Lord Daemon Velaryon was made master of ships by Aegon the Conqueror after the mouth of the Blackwater Rush had been secured. House Velaryon allied with the Targaryens at the start of Aegon's Conquest. She married Aerion Targaryen, the Lord of Dragonstone, with whom she had three children: Visenya, Lord Aegon, and Rhaenys. From one such marriage was born Valaena Velaryon. The close relations between Houses Velaryon and Targaryen resulted in multiple marriages between the houses, both before and after the Wars of Conquest. They allied with House Targaryen from Dragonstone and House Celtigar from Claw Isle, both houses of Valyrian descent while the Velaryons and Celtigars dominated the middle reaches of the narrow sea with their ships, the Targaryens ruled the skies with their dragons. Their close proximity to the Gullet enabled the Velaryons to fill their coffers from the passing trade in the narrow sea and Blackwater Bay. Throughout the first century of Targaryen rule, so many Lords of the Tides served on the small council as master of ships that the office was widely seen as almost hereditary. During the Conquest, it was Velaryon ships that carried Aegon’s soldiers across Blackwater Bay, and later formed the greater part of the royal fleet. Though never dragonriders, the Velaryons had for centuries remained the oldest and closest allies of the Targaryens. The castle of Driftmark housed their ancient high seat, the Driftwood Throne, which according to legend had been given to them by the Merling King to conclude a pact. A noble house with a storied Valyrian lineage, the Velaryons had come to Westeros even before the Targaryens, if their family histories can be believed, settling in the Gullet on the low-lying and fertile isle of island of Driftmark (so named for the driftwood that the tides brought daily to its shores) rather than its stony, smoking neighbor, Dragonstone. House Velaryon is an ancient and proud house, with the blood of old Valyria in its veins. The positions of master of ships and lord admiral are often filled by a member of House Velaryon, as the family provides most of the royal fleet. It is traditional for the sons of House Velaryon to be given a taste of a seafarer's life when young. CustomsĪ traditional name of the Velaryons is Jacaerys. House Velaryon is of Valyrian descent, and its members often have Valyrian features, such as silver-gold or silver hair and purple eyes. 4 House Velaryon at the end of the third century.

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