About five peaceful days had passed since they left the City of Volantis, and the previous day they also passed by the little paradise island of Lys, but they didn't make a stop at Lys on this trip (which was quite disappointing for all the young sailors) as their ships were already full with the goods.
The Sun had barely set about an hour ago and the all-consuming darkness had already cl...
2024-01-27 14:41:06 +0000 UTC
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The city of Volantis was often called the First Daughter by the people in Essos and was the oldest and the proudest of the Nine Free Cities. Located at the mouth of the river Rhoyne on the Summer Sea(Sea south of Essos), it is the greatest, richest and most powerful of the City-States, only recently rivalled by Braavos.
Volantis was also the most populous city in Essos and with its humid ...
2024-01-27 14:40:56 +0000 UTC
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By the time Frank heard the news and came to the port, it was already too late. Jon's fleet had already left the port of Bravoos... it was like a death sentence for him, as he knew that there was almost no hope for their ships to catch up to them even if he went to his Captain with the information immediately.
Frank hesitated for quite a while at the port about whether he should go back t...
2024-01-20 17:17:08 +0000 UTC
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Five sleek rundown galleys were haphazardly docked on an otherwise desolate coast mid-way between the cities of Pentos and Myr. Their flags didn't carry any kind of skulls on them but anyone with even an iota of common sense could see that they were all pirate ships.
At the moment, most of the crew were standing in the shade of a few trees with only one large man with a crooked hat sittin...
2024-01-20 17:16:41 +0000 UTC
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Darrio quickly left the Barge towards a boat waiting nearby that would take him through the canals in the city towards the port.
Darrio's body finally sagged in relief at finally having completed the task set by Jon. The dark circles under his eyes would easily tell anyone how stressed he had been over the past week.
In fact, it was only when he was sailing over water that he could ...
2024-01-13 13:19:59 +0000 UTC
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The city of Bravoos was famous around the world for many things, from the gigantic Titan statue which roars every hour to its vibrant markets and its rich seafood, to the countless canals sprawling across the hundred islands, the numerous temples on Isle of Gods, the Arsenal and of course, the Iron Bank.
But the thing that attracted the most attention, particularly among the male populati...
2024-01-13 13:19:35 +0000 UTC
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"Well... just like you guys have your mysterious assassins we have legends of our own in the North. Legends like the Children of the Forest, Giants, Mammoths, Direwolves, Ice Spiders, Ice Eagles, and much more. And... I am also someone from those Legends," Jon finished with a straight face.
Darrio looked sceptically at the Northerner, wondering if the madman was going to tell him that he ...
2024-01-04 17:06:51 +0000 UTC
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"W-What are you doing? Don't come near me!" Darrio warned Jon while swiftly retrieving his hand from beside the vibrating knife stuck in the table, "You won't be able to get away with this. I am telling you." he said with a fierce expression, "Do you even know who I am?" as Jon came around the table but the tremor in the banker's voice gave him away, "Just one shout from me will have guards swa...
2024-01-04 17:06:15 +0000 UTC
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Bravoos was a city well known for its mysterious foggy mornings... but today it was different. Today there were no signs of clouds in the sky and the sun rose quite early in the morning, it was one of those fine mornings which promised a clear, crisp and bright day.
Even the laziest of hawkers and merchants opened their shops early that day to earn money from people who came out to enjoy ...
2023-12-08 14:51:34 +0000 UTC
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"How much longer now, Jon?" Sam asked in a whining tone while trying to shift to a more comfortable position on his horse, but it seemed fruitless as he had already used every single part of his bum, and nothing was left unbruised.
He very much regretted their decision to take the kingsroad with horses instead of going the sea route through the white knife which would not only have been m...
2023-12-08 14:51:10 +0000 UTC
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Both of them moved briskly through the Great Keep of Winterfell, taking shortcuts along the way, so that, except for the occasional greetings, they didn't run into as many people. It wasn't long before they reached their destination—the old but well-furnished smithy of Winterfell that stayed hot year-round, regardless of whether it was winter or summer.
However, instead of entering it, ...
2023-11-24 15:08:28 +0000 UTC
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The bright rays of the morning sun merrily shone through the small window of Jon's room, making him aware that his plan of leaving before the first light had already failed. Knowing that it may be a while until they see him again, his siblings hadn't let him leave until very late into the night, which resulted in him not being able to wake up at his intended time since there were no alarm clock...
2023-11-24 15:08:04 +0000 UTC
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"Oh! My!" "Sevens!" "Really! This much!!"
All three of them had varying levels of shocked expressions on their faces at seeing the amount written there, though Jon's was a bit more subdued as most of the money had passed his hands before reaching here, so he had already expected something like this to happen.
"Yes," Eddard nodded with a small smile, "I was similarly shocked when I f...
2023-11-16 17:44:11 +0000 UTC
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"...And because of that, not only has our supply finally been able to catch up with the demand but because of this stable period we have also been able to place the foundation for new factories so that we can always be ready for any sudden demands in the future." Jon overheard Robb say before opening the door to the Lord's solar.
"That's excellent news, Robb. It should prove benefic...
2023-11-16 17:43:48 +0000 UTC
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"... And that was how Queen Nymeria led her surviving people on Ten Thousand Ships across the narrow sea to Westeross during the Spice War..." Jon finished in a soothing tone, braely above a whipser. He closed the book that he was reading from, it was one of his gifts that he had bought from Oldtown.
Jon was sitting on a small chair between two small beds, the same that he and Robb used t...
2023-11-09 13:31:14 +0000 UTC
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"JON?!!"
The moment the trio of delighted girlish screams echoed in the surroundings, Jon immediately dismounted from Peggy in one swift, and prepared himself with his arms open and he wasn't a second late as in the next one his torso was suddenly hit with a duo of small missiles one red and one brown.
*Uffff!!*
Jon grunted with an amusingly overdramatic expression of pain and...
2023-11-09 13:30:54 +0000 UTC
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"Go! Peggy! Go!" Arya said excitedly while holding on to the reins and trying to ride the horse through the sparse trees, not that she was doing much of the riding, in fact, she was doing the exact opposite of that with her wild moments, making the horse, the one who actually held the figurative reins, work even harder so that she doesn't fall off, "Let's go straight to Jon!" she shouted as if ...
2023-11-01 15:37:09 +0000 UTC
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It was a clear sunny day in the North, and the people residing in the little town of Winterfell were bustling with enthusiasm as they went about their daily work. Merchants peddled their wares, blacksmiths pounded their anvils, and the cooks prepared their meals.
Usually, Winter was the time when Winterfell became fully occupied with the nearby Smallfolks gathering here to hide from the c...
2023-11-01 15:36:50 +0000 UTC
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"STOP!!"
A loud shout came out of the crowd and echoed throughout the gathering filled with the Wildlings and all of them turned around to find a small man with a knobby chin, thin moustache, and pinched cheeks come out of the crowd. He was wearing a yellowed broken giant's skull as his helm and also had a boiled leather armour covered with loosely tied bones from all kinds of animals suc...
2023-10-25 14:35:50 +0000 UTC
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"Yes! Put that with the rest," Mance shouted towards the spearwife who arrived last minute to deposit a sack filled with all kinds of animal pelts that she'd collected over the years, "Go and stand over there..." he directed her after she placed her sack with the rest, toward the ragtag group, filled with folk of all ages, men, women, and little ones, all kinds of free folks who had worked over...
2023-10-25 14:35:31 +0000 UTC
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Back inside the house, all the wildlings had backed from the warg who had suddenly started screaming out of nowhere with his eyes rolled back. The man was shivering and thrashing around on the ground like an insane lunatic. His pets were equally agitated, growling anxiously around him.
"Is he dyin'?" inquired a thick, blond-haired man, known for his weeping eyes, the Weeper, who stood the...
2023-10-18 16:49:23 +0000 UTC
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THE BAY OF ICE... it wasn't exactly what it sounded like.
This expansive bay hugged the northwestern coast of Westeros, flanked by the imposing Northern Mountains to the east and bounded by the Wolfswood and the Sea Dragon Point to the south. Bear Island occupied a significant portion of the bay, but it was only at its northernmost tip, where it brushed against the frigid shores of the Tr...
2023-10-18 16:49:05 +0000 UTC
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While Jon and Frost were working hard to try and counter the Long Night, on the East side of Westeros his business was facing some difficulties in Braavos.
"Alright, Boys, get on with it," Sam shouted towards workers after the ships had properly docked. "We don't have much time so pick up the pace!" They had bought a total of five ships loaded with Starkhorses from White Harbour to sell ...
2023-10-11 15:59:42 +0000 UTC
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*sigh*
"I... am... tired..." Frost thought ruefully as she flew aimlessly over the endless expanse of the dark blue ocean, with no land in sight in any direction
"No. You're Not," Jon's absentminded reply sounded in her mind, "I know for sure that you fly and maintain a state like this without flapping your wings and skillfully using the surrounding winds for weeks and weeks... So...
2023-10-11 15:59:11 +0000 UTC
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The very idea had Jon practically drooling with excitement, and he wasted no time. He used the fish's mind as a stepping stone and swiftly sent his consciousness towards the source of the tentacle.
"WHO... IS... IT???!!!"
Out of nowhere, his mind was suddenly blasted with an immense consciousness, his sentience was like a small fishing boat caught in a fierce storm, just about to ca...
2023-10-05 14:39:30 +0000 UTC
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"Fuu... And that's the last one," Jon murmured while letting go of the string and the arrow immediately soared through the air and found its mark in the back of the last running Ironborn raider.
His quiver was nearly empty, and his hands were paying the price for his prolonged shooting. One hand throbbed with pain, while the other had gone completely numb. Despite spending long aching hou...
2023-10-05 14:38:01 +0000 UTC
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"—down too quickly," Whett said, his voice tinged with confusion as he observed the vanishing lights in the distance.
To prevent confusion and keep track of everything during the battle, they had decided that after a ship was conquered and every enemy abroad was dead, the last person to disembark would extinguish the light as a signal that the ship had been secured.
"What in...
2023-09-17 15:41:42 +0000 UTC
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The crimson Sun had slipped below the horizon a few hours earlier, and the moon was already hanging halfway through the sky. The full moon was still days away, and thick clouds obscured much of its light. Even with the feeble torches on each ship, visibility extended only a few meters.
The fleet of thirty Ironborn ships had been divided into three groups when they set off so as to ease th...
2023-09-17 15:41:36 +0000 UTC
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The room was a small one obviously, and it was a little stuffy with a strange smell even though the window was open. At the centre of the room sat a cluttered wooden desk, upon which lay an assortment of peculiar trinkets, colourful herbs and plants, several pestles haphazardly scattered about, and a large open book. Behind the desk, Sam was engrossed in reading the book, his head bowed, while ...
2023-09-10 14:30:28 +0000 UTC
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Dacey's eyes cleared, the milky whiteness fading, and her pupils returned as her consciousness snapped back.
"How Far?" Jon asked immediately, not giving Dacey the chance to completely regain her bearings.
"If we maintain our current speed, we should reach them just before tomorrow's sunset," Dacey replied, massaging her temples. "Ugh... When is Frost expected back?"
"Don't...
2023-09-10 14:30:14 +0000 UTC
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