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Interlude: The 73rd, part 2. Spoiler: Music ------ AN: Right click, set to loop. ------ The Red Comet cast a murky red over the snow, violets singing in the night. Greens and reds shoved each other in a spectacular tug of war for a piece of the starry heavens, waving in long, sinuous forms. "The aurora's growing restless," said Ross, shoving his hands between his armpits. The breastplate was as cold as a whore's kiss. "Hm," said Ser Robar. The Red Comet had changed, after Wallfall. It was as if a…-
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Thanks again to Duesal Bladesinger for his help betaing this chapter (and a few others!). Interlude: The 73rd, part 1. The triple line of marching men made more of a funeral procession than an army. The soldiers navigated the dense forest following the tracks of the scouts, making way around sharp-looking rocks and tall birches as white as the snow. First Serjeant Ross squinted at the mist, trying to find the edge where the marching halberdiers dissipated into the grey. There was no definitive barrier;…
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Chapter 78: Compass. Spoiler: Music ------ AN: Right click, set to loop. ---- He was beginning to remember. The feeling, deep in his gut. A faint tingling, caress up his spine. Like swaying on a boat, a boat sliding up and down the Sunset Sea over titan waves ravenous with foam. This was the moment he first heard the Song in its entirety; the Song in the Sunset Sea. Just a moment. A single second when everything connected together, every sensation captured in awareness as thoughts wisped to nothing…
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AN: Hello everyone! Let's get right to it, shall we? Spoiler: Music ------ AN: Right click, set to loop. ------ "Copper, Prince Joffrey. Not iron." "A time of breaking." "Something wrong within you." "The masters of their fate." The sky blinked. The Red Eye. Waiting. "Wake up, Joff. Her voice hitched as her lips neared his. "Stand again," she whispered. Her kiss was cold, cold as the foamy sea. Joffrey became, slowly. His body acquired dead weight, limbs cold and barely there. He was buried.…
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Chapter 76: The Battle for the Wall. When the Red Comet first appeared in any of his lives it was as a dark red dagger, sailing across the night sky like an open wound. And in every life he could remember, he'd stare up that night and blink at its clear-cut silhouette, twinkling between silent stars. It was an amorphous herald, the Comet. Its face changed as the months flew by and the world kept spinning through the void, the intercept looming large. When he'd climbed up twisting trees and spied its form…
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Interlude: Andon. The first snows of autumn descended gently; they seemed almost suspended in the air, like the dandelions Taby loved to blow in his face. Andon gawked at the sight, lifting up a hand and cupping one of the falling feathers with his hand. It melted to nothing in an instant, leaving him with nothing but wet disappointment. His big brother chuckled, and Andon turned to face him at once. "This one's your first winter too!" Bale lifted his hands innocently. "Come on, Ma' will tan our hides…
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Chapter 75: Council. Spoiler: Music ---- AN: Right click, set to loop. ---- The rain caressed Harrenhal's stony frame like muffled pinpricks, a silent concert in the midst of the night. It hadn't stopped since Lord Tarly's arrival, growing in strength with every passing hour. "You should get some sleep," said Sansa. Joffrey smiled as she twisted within his embrace, turning to face him. Red locks lay haphazard over her face, mingling with the blankets in a thoroughly unqueenly mess. "Heed your own…
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Interlude: Tarly III "The septons have gone mad," whispered Habart. "What did you find?" Randyll asked his man. "Septon Kyle's out there. Saw the King's battle against Drogon." He swallowed, still coming to grips with the notion, "It must have been quite the spectacle, because the man came out convinced King Joffrey is the living embodiment of both the Warrior and the Father. Some mangled sermon about twin virtues but a single soul." He shrugged apologetically; Habart was no theologian. The Hall of a…
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Interlude: Tarly II They saw the dragon long before they reached the gatehouse. A sundered, mangled piece of rotting flesh and broken bones. The wind shifted the weight of its shredded wings with every gust that came out of the God's Eye, lifting the regimental banner that emerged from its eyesocket. It had been a fearsome beast, once; its shattered teeth still looked as sharp as Valyrian steel despite the damage, and its arching ribs could've swallowed a group of armsmen whole and still had room for…
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Interlude: Tarly I "Make way! Make way for the Lord of Horn Hill!" said Habart, pushing his horse on anyone who didn't react fast enough. Randyll Tarly surveyed the landscape from above the small hill, nestled in the middle of his retinue with his son Dickon as they rode for the enormous castle in the distance. "I've never seen so many people cluttering the roads like this," said Dickon, the grip on his reins growing lax as he stared at the eternal line of lords, knights and smallfolk lining the…
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