Chapter 363
“What are you two doing?”
“We… we…” Arya’s sudden shout transformed what had been a perfectly normal interaction into something that felt like being caught red-handed in a comp...
“What are you two doing?”
“We… we…” Arya’s sudden shout transformed what had been a perfectly normal interaction into something that felt like being caught red-handed in a comp...
Everything was set. Ideally, when the Others attacked, the Gift’s army would operate like a well-oiled machine, following the battle plans as if programmed to do so—holding the line, resisting,...
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2025-01-29 12:32:29 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Aegor received word that a member of the Stark family would be arriving at Crown's Rest to retrieve their child, he wasn’t surprised. Winterfell’s response to the news of Bran’s survival...
2025-01-29 12:32:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe Night’s Watch rangers who witnessed the shocking sight of the “sea of wights felling weirwood trees” scrambled back to the Shadow Tower in a panic. Upon hearing their report, Dennis Malli...
2025-01-29 12:31:49 +0000 UTC View PostThe jars of wildfire hurled into the crowd were thrown by the sailors of the Direwolf, using nothing but brute strength.
It was obvious that wildfire grenades were wholly unsuited for close ...
The blaring of warhorns didn’t signify that the two longships intended to recklessly assault the Direwolf, a vessel five times their size. Rather, it was a signal, summoning hidden reinforcements...
2025-01-29 12:31:10 +0000 UTC View PostAegor had initially hoped to craft bullets, shrapnel for bombs, or cluster munitions out of Valyrian steel—ideas fit for modern warfare—but the technology wasn’t there yet, and the enemy cert...
2025-01-29 12:30:51 +0000 UTC View Post"Can you stop for just one moment?"
Melisandre was on the verge of exploding. Why couldn’t this man act like a proper Azor Ahai and simply wield Lightbringer to slay the White Walkers? Fir...
Aegor confessed his plan, but not because he was an honest man.
Aside from maintaining a semblance of trust between himself and the Red Priestess, there was another reason: after learning th...
“Can you stop calling it ‘Lightbringer’? It’s just a Valyrian steel sword.” Aegor wasn’t at all surprised by Melisandre’s reaction and suppressed the urge to roll his eyes, responding...
2025-01-29 12:29:50 +0000 UTC View Post"Dark Sister" was about two inches shorter than the standard steel swords issued to the Crown's Rest garrison, yet its proportions were sleek and elongated. The grip, however, was rather petite; wh...
2025-01-29 12:29:31 +0000 UTC View PostAlthough Aegor hadn’t received the answer he most desired regarding the gods, he reluctantly accepted the premise that “the Cold God won’t intervene directly.” It wasn’t so much that Bran...
2025-01-29 12:29:11 +0000 UTC View Post"'After a long summer, the stars shall bleed'—this clearly refers to the red comet in the sky. As for how it was formed and why it lingers motionless, no one knows."
"'Cold darkness will e...
“There are many reasons, but the most direct one is—it’s impossible to build,” Bran replied without hesitation. “The meltwater from Frostfangs flows entirely into the sea through the Milk...
2025-01-29 12:28:30 +0000 UTC View Post"The last time I scouted the movements of the dead, they had completed their assembly roughly ten miles north of Castle Black. However, instead of advancing toward the Wall, they split into two gro...
2025-01-29 12:28:10 +0000 UTC View PostAegor swallowed hard.
Bran had just repeated, word for word, the whispered remark Roose Bolton had made to him at Deepwood Motte that night. Honestly... even though Aegor had mentally prepar...
A noble scion who had run away from home returned—so what? At a time when humanity and the living stood on the brink of survival against the dead, was this really worth the fuss? Yet in Aegor’s...
2025-01-29 12:27:31 +0000 UTC View PostBefore heading south to King’s Landing with Tyrion, Aegor had been a fully-fledged member of the Night’s Watch—a soldier who stood guard atop the Wall through freezing nights, patrolled the G...
2025-01-29 12:27:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe attack by the so-called "Undying Ones" in Qarth had left a lasting impression on Daenerys, making it difficult for her not to feel a sense of dread and suspicion toward the masked woman, Quaith...
2025-01-29 12:26:50 +0000 UTC View PostDaenerys pinched her thigh lightly, feeling the sting of pain. It was real. Brimming with anticipation, she walked quickly to the riverbank and picked up the Dragonbinder's Codex left behind by the...
2025-01-29 12:26:31 +0000 UTC View Post"During the journey here on the Ironborn’s ship, there wasn’t a single day I didn’t use the flames to divine your circumstances, Your Grace." Though Marqilo couldn’t read Chinese, it didn...
2025-01-29 12:26:12 +0000 UTC View PostTwo Ironborn had left, but the Red Priest Marqilo, another recent addition, remained. He took the seat left vacant by Daario Naharis's absence, joining Queen's Hand Petyr Baelish, Grey Worm, comman...
2025-01-29 12:25:51 +0000 UTC View PostAnother attempt to control her dragons? Another fool playing with fire?
Did everyone who called themselves an ally secretly covet her children? The young queen felt the slumbering beast with...
His entire body trembling, a mix of nervousness and hope surging within him, Petyr Baelish felt his heart hammering as if it would leap from his throat. How many years had it been since he’d felt...
2025-01-29 12:25:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe Queen of Meereen, Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Chains, Mother of Dragons, the Unburnt, the Stormborn Daenerys Targaryen… ha...
2025-01-29 12:24:53 +0000 UTC View PostThe 800-foot-tall pyramid rose majestically from its square base, piercing the clouds. At its summit lay the Queen's courtyard, a verdant sanctuary with lush trees, fragrant flowers, and shimmering...
2025-01-29 12:24:33 +0000 UTC View PostAegor needed a testing ground to conduct practical experiments and refine his explosives. His original plan had been to have Nina locate a suitable site outside the Gift. After all, while the Iron ...
2025-01-29 12:24:14 +0000 UTC View PostA weirwood forest?
Aegor leaned over again to peer into the canyon, and sure enough, scattered specks of deep red came into view. The recent blizzard had blanketed the North and the Gift in ...
Being a ruler was no easy task, especially when ruling a place like the Gift, where the population was diverse and the problems seemingly endless. Apart from the Night’s Watch workers Aegor had r...
2025-01-29 12:23:35 +0000 UTC View Post