#got peaky au

[evita-shelby]

Luca of Tyrosh

Luca of the Black Hand

Hailing from Tyrosh, Luca Changretta made his name known when he struck out as a sellsword and eventually founded his own company: The Black Hand.

The Black Hand , named thusly for the black gauntlets they wear, placed their bets with House Targaryen and were richly rewarded for aiding in the defeat of the Blackfyres in the third rebellion.

Rumors say he dallied with Princess Aeva during her time at court and their encounters would make even Septa Coryanne* blush.

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*Septa Coryanne Wylde, the infamous writer of A Caution for Young Girls(aka westeros most famous pornography that has a both a clean and dirty version about how a wild noble girl from Jaehaerys and Alysanne's court ended up having crazy sex all over westeros and essos before becoming a nun)

[darklydeliciousdesires]

Because nobody has done one for Ada yet!

Princess Adaerya Targaryen, sister to King Aerthurys Targaryen, first of his name. 

Adaerya was always a spirited child, impossible to bring under control by her ladies in waiting, almost insufferably hot-headed and stubborn. Like her brother, Thomaryon, she was considered an illegitimate child for the fire-red hair she bore. "She was born in fire and blood," her mother spoke lovingly upon the day of her birth, gazing down at her flame-haired, violet-eyed daughter, knowing she would never be anything but exceptional.

"I will fight for my family, and I will die for my family. In the fire and blood I was brought into this world, I will wield as my power over our enemies." 

Aerthurys tried to at least reason with his tempestuous sister, reminding her that her place was in court and not aboard her dragon, the mighty Mele. Mele was the high Valyrian word for red, the fierce dragon, with her vermillion scales and black horns often referred to as the Red Plague. Initially raised for the King himself, the dragon scorched him as a fledgling on too many occasions for Aerthurys to even attempt further bonding, decreeing her too wild. "Some dragons, they are never destined to be tamed."

That was, until the beast saw the princess for the first time, pacing to her, making a soft knuckling noise in her throat as she rested her head in Adaerya's lap. A bond was formed on that day, and would surely endure until their last.

Princess Adaerya became the most competent dragon rider of the Targaryen dynasty, burning entire enemy fleets to mere ashes with a single command to Mele the Red Plague.

"Dracarys." 

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[justrainandcoffee]

The witch

Prev || Masterlist

Summary: Pollyanna Greyjoy had prophetic dreams all her life and this time, it's all about death and a war she cannot stop.

Warnings: None.

Words: 470.

Pollyanna Greyjoy, née Ryswell, was in her bedroom contemplating the flames in the fireplace.

Her dreams were part of her since she was a child. Especially those that involved death. She saw her sister-in-law's death a decade ago and it became true. And the only thing she'd do about that was to wait. Because once the magic writes the fate of people, there was nothing that the mortals could do to avoid it.

And it was happening again.

Death was coming but this time it was a war. The worst of all: a war made in name of love.

A rose in middle of the the stag and the wolf and the white snow covered in blood. Pollyanna sighed. Love it was always the most powerful weapon and when it's about young people even more.

In her dreams, alongside with the blood, she saw the letter 'J'. Of course she knew what that meant but she refused to accept it. Not the death knocking on her door again. Her family finally had certain stability and she could even say that they were happy. And lucky.

With Jared the Cruel reigning the North and his sword always ready to be used, the fact that the old Stark never visited their lands it was indeed good luck.

Pollyanna stood up and looked at the flames. The visions in her dreams were clear for her as the sun in the sky.

She'd warn her family to be prepared but the problem was that prophetic dreams didn't have date. It'd be tomorrow or in five years.

How to cope with something that you don't know when it's going to happen?

Pollyanna left her room and went to the the small temple they had. It was still night and no one saw her, the sky was clear and the moon illuminated her way.

The Ryswell were devoted to the Faith of the Seven and the seven-pointed star was around their lands.

She knelt down and lit up a candle. Her prayers this time were for the Stranger, who represented death and the unknown.

"Please…" she said, closing her eyes.

The wind blowing made the candlelight dance as a single tear ran down her left cheek.

Pollyanna left the temple no longer after.

"Pol," she heard, "What are you doing here? It's late and it's freezing!"

Behind her, the tall figure of Jon Ryswell was looking at her.

"I needed to pray, Jon. What are you doing here?"

"Heard noises but I guess it was just you. Let's go inside, Pol. You're going to catch a cold."

Jon's blue eyes looked at her with tenderness and Pollyanna stroked her nephew's face.

"Alright, let's go inside, darling" she said accepting his hug.

------

But she couldn't stop thinking that the letter J on the snow covered in blood, belonged to him.

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[peakyswritings]

The Rise of the Bastards

GOT AU

No one knows how a family of bastards managed to climb their way to the top, going as far as conquering their place into the Small Council of the Seven Kingdoms. The Rise of the Bastards, people call it.

⚔️ Vincent Waters is the bastard son of a Targaryen prince and a Braavosi woman. When he was born, his mother settled in King’s Landing. Although the Prince never married the woman, with her great beauty and charm she was able to convince him to provide for their son.

⚔️ In his young years, Vincent decided to travel to the Free Cities, and settled in Braavos, where, thanks to his brain and quick-learning abilities, he started working with the Iron Bank. During a stay in Lys, he met and fell in love Marya, a half-Braavosi, half-lyseni woman. When Vincent returns to King’s Landing, he takes her with him as a wife.

⚔️ His association with the Iron Bank is the key to his rise: the Crown is, surprise surprise, in large debt with the Iron Bank. And let’s remember Tywin’s words:

One stone crumbles and another takes its place and the temple holds its form for a thousand years or more. And that's what the Iron Bank is, a temple. We all live in its shadow and almost none of us know it. You can't run from them, you can't cheat them, you can't sway them with excuses. If you owe them money and you don't want to crumble yourself, you pay it back.

⚔️ For over two decades, Vincent has used the debt to “persuade” the Crown to have a special place at court. He eventually became Master of Coin. As long as he has that place, the Iron Bank won’t take action against them.

⚔️ But the rise doesn’t stop with Vincent.

⚔️ Petyr, his eldest son, is destined to become Lord Commander of the Kingsguard.

⚔️ His second son, Salladhor, is sent to the Wall, in an era when being part of the Night’s Watch is still an honour rather than a punishment.

⚔️ His third son, Victor, is still a squire.

⚔️ His youngest and only daughter, Adianna, is promised to Stephan Bolton, so that the Waters family’s influence will also reach the North. As for the Bolton family, the Waters’ place at court is an appealing prospect of growth.

A/N: finally got around to the family’s backstory! I made it as short and quick as possible. Also, I had to make their names less… Italian. I hope they work! (Yes Victor is Vittorio. At least in one universe, he’s alive).

Tagging the AU team: @justrainandcoffee @call-sign-shark @mischievouslittlecreature @evita-shelby @cillmequick @shelbydelrey (sorry if I forgot anyone)

[shelbydelrey]

Etheline Hill of Casterly Rock

"A dog raised among lions"

MASTERLIST

cw: canon typical violence (both GOT and Peaky), misogyny, incest, infidelity, animal abuse, death, murder, sexual content, HEAVY ANGST.

A/N: I adapted Tommy's name into Tommen Selby in order to fit the Westeros medieval aesthetic. And no, Selby isn't a typo: it is the root name, in Norse culture, of the modern Shelby name.

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Born: 213 AC (one of the Free Cities)

Died: 239 AC (Casterly Rock)

POLITICAL INFORMATION

House(s): -

Affiliation(s): House Lannister; House Selby

TITLE(s)

Lady of Casterly Rock (posthumous)

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Also known as: Ethel

Culture: Westermen

Religion: Faith of The Seven

Father: Robert Lannister II

Mother: Unknown

Sibling(s): Heinrich Lannister; Daisy Lannister

Spouse: Heinrich Lannister

Lover(s): May Dondarrion (unconfirmed); Tommen Selby

Issue: -

HISTORY

Etheline’s place of birth is cited to be one of the Free Cities and her mother’s name remains unknown. Under the bastard surname “Hill” of the Westerlands, she was raised in Casterly Rock and received a formal education. Maester Dallar, who served the Lannisters from Lord Benam Lannister’s rule until the House’s extinction, noted that “while she is a child of no particular beauty and no particular intelligence, she compensates with dedication”. Heinrike, Robert Lannister’s wife, wrote to her sister about the girl’s tutoring: “I do not know why i’m being punished. I gave him two children - one of them a son above all - and yet Robert treats the creature to a higher prestige than Daisy”.

Witnesses recall that during childhood, Daisy and Etheline never displayed affection towards one another. Heinrich, however, often played pranks on his half-sister¹. There is no confirmation on whether or not their incestuous relationship started in these early days.

Robert Lannister II died at 220 AC thirty-seventh year, rendering Heinrich the sole male heir of House Lannister. In a letter to Lady May of House Dondarrion, Etheline briefly spoke about her father: “There is a daydream i allow myself to indulge: around the age of six, my father kneels before me and calls me Rhaenys. His eyes are kind while he speaks to me and full of a joy that can only be conjured through imagination. I dip inside this fantasy to pretend that i was once loved enough to be named after the First Queen of Westeros.”

The Hill girl’s stay at Casterly Rock was questioned after her father’s passing but once asked about it Lord Robert replied: “She was smeared into this world already. By trying to remove the stain, it will only further ruin the fabric.”

At her sixteenth year, she started to frequent tournaments and, although unnatural, she aided her grandfather in fiscal duties.

At 233 AC, Lady May Dondarrion requested the company of Daisy Lannister at Blackhaven. The invitation was accepted but Etheline was sent in her sister’s place². No offence was recorded on Lady Dondarrion’s part. Servants reported that the two women spent an awful lot of time behind closed doors; either in the Mistress chambers or the castle’s library and these rumours coupled with a specific passage in one of their correspondence (in which Hill pleads: “Please, give myself back to me. You’ve uncovered a truth about myself that i would rather remain concealed.”) paved the route of speculation of the possibility of an affair between the two.

At 235 AC, Lord Tommen Selby arrived in Casterly Rock. In correspondence to Lady Dondarrion, she laid out what is believed to be her first impressions of the Warden of The North: “He seeks gold after sacking the North” and “He is as tall as the shortest Lannister woman”³. She accompanied him to Lannisport on multiple occasions and even followed his delegation to the vassal House Payne. Story goes that at a Casterly Rock’s market, the Lord of Winterfell helped the illegitimate daughter of House Lannister rescue a dog from a number of kids that found pleasure in stoning the animal. Tommen would later report: “Despite being a sizable beast, the dog was skin and bones by the time we found him, with rashes all over his body and at least one broken paw. The sight of her red dress drove the little miscreants away, although two of them ran off with screams of ‘here comes the Lady of Casterly Rock’, but even so he wouldn’t let us close, showing his teeth and barking at every step we took. To him we were no different than his assailants. My suggestion of feeding him a piece of bread with a few drops of sedative didn’t please her at first but with the lack of alternatives she was forced to agree; i could tell she couldn’t bear to see the dog licking his own wounds. We had to wait until my squire came back from the Rock with a vial and i had my own reservations as to whether or not the animal would accept the offer of food but alas a dog is a dog and soon he succumbed to the medicine. I carried him to spare her the misery; at the mercy of a heavy sleep, the creature resembled a corpse. On our way back to the fortress, she shed silent tears and to this day the wails trapped in her chest haunt my sleep.”

It is uncertain if the liaison between Lord Tommen and Etheline started prior to his engagement to her half-sister⁴ but historians speculate, based on the following letter, that she seduced the man out of jealousy of her sister:

“It’s been two weeks since your departure and i’m already tracing the marks of your teeth whenever your absence makes itself physical. You can gloat; it is the sweetest defeat i’ve ever surrendered myself to. You can even have another of my sordid secrets: i’ve came on my fingers, repeatedly, thinking only of your warm mouth on my thigh.  

Are you sure no Stark blood runs in your veins? Because your canines do resemble a wolf’s and its punctures are the ones taking the longest to heal. I dread the moment the purple coloration will fade into yellow, i dread that the imprints of your mouth will fade with it and that any sign you’ve ever been here will disappear. I can only hope that the memory is as equally scarred on my soul as it is on my body. Which of us is madder? Me, for requesting your bite or you, for obliging to such a grotesque request?

Have you bedded my sister? By the time this letter reaches [the caravan], the two of you will still be a good few miles away from Winterfell and not yet married but i do wonder if curiosity or duty overtook the both of you. Despite her despise for your low birth, i can picture Daisy warming your bed in defiance - to you and Robert -, as if to say “i won’t treat myself as a victim”. Will you learn to love this fire that resides inside her? Or will it melt the ice of your newly conquered castle until all the Selbys drown?

Don’t fret, however. She will never hate you like i do. She will never make love to you like i do.”

They carried on their affair through correspondence⁵ until 238 AC, the year of Lord Robert’s death.

Heinrich, heir of House Lannister and half-brother of Etheline, was at the Stormlands under the ward of Lord Alfred Baratheon in the events of his passing, rendering his mother Heinrike the only official member of House Lannister presiding over Casterly Rock. This vulnerability was appropriated by House Greyjoy that set up an attack at Lannisport. Heinrike summoned House Arryn, her place of birth, and Etheline requested the aid of Lord Eustace Tyrell⁶, who attended her call. The uprising was quickly vanquished with remarks such as these by General Jorrel of the Westerland army: “Lady Heinrike displayed courage and provided the strength necessary to march on against the Greyjoys. But it was Etheline who carried the calm of unwavering certainty that there would be no defeat; a Lannister trait that was still fresh and was mourned at the mouths of the soldiers.” Heinrich returned with his great-aunt Lenora Baratheon, the twin sister of Lord Robert Lannister I. His first act as Lord of House Lannister was to behead Lord Kollion Greyjoy under orders of King Aegon Targaryen V. Etheline was by his side during the punishment.

From early childhood, Elizabeth Baratheon had been promised to Heinrich. Nevertheless, in late 238 AC, the man sought Septon Carn in Payne territory to secretly unite him in marriage with his half-sister, Etheline Hill. Blind, half-deaf and an octogenarian, the scholar conducted the ceremony unaware of the incestuous nature of the relationship. However, a month later the engagement with House Baratheon wasn’t broken and the union of Elizabeth and Heinrich took place in Casterly Rock as scheduled. In early 239 AC, the unlawful marriage's witness, who remains anonymous, denounced the deed. House Baratheon declared war on the Lannisters and demanded Heinrich's head as Elizabeth's immediate return.

In what is believed to be Etheline's final letter, the woman [discorre] about her condition in those hectic days:

“Dear Tommen,

I hope this letter found its way into your hands. Heinrike locked me inside my room and there’s little access to food and water, let alone a piece of parchment. I only got my hands on this one after appealing to the motherly side of Daisy’s old maid. The hag always pitied me and now she finally had the chance to crumble before this motherless child. I am being mean, i know. If your eyes are roaming this words, it’s all thanks to her. But i can’t control my anger. At this moment, it is aimless and innocent people get hurt as a result.

By now, you must be aware of my sins. I won’t apologise. A lifetime of sorries led me to where i am today. So why am i writing to you? I suppose it’s due to our own fairshare of misdeeds. Or perhaps it’s simply me being audacious in an attempt to tell my side of the story to the only pair of ears willing to listen.

I’ve loved Heinrich ever since my fourteenth nameday. I danced on my own that day, to the sound of drums that existed only in my head. It took me some time to notice him watching me but when i did, i paused as a deer caught in a trap. I waited to be berated, the punishment, however, never came. Instead, his lips claimed mine under the peach tree. 

In the following years he promised me the world: to make me Lady Lannister of Casterly Rock. The lie fed me when i was hungry, warmed me when i was cold and it lulled me to sleep for countless night but i always took it for what it was, a fantasy. And yet, i cried as if the heavens were torturing me after his departure to Storm’s End. It was particularly agonising for he denounced me a month prior, declaring that our love was an abomination. I didn’t have the spirit to tell him that as an anathema, there was no other way i could devote myself to him. 

Does the knowledge of having touched such rotten flesh makes you feel sick*? 

Time came and he returned. I was prepared to never speak of our private matters and offer him only my wits to continue my work of aiding the Lannisters but he surprised me by kneeling and declaring that he hadn’t spent a day without thinking about me. He looked feeble. Despite the broad shoulders and the stern face, he was still the sixteen year old that sneaked into my room, as i was still that foolish girl, because, Lord Tommen, i took him in.

The wedding wasn’t meant to have any validity. It was meant to serve as a token for our crimes and he purposely chose Septon Carn not only for his elderliness but also his forgetfulness. It was never meant to end up like this.

There you have it, Lord Tommen, my pathetic life and my pathetic excuses. Now, i’m at the mercy of god.

I have one last request: please find Rusty. I managed to take him out of the keep before Heinrike could come for him but he’s now wandering the streets of Casterly Rock alone, and you know they don’t treat him kindly. He’s the only son i’ll ever have and i’ve abandoned him just like my mother did to me.

Yours,

Etheline”

Although the Faith publicly accused Heinrich and Etheline of incest, they lacked the judicial power to trial the siblings. Nonetheless, Heinrike sanctioned a walk of atonement to be performed by the young bastard. As tradition, her mane, eyebrows and genitalia were stripped of hair. A crowd of approximately five thousand people awaited the woman at Casterly Rock’s castle. They followed her march with screams of “Whore!” and “Harlot”. Some say she cried through the trajectorie’s entirety while others assert that she endured everything with a directionless gaze. It is believed that the event was a diversion so Heinrich could embark on a ship to the free city of Braavos. The following morning, however, his body was found hanging by a rope tied to a hook in the roof. 

Etheline died of stoning at the gates of Lannisport.

Lord Tommen Selby arrived with his calvary at the end of the day. Upon seeing Etheline’s body displayed at the square, he slit the throat of the City’s Guard Chief, who at that moment was still trying to contain the havoc and the trampling. Records disclose that he removed his cape, enveloped the woman’s corpse and cried at the nook of her neck. He later trailed all the way back to Casterly Rock while carrying Etheline in his arms.

Etheline Hill was posthumously titled Lady of Casterly Rock by Lord Tommen⁷.

She features in “The Lineages and History of The Great Houses of The Seven Kingdoms”. Her passage reads: “ETHELINE HILL, born to the late Robert Lannister, second of his name, and [obscure], in the year 203d after Aegon’s Landing at the Last Hearth. Blonde of hair, brown of eyes, wed in her twenty-sitch year to her brother HEINRICH LANNISTER. Died in her twenty-sixth year from stoning at Casterly Rock.”

¹ The scar on Etheline’s left temple is believed to come from one of this incidents.

² Daisy Lannister spent the summer of 233 AC at King’s Landing, where it is believed she was being courted by prince Daeron Targaryen.

³ It is likely that Etheline was referring to herself, as the Lannister women contemporary to her were reportedly taller than Lord Selby.

⁴ It is uncertain why Lord Robert declined prince Daeron’s offer of engagement in favour of a landed knight such as Lord Tommen Selby.

⁵ A series of correspondence, spanning from the end of 235 AC until the end of 238 AC, exchanged between Lord Tommen Selby and Lady Etheline Hill, were found in a chest kept by the side of his bed after the Lord of Winterfell and Casterly Rock and Hand of The King was assassinated by prince Aerys II at Red Keep, King’s Landing.

⁶ Lord Eustace Tyrell was the second cousin of Heinrich Lannister, Daisy Lannister and Etheline Hill. He employed his forces to House Lannister during the Greyjoy Uprising.

⁷ After defeating Houses Tyrell and Baratheon in the Siege of Casterly Rock, event in which without a male Lannister heir, Lord Eustace Tyrell laid claim to the Westerlands due to him being a Lannister descendant on the female side, Lord Tommen Selby, now Lord of Casterly Rock had Etheline posthumously titled Lady as his first decree.

* the line "makes you feel sick" is directly inspired by the song Strangers by Ethel Cain.

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[divinekangaroo]

I would have loved a scene of Tommy working as party whip corralling all the Labour Party members into a unified vote on a particular issue and all the working class ministers (labour had many) are all firmly with him and he’s got his ally base and they have their smirking dialogues and they work to manage the remainder and a bunch of union names come into this as well and he’s hardly doing anything through it, just sitting there radiating power and control and letting all his behind the scenes negotiation do the work at the party table…

…and then you realise the issue is one which will somehow grant Mosley more power.

[caramelmochacrow]

alright, happy around magic time !! >:D i put some drawings here to give an idea as to what their magic is supposed to look like, theyre pretty low effort, but it gets my point across i think! :D

rinku:

rinku's inspirations! :D

her magic is based on luz noceda's light glyph magic and also inspired by how fireflies look when theyre huddled together and just move together when u see them at night! her stabilizing action is a bit weird to explain, but it's inspired by her strike the blood cover? like, the vibe i felt from the song just gave me this idea of rinku just whipping around light to make sure her unit members aren't going wack haha.

maho:

maho's inspiration!

i got inspired by her name, dj mash and her last name, akashi. her kanji for 'aka' means bright, and the 'shi' means stone. so her mashing up light stones sounded sick. im not sure on the thing abt how it's easy to squish and break for her but isnt for others, but i wanted to try to reference her cooking (well, baking kinda) in her magic!

muni muni:

muni's inspiration!

yk how muni's lightsticks looked in give me awesome/in general in the anime? that. i based everything on that. nothing else affected me lol. her enhancing action was inspired by how watercolors look when u dip it in water or in another color !! :D

rei:

rei's inspiration!

i was inspired by the halftones in happy ara's logo! also because whenever i listen to brand new world the piano in the beginning feels like bubbles bubbling up, yk? also in the full version, the part right after the first few verses, the piano in the instrumentals just give that bubbling up as a bunch of lights fly and dance around rei vibe, yk? just. brand new world in general lol. also bc the bubbles look like a moons, which references the togetsu in her name, which means moon! her keytar's way of releasing her magic as she performs is very inspired by bubble blowers. the gun ones to be specific.

[shelbydelrey]

OMG OMG OMG 😆😆😆

LILY!!! YOU DID IT AGAIN. I love this AU to bits ❤ Particurlaly Syndor! The black scales rendering him invisible at night 😻 What an awesome and fitting detail. I know he's going to be the best boy to Lucy 😅

Game of Thrones AU - Lucy x Tommy

As with The Hunger Games AU, it'll be awhile until I am able to actually turn this into a full fledged fic. So I'm gonna give you all some of my ideas here instead. Obviously if you don't want to be spoiled for when I do eventually write a full thing out of this for them, don't read ahead.

Lucy Bolton

Firstborn of Victor Bolton and Genevieve Tully, the eldest sister of Theodore, Elliot, Patrick, and William Bolton.

Despite her father's best attempts, Lucy maintained a tomboyish spirit.

A lover of horseback riding and archery, she could often be found riding amongst the woods surrounding their castle of Dreadfort, with her several trusty dogs in tow.

She showed an interest in ruling from an early age, but was mostly shut out from anything to do with it by her father.

During the particularly cold seasons, her mother would take her on trips with her to Riverrun, hoping that the influence of her family would help to lessen the damage her father's cruelty would have on her.

Lucy became close with her Tully family members, to the point that she identifies more as a Tully than a Bolton.

Tommy Targaryen

The second Targaryen son

Tommy was often treated as a black sheep, both by some of his family and the common people, due to him lacking traditional Targaryen looks.

Rumors often circulated about him being a bastard.

Often butts heads with others at court.

Despite this, he and Arthur are close, with Arthur giving him a significant position at court.

I feel like Arthur would likely make him hand of the king at some point.

Tommy often makes a habit of visiting other places in the kingdom to check in on things.

His dragon's name is Syndor (meaning shadow in High Valyrian). He is huge and fearsome looking, with pitch black scales that make him almost invisible at night. He has lots of sharp spines all over particularly his back. Tommy claimed him at a young age.

Tommy has the strongest bond with his dragon out of all of his siblings.

Tommy loves dragons and would have liked to have worked with them had he not had his princely duties.

Tommy loves flying on Syndor and will often take him out flying when he needs to think or just wants to be alone.

Lucy x Tommy

During one of his annual visits to the north, Lucy caught the eye of Prince Thomas Targaryen.

It did not take long for Tommy to start to court her, and he began to make more and more visits to the north in order to see her.

They managed to keep their relationship a secret, despite Lucy's constant nighttime visits to Tommy's bedchambers when he stayed at Dreadfort, or the moon tea she would consume afterwards.

Her fascination with his dragon (not a euphemism) made Tommy fall even harder for her. Syndor adores her and will often try to nuzzle at her.

Tommy would take Lucy out flying on Syndor often, both during and after their courtship.

Just as Tommy was preparing to convince his family to allow him to marry Lucy, her father promised her away to Matthew Lannister, the cruel heir to Casterly Rock.

Despite Genevieve's attempts to dissuade him from the match, Victor was against Lucy marrying Tommy due to his status as a second son, and questions that had been raised about his legitimacy as a Targaryen.

Genevieve wrote to Tommy informing him of Victor and Matthew's plans, and he flew to Dreadfort, arriving but a day before the wedding was to take place.

He and Lucy were married hastily that night by the heart tree, with Genevieve as a witness and Lucy's brother Teddy taking the place of her father as the one to give her away.

A fight nearly broke out the next day once Victor and Matthew were made aware of what happened.

Victor tried to disown Lucy.

Lucy managed to smooth things over with the Lannisters by revealing her infertility (which she herself had only recently been made aware of), which would have made her unable to give Matthew an heir. But is not as as much an issue with Tommy due to him being a second son.

She flew with Tommy back to King's Landing.

Victor would continue to cause problems. Every time he does so, Tommy suggests (only half joking) that they feed him to Syndor.

Polly nearly had an aneurysm when she found out that Tommy had gotten married, since she had been scheming to marry him off to a noblewoman at court.

This caused some issues and original awkwardness with Lucy and the rest of the family, but Arthur warmed to her fast and Tommy advocated for her to have a place on the council alongside him.

Okay that's probably more than enough for now! I might post more later and I've got some moodboards I'll share with you all soon as well.

Tagging my moots how have been playing in this AU with me!

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[evita-shelby]

The Knight of the Raven Tree

220 AC

Escorting his cousin ,Lady Betha Blackwood, who would forever be known as Black Betha upon her marriage to the future King Aegon the Unlikely that same year, Jack Blackwood enters the Tourney held in honor of the ascencion of the half-dornish King Maeker Targaryen and his dornish wife, Queen Dyanna of House Dayne.

The best swordsman and Tourney jouster in the Riverlands bests Ser Duncan the Tall thanks to his Umber blood, Jack crowns the King's own cousin, Princess Aeva Martell, as his Queen of Love and Beauty with a crown of blood red roses.

No Weirwoods grow south of the Riverlands and yet two Blackwoods of Raventree Hall will go where no worshipper of the Old Gods has gone before.

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yes i know i said Jack was an Umber or a Royce(houses known for tall ass loud guys) but Blackwoods have a reason to be in the South during peacetime and are the only first men in the Riverlands/South who still worship the Old Gods, plus if anyone is related to the Dance Era Blackwoods, its the guy who gleefully tortures men in locker rooms

[darklydeliciousdesires]

Ser Alfred of House Lannister

Ser Alfred Lannister, King's Guard.

The first son of Lord Rywan of Casterly Rock, Alfred took his place within the King's Guard upon his twenty-first name day. A savage swordsman and close friend and confidant to King Aerthurys, his intended betrothal to Princess Adaerya will bond the families in their alliance further, forging them as the most powerful houses in all of Westeros. Indeed, Aerthurys broke the sacred rule that no knights of the King's Guard are ever allowed to take a wife, all in effort to bring his wild and tempestuous sister under control.

No man other than his closest friend was more fitting to take on such a role.

"I am trusting you with her, Alfred," Aerthurys spoke, the two men standing at a window within the Red Keep, watching as Adaerya flew over the water aboard Mele, the dragon's scales glittering crimson in the bright morning sun. "I have bent the rules considerably for this marriage to take place."

"Aerth, you're the King, old lad," Alfred began, gripping his shoulder fondly. "You can do as you please, so don't act like it's some huge thing here, yeah?" Sipping his wine, he looked to the skies, watching Mele swish her tail as she ascended further. "It's me who's got the hard work ahead of him."

The King hummed on a chuckle. "Haven't you just?"

"I've cut down our enemies into shreds at the end of my sword, protected the realm, but my biggest challenge awaits. Taming a fucking Targaryen princess; one who's much too fond of cremating anything that don't please her, innit?"

"I'm sure you'll manage just fine. Give her babies, another purpose besides her penchant for fire."

Alfred smirked. Oh, he intended to. "And I will, but trust me here, your grace. Come the time when she needs to, she'll lead the fight in the air while I march upon the land. All the babies in the world ain't gonna knock that out of her. It's in her blood. Same with all of you violet-eyed fuckers. Ain't no taming none of ya."

"Then I happily settle for you slowing her down at least some of the time, old friend."

With Adaerya, that was truly all that either of them could hope for.

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[justrainandcoffee]

"I want to be yours," she repeated. "I want you having something mine that no one else can have."

Game of Thrones AU - Masterlist.

The idea that started this whole madness is coming...

It's already written by the way. I'm doubting when I should post it.

Alfie x Rose Masterlist

[peakyswritings]

Nina’s journey

GOT AU

A/N: finally got around Nina’s journey! It’s a bit different from the one I drafted yesterday, but it makes more sense like this. Also this is really messy, and I tried to keep it as short as possible. I really hope it makes sense🫠. So here’s Nina’s six-years journey.

When she turns sixteen, her father’s intention is to marry her off to Stephan Bolton to cement the Waters’ influence in the North. The Waters family has risen, Vincenzo managed to become the Master of Coin of the Small Council, and their closeness to the Crown is appealing to the Bolton family.

But marrying the cruel Lord is not an option for Nina. One night, she steals her brother’s sword and flees from King’s Landing, leaving no trace behind, with the intention of going to the Free Cities.

1. Stormlands. The first place she reaches are the Stormlands. She mainly moves through forests, trying to keep a low profile. Whilst traversing the Kingswood, she crosses trails with Luca, a Tyroshi sellsword who got himself into trouble with the wrong people. She saves his life by helping him hide. Needless to say, it’s not simply out of kindness: the prospect of running into a group of angry men is not that appealing, and she’d rather have someone who can actually fight by her side. And now Luca’s in debt with her. And she gets an idea as soon as she learns he’s heading back to Tyrosh. She tells him about her origins (but not her identity), revealing him her mother was Lyseni and her father Braavosi (speaking in past tense on purpose), and asks him to take her to Essos with him. As you can imagine, his first response would be a big no. I imagine their conversation being a bit like this:

“You’re a sellsword”

“Exactly. Sell-sword. For a price.”

“I just saved your life. Is there anything more valuable than life? It’s a fair price. I saved your life, you’ll protect mine.”

And so she manages to convince him. They travel through the Stormlands, cross the Rainwood, and eventually reach the Weeping Town. Of course, Nina doesn’t fully trust him, she knows it’s not safe to be a nuisance to him, so she makes sure to make herself useful. She hunts, helps him with stuff, and they reach a balance. You do something for me, I do something for you. Luca even teaches her how to fight.

(Little A/N: @evita-shelby I took inspiration from your post about the Peakys in the GoT universe for Luca being a Tyroshi cause I trust your knowledge😂 but fun fact I didn’t remember you had made him a sellsword, so when I went to check again I was like what. I guess this profession makes really sense for him. In this one he doesn’t become a knight though)

2. Tyrosh. They reach Tyrosh, and this is where their ways part. It’s not safe for her to stay, since Tyroshi are known for their aggressive search for slaves, and LucaMs no longer in her debt. However, in one last gesture of recognition for the help she gave him, he finds an occupation in Pentos for her, where she works in the trade market in exchange for food and lodgings. He discourages her from going to Lys, stating that a girl like her wouldn’t last a day there - unless she want to end up in a brothel, that is.

3. Pentos. During her stay in Pentos, Nina learns how to trade, how to communicate with people, and find allies. And here she makes a friend, Oliver (remember Oliver from THG Au? It’s him). He lives with his family of merchants in Pentos. It’s through their family she meets a former First Sword of Braavos, Noho, who will return to his birthplace soon. I imagine them being somehow related, but neither of them knows. During her journey Nina has become quite bold, she isn’t afraid to ask for what she wants - the worst people can say is no, right? - so she explicitly asks him to teach her the water dance. Her proposal is similar to the ones she has made before: you do something for me, I do something for you. So she offers to work for him if he brings her with him to Braavos.

4. Braavos. Nina starts her training as water dancer, and soon becomes one. This is her life for a while. Until one day she runs into a Moonsinger, who tells her to “go where the Doom still rules”. Nina knows it’s dangerous, she has heard the stories surrounding the ruins of Valyria, and she knows the Stonemen live there. However, she eventually decides to go. She starts her long journey to Volantis. After all her travels, now she knows how to move. She can fight and protect herself, she can hunt, and she has learned how to make allies, how to trade work for lodgings and food when she needs it. Once passed Volantis, she dares to cross the Smoking Sea.

5. Ruins of Valyria. So she reaches Old Valyria. She thought it was the diseases and the Stonemen she had to worry about. Until she crosses paths with a wild dragon, whose existence was unknown due to people avoiding the Valyrian peninsula. It’s safe to say that it’s the dragon that claims Nina. Anyway, that’s what allows her to survive in the really short time she spends in Old Valyria (it’s not more than a day).

6. After that, she stays somewhere hidden for a while to train her dragon, and once she’s ready, she goes back to King’s Landing.

Her story with Tommy will start after this.

Tagging the AU team: @justrainandcoffee @call-sign-shark @evita-shelby @mischievouslittlecreature @shelbydelrey @cillmequick

[caramelmochacrow]

also i might start posting magic au stuff more here bc im slowly starting to make magic that's gonna work w the new rules i implanted :)

[shelbydelrey]

Polly is Heaven's mother? Oh, that adds an exciting layer to their relationship! How sad though it is to think of Polly bearing the truth of her daughter's wedding 😢

Tommy and Heaven are in 'good terms' for a change 😅 I guess without a war tarnishing his psyche (assuming there wasn't one to traumatize him) and Lucy's influence he doesn't have a whole lot of reasons to pick up on Heaven 🤭 God knows she doesn't need one 😔

Poor John relegated to the sidelines again 😂 I won't lie, i kinda chukled at that. He's too puppy though, Heaven needs someone with a bit more bite and to be honest, if i were her i would pick Arthur too 🤫😉

Sharkie my darling, please can you tell us more about Heaven's relationship with the other Shelby Targs? Is she also close with Polly here? Do she and Tommy still butt heads as much as they do in HYE? Are she and John still besties?

Omg sure Lily, thank you for this fantastic question my love! Let’s break it down. 🖤

Pollyanna: Contrary to HYE, Heavenerys is Pollyanna’s eldest child and only daughter. When her husband Amarys Targaryen died, she pretty much transferred all her love to her daughter. They have a strong and confident relationship even though a bit sadder after Heavenerys broke free from Amos. Since she learned what her daughter has been through, Pollyanna feels the guilt weighing upon her soul. Sometimes she looks at her little girl and can’t help but wonder where is the smile she used to wear…

Thomaryon: This will come off as a surprise for HYe readers but Heavenerys and Tom like each other and this is partly because they are from the same family. It has not always been the case though, they were constantly fighting when they were younger. However, when Hev married Amos and had to stay at Dreadfort Castle, cut from her roots, Tom was the only member of her family she saw as he often came to visit Lucy as well as for political matters. Even though they frequently fight over small things, she trusts him with her life. For example, he was the only one who knew what Amos did to her but she made him swear to remain silent. As for Thomaryon? He’d protect her place on the throne with his life.

Aedarya: If there is one thing that amuses Queen Heavenerys it’s her cousin’s antics and awful character. They might not be the closest because Aedarya is pretty much rebellious and holds her family responsible for her lack of “freedom” (which, for her, is burning everything she dislikes. Or everyone) but Hev always keep an eye on her and is the one who often forgives her bad behavior. However they often fight, Aedarya not understanding why Hev is less “fun” than before her marriage, and Hev envying her easy and responsibility-free life.

Jon: Her relationship with Jon Targaryen is pretty much the same as it is in HYE. They are bestie, even more since they grew up together. However, they had a huge fight because of Amos and they stopped talking to each other for years. John was angry at her for leaving them and staying at Dreadfort Castle. He considered it a betrayal. It went better when she came back to King’s Landing. Still, he was a bit disappointed when she decided to remarry with Aerthurys and not him.

Lucy is @mischievouslittlecreature’s OC

Amarys is creation of @darklydeliciousdesires

AU family: @justrainandcoffee @mischievouslittlecreature @shelbydelrey @cillmequick @evita-shelby @novashelby @darklydeliciousdesires @peakyswritings @wonderlanddreamer

[evita-shelby]

The Giant's Daughter

Rosemary Umber of the Last Hearth could have had the best the realm could offer had it not been for her forked tongue.

Ser Eamon Blackwood of Raventree Hall was the only man brave enough to take the Giant's Daughter to wife.

Their union produced three children before the Blackfyre Rebellions took Eamon's life: Katerina, Loren and Jack.

Kat Blackwood despite her stout appearance wed Lord Tully's heir, Loren wed a Lannister of Lannisport to his mother’s disgust and Jack became consort to Princess Aeva Martell and father of Nymor Martell.

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because i cannot have Jack without Mama Nelson

[darklydeliciousdesires]

The Night Queen and the Frozen Plague.

I had to do a wee bit of tinkering to the GoT lore, namely that the White Walkers can speak beyond those eerie death cries we all know and love. But here, as promised, mostly for my Sharkie, some Brynhild and Heavenerys!

The sound of his roar fractured the still of the air, the great army of the dead all halting at their queen’s command, Brynhild looking to the sky.

“Southern enemies, my queen,” hissed Craxor, her general. Half skeleton, half rotting flesh, turning his sunken face skyward as he viewed the beast who cast a shadow over the frozen wasteland. 

“Not enemies,” she whispered, her glowing, azure eyes picking out the dragon circling overhead, through the thick of the snow clouds. ”Heavenerys Targaryen and her dragon. At last, she has heard my call. She has come home.”  

The curse of the cold had come to pass, the first-born, pure-blooded child of King Amarys Targaryen blighted by it, as she surely would be. An ill-advised trip north of the wall had led to the ancestral curse landing squarely upon the child, Havenerys born with the mark of the dead. One look into her piercing eyes, and Amarys had seen it, his soul filled with dread.  

Therein born to him and his queen, was the downfall of man. The Night Queen would call for her one day, and his precious girl would answer. 

Kairaxès began his descent from the sky, the snow swirling in tempestuous storms beneath the whoosh of his huge, white wings, shaking the ground he landed upon. The army waited, thousands of wights in amongst a battalion of white walkers, all standing poised. Dead men lain to waste, with no other purpose than to serve their immortal queen. 

Brynhild moved on her tattered, giant black steed, the haggard creature propelled forward on shattered fetlocks, ribbons of decayed flesh floating hauntingly in the breeze. Only she advanced, her army waiting, Heavenerys taking them all in as she dismounted and climbed down to the floor, stroking her dragon’s face.  

“All is well, my beautiful beast,” she spoke at his warning rattles. “They are unlike all we know, but they pose us no harm.” She wasn’t too sure why it was that she intrinsically knew that, but she did. She felt it on a level much deeper than the very last roots of her soul.  

The Night Queen slowed her mount, bringing him to a stop and jumping down to her feet, walking the remaining way to where the Targaryen stood.  

“Welcome to the northern wastes,” Brynhild stated, her voice like a whispered death rattle, sending a slight chill through Heavenerys. She was beyond other worldly, the power radiating from her unlike anything she had ever felt. She watched the ancient queen spear her long, white lance into the frozen ground beneath her feet, eyeing her with the same curiosity. She was all Brynhild had foreseen she would be.  

“I felt I had to come to you, but I do not know why,” she spoke, her sharp, angular face set, staring as the queen slowly approached. 

“You know exactly why, Heavenerys. For justice. For revenge.” The fire of recognition danced in her eyes, the young Targaryen finally feeling heard by somebody. “To wrong those who have wronged you. Amos. Aerthurys. To rain fire and ice upon your enemies, to all those who have harmed you. I believe they call it Valar Morghulis in your mother tongue.” 

Heavenerys nodded, yet her face still questioned. “But why was it, that I felt you call out to me? Why was it you, here in a land where I do not belong?” 

“From me you came, and to me you return, child.”  

At those words, she felt her blood chill to freeze. “I am not a child.”  

Brynhild lifted her chin. “When I am older than time itself, you are very much a child.” She felt it in the air, the waves of cold, foreboding magic, magic not to make an impact. “And your sorcery cannot charm me. Save that. It has its place, it’s intended use.”  

“I cannot if you intend to make me like them,” she spoke, her finger pointing out to the white walkers, Brynhild turning to view her generals. 

“No, which is why I do not intend to. You returning to me was always for a purpose beyond your own. I need you, to make a pathway for us. For my army. For our army. Only with you can I break down the wall and march on Westeros.” 

Many summers and winters would pass, before the final dreadful cold of great north arrived. On that day, Heavenerys flew the great Kairaxès back across the wall, his frozen flames decimating the fortitude, his rider’s magic breaking it further.  

Together, the Frozen Plague and the Night Queen brought their army forth into Westeros.  

Winter is here.  

Valar Marghulis.  

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