"A storm is only a storm until a man stands beneath it."
―Westerosi Proverb
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Lord Borros Baratheon, being a man of no inconsiderable self-regard, had a...
2025-02-09 22:28:19 +0000 UTC View Post"The Fremen were supreme in that quality the ancients called ‘spannungsbogen’—which is the self-imposed delay between desire for a thing and the act of reaching ou...
2025-02-09 22:26:45 +0000 UTC View PostAudio will be delayed for a day, plus or minus a few hours. I want to finish the draft for chapters 24 and 25 before doing that.
2025-02-04 09:51:23 +0000 UTC View PostIt is said that the strength of an empire lies not in its gold, nor its castles, nor even in the dragons that darken its skies—but in the men who march beneath its banners, will...
2025-02-04 09:29:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter Thirty-Two: Leashed
"A certain amount of fear is necessary for control."
―Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
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It was a morning of solemn temper when Rhaenys Targaryen, the Quee...
2025-02-04 09:27:32 +0000 UTC View PostChapter Thirty-One: Terms of Necessity
“The Iron Bank is always glad to be of service.”
―Tycho Nestoris
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The chamber smelled of old coin and older ambition, though ...
2025-02-04 09:24:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Audio Chapter for INTERLUDE: Setting Boundaries [The Golden Wyrm]
2025-01-31 00:57:26 +0000 UTC View Post"Fear is what keeps a man alive in this world of treachery and deceit."
— Roose Bolton
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The air in the chamber was thick with the oppressive weight of si...
2025-01-30 23:15:55 +0000 UTC View PostDo you like the audio chapters? Don't worry, it only takes me about an hour to create and edit using Elevens Lab and Canva; actually writing the chapters themselves is still the most labour-intensive part.
This poll is important because I am...
2025-01-30 04:09:13 +0000 UTC View Post
"The Lords of the Vale could field twenty thousand swords at need."
— Alayne II, A Feast for Crows
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The map was an elegant thing. A masterwork of parchment and pain...
2025-01-30 02:28:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Reference Images
2025-01-29 06:21:10 +0000 UTC View Post
I rewrote the plot after stumbling on a few major plotholes. This reflects that.
2025-01-29 06:19:09 +0000 UTC View Post
“Show me a flattered fool and I will show you a weak ruler.”
―Leto II
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It was an afternoon of singular indolence within the august walls of the Red Keep, where Aegon ...
2025-01-29 06:12:42 +0000 UTC View Post
"A man is a tool of his own body, a tool of his mind, a tool of his emotions. The trick is to learn how to wield that tool properly."
―Duncan Idaho
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Rhaenyra s...
2025-01-29 06:08:06 +0000 UTC View Post
“This is the power of the Guild. They can refuse to ship certain goods. They can refuse to transport certain people. Without the Guild, no interstellar commerce exists.”
―Muad'Dib...
2025-01-29 06:02:06 +0000 UTC View Post"In 138 AC, the bones of Addam were returned to Driftmark from Raventree Hall. His brother Alyn, by then Lord of the Tides, put only the word "LOYAL" as the epitaph on Addam's tomb."
―Unknown<...
2025-01-20 00:20:45 +0000 UTC View Post“I have no fear of armies. Many and more have broken themselves against my Bloody Gate, and the Eyrie is known to be impregnable. But you have descended on us from the sky, as Queen Visenya once did d...
2025-01-20 00:18:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Just finished drafting the "war". Ignore the attachment name(artefact from editingsoftware).
2025-01-16 19:16:05 +0000 UTC View Post"A skinny brown girl on a skinny brown dragon"
―writings of Munkun
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The morning light fell soft and pale upon the great hall of the Eyrie, illuminating th...
2025-01-15 23:37:50 +0000 UTC View Post"Seventy-nine years of age, he had served four kings and a queen, sailed to the ends of the earth, raised House Velaryon to unprecedented levels of wealth and power, married a princess who migh...
2025-01-15 23:36:35 +0000 UTC View Post"War was an ironman's proper trade. The Drowned God had made them to reave and rape, to carve out kingdoms and write their names in fire and blood and song."
―Theon Greyjoy
<... 2025-01-11 01:13:58 +0000 UTC View PostSEVEN YEARS AGO
To the Lords and Ladies of the Realm, and all those sworn to the Iron Throne...
2025-01-09 20:09:55 +0000 UTC View Post“A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct.”
―"The Manual of Muad’Dib" by the Princess Irulan.
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... 2025-01-09 12:05:27 +0000 UTC View PostIt was late afternoon when the crimson shadow of Caraxes fell upon the Winterfell. The skies above the Wolfswood were an iron grey, heavy with the threat of snow. The dragon des...
2025-01-08 09:01:44 +0000 UTC View Post“A man is a fool who puts aside his own house for the sake of another’s.”
―Thufir Hawat
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The rain fell in sheets, driven sideways by the fierce ...
2025-01-07 23:25:17 +0000 UTC View Post"Laenor Velaryon’s Seasmoke was a splendid creature, pale silver-grey in colour, swift and gracious in the air."
―Archmaester Gyldayn
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The moon hung low and swollen in...
2025-01-07 09:31:47 +0000 UTC View Post"Sheepstealer’s savagery in battle would earn him a fearsome reputation, though he fought but seldom."
―Archmaester Gyldayn
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The wind screamed past Nettles' ears a...
2025-01-06 21:06:28 +0000 UTC View Post“Words are wind, but the wind can fan a fire.”
―Tyrion Lannister
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“…and if we are to even contest the boy’s claim, she must be crowned,” Daemon declared,...
2025-01-05 10:35:18 +0000 UTC View Post“Anger is a great thing, sometimes. It makes a man strong. It makes him do things he might not otherwise do.”
— Brienne of Tarth
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It was a truth universally acknowledged ...
2025-01-05 10:32:49 +0000 UTC View Post