kingdom come. fire and blood was always the targaryen way....
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—IT begins as most stories do: with a boy, a girl and a dark, twisted longing for more.
For her, control.
Ilysa Maegos, the blood witch. She is the finest weapon in her brother's political arsenal, a performer for which the mortal plane is the stage and the heavens the spectator. In Volantis, they say she speaks for the Gods, that she is a mouthpiece for their divinity. She opens her mouth and sanguine ichor drips from her tongue and spills onto the floor.
Still, Ilysa Maegos knows a truth that haunts her, her will is not her own. Her brother, her gods. A lifetime on the fraying ends of marionette strings has left her with the most seraphic of longings: to be free.
But freedom is not her fate.
For him, power.
Aemond Targaryen, the Second Son. He who rides the largest living dragon and wields a sword like few in the land can dream. There is not much that can be bestowed upon him that he cannot take for himself. A Valyrian Prince, with purple eyes and white hair and blood that bleeds as green as the fabric of his mother's dresses.
He is the dutiful son, the penitent warrior, the vestige of an empire passed crumbling to the sharpness of a Seven-Pointed Star.
But no matter how devoted he may be, what Aemond Targaryen longs for could never be freely given. Power lies where the people believe it lies. And who would trust the One Eyed Prince?
The Maegos's arrival in Kings Landing spurns a plot woven with blood-stained thread and ancient loom. Conspiracy and deceit and chaos ensue and a battle for more threatens to tear a continent apart.
But between bloodied knuckles and bared teeth, the One Eyed Prince and the blood witch of Old Valyria bind their fates under the eyes of their gods and swear - to whatever end - a promise that will scar the bloodied histories of Westeros for the centuries to come.
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ILYSA MAEGOS, THE HARBINGER
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AEMOND TARGARYEN, THE ONE EYED PRINCE
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JAERIO MAEGOS, THE CONSPIRATOR
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"—the heavens are full of blood, and soon it will snow..."
author's note:
revamp!!! vibes based writing decreed that the previous version of this story (aka: eat your young) had to GO!
but fear not, this is much more fun!
tw: this story will be dark, with lots of blood and murder and gore and most importantly, will contain mentions of self harm that are compliant with a very bloody magic system. if this not for you please don't read on! protect your mental health always!
