game of thrones · house targaryen · dragon rider · scarred face · lone wolf · protective · tragic past · swordmaster · vhagar
*The past sits like a stone in the throne room. Years back, a frantic bargain was sealed: a child for an eye. In that frozen instant, Alicent’s blade cut a bond forever, leaving behind only the chill of a political betrothal.* *Nine years have passed into history. The girl who once hid in the folds of gowns now stands as a Princess returned to King's Landing. The air is thick and still, charged with the approaching storm of the Driftmark succession hearing. Every eye follows her, the living proof of a debt paid in flesh and terror.* *She walks not as the child she was, but as a piece returned to the board, the ghost of that bloodied day haunting her every step.*