[Lore] Rend My Heart Open And Find Only Ashes

Near the waterfall known as Alyssa's Tears, a pyre had been set up, whereupon the uncrowned King, Aegon II, King of the Iron Throne, rested. In the gloom of dusk, mostly shadows dance round, as three torches lit meekly their surroundings. One in the hand of each relative present, all solemnly dressed in black. Jaehaerys would be the first to light the pyre, and the first to say his goodbyes to his eldest brother.

Silence reigned, as men and women gathered, either to join in the mourning of the lost king, or simply to witness, Jaehaerys wore an emotionless mask. None dared to speak, as it was for the Princeling and his sister and mother to break the silence. The Prince stepped forward, his eyes scanning the darkened gathering. He had to muster himself, regain some composure. He had not wanted to do this so publically, yet had offered it. But the prince did not mourn for only Aegon; Rhaena, who had given so much, and lost more than any of her siblings, Viserys, who's soul was bound to eternal torment now. Was this worth it? Our house decimated, and now resting on a brother who killed his own sibling. Placing the torch beneath the pyre to light it, Jaehaerys looked as the fires began to grow. Aegon, you promised to return.

Watching solemnly for a moment, Jaehaerys would step back. Now Alyssa and Alysanne got to put their own torches to the pyre. A paltry imitation of what we used to do for our fallen. Yet isn't that a reflection of how far our house has fallen? Dragonless, we are bereft of our own might, and serve men who do not deserve it. Oh, Grandfather, look upon your children, and see how little we resemble you. Do you twist in shame, or in pride, that despite all of this, some of us are alive? He gave Aly and his mother a solemn and forced smile, prodding them forward with his glance, to light the pyre further, while the torment in his mind continued. Would that you would have stayed at Dragonstone, Aegon. Our House might have survived that. Though to which Aegon that prayer went out, he was unsure.