Chapter Thirty-Five: Storming the End
"A storm is only a storm until a man stands beneath it."
―Westerosi Proverb
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Lord Borros Baratheon, being a man of no inconsiderable self-regard, had always maintained a firm belief in the natural order of things. The gods, in their wisdom, had dictated that the Baratheons were a family of consequence, that Storm’s End was a fortress of indomitable repute, and that he, its lord, was a figure of s...
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Chapter Thirty-Four: Bronzegate, Before the Dawn
"The Fremen were supreme in that quality the ancients called ‘spannungsbogen’—which is the self-imposed delay between desire for a thing and the act of reaching out to grasp that thing."
―Frank Herbert
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Lord Buckler had always thought himself a practical man. He was not the sort to rush into folly, nor to be ruled by passions unbecoming of a lord. He kept a firm ha...
2025-02-09 22:26:45 +0000 UTC
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Audio will be delayed for a day, plus or minus a few hours. I want to finish the draft for chapters 24 and 25 before doing that.
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Chapter Thirty-Three: Forging Cloaks of Red
It is said that the strength of an empire lies not in its gold, nor its castles, nor even in the dragons that darken its skies—but in the men who march beneath its banners, willing to die at the whim of a being they shall never meet, for a cause they scarcely understand. The Drakarmar were such men. And yet, they were more.
In the long annals of the Targaryen reign, their name stirs whispers still, though the...
2025-02-04 09:29:44 +0000 UTC
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Chapter Thirty-Two: Leashed
"A certain amount of fear is necessary for control."
―Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
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It was a morning of solemn temper when Rhaenys Targaryen, the Queen Who Never Was, stood before the grand arches of the Dragonpit, her countenance composed, though not entirely free from the indignation that had settled upon her spirit. The morning air carried with it a bracing chill, tempered by the faint acrid sc...
2025-02-04 09:27:32 +0000 UTC
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Chapter Thirty-One: Terms of Necessity
“The Iron Bank is always glad to be of service.”
―Tycho Nestoris
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The chamber smelled of old coin and older ambition, though neither scent was strong enough to mask the faint bitterness of ink drying on parchment. Light slanted through high windows, thin as a miser’s smile, casting long shadows across the polished surface of the council table. Here, the fortunes of kings...
2025-02-04 09:24:49 +0000 UTC
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Audio Chapter for INTERLUDE: Setting Boundaries [The Golden Wyrm]
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INTERLUDE: Setting Boundaries
"Fear is what keeps a man alive in this world of treachery and deceit."
— Roose Bolton
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The air in the chamber was thick with the oppressive weight of silence. It pressed upon the assembled lords and councillors with an authority more profound than any spoken command, lingering in the space between breaths, settling into the very stones of the Red Keep. Aegon stood within it, his hands clenched at hi...
2025-01-30 23:15:55 +0000 UTC
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Do you like the audio chapters? Don't worry, it only takes me about an hour to create and edit using Elevens Lab and Canva; actually writing the chapters themselves is still the most labour-intensive part.
This poll is important because I am considering making it a standard on every chapter with every fic once I can figure out how to get the cost down without compromising on quality.
Pro-tip: The captions are generally pretty accurate so enabling them might be worth considering.
2025-01-30 04:09:13 +0000 UTC
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INTERLUDE: Confrontation
"The Lords of the Vale could field twenty thousand swords at need."
— Alayne II, A Feast for Crows
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The map was an elegant thing. A masterwork of parchment and paint, its vast surface spread across the council table in a careful arrangement of colour—white for those yet to declare, green for the faithful, black for the rest. There was very little black. A smattering in the Reach, a handful of errant Riverlord...
2025-01-30 02:28:39 +0000 UTC
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Sample
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Reference Images
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I rewrote the plot after stumbling on a few major plotholes. This reflects that.
2025-01-29 06:19:09 +0000 UTC
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INTERLUDE: Goading
“Show me a flattered fool and I will show you a weak ruler.”
―Leto II
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It was an afternoon of singular indolence within the august walls of the Red Keep, where Aegon had installed himself most comfortably upon the Iron Throne—not in the manner of a sovereign dispensing justice with solemn dignity, but rather as a disaffected youth might slump into a chair too grand for his frame. His posture spoke of languor, h...
2025-01-29 06:12:42 +0000 UTC
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Chapter Thirty: Closing Walls
"A man is a tool of his own body, a tool of his mind, a tool of his emotions. The trick is to learn how to wield that tool properly."
―Duncan Idaho
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Rhaenyra stood at the center of this somber space, a figure of majestic discontent. Her voice, though even, carried the weight of reproach as she addressed her sons, who stood before her like errant schoolboys caught in the midst of mischief.
“Well,”...
2025-01-29 06:08:06 +0000 UTC
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Chapter Twenty-Nine: Gilded Chains
“This is the power of the Guild. They can refuse to ship certain goods. They can refuse to transport certain people. Without the Guild, no interstellar commerce exists.”
―Muad'Dib
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Mysaria watched in silence from the narrow slit of a high window in the Merchant Guild building, her gaze fixed on the slow, deliberate approach of the ornate galley as it glided into the Blackwater Rush. The vessel, bl...
2025-01-29 06:02:06 +0000 UTC
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Chapter Twenty-Eight: MAD
"In 138 AC, the bones of Addam were returned to Driftmark from Raventree Hall. His brother Alyn, by then Lord of the Tides, put only the word "LOYAL" as the epitaph on Addam's tomb."
―Unknown
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“Angōs, Embrōrbar!”
The words came with malice, and before Daemon could react, his world was fire. A torrent of death erupted from Seasmoke’s maw, a wall of orange and gold that swallowed the space between ...
2025-01-20 00:20:45 +0000 UTC
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Chapter Twenty-Seven: Deterrence
“I have no fear of armies. Many and more have broken themselves against my Bloody Gate, and the Eyrie is known to be impregnable. But you have descended on us from the sky, as Queen Visenya once did during the Conquest, and I was powerless to halt you. I mislike feeling powerless. Send me dragonriders.”
―Jeyne, to Jacaerys Velaryon
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It was a fine, if somewhat overcast, morning when Oscar Tully found...
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Just finished drafting the "war". Ignore the attachment name(artefact from editingsoftware).
2025-01-16 19:16:05 +0000 UTC
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Chapter Twenty-Six: Setting Pieces
"A skinny brown girl on a skinny brown dragon"
―writings of Munkun
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The morning light fell soft and pale upon the great hall of the Eyrie, illuminating the austere grandeur of its vaulted ceilings and cold stone floors. Lady Jeyne Arryn sat in her customary chair of carved weirwood, her hands folded neatly in her lap as she presided over yet another dreary matter brought before her. Her countenance be...
2025-01-15 23:37:50 +0000 UTC
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Chapter Twenty-Five: Chaining the Serpent
"Seventy-nine years of age, he had served four kings and a queen, sailed to the ends of the earth, raised House Velaryon to unprecedented levels of wealth and power, married a princess who might have been a queen, fathered dragonriders, built towns and fleets, proved his valour in times of war and his wisdom in times of peace. The Seven Kingdoms would never see his like again."
―writings of Gyldayn
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Chapter Twenty-Four: The Red Kraken
"War was an ironman's proper trade. The Drowned God had made them to reave and rape, to carve out kingdoms and write their names in fire and blood and song."
―Theon Greyjoy
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The wind carried the salt of the sea and the screams of gulls as Dalton the Greyjoy stood atop a jagged promontory overlooking the grey, restless waters below. The rock-studded waves surged and retreated in a rhythm older than th...
2025-01-11 01:13:58 +0000 UTC
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Chapter Twenty-Three: The King’s Justice
SEVEN YEARS AGO
Royal Decree of His Grace, King Viserys I Targaryen
To the Lords and Ladies of the Realm, and all those sworn to the Iron Throne, let it be known:
By the grace of the Seven and the will of the gods, I, Viserys of the House Targaryen, the First of My Name, King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and Protector of th...
2025-01-09 20:09:55 +0000 UTC
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Chapter Twenty-Two: Pawn to H5(Provocation)
“A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct.”
―"The Manual of Muad’Dib" by the Princess Irulan.
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The faint hum of the tide brushing against the pier echoed in Nettles’ ears as she tightened the last strap of Sheepstealer’s saddle. The dragon shifted beneath her touch, his scales hot and rough like volcanic rock left too long in the sun. H...
2025-01-09 12:05:27 +0000 UTC
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Chapter Twenty-One: Honour and Loyalty (Pt. 2)
It was late afternoon when the crimson shadow of Caraxes fell upon the Winterfell. The skies above the Wolfswood were an iron grey, heavy with the threat of snow. The dragon descended, wings beating heavily against the frigid northern winds, which carried with them the scent of pine and petrichor. Men and women alike paused in their labours to gape at the creature’s immense, serpentine form. Yet, despite the dragon’s ov...
2025-01-08 09:01:44 +0000 UTC
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Chapter Twenty-One: Honour and Loyalty
“A man is a fool who puts aside his own house for the sake of another’s.”
―Thufir Hawat
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The rain fell in sheets, driven sideways by the fierce winds that howled through the courtyard of Storm’s End. Thunder rumbled overhead, and Lucerys adjusted his cloak, pulling the damp fabric tighter around him as he trudged behind his brother, Jace.
As they entered the great hall, the atmospher...
2025-01-07 23:25:17 +0000 UTC
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INTERLUDE: Seasmoke
"Laenor Velaryon’s Seasmoke was a splendid creature, pale silver-grey in colour, swift and gracious in the air."
―Archmaester Gyldayn
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The moon hung low and swollen in the sky, its pale light casting a ghostly sheen on the churning waters of Blackwater Bay. Addam Velaryon stood at the helm of a tiny fishing sloop, his calloused hands steady on the tiller as he guided the craft through the treacherous currents. The...
2025-01-07 09:31:47 +0000 UTC
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INTERLUDE: Sheepstealer
"Sheepstealer’s savagery in battle would earn him a fearsome reputation, though he fought but seldom."
―Archmaester Gyldayn
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The wind screamed past Nettles' ears as Vhagar descended toward the Wendwater. The ancient beast’s wings beat slow and heavy, each stroke churning the air like a storm at sea. From her perch behind Prince Aemond, Nettles clutched at the leather straps, her knuckles white. Every muscle ...
2025-01-06 21:06:28 +0000 UTC
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INTERLUDE: Pinky. Ring.
“Words are wind, but the wind can fan a fire.”
―Tyrion Lannister
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“…and if we are to even contest the boy’s claim, she must be crowned,” Daemon declared, a tinge of annoyance in his tone. “We may argue over tactics and allegiances for hours yet, but the simple truth remains: Without that symbol of legitimacy, our cause falters before it begins. It is unfortunate that Viserys crown is in the Green...
2025-01-05 10:35:18 +0000 UTC
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Chapter Twenty
“Anger is a great thing, sometimes. It makes a man strong. It makes him do things he might not otherwise do.”
— Brienne of Tarth
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It was a truth universally acknowledged that Prince Aemond could be a source of vexation should he choose to. Otto Hightower, seated in his chambers with the intent to fashion order from chaos, found himself more than usually burdened by such vexations. The quill in his hand trembled with ...
2025-01-05 10:32:49 +0000 UTC
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