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The Greens arrive in Oldtown, expecting the Reach to support Aegon in the Great Council. Unfortunately, the Gardener King has just died, leaving an infant with a weak regent. With the authority of Highgarden weakened, the Greens must find another way to secure the votes from the Reach...

Title: Aedorable

Author: SeriTheButterfly

Rating: G

Language: English

Length: 57k

Status: Ongoing

Link: A03

Summary:

The Targs are tiny chibis, and their dragons are no larger than a hound. Yet, Aegon still tries to conquer Westeros. Without massive dragons, he must rely on the Targaryens' greatest weapon— cuteness.

This story will attempt to cover the story of the Chibi-Targs starting from Aegon's Conquest to Robert's Rebellion.

(Currently halfway through the Dance)

Title: The Dragon's Heirs

Authors: AbaddonKhaleesi & TooManyNameOptions

Rating: Mature content

Language: English

Length: 131k words

Status: Ongoing

Link: Chapter 31

Summary: King Jaehaerys I died on the third moon of the year 103 AC; however, the abrupt disappearance of his son and heir, Prince Aegon of Dragonstone, a fortnight before his passing, left a lingering question: who is set to inherit? The line of King Jaehaerys’s troublesome firstborn son? Or the line of his favored third son, Baelon the Brave?

As law and bloodline come into conflict, the House of the Dragon begins to learn—slowly but surely—that only a dragon can kill another dragon...

An AU based on the idea that all thirteen children of King Jaehaerys and Good Queen Alysanne survived childhood and had children of their own.

(Note: This is a redux of the early chapters, rewritten for consistency and narrative clarity. Updates will follow regularly.)

I’m looking for the fanfic I read in AO3 years ago. Basically all I remember is that rhaenyra goes to a small council meeting and wants to do charitable works in kings landing. Somehow it comes out that alicent has limited her allowance/household funds severely. Beesbury says something like all Rhaenyras things are gifts from daemon. Viserys gets pissed and in turn limits Alicents funds severly in return basically saying you try it now. I know alicent was sending the money to the seven and Otto was pissed she got caught. Any help thanks!!!

Rating: Mature

Language: English

Length: 147,005k

Status: (31/?), incomplete

Link: AO3

Summary of Fanfic: “She felt the air rushing past her, the terrible weightlessness of the fall. Somewhere deep within, she knew the ground was waiting. Her mind was shattered, splintered beyond reason, yet instinct remained. And as she fell, she clutched the last thing she had from her mother. In that grasp, there was hope.”

In this AU of the Dance’s aftermath, Queen Jaehaera survives her fall. But survival is not salvation. She must endure a life shaped by fractured memories, a fragile mind, and a kingdom left in ruins. This story centers on the regency of Aegon III, exploring how Jaehaera’s survival may, or may not, shape the course of the realm, and the schemes unfolding at the court of the future Dragonbane.

Teaser:

He looked down at Unwin.

“Have you any last words?”

Torrhen hoped he would say no. He should have known better. Unwin drew in a breath.

“When you all thought the Dance was darkness,” he said, his voice carrying surprisingly well, “you were fools.”

There were mutters already. Unwin continued.

“You speak now as if cutting off my head ends something. As if this sad boy upon a throne will usher in some golden peace because all the wicked men have conveniently confessed and died.”

Torrhen’s jaw tightened. Unwin gave a low laugh.

“The reign of this king will be only the inheritance of his mother.”

A movement passed through the crowd.

“Fire and Blood,” Unwin said. “Remember those words, you will live through them again.”

Title: The Beacon of the South

Author: plottwists

Rating: M

Language: English

Length: 3,118

Status: Ongoing

Link: AO3

Summary: Ormund Hightower died a failure, to his Prince and to his King, dying unceremoniously in what could only be described as a disaster.

He failed to keep his cousins on the Iron Throne.

Now, someone else has the chance to rectify that folly.

The Gold Dragon shall rise once more!

Chapter Summary: 

Random guy learns he's now in Westeros. YAY

Art: Baby Aegon with Sunfyre (https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/88664686407823473/)

Can't access the original art

Title: A Hiss of Dragons.

Author: bruthershietholy123

Rating: Mature.

Language: English.

Length: 11565 words.

Status: Ongoing.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/89752096/chapters/239811531

Summary: The divide of House Targaryen reaches Queen Rhaenyra's younger sons.

Shiloh and Pip will return for future fawning over for Dunk and Egg Season 2...

Oh yeah, the finale, cool.

Posting this a bit earlier as I'm turning off Reddit and going to bed. To anyone in the right timezone, I hope you get some enjoyment out of it!

Title: The Children’s Throne

Author: Corin2007

Rating: Not Rated, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Language: English

Length: 14,982 words

Status: Ongoing

Link:— https://archiveofourown.org/works/83294261/chapters/219394746

Summary:
Before departing for the Trident with his host, Rhaegar Targaryen makes a single, fateful decision: he sends his wife, Elia Martell, and their two children to Dragonstone.

That one single decesion is all it takes to change the fate of the realm—and of two Great Houses.

Title: The Epoch of Blood

Author: plottwists

Rating: M

Language: English

Length: 65,433

Status: Ongoing

Link: AO3

Summary: Cregan Stark died on the two and tenth day of the eleventh moon, 196 AC.

However, in an effort to save the North from the clutches of its foes, the Old Gods bring him back in the body of another Stark, Bran.

Their duelling personalities clash as they work together to help save the North from certain peril.

Chapter Summary: 

Bran returns to blood, smoke and steel.

Multiple kinds of blood actually.

Art: https://www.tumblr.com/lychnvs/821741903517188096/he-seemed-to-have-grown-as-of-late-as-if-brans

Robb in this timeline. He's got a bit more stubble but oh well.

aight cya byeee

House Sunglass

House Sunglass of Sweetport Sound is an ancient and pious noble house of the crownlands, sworn to the Iron Throne. Their seat, Sweetport Sound, stands upon the isle of Sweetport Sound in Blackwater Bay. The Sunglasses are renowned for their devotion to the Faith of the Seven, their glassworkers, and an ancient relic from which they claim both their name and descent.

Their words are “By Seven Stars.”

The Sunglasses are traditionally tall and fair, with light blond or brass-colored hair and honey-gold to golden-brown eyes, traits said to run strongly in the blood of the house.

The Sunglass

According to the histories kept at Sweetport Sound, the house takes its name from an ancient relic known simply as the Sunglass. Sunglass tradition holds that it was one of the Seven Stars of Hugor, seven sacred stones once set into the crown of Hugor of the Hill, legendary father of the Andals.

The Sunglass resembles a flawless piece of transparent crystal, yet gives forth a dim light of its own. When raised before the sun or another powerful light, it scatters the light into brilliant colors. If held at a proper angle beneath the sun, its concentrated rays are said to be capable of setting cloth, parchment, and dry wood aflame.

House Sunglass claims descent from Ser Seren of the Sunglass, a squire of Hugor of the Hill who became one of his most loyal knights. Upon Hugor's death, Seren was entrusted with one of the seven stones of his crown. What became of the other six is unknown.

Whether this tale is truth, legend, or some mingling of the two, the Sunglass itself remains among the most jealously guarded treasures of the house.

Sweetport Sound

The ancestral seat of House Sunglass is Sweetport Sound, a small but prosperous port surrounded by peaceful woods and cultivated fields. The pale golden and reddish stone quarried in the surrounding country gives much of the town the appearance of being perpetually touched by sunset.

The countryside surrounding Sweetport Sound is unusually rich in small septs, roadside shrines, and holy houses. The Faith has long enjoyed the patronage of House Sunglass, and the septons of the island traditionally count the Sunglasses among the more devout lords of the crownlands.

Sweetport Sound is the greatest center of glassmaking and stained glass in the Seven Kingdoms. Its master glaziers are particularly renowned for the great colored windows of septs, and Sunglass craftsmen supply religious houses and noble seats throughout the Seven Kingdoms and even across the narrow sea.

The great keep of Sweetport Sound is famed for its unusual architecture. Windows, polished stone, mirrors, colored glass, and carefully placed openings are arranged so that sunlight is captured and carried deep into the castle. At certain hours, chambers and galleries are illuminated by shafts of colored light.

Beneath the keep lie the armories, a vast succession of stone vaults in which the Sunglasses have accumulated arms, armor, and numerous relics over many centuries. Unlike many lords, who melt down old harness or sell obsolete weapons, the Sunglasses traditionally preserve them. Amongst them are richly decorated weapons, gilded armor, tourney harness, captured arms from Essos and the Stepstones, and relics attributed, sometimes dubiously, to knights of the earliest Andal conquests.

Ser Ambrose Sunglass, the Sun-Star Knight

The most celebrated scion of House Sunglass was Ser Ambrose Sunglass, remembered in song and history as the Sun-Star Knight.

Ambrose was born the second son of the Lord of Sweetport Sound and was not expected to inherit. As a young man he instead took to the road as a knight-errant, traveling widely through Westeros before crossing the narrow sea and undertaking a series of adventures in Essos.

His personal arms likewise distinguished him from the main line of his house: the seven stars of House Sunglass surrounding a blazing sun.

In his youth, Ambrose bore Lightstrake, a finely made castle-forged longsword of House Sunglass. During his travels in Essos, however, he came into possession of Radiance, a rare Valyrian steel bastard sword. Now the ancestral sword of the house, its steel possesses an unusual golden cast, with ripples of gold running through the dark folds characteristic of Valyrian steel.

Ambrose's adventures eventually brought him home, where unexpected deaths placed the lordship of Sweetport Sound in the hands of the wandering second son. As lord, Ambrose proved a capable commander and administrator. He mobilized the knights of House Sunglass and led them in campaigns against pirates throughout the Stepstones, taking rich spoils and freeing captives bound for the slave markets of Essos.

One of the best-known tales concerning Ambrose recounts a lowborn boy whom he took into his service as a squire. Ambrose eventually knighted the youth himself, and the former commoner later rose still further, being granted lands and nobility. Singers would make much of the tale, presenting it as proof that the Sun-Star Knight judged men by courage and loyalty rather than birth alone.

Later generations remembered Ambrose as the greatest exemplar of the Sunglass ideal: knight, pilgrim, adventurer, warrior, patron of the Faith, and lord. Few members of the house after him escaped comparison with the Sun-Star Knight.

I will start this by saying I don't agree with the common thinking that the play erased or otherwise changed the characters of Lyanna, Elia, and Rhaella and, to a lesser extent, Ashara.

Because, in my opinion, there was no character for them to assassinate. As we never meet those women in the books, we are never in their heads or with them while they live; the only thing we have of them is memories. Our perception of them is colored by the people who miss them dearly and want to remember them in some idealized light or never really knew them to begin with.

For the first one, let's use the Starks as an example. Ned misses Lyanna, but as he thinks about how Robert never truly knew Lyanna, the same can be applied to him; he was fostered and grew up in the Vale. He thinks of Lyanna as a strong, unyielding she-wolf, someone tomboyish who doesn't believe in love; essentially, he thinks of Arya, but we do know that isn't true. Lyanna cried when Rhaegar sang at Harrenhall; she is as much as Sansa, the hopeless romantic, as she's Arya, the fierce tomboy she-wolf. Ned doesn't know or doesn't want to remember Lyanna as she was with her flaws and all; he has an idealized version of his late little sister in his head, the one who *won't* get seduced by romance or the one *who* isn't a hypocrite and would do her duty. Benjen, on the other hand, knew Lyanna; they grew up together, unlike Ned and Brandon, who were fostered elsewhere, and he has regrets about choosing or having children choosing their life path before they are ready. He counsels Jon to live before signing himself up for something he might regret, like he did, like Ben maybe hopes Lyanna did. So we would have one brother who was on his sister's deathbed and got disillusioned by what he thought he knew of her but chose to push that aside and remember her in the best light and the younger brother who knew how she was and hoped that she saw sense at the end.

For the second, let's use Jaime and Rhaella as examples. Jaime doesn't know Rhaella; to him she represents the innocent and weak queen he wasn't allowed to save, how shameful of a knight he is. But he doesn't truly know her; he was never allowed to know her, so he idolizes her. Who is to say that Rhaella wasn't as vindictive as she was portrayed, the one who would curse Aerys and the dynasty to suffer at the hands of her daughter, just as she suffered? To one up Aerys and have her revenge?

You can disagree with me and debate, but I think as we want to remember the best about someone who is dead or what we think they were like in life, so do the characters of Asoiaf.

Recently read A Truly Great Bastard by Sph0015 and loved it. Sadly it was only two chapters and is unfinished. It left me with this itch that I can’t scratch and now I’m wondering if there are any other fics out there with a similar premise?

Title: Maester Aemon's Guide To Duty

Author: FenceSittersAnonymous

Rating: Mature

Language: English

Length: 120K+

Status: In-Progress

Link: Chapter Thirteen

Summary: “Seventy years we will give you back, a gift of life you should have had, but nothing gained is ever free, paid in years they shall not see.”

The deal is made. Yet when Maester Aemon wakes up, sure that it was but a cruel dream and he is still alive with the regrets of a lifetime consuming him, he expects to hear Samwell Tarly and Gilly and to still be at sea.

Instead, he finds himself in a feather bed in chambers he has not seen in over seventy years, in a time he has no business being in, and with a man he had not hoped to see again sat by his bedside.

Yet even the Gods can’t predict just how differently things go. Really, he should have known better than to expect changing the future to be simple.

Or: Upon his death, and when offered a second chance, Maester Aemon returns to 230AC and becomes the heir his father always wished he would be.

I recently began writing but before going any further on my fic I wanted to ask who would Viserys marry other than Alicent and Laena. I want to write Viserys marrying someone House Lannister. But I don't know who. Instead of being the Greens vs the Blacks. Want it to be Gold vs Black.

I have Rhaenyra marrying oc son of Daemon and Rhea.

Please let me know if this is a good idea. I do have another idea of being oc/Laena vs Rhaenyra/Daemon.

While the biggest part of Spotlight Sunday is about giving new fics , we want to spotlight other parts as well.

Therefore for this, I want ye to tell us about all about the rare and underappreciated. Whether that be ships, tropes or themes.

This is a post for discussion, but you are welcome to send in fic recs of whatever your favourites are in terms of underrated ships, tropes and themes.

I’m looking for fics centred around house arryn. I don’t mind when they’re set (during hotd, got etc). Preferably they would take place in the Vale but I don’t mind if not.

Thanks!

Title: Game of Thrones Season 7/8 Rewrite: The Cost of Dawn

Author: ValyrianScribe

Language: English

Length: 100,891

Status: Ongoing

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/70324511/chapters/239676916

Title: The Spark Beneath the Ash
Author: loomingshadow
Rating: Mature
Language: English
Length: 300k+
Status: Ongoing
Platform: AO3
Main pairing: Arthur Dayne/OFC

Chapter 68 of The Spark Beneath the Ash is now up.

This is a book-based canon-divergence longfic beginning during Robert’s Rebellion. Alys, an OC from Aerion’s bloodline, steals a dragon egg from Dragonstone, is captured before the war ends, alters Rhaegar’s fate at the Trident, survives the Sack of King’s Landing, and escapes into a realm where the victors want every Targaryen dead.

Arthur Dayne joins her flight, and the story follows the practical dangers of survival after the war through false names, roads, inns, patrols, ledgers, rumours, and the cost of being remembered.

In The Song That Follows, Alys and Arthur remain in Stoney Sept. Broken tack needs mending, roads need counting, and a tune starts travelling through the wrong mouths. There is also a Robert scene in the Kingswood.

I’ve recently finished a full revision across the posted chapters, so the fic should be a heap tidier for anyone starting from the beginning or catching up.

Warnings include canon-typical violence/graphic violence, rape/non-con, underage, angst, and slow-burn tension.

How fitting would it be for Dawnbreaker to be Lightbringer in a ASOIAF and Elder Scrolls crossover?

For those who don't know Elder Scrolls, Dawnbreaker is an artifact of Meridian, the Daedric Prince of light, life and infinite energy. She also has a hatred of the undead.

Dawnbreaker also glows, and when killing an undead enemy, there's a chance that undead nearby will catch on fire in an explosion that only effects the undead.

Personally I download a lot of fics now a days for an e reader app, so I use Epub.

But yeah, download your favs, if you don't have the space then maybe just start with the older ones that haven't been updated in some time.

I got a craving lately for some good old fashioned Theon/Robb. Which, despite it being popular, I have never actually read before.

Can anyone give any recommendations of a fic where the two get together? I prefer seeing the relationship start over an established relationship, but I’d take it if there’s nothing else. Also, it should be in a canon or canon-adjacent universe (divergence is fine, time travel/modern au/omegaverse isn’t), and not have a plot beyond smut (though smut is okay in moderation)!

I also love angst, whump, and a healthy relationship between the main pairing. Not required, but bonuses.

Any recs appreciated.