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    • High Tide, Chapter 51: Doubts and Basilisks

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      by Tertius711 Fifth Moon, 114 ACGaelDaemon was off somewhere in the city, no doubt indulging in yet another day of revelry and celebration with his men now that he had finally been reinstated to his post as Commander of the Watch. She was happy for him.Her husband’s reinstatement was a result of her efforts. She had been working hard to convince Aemon for years and it had finally borne fruit after she had pointed out how well behaved Daemon had been with regards to the Velaryons in the past few years. He hadn’t even…
    • Divide and Conquer, Chapter 8: Elder (E)

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      by Tertius711 Eleventh Moon, 101 AD (1 BC) Visenya “At ease,” Aegon said with a smile. The councilors who had risen to greet them all relaxed, though by decorum none took their seats until Visenya and her siblings did. Her son Aerion and her niece Valaena meanwhile went to the nearby table and began pouring cups of wine from the pitchers to serve to them and each of the ministers. The two of them had started serving as the council’s cupbearers this past year so that they might observe and learn how to govern…
    • High Tide, Chapter 30

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      by Tertius711 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…
    • High Tide, Chapter 62: The Summer Sea

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      by Tertius711 Third Moon, 122 ACThe Summer IslanderOnce he had been Jhallador Zhas, a proud warrior and chief retainer in the service of Prince Xhallabar Xho, the Prince of Lizard Head off the coast of Jhala. But no more. He was nothing now. Just a sad exile drinking away his sorrows in a Lyseni tavern.He tightened the grip on his cup and took another swill of his wine as his bitterness continued to fester. Exile. The Priests of Love had always insisted that their way of warfare was superior to that of other peoples and…
    • Divide and Conquer, Chapter 19: The Cost of War

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      by Tertius711 First Moon, 108 AD (7 AC) Aegon Balerion roared as they approached Wendwater Bight, the seat of House Wendwater on the mouth of the river from which they took their name. Vhagar, to their left, answered in kind as they converged upon the castle, espying the banners laying siege to it. Three were most familiar and prominent among them. A triple spiral of red, blue, and green on white, a leaping blue swordfish on fretty silver and white, and a ring of seven seven-pointed gold stars on a field of white.…
    • High Tide, Chapter 41: The Thickness of Blood

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      by Tertius711 Third Moon, 109 ACGael Targaryen“Well here comes another useless bootlicker,” her husband complained. Gael turned her eyes to the supposed licker of boots in question, Lord Otto Hightower of Highwatch, Governor of the Stepstones.She smirked at her husband. “You were the one who decided you wanted to attend court today. You could have been drinking with your cronies and captains out in the city instead.”Daemon returned her smirk at her. “You would have complained if I did that.”Gael smiled…
    • High Tide, Chapter 73: The Firestorm

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      by Tertius711 Second Moon, 132 ACBaelaWith a dragon’s eye view, she soared over all the lands. Years of experience and training allowed her to bend the candle and its rebellious light to her will with ease but it still needed focus. At any moment the candle could drag her mind across the whole world and away from what she wished to see.In the aftermath of that day and with glass candle scrying to ensure the remaining Targaryens would not sally forth and challenge them, Jacaerys, Laena, Corlys, Baelor, Jaenara, Serra,…
    • Divide and Conquer, Chapter 30: Creatures

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      by Tertius711 Third Moon, 118 AD (17 AC) Aegon “Magnificent, aren’t they Your Grace?” the handler asked excitedly. The man in question was one of the many demands he had made of Volantis as the annual tribute for staying out of the wars in Essos. He had asked that they send him a few of their most capable elephant handlers and trainers in advance before he had conquered the North, anticipating that they would soon be very necessary. “They are indeed,” Aegon could not help but admit, feeling even a little…
    • Chapter 52: The Ghosts of Gogossos

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      by Tertius711 Tenth Moon, 114 ACJacaerys“They’re opening another vault?” Baela asked.“It seems so. I’m thinking of taking a trip down there to watch as the survey team goes in this time,” Jace replied.“This time? You mean everytime. You always do that,” Baela teased.“Can you blame me? It’s the most exciting thing that happens these days,” Jace retorted.Why would he not want to follow along to see how the exploration and excavation efforts were going? Overseeing the daily tasks and chores of their…
    • Divide and Conquer, Chapter 9: The Fog of War

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      by Tertius711 First Moon, 102 AD (1 AC) The Ranger Commandant Crowley and his fellow Rangers watched from a distance as the King and Queen blasted through the Golden Tooth with their dragons. The sight of Balerion and Meraxes in all their awesome power never failed to amaze him. Their preparations for this war had not gone unnoticed and the Golden Tooth had been fortified and reinforced with almost ten thousand men, many of them veterans from the campaign in the Iron Islands. They were under the command of Lord Roger…
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