BoombaTheSaint

Twenty-one

King’s Landing

98 AC (Tenth Moon—Day 23)

Baelon II

Baelon felt grandfatherhood ill-fitted him. He was scarce versed in elder wisdoms to grant his grandchildren the sage guard they would crave. In truth, he doubted his readin...

Twenty

Braavos

598 SF (Eleventh Moon—Day 19) (98 AC)

Syrio I

The dragons are foe. This is a truth that must not be unforgotten even in summers stretching eons past this fleeting life.

Such were the words of the old mot...

Eighteen

Driftmark—Hull

98 AC (Eleventh Moon—Day 13)

Corlys II

Corlys prided himself on all he’d accomplished till now. He’d done what no man recorded had managed. In one lifetime—scarce that, even—he’d lifted a house with ...

Nineteen

Sweetport Sound

98 AC (Eleventh Moon—Day 15)

Viserra IV

Viserra beheld her little ser as he was drawn about upon that small wooden steed of his. Once more he made play at the joust, thrusting his cushioned lance into the pampe...

Seventeen

Havenhall—Hreska

98 AC (Tenth Moon—Day 28)

Tobyn II

Tobyn had rolled into Havenhall a moon back, when that port still had no name worth spitting. Was a right ruckus then, but it had its ways. You hopped off the boat, got in ...

Sixteen

King’s Landing

98 AC (Tenth Moon—Day 22)

Daemon I

A foretold duel was no duel at all. This was truth etched deep as scripture, pure as blood. What thrill lingered in hazard when the end was scrawled plain, carved into the bo...

6. Old Horrors

This world was strange.

“Are you sure none of your teeth have fallen from your gums, brother?” It was a fair question, I judged. In all my years here, never had I seen Rhaegar with a smile marred by loss. His teeth were ever whole, though by now time ought to have claimed a few.

I...

5. Royal Order

In the moons that preceded the birth of the Lannister heir, the retinue from the riverlands came to King’s Landing. It was a whole host, near the measure of a village in span, lords great and small gathered to voice their woes and beg succour from their dragon betters. The new Paramount of the ...

4. The Art of Cuisine

Cleanliness. Order. Skill. Delicacy. Passion. Yet above all, cleanliness—thrice more precious than any other virtue in the kitchen, where man’s most elemental need was wrought into sustenance.

Thus was I sorely displeased upon first stepping within this chamber, intent as I was to impar...

3. Twisted Realism

Existential dread was no stranger to me. Nay, I had worn it long, worn it often. At birth, this second birth, I felt its claws yet. And I wondered then, if I were fated to wander through countless rebirths, an endless succession of lifetimes. Never resting, never permitted to fade into the aether...

2. Discarded Fate

Two years had now passed since mine awakening in this world. In that span, I had learned much, seen much, and come to grasp the traditions and workings of this realm medieval, of the culture of Targaryen, and the concessions it had yielded unto Andal ways.

I had gained respectable motion—...

1. Disheartenments of Infancy

In my life before, I would, in moments swollen with grievous stress, ponder how life might fare as an infant. A life idled in leisure, bereft of worry or demand. A dream most coveted by one shackled beneath the burdens of duty, borne of maturity and independence.

Yet, as I lay upon “this ...

Fifteen

King’s Landing

98 AC (Tenth Moon—Day 12)

Baelon I

The solar’s arched windows drank in the midday light, spilling a golden flood across the chamber, kindling a buoyant air. The room hummed with a careless ease, its monoto...

Fourteen

King’s Landing

98 AC (Tenth Moon—Day 07)

Ilyn I

The ride was a dream woven in stillness, a sly quiet that masked its own motion. Subtle tremors, faint as a whisper, betrayed the truth of movement—born of forces beyond the ...

Thirteen

[Rewritten—60% change]

King’s Landing

98 AC (Tenth Moon—Day 05)

Gael III

The bells of the Red Keep’s sept tolled, their knell rolling through the stone halls like a god’s dying breath. Each peal lingered far… l...

Ch: 12

King’s Landing

98 AC (Ninth Moon—Day 29)

Jaehaerys III

Jaehaerys sat motionless, his back settled against the cushioned chair, the familiar pressure easing the dull ache in his spine. For a moment, he allowed himself to enjo...

Ch: 11

King’s Landing

98 AC (Ninth Moon—Day 29)

Jaehaerys II

His Hand was dying.

It should have torn at his heart, but Jaehaerys felt little grief—only the sharp, gnawing loss of a mind that matched his own. Barth had been ...

Ch: 7

King’s Landing

98 AC (Eighth Moon—Day 19) 

Gael I

The sun stood high overhead, a pale disc burning through the haze that hung over the Red Keep, casting its light across the garden’s tangled center—a hidden spot, he...

Ch: 3

King’s Landing 

98 AC (Seventh Moon—Day 29) 

Viserra II

The chamber smelled of old dust and melted wax, the air thick with the scent of parchment left too long untouched. Maps were scattered across the table, their...

Ch: 10

King’s Landing

98 AC (Ninth Moon—Day 16)

Tobyn I

Tobyn was a proper idiot, the kind of unlucky sod whose luck could sour milk. He came from some piss-poor patch of dirt west of the Vale, scraping by under the boot of the Tem...

Ch: 5

King’s Landing

98 AC (Eighth Moon—Day 15) 

Otto I

The prince’s fretting was something to see—rare as an honest dice throw. He kept his dealings close, guarded like a miser with coin. The tavern crowd claimed he had ...

Ch: 1

King’s Landing

98 AC (Seventh Moon—Day 22) 

Viserra I

The smell reached Viserra first—a trace of rot beneath old stone, laced with the fading warmth of a place once full. The Red Keep still pulsed with life, though qu...

Ch: 4

King’s Landing

98 AC (Eighth Moon—Day 08) 

Viserra III

His hands grazed her skin—rough, warm, callused from work and sword—a firm, steady grip.

A shiver ran through her, a soft moan escaping. Vanys moved faste...

Ch: 8

King’s Landing

Eighth Moon (98 AC)

Gael II

Dust swirled in the harsh midday light, kicked up by scurrying servants and the restless scrape of dragon claws on stone.

Gael lingered beside Silverwing, one gloved hand restin...

Ch: 9

Driftmark—High Tide

98 AC (Eighth Moon—Day 24)

Corlys I 

Corlys Velaryon slumped in his chair, sawing at a roast capon with a silver knife that caught the pale light of dawn. He chewed slowly, jaw working, thoughts fest...

Ch: 6

King’s Landing

98 AC (Eighth Moon—Day 16) 

Otto II

“Ser Maynard Plumm will dine with you, Ser Otto,” Garlan said quietly, his voice flat and tired. It had only been a few hours since the runner bolted off with the s...

Ch: 2

King’s Landing

98 AC (Seventh Moon—Day 22) 

Jaehaerys I

The sky had darkened as noon neared, the promise of rain heavy in the air before nightfall swallowed the day.

In his solar, Jaehaerys stood before a window, ...

Twelve

King’s Landing

98 AC (Ninth Moon—Day 29)

Jaehaerys III

Jaehaerys sat still, his back melded to the cushioned chair, its familiar embrace easing the gnaw in his spine. For a moment, he let himself savour the small comfort—s...

Eleven

King’s Landing

98 AC (Ninth Moon—Day 29)

Jaehaerys II

His Hand was dying.

It should have clawed at his heart, yet Jaehaerys felt scant grief—only the sharp vexation of seeking another mind as keen. Barth was a rare s...

11. Routines and Classes (4)

Highlands, Hogwarts

01-09-1969

Perteus Graymort:

We threaded back to the castle’s pulsing heart, where students sprawled in careless clump...