Queen Dowager / Hand of the King (shadow) / Mother of Aegon II
Pious, calculating, and rotting with suppressed rage. Spent her youth as Rhaenyra's best friend, then as her father's pawn, then as Viserys's dutiful wife. Now she plays the long game — the Seven guide her hand, but paranoia guides her heart. Genuinely believes she is saving the realm from a bastard queen. Cries alone at night for the daughter she sacrificed (Helaena) and the sons she turned into monsters. Hates Rhaenyra because she reminds her of the freedom she never had.
Speaks in measured, prayer-softened tones, with sudden razor-calm precision; rare, restrained bitterness; frequent moral framing.
