( 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 would write about it many years in the future.
This time, it was not to be in a small tent, or a field in the middle of nowhere or along the ban...
( 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 spirit? Stand, Westerosi, whose Andal blood of your fathers conquered these lands. These fathers, like Garth Greenhand, who have fought and won here gre...
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 sparse clouds. We thank you for having flown with Dornish Airlines and hope to see you again soon."
Gerold took one last look outside of t...
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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Not a word was spoken as everyone took their seats once again, and it was Jon who finally broke the heavy silence, with a question he wished...
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 did not reply immediately, and instead turned his head towards Lord Karstark. He was loyal to his father, then his brother, and now him. What would h...
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."
Jon nodded, and brought his arm down. The burns on his body hadn't hurt until he landed, too caught up in the fight to care about the pain. But o...
2025-01-13 15:27:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe 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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She dared to turn around, and felt her stomach turn.
Right behind her, almost where she could reach, were bite marks. Later on, ...
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 Drogon, to manage to keep some distance between her and the surely approaching ground, but to no avail.
When the ground finally came into v...
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." Prince Quentyn stood with determination.
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Daenerys froze.
"What?" She asked.
"My men will not move ...
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't worried, since the black flags vastly outnumbered the blue ones, and some blue ones were now hastily repainted in black.
Aegon leaned i...
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. You have a golden opportunity to save your people and ensure their prosperity."
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Prince Daeron stayed silent, laying back i...
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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A few words later, they were on their way to the large tent in which negotiations were to be conducted, besides a ford, right under Tumb...
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 distance, she could see activity, with blue and grey tents being pitched under the ever darker skies over the Reach.
The cold wind blew ...
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 presence of the Others, we would lose all the edge we have." Edmure sighed. "If they do not call us madmen."
"The undead, at Riverrun, do...
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 kept himself from overreacting. He couldn't do so. Not here, not now. Not with the stakes being so high.
"I am willing to discuss handing...
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 Mander, and their orange, red and yellow tents, and on the other, on the side of the bountiful fields along the wide river, were the blue and grey tent...
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 rooms, they were empty, and he had closed the door, barring any escape."
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Arianne took a step forward, but Daemon prevented...
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 eyes were tired, his build thinner, and he walked with a cane, just like her father had.
She, for her part, wore a thick coat, given to h...
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 and fostered in the capital. Mayhaps sent to the Silent Sisters, mayhaps…"
"No! I won't allow it!" Margaery stood from her chair.
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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 shake of his head, "Tarly, Merryweather and Blackbar were not amongst them. It is presumed that they have fallen, or been captured."
All memb...
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 was dropped quite quickly, and a few other matters were discussed, when Jon Connington made another suggestion.
"Your Grace, it would be ...
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 been there."
"I was, and it did not change much. They overwhelmed us, and only Connington's arrival saved mine life, else I'd have been st...
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.
Instead, the Dayne and Connington charge completely dislocated the right wing of Tarly's device. They had completely massacred the infantry standing 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 rain drops which kept falling with no signs of slowing down.
Oberyn allowed himself a look behind him, to see Quentyn had already broken...
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 able to push quite quickly past Summerhall and into the valleys leading to King's Landing.
There were no more narrow passes and long wind...
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 rather leave and meet her family once again."
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With that, Quentyn smiled and left.
Gerris raised an eyebrow, an...
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 was completely unprepared for such an assault.
The small garrison retreated into the inner keep, a towering behemoth of grey stone perch...
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.
Familiar screeches, added to the scent of death.
His eyes went wide as Edmure ushered him forward.
There, in the corner of a ro...
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 road.
Behind him, a large column of soldiers, carriages, horses and carts, all carrying the most precious thing in the world at the mome...
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 Ser Barristan Selmy as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard has been confirmed. Ser Rolly Duckfield and Ser Strong Belwas will also don the White Cloak." T...
2024-11-02 09:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post