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Chapter XX: Concerning Tides
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To our Master of Ships, Lord Admiral and beloved uncle, The Most Noble Lord Alyn Velaryon, Lord of the Tides and Master of Driftmark.
Since by the unjust action of the magisters of Lys, who has sailed against our ships without grievance or just cause, we...
Threadmarks: Chapter XIX: Affairs of State and Faith
Chapter XIX: Affairs of State and Faith
Baelor
The Red Keep
"Did you have to needle that Hightower septon so?" asked my uncle, with his usual tone of begrudging fondness mixed with irritability, which he used when he did not approve of something I've done but was amused by it.
"If I cannot...
Threadmarks: Chapter XVIII: The First Great Deed, by Maester Alyn, of Summerhall
Chapter XVIII: The First Great Deed, by Maester Alyn, of Summerhall
The Pentoshi expedition, what men across the Seven Kingdoms now misguidedly call the War for the Stones, or the Humbling of Pentos, or among the Faith as the Sacred Passage, more suitable names, ended with widespread...
Threadmarks: Chapter XVII: What shall we do with a wounded sailor?
Chapter XVII: What shall we do with a wounded sailor?
The shores of Pentos burned. The fields of Pentos burned. The cities of Pentos burned. The people of the Seven Kingdoms had come with fire and blood and punished the Pentoshi for the gall of involving themselves in a war not their own.
On...
Chapter XVI: Curious Daeron
Daeron
Red Keep
When cousin Baelor left with his fleet to go to Pentos, Daeron was inconsolable. He had begged his cousin to bring him on as a page, so he could gain fame like the knights of old he read about. His grandfather had told him he couldn't go since he...
Chapter XV: Wars, Words and Wonders
The lands of Pentos were rife with many estates to be plundered. Vast fields of grains, numerous orchards with of a multitude of fruits, manses full of luxuries and fripperies, ill-trained guards, and craven slaveholders. The provisions for the army and...
Chapter XIV: A Letter to Braavos
"To the illustrious magister and our beloved cousin Terro Volentin, the most respectful and grateful greetings sends Moredo Lornel. Let it be known that from the sumptuous Palace of Truth we have now arrived in the lands of Pentos, under the most valiant escort...
Chapter XIII: His Grace's Men
Ser Jonos Edgerton
High Hills of Braavos/Andalos Highlands
Ser Jonos had been entrusted, along with the two hundred horsemen under his banner, to escort the envoys that Braavos had sent to join King Baelor's host during his great raid. It meant that he would...
Chapter XII: Sorrows, Sorrows, Prayers
BAELOR
THE RED KEEP
Cousin Aegon's unfortunate incident had led the House of the Dragon to be limited to one male who could father heirs, for now. Daeron was young, my uncle unlikely to remarry, Aemon sworn to celibacy. My only hope was that...
Chapter XI: Epistles
"As you have now received news by word of mouth concerning the grave matter of the attack on the Prince Aegon, I write now to you of think best left to ink than to tongues than can be loosened by drink. As you would know, the Prince yet lives, though he stands on the...
Braavos
Herman Harte
Ser Herman Harte was the second born son of Ser Denys Harte, a second son himself, but distinguished in royal service, and part of the diplomatic mission to Braavos some thirty years past. Herman had first entered royal service, in the footsteps of his father, more than...
Threadmarks: IX: The Young Wolf and the She-Dragon
Chapter IX: The Young Wolf and the She-Dragon
As soon or as late as some might have hoped, the day of the wedding of the Princess Daena Targaryen, daughter of the late king Aegon the Third, and that of Jonnel Stark, second born son and heir of Cregan Stark, came at last. He had woken up with...
Chapter VIII: Two Tales
Unworthy people astutely oppose the great in order to gain a reputation indirectly that they don't merit by right. We wouldn't be aware of many such people if their far superior opponents hadn't paid them any attention. There's no revenge like oblivion, which buries them...
Threadmarks: VII: Nobody expects the Royal Inquisition
Chapter VII: Nobody expects the Royal Inquisition
Next, be just to those placed under you, keeping to the line of justice, and turn not aside, neither to the right hand nor to the left. And always give the benefit of the doubt to the poor over the rich, until you are sure of the truth. If...
Chapter VI: A Crown and a Throne
On the days before my coronation, I had left the Red Keep and King's Landing behind and removed myself to Dragonstone and its ancient keep, where I spent seven nights in fast and quiet contemplation. The reason of my exit (not pursued by a bear), was to...
Chapter V
Baelor
The King's Solar
My uncle was understandably confused by my "episode" on Maiden's Day and sought clarification. It was not without an amount of cheekiness that I told him the truth. More or less.
"There is to be a change of plans. We shall go to war with Dorne, but first I...
Chapter IV: Pleasant Dreams
It is said that when faithful Hugor of the Hill in ancient times was sent visions of the divine, that he, by his own hand, carved statues of the Father and Mother, of Smith and Crone, of Warrior and Maiden, of the Stranger. These statues served to worship the...
Chapter III: Have Friends
Have friends. They are a second self. To a friend, another friend is always good and wise; between friends, everything turns out well. You are worth as much as others say you are, and to win their good words, win their hearts. Performing a service for another works...