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[misskatiewrites]

Fic Navigation for my current obsession, These Violent Delights (more or less up to date)

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[wing3dweav3r]

❖ THE CONCILIATOR : PRINCE INTO KING & THE YEAR OF THE THREE BRIDES

(From Fire & Blood, Volume I)

The Iron Throne was forged in fire, but it was secured through highly calculated mercy and ruthless political maneuvering. Following the brutal collapse of Maegor the Cruel's reign, a fourteen-year-old boy inherited a fractured realm on the brink of holy war. This is the architectural breakdown of how Jaehaerys I—alongside his mother and Hand—systematically neutralized the Faith, dismantled the remaining loyalists, and engineered the political scaffolding of a fifty-five-year dynasty, culminating in the fateful year of the Three Brides.

I. The Succession Crisis & The Boy King

The Fractured Realm: Jaehaerys ascended the Iron Throne in 48 AC at just 14 years old, inheriting an impoverished, war-torn kingdom and lacking any rulership experience.

The Question of Aerea: By strict rights, Aegon the Uncrowned's daughter, Aerea, was the heir. However, her youth, timid nature, and sex weighed against her.

The Firstborn's Refusal: Rhaena, the firstborn of Aenys and Alyssa, was also passed over. Beyond the prejudice against a ruling queen (summarized by Lord Rogar’s declaration that "this is not Dorne"), Rhaena despised the court and wished only to return to Fair Isle.

The Regency: Being shy of manhood, Jaehaerys was guided by Lord Rogar Baratheon as Hand of the King and his mother, Alyssa Velaryon, as Queen Regent.

II. The Fate of Maegor’s Loyalists

The Dungeons of the Red Keep: Upon arriving in King's Landing, hundreds of Maegor’s supporters were seized. Queen Regent Alyssa urged for mass executions.

The Calculated Clemency: Rogar Baratheon successfully argued that executing all captives would leave the crown without hostages against remaining loyalists. Jaehaerys utilized the Iron Throne to offer pardons to those who confessed treason, exchanging their lives for lands or gold.

The Kingsguard Trials: Of the five surviving members of Maegor's Kingsguard, Jaehaerys offered the Wall. Four accepted, but Ser Harrold Langwood demanded a trial by combat. He was slain by the young stormlander Gyles Morrigen, who was immediately elevated to Lord Commander.

III. The Uprising of the Faith

The Northern Threat: Ser Joffrey Doggett, backed by the pious Lady Lucinda of Riverrun, declared himself Grand Captain of the Warrior's Sons north of the Golden Tooth.

The Siege of Oldtown: Septon Moon, a thunderous, hypocritical lecher with immense influence, camped beneath Oldtown with 5,000 Poor Fellows, denouncing House Targaryen daily.

The Assassination: Before Jaehaerys or Rogar had to shed pious blood, Septon Moon was assassinated. A mysterious woman entered his tent, slit his throat, and escaped into the night. The poisoned wine she brought killed his remaining guards, causing the crusade to instantly fracture and dissolve into rival factions.

IV. Coronation and The Conciliator

The Anointing: With Oldtown secure and the rebellion fading, the High Septon anointed Jaehaerys and placed Aenys’s crown upon his head.

The Masterstroke of the White Cloak: In a diplomatic maneuver, Jaehaerys met safely with Joffrey Doggett. While refusing to reinstate the Swords and Stars, he offered Doggett a place in his Kingsguard, neutralizing the most capable military threat of the Faith.

The Wall as Penance: Upon his triumphant return to King's Landing, Jaehaerys offered the remaining Poor Fellows clemency if they took the black. Within a month of his coronation, the Crown and the Faith were reconciled.

THE YEAR OF THE THREE BRIDES

V. The First Bride: The Farman Union

The Island Wedding: Two weeks into 49 AC, twenty-six-year-old Rhaena Targaryen married seventeen-year-old Androw Farman, the comely but unremarkable second son of the Lord of Fair Isle.

A Modest Affair: The union was sparsely attended, lacking great lords save for Lyman and Jocasta Lannister, and largely witnessed by bannermen and household knights.

The Regent's Fury: The sudden marriage infuriated Hand of the King Lord Rogar Baratheon and Queen Regent Alyssa. However, Jaehaerys and Alysanne openly rejoiced, commanding bells to be rung in King's Landing.

VI. The Second Bride: The Golden Wedding

The Kingmaker: Lord Rogar Baratheon consolidated immense power as Hand. Given Jaehaerys's youth and Alyssa's gender, many whispered that Rogar was the true ruler of the Seven Kingdoms.

The Political Match: To solidify this influence, Rogar announced his marriage to Queen Regent Alyssa, who at forty-two was considered beyond her childbearing years. Jaehaerys was quietly angered that they did not ask his leave.

The Spectacle: The union was performed by the High Septon in the unfinished Dragonpit before 40,000 smallfolk. Jaehaerys and Alysanne descended on dragonback, while visiting lords used the subsequent tourney to take the measure of their quiet, observant new king.

VII. The War for the White Cloaks

The Empty Ranks: With only Gyles Morrigen and Joffrey Doggett holding white cloaks, Alyssa suggested a test of arms to fill the remaining five Kingsguard vacancies.

The Trial by Combat: Asserting his growing authority, Jaehaerys decreed the tournament would feature no jousting, only combat afoot. Hundreds of knights competed over seven grueling days of blood and steel.

The First Seven: The victors—including Ser Lorence Roxton, Ser Victor the Valiant, and Pate the Woodcock—formed a legendary Kingsguard widely regarded as the finest to serve during Jaehaerys's half-century reign.

VIII. The Third Bride: Secret Vows

The Plot Against the Crown: Desperate to avoid another holy war, Rogar conspired to marry the king to the Tyroshi Archon's daughter and thirteen-year-old Alysanne to Rogar’s youngest brother, Orryn Baratheon.

The Flight to Dragonstone: Tipped off by "rats in the walls," Alysanne alerted Jaehaerys. The young monarchs summoned their Kingsguard, flew to Dragonstone, and were secretly married under the rites of Septon Oswyck.

The Hand's Overreach: Upon discovering the deception, Rogar and Alyssa sailed to Dragonstone. When Rogar ordered his knights to seize the monarchs, the White Cloaks drew their swords, firmly reminding the Hand that the boy, not Rogar, was the true king.

The Gates Close: Refusing to witness more bloodshed, Alyssa ordered the swords sheathed and departed. Jaehaerys and Alysanne sealed the gates of Dragonstone, spending the remainder of his minority ruling in secret, inseparable isolation.

[havinganormalone]

Fanfiction is insane. You can write porn so good you make friends.

[moonsandsmiles]

Season 3....

Lets see: Alicent is smiling, and not in chains, even though Aegon and Aemond arent there, like promised. This is post a very important battle where Rhaenyra should be seething and should want to destroy the greens in full. But nah, my childhood bestie I was friends with for five minutes is way more important than my actual family and claim. 😍

P E A K W R I T I N G 🙃

Are we doing this? Are we still fucking doing this? Please... these women have both lost CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. They have no BUSINESS BEING FRIENDLY TO ONE ANOTHER AAAAAAAAA 😭

[moonsandsmiles]

HOTD Season 3 TEASER!

[1800naveen]

I heard of the supposed leaks for the next season of House of the Dragon.

All I gotta say?

Throw the whole show away. A great cast but they're being wasted.

Take their budget and give it to A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.

Cancel it and then reboot it! Is that how rebooting works?

Still, I will be sitting down to watch this mess. I don't know about George but I know hate is one hell of a motivator...

Book Alicent, I will always mourn you.

[sadlittlecountess]

the state that the HOTD s3 leaks have left me…. oh Alicent, my beloved I am sorry you have been failed. Rhaenyra too. this shit is just disgusting.

[thequeenwechoose]

Daemon Targaryen in Season 3 of House of the Dragon

[pinkdoeweirdo]

[thecrownedmage]

THE GREENS in HOUSE OF THE DRAGON Season 3 Official Final Trailer

[onyxstorms]

House of the Dragon Season 3 Trailer

"Look to the sky. Doom and ruin surround us. We will all become beasts before our end."

[azaablue]

the best fanfiction you've ever read was written by a woman in her 40s before she made dinner for her kids. it was written by a teenager after school when they should've been studying for a history test. and a barista came up with the idea while they cleaned the espresso machine and busser fact-checked it on their break and the post-doc edited between writing grant proposals and the nurse apologized for typos in the notes after a long shift and behind every drabble and one-shot and multi-chapter fic there is a person with a wonderful and interesting and chaotic life and it is such a privilege that we get to be apart of it because they decided to do this thing we all share, for fun.

[sylasthegrim]

s3 is not even out yet and ormund hightower is already on my mind, I fear he will be my new hyperfixation in june, man I am going to insufferable 💀

do you have any ideas for him? I have some important exams and stuff coming up but hightower smut by ez is my priority 😭

Me and my keyboard are ready. I have two, maybe three ideas for him that I'll likely start working on as soon as we've seen enough of him! If you've got ideas of what you'd like to read, or even requests, I'd take them into account ♡

I feel like I might love him as much as I ended up loving Gwayne, which was unexpected. James Norton made such a good first impression in that trailer, I'm still thinking about the way he delivered that "we act with holy purpose" line!

And good luck with your exams, dearest ♡♡

[winterstellars]

i feel obligated to share that there’s a new ormund still and good lord. oldtown you have done it again. the fic writers are about to clock in.

i'm already clocked in and bouncing on it idc

[sinnertobesaint]

Can’t wait for all the Ormund fics to drop once the new season is out 😏

[sylasthegrim]

I don’t know if it’s just me, but I’m getting religious kink and purity kink vibes from Ormund from the trailers. Really excited to see James Norton in this, I just know he’s gonna be good.

It’s not just you 🥵 the self-righteous “we act with holy purpose” line has me obsessed.

I suspect this character has great potential for religious kink, religious guilt, purity kink, and all sorts of related tropes. We’re going to have so much fun!

[andloveisenough]

they try to make me team green by having james norton as ormund hightower and it might even be working idk