Aegor was busy—very busy.
Enough was enough. Arya pestering him had been one thing; their relationship was so close that he couldn’t even figure out how to properly turn her away without creating a rift. But now Asha Greyjoy, a former battlefield enemy and the North’s public foe, had taken to demanding things of him? What kind of no...
Aegor rarely found his own imagination amusing, but he couldn't help smiling as he pictured Arya awkwardly stammering while trying to convince her fiancé to join the Night’s Watch—or scheming elaborate ways to facilitate her future husband’s infidelity with her sister.
He had given her the ideas she wanted, but once she tried to ac...
So, under what circumstances can a betrothal be canceled in Westeros?
Aegor had never thought about it before. Theoretically, someone like him—who wasn’t supposed to marry or have children—shouldn’t need to consider such trivial matters unrelated to the grander game. Yet here he was, pondering such nonsense before even shedding hi...
The process of overthinking is always the most painful. Once Aegor made up his mind, he felt significantly lighter, forcing himself to shake off the emotional weight of Roose Bolton’s earlier insinuations and focus on the work at hand.
Against the backdrop of preparing for the White Walkers, that wasn’t particularly hard to do.
Aegor was startled.
It wasn’t the content of Roose Bolton’s words or the audacity of the man’s insinuations that unnerved him. What truly shocked him was their current location.
They weren’t in a secret chamber at Crown's Rest or the Dreadfort, where they could freely discuss treasonous and dangerous topics. They were stand...
Westeros had no construction conglomerates or engineering companies—no organizations or professions dedicated to infrastructure development.
The Northern lords, entrenched in their ancestral castles for generations, were masters of frugality. They made do with repairs, stretching their resources year after year. Naturally, none of them ...
Aegor had neither the tools nor the means to measure mystical phenomena like the "magic density within the Wall" or the "concentration of the Cold God's energy in the air." Naturally, this meant he couldn’t precisely calculate when the White Walkers would finally overcome their aversion to the Wall and launch an all-out assault.
In theo...
Arya’s prolonged stay at Crown's Rest wasn’t just because of her mischievous refusal to return home. Another key factor was that her temporary guardian, Ser Rodrik Cassel, was enjoying his time in the Gift. Treated as an honored guest, he had fine food, drink, and the occasional opportunity to oversee the training of Crown's Rest’s recruit...
2025-01-29 12:20:55 +0000 UTC View PostThe arrival of reinforcements shifted the tide slightly, but the North still held the upper hand.
Even Euron Greyjoy, with his madness steeped in shade of the evening, could see the truth: no amount of treasure plundered across the Narrow Sea or magical artifacts scavenged from the ruins of Valyria could bridge the massive gap in strength...
The strategy of passive defense proposed by Roose Bolton struck a critical weakness in Euron Greyjoy’s plans. It was clear to anyone with a sharp eye: if this tactic were fully implemented, the Ironborn would lose their ability to attack the North effectively. They wouldn’t be able to significantly weaken King Stannis’s most important ally...
2025-01-29 12:20:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe weeks-long blizzard had finally ceased, but Robb Stark felt no relief—Euron Greyjoy’s Ironborn were far more troublesome than he had anticipated.
As soon as word reached the Wall, Robb had ridden south to Deepwood Motte. The arrival of the Warden of the North greatly bolstered the morale of the western coastline’s nobles and com...
If the protagonist weren’t Tywin, Aegor would have thought he was hearing the story of another transmigrator. Without the interference of a foolish daughter and a contemptible sister, these two Lannister men had somehow accomplished a groundbreaking, far-reaching feat together.
Such a bold and forward-thinking move—was this something ...
The two quickly understood why Arya had run.
The Stark soldiers “arresting” their own lady dashed past them like a gust of wind. This felt so out of place to Nina that she almost forgot what she’d been saying. “Arya… wasn’t she always close to you, my lord? Why are you driving her away?”
“She was close, yes. But you...
"Aegor!" Nina's voice barely concealed her surprise as she turned, but her formal greeting was cut short when he strode forward with a broad smile, wrapping her in a bear hug before planting a kiss on her cheek.
"Stop that... so many people are watching," she whispered, flustered, her face already flushed.
"And who dares to comment...
Aegor had many plans, but the foremost priority was clear: holding back the invasion of the White Walkers. Everything else hinged on that goal.
Melisandre had confirmed that she could sense the magic within the Wall—magic that Aegor surmised originated from the massive weirwoods growing at its base, their roots entwined with the ancient...
At the very edge of the outer city, separated by a two-meter-high wall from other districts, was the industrial zone—an independent and self-contained area. Here, a sprawling mass of towering, earth-constructed kilns and furnaces filled the landscape, dominating the view.
Aegor came from a modern world with highly advanced civilization ...
Crown's Rest, now the central hub of resources, population, and activity in the Gift, was changing every day. Compared to when Aegor last left it, the place was almost unrecognizable.
The most noticeable change was the emergence of the "outer city."
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The name “Crown's Rest” in the Common Tongue originally referred to...
Just like the cyclical nature of progress in civilization, all stories seem to encounter their share of twists and turns. The sudden death of Jeor Mormont had stalled the Night’s Watch on the frontlines of this life-and-death war for months. If there was any silver lining, it was that nearly all factions during the election process had maintai...
2025-01-29 12:17:39 +0000 UTC View PostCotter Pyke and Yohn Royce were difficult to deal with, no doubt, but with the tunnel at Eastwatch sealed off from the lands beyond the Wall and with Aegor's cautious—or perhaps cowardly—approach to managing them, the chances of them causing real trouble were slim. If it came down to it, Aegor could simply end them—tearing off the façade ...
2025-01-29 12:17:19 +0000 UTC View PostAegor had summoned them.
Cotter Pyke knew there was no avoiding this, so with a grim resolve, he brought Yohn Royce to face the new Lord Commander. He had words to say, just as he assumed Aegor did. But as the two approached within a few paces, they were stopped by Aegor’s men.
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“Surrender our weapons?” Cotter’s ...
The cremation was over.
Aegor had originally planned to wait until Maester Aemon’s ashes had cooled enough to be gathered before proceeding, but it would take at least another ten minutes for the embers to lose their heat. Continuing the silence felt unnecessary, while standing around awkwardly seemed even worse. A sudden idea struck hi...
Aegor stared at the blazing pyre, his thoughts drifting.
The fact that Cotter Pyke had remained at Castle Black surprised him. On the bright side, it meant the shipments of grain from across the sea were less likely to meet with “accidents” at Eastwatch-by-the-Sea. On the other hand, it also meant Aegor might have to honor his previou...
“Out with the old, in with the new?”
The Maester of Castle Black lay serenely on his funeral pyre, his peaceful expression suggesting he felt no pain when he passed. Aegor, the newly elected Lord Commander, consoled himself with this thought. Having only just been chosen, he hadn’t even delivered an inaugural speech, let alone prepa...
The "Giant’s Nest" had no intention of preparing food or drink to entertain the Northern inspection party, nor would the hurried nobles and soldiers have had the patience to enjoy such hospitality even if it were offered. True to form, they mounted their horses and departed within minutes of Robb bidding farewell to the giant leader. Weeks of ...
2025-01-29 12:15:43 +0000 UTC View PostWhen the Wildling army, accompanied by giants, crossed the Wall into the Gift, the Night’s Watch, after careful deliberation, settled the giants in a forest by the riverside, several dozen miles northwest of Oakenshield. Coincidentally, this location was just south of Ice Mark, making it a convenient stop for the Northern lords during their in...
2025-01-29 12:15:23 +0000 UTC View PostFor the first time since becoming the Chief Logistics Officer, Aegor sincerely apologized to someone. In that fleeting moment, he even felt a sense of camaraderie with Dennis Mallister. Unfortunately, that sentiment didn’t last twelve hours.
At dawn the following day, Robb Stark summoned Aegor and the Northern lords to announce the grim...
The logistics corps' influence extended over every newly occupied fortress.
Long before Denys Mallister had finished gathering intelligence from Rickard Karstark, Aegor had already received word from his informants: another Night’s Watch officer had arrived at Ice Mark.
However, he neither cared much about it nor knew that the visi...
2025-01-29 12:14:44 +0000 UTC View PostRobb felt like he had been outmaneuvered, but he couldn’t figure out how it had happened.
His original plan was straightforward: question Aegor about his recent actions, expecting the man to dodge, deflect, and try to weasel his way out of trouble, as Karstark had predicted. When that inevitably happened, Robb would cut him off, issue a...
“What kind of trouble did you cause this time, Master?!”
Arya burst into Aegor’s room, dragging him by the arm, breathless and clearly agitated. Despite her youth, she could tell from her brother’s and the Northern lords’ tone that they were highly displeased with her mentor’s secret maneuvers. This was no minor matter and not...
The newly settled Gift folk had little in the way of stored resources, but fortunately, the logistics department had delivered food and cooks in advance. There was no shortage of provisions, and the reunion of the Umber father and daughter greatly eased the tension of Northern nobles sharing space with those they still thought of as “wildlings...
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