prince Daemon Targaryen's family began the Dance.

Allies

• Ser Criston Cole — Mentor and Green ally

Enemies

• Prince Daemon Targaryen — Rival and equal in the war

Family

• BrotherKing Aegon Ii Targaryen
• MotherQueen Alicent Hightower
• SisterQueen Helaena Targaryen

Affiliations

• Team Green - House Targaryen

• Ewan Mitchell — Prince Aemond Targaryen (live action)

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• Official references count: 1
• Public references count: 1

• Status: Active
• Billing: Top-billed main character
• Role: main cast
• Shows: House of the Dragon
• Seasons: 4
• Episodes: 26

• Driftmark — S1E7

  Aemond loses an eye in the Driftmark fight and claims Vhagar.

• The Black Queen — S1E10

  Vhagar kills Lucerys Velaryon, detonating the Dance of the Dragons.

• Smallfolk — S2E6

  Aemond's ruthlessness toward the smallfolk becomes a liability his own side must manage.

• Rhaenyra Triumphant — S3E3

  Season 3 corpus evidence as the war escalates.