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Aegor Rivers, known as Bittersteel, was a Great Bastard of King Aegon IV Targaryen. He had purple eyes and black hair. Aegor was angry his entire life and loathed his half-brother Brynden Rivers. As an adult, Aegor founded the Golden Company mercenary group to support the Blackfyre rebellions against the Targaryen throne. He led the Golden Company in three Blackfyre rebellions and was involved in battles such as Redgrass Field before dying in exile during a skirmish between Tyrosh and Myr.

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Aegor Rivers, known as Bittersteel, was a Great Bastard of King Aegon IV Targaryen. He had purple eyes and black hair. Aegor was angry his entire life and loathed his half-brother Brynden Rivers. As an adult, Aegor founded the Golden Company mercenary group to support the Blackfyre rebellions against the Targaryen throne. He led the Golden Company in three Blackfyre rebellions and was involved in battles such as Redgrass Field before dying in exile during a skirmish between Tyrosh and Myr.

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ppearance and Character

See also: Images of Aegor Rivers


Being half-Targaryen, Aegor had purple eyes, but black hair. As an adult, he had a
close-cropped beard. He looked like a warrior, being lean, light, and tall. Aegor's
armor was well-made, though plain-looking, being grey-steel and black rings. On his
helm was a horse head with a horse's mane flowing behind. His shield displayed his
personal sigil: a stallion with black dragon wings, on a golden field, snorting
fire.[4]

Aegor was angry all of his life,[4] and quickly irritated and offended.[2] He did
not smile, and especially loathed his younger half-brother, Brynden Rivers, and
Brynden's mother, Melissa Blackwood, who had replaced Aegor's mother Barba Bracken
as King Aegon IV Targaryen's mistress.[4]

History
Early life
Aegor was born at King's Landing to one of King Aegon IV Targaryen's mistresses,
Barba Bracken. When Queen Naerys Targaryen recovered her health, Prince Daeron and
Aemon the Dragonknight forced Aegon to send Barba and child from the capital, and
Aegor was instead raised at Stone Hedge in the riverlands.[1]

The angry Aegor reserved particular loathing for his half-brother Brynden Rivers,
whose mother, Melissa Blackwood, had replaced his own as their father's favorite
mistress. Aegor loathed Brynden, who was known as Bloodraven, even further when
Shiera Seastar, their beautiful half-sister and a fellow Great Bastard, chose
Brynden over him. Their other half-brother, Daemon Blackfyre, agreed to wed his
daughter Calla to Aegor. Aegor often urged Daemon to press his own claim to the
Iron Throne.[2]

First Blackfyre Rebellion


In the First Blackfyre Rebellion in 196 AC, Aegor sided with Daemon Blackfyre
against King Daeron II Targaryen. During the battle of the Redgrass Field, Aegor
commanded the right of Daemon's host.[5]

To prevent a rout upon Daemon's death during the battle, Aegor rallied his troops
and charged into the Raven's Teeth, the archers of Brynden Rivers. Although Aegor
took out Bloodraven's eye during their duel, he ultimately fled the battlefield.[2]
Carrying the Valyrian steel sword Blackfyre, Aegor fled Westeros with Daemon's
widow, Rohanne of Tyrosh, and her surviving children, eventually settling in the
Free City of Tyrosh.[6]

The Golden Company

Bittersteel leading the Golden Company, as depicted by Marc Simonetti in The World
of Ice & Fire.
Aegor served a year with the Second Sons before leaving to create the Golden
Company, a famous mercenary organization, to stop the loss of support for the
Blackfyres as other exile lords began to join other mercenary companies. While
sellswords are notoriously unreliable, the Golden Company has a respectable
reputation. They are said to have never broken a contract. The words of the Golden
Company are "Beneath the gold, the bitter steel"[7], and refer to Aegor's nickname,
Bittersteel. Shortly after its creation, the Golden Company became one of the most
famous and disciplined sellsword companies known in the Free Cities. They quickly
established their reputation by sacking Qohor when the city refused to honor its
contract.[8]

The Golden Company was heavily involved in three of the four Blackfyre Rebellions
that followed the first one. While Aegor refused to support Daemon II Blackfyre
during the Second Blackfyre Rebellion in 211 AC, he supported Haegon I Blackfyre in
the Third Blackfyre Rebellion in 219 AC. Aegor was captured at the end of the third
rebellion, and brought to the Red Keep as a captive. While Brynden Rivers and
Prince Aerion Targaryen argued that Aegor should be executed, King Aerys I
Targaryen decided to send Aegor to the Wall to join the Night's Watch. The ship
taking Aegor north was intercepted, however, and Aegor returned to the Golden
Company. In Tyrosh, before the year was over, Aegor crowned Daemon III Blackfyre,
Haegon I's eldest son.[9]

In 236 AC, Aegor landed on Massey's Hook at the head of the Golden Company with
Daemon III, starting the Fourth Blackfyre Rebellion. The rebellion was crushed at
the battle of Wendwater Bridge, though Aegor managed to escape.[10][11] A few years
after the Wendwater Bridge, Aegor reappeared in the Disputed Lands, where he fell
during a skirmish between Tyrosh and Myr.[10] On his deathbed, he commanded the men
of the Golden Company to boil the flesh from his skull, dip it in gold, and carry
it before them when they cross the narrow sea to retake Westeros. The captains-
general who have since led the Golden Company have followed Aegor's example.[12]

During one of the various Blackfyre Rebellions, Aegor swore a blood oath with
Torwyn Greyjoy, but this Lord Reaper of Pyke betrayed Aegor to his enemies.[13]

Legacy
The war cry of the Golden Company, "Beneath the gold, the bitter steel", pays
homage to their founder.[14]

Quotes

Aegor Rivers, by Amok ©.


Tommard: ... beggar's feast you've laid before us. Without Bittersteel ...
Gormon: Bittersteel be buggered. No bastard can be trusted, not even him. A few
victories will bring him over the water fast enough.[5]

—Tommard Heddle and Gormon Peake


Bitter his steel may have been, but worse was his tongue.[2]

—writings of Yandel
He died defeated and alone, a broken man in an alien land.[12]

—Jon Connington's thoughts


Bittersteel and Bloodraven both loved Shiera Seastar, and the Seven Kingdoms bled.
[15]

—Barristan Selmy's thoughts


When he fled, he swore he would return to place a son of Daemon's upon the Iron
Throne. He never did.[16]

—Stannis Baratheon, to Justin Massey


Bittersteel was half-dragon, and all bastard.[17]

—Arianne Martell, to Lysono Maar


Family

Daena
Targaryen
Aegon IV
Targaryen

Barba
Bracken
Daemon I

Rohanne
of Tyrosh
Aegon

Daemon II

Aenys

Two sons

Calla

Aegor
Rivers

Aemon
Haegon

Unknown
wife

Daughter(s)

Daemon III

Son(s)

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