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visxionaries · 11 months ago

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and the beacon still burns green ; the trembles of the hightower.

facts:

following king jaehaerys targaryen's coronation in kings landing, lord garland hightower returns to oldtown a week later to continue working on matters regarding the high septon - this is whilst the rest of the court of the reach remain within kings landing.

chatter among servants regarding the coronation of jaehaerys targaryen travels the halls of the hightower, until it reaches the ears of lady alicent hightower, who remained in the custody of house hightower and specifically garland since the end of the dance of dragons.

the presence of lady alicent hightower remains a top secret contained only to the hightower, but upon hearing the news, alicent finds herself increasingly turbulent in demanding to see garland, continuously referring to jaehaerys as aegon.

when lord garland hightower finally meets with his aunt, after days of increasing tense behaviour, an altercation occurs. alicent, wrapped in her own mind and feverish zealous nature, declares garland's marriage to zialla antaryon from braavos the cause of the breakdown of the hightowers.

she cites the death of dante hightower to be a result of punishment from the gods, and goes on to demand being let out of the chambers in order to be allowed to visit aegon; the rightful king of the realm. when garland refuses and turns to leave, in one sweeping moment, the glass goblet she held onto to drink wine from was shattered over the back of his head, piercing into his skull. the lord of oldtown falls to the floor, in a pool of his own blood. there is silence.

silence, until the scream of lady simonetta hightower fills the air upon seeing the sight of her son on the ground, with alicent holding a bloody, half shattered goblet in her hands, cutting into her own flesh. as simonetta scrambles to her knees in an attempt to shake garland, desperate to see him awake, alicent looks upon simonetta and sees only a redwyne, adorned in emeralds glinting in the reflection of the stained glass. the redwynes, who surrendered their responsibility to the crown when lord arlo redwyne was murdered by the rowan boy.

suddenly, alicent hightower reached forward to grab onto the emerald necklace around simonetta's neck, half mad, half furious, half grieving, with incessant screams to take it off. it was then the shards of glass alicent gripped onto found their way into simonetta's neck. not once, but twice.

hightower guards have arrested alicent hightower, where she remains a captive of the burning beacon; an urgent letter was sent to multiple members of the court of the reach to inform them of the news. as of this moment, the court of thorns and roses have declared the need to depart back to the rolling fields of the reach, citing security as their only reason.

the ooc and ic facts:

nobody knows garland is dead yet apart from reach muses; lord gael hightower is declared the regent/warden of oldtown until the lady rosaria hightower is of age.

cedric has imposed martial law over oldtown and the hightower to take control of matters, considering nobody even knew alicent was alive. he truly believes they have brought this upon themselves - he needs convincing the hightowers were not planning on using alicent for any other purposes.

lady rhea tarly is being charged with ensuring garland's death remains under wraps until it is officially declared.

lady rosaria hightower, an infant of only a few months old at this point, is in the care of lord omer and lady lucrezia florent (as garland gave his daughter to lucrezia to be cared for) - cedric intends to use this fact to assert tyrell influence and control over oldtown.

#the reach.#plot drop.

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river--ghost · 1 month ago

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