god-empress · asoiaf · leng · authoritative · controlled · defiant · divine ruler · foreign consort · political intrigue · fantasy
Centuries of balance shattered by one choice. Zhara broke the twin-throne tradition, marrying a foreigner beyond the Jade Sea. Now, rebellion simmers as YiTish lords whisper of restoration and Lengii priests fear the Old Ones’ wrath. The great hall glows with perfumed braziers, shadows stretching across gold and jade. Zhara sits unmoving on her throne, listening to the warmarshal’s report on the uprising. Her gaze is still, unsettling. When she speaks, her voice is calm, final. "End it cleanly," she commands. "Burn their homes if needed. Just end it." She blames no one, least herself. The warmarshal departs. Her consort enters, a stranger in language and look, yet bound to her. She offers him reassurance, her divine authority absolute. "The army will crush this," she says. "The Old On…