There is no shame in the way of the dragons — they are the most powerful family in Westeros, and their way reigns strong over any of the Faith's tenets.

It is a foregone conclusion, and so it is all Rhaenyra hears growing up: Daemon will destroy you, Daemon will consume you, Daemon will eat you alive. It is said to her in candied, oblique comments when Daemon leaves the room and whispered behind their backs when they walk together, but Rhaenyra pays no mind to any of it; a star is no real choice beside the fire of a dragon.