Important Targaryen Journey™ ?

I think Young Griff/Aegon is a charismatic person with the way that he swayed the Golden Company to his wishes. It actually makes sense to me that he would try to take Kings Landing as soon as he could. Once the city or the Red Keep is his, then power lies with him. He could then leave a force to hold the castle or the city, and continue on with his warring. But he might not have enough of a force yet to take a place like Kings Landing. It was no easy task for Stannis to attempt, and even if the city is weaker under Cersei, she still might be able to hold it pretty easily. So he might need to continue to battle outside the city and grow his army.

As to Summerhall, I don't know if he would want to go there or not. He strikes me as being more concerned with action and not solving mysteries. Deep philosophical mysteries anyway. Not in a bad way, but just based on his young age. Although it might be a great political statement if he set himself up at Summerhall and waited for people to come bend the knee to him. And Summerhall is a place that Robert kicked the Targaryen loyalists in the teeth, so it might have some symbolic meaning to Aegon to want to stake a claim at this place. I would not be surprised if Summerhall does play an important role in Aegon's story.

It's hard to say how he might view threats from the Iron Born. Most of Iron Fleet is off chasing after Dany, although Euron has kept many around him as well. I think the Euron would like to create chaos and he might make enough of a mess to draw Young Griff/Aegon out. Right now Jaime is in the Riverlands and is cementing Lannister rule, so Aegon and the Golden Company might stay more to the south, Dorne and the Stormlands and the Reach, trying to build a larger army. A fight outside of Kings Landing between Aegon's army and Jaime's army might be what occurs, with the fate of the city in the balance.



I don't think they much cared about Dany when Aegon was growing up. But she changed everything by hatching dragons. A huge powerful weapon and tactical advantage from the air. Even if Aegon might have more of a Dornish mentality (and there is no reason to think he does), he and all of his men would recognize the power of a dragon. As to marrying Dany, I could see this being part of the plan. No one seems to dispute her lineage (although I have no idea why they don't). She is a marriage prize. As to her being barren, I don't think this is common knowledge (and might not even be true) so there would be no reason to avoid marrying her based on her inability to produce an heir. It's interesting to me that another Aegon conquered the Seven Kingdoms but struggled to produce an heir. Then we get Aenys and Maegor, so that could be a theme that GRRM is playing with with Aegon's who conquer. And it's JonCon who wants Aegon to marry Dany, although I am not sure that Aegon is on board with that plan. But she is beautiful, so he might change his mind if he ever sees her.

Also, as far as Dany returning west or not, I think people think her ultimate goal is Westeros, whether she is sitting around in Meereen at this moment. The problem they see is will she be able to take care of her troubles in Slaver's Bay? So, I see the question between Aegon and Dany as who needs who more? Does Aegon need Dany and her Dragons, or does Dany need Aegon and his army? I can totally see them destroy each other while trying to get the upper hand.

As to Aegon's ultimate fate, I have no idea what GRRM might have in store for him. Just because he was raised and groomed to be the perfect King doesn't mean that is what will happen to him. Honestly, I am not sure he is Rhaegar's son, but that might not matter. I think he might be Dany's parallel in the story of a person believing they are destined by birth and blood to be king or queen, but both might be examples of false stories fed to them for so long, it's all they believe.

JonCon is a hard one for me to figure out. He cared for Rhaegar and thinks he is grooming Rhaegar's son to power, but as to his thoughts on Lyanna, it's hard to say. The common thought is that Rhaegar's kidnapping of Lyanna was the start of his downfall. But while he doesn't think of her or her relationship with Rhaegar, he does have an interesting thought about Aegon, when he thinks of him being the "firstborn" son of Rhaegar, Prince of Dragonstone, by Elia of Dorne. Why the firstborn wording? As far as the world knows, Aegon would be Rhaegar's only son, so why specify the firstborn aspect? And he uses this terminology to the Golden Company, so do they know something that we don't know?

I suppose in a way, it makes sense that Elia is on JonCon's mind, since he is (or believes he is) raising Elia's child by Rhaegar. He doesn't believe Aegon has any connection to Lyanna, so he doesn't think of her. Even though Lyanna seems to be linked with Rhaegar's downfall. That is another reason I doubt the narrative of Rhaegar and Lyanna, because as must as JonCon loved Rhaegar, one would think he would have a thought or two about the woman associated with Prince Silverstrings fall from grace. But there is nothing...

The firstborn comment is something I have a hard time skirting around. I don't know why it's in the text, except a hint at a younger son for Rheagar, legitimate or not.

I for the most part think that GRRM is pretty careful with his choice of wording, so I doubt this was a mistake. But he does play with us and the believablity of his narrator's. Does JonCon have a reason to think Rhaegar might have had another son, whether he truly did or not. And if so, why would he think so?

This is possible, but then JonCon's statement seems to indicate he felt like that child was born and could still live. It would be ironic if that child turned out to be a girl and was Dany, the very person that JonCon is trying to link Aegon up with but who might turn out to be his greatest enemy.

Several possibilities. Or this Aegon isn't the child that Rhaegar had with Elia, except JonCon doesn't know that, perhaps he is a child that Rhaegar had with some one else (Ashara, Lyanna) a second son that JonCon knows about but blindly doesn't recognize as the boy he is atually raising. Except as you point out, JonCon has no thoughts for Lyanna Stark, which means she is not on his radar at all. It's a puzzle, no doubt!

Well, maybe the parentage issues will all turn out to be the ravings of a crazy fan base, and the only question really is who is Jon Snow's mother. I doubt it, though.

I think Lynesse Hightower is probably too young to be Rhaenys. If she died when she was around 3, then the Greyjoy rebellion happened 5 years after the Sack of Kings Landing, and Jorah "won" Lynesse at the Tourney to celebrate the end of the Greyjoy rebellion. Rhaenys, if she lived, would only be about 8, maybe 9 (at the most) years old. Plus, Rhaenys was supposed to be dark like Elia, so having dark hair, I would think, if not the eyes. Lynesse is light in coloring. Cat remembers her golden hair and Jorah thinks she resembled Dany. That part about Dany is interesting, though.

Yes, I still think it's possible Arianne is Rhaenys, just based on some odd quotes about her, mostly the "weak as a kitten" as she crawled out of bed (since Rhaenys's murder is associated with her hiding under a bed with her kitten before Armory Lorch was said to have murdered her). But even her age seems to be a few years off from fitting nicely.

Something I was thinking about on one of my nights of work, was how Jaime had been willing to kill Arya Stark if he had found her, because Cersei had wanted him too. I don't see how Jaime could have killed Rhaenys, since he was too busy murdering Aerys and sitting on his throne, but the fact that Jaime even contemplates being able to murder a small child is quite interesting. He has also shown he was quite capable of attempting to kill Bran Stark, even if that was the heat of the moment. What if we find out some day that it was Jaime who killed Rhaenys Targaryen?

I am more specifically playing with the idea that Jaime physically killed Rhaenys and allowed Amory Lorch to take the blame. But I don't know how he could do that and then get back to the throne room, and I find the logistics unlikely. Unless it was done before Aerys was killed, when Jaime disappeared to change clothing. Hmmm!  Certainly, he should feel guilty for not having protected those children, which is how the story currently flows. I was just toying with him being able to murder both Bran and Arya, and thinking it would not be a stretch to imagine he could be compelled, by his sister, to kill another child, like the child Rhaenys, a child who might trust him enough to come out from under a bed where she was hiding.

I like Arianne for Rhaenys the most, but the 3-4 years age difference could be too much to overcome. I don't think Marg is anyone but herself. She looks very like Loras and Garlan in coloring. Not the dark of the Dornish, as was Elia, but a softer kind of dark, with eyes that are more golden brown than dark brown. Besides, Marg is around the age of Jon and Robb, so born near the end of the rebellion, which would make she and Rhaenys 3ish years apart in age, younger rather than older, but similar to the age difference when considering Arianne.