( Arianne POV )
Arianne watched the ceremony from afar, sitting down on her chair, instead of standing up like the many other lords and ladies around her. Her pregnancy had forbidden her to stand, even in the presence of royalty.
Yet, she was living a historical moment. At least, from the point of view of the maesters who w...
( Interlude II )
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( ACT III, Scene 2 )
The scene: under the walls of Blackhaven, Aegon's army falters. Aegon draws his sword and presents it before his men.
AEGON: Forward, men, forward! Are thou not warriors? Sons of victory and fathers of glory? Have thou any sp...
2025-01-25 09:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post( Interlude I )
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Greenstone-Estermont International Airport, Principality of Dorne, 1036 AC
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Greenstone-Estermont Airport, it is currently noon local time, the outside temperature is seven-and-twenty degrees and the weather is sunny with some s...
2025-01-22 12:46:10 +0000 UTC View PostBefore entering, they were offered bread and salt again, and ushered into the tent.
There, only four people were waiting for them. Queen Daenerys sat in the center, with Prince Quentyn at her right, and Jon Connington at her left, with Lord Velaryon beside the Stormlander. Not a Valeman to be seen.
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... 2025-01-19 09:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post"But then, I would have to hide her," Jon countered. "What conclusions would they draw once they see me arrive, ahorse, in their camp? Would they not think I'd rather have arrived atop my dragon?"
"After what happened today…" Edmure breathed in, "they would think you are a sane man."
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Jon...
2025-01-16 09:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post( Daeron POV )
Jon winced in pain as he raised his arm towards Winter's body, the bandages wrapped around him nearly coming loose.
"Careful, Jon," Sam warned from behind him, staying a respectable distance away. "You cannot move your arm too briskly; it will hurt and might undo the bandages."
2025-01-13 15:27:57 +0000 UTC View Post
The force of the shock had separated the two dragons, allowing both to take flight again. This time, once more, though, Winter had managed to find its way back to the clouds without Daenerys being able to track it. The only thing it left behind was a trail of dark blood and blue scales, scattered on the field.
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<... 2025-01-10 09:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post"No!" She cried out. "Ilagon! Ilagon!"
Drogon shrieked and rushed downwards, rushing after Viserion's falling body.
There was a chance Drogon could capture him in his claws, there must've been.
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Falling through the skies, her vision became wet once more. She tried to control Dr...
2025-01-07 09:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post"I fear that unless our nephew comes to us and bends the knee, there will be no other outcome. As a matter of fact, these people you kindly negotiated with have just forded the river, downstream," Daenerys replied.
"Then, I warn you, not a single of my men will move unless that dragon is taken down." Prin...
2025-01-04 09:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post( Daenerys. POV )
Daenerys stared at the map laid in front of her, standing as she was under the large, golden tent.
Everyone was frenzied, be it Connington, the Dornish lords, or the Valemen, who now found themselves in the war room.
All the little flags gave her some sort of headache, but she wasn'...
2025-01-01 14:36:59 +0000 UTC View Post"Look, I see that you are annoyed by the Valemen, but Lord Royce was right. Torrhen knelt, but he saved the North from suffering Dorne's fate.
The Dragon's Wroth essentially ensured that we wouldn't be a major power for three generations, and even then, Morion Martell squandered it for his futile quest of vengeance. Yo...
2024-12-29 09:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe ground shook as it landed, revealing a dragonrider on a saddle, like the Targaryens of old. Though the rider looked nothing like a Targaryen.
He was of equal height to her, with dark, brown hair, and a lean build, but that was all that she could see, before Drogon and Rhaegal landed in turn.
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2024-12-26 09:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post( Nymeria POV )
Martell banners fluttered in the winds, overlooking the Mander, around the town of Tumbleton.
They were close to here, once, when they sought out Renly Baratheon, but never did Nymeria think she'd venture so far north.
Staring at the opposite bank, she narrowed her eyes. In the...
2024-12-23 14:29:27 +0000 UTC View Post"Aye, I did, but that could just be the winter ahead."
"He also sent large shipments of dragonglass to the Wall, over four or five years ago, when even I was not aware of the threat."
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Edmure rested against the small pillar, stroking his auburn beard.
"If we inform them of the ...
2024-12-20 09:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post( Daeron POV )
"Careful with your words, Prince Quentyn." Jon looked back at him with just as much determination. "You wish for your sister back, but you hold mine."
"At least I haven't put a babe in yours," Prince Quentyn angrily replied.
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Jon felt his fist clench, but ...
2024-12-17 09:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post( Daeron POV )
Winter tore through another low hanging cloud, revealing the frenzied activity underneath.
Here, almost at the mouth of the Mander, dozens of tents lined the ground, like anthills sprawling out in the countryside.
On the one side, the city of Tumbleton, on the east side of the M...
2024-12-14 11:20:36 +0000 UTC View Post"Lord Arryn lured me into his rooms for he told me that a Dornishwoman had taken ill," Tyene said, between two sobs, which Arianne clearly knew were there to add their little effect for Lord Edmure.
"Having helped some of my fellow Dornish with herbal potions before, I naturally accepted. However, once I reached his ro...
2024-12-11 09:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post( Arianne POV )
"You need to tell him, Arianne."
The Dornish princess looked into her childhood friend's sky-blue eyes.
They both had changed from their days in the Water Gardens, in every way. His brown beard had grown, his equally brown hair was now flowing to his shoulders. His ...
2024-12-08 13:54:43 +0000 UTC View Post"I have lost two grandsons already in this war, and for long, I thought I had lost a third." Olenna adjusted her seat closer to Margaery's. "I will not lose more."
"Floris?" Margaery suddenly asked.
Olenna stayed silent.
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"With some luck, given a bastard's name an...
2024-12-05 09:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post( Margaery POV )
"What do you mean, all of them?"
Her father's voice resonated through the Small Council chamber like that of a septon preaching his word in an abandoned sept.
"Only a handful of men managed to return, all Stormlanders, and a few of our own horse," Mathis Rowan said with a shak...
2024-12-02 11:43:30 +0000 UTC View Post"Your Grace, they are prisoners, they cannot be executed!" Lord Fowler protested.
Aegon immediately whispered a few words in her ear, and Daenerys nodded.
"My apologies. Not executed…yet. But another punishment may yet be found."
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There were murmurs around the table, but the matter ...
2024-11-29 09:25:00 +0000 UTC View Post"When will he wake up?"
"Days, moons, months, mayhaps never." Arch sighed. "The maester said that if he did not wake up after three days, then all hope might just be lost."
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( Edric POV )
Edric restrained himself from crying."I'm sorry. I should've b...
2024-11-26 09:25:01 +0000 UTC View Post( Edric POV )
Edric felt elation as he removed his helm.
Elation at the thought of having won the battle, but also elation at the fact that it was finally over.
He had been worried, charging into the night, under the rain, that they'd just run into a wall of Stormlander spears.
In...
2024-11-23 11:23:19 +0000 UTC View PostWith the battle happening at night, all the royalists had worn both a red armband and had a red streak in the shape of a dragon painted on their helm and armor. It reduced the chances of accidents, though some poor sods would likely be killed by their own friends anyway.
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The battle was as thick as the...
2024-11-20 09:15:02 +0000 UTC View Post( Oberyn POV )
Cold, rain and mud.
These were the three things that continued to wear down the Royal host as their progression north continued, even in the middle of the night.
Well, better these than enemies.
Indeed, thanks to Blackhaven's quick fall, they had been ...
2024-11-17 12:13:42 +0000 UTC View Post"She acts like a Southerner, almost a Dornishwoman. She's grown to our customs, and she's not shy of telling some suitors off."
"We'll see," Quentyn said with a shrug "If she wishes to stay, I shall not oppose it. Perhaps she could marry a Dornish lord? Ned, perhaps? But I still think she would rat...
2024-11-14 09:11:00 +0000 UTC View Post( Gerris POV )
For the first time in nearly three hundred years, orange and red banners flew over the walls of Blackhaven. And this time, they were here to stay.
Gerris looked at the castle with a sense of pride. Everything had gone perfectly well, with Ned leading the men into the walls of the city, which...
2024-11-11 14:07:16 +0000 UTC View Post"Come with me." Edmure motioned.
All the guards stood at attention as the lord of Riverrun asked to be let in. One of the guards fumbled with the key, but eventually managed to open it for the two of them.
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As soon as they closed the door, Jon was met with screeches.
Fam...
2024-11-08 09:35:00 +0000 UTC View Post( Daeron POV )
A sort of eerie calm took hold of the column heading northwards, the silence only being broken by the sound of marching soldiers, trotting horses, or the occasional bird chirping.
Jon looked in front of him, hoping to see a familiar figure arise from the morning mist, at the end of the paved...
2024-11-05 13:48:32 +0000 UTC View PostAnders seemed awestruck. The Prince had considered him for Hand? Or was it for Master of Coin? In any case, he had considered him for a position amidst the Small Council. This boded well for what was to come.
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The Queen was the next to talk.
"The appointment of S...
2024-11-02 09:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post