![]() ![]() Like his other bastard siblings, Brynden was legitimized by his father Aegon IV in 184 AC, when the king was on his deathbed. Brynden would become Shiera's most ardent admirer. As Aegor desired her as well, Shiera became another point of rivalry between the two half-siblings. At some point, Brynden became a lover to his half-sister, Shiera Seastar. īrynden was resented by Barba's bastard son, Aegor Rivers, nicknamed "Bittersteel". Although Melissa was eventually dismissed by Aegon IV in favor of his seventh mistress, Lady Bethany Bracken, Brynden was able to maintain close relations at court because of Melissa's popularity. Brynden's older sisters were Mya and Gwenys Rivers. Young Brynden with his mother, Melissa Blackwood, by chillyravenart©īrynden was born in King's Landing as the bastard son of King Aegon IV Targaryen and his sixth mistress, Lady Melissa Blackwood, who had replaced the king's fifth mistress, Lady Barba Bracken. ![]() The song " A Thousand Eyes, and One" was written about Brynden. A popular riddle asked was, " How many eyes does Lord Bloodraven have? A thousand eyes, and one". īrynden was rumored to be a sinister sorcerer and spymaster who effectively ruled the kingdom "with spies and spells" and as "Lord Bloodraven". Although Brynden carried the Valyrian steel longsword Dark Sister and was a good swordsman, he was an expert bowman who preferred to use his tall weirwood longbow. He wore his white hair straight and to his shoulders, with the front brushed forward to cover his missing eye. īrynden lost an eye during the First Blackfyre Rebellion and rarely covered the empty socket with a patch, preferring to display his scar and empty socket to the world. Because his skin was sensitive to light, he usually went about cloaked and hooded. For instance, one of his outfits included a scarlet tunic with black boots and a smoke-colored cloak. He typically wore the colors of scarlet and smoke, a dark grey mottled and streaked with black. A shade under six feet tall, Brynden was thin and gaunt with a grim forbidding aspect with sharp, vaguely sinister features. Brynden was not as tall or muscular as his half brothers, Daemon and Aegor, but he was considered more cunning. ![]()
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