Lady Lannister || Game of Thrones

Dragon Banners

Johanna sits beside the fire with her daughters as her sons stood with Daemon Targaryen as he stood before the painted table in the centre of the great hall. Rhaenyra longed to be with her male counter parts, wishing to be "a knight in shining armour" as she had expressed may times before.

Rhaena sat at her mother's feet happy with the book she was reading about the history of her family, a book that had been banned by Robert Baratheon when he came to the throne.

Helaena who hated violence sat beside her mother her head in her mother's lap as she braided her hair with a soft smile on her face. Helaena and Maegor balanced each other out soothly. 

He was the violence and temper while she was the calm and level headed. It amused their mother who had always noticed their differences. Aegon and Rhaenyra were similar to their younger siblings.

Aegon was unsure in himself which Rhaenyra soothed out with her calm reason that made her indispensable to her brother who always looked for her opinion when it came to decision making.

Rhaenyra however had no mind for politics while that is where Aegon thrived, he was always the voice of reason and playing the long game while Rhaenyra was always aggressive instantly.

They reminded Johanna the most of her and Daemon. They had been the same, almost eerily so. Daemon was the same as Rhaenyra, he also liked to be aggressive and beat the enemy back straight away while Johanna played the long game.

"Wife." Daemon calls Johanna who looks up from braiding her daughter's hair as everyone else turned to look at her from where they stood around the painted table. "Come. Give us your voice and settle this debate."

Sighing Johanna stood after Helaena sat up with a glance to Maegor who smiled slightly at her as their mother walked to their father's side as she looked over the painted table.

"Who are to be our allies?" Daemon asks as Johanna examines the board before them. "Who is still loyal to House Targaryen?"

Johanna sighs as she looks the table over as she walks around it the lords and ladies who had been closest to the Targaryen mount bowed their heads as she walked past them as she runs a hand over the table.

"House Blackfyre, with no doubt," Johanna says with a nod to Lady Daena Blackfyre who bows her head to the Queen who nodded back as she looked at the table. "House Hightower, Lord Otto himself assured me as much when I left him in charge of my son Cassian in the Red Keep."

"What is to stop him changing to the Baratheons?" Daemon asks as Johanna glances up at him from where she is looking at the Stag piece that is in her hand.

"His daughter," Johanna says "His daughter is being taken from Oldtown and bring brought here as we speak. The Lady Alicent should be here soon, and we have his other daughter the Lady Ceryse."

Daemon glances around before his eyes fall on the eldest Hightower daughter who bows her head to him. Daemon nods back as he looks at his wife. "Who else?"

"House Lannister, as much as it pains me to say it," Johanna sighs "Lord Tywin has no doubt noticed that his heirs Jaime and Cersei Lannister are here, along with all his grandchildren bar Cassian who is in Kingslanding and Mycella who is married in the North. The furture of his house is here and that is where his loyalties shall remain."

Daemon nods as Rhaella watches her daughter by law with pride in her eyes as Viserys looks at his sister with a smile. Daenerys who had not spoken to her before looks at the Queen, her brother's wife with a respect as her children looked at their mother proudly.

"Those are whom will no doubt be loyal, the question is the North, they will go with whomever Mycella chooses and I am unsure if it will be use." Johanna sighs as she looks at the wolf on the painted table.

"We have the East, with a marriage pact with the Tyrells, their youngest is the same age as Tommen, we have the twins with a marriage pact between Joffery and the coming child or Rhaena if this children is a boy." Johanna continues to speak as she keeps her eyes on the painted table with a sad glance at Rhaena who looks up alarmed before looking at Aemond who looks back at her.

"The Twins are ours, the Reach may soon be ours, the Rock is ours, the Crownlands are ours and so is High Tide," Daemon looks at his wife in surprise at her words as she looks at him "The Velaryons of Driftmark have be sworn to be for years, Lord Corlys is a dear ally."

"Dorne?"

"They will aline with us no doubt for they hold no love for the Baratheons and if we offer them revenge then they will be our allies." Johanna replaces the Baratheon mount onto the painted table before she looks at her husband.

"I must ask," Johanna pauses before continuing "My children Cassian and Mycella, I wish for them not to be harmed, they are children do not punish them for their father's mistake."

Daemon nods as he thinks over his wife's words before he looks up with a smirk.

"To war then."