@Duesal Speaking of which, while Teana is working on Grey Ghost, that still leaves Melys and Ceraxes free to be tamed.

We really shouldn't leave any dragons unbinded, TBH. I say throw Maelor Ceraxes' way, and maybe... huh... who else do we have? you know I never thought about it but...

@DragonParadox, Ceria capable of taming a dragon? Tyene didn't seem interested, otherwise I'd immediately suggest her.
 
@Duesal Speaking of which, while Teana is working on Grey Ghost, that still leaves Melys and Ceraxes free to be tamed.

We really shouldn't leave any dragons unbinded, TBH. I say throw Maelor Ceraxes' way, and maybe... huh... who else do we have? you know I never thought about it but...

@DragonParadox, Ceria capable of taming a dragon? Tyene didn't seem interested, otherwise I'd immediately suggest her.
Teana is indeed very close in taming Grey Ghost, I'm looking forward to that interlude.

As for Meleys the Red Queen and Caraxes the Blood Wyrm I was thinking splitting them between Malarys and Zherys. Maelor could be given an egg, we have a lot of those sitting around. We also should take the time give Saenena Caleris' children eggs of their own, preferably ones taken from the palace in Lyceos.
 
Malarys was planning on hatching a egg eventually since he didn't have time to deal with a full grown dragon between adventuring and acting in his office.

Zherys is an option...
 
Well she does not have the targ blood form Rahelle wife of Ordmund, but she has her own affinity for sky and storm and there's also the far older link to Orys Baratheon himself so Viserys is inclined to say yes.
Also, Rogar Baratheon married a Velaryon. Not too distant from Orys, granted, but it's another generation of dragon-blood back in the line between then and Ormund.
 
Malarys was planning on hatching a egg eventually since he didn't have time to deal with a full grown dragon between adventuring and acting in his office.

Zherys is an option...
I guess Malarys can stick with his egg then. We'll provide him with the sacrifices when he needs to tame the dragon.
 
I guess Malarys can stick with his egg then. We'll provide him with the sacrifices when he needs to tame the dragon.

And that frees up a dragon for Ceria!

Not that I'm pushing for it, but it would be quite funny to have a superweapon you couldn't really use practically speaking when your greatest fear was lack of agency. :V

Lots of influence from it though.
 
I think we should probably take care of those bindings at the start of next month, maybe before delving into Ymeri's Haunted Mansion with Zherys. Have him bind Ceraxes, since that seems mostly uncontested, and then decide who to bind to Melys. Leaving that hanging in the wind any longer is a bad idea.
 
I think we should probably take care of those bindings at the start of next month, maybe before delving into Ymeri's Haunted Mansion with Zherys. Have him bind Ceraxes, since that seems mostly uncontested, and then decide who to bind to Melys. Leaving that hanging in the wind any longer is a bad idea.
Hopefully Teana can bind Grey Ghost by then as well. It'd be very useful as a political statement for her to be one of the Dragonlords of the Imperium circling over Volantis when Zherys swears fealty to us.
 
[X] Approach Lord Farring as yourself.
-[X] Reassure him he is not a direct target of any Maester conspiracy, though you don't outright deny they aren't working some intrigues, you don't blurt details other than the fact that his wasn't trying to work any sorcery like what occurred with Jon Arryn's child, which was deliberate.
-[X] If it helps at all, Jon Arryn's death as far as you can tell was completely mundane, confirmed with divination and cursory investigation. The man was old. He was old and took a bad fall. It's the most common death for noblemen disconnected from the usual avenues for "untimely ends". A regular ride through the countryside, not even during a hunt.
-[X] "My Lord, you are surrounded by a hundred conspiracies, but I doubt many of them have you at the forefront of their plans, and you are likely just an incidental piece on the board of various players. Such as it has ever been in Westeros, and with only leal servants and trustworthy allies warding off the most common malaise infecting the realm." Take it from a man who is the target of about half of those secretive cabals, basically.
 
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I almost overshared, because totally shattering someone's world view is always my first draft, but I realized we're trying to calm him down a moment later. :V
 
[X] Crake

@Crake, offer him some equipment that will help ease his paranoia on plots with magic. Amulet of PfE to prevent mind control, Ring of Detect Poison to avoid enthusiastic plotters, a Healing Belt if anyone ever guts him, etc.
 
[X] Crake

@Crake, offer him some equipment that will help ease his paranoia on plots with magic. Amulet of PfE to prevent mind control, Ring of Detect Poison to avoid enthusiastic plotters, a Healing Belt if anyone ever guts him, etc.

The carrot is for after we get our foot in the door, I expect one more update after this with him actually bringing up some legitimate concerns we have to answer to. The guy will have some questions we can provide answers to, I know how these things go.
 
[X] Approach Lord Farring as yourself.
-[X] Reassure him he is not a direct target of any Maester conspiracy, though you don't outright deny they aren't working some intrigues, you don't blurt details other than the fact that his wasn't trying to work any sorcery like what occurred with Jon Arryn's child, which was deliberate.
--[X] If asked to elaborate on this--and fair enough--you aren't sure what caused Jon Arryn's son to grow older all of a sudden, but you know it wasn't just some tricksome Fey's plot without purpose or for some kind of poetic irony, hence calling it "deliberate".
--[X] And as for "what intrigues" the Maesters might be working, you point out that it is vanishingly unlikely even a tenth of all Maesters could be involved in a single group of schemers, given how factionalism works in the Citadel, and the fact that the majority of Maesters, if they do happen to be involved in these plots, are likely totally unknowing.
--[X] The problem with the Maesters isn't so much that there are people using their influence to work treachery all while holding the trust of Westeros' Lords, it is that with all of that, even if the vast majority held to their oaths faithfully, it would be trivial to abuse this symbiotic relationship and turn it cancerous. It would take drastic measures and reforms to cease this business, and even naming a fraction of what you know of does nothing more than make him a target where right now he is not.
--[X] Essentially: Let Viserys be the visible target for that ilk.
---[X] If it helps at all, Jon Arryn's death as far as you can tell was completely mundane, confirmed with divination and cursory investigation. The man was old. He was old and took a bad fall. It's the most common death for noblemen disconnected from the usual avenues for "untimely ends". A regular ride through the countryside, not even during a hunt.
---[X] "My Lord, you are surrounded by a hundred conspiracies, but I doubt many of them have you at the forefront of their plans, and you are likely just an incidental piece on the board of various players. Such as it has ever been in Westeros, and with only leal servants and trustworthy allies warding off the most common malaise infecting the realm." Take it from a man who is the target of about half of those secretive cabals, basically.
 
I wonder how he'll react to being told, "You're nowhere near important enough to be the target of anyone significant." :V

Anger and relief? We're being diplomatic about phrasing it, hence mostly not using quotations for this plan, but really, compared to "existential threat, thy name is Viserys Targaryen", I think the secret shadow cabals in Westeros have bigger fish to fry. I think we can say that much and not immediately get violent rejection due to the sudden influx of knowledge that "you aren't truly as important as you think you are, and in this case that is a good thing. There's no prize for being a bigger target."
 
This isn't going to piss the old gods off right? I mean we're basically wheeling them out of their extended care facility and parking them on their most hated enemy's lawn.

The Old Gods reject prayer and are thus not shaped by the beliefs of followers.

The Seven accept prayer and thus are.

Any prayer in this location will bring the Seven into line with the OG without the reverse happening and any blood sacrifice still empowers the OG while again further bringing the Seven I to line with them.

It's a win/win for the Trees.
 
The Tree of Lys, which is as big as a Giant Redwood IRL, then the Tree of the Dawn Age in Sorcerer's Deep which is one-thousand feet tall, and the Flesh Forge Tree which IIRC should be as big as the Tree of Lys since functionally it had the same sacrifice. It's just shaped like a giant jungle tree rather than a normal Weirwood Heart Tree.

The Wall is one hundred leagues long (three hundred miles) and reaches over seven hundred feet at his highest point, although some foundation blocks in hilly regions, such as near Greyguard, send it nine hundred feet in the air.
 
The Wall is one hundred leagues long (three hundred miles) and reaches over seven hundred feet at his highest point, although some foundation blocks in hilly regions, such as near Greyguard, send it nine hundred feet in the air.
A Mythic feat of engineering indeed. I can't wait until we have the time to study it in earnest and progress Lya's Runecrafting.
 
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