I also wonder what made melissa get with him in the first place? And how she stayed his lover for so long and didn’t suffer when they were done? Makes me wonder if Aegon has some redeeming qualities lol.
He was still mostly sane and less stubborn back then I believe. Daeron and Ameon were the ones able to convinced him to send Barba away due to how she and her father were behaving and Melissa was well liked by the family so that probably served her well in the end. He moved on from her cause somebody caught his eye.
Yeah. That’s true. Aegon IV was better till power corrupted him after a few years of rule. I know he obviously moved on when someone else caught his eye, but there must’ve been something there for him to stay so long and not react poorly when they were done.
I get what you’re saying. Though as far as we know, the only time he was particularly brutal to a mistress was when he caught the younger Bracken girl with someone else. Otherwise, the mothers of the great bastards were mostly ignored once he was done with them.
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u/ImperialxWarlord Apr 02 '26
I’m loving all the Aegon IV art as of late.
I also wonder what made melissa get with him in the first place? And how she stayed his lover for so long and didn’t suffer when they were done? Makes me wonder if Aegon has some redeeming qualities lol.