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ViserraFirst Moon, 98 ACLegions of fanatics as numerous as the stars, waved silver-green banners and chanted for victory as they marched onwards, never ceasing. The silver-green banners faded into embers. The pale fortress burned, its splendor igniting into flame. Its silver towers melted into a sea of rising tides. The dragons roared in the sky, and the earth trembled before their wake.Viserra rubbed her forehead, her thoughts dwelling on a cryptic dream she’d had that morning. It was vague and…- 463.2 K • Completed
- The Storm LordTwelfth Moon, 94 ACThings were not going to plan for Boremund Baratheon. The Velaryons should have been humbled in Tyrosh, crushed by his older brother’s sanctions and forced to return to beg his mercy. Instead the opposite had happened. They had defeated all who would defy them in Tyrosh and had begun to rebuild the city, reaping vast profits and wealth. They had forced Otto Hightower to back down in the Stepstones Crisis. His older brother’s sanctions had proven useless. House Velaryon…
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- ViserraSeventh Moon, 94 ACIt had been over two years since the Morghon Revolt had been crushed. Those two years had seen a massive turn in House Velaryon’s fortunes as Tyrosh was brought under their full control. Now, House Velaryon ruled in Tyrosh absolutely, unquestioned, unchallenged.The militant Stars, which had been loyal but worryingly fanatic and independent, had been greatly bloodied and their numbers had been thinned during the revolt. The survivors had been recruited and assimilated into the…
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- ViserraSecond Moon, 92 ACCorlys had dreaded this for months, and now that it had come at last, Viserra finally understood just a little why he had been so worried. Tyrosh was in flames. The loyal Ser Jaremy had described how the arrest of a Tower had turned sour, and now a massive mob was rioting and tearing through the city. Their call to arms was a roaring chant of death. “Morghon,” they cried, calling for death; death to the infidels and heretics, death to the tyrants and usurpers, and death for…
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- ViserraSecond Moon, 92 ACJust a few more days, and it would mark one year since Rhaekar died. Even now it was still hard to believe that he was really gone, but he was, and the world had moved on without him. Aurane and Alys had had their first child, a child that would never know an uncle, a son named Malentine. Soon, Viserra would have another child that would also never know its uncle as well.Beyond Tyrosh and House Velaryon, the world turned, uncaring of their loss. The Targaryens had successfully…
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- ViserraSecond Moon, 88 ACShe shivered briefly as Corlys took her cloak off. The three-headed red dragon of House Targaryen was soon replaced with the silver seahorse of House Velaryon as he wrapped his own cloak around her protectively. She nestled in the warmth.The septon spoke as he brought out the ribbon. “My lords, my ladies, we stand here in the sight of gods and men to witness the union of man and wife. Corlys Velaryon, and Viserra Targaryen have come before the Seven today to be wed. To be made…
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- The Lady of MaidenpoolThird Moon, 91 AC“Mother!” Maegon called out to her eagerly as she arrived in his rooms. At three years old, her younger son would be starting his lessons soon, but for a little while longer at least, he would be free to play all day. His toys were strewn around the room, including a stuffed dragon her father had gifted him.She tried not to think about it, but sometimes she wondered if she was a good mother. She loved her sons dearly, if someone like her could love, but even they…
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- ViserraSecond Moon, 91 AC“Maester Desmond has confirmed my suspicions. The poison was the Strangler. The symptoms match perfectly,” Corlys said as he walked into the room. His words were calm and measured, but his face gave away his anguish.Viserra knew it was mirrored on her own. She sat on the edge of her bed, her mind brooding. “If I hadn’t stopped you from drinking the wine… you’d be dead as well,” she said, haunted by the thought.In response, Corlys wrapped her in his arms. “I’m…
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- JaehaerysSecond Moon, 91 ACWhenever Jaehaerys made a decision he was unsure of, he found himself wondering what his elder brothers would have done in his place. His father Aenys had been a weak pathetic man who failed them all with his indecisiveness and mewling weakness. His uncle Maegor had been a cruel tyrant and kinslayer. Jaehaerys hated them both. They were unworthy kings and even less worthy men.No, it was not Aenys and Maegor that Jaehaerys looked up to. It was not even his grandfather, the…
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- Fifth Moon, 120 ACJacaerysOver a hundred years ago, his ancestor, Aegon the Conqueror had destroyed a Volantene fleet at Lys. Jace found it almost fitting that he would be following in his footsteps. He looked ahead to his prey. The Volantene fleet had formed up in formation. Each ship bristled with scorpions, pointed desperately at the sky. They fired a mass volley of bolts that came flying at Jace and his dragon from all directions.Without even needing his order, Tessarion released a cobalt wreath of…
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