House of The Dragon: The Glorious

#4

I'm ba-ba-ba-back people. Now more motivated than ever and I think this is demonstrated by the very long chapter. ~Hahahaha~

I hope all of you enjoy it as much as I did.

Episode 4

○Approximately a year has passed since the royal hunt in Kingswood.

○And in that time House Targaryen had undergone a new expansion.

○Alicent had given birth to her second child, and first son, Aegon Targaryen II, in 115 A.C. and to her second daughter, Helaena Targaryen, in 116 A.C

○And soon there could be another expansion because Rhaenyra has been touring the all of the realm holding audiences with potential suitors for her hand in marriage.

○On her most recent stop she found herself at Storm's End, the seat of House Baratheon in the Stormlands.

○The potential suitors were lined up in the main hall, being introduced in turns by Lord Boremund Baratheon.

○Rhaenyra was frustrated because many of the suitors were too old or too young, or lords of lesser houses.

○After seeing off the elderly Lord Dondarrion, she was shocked to see the underage Willem Blackwood present himself as a candidate.

○Even though he spoke well and Lord Boremund pointed out that the Blackwoods are a reasonably powerful noble house in the Riverlands, Rhaenyra did not take his proposal seriously.

○Young Lord Blackwood was repeatedly interrupted with taunts by Lord Jerrel Bracken.

○This was because House Blackwood and House Bracken have been in bitter feud with each other for centuries.

○Bored, Rhaenyra asked to hear from the next suitor in line so they could finish and go to dinner.

○Dejected, Blackwood turned to leave, but as he went, Jerrel Bracken called him a craven.

○Fed up with hearing his insults, Willem drew his sword and entered into combat with Jerrel.

○Seeing what was happening before her, Rhaenyra ordered her knight Criston Cole to leave and prepare to everthing to sail away.

○Meanwhile Lord Baratheon intervened to stop the two young lords and prevent the fight from ending in disgrace.

○As Rhaenyra and Criston's ship sailed back to the port of King's Landing, she feared her father would be angry that she not only rejected all of the proposed suitors, but cancelled the remainder of the tour two months early to return home.

○At that moment they heard the shouts of Caraxes above, as Daemon buzzed their ship with his dragon on the way to return to the royal court for the first time in four years.

○A hall filled with nobles, men and women, gathered before the Iron Throne as Viserys Targaryen dressed in full regalia to formally receive his wayward younger brother.

○Aemma was also in attendance to greet Daemon and to see what other stupid things the man would do.

○Daemon jauntily entered the throne room, playfully tossing Craghas Crabfeeder's warhammer in his hand and sporting his own crown, made of bone and driftwood.

○When he reached the base of the throne, Lord Commander Harrold Westerling drew his own sword and slowly pointed it at Daemon's chest plate to ward him off.

○The tension was broken when Daemon threw the warhammer to the ground in front of the Iron Throne and said to add it to the chair.

○Viserys then pointed out that Daemon was wearing a crown and asked if he also called himself king.