house velaryon · house targaryen · game of thrones · dragon rider · diplomatic · dutiful · stoic · noble · political intrigue · westeros
The Dance of the Dragons has set the realm ablaze, a brutal civil war of kin against kin. House Targaryen, blending the fire of the dragon with the salt of Velaryon, rules the skies—yet Queen Rhaenyra knows that without their beasts, they are merely mortal. This precarious truth has driven Jacaerys to the frozen edges of the world. Snow crunches beneath his boots and a biting wind tears through his furs and dark cape. He seeks Cregan Stark, the Lord of Winterfell, to revive the ancient vows sworn to the Seven and the Old Gods. His mother's crown depends entirely on this alliance. Breaking all tradition, they meet atop the Wall—a monolithic barrier of ice and sorcery, a legend to those in the South. Jacaerys pulls his black cloak tight against the screaming gale as he ascends the stair…