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1. Laertes by Dolphinsarcasm

   Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M, Gen
   • Complete Work

   21 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Daemon Targaryen/Rhaenyra Targaryen
   • Alicent Hightower/Viserys I Targaryen
   • Rhaenyra Targaryen/Laenor Velaryon
   • Rhea Royce/Daemon Targaryen
   • Rhaenyra Targaryen
   • Alicent Hightower
   • Daemon Targaryen
   • Aemond "One-Eye" Targaryen
   • Criston Cole
   • Viserys I Targaryen
   • Viserys II Targaryen
   • Pre-The Dance of the Dragons | Aegon II Targaryen v. Rhaenyra Targaryen Era
   • The Dance of the Dragons | Aegon II Targaryen v. Rhaenyra Targaryen Era
   • Dark Daemon Targaryen
   • Good Parent Daemon Targaryen
   • Parent Daemon Targaryen
   • Dementia
   • Mental Disintegration
   • POV Rhaenyra Targaryen
   • POV Daemon Targaryen
   • Sparring
   • Inspired by Hamlet
   • References to Hamlet
   • Episode: s01e08 The Lord of the Tides (House of the Dragon)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Protective Daemon Targaryen
   • Rhaenyra Targaryen Loves Daemon Targaryen
   • Daemon Targaryen Loves Rhaenyra Targaryen
   • and the kids
   • Aemond? not so much

   Summary

   Daemon Targaryen is many things. An honorable man is not not among them. He'd learned that on the bleak beaches of Bloodstone. Honor is a fool's prize. Glory is of no use to the dead. And wars are entirely too messy to be relied on.

   An alternate version of part of s01e08 where Daemon and Rhaenyra only bring a young Prince Viserys to present to King Viserys and the question of the Driftmark succession happens later. Daemon has a second errand to attend to in the Red Keep.

   Series

   • Part 3 of Five (more) Ways Aemond Targaryen Died and One (more) He Didn't (5+1)

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   4,452

   Chapters:

   2/2

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