The pregnant Alys watched the ensuing Battle Above the Gods Eye atop Kingspyre Tower in Harrenhal below. Aemond left Alys on the ground, kissing her one last time, before Vhagar and Caraxes leapt as one into the sky above the Gods Eye with their dragonriders. Aemond told Daemon that it was Alys who told him where to find him, as she had seen in her visions. When Prince Aemond returned to Harrenhal to confront Prince Daemon and Caraxes, he took the pregnant Alys with him. Alys eventually escaped with Aemond when the prince returned to Harrenhal and chased away Sabitha. When Lady Sabitha Frey seized the undefended Harrenhal, she found only Alys within, with the wet nurse claiming to be pregnant with Aemond's child. While Criston marched south along the Gods Eye, Aemond began burning the riverlands with Vhagar.
Eustace disagrees with Mushroom's claim that Alys used potions to entice Ser Criston Cole, Lord Commander of the Kingsguard and Hand of the King, in addition to Aemond. When informed of the greens' defeat in the Battle by the Lakeshore, Alys prevented an enraged Aemond from strangling the squire who brought the message to Harrenhal. The dragonrider spared Alys's life, however, and took the older woman for his bedmate as a spoil of war. Īfter the greens retook Harrenhal, Prince Aemond Targaryen ordered the deaths of the remaining members of House Strong at the castle. She survived the assault on Harrenhal by Prince Daemon Targaryen and the blacks. The Dance of the DragonsĪlys was at least forty years of age during the Dance of the Dragons, although she appeared younger. Īlthough all of Alys's children were stillborn, she served as a wet nurse to many children at Harrenhal. Both Eustace and Munkun considered Mushroom's claims fantastical, but even they agreed that Alys looked unusually young for her age, as she had to be at least forty by the outbreak of the Dance of the Dragons. Mushroom wrote that Alys was an enchantress who bathed in maidens' blood to remain youthful. The fool Mushroom instead claims Alys was from an older generation and she had served as a wet nurse to Lyonel's sons, Harwin and Larys, and possibly even to Lyonel. Munkun claims Alys was a serving wench with an interest in potions, while Eustace states she was a woods witch. History OriginĪccording to Grand Maester Munkun and Septon Eustace, Alys was a bastard sired by Lord Lyonel Strong on an unknown woman when he was young. Septon Eustace considered Alys to be a simple slattern. Īccording to Aemond Targaryen, Alys could see visions in storm clouds, pools of water, and flames. She is said to have looked younger than her years.
0 kommentar(er)
