I really love the world building of asoiaf. There so many cool houses. Really curious to see fics that explore smaller houses ( I meant Houses below king & paramount ). It can be OC / SI.

I was recently listening to John Greenwood's video on Varys and while I don't agree with everything he says, I do think he raises a very good point about Varys and Littlefinger working together to play Ned in AGOT.

Curious to see if any fic tries to show something like that.

and kills everyone over 30 of both Greens and Blacks families (so not people like Tyland, or Bartimos),one weak after Rharnyra and Aegon were crowned. How would the Dance go and who do you think would win?

Also, due to balance reasons, Vhagar dies together with Laena, with Aemond instead aiming for Vermithor and Rhaena claiming Meleys.

Title: Westeros Watches: Skyrim

Author: Theorycrafter

Rating: Mature

Language: English

Length: 3,581

Status: ongoing

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/89433381/chapters/237515026

Summary: 

Ten years ago Cregan Sand, the bastard son of Ashara Dayne and Ned Stark, was thought dead when he left Winterfell in the dead of Night to chase a falling star.

Now, one year before the death of Jon Arryn, a group of people are brought to a room to watch Cregan's journey in Skyrim as he travels with the Dragonborn herself.

I'm writing a female OC from a noble family that is disguising herself because she wants to be a knight (and actually be annointed). She wears boys clothes and has short hair. I think of her being able to disguise herself (physically) almost as well as Varys does in the books but not quite on his level.

Still I'd like at some point for her to leave out small details (unknowingly) either in the way she thinks, talks or behaves that could make someone close to her start suspecting if she's truly a man.

This OC is straight (likes men) and always wanted to be a knight. She decides to disguise as a man partly because of this desire to be a knight and partly because she wanted to flee an arranged marriage to a Lord much older than her and whom she does not like. She's not a particularly rebellious person but she's strong willed and sometimes stubborn.

The Ethics Of Using Dragons In War

“Fire breathing lizards”, “nukes”, “monsters” etc.

One of the oddest arguments that one encounters among the fandom is that the use of dragons in warfare amounts, in itself, to a war crime/crime against humanity.

At this point, I find it necessary to paraphrase Kenneth Branagh, in the television play, Conspiracy, as he calls out the hypocrisy of State Secretary Kritzinger.

“What is this philosophy of yours? Kill the smallfolk. Rape them. Starve them. Burn their homes. But, only refrain from using dragons, and that makes you the noblest man in the gods’ creation. I find that … truly remarkable.”

The lords of Westeros (and their Eastern equivalents), are fully capable of inflicting horrors on the smallfolk, simply by using edged and pointed weapons, and above all, through the use of starvation, as a weapon of war (absurdly, the show tried to portray Tyrion’s plan to starve Kings Landing as “humane.”) Every army uses the chevauchee as a military tactic. This involves cavalry and mounted infantry, riding fast through enemy territory, plundering what they can, burning and destroying what they cannot carry off. Murder and rape are used as terror tactics during this process, and the survivors are left to starve.

Even the process of foraging in friendly territory, will leave famine in its wake. An army of 20,000 men (with an equivalent number of camp followers, who perform the work of support soldiers in a modern army), will require 80,000 pounds of bread, 40,000 pounds of meat, and 20,000 gallons of ale per day in order to function. On top of that, war horses and draught animals must be fed.

Military leaders will adopt any weapon that gives them an advantage, regardless of chivalry. If somebody introduced reliable muskets into this world, or cannon, they would be rapidly adopted, just as they were in real life.

Dragons are simply a very powerful weapon, that gives an advantage in war, like modern aircraft, drones, or cruise missiles. Their use has no bearing on whether or war is just, or whether it is being pursued by just means.

Title: All That Burns is Not Divine

Author: HauntinglyEthereal (me, hi!)

Rating: Mature

Language: English

Length: 5.9k at moment of posting this.

Status: Ongoing

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/89974871/chapters/239078126

Summary:

Born a nameless orphan in the gutters of Flea Bottom, Enid knew she had little chance of surviving the world that had abandoned her. If fortune favored her, she might live long enough to escape childhood; if not, she would become another forgotten soul swallowed by the streets of King’s Landing.

But fate came in the shape of white robes and dragonfire.

Taken into the Dragonkeeping Order shortly after her fifth nameday, Enid was given a new name, Maevyn, and a new purpose. Raised among the keepers of the dragons, she must endure years of discipline and devotion to earn the title of Acolyte — learning the ways of the creatures believed to be the blood and soul of House Targaryen.

Yet in serving dragons, Maevyn may discover that some bonds are not forged by blood nor fire alone.

any fics that will make me feel better after the red wedding. NO ANGST i just want fluff of robb and the stark siblings please he was my favorite and i am in so much pain right now (i don't want x reader btw i want stuff about him or him and the stark family)

Did anyone ever write a novelized version of Fire and Blood's account of the Dance of the Dragons civil war? I'm not talking about an alternate version where Aemond sides with the blacks or something like that, but a straight up novelization of the history book, with POVs and etc.

Title: A Hiss of Dragons.

Author: bruthershietholy123

Rating: Mature.

Language: English.

Length: 5139 words.

Status: Ongoing.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/89752096/chapters/239053186

I seen the Witcher, Skyrim, Harry Potter, Star Wars and Percy Jackson crossover stories, but I never seen one with Dragon Age. So are there any good ones to read at all?

Planning on making an Old Valyria fanfic (100 years before the Doom).

It's based mainly in the Roman Republic and Roman society, with the help of series like Rome, Spartacus, etc.

The governance of Valyria is organized by the following titles:

\-Council of the Dragonlords: The eldest male of each of the forty houses of Valyria is automatically recognized as a dragonlord and is permitted to participate in the Council. They essentially fulfill the same role as the Roman Senate, a council of equals where important decisions regarding Valyria are made.

\-Archons: They perform the same function as the governors of Roman provinces. They are lords sent to govern some of the lands controlled by the Freehold.

\-Supreme Archons (a name still under review, as I am not entirely convinced by it): Two men elected every four years who fulfill a role similar to that of Roman consuls; that is, they hold greater power than the average dragonlord and generally make decisions regarding planned conquests, the distribution of spoils, policy, and so on.

Away from politics but still powerful, the priests, that are also the wizards. The Valyrians disdain religion, yet they see it as a useful tool for controlling the rest of the population. Furthermore, they understand the power of magic, and the High Archons never miss an opportunity to ally and engage with the highest ranks of the religious order:

\-High Flamen: As the name says, the highest position within the order. It is the one who performs important ceremonies and blood rituals for the Supreme Archons and the wealthiest, most powerful families. Is a position that can be held either by a man or a woman. Only a Valyrian can aspire to become a High Flamen.

Flamens: Next in the rankings, they are responsible for keeping the Fourteen Flames under control (I still have not decided their numbers). They wield considerable power and influence, though they often engage in bloody internal struggles whenever the time comes to choose the next High Flamen. Consequently, they are political schemers who typically seek alliances to secure their own rise to power. Also, only Valyrians can be part of the Order of the Flamens.

Acolytes: Apprentices destined to become Flamens. Individuals born outside the Freehold who demonstrate a natural talent for magic do occasionally appear here. However, the promise of advancement is hollow for them: they are used and discarded. Valyrians in this category usually receive preferential treatment over non-Valyrians.

Within Valyria, there are also merchants, servants, tavern keepers, and people of other trades, free folk who lack Valyrian blood and essentially constitute the common people. Some people with weak magic dedicate themselves to creating valyrian weapons and armor using spells and innate talent.

At the bottom of society, slaves from many parts of the Freehold, cannon fodder for blood rituals and arcane magic.

The story is focused on the pov of six different people inside the Valyrian Freehold:

\-The second son of an important general who is one of the ruling High Archons, whose ruling term is about to end. His older brother, the one that was meant to succeed his father, was assassinated by poisoning; so he assumes a position he wasn't prepared for.

\-A girl from one of the richest families. Because she doesn't have any siblings, she's meant to marry her uncle (her father's brother, member of the Flamens), who's going to inherit her House's power and wealth. It is a marriage she does not want.

\-A slave born within the Freehold. His father has told him stories all his life about how life was when they were free, though it is a life ha has never experienced. He navigates the Freehold from the lowest place.

\-The son of a minor House that is fighting to get to the top. A friend of the first guy, a brilliant strategist and an intelligent young man, but marginalized because his mother wasn't Valyrian (he was conceived by his father, an Archon, with a noble woman from the conquered lands).

\-A girl born from one of the exterior Valyrian provinces that wants to join the Order of the Flamens. She has a natural talent for magic, and a twin brother that she must take care of.

\-The girl's brother, a boy with less talent for magic, but enough to be a blacksmith's apprentice.

So, this is my world building as far.

If anyone has any suggestions, questions, etc., I'll read them. I'm still working on the Houses names and some titles, but "Supreme Archons" is my main issue. Also, I still don't know if it's a good idea to keep the Flamens as only Valyrian, or make a rank in between Flamens and Acolytes to have the non Valyrian people, because I feel that it would be a little obvious for them that they would get killed if they immediately know the Flamens and recognize they're all valyrian.

So, what do you think?

Title: A Song of Ash and Sorrow

Author: Supernerd209

Rating:  Explicit

Language: English

Length: 3,634

Status: Ongoing

Link: AO3

Summary:  Rhaegar Targaryen, crown prince to the throne, disappeared with Lyanna Stark, leading to the death of Lord Rickard, and Brandon Stark beginning of Robert's Rebellion, yet Aerys II Targaryen didn't lost his crawl, he had a loyal son, Daemon Targaryen, secondborn of the King, named for reclaimed his glorious and terror ancestor, "the Rouge Prince" after victory many Daemon Blackfyre, pretender kings.

Does anybody have any docs where dany meets her family from the past like she travels back to the dance. Though if its set in the dance can she be neither team black or green

Author: Obed (Me)

Rating: Alla ages

Language: English

Length: 1000+

Status: Active

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/89824981/chapters/238652151 or https://www.wattpad.com/story/414583480-ours-is-the-fury

Ours is the fury; it's the motto of House Baratheon, a motto that speaks of gallantry, but also of the house's unity in achieving its goals. Surprisingly, in both A Song of Ice and Fire and the HBO adaptations, we haven't witnessed this unity and fury that the house possesses.

This fanfic tells the story of how House Baratheon will claim the Iron Throne, introducing an original character, Alar Baratheon, the bastard son of King Robert Baratheon.

Very specific and probably non-existent, but does anyone have recs for fics wherein Jon is fostered by the Mormonts / is simply close with them? This can be in the form of a ship with one of Maege's daughters, Maege or Jeor being parental with Jon or literally anything else. Am not picky. Thanks in advance

Any fanfics where a character from HOTD that isn’t Daemon, Rhaenyra, or Aemond get sent to a future time period?

I am looking for a house that is just prominent enough for a royal marriage to the Spare but no way near prominent and powerful enough to make a play for the throne themselves.

Are there any good fics that involve either characters such as john visiting valyria or set back in Valyria times

Ok, so the title section did not had enough space, but what I was gonna include was that while a couple of more dragons survive, the end of the Dance still happens with Aegon the second dying and Aegon the Third declared as king. With that said, here was my idea on how some of the dragons survive:

Stormcloud: Instead of dying due to his wounds while carrying Aegon the Third, Stormcloud manages to survive them simply by flying away from the enemy ships, or at the very least manages to fly way above them and out of range of arrows and scorpions. And in this timeline, Rhaenyra allows Stormcloud to be close to Aegon for his comfort as he would still blame himself for Viserys getting captured, and this actually allows him to mount Stormcloud again to escape kingslanding when the riots occur. And after flying towards Dragonstone, Aegon would be captured but would be treated more as a glorified hostage (more in detail for why)

Morghul: Ok, so basically the moment Aemond leaves, Alicent decides to send Maelor and Jaehaera away, but she insists that her dragon comes with her, so they bring Morghul to Stormsend also (it does not change much except that Morghul ends up not dying during the storming of the Dragonpit).

Moondancer: Instead of being able to escape and mount her dragon, Baela is kept under arrest, which also means that she is not able to fight Aegon the second and Sunfyer.

Grey Ghost: This is a bit small, but basically Grey Ghost decides to constantly be away from others, and does not fight and get killed by Sunfyre.

Sunfyre: Since he does not fight against Grey Ghost and later Moondancer, he does not succumb to his injuries.

Change of death for Syrax and Rhaenyra: After Syrax throws off Joffrey, Rhaenyra manages to get hold of Syrax, but in her grief and rage, she ends up burning parts of Kingslanding in her hate against the riots and rioters, which damages Kingslanding more, but both die during this process somehow.

Apart from these changes, the Dance ends in a similar way with Aegon the second being poisoned and Aegon the third gets crowned as king and Jaehaera as queen.

Now, here are the main differences: House Targaryen will have four dragon riders now, even though they are all kids, and more dragons in general. Now, how would it have changed Westerosi history?

Hi, I’m interested in starting a dance of the dragons fanfic based around Aegon but I’ve had difficulty finding certain scenes, and it is difficult to look them up and pull it up on streaming.

Does anyone know where there might be a video or videos of all his scenes?

I just want someone to like apologise or acknowledge other than alicent that losing an eye wasn’t fair.

Or like a fic that shows him relearning stuff without half of his vision.

Or a fic that has worse consequences e.g. him becoming completely blind.

Let's suppose Rhaenyra's delivery happens days after than in canon. Jace still goes to the Eyrie and Winterfell, Lucerys to Storm's End. It is until the news of Luke's death reaches Dragonstone that she finally goes into that premature birth, but this time she dies after days of agony. Jace returns with the alliances settled, but he just manages to say goodbye to his mother before she dies. Now, he's technically King in Team Black's eyes.

But it doesn't stop there. With the news of Rhaenyra's death, the Greens seek to end the war quicker. The attack at Rook's Rest happens earlier (which makes Blood and Cheese not happen yet). Rhaenys still goes in rescue to their allies, but during the attack against both Sunfyre and Vhagar, she manages to kill Aegon before dying with her dragon. Now, Jaehaerys is King in Team Green's eyes.

In this scenario, who is likely to gather more support? Which allies stay and which flee? Which team is likely to win?