He rode a purple dragon he eventually called Windracer after a near-fatal incident over the Vale in which Maelys was almost thrown from the beast. He was a fearsome man and the husband of Princess Lysa Greyjoy of the Iron Islands, becoming the only Targaryen to wed with an ironborn. Maelys was the fourth son of King Jaehaerys I Targaryen, and better known as Maelys the Wingless Dragon. Maelys was a warlord of the Iron Islands and the closest thing to a royal ruler of the Iron Islands that the Greyjoys had until Balon Greyjoy's rebellion over two hundred years later. He was famously disinherited by his father, and for fighting in support of Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen. Prince Maelys Targaryen, otherwise known as Maelys the Grey or the Wingless Dragon was the fourth child and third son of King Jaehaerys I Targaryen and Queen Alysanne Targaryen. Sansa thought he stood taller than the Hound, but his face was hard and sad, whereas the Hound's was ever hateful.' ―Sansa Stark encounters a portrait of Maelys Targaryen in the Red Keep With silver hair that was almost iron-grey, Sansa was reminded of a shadowcat with the eyes of a hunter and the poise of a wolf. ' Maelys Targaryen stood tall and proud, with dark armour and stripped black leather draped over his shoulders.

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