The maester did not think he would live more than a few days more, though. King Mychel Bolton I, the Conqueror, the Wondermaker, the Father of Dragons He's also hopelessly in love with Sansa Stark, and that's both a good thing and a bad thing for the pair of them. Volume IV. Heaven, Hell and Purgatory, who knows whether it exists or not. Im not worried about trying to bring about an industrial revolution to Westeros, I could still semi-industrialize my own lands. Izembaro had blessed by being born and raised in Bravos. He invited the Stark princess to his court, allegedly to hear her harp music and to share the knowledge she had learned from the Spartan with the Souththough King Rickon feared this was little more than a veiled attempt for Aegon to try and ensnare his daughter, as he had heard of the Targaryens debauchery. 11 notes. Maegor, in hopes of restoring Balerion the Black Dread from his crippled state and into his former glory to face the Warrior Made Flesh, had allegedly used the blood of his own kin and the burnt body of Quicksilver in some dark sorcery. It was during a small skirmish with a band of robber knights that your story begun. The next, you are suddenly stuck in the body of a warrior king. When Queen Wylenna refused to acknowledge Maegor as anything but a usurper, Maegor had Balerion the Black Dread bathe her in dragonflame, before swallowing her whole. At the moment I am posting the re-edited version in spacebattles. Work Search: It is well known by this time that One Giant Growth Spurt In a black rage, Aemond mounted his dragon, known to history only as Cannibal, and rain fire and death down onto the countryside. The Kings Justice, in an effort to spite the Spartan, set the pyre alight, hoping that the princess be engulfed in flames before the Master Chief could reach her. It was only when Blackfyre shattered Prince Jons sword and clove him near in two that the White Dragon fell, but not before he dealt terrible wounds upon the Red Tyrant. The Starks seemed bonded to their wolves in the way that Dany was to Sycorax and Irri to Viserion. For her kindness, charm, and wit, she was soon so beloved by all the North that she was hailed The Joy of Winter. As oft said, "When you play the Game of Thrones you win, or you die." The wailing of an infant pulled me out of my thoughts. Possibly a SI, but possibly not, IDK, just read and enjoy :-D. T for now Site: fanfiction.net | Category: Game of Thrones | Rated: Fiction T | Chapters: 4 . Disclaimer: I don't own any GOT characters or the cover. He filled his courts with sycophants, granting titles and fortunes to men who could satiate his lusts, and soon the court became as bloated and corrupt as Aegon had become. Their time in Kings Landing would be remembered by many to be of impeccable timing, for not a week after they had landed in the Dragonpit, an assassination attempt was made on King Aegons life. I personally would try a spindle and the like, since there are many sheep and a few such devices are already sufficient ^^ ideally, he keeps them secret in his fortress. The War of Three Kingsknown as the Dragon-Hunt to the North, Roberts Rebellion to the supporters of the Baratheon regime, or the War of the Usurper to Targaryen loyalistswas not directly instigated by a single occurrence or action. This tag belongs to the Additional Tags Category. He bowed as she entered his apothecary. Send some cavalry, mounted archers mostly, past the Wall to hit the fringes of the dead army. An interesting start. The only thing more noticeable than his soaked person was the immense pain that wracked his body, rivaled Threadmarks: Succession CrisisChapter One: The Afterparty. You fed him, I imagine?, Of course Ifedhim, Dany snapped. The three direwolves were all sitting together. The cries of a humbled and frightened child had triumphed where the pride and strength of a great warrior had failed, and the North rejoiced, their once-shattered morale rekindled by the return of their savior. Stick them with the pointy end. Welcome Player! He may be able to survive the coming battles, but whether he'll be able to navigate the intrigue, violence, and machinations that follow are another matter entirely. While King Aegon prepared his armies for a full-scale invasion, and mounted Belarion the Black Dread, King Torrhen entered the hallowed and revered halls of the Forward Unto Dawn, the mythical resting place of the Spartan, held most sacred by the people of the North. From the accounts of Winterfells maesters, the princess never once came down with infirmity or aliment, and indeed was reported to be the healthiest of all the Stark children. The crowd was struck silent, stunned as they watched Aemon the Dragonknight triumph where the likes of Maegor the Cruel, even Aegon the Conqueror himself and the countless armies that had faced the Spartan before had failedhe had wounded the invincible Master Chief. He was infamous for very publicly taking many a mistress to his bed, and of siring many a bastard between them; all of this, to the shame and disgrace of his sister-wife, Queen Naerys, and the outrage of his younger brother, the famous Prince Aemon the Dragonknight, Lord Commander of Aegons Kingsguard. What was that about? Arya wondered after he was out of earshot. All of the South, save Dorne, stood behind the Targaryen banner, and they came to bring fire and blood as never before. The Seven-As-One. With Aegon burnt, broken, and poppy-addled from his injuries sustained at Rooks Rest, Prince Aemond and the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, Ser Criston Cole, immediately marched north, and after securing Harrenhal, marched further to face the Spartans armywhen baffling news reached them. He told the Spartan of how Cole would take the capitol if he did not intervene, and of the butchery Coles men would undoubtedly mete out upon the inhabitants of the city if they breached the gates. What had been at first an ache within her chest, fit for bursting, had receded until now it was a tickle along her throat 296 AC, The Twins Because fuck playing things for drama, the Starks are going to learn to recognize the crazy people and stay well away from them.). But the citys gates were closed to him, and with no dragons and scarcely an army left, he could not hope to take it. Archived post. Dying in and of itself was something that everyone always should make sure they avoid having happen to them, it should not feel free and liberating. Even as the Kings Justice neared the pyre with his torch, the confidence in her eyes did not falter, though men claimed to have nevertheless seen tears running down her cheeks. When Viserys extended the proverbial olive branch to him, Cregans anger softened, as he had often corresponded with Viserys over the years through ravens, having been both a mentor and a sort of father figure to him as he was with Viserys brother, Aegon III. Chapter 1: Darkness Before the Dawn Oww! Cersei, who actually begins to enjoy some of Robert's ideas - she is in charge of the construction of Westeros' first balloon, for example. Keep the assaults quick and then retreat before they can hit back. There Threadmarks: World Map Introduction: Part 1 (7 Kingdoms of Westeros). Offering no disrespect, Your Grace, but you could have sent someone else to fetch this medicine., Andacceptingno disrespect, Daenerys replied levelly, this man is under my special protection and I would see to his recovery personally., Ah. The maester gave her that same up-and-down look, knowing. Though Aegons dragons were mighty, their fire could not melt the Spartans mount, nor could their claws and teeth repel it. Then, lifting his great war hammer, the Spartan did battle with the Black Dread, his weapon landing thunderous, crashing blows into the great dragon. So how would the story go! Therefore I am. But the Spartan denied him this, intercepting the Targaryens in the skies with his great steel dragon. Maegor alone survived the Trial, falling into a coma after the last blow was dealt, and woke only just in time to learn that, as it is said in the North, Winter was Coming. That being said I do know of two that might be added to this list. Taken to his bedchambers and locked inside, it is widely believed Aegon attempted to seduce, or possibly even rape herbut the guards outside burst in when they heard King Aegons screaming. Aegon ordered that the Spartan be stopped, and commanded his men to kill him before he reached the princess. He would be proven right not even a week later, when the Spartan tracked down Aemond and Cannibal in his Steel Bird near Fairmarket, as the Prince intended to set it aflame with dragonfire. Those who somehow managed to evade the Battle Rifles fire were received the Spartans fists and kicks, each so powerful they sent men flying through the air or crushed them within their own armor. Original author: Emperor Tippy https://www.the-sietch.com/index.php?members/emperor-tippy.8/#latest-activity. Indeed, he wrote to the now-widowed Lady Johanna Lannister, and offered a truce with House Lannister provided they withdraw their support of the greens. It is widely believed by scholars that it was indeed fear that kept the South in line, as many believed that disunity among the Andal kingdoms could very well render them vulnerable to invasion and subsequent conquest at the hands of the reinvigorated and undoubtedly mighty North. If God wanted to prank me I decided I should prank the world I was born in. Death was a relief, if Im being honest. The full fruits of his labors would ripen during the reign of his grandson and heir, King Viserys I, who completed his grand-sires endeavor of building the Realmroad, and would come to rule the Five Kingdoms at the very height of the Targaryen dynastys power. While there was no indication that it was anything more than a close partnership, perhaps even a friendship, it nevertheless filled the people with thoughts that the Spartan would wed the princess, and from their union would bring a golden age for all, as the Starks would join their house with the Norths fabled champion of yore and form a doubtlessly matchless alliance. Other tales state that it was the Maiden who stayed the Spartans wrath, as even to the conquering Andals she showed mercy. Why does your sister not have one? asked Dany. When the riverlords finally closed in, they sought to at last take their revenge on the Spartans men, believing their lack of pikes and spears would make the Spartans army easy prey for the stampede of red steel and war horses. Some believe it was Aegons arrogance, or the threat of seeing the capitol sacked, or the barbarity he had inflicted on Rhaenyras sons by forcing them to watch their mothers gruesome death, or perhaps it was the simple desire to see the war ended there and then. Thus, he sent his sister-wife Visenya, astride the mighty Vhaegar, to treat with the King in the North, stating he would render him the same lesson he did to the Kings of the Rock and Reach at the Field of Fire unless he bent his knee and swore fealty to Aegon. Indeed, he forewarned Daeron that Dorne could not be conquered by force of arms, as even Aegon the Conqueror had failed to do so, when House Targaryen still had dragons. Yet he felt some familial sentiment for the boy before him, as he was descended from the only child of Queen Wylanna, a daughter who alone of all her siblings had survived Maegors cruelty, and married into the Velaryon line following the ascension of Jaehaerys I, and thus giving the following Lords of the Driftmark, and subsequently Prince Jacaerys himself, distant kinship to the Starks. Everything was a sign of the Seven blessing, the day was a good one; the sky were clear of clouds and the spring had recently arrived, making the orchards blossom. And that is about all I can say. It was only after restoring order to the city that Daeron allowed himself to he crowned, and immediately set about to righting his fathers mistakes. A loose study on GRRM's style. Sansa Stark had been eagerly counting the days until she would be going to Hogwarts for the first time. Who is he? Daenarys asked. (Or: Someone very similar to the Author gets metaphysically substituted for Jon Snow and proceeds to shamelessly use and abuse the modern understanding of mental health and psychology to manipulate the Starks into being significantly more stable as a family than canon allowed them to be. When he thinks it's all a dream, Bloodraven gets squished. I chased her away so that she would be safe. That's how A Game of Kings and SIs by gladius begins, with the author writing about what would happen if he suddenly woke up as . When his conquest of Dorne failed, Aegon the Conquorer hoped that his fire would be more the bane to the Kings of Winter. However, enemies of her husband from the Kingdom of the Three Daughters had intercepted them, and only her nine-year-old son, Aegon, had managed to escape on the back of his wounded and dying dragon, while his younger brother Viserys had been made a captive. You woke up with a yawn and rose from your hay Lansseax had held her breath for three days, and still, the miasma of fire and ash did not abate. Balerions flames, black as night and hot enough to melt steel, failed to so much as singe the Spartans legendary armor, his spear-like claws, sword-like fangs, and battering ram-esqe tail all too slow and lumbering to land a single blow against the Master Chiefs otherworldly speedJust as it had failed to do so to his great war machines so many year before. He grabbed her hand before she could pull back. I remember this Shortly after, he made a pact with Kermitin exchange for the young lord putting up his sword and disbanding his armies, and allowing his men to return home, the Spartan would release Kermit as well as all other prisoners taken, and would march south to defend the Riverlands from the greens, who would doubtlessly seek to consolidate the Trident for the cause of Aegon, and put the riverlords to the sword for siding with the blacks. These words must have had some effect on the young princess, for after that day, she was reported to have rarely smiled, a strange sadness in her ethereal eyes, and would longingly gaze out her balcony west-by-southwest, to the Forward Unto Dawn, and composed songs of somberness and sorrow, in which she lamented the loneliness of the Spartans sleep. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. He didnt speak, so she did. So how did this get a YA/Teen romance subplot? Am I keeping you from another mud puddle? he wondered, watching as her jaw clenched and overly thick eyebrows knitted together. Alert: Lets end this subject at that, shall we? Some claimed it was her great beauty and spirit which compelled him, causing the hero to be enchanted by her as so many other men had. In an event which seemed all too convenient for Aegons interests to be considered coincidence, the Alchemists Guild reported that a grave error had been made. But as more refugees came flooding in from the South, and reports of the Targaryens dragons burning and sacking the countryside become increasingly dire, Cregan could not help but feel pity for the smallfolk, and became convinced that something had to be done to end the violence in the South. Disclaimer: I don't own any of J.K. Rowling's works of Harry Potter or George R. R. Martin's works of Games of Thrones, except my own SI-OC characters. She did. Deep In a desert under a clear blue sky and a boiling hot sun there was sand. Very good use of source material, and a time traveler fish out of trout Sansa. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising.