Post by lunasmeow on Apr 26, 2023 9:04:09 GMT
I agree - based on the fact that we know Valyrian looks are very easy to dilute - Baelor Breakspear inherited his mother's Dornish hair, Rhaenys the Queen who Never Was looked like a Baratheon after her mother, the "Strong" sons of Rhaenyra all looked like Breakbones, Maekar's sons looking largely Targaryen was probably tied to the fact that he managed to dodged the Martell look his brother had and he married a Dayne who already looked very Valyrian, Bittersteel took after his mother etc etc. Basically Valyrian traits appear to rarely be passed on so I don't think they should be strong seed, yet Celtigars and Velaryons both still have clear Valyrian looks, I'd argue that incest or at least regular cousin marriages + marrying the lesser nobility of the Narrow Sea and nobles from Lys and Myr are probably a cause of this.
I'd suggest making the Celtigars High Valyrian (it never really made sense to me them being Westerosi Valyrian - they are non dragonlord nobility same as the Velaryons and like the Velaryons they have never really embraced Westerosi culture like the Baratheons, Qoheryses etc did), and letting both the Velaryons and the Celtigars inbreed, I'd also try and increase the preference high valyrians have for marrying within their own culture