When the dragon Balerion burned this place, it was to end Lord Harren's line. But his line was not so easily ended. A child, a boy...lived on. Burned terribly, but alive. His mother would have given anything to save him. She summoned maesters from across the Seven Kingdoms, but to no avail. So, she turned to older curses. She uncovered incantations more ancient than the land. She treated with things that lived in the forest. But none of it could unmake what dragonfire made. And when the boy was gone...she tried to go with him. And that is when she learned the cost.
She discovered then she was cursed. To live on, to remain within the bounds of the river kings of old. Cursed for sharing in Harren's avarice. Stripped of her name, her title, her castle. And sentenced to serve every ha'penny lord who came here to rule it.
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON
â 3.08 âThe Treasons at Tumbletonâ
remember that guy that had a single auditory hallucination that told him he had a brain tumor and the exact location and then he went to the doctor and it was fucking right
This feels so ubiquitous to me that I had trouble reading the story for a second. I was waiting for an additional punchline. Yes, of course, this is simply how it is here.
There are other rules. Complex gender dynamics. And an old person can access an expanded version of the network. The older you are the more you can ask anyone to move things, as long as the truck isn't needed. By 75 you can ask anyone you have a secondhand connection to between the ages of 16 and 50 to move shit for you. By 90 you can ask anyone of any age or size to move whatever you want.
If it's hot out and your movers are old enough, they may request beer. If it's hot out and they're not old enough it's good form to offer them pop, but they may not demand it.
A truck signifies a responsibility to the community. This is one of many reasons that a pristine truck is contemptible to me. You are showing that you have money, but also that you shirk community responsibility.
[Did Alys immediately think that Alicent was there to kill him?] Oh, yeah. I do think she really was like, âSheâs either going to kill you physically or kill you emotionally.â She felt something very clearly and saw something very clearly. â Gayle Rankin
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(7/30/26) The Red Cross just declared the second US blood crisis in its history.
Summer sees both a drop off in donations and, at least for our trauma center, a spike in traumas. Trauma centers across the US are in danger of running out of blood for our trauma patients TODAY, which is very scary but, unlike much of the other scary national news coming across our screens these days, is something you can help fix immediately and directly.
We need ASAP donations of blood, for people to spread the word, and for manager types to help facilitate others' donations. All blood types are needed, but universal donor blood (type O) is especially dire.
Many things that previously made people ineligible have been rolled back. If you previously thought you were ineligible, please consider checking current guidelines!
While O- is the most dire need as it can be safely given to anyone in an emergency, all types are needed! Our emergent release blood is being pulled for patients who have a high chance of death if they don't get blood within the hour. Once they're stabilized, they can have their type confirmed and get blood of a specific, matching type released to them so that O- can go to the patients who need it most.
Canada is also in a blood shortage, not just the US. Even if you're not in the USA or Canada, maybe check locally, especially if it's summer where you are.
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