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Character Differences Between As The Raven Flies (AtRF) and My Collab GoT Fic

I have actually made a lot of changes to my GoT characters to fit both my own story and the one I’m writing with my friend, and I thought it might be fun to share what makes them so different in the collab (especially since I will be posting about both fics)!

Starting with:

Alistair Dormaire

In the collab, Alistair serves a much smaller role within the fic. He does not have a pov.

He is married to Annalys Tully, the granddaughter of the Blackfish (she’s named after one of my favorite GoT OCs of all time, Annalys Lannister from A Lion Among Wolves on Wattpad). They have a daughter named Lyarra, who later goes on to serve as second-in-command to her younger cousin, King in the North Ren Stark.

He still serves as part of the Northern army and as one of Nadya’s personal guards during the War of the Five Kings, but he is less influential than he is in As the Raven Flies.

He dies during the Red Wedding, murdered by my other friend’s OC, the Lannister assassin, Rieka Stone.

Nadya Dormaire

Overall, Nadya’s story is fairly similar between As the Raven Flies and the collab fic, but there are some pretty big changes as well. She is the only Dormaire sibling with a pov, as she is a main character.

Carlyle Snow does not exist. Nadya is not nearly as close with Ros as she is in AtRF, as my friend’s OC, Nahia “Jasmine” Sand is her best friend.

Nadya is not betrothed to Robb in S1, as Catelyn refused to approve of the betrothal.

Nadya becomes pregnant with Ren and Lena later than in AtTF, and the same can be said of her son Eddard Stark.

During the Red Wedding, Talisa is Nadya’s decoy. This allows her to escape in a different way than she will in AtRF. Nahia Sand is the one who saves her life afterwards.

Nadya marries Jaime earlier in S4 than she does in AtRF, but they do not consummate their marriage until after Tyrion’s trial. Cersei is also the reason for her miscarriage of their daughter, Gwendolyn, as she poisoned her with moon tea (she mixed it in her wine without her knowing).

Nadya is less involved with Oberyn, as Nahia Sand is his more prominent love interest.

Although she has all the same love interests as she does in AtRF, Nadya also has romances with other woman as well. Namely, Daenerys and Yara (and a little bit Talisa too).

Nadya becomes involved with Daenerys during S7, while also being involved with Jon. She remains with her until S9, the final season created by my friend and me. She is also involved with Yara in Season 9 (and also kind of Podrick too)

Nadya kills Cersei using Widow’s Wail.

In S9, which lasts for about six months after S8, Nadya becomes Hand of the Queen to Daenerys after she strips Tyrion of the title. Jon remains with her for about half the “season” but ends up leaving to return North. Nadya is left to do her best to repair the damage done by the Battle of King’s Landing and Daenerys’ crumbling image, with only Brienne and Podrick at her side. While still romantically involved with Daenerys, she also begins a secret relationship with Yara, both to secure her loyalty and because she is genuinely attracted to her. Her ploy succeeds, and by the end of the conflict, Yara is fully on her side. She also becomes pregnant with Robb, her first son by Jon, but while Daenerys is still alive and in power, Podrick claims to be the father to protect her and her son.

Nadya regretfully helps to kill Daenerys, being the one to distract her with a kiss as Nahia Sand shot an arrow into the Dragon Queen’s back.

Nadya is crowned Queen of the Five Kingdoms (Dorne also becomes independent in the collab), along with Nahia Sand (they’re co-rulers). Both she and Nahia are married to Jon, and Nadya also takes Tyrion as her paramour (their son Jaime is born later in the collab timeline than in AtRF).

Victyr Dormaire

Victyr remains in Raven’s Keep until S6 and does not have a pov. He becomes Lord of Raven’s Keep after the Red Wedding, as the eldest living son of Edwyrd Dormaire after Alistair’s death.

Victyr refuses to declare loyalty to the Boltons, and even leads the Dormaire men himself in the Battle of the Bastards.

He is first married to Alys Karstark, to strengthen the ties between the two houses (especially after Rickard Karstark’s death). It’s definitely more a marriage of duty than love, but they do grow to care for each other to a certain extent by S8 (very early NedCat vibes). Shortly before the Battle of Winterfell, Alys reveals to Victyr that she is pregnant, but both she and their unborn child are killed during the Long Night.

Victyr eventually marries Meera Reed, whom he met during S9 and fell in love with, and they have several children together: Jojen, Marah, Edwyrd, and Kyra.

He is the only sibling of Nadya to survive the entire series.

Erwyn Dormaire

Unlike in AtTF, Erwyn is not the bastard son of Edwyrd Dormaire and Melisandre. He is a true born son of Edwyrd and his wife, Marah Tyrell.

Erwyn’s role is greatly reduced, and he does not appear until S6. He has no pov.

Victyr arranges a betrothal between Erwyn and Lyanna Mormont (Erwyn is also a bit younger in the collab), as they are some of the few remaining houses still loyal to the Starks. Although still too young to actually marry, Erwyn and Lyanna understood their duty and, by the time of S8, had become quite fond of one another.

Erwyn dies in the Long Night, fighting side by side with Lyanna. After death, he becomes a wight and is shot in the head by Theon Greyjoy, putting an ultimate end to his short life.

Arielle Dormaire

Arielle is the youngest Dormaire sibling who exists only in the collab. She was Erwyn’s twin sister but died of the pox at age six.

She is said to have looked a great deal like her mother, with the auburn hair and blue eyes of a Tyrell.