Game of Thrones: Viserys the Three-Headed Dragon

"Really, you really saw it?"

"Really, the Dragon Stone Island Pier was opened for a while a few days ago. I stayed at the Dragon Stone Island Pier with the previous ship for two days. I went to the castle every day. If I was lucky, I could see the Dragon King riding a dragon into Dragon Mountain. Don’t you believe that before Longshan is shaken, the Dragon King will ride back from Longshan in the morning, evening or midnight?

On the merchant ship heading to Chaotou Island, idle sailors gathered together and talked.

Someone asked: "Dragon King's dragon really has three heads?"

The sailor who spoke was a man who could tell: "That can be false. I saw it with my own eyes. What I saw with the sailor's telescope at the observation deck was three heads, which were the same as those painted on the Dragon King's flag. That head was scary, with one eye and a big head. It’s so scary, I can swallow a sheep in one bite!”

"A sheep? That's not big."

"Not big? Have you seen it?" The sailor seemed anxious, "You've never seen it before! That's a dragon. It can scare you to death from such a distance! I heard from the locals in the tavern that the day the Dragon King attacked Dragonstone Island, The dragon's flames were like fire raining down from the sky, and in the blink of an eye, Dragonstone Castle raised its flag and surrendered."

"What. Dragonstone. Dragonstone surrendered?" Davos Seaworth, the Onion Knight, woke up in a daze and realized that everything was not a dream. He was indeed unconscious on the rocky reef where he was hiding. He was rescued by a merchant ship. He had a high fever and was confused, but he captured a few key words, "Dragon?" He climbed up from the floor and grabbed the clothes of the sailor who spoke, "You mean dragon? Cough? Cough cough” Soon he began to cough continuously and painfully.

"Hey, hey, don't let him die, that's my reward!" Someone shouted sharply, and a sailor hurried over to give him water.

Someone said: "He may be a knight of King Stannis. How much is the knight worth?"

"100 gold dragons."

"Damn, 100 gold dragons! It's a pity that I don't have a boat, otherwise I would be fishing for people alive in Blackwater Bay these days." Although the gold content of new gold dragon coins has shrunk and depreciated a lot over the years, 100 gold dragons, even new gold dragons, are valuable to anyone. It's not a small amount of money for anyone.

"There are so many knights for you to fish for. The most you can fish for is a few ordinary soldiers."

"That can also be exchanged for a silver deer."

"How ignorant," the sailor who was talking about dragons said disdainfully, "If I want to have a ship, I will go to various places to sell information. Do you know that the Dragon King had dragons before King's Landing? What does the dragon look like and how big is it? How much can this information be sold for? ?”

"You are knowledgeable, why don't you make money by selling information?"

"You--how did I know that this could be sold for money?"

Davos fell asleep in a daze, and when he woke up again, he was already in the bachelor's tower of Tidehead.

"Ser Davos." The maester saw him waking up. "You are very weak. I must say, it is a miracle that you are alive."

Davos recognized the old maester named Korn. When he recruited Lord Montford of Tidehead Island for King Stannis, he visited Tidehead Castle, and Maester Korn was present.

Davos was eager to know everything: "Maester Korn, Lord Montford, Lord Stannis. Dragonstone. Me."

"Alas, Lord Stannis, Ser Davos, defeated Lord Montfort at the Blackwater."

Seeing that he was awake, Maester Korn told him that Stannis was defeated by the Lannister and Tyrell forces at the Blackwater River. The navy was almost completely wiped out and the army was completely wiped out.

Stormhead received orders from King's Landing to be killed and deprived of titles. It said that Lord Montford of Stormhead was burned to death along with his ship and all the crew and sergeants. Countless people were killed in the great battle.

Everything feels like a lifetime ago.

Davos hesitated, but still asked: "Dragonstone Island?"

Maester Korn replied: "Dragonstone is now under the rule of His Majesty the Dragon King Viserys Targaryen."

"Dragon King?"

"His Majesty Viserys Targaryen is called the Dragon King of Dragonstone, and now the princes of the Narrow Sea obey his king's orders."

"You surrendered? Targaryens?"

"Sir Davos, a lot has happened during this time." Maester Cohen said, "You need to know that your life was also saved by His Majesty the Dragon King. It was he who ordered his vassals to offer a reward for merchant ships in the port to rescue the lucky ones in Blackwater Bay. The surviving Sergeant Stannis sent merchant ships to nearby ports near Dragonstone for treatment."

Davos's eyes turned red: "What about Lord Stannis?"

Korn answered him: "Lord Stannis is fine. He went south to Storm's End."

Davos breathed a sigh of relief. He was too weak and lay down. After a moment of silence, he asked: "The Targaryen Dragon King has a dragon?"

Maester Korn answered him as if it were a common thing: "Yes, Ser Davos."

Davos was in disbelief: "How is it possible, people say, that dragons have been extinct for more than a hundred years?"

"Well now that the dragon is back, get used to it as soon as possible, Sir."

When Davos heard that even the wise maester said this, he felt an unprecedented doubt and confusion in his heart: "What will happen to me next?"

Maester Cohen said seriously: "A ship will come to take you to Dragonstone tomorrow. You are a knight loyal to Lord Stannis. His Majesty the Dragon King will put you in a dark prison. Several knights have been imprisoned like you. I took it over. The soldiers are better. His Majesty the Dragon King has an order. As long as the soldiers have a good attitude, they can write an IOU to pay for their passage home under the witness of the monks, and let them go home to plant autumn crops for the winter. Just put them in jail or send them as laborers to the vassals to plant autumn crops in the wasteland and let them raise their own money. If we don't like them, we can also put them in jail directly. "

"Maester, are you so frank, are you suggesting that I run away tonight?"

"His Majesty the Dragon King ordered us to tell you frankly. Sir, it doesn't matter if you want to run away. Just remember not to commit crimes in His Majesty's territory after escaping. His Majesty does not want the people he saves to bring danger to his rule. Crime, especially murder, Robbery and bullying of women and children will be severely punished.”

"Bachelor, did you just say that we were going to plant autumn crops?"

"Yes, His Majesty the Dragon King believes that this long summer will last for eight years, and the following winter will be very difficult."

"." Davos opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say. He just wondered, "To be honest, maester, I don't understand why the Targaryen Dragon King wants to save us again?"

Bachelor Cohen pursed his lips and said, "Well, Lord Monterey asked the same question as you when he met the Dragon King on Dragonstone Island, Sir."

"Count Monterey, if I remember correctly, isn't he only six years old?"

"Yes, Sir." Maester Cohen said, "His Majesty the Dragon King told a story to Count Monterey."

Davos became curious: "What story?"

"After a storm, when the tide recedes, there are many small fish stranded on the beach. Soon, the water in the shallow puddles will be sucked dry by the gravel, and these small fish will die. A boy spared no effort to He picked up the small fish and put it back into the sea. Passersby couldn't bear to see him wasting his efforts. Someone told the boy: "My child, there are hundreds of thousands of small fish in this puddle, and you can't save it." "I know." The little boy replied without looking up. "Why are you still throwing it?" The man asked, while picking up a fish and throwing it into the sea. . 'This one cares, this one cares too! And this one, this one, this one...'"

After Maester Korn finished speaking, he paused and then asked him: "What do you think of this story, Ser Davos?"

Davos was stunned and speechless: "." Are they small fish, stranded on the Blackwater River?

Bachelor Cohen smiled and said: "After that, after Earl Monterey and I left, I heard that Mrs. Balemon also asked the same question when she went to see His Majesty. Do you want to know how His Majesty the Dragon King answered, Sir? ?”

Davos asked seriously: "Please tell me the answer, Maester."

"His Majesty the Dragon King said that all of you knights loyal to Lord Stannis can exchange them with Lord Stannis for ransom, including Lord Baal Aemon, who was taken away to Storm's End by Lord Stannis. Now the Narrow Sea Kingdom The land is in ruins, except for Dragonstone, which has half a warship. What’s missing is money.”

Davos lay down on the bed: "Will I see your Dragon King tomorrow, Maester?"

"I can't answer that question, sergeant."

"." Davos felt so tired. He closed his eyes. Before the maester left, he suddenly said, "If the story was about a child from a poor family, he would pick up the hundreds and thousands of fish and make them into dried fish. ”

Maester Cohen asked curiously: "If it were you, Sir, what would you do?"

"I cannot answer that question yet, Maester."

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Davos was moved to the deck, and he found that the warship had a thin painted striped hull, a bronze bow statue, and billowing sails. There were repainted markings and names on the hull, but Davos couldn't read. But he recognized it as a Lysian warship, which was supposed to be one of the assault ships accompanying Salladhor Saan's Valyrian.

When leaving Tidehead Castle at noon, Davos happened to meet the castle guards - they were all half-grown boys. Under the leadership of the old instructor of the castle, they escorted the obedient prisoners out of the prison and went to work in the wasteland near the castle. It is said that two of them were rescued Stannis soldiers. They tried to kidnap the maester when they were sent to the castle for treatment. They were caught by the well-prepared castle guards and sent to the castle black cell. They are now undergoing "reform through labor". ". It was too late to plant corn in autumn, so they had to rush to plant a batch of beans and cabbage before winter. They had to "renovate" for a month before they could decide how to deal with the situation.

I heard that since the implementation of the admission policy, there has been no bloodshed. After most ordinary soldiers are rescued and can move around normally, they can borrow a sum of money from the castle to go home. This money will be loaned out under the notarization of the monks. This is a two-part IOU. The deadline for this loan is not specific, but the next harvest summer. As for the reward money offered for merchant ships to rescue, the soldiers do not need to pay it back.

It is said that

There were many rumors among the maesters, all related to the new owner of Dragonstone. Davos didn't know why he was looking forward to the trip to Dragonstone.

As the Lys ship set sail, Tidal Head Island shrank into a long line behind them, and Dragonstone Island slowly rose from the sea in front. A wisp of gray smoke drifted from the top of the mountain, marking the location of the island.

From the accents of the sailors, Davos knew that they were Pentos. As for the silent guards who accompanied the ship, it was difficult to tell their origins.

The captain is also a Pentosian. When he learned that the person coming to pick him up was the famous Onion Knight, he immediately took him to the captain's cabin, insisted on treating him to food and drinks, and asked him about his legendary experience of becoming a knight. He was quite envious, and his words were quite regretful.

The Onion Knight tried to find out where his regrets came from, but the captain remained silent.

After a brief chat with the captain, Davos remembered his lucky charm, which was a small leather bag he always wore around his neck. It contained four pieces that his king had cut off on the day he made him a knight. Knuckles.

During the year-long siege of Storm's End during the Rebellion of the Usurper, Davos sailed a small boat loaded with onions and pickled fish to break through the Redwyne fleet's blockade of the castle and deliver supplies to Stannis. Thanks to the food, Storm's End was able to hold out until reinforcements arrived. As a result, Stannis knighted Davos and gave him good farmland at Cape Wrath. At the same time, as punishment for his previous smuggling crimes, Davos had to have the first knuckle of his left hand cut off.

However, after surviving the Blackwater, his lucky charm bag disappeared, along with the finger bones inside.

Davos was still too weak to stomach the greasy food and wine, and after the meal, he vomited and had diarrhea on the boat for the rest of the voyage.

Listening to the heavy drums of the oarsman, the fluttering of the sails and the rhythmic creaking of the wooden oars, Dragonstone became larger and larger, and gradually the Blackstone Castle with gargoyles and dragon-shaped towers could be seen. Listening to the sound of the wooden oars hitting the water and looking at the Targaryen flag flying on the bow, he recalled his smuggling experience in his youth.

Smugglers are always hunted by the sea guard, and Aerys Targaryen II is merciless to smugglers. This makes him, like the nobles during the War of the Usurper, have no good impression of King Aerys, but in fact, no king is lenient to smugglers.

This Dragon King Viserys is the son of "Mad King" Aerys. There were all kinds of rumors during his exile in Essos. Now, less than a month after the capture of Dragonstone, the lords of the narrow sea have returned.

When approaching the Dragonstone dock, Davos keenly discovered that the Targaryen fleet was not large, only one three-hundred-oared ship, plus the three Lys warships he was on, and there was not even a longship for pursuit. It was really hard to say that this was a "fleet", and it was not sure whether there were other ships carrying out other affairs.

Almost every dock at Dragonstone was crowded with merchant ships, swaying by the breakwater. It is said that Dragonstone is now implementing strict "port entry control". Only passing merchant ships that are sure to come to Dragonstone for business and have a guarantee from the town's merchants can enter the port. Otherwise, they are not allowed to enter the port. The ships that are stationed must leave at the agreed time and are not allowed to extend their stay. When passengers stay in the town, the inn must report to the town guard. The inspection of ships traveling to and from King's Landing is particularly strict.

The best berth is now empty, which should be the berth of the three-hundred-oared ship that patrols outside the port.

Before entering the port, they took down the sails and moved only by rowing.

On the dock, two silent guards continued to escort. The town guards responsible for town security received Davos from the warship. Davos recognized the new captain of the town guard, named Ashe Sara.

"Please come with us, Ser Davos."

"Do you know me?" Davos tried to speak, but a cough broke out, and he quickly grabbed the rope pole on the dock. "Where will I go?" He asked breathlessly.

"We will send you to the 'reception' in the town," said Ash Sara, "someone will take you to the castle later."

"Reception?" Another new word.

"There are too many people who want to see His Majesty the Dragon King every day. His Majesty has set up a reception in the town. Visitors need to apply and wait for confirmation before they can go to the castle." But even if you enter the castle, it is the acting lord Earl Gunther who will receive you.

Davos was too weak to ask too many questions, so he could only nod.

There were many people in the town, and the small commercial street with only one road was particularly lively. Dragonstone Island had never been so lively in Davos's impression. It seemed that many people were attracted to the "Dragon King".

Then Davos was sent to an idle house next to the town guard. Next to this was the so-called reception, which was bustling with people. Most of them were dressed as businessmen, but in the crowd, Davos also saw a few free knights. Free knights refer to hired swordsmen equipped with horses. More often, free knights refer to knights who are neither lords' followers nor recruited. Some of them were experienced hedge knights, while others were desperate recruits or peasants. They usually did not receive pay, but lived on spoils of war, hoping to be recruited by the lord one day.

Davos was placed in a relatively quiet room, with only the two silent guards left to watch him.

He was bored waiting, and seeing that the two guards didn't care about him, he stood at the window to look at the people queuing outside the so-called reception.

Suddenly, a touch of flame red caught his sight.

A huge anger immediately surged in his heart, it was her!

She seemed to appear in front of him: heart-shaped face, red eyes, long copper hair, she was wearing a long red dress made of silk and satin, and when she walked, it was like a moving flame. She came from Asshai in the east, on Dragonstone Island, she captured Selyse and the nobles of the queen's door with the gods of a foreign land, and then captured the heart of King Stannis Baratheon. The king had gone too far, taking the Flaming Heart as his banner, serving R'hllor, the Lord of Light, the Heart of Holy Flame, the Lord of Shadows and Fire.

She had called the flames, and she had burned them.

The flames on the Blackwater River had never died in his mind, the devils with whips of fire dancing on the water, the living burned under the whips, turned to charcoal, his children died, his crew, everything he had.

He remembered why he had survived, he had to find Melisandre and kill her! Davos couldn't help but tremble. Everything was the conspiracy of the Red Woman, she devoured them with fire to punish Stannis for abandoning her; she tried to make the king think that he couldn't get the world without her witchcraft!

It was her, the red-robed woman, Melisandre, it was her!

The priestess seemed to sense his angry eyes and turned to look at him.

Davos' heart suddenly lost, and all the angry emotions seemed to hit the feather pillow.

That was not her.

Although the priestess also wore red robes, had red hair, and had a beautiful and enchanting face, she was not her.

But! Why did the priestess of R'hllor appear here!

He stared at the priestess, trying to see her every move and understand her conspiracy.

But soon, there was a knock on the door.

He turned around and the door was already open.

"Hello, Sir Davos." A young knight greeted him.

Davos remembered that when the statues of the Seven Gods in the temple were dragged out and burned at the gate of the town, Sir Herbert Lambton took his three sons to guard the temple until they fell because they were outnumbered. Sir Herbert and one of his sons were killed, and the other two were imprisoned.

"You are Hubbard Lambton," Davos saw the Targaryen dragon mark on him and the Lambton family crest on his armor, "I should call you Sir Hubbard."

"His Majesty ordered me to bring the knights who are under his rule to the castle." Hubbard's expression was solemn, "Please follow me up the mountain, sir."

Davos asked: "Did the Dragon King release you? Where are Brother Bal and Earl Gunther?"

Hubbard answered very officially: "We were saved by His Majesty together, and now we are all loyal to His Majesty the Dragon King." He himself did not have a good face for these accomplices who were loyal to Stannis and betrayed the Seven Gods and suppressed them at the beginning.

"." Davos sensed the other party's resistance and was speechless. He could only nod, "Thank you, Sir Hubbard."

Sir Hubbard and a neatly dressed team handed over Davos from the two silent guards and took him up the mountain.

When he went out, Davos couldn't help but look at the priest of R'hllor, and found that the other party looked back at him. He couldn't help but ask, "Sir Hubbard, what's up with this Red God priest?"

"She?" Hubbard said disdainfully, "Don't worry about her. She came from Lys on a Pentos ship, wanting to see His Majesty, just like Melisandre deceived Stannis. Your Majesty is wise and has no intention of seeing her. It's His Majesty's kindness to let her stay in the town without driving her away, I think." He didn't say anything else.

"."

The way to the castle was not easy, Davos was still very weak, but no one in this team cared about him, just escorted him, and let him climb the winding mountain road by himself. The only thing to be thankful for was that they didn't rush him, and were willing to wait for him to take a breath and rest before setting off again.

When the maester Pylos came to the door to pick him up at the castle, Davos couldn't speak anymore. He leaned against the wooden stake in the blacksmith shop at the entrance of the castle and just gasped for breath.

He was already very weak from his illness, and after climbing such a long mountain road, he felt nauseous and wanted to vomit.

"Onion Knight!" When he heard Princess Shilin's voice, he thought he was hallucinating.

He looked up and saw Princess Shilin waving at him happily on the castle arch bridge.

He suddenly felt dizzy, and fainted.

He didn't see the dragon.