So I've been looking at the exit surveys and one of the biggest reasons for people canceling their membership is 'Tertius711 has not been as active as I expected' which you know what, that is fair enough.
Last year I didn't want to commit to any particular update schedule because I knew I...
Fifth Moon, 114 AC
Gael
Daemon 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...
2023-12-29 06:32:57 +0000 UTC View PostEighth Moon, 113 AC
Baela
“How are you settling in girls?” Aunt Viserra asked after they had taken their first helpings of the morning meal.
She had invited the two of them to break their fast with her and they had obliged. It was only the t...
2023-11-24 02:46:16 +0000 UTC View PostMilitary and Maritime Organization of the Velaryon State – 113 AC
Foreword
“Your Excellency, Lord Jacaerys, here is the report that you requested of me detailing our military capabilities. I hope that the information I have meticulously compil...
2023-11-20 07:24:24 +0000 UTC View PostSeventh Moon, 113 AC
Baela
The tourney that was thrown in celebration for her and her twin sister’s wedding was as grand as the wedding ceremony that preceded it. Apparently the tourney was greater and grander and even more expensive than the one wh...
2023-11-13 13:55:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Seventh Moon, 113 AC
Baela Targaryen
The festivities that had been planned for her and Rhaena’s wedding were rather ostentatious in Baela’s opinion. Maybe even too much so. All the pageantry and splendor one would expect from a royal wedding was t...
2023-11-06 18:35:13 +0000 UTC View PostSixth Moon, 109 AC
Daeron
The winds buffeted against Daeron as his dragon folded her wings and dived toward High Tide. He could hear the screeches of the dragons behind him and turned his head briefly to catch a glimpse. Laena was quick on their tail ...
2023-10-30 15:36:08 +0000 UTC View PostSixth Moon, 109 AC
Jacaerys
They had left King’s Landing within a day of his altercation with Daemon. His mother and Lucerys had refused to speak to him at all the day they returned to High Tide and even after that their few limited interactions had...
2023-10-15 08:53:26 +0000 UTC View PostSixth Moon, 109 AC
Jacaerys
He’d known it was coming, but somehow his uncle announcing it in open court just made it all so much more real.
The reactions were mixed. Some like their trusted allies, Starks, Tarths, Graftons, Royces, and Celtiga...
2023-10-08 04:46:34 +0000 UTC View PostSixth Moon, 109 AC
Rhaenys
“Viserys, what do you think should happen with the Velaryons?” She asked her husband and cousin.
He sighed. “I’ve told you once before that my opinions are yours did I not?”
“And I appreciate your sup...
2023-09-30 08:58:21 +0000 UTC View PostSixth Moon, 109 AC
Viserra
Her father had died late in the third moon of 109 AC. It was early in the sixth moon now. Though many had been increasingly coming to court to pay their respects to the ailing king, the true tide of arrivals had begun arrivi...
2023-09-23 09:18:48 +0000 UTC View PostThird Moon, 109 AC
Gael 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 smirk...
2023-09-16 18:20:05 +0000 UTC View PostThird Moon 109 AC
Viserra
Nine years had passed since her family had moved back home to Driftmark. In those nine years, Corlys and her had worked hard to prove that their people’s faith in them was not misplaced. They had strived to rebuild Driftmar...
2023-09-09 09:18:32 +0000 UTC View Post-Excerpt from ‘The Sea Snake’, the biography of Corlys Velaryon, Abridged Edition.
The very first meeting of King Jaehaerys the Conciliator and Lord Corlys the Sea Snake happened at the funeral of Lord Corlys’ grandfather, Lord Daemon Velaryon. As aforeme...
2023-09-01 15:53:18 +0000 UTC View PostHello all! I would just like to inform you all that I have finally and officially created my public Discord server for High Tide and my other works! Some of you might already know because I accidentally invited you when I linked Patreon to Discord for your patron benefits, which was actually befo...
2023-08-31 12:34:14 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys, I have some unfortunate news. There will not be a chapter this weekend. I’m going for a convention and I won’t have time to write Ch39. Still don’t worry, we will pick back up with the High Tide fix the following weekend for sure.
I figured that after the last chapter was de...
2023-08-24 15:00:34 +0000 UTC View PostViserra
First Moon, 100 AC
The ride over to Dragonstone was not long. The island was visible from the highest tower of High Tide, and a dragon covered the distance in little more than five and ten minutes. Her first instinct had been to take Laena and...
2023-08-19 08:26:33 +0000 UTC View PostViserra
First Moon, 100 AC
They had left Driftmark to conquer Tyrosh in the eighth moon of the ninetieth year since Aegon’s Conquest. It was the first moon of the hundredth year now. Nine years and five months that she had spent away from her true h...
2023-08-06 13:19:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Viserra
Seventh Moon, 98 AC
“Dracarys!” Viserra commanded as Dreamfyre dived. Instantly, a column of blue flames emerged from her maw. A rain of fiery death pouring from the sky. Within minutes, the enemy fleet had been reduced to smoldering plank...
2023-07-30 11:05:54 +0000 UTC View PostViserra
First Moon, 98 AC
Legions 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 s...
2023-07-22 02:14:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe Storm Lord
Twelfth Moon, 94 AC
Things 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 happe...
2023-07-18 17:48:46 +0000 UTC View PostViserra
Seventh Moon, 94 AC
It 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 Tyros...
2023-07-17 17:03:52 +0000 UTC View PostViserra
Second Moon, 92 AC
Corlys 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 ha...
2023-07-08 08:54:03 +0000 UTC View PostViserra
Second Moon, 92 AC
Just 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 chil...
2023-07-02 04:34:17 +0000 UTC View PostViserra
Second Moon, 88 AC
She 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....
2023-06-26 16:39:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe Lady of Maidenpool
Third 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 pl...
2023-06-20 16:14:12 +0000 UTC View PostViserra
Second 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.
... 2023-06-08 09:43:04 +0000 UTC View PostJaehaerys
Second Moon, 91 AC
Whenever 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 indecisivenes...
2023-06-06 07:56:20 +0000 UTC View Post