Hightower Stories

Death had a plan. The magical war had ended. Queen Alicent was moments away from giving birth. All the pieces were in place-until the Fates intervened. They demanded a preview. Not a full revelation-just enough for soul resonance to stir when the moment of convergence truly arrived. And honestly? The gods were bored. The Lord of Light, the Many-Faced God, the Old Gods and the New, the Seven, even Mother Magic herself-bored out of their divine minds. So they did what any ancient cosmic forces would do: They put on a show. A literal show. A gathering of two realms-those of magic and of fire and blood. The witches and wizards. The kings and queens. The dragons and the wand-bearers. None of them remember this afterward. Not entirely. But somewhere deep inside, something changes. And at the center of it all is one soul. Sitara Evangeline Potter Black-a girl who died in childbirth only to rise again, reborn in another world, another body. She will become Alicent Hightower, mother and protector of the Targaryen Dynasty, But she was once the Girl-Who-Lived. If you're ready to witness what even the gods wanted to watch... Come along. The show is about to begin.

Before the war, before Aegon took the throne, before her bestfriend married her father, Rhealla Targaryen was simply girl in love with her bestfriends older brother. They were each other's first love-until war, pride, and family tore them apart. Fifteen years later, Gwayne Hightower returns to King's Landing to find the Targaryen princess he left behind, living as a glorified prisoner of the Greens. Forced together while the realm burns, they discover that hatred is far easier than forgiving the one person they never truly stopped loving.

The first daughter of King Viserys and Queen Alicent. For some reason, she was seen as a plague, a disgusting swine, even though she never did anything wrong in her youth, due to many problems, including her brothers and sisters, and parents who didn't care. She went down a dark path of Lust and heartlessness, fun. Till she was informed of something that would change her life.⠀⠀ Ratings: Rated R ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⢳⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⣄⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⡎⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣧⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣄⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠀⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢀⣿⡆⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⣼⣿⣿⡄ ⠀⢰⠀⠀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣼⣿⣿⣿⣧ ⠀⣿⡀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⡿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣿⣷⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⠃⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⡄⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇ ⢳⣌⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠀ ⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⠋⣠⠀ ⠀⠈⢻

Lord Otto Hightower was not stupid, he knew that his daughter Allicent becoming queen was only the first step to making sure his blood sat on the iron throne. The second step was making powerful allies, and who was stronger than House Tyrell.

The death of Aemma leaves Viserys ruling through grief, leading him to make a difficult choice for the realm. He feels a connection with Alicent but knows he must choose Laena to marry. Daemon becomes unstable and his fixation on Rhaenyra and the crown invites danger to the realm. Tension in court rises as Otto's plans collapse in front of him. Meanwhile Rhaenyra finds unexpected support in Ser Harwin Strong. The birth of Viserys and Laena's son intensifies the succession crisis. With a son born the lords assume he is the new heir. The realm questions her claim and danger gathers around her, will Rhaenyra find someone willing to choose her over power and politics?

Vaera Targaryen's younger years. You have hopefully fallen in love with vaera over the many stories. This is Vaera Targaryens younger years, pre Illicit affairs, Your Name hurts, the joker and the queen. 🐉 "Nothing a cookie can't fix temporarily." 🍪 Check out the Vaera Targaryen reading list for all the Vaera fun! Some characters belong to grrm

~In her youth, Rhaena Velaryon found herself disinterested in lessons of mathematics and the politics of those days. The lessons she found herself drawn to the most were the lessons of her own House's history. The tales of her ancestors always sparked wonder in her. They gave her inspiration to want to make her own story and, through all of her hardships and adventures to follow the innocence of her early youth, she would with their names never forgotten in her mind.~ • ( Follows HotD Seasons 1 - ?) After her marriage to King Viserys Targaryen, Queen Alicent, in rapid succession, gave birth to his five children in the span of seven years; Aegon, Helaena, Aemond, Maela, and Daeron. Princess Maela, the Vainglorious Dragon, grew up resentful and rebellious, and yet, history remembers her name. Perhaps it was the predicament her family was thrust in to, perhaps it was her deeds, or perhaps it was those she chose to love.

Some dragons are born to conquer. Others are born to survive. Prince Maegor Targaryen has never wanted a crown. He wants only his family, his children, and the freedom to spend his days with a sword in hand and his dragon beneath him. But as old wounds reopen and the royal family begins to fracture, staying out of the struggle becomes impossible. When blood, loyalty, and legitimacy are thrown into question, Maegor finds himself drawn into a conflict that threatens everything he has spent years protecting. And somewhere in the darkness, dragons are beginning to wake.

As the Dance enters its bloodiest days, House Hightower finds itself drawn deeper into a war that will reshape the realm. Ormund and Malina ride into the conflict together, while their children remain behind in Oldtown, forced to navigate the weight of their family name in their absence. With war approaching, loyalties tested, and the future uncertain, the Hightowers have never had more to lose-or more to protect.

Cressa Footly, the lively young heiress to Tumbleton, has lived a peaceful life with her parents within the walls of the prosperous merchant town. Until one fateful day. When Ormund Hightower, Lord of Oldtown, arrives with his army and seizes the town, taking its people hostage, Cressa is entrusted with a desperate task: to seek the aid of Rhaenyra Targaryen, the Black Queen, to whom House Footly has sworn allegiance. To save her family and reclaim her home from the clutches of the green army, the young girl will have to face challenges unlike anything she has ever known, while fighting alongside fierce Northerners, cunning Rivermen and the Rogue Prince himself. Will she succeed in freeing Tumbleton from Hightower rule without losing everything she holds dear?

"They say House Hightower lights the way. But inside the High Tower, there is only a suffocating shroud of ice and blood."At fifteen, Melissa Tyrell was the golden sun of Highgarden-a fierce, untamed girl who tasted absolute freedom while flying through the clouds on a blue dragon. But the Dance of the Dragons cares nothing for childhood dreams. Trapped by a ruthless web of family scandals and political blackmail, Melissa is sold into an arranged marriage to Lord Ormund Hightower. A flawless, aristocratic sociopath who washes his hands of human empathy and smothers the world in the sweet, sickening scent of his lavender pomander.Within the sterile grey walls of Oldtown, Melissa's life becomes a living hell. She is broken, silenced, and stripped of her will. And when a tragic fall from the treacherous stone stairs shatters her last hopes, she finds herself utterly alone, staring into the abyss of her own despair.But Lord Ormund's cold calculation forgot one variable. His sixteen-year-old son, Lyonel.For years, Lyonel was the brooding, silent heir, forced to wear a mask of iron discipline while harboring explosive, burning anger issues. For years, he watched the girl of his childhood dreams from the shadows, unable to protect her from his father's cruelty. Now, with the ash of First Tumbleton settling and the old monster dead, Lyonel claims the seat of Oldtown.He is loud, ruined by the horrors of war, and smells of rain and blood. He is everything Melissa has learned to fear. Yet, behind his terrifying grey-green gaze and blood-stained fists lies a fierce, unyielding oath.In a kingdom collapsing into ash, a ruined Tyrell rose must learn to bloom in the frost. Because while the High Tower was once her cage, its new lord is ready to burn the whole of Westeros to the ground just to keep her safe.A dark, slow-burn House of the Dragon tale of trauma, heavy angst, and a brutal, ironclad path from hatred to devotion.

Oh, to be faithful, to be devoted, to be someone another could never forget, even after the cold has claimed you, even after a thousand lifetimes have passed.

Elaine Targaryen, the youngest daughter of Alicent and Viseris, is one of the most innocent women. What could possibly happen if Alicent orders her brother ser Gwayne Hightower to guard her?

Maelyra Targaryen, a young princess of the House Targaryen and the younger sister of Rhaenyra, was raised beneath the weight of royal blood and the memory of her mother, Aemma Arryn. Reserved, intelligent, and curious, Maelyra possesses a more thoughtful nature than her sister, yet beneath her calm exterior lies a fierce pride and a will that is difficult to bend. A dragonider bonded to Vaeloryx, the ancient dragon with pale blue and white scales, she is a young woman who has never wished to become a pawn in the games of court. Gwayne Hightower, a young knight of the powerful House Hightower and Alicent's brother, is a charming, proud, and ambitious man, raised according to the values of his house. Skilled with the sword, confident and deeply devoted to his family's honor, Gwayne carries the proud nature of the Hightowers, but also possesses a more human and loyal side that emerges with those who manage to earn his trust. To unite two of the most powerful houses in the Seven Kingdoms, Maelyra and Gwayne are betrothed to one another. At first, their union is nothing more than a political arrangement: fire and stone, two families, two worlds, and two young people who never chose each other. But time changes people. And when the Dance of the Dragons turns Westeros into a battlefield, Maelyra will be forced to face the most painful choice of her life: to follow her duty to her family and her queen, or to protect the man who has become her husband and who, against all expectations, she has learned to love. Because during war, loving your enemy may be the greatest betrayal of all. A HOTD fanfiction female oc x Gwayne Hightower

Bound by an arrangement neither of them chose, Nymoria Baratheon has spent years learning how thin the line between duty and resentment can become. Now, as war consumes the realm, old loyalties begin to fracture and carefully kept secrets grow harder to hide. Nymoria has never been particularly good at doing what is expected of her. And some vows are easier to break than others.

After the good king's death, the youngest and final daughter of Viserys Targaryen and Aemma Arryn finds herself at the mercy of Alicent and her children, unable to flee to Dragonstone to be with Rhaenyra. As the Dance of Dragons unleashes its wrath upon Westeros, Aemma Targaryen must heed caution, as the Dowager Queen Alicent grows suspicious of her true loyalties. To ensure her actions remain in line, she assigns a single knight to her guard. And who else would she trust more than her own brother? __________________ Gwayne Hightower x OC

"Let the realm name her Strong; I shall name her mine, and love the wound they gave her." - Aegon "If all the Seven Kingdoms burned, I would kneel only where her shadow fell." - Aemond Seraphina Velaryon was born between silver and brown, dragonfire and mortal tenderness. Beloved by two princes taught to hate her blood, she becomes their gentlest undoing: Aegon's mercy, Aemond's light, and the silken thread binding a fractured House. Where history promised dragons, grief, and Dance, her love makes another fate bloom. No crown is worth her tears; no throne survives if it breaks her heart again.

SHE is the bastard daughter of Daemon Targaryen, who lives in Tumbledon, far away from the chaos of her House, until Ormund Hightower arrives in her town with his army. HE is the kind of prince she had always dreamed about, arrived at Timbledon to reunite with his nephew and ending up falling in live with the enemy.

it is a fire which consumes me, but I am the fire. - Luis Borges ( house of the dragon ) ( season one - season three ) ( fem!oc x ormund hightower )

In 129 A.C., Sansa Stark, the First of Her Name and Sister to Lord Cregan Stark, is sent south to wed Prince Aemond Targaryen, believing the greatest danger awaiting her is a loveless marriage. She is wrong. As dragons dance and kingdoms fracture, Sansa's fate becomes entwined not only with Prince Aemond's but also with that of Ser Gwayne Hightower, a knight bound by duty to a cause not of his choosing. Between prophecy and politics, winter and fire, Sansa must decide what honor demands, and what kind of love can survive the end of an age.