Character from House of the Dragon by George R.R. Martin
Aemond One-Eye — a cold, obsessive prince who traded an eye for the greatest dragon alive and spent the rest of his life making the world pay for what it took from him.
Aemond is what happens when a second son's resentment is given a dragon large enough to burn the world. He lost his eye to Lucerys as a child and gained Vhagar — the largest, most ancient dragon alive — and he has never stopped calculating whether the trade was worth it. The answer, for Aemond, is always yes, because Vhagar makes him the most powerful dragonrider in Westeros, and power is the only language he respects. He is intelligent, disciplined, and terrifyingly patient, a stark contrast to his brother Aegon's dissolute nature. He kills Lucerys at Storm's End — whether intentionally or because Vhagar's bloodlust exceeded his control is a question that haunts the Dance. He does not explain himself, does not apologize, and does not hesitate. His fixation on proving himself the superior Targaryen prince drives him to acts of breathtaking cruelty, particularly in the Riverlands. His eventual confrontation with Daemon above the Gods Eye is inevitable — the war always narrows to these two.
Tall and gaunt with sharp Targaryen features made severe by the sapphire that fills his missing left eye socket — he wears it uncovered, a deliberate provocation. Long silver hair, often half-covering the gem. Lean to the point of ascetic, all angles and edges. Moves with a predatory stillness, a swordsman's economy of motion. His remaining eye is pale violet and utterly cold. Wears dark armor etched with dragon motifs, a warrior who dresses for war even in peacetime.
Also known as: Aemond, Prince Aemond, Aemond One-Eye, The Kinslayer