This showed that House Targaryen's True Dragon bloodline was indeed, to some extent, a powerful form of Warg talent.
Shirei was the illegitimate daughter of Danyla's grandfather, Prince Baelon, while her mother was a descendant of an Old Valyrian bloodline from Lys. Her True Dragon blood was therefore quite strong, and she certainly had the potential for Dragonriding.
Danyla had not concealed Shirei's identity, so although she was only an illegitimate daughter of the Targaryen royal house, she had still won King Jaehaerys's affection. Great-Grandfather often summoned Shirei to keep him company and had given her plenty of beautiful clothes and jewelry.
According to the old hands at court, Shirei bore some resemblance to one of King Jaehaerys's daughters, which was why the Old King often gazed at her absently.
Although Shirei was officially Danyla's personal maid, she was too young to have any real duties. Aside from receiving instruction from the court ladies and septas, she spent her days studying academic subjects with Margaery under the maesters.
Margaery was also Danyla's personal maid, but as a duke's daughter, she had access to all of Danyla's educational resources. Of course, aside from Shirei, whose background was unusual, all of Danyla's personal maids came from great noble houses and received an elite education.
Especially after entering Danyla's service, they had to study not only academic subjects and the skills expected of ladies, but also swordsmanship and mounted archery. The maids currently staying in the Red Keep practiced martial arts under the guidance of Danyla's Sworn Warrior, Harold.
Apart from Shirei and Rhaella, who seemed to be doing fairly well, the others were decent enough at mounted archery, but their swordsmanship could only be described as painful to watch.
There was no way Danyla could rely on them to protect her, but