Chapter 363
“What are you two doing?”
“We… we…” Arya’s sudden shout transformed what had been a perfectly normal interaction into something that felt like being caught red-handed in a compromising situation. Myrcella, startled, found hers...
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Chapter 362
Everything was set. Ideally, when the Others attacked, the Gift’s army would operate like a well-oiled machine, following the battle plans as if programmed to do so—holding the line, resisting, and even defeating the undead to protect the Seve...
2025-01-29 12:32:48 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 361
What a perfectly awful coincidence in timing: the Night’s Watch, the Northern threat of the Others and their army of the dead—just as the script was playing out, the Ironborn and the Dragon Queen decided to intervene. If one were to follow the...
2025-01-29 12:32:29 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 360
When Aegor received word that a member of the Stark family would be arriving at Crown's Rest to retrieve their child, he wasn’t surprised. Winterfell’s response to the news of Bran’s survival and his intent to join the Night’s Watch had al...
2025-01-29 12:32:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 359
The Night’s Watch rangers who witnessed the shocking sight of the “sea of wights felling weirwood trees” scrambled back to the Shadow Tower in a panic. Upon hearing their report, Dennis Mallister immediately ordered the Bridge of Skulls seal...
2025-01-29 12:31:49 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 358
The jars of wildfire hurled into the crowd were thrown by the sailors of the Direwolf, using nothing but brute strength.
It was obvious that wildfire grenades were wholly unsuited for close combat, especially during boarding actions between...
Chapter 357
The blaring of warhorns didn’t signify that the two longships intended to recklessly assault the Direwolf, a vessel five times their size. Rather, it was a signal, summoning hidden reinforcements lying in wait to spring their trap. The longships...
2025-01-29 12:31:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 356
Aegor had initially hoped to craft bullets, shrapnel for bombs, or cluster munitions out of Valyrian steel—ideas fit for modern warfare—but the technology wasn’t there yet, and the enemy certainly wouldn’t grant him the time to research an...
2025-01-29 12:30:51 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 355
"Can you stop for just one moment?"
Melisandre was on the verge of exploding. Why couldn’t this man act like a proper Azor Ahai and simply wield Lightbringer to slay the White Walkers? First, he wanted to sell it. Now, he wanted to melt i...
Chapter 354
Aegor confessed his plan, but not because he was an honest man.
Aside from maintaining a semblance of trust between himself and the Red Priestess, there was another reason: after learning that Dark Sister was no ordinary Valyrian steel swor...
Chapter 353
“Can you stop calling it ‘Lightbringer’? It’s just a Valyrian steel sword.” Aegor wasn’t at all surprised by Melisandre’s reaction and suppressed the urge to roll his eyes, responding with a weak jab of realism. He unsheathed the swo...
2025-01-29 12:29:50 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 352
"Dark Sister" was about two inches shorter than the standard steel swords issued to the Crown's Rest garrison, yet its proportions were sleek and elongated. The grip, however, was rather petite; when Aegor held it, there wasn’t even enough room ...
2025-01-29 12:29:31 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 351
Although Aegor hadn’t received the answer he most desired regarding the gods, he reluctantly accepted the premise that “the Cold God won’t intervene directly.” It wasn’t so much that Bran had convinced him, but rather that he had no othe...
2025-01-29 12:29:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 350
"'After a long summer, the stars shall bleed'—this clearly refers to the red comet in the sky. As for how it was formed and why it lingers motionless, no one knows."
"'Cold darkness will envelop the world'—this undoubtedly refers to the...
Chapter 349
“There are many reasons, but the most direct one is—it’s impossible to build,” Bran replied without hesitation. “The meltwater from Frostfangs flows entirely into the sea through the Milkwater. The gorge experiences massive summer water ...
2025-01-29 12:28:30 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 348
"The last time I scouted the movements of the dead, they had completed their assembly roughly ten miles north of Castle Black. However, instead of advancing toward the Wall, they split into two groups heading east and west. The eastern group, numb...
2025-01-29 12:28:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 347
Aegor swallowed hard.
Bran had just repeated, word for word, the whispered remark Roose Bolton had made to him at Deepwood Motte that night. Honestly... even though Aegor had mentally prepared for this, it was still unsettling. Not entirely...
Chapter 346
A noble scion who had run away from home returned—so what? At a time when humanity and the living stood on the brink of survival against the dead, was this really worth the fuss? Yet in Aegor’s eyes, this event immediately leapt to the top of ...
2025-01-29 12:27:31 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 345
Before heading south to King’s Landing with Tyrion, Aegor had been a fully-fledged member of the Night’s Watch—a soldier who stood guard atop the Wall through freezing nights, patrolled the Ghost Forest, and even fought against White Walkers...
2025-01-29 12:27:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 344
The attack by the so-called "Undying Ones" in Qarth had left a lasting impression on Daenerys, making it difficult for her not to feel a sense of dread and suspicion toward the masked woman, Quaithe, whose roundabout methods ultimately sought her ...
2025-01-29 12:26:50 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 343
Daenerys pinched her thigh lightly, feeling the sting of pain. It was real. Brimming with anticipation, she walked quickly to the riverbank and picked up the Dragonbinder's Codex left behind by the mysterious woman.
The book’s pages were ...
Chapter 342
"During the journey here on the Ironborn’s ship, there wasn’t a single day I didn’t use the flames to divine your circumstances, Your Grace." Though Marqilo couldn’t read Chinese, it didn’t stop him from reveling in the satisfaction of t...
2025-01-29 12:26:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 341
Two Ironborn had left, but the Red Priest Marqilo, another recent addition, remained. He took the seat left vacant by Daario Naharis's absence, joining Queen's Hand Petyr Baelish, Grey Worm, commander of the Unsullied, Missandei, Daenerys's cheris...
2025-01-29 12:25:51 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 340
Another attempt to control her dragons? Another fool playing with fire?
Did everyone who called themselves an ally secretly covet her children? The young queen felt the slumbering beast within her stir—this time, the news sparked her mate...
Chapter 339
His entire body trembling, a mix of nervousness and hope surging within him, Petyr Baelish felt his heart hammering as if it would leap from his throat. How many years had it been since he’d felt this way?
Rationally, he told himself that...
Chapter 338
The Queen of Meereen, Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Chains, Mother of Dragons, the Unburnt, the Stormborn Daenerys Targaryen… had simply abandoned her people at such a critical j...
2025-01-29 12:24:53 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 337
The 800-foot-tall pyramid rose majestically from its square base, piercing the clouds. At its summit lay the Queen's courtyard, a verdant sanctuary with lush trees, fragrant flowers, and shimmering pools. From this lofty perch, one could overlook ...
2025-01-29 12:24:33 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 336
Aegor needed a testing ground to conduct practical experiments and refine his explosives. His original plan had been to have Nina locate a suitable site outside the Gift. After all, while the Iron Bank had only stationed eight observers across the...
2025-01-29 12:24:14 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 335
A weirwood forest?
Aegor leaned over again to peer into the canyon, and sure enough, scattered specks of deep red came into view. The recent blizzard had blanketed the North and the Gift in white, and winter’s lifeless stillness made ever...
Chapter 334
Being a ruler was no easy task, especially when ruling a place like the Gift, where the population was diverse and the problems seemingly endless. Apart from the Night’s Watch workers Aegor had recruited from the South—who were notably loyal t...
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