( Anders POV )
Thunder echoed through the halls of Yronwood, the rain beating the stained glass windows. A storm was brewing along the Marches.
Two storms in fact. One in the skies, but also one on the earth, where the echoes of marching men could be heard ...
2024-10-30 13:29:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe Lady of Godsgrace
These were not as large or intricate as the Water Gardens: a few alleys dotted with palm and orange trees, a few fountains, and a pool where flamingos happily danced around instead of children.
The atmosphere was calm, and Ynys ...
2024-10-27 09:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe Lady of Godsgrace
From the balcony of the palace of Godsgrace, the coming and going of boats along the Greenblood never seemed to end.
They formed large, snake-like formations, coming from the sea hundreds of leagues away, docking at Godsgrace to replen...
2024-10-24 14:02:42 +0000 UTC View Post"He had Rickard Stark suspended from the rafters of the throne room, above a fire lit by his pyromancers. Then, he had Brandon Stark chained with his hands behind his back, a leather cord wrapped around his neck, attacking a Tyroshi device to it that would squeeze his throat the fur...
2024-10-21 09:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post( Daenerys POV )
The ride to the Water Gardens was short. So short, in fact, that Daenerys did not need to do it on dragonback.
Especially not since Prince Quentyn would rather keep the dragons far away from the coasts, where they ...
2024-10-18 09:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostTo her right were then Prince Trystane, Lady Myrcella, Lord Anders, Lord Trebor and many others, while at the Queen's side, to her father's left, sat Lady Shireen, Ser Jon, Lord Monford, Lord Edric, Lady Nymella and a lot of other Dornish nobles.
All in all, ever...
2024-10-15 09:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post( Nymeria POV )
The Great Sept of Sunspear was not the largest, nor the most luxurious of septs in the Seven Kingdoms. It was laughable compared to the Great Sept of Baelor or the Starry Sept of Oldtown, and it was not even the largest sept in Dorne, that honor belonged to tha...
2024-10-12 14:13:39 +0000 UTC View PostThen the banners announced the presence of the important guests. There, arriving side by side, hand in hand, were Aegon and Daenerys Targaryen. Both clad in black-and-red, both with silver-gold hair, and both being absolutely gorgeous.
Damn Targaryens.
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2024-10-09 09:20:00 +0000 UTC View Post( Jennelyn POV )
Jennelyn Fowler stood still, in silence, watching the armada of ships coming into the port of Sunspear, from the large windows of the inner keep.
Besides her, Gulian Qorgyle was just as anxious, likely for different reasons. The first being...
2024-10-06 13:16:53 +0000 UTC View Post"Protest all you like, but your family was confirmed in its position by the grace of my ancestor, Aegon the Conqueror. It has only repaid itself in treachery.
By putting you into the chair your ancestors have occupied, I am only rewarding the fact that you did not perso...
2024-10-03 09:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post( Daenerys POV )
Daenerys tapped lightly on her knee as Missandei stood there, in front of her, motionless. Was she judging her? Did Missandei think she was a monster too?
It all had started so well, and yet, everything had tumbled down so fast. Volantis, o...
2024-09-30 09:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post( Daeron POV )
Sometimes, it was said that a great storm preceded a great battle.
But today, there was no storm, just light rain. And it had been like that for days on end. Just rain. No wind, no cold and no snow. Only the grey skies over an increasingly em...
2024-09-27 12:20:25 +0000 UTC View PostArchibald spared a look behind him, but no worries to be had, Quentyn and the snake were following.
The alley led to a small garden, where they could stop to take their breath.
...
Quentyn was unharmed, but the snake had taken a cut on her chee...
2024-09-24 09:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostQuentyn shook his head."I made a vow. I lost a father and a mother; I'm not losing her too."
"You're a fool. A fool in love, but a fool."
"I know. I hope Dorne can forgive me if I die here today."
"You know they won't."
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2024-09-21 09:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post( Archibald POV )
Archibald washed his hands in the bowl placed at his disposal. He quickly ran most of it over his head, waking him up from his half-torpor.
Looking around in the small tent, he noticed Cletus wasn't there. His cousin had been sulking most ...
2024-09-18 11:58:47 +0000 UTC View Post( Nymeria POV )
It was then that she spotted Quentyn, talking to one of the girls in charge of the wounded. He held a kind of balm in his hand and was explaining how to lay it on the wound of the poor soul the girl was helping.
She pressed her pace, ...
2024-09-15 21:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post( Nymeria POV )
Nymeria slowly raised her head from her bed, the sunlight forcing her pupils open like two pincers.
She straightened up, rubbing her eyes, then putting her hand over her forehead, trying to distinguish the figures in the room.
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2024-09-12 11:07:26 +0000 UTC View Post( Daenerys POV )
"The Stormlands, whatever their faults, are loyal to the Baratheons, but they are also loyal to the strongest. Many of them followed Renly, then went over to Stannis, and then finally to the Tyrells, who hold the true heir to Storm's End, in their mind,...
2024-09-09 10:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post( Daenerys POV )
The clouds had covered most of the sky, but the heat continued to beat down on the camp outside of Volantis.
Daenerys sulked, alone, in her tent, doing her best to wipe the sweat from her forehead. The siege has been long, and for the momen...
2024-09-06 10:58:33 +0000 UTC View Post( Arianne POV )
"I shall not have it." Jon shook his head. "If people try to force it upon me, I will deny them."
Arianne smiled at his naivety. Even now, Willas seemed to be clinging to the dragon side of him as if it were a raft in the middle of a stormy ...
2024-09-03 09:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post( Arianne POV )
Arianne woke up gently, in a room only dimly lit by a few candles. Usually, the sun would've woken her up, the rays shining through the windows caressing her bare skin, while inviting her eyes to slowly but surely open up.
There was none of ...
2024-08-31 09:58:08 +0000 UTC View Post( Nymeria POV )
"You talk too much," Quentyn explained "In your cups or in bed. I'm sorry."
"All of that based on that shred of information in the capital? I never told a soul!" Cletus reacted with energy. "How can you know where it came from?"
"I onl...
2024-08-28 09:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post( Nymeria POV )
For all that the sun could try and shine with all its might, it couldn't so much as scorch Nymeria's skin. Volantis was just as warm as Dorne, and despite the absence of clouds, there was no sunburn to be seen.
However, one must admit that t...
2024-08-25 10:24:12 +0000 UTC View Post( Edric POV )
Both Quentyn and Aegon thanked her, as they were led to a table where a feast awaited them all. Edric could thus admire Daenerys Targaryen, and he could safely say that she was by far the most beautiful woman he ever saw. Silver hair, indigo eyes, s...
2024-08-22 08:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post( Edric POV )
"Your weapons, please," the bulkiest one said.
Quentyn let out a sigh, but did as told. He and Edric got rid of their weapons, giving them to their escorting guards, before walking into the tent.
There were no guards inside, just ...
2024-08-19 08:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post( Edric POV )
Edric never went beyond the Narrow Sea. Come to think of it, before squiring with Lord Beric, he had hardly gone beyond Starfall. His father was quite protective of him, since he was the last thing that reminded him of his wife – Edric's mother.
2024-08-16 11:06:27 +0000 UTC View Post
( Daeron POV )
"The North is facing a return of the Others."When Jon said the words it felt like an entire weight had been pulled off his chest."The Others are real, Lord Willas. I have seen them and I have fought them. They raise the dead and corrupt the ...
2024-08-13 09:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post( Daeron POV )
Jon rested his hands on the large oak table, in front of the gaze of the Tyrells.
Their castle was as petty as the others in the face of dragonfire, and Winter could keep him safe. If anything happened, she'd sense it and come to his rescue. ...
2024-08-10 12:07:27 +0000 UTC View Post( Nymeria POV )
"This is great fun!" Nymeria laughed while Quentyn could hardly contain both his annoyance and relief.
"If I understand you correctly, Ser Davos." Quentyn sighed, brushing aside her remark. "You wish to meet King Aegon, for what purpose?" 2024-08-07 09:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
( Cletus POV )
"Cletus Yronwood, why do you give a shit?"
"Parlay sir, if you will, I fear we've all been fooled." His opponent removed his helm, revealing long, silver hair. "My name is Monford Velaryon. I fear we're both looking for the same person."
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