#to the tune of 'shame' in game of thrones: trash .... ! trash .... ! trash ... !

[synoikismos]

                                                 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖈𝖆𝖘𝖙 𝖔𝖋

         THE ( ATTEMPTED ) ABDUCTION OF HELEN & PERSEPHONE 

                                                  PART TWO

featuring:

james norton as theseus   :::   theseus, to the killing of the minotaur

kelsey merritt as helen   :::   enlèvement d'hélène

snapshot:

—————   when you’ve tasted the sweetest fruit that the world has to offer, everything seems stale in comparison.

[yomimio]

The Northern Lion pt3

Warnings: Foul language, violence and sexism (lord Estren is a disgusting being).

-“So it’s true, then? Are you going to the meeting with House Estren?”- inquired Tyrion.

-“It is”- answered (Y/N) while adjusting the shiny dark light armor she used for traveling.

-“I know there’s not convincing you to stay b-“

-“Don’t waste your time, father has agreed to this”- she interrupted  her older brother.

-“Sigh, I know. I was only going to ask for you to be careful. I’ve heard whispers that the head of the house is plotting against us”.

-“But they are sworn to us! They own us loyalty! I’ll go to their keep and reign them back to order if needed be. I’m to be the head of this house in the future, am I not? Then it’ll be beneficial for all of us if they start to show me respect”- she assured, turning around and looking into her brother’s eyes.

-“Just promise me to be careful, yes?”- worried Tyrion, furrowing his eyebrows.

She looked to him, and got down to his height, stretching her hands and taking his.

-“I promise you, brother. But you know, there’s no one that can take me down”- she winked.

Biding her farewells, (Y/N) mounted Noctis and crossed the gates of Casterly Rock towards the lands of House Estren, in Wyndhall.

 -“I fear for her”- Tyrion said looking out of one of the windows of the higher levels of the castle.

-“Don’t. No one will threat the Lannister while our father still lives. She will be fine”- said the blonde figure standing behind him.

-“I hope you’re right for once, Jaime”- he sighed while accepting the goblet of red wine from the tall man.

His hopes were indeed futile. When (Y/N) arrived at the keep she was instantly met with treason. The Estren caught wind that “Tywin’s little girl” was the one sent to handle the matters of their money loans, and that was the last straw. Not only they were opposed to being ruled by a woman, but now this, this vexation! Were they of so little importance to the lions that they sent a woman to handle their business? The Lannister name may had have power in the past, when the Old Lion was still young, when he took down the infamous Castamere House. But now, when the only available heirs were an imp and a woman, it was the time for its fall. So, without a second thought, Lord Regenard Estren took his seven sons and all of his knights, and attacked the Lannister hosts before they could know what was happening.

But to their chagrin, this lion pup was more intelligent than they had given her credit for. She was prepared for a revolt even before she left her home, so her and the knights she had traveled with, were fully armed and ready to fight. The intercepted the enemy’s forces head on, and drove them back towards their castle, some being left behind slaughtered by their blades and crushed under Noctis’ hooves.

The lord was enraged. How could this child beat his seasoned troops? He could barely sit in his armchair without squirming in frustration and shame.

-“My Lord Father. A letter has arrived”- the second son, a burly and brutish man with more muscles than brains, entered the living room, where his father was sat in front of the fire.-“It has the red seal of the lions.”

-“What’s this? Who gave this to you?”.

-“A messenger arrived carrying it. He came from the settlement that the Lannister’s troops have set outside our walls”.

-“The gall of this child!”-he shouted opening the envelope.-“This is outrageous! This bitch is ordering us to surrender and to pledge fealty to her! Over my rotten corpse! I would rather have her bent over and with her skirts over her head!”- the red faced lord hollered and throwing the paper to the blazing fireplace, he called forth one of his own messengers-“you servant! Run to the lion bitch and tell her I’ll will surrender when she comes here and ask me herself, on her knees, and with my cock in her mouth”- he ordered, his spit landing on the face of the poor young man in front of him.

When the news came out of the trembling mouth of the messenger, (Y/N) laughed. If this little lord thought he could treat her like that and get away with it, he had another thing coming his way. After all, it wouldn’t be that much of a loss, it was more like taking out the trash. If a house would not bow before her and her family, well, she would make sure they wouldn’t have legs to stand up against her.

She sent the terrified messenger back with five gold coins for his services and started to put her plan into action.

Everyone has heard about the Rains of Castamere, how her father redirected the river to drown his enemies in their own house. (Y/N) heard it more times than she could count. And funnily enough, even when the song and its meaning gave her the chills when she was little, she could now relate to her father for the first time in her life. So, where Tywin had used water, she would use fire.

The Estren castle was an old one, not very well maintained, the owners preferring to spend their money in more banal pleasures. That meant most of its internal structure was still wood.

(Y/N) sent another letter to the sieged keep, asking for a conference with the lord in order to state the terms of a peace accord. And when the set upon time for their meeting came, when she knew the lord and all his family were together, she sent the Estren soldiers, she had captured in the first attack, in.

Lord Regenard did not suspect a thing, for these soldiers had been stripped of their armors and suited with Lannister’s garbs. Plus, they seemed fat and clumsy, so he dismissed them as harmless, too eager to have a Lannister bow to him. His pride blinded him, and he wasn’t able to notice the burning smell that was starting to come in waves off of the soldiers. Not until one of them fell to the ground engulfed in flames did the lord see through her ruse. It was then when the chaos started.

-“It was an great idea to stuff hay under the soldier’s armors, my Lady”- praised (Y/N)’s captain of the guard.

-“And shoving hot coals between it! Really smart Lady Lannister!”- said her lieutenant.

(Y/N) stood with her officials on the hill in front of the castle, the light of the fire reflecting on her face.

As the inferno raged, the first wave of people fleeing the house, in hopes to escape, started to come out of the gates.

-“Send the troops now”-she commanded, voice monotonous and eyes cold.-“Let’s go!”.

Every person that was able to avoid the flames was intercepted by the lion’s soldiers, with their lady in the front of the battle.

Thus, House Estren was no more. And the Lannister maintained their status, increasing even more the fear that kept the people under their paws. The seven kingdoms were united in fear of Tywin Lannister, and now they would learn to fear his heir.

The songs came not much after. The bards would sing about the downfall of House Estren, burned by the rage of the Black Lion. Such was the name she was given, making reference to the unusual color of the armor she donned.

The songs travelled all over Westeros, spreading whispers and apprehensiveness, announcing a new age of fear under the Lannister. The restlessness reached even the North, where the tunes of the Lady Paramount-to-be ringed in the ears of a young red-haired lord.

(A/N): I don not own any charachters from Game of Thrones. This is just made for fun. I don’t own any image or gif unless I specifically say so. English is not my first language, so sorry about any mistake. Some events may differ drom canon, but since *those two* can do whatever they wnat, ten so can I. :)