House Darkthorne of Shadow's Peak had been a loyal vassal to its Liege, House Baratheon of Storm's End, but when King Robert died they had no choice but to remain neutral in the War of the Five Kings since they personally didn't believe King Joffrey had any claim to the Iron Throne and didn't want to endanger themselves by publicly choosing a side. The Head of House Darkthorne, Lady Bellatrix, had sent her husband, Lord Revan Dondarrion, to King's Landing to be the advisor of the Lord Hand Tywin Lannister but was falsely accused by the Queen Regent Cersei Lannister of supporting the claim of Renly Baratheon, which led to his prompt execution by beheading. This enraged Lady Bellatrix, the Royal family had forced her hand, she publicly declared her support of Robb Stark, The King in The North and pledged 20,000 of her Soldiers to the Assault of Casterly Rock. She, her bastard son Trae Storm, and the soldiers she promised traveled to the Twins to attend the wedding of Lord Edmure Tully and Roslin Frey, she planned to attend the wedding and discuss the siege in the morning....
"You're different from what I expected," she said softly.
"How so?" he asked, glancing at her.
"I don't know," she replied, searching for the right words. "You just... have this way of making people feel like they matter. Even here, in this... nightmare."
He was quiet for a moment before responding. "You matter, Y/n. Don't forget that."
OR
Y/n wakes up in the deadly Squid Game, surrounded by strangers and fighting to survive. What she doesn't know is that the mysterious Frontman is watching her every move through the cameras- and she's caught his attention.