Character from House of the Dragon by George R.R. Martin
Daeron the Daring — the youngest Green prince and the most likeable, a genuinely brave and honorable young man riding the Blue Queen into a war that deserves him least.
Daeron is the Green prince the Blacks wish didn't exist, because he makes it impossible to dismiss the entire faction as villains. He is brave without being cruel, ambitious without being ruthless, and loyal without being blind. Fostered at Oldtown, he grew up away from the toxic court dynamics that warped his siblings, and it shows in his unaffected warmth and genuine courtesy. He rides Tessarion, the Blue Queen, with a joy that recalls the best of what Targaryens can be. His heroism at the Battle of the Honeywine earned him the epithet 'the Daring,' and it was honestly earned. He is the brother Aegon should have been, the prince Aemond might have been without the sapphire eye and the rage. His death at Tumbleton robs both sides of the one person who might have made peace possible.
Classic Targaryen beauty — silver-gold hair, violet eyes — but with an open, good-natured expression that sets him apart from his colder siblings. Youthful and athletic, not yet hardened by war. Wears Green colors with a young knight's pride. His face still carries the softness of adolescence, making his battlefield courage all the more striking.
Also known as: Daeron, Prince Daeron, Daeron the Daring