"A storm is only a storm until a man stands beneath it."
―Westerosi Proverb
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Lord Borros Baratheon, being a man of no inconsiderable self-regard, had always maintained a firm belief in the natural order of things. The gods, in their wisdom, had dictated that the Baratheons were a family of consequence, that Storm’s End was a fortress of indomitabl...
2025-02-09 22:28:19 +0000 UTC View Post"The Fremen were supreme in that quality the ancients called ‘spannungsbogen’—which is the self-imposed delay between desire for a thing and the act of reaching out to grasp that thing."
―Frank Herbert
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Lord Buckler had always thought himself a practical man. He was not the sort to rush into folly, nor to be ruled b...
2025-02-09 22:26:45 +0000 UTC View PostAudio will be delayed for a day, plus or minus a few hours. I want to finish the draft for chapters 24 and 25 before doing that.
2025-02-04 09:51:23 +0000 UTC View PostIt is said that the strength of an empire lies not in its gold, nor its castles, nor even in the dragons that darken its skies—but in the men who march beneath its banners, willing to die at the whim of a being they shall never meet, for a cause they scarcely understand. The Drakarmar were such men. And yet, they were more.
In the long annals of the Targaryen ...
2025-02-04 09:29:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter Thirty-Two: Leashed
"A certain amount of fear is necessary for control."
―Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
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It was a morning of solemn temper when Rhaenys Targaryen, the Queen Who Never Was, stood before the grand arches of the Dragonpit, her countenance composed, though not entirely free from the indignation that had settled upon her spirit. The morning air carried with ...
2025-02-04 09:27:32 +0000 UTC View PostChapter Thirty-One: Terms of Necessity
“The Iron Bank is always glad to be of service.”
―Tycho Nestoris
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The chamber smelled of old coin and older ambition, though neither scent was strong enough to mask the faint bitterness of ink drying on parchment. Light slanted through high windows, thin as a miser’s smile, casting long shadows across the polished surface...
2025-02-04 09:24:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Audio Chapter for INTERLUDE: Setting Boundaries [The Golden Wyrm]
2025-01-31 00:57:26 +0000 UTC View Post"Fear is what keeps a man alive in this world of treachery and deceit."
— Roose Bolton
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The air in the chamber was thick with the oppressive weight of silence. It pressed upon the assembled lords and councillors with an authority more profound than any spoken command, lingering in the space between breaths, settling into the very stones of the Red Kee...
2025-01-30 23:15:55 +0000 UTC View PostDo you like the audio chapters? Don't worry, it only takes me about an hour to create and edit using Elevens Lab and Canva; actually writing the chapters themselves is still the most labour-intensive part.
This poll is important because I am considering making it a standard on every chapter with every fic once I can figure out how to get the cost down without compromising on quality.
Pro-tip: The captions are generally pretty accur...
2025-01-30 04:09:13 +0000 UTC View Post
"The Lords of the Vale could field twenty thousand swords at need."
— Alayne II, A Feast for Crows
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The map was an elegant thing. A masterwork of parchment and paint, its vast surface spread across the council table in a careful arrangement of colour—white for those yet to declare, green for the faithful, black for the rest. There was very little black. A smat...
2025-01-30 02:28:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Reference Images
2025-01-29 06:21:10 +0000 UTC View Post
I rewrote the plot after stumbling on a few major plotholes. This reflects that.
2025-01-29 06:19:09 +0000 UTC View Post
“Show me a flattered fool and I will show you a weak ruler.”
―Leto II
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It was an afternoon of singular indolence within the august walls of the Red Keep, where Aegon had installed himself most comfortably upon the Iron Throne—not in the manner of a sovereign dispensing justice with solemn dignity, but rather as a disaffected youth might slump into a chair too gr...
2025-01-29 06:12:42 +0000 UTC View Post
"A man is a tool of his own body, a tool of his mind, a tool of his emotions. The trick is to learn how to wield that tool properly."
―Duncan Idaho
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Rhaenyra stood at the center of this somber space, a figure of majestic discontent. Her voice, though even, carried the weight of reproach as she addressed her sons, who stood before her like errant schoolboys ...
2025-01-29 06:08:06 +0000 UTC View Post
“This is the power of the Guild. They can refuse to ship certain goods. They can refuse to transport certain people. Without the Guild, no interstellar commerce exists.”
―Muad'Dib
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Mysaria watched in silence from the narrow slit of a high window in the Merchant Guild building, her gaze fixed on the slow, deliberate approach of the ornate galley as ...
2025-01-29 06:02:06 +0000 UTC View Post"In 138 AC, the bones of Addam were returned to Driftmark from Raventree Hall. His brother Alyn, by then Lord of the Tides, put only the word "LOYAL" as the epitaph on Addam's tomb."
―Unknown
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“Angōs, Embrōrbar!”
The words came with malice, and before Daemon could react, his world was fire. A torrent of death erupted from Seasmoke’s maw, a wall of...
2025-01-20 00:20:45 +0000 UTC View Post“I have no fear of armies. Many and more have broken themselves against my Bloody Gate, and the Eyrie is known to be impregnable. But you have descended on us from the sky, as Queen Visenya once did during the Conquest, and I was powerless to halt you. I mislike feeling powerless. Send me dragonriders.”
―Jeyne, to Jacaerys Velaryon
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It was a fine, if...
2025-01-20 00:18:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Just finished drafting the "war". Ignore the attachment name(artefact from editingsoftware).
2025-01-16 19:16:05 +0000 UTC View Post"A skinny brown girl on a skinny brown dragon"
―writings of Munkun
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The morning light fell soft and pale upon the great hall of the Eyrie, illuminating the austere grandeur of its vaulted ceilings and cold stone floors. Lady Jeyne Arryn sat in her customary chair of carved weirwood, her hands folded neatly in her lap as she presided over yet another dr...
2025-01-15 23:37:50 +0000 UTC View Post"Seventy-nine years of age, he had served four kings and a queen, sailed to the ends of the earth, raised House Velaryon to unprecedented levels of wealth and power, married a princess who might have been a queen, fathered dragonriders, built towns and fleets, proved his valour in times of war and his wisdom in times of peace. The Seven Kingdoms would never see his like again."
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2025-01-15 23:36:35 +0000 UTC View Post"War was an ironman's proper trade. The Drowned God had made them to reave and rape, to carve out kingdoms and write their names in fire and blood and song."
―Theon Greyjoy
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The wind carried the salt of the sea and the screams of gulls as Dalton the Greyjoy stood atop a jagged promontory overlooking the grey, restless waters below. The rock-studded wa...
2025-01-11 01:13:58 +0000 UTC View PostSEVEN YEARS AGO
To the Lords and Ladies of the Realm, and all those sworn to the Iron Throne, let it be known:
By the grace of the Seven and the will of the gods, I, Viserys of the House Targaryen, the First of My Name, King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First M...
2025-01-09 20:09:55 +0000 UTC View Post“A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct.”
―"The Manual of Muad’Dib" by the Princess Irulan.
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The faint hum of the tide brushing against the pier echoed in Nettles’ ears as she tightened the last strap of Sheepstealer’s saddle. The dragon shifted beneath her touch, his scales hot and ro...
2025-01-09 12:05:27 +0000 UTC View PostIt was late afternoon when the crimson shadow of Caraxes fell upon the Winterfell. The skies above the Wolfswood were an iron grey, heavy with the threat of snow. The dragon descended, wings beating heavily against the frigid northern winds, which carried with them the scent of pine and petrichor. Men and women alike paused in their labours to gape at the creature’s immens...
2025-01-08 09:01:44 +0000 UTC View Post“A man is a fool who puts aside his own house for the sake of another’s.”
―Thufir Hawat
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The rain fell in sheets, driven sideways by the fierce winds that howled through the courtyard of Storm’s End. Thunder rumbled overhead, and Lucerys adjusted his cloak, pulling the damp fabric tighter around him as he trudged behind his brother, Jace. 2025-01-07 23:25:17 +0000 UTC View Post
"Laenor Velaryon’s Seasmoke was a splendid creature, pale silver-grey in colour, swift and gracious in the air."
―Archmaester Gyldayn
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The moon hung low and swollen in the sky, its pale light casting a ghostly sheen on the churning waters of Blackwater Bay. Addam Velaryon stood at the helm of a tiny fishing sloop, his calloused hands steady on the tiller as he guid...
2025-01-07 09:31:47 +0000 UTC View Post"Sheepstealer’s savagery in battle would earn him a fearsome reputation, though he fought but seldom."
―Archmaester Gyldayn
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The wind screamed past Nettles' ears as Vhagar descended toward the Wendwater. The ancient beast’s wings beat slow and heavy, each stroke churning the air like a storm at sea. From her perch behind Prince Aemond, Nettles clutched at the...
2025-01-06 21:06:28 +0000 UTC View Post“Words are wind, but the wind can fan a fire.”
―Tyrion Lannister
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“…and if we are to even contest the boy’s claim, she must be crowned,” Daemon declared, a tinge of annoyance in his tone. “We may argue over tactics and allegiances for hours yet, but the simple truth remains: Without that symbol of legitimacy, our cause falters before it begins. It i...
2025-01-05 10:35:18 +0000 UTC View Post“Anger is a great thing, sometimes. It makes a man strong. It makes him do things he might not otherwise do.”
— Brienne of Tarth
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It was a truth universally acknowledged that Prince Aemond could be a source of vexation should he choose to. Otto Hightower, seated in his chambers with the intent to fashion order from chaos, found himself more than usually burdened by su...
2025-01-05 10:32:49 +0000 UTC View Post