Daemon Velaryon
Not to be confused with Daemon Velaryon, son of Aethan Velaryon.
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Daemon Velaryon was Lord of the Tides and head of House Velaryon, lords of Driftmark, in the years when Aegon Targaryen set out to conquer the rest of Westeros. When the king formed his first council, he chose Daemon to command the royal fleet, the first Master of Ships the Seven Kingdoms ever had.
He is remembered for that, and for the campaign he led against the Vale of Arryn, the only one of the great houses that refused to bend the knee to the new king.
Reign of Aegon I
Master of Ships
Daemon led House Velaryon when Aegon Targaryen gathered his bannermen before setting out to conquer the rest of Westeros; the lords of Driftmark answered the summons. The known chronology leaves open the chance that Daemon was an uncle or brother of Valaena Velaryon, Aegon's own mother.
After crowning himself King of the Seven Kingdoms, Aegon put Daemon in charge of his fleet as the first holder of the office of Master of Ships, a post that had not existed before in the realm.
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Attack on Gulltown
House Arryn refused to submit to the new king, and Aegon tasked his Master of Ships with putting down that resistance by sea. Daemon led the Targaryen ships against the port guarding the way into the Vale.
The Vale's ships held off the attack and broke the assault; Daemon did not survive the fighting.
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Legacy
Descendants
He left at least two sons. Aethan inherited his post as Master of Ships under Aegon I, and Corlys came to lead the newly formed Kingsguard as its first commander.
One of Aethan's daughters, Alyssa, later married King Aenys I Targaryen, Aegon's son.
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Relationships
Family tree
The family of Daemon Velaryon
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Parents
None recorded
DChildren
People in their story
- Aegon TargaryenAppears in Master of Ships
- Valaena VelaryonAppears in Master of Ships
- ArrynAppears in Attack on Gulltown
- Aenys I TargaryenAppears in Descendants
Books and show
Where they differ
- Books only: Master of Ships, Attack on Gulltown, Descendants
| Show | Books | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | — | Dead |
| Died | — | 2 BC · Gulltown |
House Velaryon of Driftmark
- Daemon Velaryon
- Alyssa Velaryon
- Corlys Velaryon
- Lianna Velaryon
- Jorgen Velaryon
- Laena Velaryon
- Laenor Velaryon
- Addam of Hull
- Alyn Velaryon
- Vaemond Velaryon
- Daenaera Velaryon
- Malentine Velaryon
- Daeron Velaryon
- Laena Velaryon
- Aurane Mares
- Monterys Velaryon
- Monford Velaryon
- Aethan Velaryon
- Corlys Velaryon
- Corwyn Velaryon
- Daemion Velaryon
- Daemon Velaryon
- Hazel Harte
- Jeyne Mares
- Jon Waters
- Monica Velaryon
- Rhogar Velaryon
- Valaena Velaryon
- Victor Velaryon
- War of Conquest
- Battle of Gulltown
- War for the Stepstones
- Battle of the Stepstones
- Wedding of Rhaenyra Targaryen and Laenor Velaryon
- Wedding of Daemon Targaryen and Laena Velaryon
- Death of Laena Velaryon
- Death of Laenor Velaryon
- Aemond Targaryen claims Vhagar
- Execution of Vaemond Velaryon
- Dance of the Dragons
- Coronation of Rhaenyra I
- Blockade of Blackwater Bay
- Jacaerys Velaryon's mission to White Harbor
- and 11 more in the index