They had come together at the ford of the Trident while the battle crashed around them, Robert with his warhammer and his great antlered helm, the Targaryen prince armored all in black. On his breastplate was the three-headed dragon of his House, wrought all in rubies that flashed like fire in the sunlight. - Eddard I, aGoT
“What is meaning, name Rhaego?” Khal Drogo asked as they walked, using the Common Tongue of the Seven Kingdoms. […] “My brother Rhaegar was a fierce warrior, my sun-and-stars,” she told him. “He died before I was born. Ser Jorah says that he was the last of the dragons.” - Daenerys V, aGoT
She could feel the heat inside her, a terrible burning in her womb. Her son was tall and proud, with Drogo’s copper skin and her own silver-gold hair, violet eyes shaped like almonds. - Daenerys IX, aGoT
“It may be as you say, blood of my blood,” Dany replied gravely, “but he shall have a new name for this new life. I would name them all for those the gods have taken. The green one shall be Rhaegal, for my valiant brother who died on the green banks of the Trident.” - Daenerys I, aCoK
All characters ive meant to draw again for a while :) Considering doing matching namesake images for her other dragons as well.
Interesting how Rhaegar thought himself integral to the Prince that was Promised prophecy (first as the hero then as the father), Rhaego was seen to be the Stallion who mounts the World, and Rhaegal (+ the other dragons) is sometimes theorized to be Lightbringer by fans… Daenerys seems to be prophesied to be the hero everything leads up to
