Aemon quietly refused, however, ceding rule to his younger brother, who became Aegon V. Since Prince Aegon was considered by some lords to be 'half a peasant, it was suggested that Aemon could be released from his sworn vows and thereby succeed his late father. Ī Great Council was called in 233 AC after Maekar's death in the Peake Uprising. Not wanting to sit on the small council as he felt that would displace the Grand Maester, Aemon chose instead to serve at Dragonstone, the seat of his eldest brother, Prince Daeron, until Daeron died of the pox. After succeeding to the Iron Throne, King Maekar I Targaryen summoned Aemon and his brothers to court. Maester Aemon then served at a lordling's court. Īemon forged his chain and was made a maester, finishing his studies at the age of nineteen.

When Dunk and Egg visited Oldtown during the Great Spring Sickness, Aemon measured the knight's height, and also gave his younger brother a mule, called Maester. Following the tourney at Ashford Meadow, Prince Aegon served as the squire to a hedge knight, Ser Duncan the Tall. Daeron sent Aemon to the Citadel around the age of nine or ten. King Daeron II Targaryen had four grown sons, three with sons of their own, and so felt that having too many potential Targaryen heirs was dangerous. Maester Aemon in his youth and old age, by Amuelia © The brothers recreated the Battle of the Redgrass Field with painted soldiers on Maester Melaquin's table. He and his younger brother, Prince Aegon, sometimes pretended that their dragon eggs would hatch so they could be dragonriders. He was named after his great-great-uncle, Prince Aemon the Dragonknight, by his grandfather, Daeron II Targaryen. History YouthĪemon was the third son of Prince Maekar Targaryen and his wife, Lady Dyanna Dayne. Aemon's chambers at Castle Black are in a stout wooden keep below the rookery. The maester walks with a blackthorn cane. Īemon always wears his maester's chain, which includes links of gold, iron, lead, silver, tin, and other metals.

Despite his age, Aemon's mind is still sharp as is his hearing. The maester speaks softly but his counsel is so valued and respected that many fall silent to hear it. His blind eyes are clouded and milk white. An ancient man of a hundred years old at the beginning of A Song of Ice and Fire, Aemon is bald, wrinkled, and shrunken.

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