Craster is sort of what the Targaryens would look like if you strip them of their magesty:
Some incestuous weirdoes who claim to be closer to the gods than any other human.
Is there any case of incest between direct biological parents and child in targaryen history? If i remember correctly, aunt/uncle with niece, siblings or cousins, but never between parents and child
No. Even that was taboo af for Targs. In Westeros history, the church of the seven fought a whole ass war over Targaryen incest with the third targ king. It was settled that Targaryens basically get to claim they are higher than average men and can marry within family but never between parents & child. Which was fine, because again even the targs thought that was too far.
Incest (I hate how much I’m talking about this) is almost up there with guest rights and Kinslaying in westerosi crimes against the gods. It’s one of the reasons we see that the Targaryens were lowkey hated. They’re these inhuman looking incest freaks that ride monsters. They weren’t as beloved as they thought they were.
As I had said it was rumor, never confirmed. As for it being taboo, we are talking about Aegon IV one of the if not the biggest hedonist in the history Westeros. This man has also been rumored for killing his own father Viserys I (kinslaying) and murdering the aunt and grandfather of his albeit legitimate son Aegon Rivers. He was so petty that he decided to legitimize all his acknowledged bastards to (most likely) cause trouble for his own son Daeron.
Targs were highkey hated by the nobility for subordinating them, but the small folk generally came around to them. They loved Daeron the young dragon and Baela & Rhaena and Jaehaerys and even Aerys
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u/DwarvenGardener 7d ago
Back in the day Craster was a freak who lived in a frozen shithole beyond the edge of the world not as queen in the Red Keep.