Alicent did not have to wait long. In a matter of minutes, the Velaryon continent were crowding at the entrance. The Lords announcing themselves were paid little attention as the entire court had their attention turned to Laenor Velaryon and his eclectic group. By his side stood the man she knew to be Ser Ben Celtigar, his sworn shield. And then there were others she could not place. Men and women of clearly foreign origin. His slaves. Laenor Velaryon had brought his slaves to Westeros. She w...
2025-11-08 15:44:16 +0000 UTC
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“You did” She said.
“And you are still here.” He commented.
“They wanted me to convince you” She said.
“My yes is my yes. My no is my no” He did not know what the shinobi took him for but he had little interest in finding out. He had one friend in their number, and Shamon was dead. If he could have sealed himself back into his kettle, he would have, Unfortunately, the kettle refused to even attempt holding him with all the power coursing through him now. <...
2025-11-07 22:26:46 +0000 UTC
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“He said it was, and I quote here, ‘extremely worrying’. Pardon me if I ask for some clarification. We’ve seen what you-know-who has been doing for the past few weeks now. Senseless violence isn’t new to him. So I want to know why this feels different to the Headmaster” He clarified, not backing down from the grizzled auror. There was a time when Alastor Moody would have scared the crap out of him, but that time had passed.
He had an immortal alchemist in his house who thr...
2025-11-07 22:25:20 +0000 UTC
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She hoped she would get to see some of that glass, she thought to herself as her Husband finished exchanging greetings with the reason House Velaryon had come to mind in the first place. Rhaenys Targaryen, the Queen who never was, and her daughter Laena Velaryon had arrived, and instead of waiting for the Lord of the House before presenting themselves to the royal family like any other house ought to have, the Velaryons had just sauntered up the throne room and instantly been given pride of p...
2025-11-07 22:22:39 +0000 UTC
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XXXX- THE GREEN QUEEN
Of all the houses of the realm, House Velaryon was the one that fascinated her the most. Well, that was excluding the royal house that had become her own, of course. House Velaryon, sailors, up jumped merchants, servants to House Targaryen, now the second most powerful house in the realm, and the wealthiest by some margin. Her father had not been shy in telling her what his spies had been able to find out about Laenor Targaryen’s activities in the stepstones. Th...
2025-11-07 22:21:05 +0000 UTC
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XXXX- SIRIUS BLACK
Azkaban was a message. No one could think anything else. Bodies lay strewn all over. The dead, so plentiful that their bodies had been piled up and still, there was barely any space for one to walk through. Voldemort was telling them something with this, and Sirius didn’t think he liked what the message said.
“He took only the marked ones and some others— can’t find a pattern so far. Killed everyone else” Alastor’s gruff voice whispered to Dumbled...
2025-11-07 22:18:08 +0000 UTC
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SIX MONTHS AFTER ATTACK ON KONOHA; BUNPUKU THE MONK
“The elders said I should inform you of their decision” he heard her voice again as it intruded on his meditation. Meditation that had become both more and less necessary in the months since he had broken his oath to remain in the kettle. Less necessary because it was much easier to surpress Shukaku’s hatred now than it had ever been. Their relationship had shifted since the seals had been taken in on himself. Shukaku, his friend...
2025-11-07 22:16:45 +0000 UTC
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Igneel’s new carrier was about the same size as the ship that used to be my father’s flagship. In a couple of years, it would be too big, I thought with no small amount of pride as I watched him settle down on the wood. We had improved the design of the carriers with time. Now there were several braziers underneath the deck that would be maintained by the sailors that had volunteered to sail with him. His meals would also be roasted and prepared for him even during transit, thanks to a sp...
2025-11-07 21:51:08 +0000 UTC
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The Daily Prophet for the first day of August 1995 did not go out in the morning. The news reaching the editors was too confusing for them to feel comfortable releasing an issue. So they did something they were not renowned for. They went out; they conducted interviews. They took pictures of the various sites that the disasters had taken place at, and when they felt they had a good picture of things, they weighed and agonized over the decision of whether to publish or not. Feeling un...
2025-11-07 18:48:49 +0000 UTC
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The chains snapped, sending the kunai racing at me at Mach speeds. I took a breath and then reached out for one, catching it by its handle, and then contorting my body to avoid most of them before deflecting the rest with the kunai I held. I felt the seal on the kunai as it began to activate. I looked down, noting that it was an explosive seal. Not one I’d seen before, but the core elements were there for sure. I wondered for a second whose work it was even as I deactivated the one in my ha...
2025-11-07 18:41:58 +0000 UTC
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She didn’t make it two steps before I grabbed her by the head, tucking her underarm again to prevent her running off and making too much of a nuisance.
“Think things through, Kushina. She said he’d be in the red if he treated us, but as you can tell, he didn’t. I paid for our meals and then some. That money should probably go into keeping things working for a time longer.”
“So he’s fine?”
“I’d never let my cute little sister’s favorite ramen place cl...
2025-11-07 16:58:23 +0000 UTC
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And then it began. The sand that had been glassed b my lightning was the first to shift, vibrating and shifting from glass right back to sand. Even the semi-liquid bits turned back to fresh dry white sand. And then came the wall that he had formed— or what remained of it. The black stone dissolved into sand, and the trench my ventus had torn between our positions was slowly filled by the sand. More and more of it flew upwards from the sea, drying itself off and joining the sand already coll...
2025-11-07 16:55:41 +0000 UTC
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But that was only half of what was necessary for making an impression during the tourney. The other half would be winning the damn thing. I turned my attention to Ben behind me, considering suggesting that we head out for a joust, but the arrival of a messenger tossed that out of mind.
“Lannister ships, my lord” he said. I nodded. That was good. According to the raven from Casterly Rock, they had left basically a moon ago right down to the day so they were right on time.
“...
2025-11-07 16:54:10 +0000 UTC
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“Okay then, come along” he said, waving me forwards.
I drew a rune in the air with a flex of my magic before pushing out with my wand. “Ventus maximus” I whispered, creating a massive gust of wind that practically lifted up the entire wasteland in front of me, sending it right at my opponent. I sagged in on myself, struggling to keep my feet as I felt a sense of emptiness fill me.
I was oh so fucking tired. Using the runic version of any spell seemed to take a minimum of...
2025-11-07 16:18:30 +0000 UTC
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In the end, the answer to the question no one had asked was twenty-three and the competition had ended in a tie, with both ramen chef and customer loudly proclaiming they could keep going if not for the lack of ingredients. And indeed they had for a while. Nishiyoka had turned from making Pork ramen o whatever flavors he had the ingredients for on hand. Except Seaweed, of course. Kushina’s hatred of seaweed ramen could only be matched by the love she had for all other forms of the delicious...
2025-11-06 16:03:28 +0000 UTC
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“Oh Parvella, you have outdone yourself” I said as I looked at the scale model. It was perfectly in line with my drawings. Well, not my drawings in truth. My copy of the drawings I’d been able to procure from a certain resourceful Bravoosi. The alliance with the Sealord was producing dividends I hadn’t been able to even foresee. The man was resourceful in a way few could imagine, and even fewer could match.
Braavos was the trade capital of the world, and if there wa...
2025-11-06 15:48:55 +0000 UTC
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“Nothing more onerous than what you do already, I promise. You just need to turn a blind eye to one or two things, and to sign one or two laws when they come up. We will handle things in the wizengamot to give you as easy a job as possible. Cornelius, working with us will feel like nothing has changed, because little will have” Lucius said, and wasn’t that the truth. It was not a thought he could have in his Lord’s presence but he knew that his work in the last decade had done more to...
2025-11-06 15:44:48 +0000 UTC
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So the mirror had a black and red wooden frame with dragons carved into it. It was beautiful by every estimation, and rare was not even beginning to cut it. She would have the best mirror in all the Seven Kingdoms, and it wasn’t even close. Of course, that was if you didn’t include the Stepstones or Driftmark. I’d shipped dozens of mirrors for stocking High Tide in the months since our major orders for glass dried up and we had extra capacity to work with. Of course, the extra capacity ...
2025-11-06 07:05:34 +0000 UTC
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I turned the hard mud into soft sludge near instantly and then attached my chakra to it as the mud exploded outwards in every which way. I could feel my capacity drastically drop with the jutsu I’d just cast, but it proved to be worth it as I saw all three of my students slumped to the floor. Well, two of them were. Kushina was struggling to move. Gyuki’s chakra was giving her the strength to move even with the extremely heavy mud sticking to her. Well, that was not matter. I flashed forw...
2025-11-06 06:10:43 +0000 UTC
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Kushina reached me first. In tailed beast mode, they weren’t even comparable in speed. And this time instead of giving way to her overwhelming power, I stood my ground. I swelled in size as I pulled on that energy stored within my seal, balancing it against my own chakra with control only a hyuga could understand and preparing to be the wall her storm would break against.
She kicked out. I blocked, raising a single hand. Sh pushed off, and as she did so, her tails lashed out at me. I...
2025-11-05 21:57:12 +0000 UTC
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“Wh-what? But everyone knows. Potter—“
“I would advise yu to stop believing the drivel the public carries about as truth. You must be a more enlightened man as he minister for magic” He said, beginning their story.
“What? But what do you mean? Nothing was found of him and Harry Potter has the scar. Dunbledore said—“
“You should already be familiar with the headmaster’s propensity for dishonest at this point, Cornelius. Now will you listen as I answer ou...
2025-11-05 05:49:41 +0000 UTC
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“Truly, my Lord. I will do better to make the men loyal to more than just gold regardless. They must work for a greater purpose” He swore.
“And indeed they will. I have no doubts about your ability to make that happen, Rhaenos. Thank you” I said in reply, leaning over and placing my hand on his shoulder. He nodded, taken in by the gesture. I turned to leave, because the ships were only part of my assignment for today.
Next, I had to look into gifts. And gifts were a diff...
2025-11-05 04:43:19 +0000 UTC
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“That is normal. They have been working together for much longer, building ships according to my designs. For almost as ling, and have access to better tools and labour. It is just the way of things for now. But I would be surprised to find them being your brothers by thee end of the decade” I said, giving the explanation and praise with ease. Because in truth, Rhaenos was impressive. I did not allow it show as often, but he was never of those that were far exceeding the expectations I’...
2025-11-04 22:48:59 +0000 UTC
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But smart was far from enough to deal with me. I met Minato first. His kick whizzed past m head. I took his lunch to my guard, stepping back and giving him space to spin back into a kick with impressive flexibility. I yielded more space. Mikoto joined in seamlessly, sharingan allowing her to compensate for Minato’s wide and flashy movements perfectly. Where he left openings, she plugged them instantly. This was the team I had created to kill Jounin, and would one day become my answer to Kag...
2025-11-04 21:52:51 +0000 UTC
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“Amelia Bones, the head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, Alexander Burke, Head of the Accounting Department, Reginald Fawley, Head of the Department of Magical Transportation, and Ellias Brown, Head of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures are just some of the most notable casualties of last night’s rampage against the Ministry itself. There are credible accounts that say he visited the homes of several other Department Heads, but those homes ...
2025-11-04 16:49:01 +0000 UTC
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The chains snapped, sending the kunai racing at me at mach speeds. I took a breath and then reached out for one, catching it by its handle, and then contorting my body to avoid the most of them before deflecting the rest of them with the kunai I held. I felt the seal on the kunai as it began to activate. I looked down, noting that it was an explosive seal. Not one I’d seen before, but the core elements were there for sure. I wondered for a second whose work it was even as I deactivated the ...
2025-11-02 21:30:11 +0000 UTC
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Igneel’s new carrier was about the same size as the ship that used to be my father’s flagship. In a couple of years, it would be too big, I thought with no small amount of pride as I watched him settle down on the wood. We had improved the design of the carriers with time. Now there were several braziers underneath the deck that would be maintained by the sailors that had volunteered to sail with him. His meals would also be roasted and prepared for him even during transit thanks to a spe...
2025-11-02 21:29:14 +0000 UTC
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The daily prophet for the First day of August 1995 did not go out in the morning. The news reaching the editors was too confusing for them to feel comfortable releasing an issue. So they did something they were not renowned for. They went out, they conducted interviews. They took pictures of the various sites that the disasters had taken place at, and when they felt they had a good picture of things, they weighed and agonized over the decision of whether to publish or not. Feeling uncharacter...
2025-11-02 21:28:05 +0000 UTC
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Where Toshiro had seemed to stroll into the room, comfortable in his skin, Shiba seemed to lumber. Every step he took seemed to weigh more than the last. Not with a physical weight, but a metaphysical one. This was a man with a burden on his shoulders, and he wore it on his extra-long sleeves for the world to see.
“Are you well, my friend?” I found myself asking, not out of concern for him, for he had always been this way, but to break the silence that stretched between us like a ta...
2025-11-02 21:27:07 +0000 UTC
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The one to my left, Declan, attacked first. He had a pug face, a nose clearly broken one too many times to heal right, and a sneer on his face. He swung his blade at me. I ducked underneath it and stomped at his foot. He managed to snatch it back in time, and as I moved to take advantage of his imbalance, I heard the steps of the other one approaching.
I swung my stolen blade in his direction, and he blocked. I took a step back, keeping both men in my view. All three of them, I meant. S...
2025-11-02 21:24:58 +0000 UTC
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