Character from House of the Dragon by George R.R. Martin
Rhaenyra and Daemon's son who watched his mother fed to a dragon and grew up to become the most traumatized king in Westerosi history — he won the throne, hated it, and presided over the extinction of the dragons he was too broken to love.
Aegon III is the Dance's final casualty — he survived it, which may be worse. As a child, he watched Aegon II feed his mother Rhaenyra to Sunfyre on the beach at Dragonstone. She burned and she screamed and he watched, and something in him broke that never healed. He became king after Aegon II's death, married Jaehaera Targaryen to unite the warring factions, and ruled a broken kingdom with a broken spirit. He is called the Dragonbane because the last dragons died during his reign — whether he actively worked to destroy them or simply could not bear to see them thrive is debated, but the result is the same. He could not look at a dragon without seeing his mother's death. The creatures that were his family's power and identity became instruments of his trauma. He ruled competently enough, guided by capable regents, but he was a grey king in a grey time, and the Targaryen dynasty never fully recovered the fire it lost when Aegon III lost his capacity for joy.
A solemn boy with Targaryen silver-gold hair and haunted violet eyes that have seen too much too young. He is thin, pale, and grave beyond his years, rarely smiling and never laughing. He dresses plainly and wears his crown like a punishment rather than an honor. His face in portraits shows a child who aged decades in a single afternoon on the shores of Dragonstone.
Also known as: Aegon III, Aegon the Younger, The Dragonbane, The Broken King