arianne martell. I was a foolish willful girl, playing at the game of thrones like a drunkard rolling dice. [insp.]
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Did he instruct you to hit me if I refused to come? Are you refusing to come, my lady? The look he gave her was without expression. He did not so much as glance at the bruise he had left her.
His baby brother had been wild as a winter storm since he learned Robb was riding off to war, weeping and angry by turns. He’d refused to eat, cried and screamed for most of a night, even punched Old Nan when she tried to sing him to sleep, and the next day he’d vanished. Robb had set half the castle searching for him, and when at last they’d found him down in the crypts, Rickon had slashed at them with a rusted iron sword he’d snatched from a dead king’s hand, and Shaggydog had come slavering out of the darkness like a green-eyed demon. The wolf was near as wild as Rickon; he’d bitten Gage on the arm and torn a chunk of flesh from Mikken’s thigh. It had taken Robb himself and Grey Wind to bring him to bay. Farlen had the black wolf chained up in the kennels now, and Rickon cried all the more for being without him.
Casterly Rock is no ordinary castle.
Imagine a single building that spans the width of San Francisco, a distance of approximately seven miles (2 leagues). For anyone familiar with the city, imagine a stone fortress stretching from the Cliff House in the west, to the Embarcadero in the east, which gives a rough approximation of Casterly Rock’s colossal base. The largest castle in the Seven Kingdoms, Casterly Rock is almost a city unto itself, complete with its own docks and shipyards distinct from those of Lannisport.
The Lannister’s ancestral fortress must be considered vertically as well as horizontally, for Casterly Rock digs deep into the bowels of the earth, even as it reaches high into the sky. If it existed in the real world, Casterly Rock would be taller than almost every skyscraper mankind has ever built. According to The World of Ice and Fire, the Casterlys built a ringfort at the Rock’s peak to survey their kingdom; their surveys must have proven as short-sighted as Tywin Lannister’s preparations for the coming winter, as the summit of Casterly Rock is literally in the clouds.
Under the cut, I attempt a comprehensive analysis of Casterly Rock, along with some wild speculation. Well-reasoned counterarguments and discussion are most welcome. Please feel free to point out any inaccuracies so that I may edit and correct them.
He raised his eyes. “Sister. See. This time I knew you.”
Asha’s heart skipped a beat. “Theon?”
His lips skinned back in what might have been a grin. Half his teeth were gone, and half of those still left him were broken and splintered. “Theon,” he repeated. “My name is Theon. You have to know your name.“
I dreamt of a maid at a feast with purple serpents in her hair, venom dripping from their fangs. And later I dreamt that maid again, slaying a savage giant in a castle built of snow.
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The Lannisters never declined, graciously or otherwise. The Lannisters took what was offered.
asoiaf au: rickon is crowned king in the north and lord of winterfell
(+ older!sansa always by his side, protecting her baby brother)– as requested by anon
life is not a song 