Politics of the Seven Kingdoms: the Stormlands (Part III)

Politics of the Seven Kingdoms: the Stormlands (Part III)

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Politics of the Stormlands, Part III (credit to ser other-in-law) The Last Storm Through a combination of inept diplomacy and his raging temper, Argilac Durrandon had turned an offer of alliance with into a war against House Targaryen. But to give the last of the Storm Kings credit, he put up a hell of a fight against Aegon the Conqueror, far better than his old rival Harren, or arguably even the…

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So if the Baratheon super genes overcome all others why aren’t Rhaenys, Laenor, Laena, and the grandkids all black haired and blue eyes? I find it hard to believe silver-purple phenotype is that different from blonde-green. The added incest can’t be used to explain it away since all of Robert’s bastards look like him no matter their mother. Any thoughts?

On a Doylist level, I think it’s GRRM being inconsistent. Sometimes Targaryen features seem to be recessive – as with Rhaenrya’s kids with Harwin Strong – and sometimes they seem less so. Baelor Breakspear and his children resembled Baelor’s Martell mother, but his brothers all had the Targaryen look; on the other hand, the Martells kept their look after Daenerys, the Baratheons kept their look after Rhaelle, and so forth. (Incidentally, in the text, only the Baratheon hair color is noted as being dominant, not the eyes.)

On a Watsonian level, I think Rhaenys got her coloration from her mother Jocelyn Baratheon’s Velaryon mother, which either skipped Boremund Baratheon or Boremund didn’t pass down to Borros, or Borros didn’t pass down to whoever followed him, since as far as I know he only had daughters. (Which, incidentally is a pretty major gap in our understanding of the Baratheon family tree…)