Shiera Seastar

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    Shiera Seastar was the last of the Great Bastards of Aegon IV and was renowned as the most beautiful woman of her age. King Aegon IV sired Shiera upon the ninth and last of his mistresses, Lady Serenei of Lys, who was the last daughter of an ancient but impoverished line of Valyrian nobility. Lady Serenei was disliked by King Aegon's courtiers and considered cold and haughty.  It was rumored that she was much older than the king, practicing dark arts to retain her youth and beauty. 
    
    Shiera, whose name means “Star of the Sea”, had the typical, long silver-gold hair of the Targaryens, a heart-shaped face, and preferred to wear cloth-of-silver and ivory because she found gold vulgar.  Although Shiera had two mismatched eyes (one blue, the other green), it was said that this "defect" only enhanced her beauty.  She was known to wear a famous silver necklace with alternating star sapphires and emeralds to compliment her unusual eyes.  Shiera was a great reader, even at an early age; she spoke many languages and maintained a large and arcane library. She also was reputed to share her mother's skill in the dark arts.
    
    Shiera never married, but took many lovers, and numerous duels were fought for her favor.  Men reportedly killed themselves at her rejection.  Shiera’s half-brother, Brynden Rivers (“Bloodraven”), was her most ardent suitor and proposed marriage to her half a hundred times.  Shiera refused to marry Bloodraven, preferring to keep him jealous, but she did share her bed with him.  She was widely known as Lord Bloodraven's mistress, and there were rumors that she bathed in the blood of maidens to retain her beauty – just like her mother before her.