The Lonely Lioness - Cersei Lannister Quest

[Bylba]

Listen...

What is the Blackwater crossing like?
In the sense that if this is a bridge, then we can wait for part of Renly's army to cross, and then launch a barge with Wild Fire into this bridge. Then we will be able to create a numerical superiority and destroy the troops that have crossed over.

 

[Zimmerwald1915]

Listen...

What is the Blackwater crossing like?
In the sense that if this is a bridge, then we can wait for part of Renly's army to cross, and then launch a barge with Wild Fire into this bridge. Then we will be able to create a numerical superiority and destroy the troops that have crossed over.

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Big, deep estuary, a la the North River. And Westerosi don't build giant steel suspension bridges anymore.

 

[Rat King]

...and why we would have done that if he Is a direct threat to Joffrey's ascension?
Besides our overall focus wasn't a bad one: Make peace with as many Kingdoms as possible so we can focus in crushing the Baratheon brothers.

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Because it would have gotten the ENTIRE Reach army and nobility back on-side with us?

 

[GildedSergeant]

And we wouldnt have him cutting off our food and bearing down on the city. Yeah, we fucked that one

 

[Bylba]

So, after reading about Blackwater, I was completely confused.

Blackwater is wider than the Volga. Perhaps "twenty hundred-oar galleys lined up in a row" is an exaggeration, but still the scale is gigantic.

How is Renly going to capture us without a fleet? What's the point?

 

[Gantolandon]

For all it's worth, I enjoyed reading this. Too many quests on SV are stories of an almost unperturbed rise to power, with very little setbacks on the way. I don't think I've ever seen the protagonist straight out losing, or even finding themselves in a situation they can't immediately resolve with a clever write-in or QM fiat.

 

[Zimmerwald1915]

So, after reading about Blackwater, I was completely confused.

Blackwater is wider than the Volga. Perhaps "twenty hundred-oar galleys lined up in a row" is an exaggeration, but still the scale is gigantic.

How is Renly going to capture us without a fleet? What's the point?

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Perhaps he is counting on our fleet to turn coat, the way his army already did?

 

[Azel]

There are multiple fords he could use to cross.

 

[Bylba]

There are multiple fords he could use to cross.

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Fords? What a pity that we have a specialist in the battle on Fords.

(By the way, Fords are supposed to compensate for Renly's numerical superiority. Fords wide enough to transport 50,000 troops at a time are fantastic.)

 

[Ghost in the sun]

Regarless of how it ends it was a joy to participate in this quest with all of you.

 

[Moon]

[X] You need a miracle. Drink. Dream. See if you can find one.

 

[TheMaskedReader]

[X] You need a miracle. Drink. Dream. See if you can find one.

Miracles have a price - Why not pay it?

 

[Andre Massena]

[X] Try to prevent Renlys host from crossing the Blackwater, but cede the southern crownlands to his control.

Live to fight another day! I am tempted by the breakout to Highgarden plan, though

 

[GildedSergeant]

Whatever happens next will surely be interesting, and it's been a fun ride to this point

Azel quests, as ever, never fail to disappoint

 

[digital2]

Regarless of how it ends it was a joy to participate in this quest with all of you.

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Agreed. My one regret was that we didn't experiment on Aukar Brightfyre. I still feel like that could have done something for us.

Speaking of which, I do find it funny that before people didn't want to vote for it because they argued that it probably wouldn't do anything and would just make us look crazy, and now the majority is grabbing onto the Shade of the Evening (which hasn't given us any thing of value so far) and chugging it like there's no tomorrow.

 

[Azel]

Vote closed.

Adhoc vote count started by Azel on Feb 10, 2024 at 8:37 PM, finished with 106 posts and 35 votes.

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  15 people have voted

  [X] You need a miracle. Drink. Dream. See if you can find one.

  • Rat King
  • BigBacon
  • Ghostdevil
  • BananosMoon
  • Dael
  • DragonParadox
  • Bylba
  • Drieder
  • GooseElite
  • Tzaphquiel
  • Nemesis_Scar
  • BigBadBob7070
  • Moon
  • TheMaskedReader
  • Takareer

  13 people have voted

  [X] Try to prevent Renlys host from crossing the Blackwater, but cede the southern crownlands to his control.

  • MSH
  • Red Robyn
  • GildedSergeant
  • butchock
  • DkArthas
  • Kir the Wizard
  • Ghost in the sun
  • digital2
  • ORE
  • Theaxofwar
  • A_Somebody
  • F.I.M.M.98
  • Andre Massena

  5 people have voted

  [X] Send for Rossart and have his pyromancers help prepare the defence.

  • Bolo
  • Nando
  • KingCrimson1081
  • Lovemuffin
  • Artemis1992

  1 people have voted

  [X] Use your ships to evacuate the court and as many troops as feasible to Dragonstone.

  • Martin Noctis

  1 people have voted

  [X] Gather the troops to break through to the west and relocate the court to Highgarden.

  • Takareer

  1 people have voted

  [X] Send for Rossart and have his pyromancers help prepare the defence.

  • Mechasaurian

 

[Tzaphquiel]

Well, then, it will be interesting to see where this path leads, though the path is swiftly reaching its terminus.

 

[Ghost in the sun]

As Cersei enters her blue reveries, one vision she sees is a bunch of shadowed figures arguing about her fate, arms appears from the darkness to hand over the goblet of Shade above her while others attempt to knock it off, in the fight the Shade of Evening is spilled staining Cersei competly blue, blue, blue... All she sees is blue.

 

[Tzaphquiel]

Hm, truth be told, the idea of Cersei with lips stained blue from the Shade of the Evening is not necessarily aesthetically displeasing. Blue lipstick might give Cersei a certain exotic flair.

 

[Rat King]

Well, then, it will be interesting to see where this path leads, though the path is swiftly reaching its terminus.

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Tbh we've been headed here since the thread failed to course correct very early on.

 

[Zimmerwald1915]

Hm, truth be told, the idea of Cersei with lips stained blue from the Shade of the Evening is not necessarily aesthetically displeasing.

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She already has those. One update mentions her needing to apply ordinary lipstick every morning to cover them up.

 

[Ghost in the sun]

She already has those. One update mentions her needing to apply ordinary lipstick every morning to cover them up.

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Well she could go full blue lipstick now that we gone past the point of no return.

 

[Chimeraguard]

So, as someone who is watching both this Quest Thread and the place where the Targ POV is, I have been given permission from Azel to point out something that was missed now that the vote's over:

Nobody investigated that. And Jaime killed both Aerys, Rossart and the other pyromancer leaders, so nobody alive knows of it.

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Meanwhile, look at the Wildfire option:

[] Send for Rossart and have his pyromancers help prepare the defence.

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And who Rossart is (or more accurately, was) in the wiki:

Rossart

Lord Rossart was a member of the Alchemists' Guild in King's Landing. He served as the Hand of the King to Aerys II Targaryen for a fortnight.[1]

awoiaf.westeros.org

Lord Rossart was a member of the Alchemists' Guild in King's Landing. He served as the Hand of the King to Aerys II Targaryen for a fortnight.[1]

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And you might notice there is something off about that possible action...

 

[ORE]

So, as someone who is watching both this Quest Thread and the place where the Targ POV is, I have been given permission from Azel to point out something that was missed now that the vote's over:

Meanwhile, look at the Wildfire option:

And who Rossart is (or more accurately, was) in the wiki:

Rossart

Lord Rossart was a member of the Alchemists' Guild in King's Landing. He served as the Hand of the King to Aerys II Targaryen for a fortnight.[1]

awoiaf.westeros.org

And you might notice there is something off about that possible action...

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love being possessed by aerys

 

[Ghost in the sun]

Look a dead person, right under Qyburn nose!