I got dressed and headed out, much to the surprise of Ser Balon.
“Stay here. There’s something I have to see.”
I stormed off, going straight outside and to the newly rebuilt switchback stairs leading up to the Wall. I climbed the stairs swifter than anyone had before... observing the sight beyond. There was nothing. Nothing I could see in the distant darkness, at least.
...
2025-03-11 21:58:31 +0000 UTC View Post[Daenerys POV]
Hizdahr hurriedly entered the hall with a look of fury that was strange for the usually persuasive, reserved noble. Daenerys knew full well what he would have to say about the Meereen's recent happenings.
"Hundreds of Meereen's nobility slaughtered like cattle in their homes, women, children, anyone related to the masters of old!"
"Not just anyone. Only those gu...
2025-03-01 23:50:53 +0000 UTC View Post[Edric's POV]
The Plane of Euthymia was still as ever, except for the purple blossoms lightly waving in the wind. There seemed to be more of them.
“I'm surprised you didn't ask about the sudden change of weather."
"I was more so focused on capitalising on the situation," I replied, glancing at Raiden. "Is there something I should know about it?"
2025-02-02 01:27:46 +0000 UTC View Post
[Edric's POV]
Right after my pep talk, things seemed to smoothen out and the whispers in the dark came to an end. Even so, I didn't grow complacent and focused on inspiring loyalty in the ranks of the former wildlings. I worked alongside them, shared their drinks, jested with them, trained them and filled them with sweet words about what the future could hold.
Alongsid...
2025-01-17 22:02:43 +0000 UTC View Post[Daenerys’ POV]
Not soon after she rejected Hizdahr, just as foretold, the Sons of the Harpy had remerged and their killings continued. Or so… they tried. Dorian had predicted where they would strike and prevented any innocent lives from being taken. Alas, the very next day, they would succeed in slaying a group of freed men before being caught.
It was clear that t...
2025-01-02 00:12:04 +0000 UTC View Post[Arthur's POV]
As the training of the royal guards continued, they began looking more like a proper household guard rather than a band of misfits. Once they passed the basics of combat, Arthur observed where each man’s strengths lay. While some people thrived in melee combat, others were better for riding or archery. Given that he was aiming to make them battle-ready as swiftly a...
2024-12-28 21:33:48 +0000 UTC View Post“What dream would that be?”
“A dream where no man, woman or child is ever enslaved. A dream without war and needless bloodshed. A dream of a unified world - under one banner!” The man pointed right at her. “That is a dream only a single King and Queen can realise… together, side by side.”
“... A unified world?” She questioned. “Did Edric send for yo...
2024-12-10 20:13:58 +0000 UTC View Post
[Edric’s POV]
The duel began in earnest, with Jaime swinging overhead. Loras parried the strike, slashing at the Lannister’s side. In a flash, Jaime withdrew… yet Loras’s blade narrowingly grazed his left arm.
No way it ended that quickly…
“Is that the end of the duel?” I questioned, grinning slightly as I came closer.
Upon inspection, the wound ha...
2024-12-04 00:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostBefore battle had engulfed the Great Pyramid, there was an eerie silence. No harpies had drawn their daggers, and the wind blew ever so softly. Even so, most of the Unsullied patrolled the streets per Daenerys’ orders. The Unsullied watching the entrance were disciplined enough to remain focused and not grow complacent where other men would have. The Great Pyramid’s main entrance would be b...
2024-11-26 13:50:53 +0000 UTC View Post[Edric’s POV]
As the weeks went by, the Nightfort rapidly began looking more and more like a fortress than a ruin of the past. My thirteenth nameday had also passed, marking the beginning of the end. There weren’t any further ‘canon’ events I could ‘foresee’. Another ill from Georgie not finishing his books…
Though, many things had deviated already. For i...
2024-11-11 01:22:16 +0000 UTC View Post[Edric's POV]
What I had learned over time was that my leadership perks not only translated in battle but also most things in general - like labour. If I was around and partaking in it, even more so. As such, I joined in with the group clearing out the unwanted weirwoods.
I started with the tree poking into the kitchen, cutting the branch right off and then dealing with it fro...
2024-10-30 23:27:01 +0000 UTC View Post[Edric’s POV]
With things settled down, I got a proper headcount of the number of ex wildlings under my banner. Less than five thousand were battle ready warriors, with the rest being children, youths, women and elders. In total, there were a little over forty thousand. I decided that the best course of action would be to split them up. Having them separated makes a potential uprising a...
2024-10-17 23:09:07 +0000 UTC View Post[3rd]
“A private audience with the King? For him to take some time out of his day to grace me with his presence…” Jaime Lannister sarcastically remarked, sitting down. “Why, I’m honoured.”
“Be sure to cherish this time, Ser.” He replied with a similar tone. “You can likely guess why I called you here.”
“To support Janos Sl...
2024-10-07 23:03:09 +0000 UTC View Post[Edric’s POV]
After the battle, a portion of the remaining wildlings had sought sanctuary. I decided to ride out and meet them. At their head was a man of average height with a broad chest and massive belly. His arms were quite bulky too, and they were accessorised by golden bands with what looked like runes.
He had the look of a man of importance.
...
[Dorian’s POV]
After many days at sea, Dorian walked onto the expansive port of Volantis. It always was the oldest and proudest of the nine Free Cities, the first colony of old Valyria, which many call the ‘First Daughter’. After the doom of Valyria, they had considered themselves its heir and rightful rulers of the world. At the height of their power, they had taken both...
2024-09-26 13:40:23 +0000 UTC View Post[Edric’s POV]
Most of the food I got was seafood, which I wasn’t too fond of at first sight. But… the crabs… they were good. I found myself munching without much of a care in the world. It made me think that perhaps the Wall isn’t so bad - at least Eastwatch isn’t.
“Sorry for making you watch me stuff my face.” I chuckled, watching Loras s...
2024-09-22 00:09:18 +0000 UTC View Post[Edric’s POV]
After the battle, I gathered my removed gauntlet and Lady Forlorn. Once all of the adrenaline faded, I felt like a zombie. A shell being kept awake by will alone.
“Your Grace, what is the use of the Kingsguard if you don't trust us to protect you?” Brienne questioned.
I looked to Ser Arys and Ser Mandon, who were long ...
2024-09-20 16:03:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Edric swiftly returned to his body, observing his new opponents. Four wielded thin crystal swords; two held what seemed to be javelins of ice, while the largest of them all, a figure of ice not much shorter than Edric, wielded a colossal shield.
He looked back at all the corpses behind him and started taking out medium-sized jars of a certain substance. He began handing them ou...
2024-09-13 16:16:14 +0000 UTC View Post“You’re really putting the wild in wildling, huh.” Edric laughed, looking at the knife. His blood had surged, and his heart pumped with adrenaline as he looked at Val’s wondrous blue eyes. She lowered herself, placing her full bosom against his own chest.
“Though, what gives you the right to lay claim to a King 2024-09-10 21:55:14 +0000 UTC View Post
A couple of days would pass…
As Xiao Jian walked through the hallways and corridors of the Xiao Clan, his appearance split crowds like Moses split the Red Sea. The younger clansmen wanted no part of him after what had happened to Xiao Ning. ‘Cripple’ or not, he absolutely manhandled the most talented Xiao Clan member in his generation… minus Xun’er.
2024-09-02 21:13:14 +0000 UTC
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[Edric’s POV]
Edric would have a couple of drinks, easing the tensions between his two armies with his charisma. He was the bridge that united them all in the first place, after all.
“The bloody bear thought he could wrestle me!” He laughed, shaking his head in a filled hall. “It came from behind right as I turned to it, daringly attem...
2024-08-30 13:24:01 +0000 UTC View Post[3rd]
“Why did you wish to parley, then?” Edric looked Mance Rayder dead in the eyes. “You thought I'd open my gates to you out of kindness and let your unruly kind run free - doing whatever they wish in my lands?”
“The Others.” Mance Rayder spoke.”We have a common enemy and killing us will mean less men to stand aga...
2024-08-27 16:38:06 +0000 UTC View PostIt was not the best decision at the moment; deep down, he knew it. It didn’t matter what Xiao Ning said; he'd eclipse him in a couple of months. Yet, an uncontrollable rage had overtaken him. Something deep inside had snapped and broken free.
He would not stand down to Xiao Ning… not today - even if he lost badly.
His nature wouldn’t allow it.
<...
“Hehe, kid, you're looking the wrong way. I'm on your finger.”
“...?” Xiao Jian raised an eyebrow, looking at his mother’s black ring with bewilderment. He thought he was hallucinating. “Who the hell are you?”
“Who am I? You don't need to know, I won't harm you. Heh, after all these years, to have finally found someone with a soul strong enough....
2024-08-23 14:47:19 +0000 UTC View Post[3rd person]
Edric did not show the slightest inkling of mercy, raining arrows and lightning down on the wildlings who dared besiege the Wall. He first put down the giants, taking the wildling’s greatest weapons with haste. None of his arrows had missed - soaring with lethal accuracy. They were just as deadly and efficient, putting down a wildling each. It seemed as if he alone cou...
It was the one good piece of news he got in three, maybe even four years. The funny thing about it all was that if he remained on the same trajectory he was at eleven years old, he’d easily be a Dou Master - perhaps verging on a Dou Grandmaster, even. No matter how much she disliked his appearance, she would have likely accepted it.
Xiao Jian wondered if his fall off wa...
2024-08-19 00:10:08 +0000 UTC View PostFrom then onward, Xiao Xun had become a frequent visitor to his forge.
“Since the necklace was so brilliant, I wish to make another request.”
“Okay… what do you wish for now?”
“A bracelet. I heard items with wood attribute monster cores aid in Dou QI training, so I was wondering if you could make one for me.”
“S...
2024-08-19 00:07:26 +0000 UTC View PostWhat no one saw coming was Xiao Jian’s immense, law-defying talent. He began mixing his physical training with Dou Qi training, two elements that worked in harmony with one another. Before long, he grew stronger and stronger - his gifts coming into full bloom. In a single year, he leapt from not even having started his Dou Qi training to Dou Disciple 5th Stage. That kind of growth ...
2024-08-19 00:05:07 +0000 UTC View PostDennis Smith grew up admiring his father, who more than lived up to his surname. Indeed, he was a blacksmith in modern times. Even though the trade had gone somewhat out of fashion in those days, he was very deeply passionate about it. He would make extremely high quality weapon replicas such as Cloud’s Buster or even lightsabers.
Not an actual lightsaber which could slice th...
2024-08-19 00:02:10 +0000 UTC View PostMy stay at Winterfell had been short. Before departing, I’d show Bran my type of longshot as promised. After a good ride, I could feel the difference in temperature. Winterfell had been warm and comforting at times, whereas the Kingsroad grew less forgiving. Nevertheless, I was used to it now.
What I couldn’t get my mind off was the Night King…
I felt...
2024-08-13 23:08:16 +0000 UTC View Post