Greenstone is the ancient seat of House Estermont, on an island off the shores of Cape Wrath. Damp, windswept, and poor, it is described as singularly lacking in charm. Its importance in Rhaena Targaryen’s story came not from its landscape or wealth but from the companionship she sought there—and the grief that later made even this refuge difficult to revisit.

Setting and Household

When Rhaena was seen again at Greenstone, Lady Larissa Velaryon was living there with her daughter. Larissa had once been the first of Rhaena’s favorites; she had married the second son of the Evenstar of Tarth, and, after her husband died, their daughter was wed to the elderly Lord Estermont. Rather than remain on Tarth or return to her former home, Larissa stayed with her daughter on Greenstone.

The island’s poor and exposed character contrasts with the personal ties that brought Rhaena to it. The account makes Larissa’s presence decisive: Greenstone offered Rhaena the company of a childhood companion when her daughter was lost to her and her dearest friends and favorites were dead.

Rhaena’s Sojourn

Rhaena chose to linger on Greenstone for a time. Her stay placed her in the company of Larissa, one of the few surviving connections to her earlier life, and gave her a measure of solace amid repeated bereavement. The island thus served as a temporary refuge, though not an uncomplicated one: its comfort depended on the presence of people and memories rather than on the place itself.

Greenstone also lay close to the route taken by another of Rhaena’s former favorites, Alys Westhill. After stopping at Pentos, Alys sailed to Tyrosh aboard the Sun Chaser, passing near Estermont while Rhaena was there. Alys was hiring crossbowmen and sellswords for the dangerous passage through the pirate-infested Stepstones, but the two women remained unaware of one another; Alys passed through without incident and continued west. Their near passage gives Greenstone a momentary place in the wider movement of people across the Narrow Sea, while underscoring how completely Rhaena and the woman she regarded as a betrayer remained separated.

Departure and Aftermath

Rhaena’s stay ended with the death of her daughter. By the time news reached her at Greenstone, the princess had already died and been burned. Rhaena returned to the Red Keep on Dreamfyre with only ashes and bones left for her. The island could offer company, but it could not spare her this loss.

Later, when Queen Alysanne asked whether Rhaena would return to Greenstone, Rhaena refused. She associated the island with a ghost—kinder than the one she felt awaited her on Dragonstone, but no less sad. Her answer recasts the place that had briefly offered solace as another landscape of mourning. Greenstone’s significance in her story rests in that reversal: a childhood companion drew her there, but bereavement made the refuge itself painful to revisit.