Game of Thrones: Viserys the Three-Headed Dragon

A messenger crow is passing through the throat and will arrive at Dragonstone in a quarter of an hour. It comes from Dorne.

It is a good habit to make decisions before taking action.

Viserys has such a good habit, and Prince Doran of Dorne also has such a habit, so Viserys has high hopes for him.

But even though they all have this habit, relatively speaking, Viserys's execution ability is a little stronger than that of Prince Doran, because the executor of the plan is Viserys himself who takes the lead and is deeply involved, while Doran, who is tortured by illness, The prince can only command remotely from the Water Garden.

Therefore, various situations always arise during the execution of his plans.

Just like this moment.

Just to deal with Viserys's side of things, Dorn's plan to visit Dragonstone changed many times.

At the beginning, when he received Viserys's letter advocating peace throughout the territory, Prince Doran immediately recalled Prince Oberon, the red viper, who had summoned the vassals at the Bone Road, but even if he responded quickly, he could only wait for Oberon. It took Prince Lun several days to return to Sunspear from the Bone Road. This was the result of Oberon rushing back to Yronwood City from the camp in front of the Bone Road, changing horses and rushing directly to the upper reaches of the Fo River to take the army's supply ship down the river to the City of God's Grace, and then switch to the land route from Lemon Grove and ride fast on horseback. .

Prince Doran compared Oberyn to a poisonous snake, dangerous and deadly, and unpredictable, and he thought that he was the green grass swaying in the wind, diligent, gentle, kind and fragrant. The green grass covers the poisonous snake's whereabouts. The green grass is the protective umbrella of the poisonous snake, covering it to kill the enemy. The brothers relied on this close cooperation to rule Dorne for many years, allowing the land to withstand the aftermath of the fall of the Targaryen dynasty, avoid civil strife, and thrive.

After discussing it with the Green Grass and Serpents of Dorne, Prince Doran decided not to reply to the letter yet, but asked Oberon to secretly travel to Braavos as he had many years ago to make an appointment with William Darry in the presence of the Sea King of Braavos. Just like making a secret agreement, take the secret engagement contract with you and go to Dragonstone Island to see the reality of the "bold" descendant of Targaryen and see the intention of cooperation.

However, things always went beyond Prince Doran's expectation. When Prince Oberon rushed to Tyrosh, he planned to borrow a merchant fleet from the Lord of Tyrosh, who was a good neighbor of Dorne, to go to Dragonstone in disguise. , and caught up with someone selling important information to Lord Tyrosh.

The intelligence dealer came from a merchant ship in Pentos that passed Dragonstone on its way to King's Landing, because it was heard that Lord Tyrosh had publicly "humiliated" the Targaryen king who is now Dragonstone, and the king of Dragonstone had a dragon. This ship The owner of the merchant ship heard that someone had made a lot of money selling information in King's Landing. He gritted his teeth and immediately gave up his plan to go to King's Landing and took the big risk to divert to Tyrosh. He really made the right bet. At that time, there was no news about Dragonstone in Tyrosh. After a lot of twists and turns, this information dealer met the Lord of Tyrosh and told him the current situation of Dragonstone half a month ago.

Only then did Prince Oberon learn that the Targaryens on Dragonstone might have dragons. The information brought by the circulation of merchants in this world always lags behind. In the original timeline, Daenerys has been king in Meereen for more than a year, and she needs to find someone in Braavos who can explain the dragon thing clearly. It's very difficult, and people will laugh at you if you tell me. Quentin was sent to find Daenerys, and he was dubious about the dragon until he arrived in Meereen.

But now, the information about the appearance of the giant dragon was too sudden, and there was no news at all before. Anyone who heard the news couldn't believe it at the first moment. You know, a few months ago, Viserys was still asking for money from people in the Free Trade City, but suddenly there was a giant dragon that could sweep across Dragonstone. It was rumored that it had three heads.

No matter how imaginative it is, it is speculated that Viserys hatched a dragon on the Valyrian Peninsula on the way to Astapor, but a dragon that only takes a few months to grow can sweep across Dragonstone?

There was also a legend in the Free Trade City of Qohor that a three-headed dragon was born in the city, but this was soon proven to be false. It was some group that was trying to cause riots in Qohor City and take the opportunity to do something. It's always hard for people to imagine such bizarre things until they see it with their own eyes.

But Lord Tyrosh was very happy, and he was more eager to verify this than Oberon.

When Lord Tyrosh met Oberon, his smile made his whole body tremble. Now thinking back to when he met Viserys, what he lent was just a small sum of money to him, but he may have gained something. A dragon king friendship with dragons.

The history of Tyrosh is recorded.

The sudden destruction of Valyria created a huge power vacuum in Essos. More than 400 years ago, the major city-states in Essos fought for power for nearly a hundred years. That period was called the Century of Blood.

During this period, before the War of Conquest of Westeros, Volantis attempted to unify the disputed lands, inviting Aegon and his dragons to join them in rebuilding the Valyrian Freehold. Aegon rejected Volantis, so Volantis completed the plan alone. And when Volantis invaded Tyrosh, Aegon rode his dragon Balerion to meet with the Prince of Pentos and the Governor who came to him for help, joined the Tyrosh side, and burned on the way to Lys. A Volantis fleet. After defeating Volantis, Aegon returned to Dragonstone and no longer participated in the war to unify the East.

Nowadays, the disputed land is in turmoil again. Tyrosh is in confrontation with Myr and Lys. Volantis is ready to make a move. The Lord of Tyrosh wants to invite this new "Dragon King". Just like in the story of Aegon four hundred years ago, Join the Tyrosh side.

The fleet from Tyrosh to Dragonstone was in a hurry.

Now that autumn has entered, the autumn storm in the Narrow Sea is beginning to show its signs. It will be very dangerous for ships without a group to sail on the sea. And if Dorne plans to form a formal visiting team because he knows that Targaryen has dragons on Dragonstone Island, he will not Know how long to wait. Oberon himself was not a person willing to wait quietly, so he only asked people to bring the news back to Sunspear City, and he still went to Dragonstone with the ship in a secret way.

And this was another unplanned emergency that Prince Doran encountered.

Viserys has brought unexpected events to Prince Doran three times so far. The first time was when Princess Myrcella sent by King's Landing arrived in Dorne, and he received a letter from the Targaryen envoy; the second time was when he was about to ask Oberon to form a visiting team to King's Landing on his behalf at King's Landing's invitation. A second letter came from Dragonstone; this time, the party planning a secret visit from Oberon had just arrived in Tyrosh, but learned that there might be dragons on Dragonstone.

Prince Dolan felt helpless. He always felt that for some reason, his plans were always a step behind, and there were always emergencies that would interrupt his original plans.

The following events in Dorne took place a few days before the Messenger Crow arrived at Dragonstone.

It was almost midnight when Hota led Arianne to the study. Prince Doran looked at the dark night outside the study. The night in Dorne was very cold, and he put a charcoal basin in his study.

Since the last time the father and daughter talked, Arianne always felt a sense of embarrassment and indebtedness whenever she saw her father again. It would take her some time to get rid of this feeling of shame: "Father."

The prince turned the wheelchair to face her: "Ah, you are here."

Just operating the wheelchair left the prince breathless, and when he turned around, the Myr blanket covering his legs got caught between two wheel spokes, and he had to hold on to the blanket to prevent it from tearing. Under the cover of the blanket and illuminated by the lights in the study, his legs were pale, weak, and terrifying. His knees were red and swollen, and his toes were almost purple and swollen to twice their normal size.

Princess Arianne stepped forward: "I'm here to help you, father."

The prince freed the blanket from the spokes of the wheel: "I can take care of my blanket, at least I can do this well. Your uncle Oberon has sent people from Tyrosh with new news."

Since the conversation started, Arianne has become more obedient. She no longer investigates many things, but chooses to trust her father's decision.

But her father calling her here so late today meant that he was going to involve her in a discussion about something very important.

"Father," Arianne said, "What is the news that uncle brought back?"

"The dragon." The prince told him, "The king of Dragonstone, he had a dragon. Maybe. But it is probably true. I traveled to Dragonstone when I was young, and it was not a place that could An easily captured fortress.”

Arianne said in surprise: "The dragon has disappeared for a hundred years."

"Everyone thinks so," the prince said. "Uncle You is already on his way, perhaps on a Tyrosh merchant ship in the Narrow Sea at this moment. He said that the Lord of Tyrosh is very eager to confirm this matter."

"What if this is true?"

"The war has indeed begun, and we will make our choice. But," said the Prince, "the Spider's informers are everywhere, even in the halls of Sunspear. Our decisions will bleed Dorne. I would have liked to wait. Your uncle confirmed it secretly and we will make a decision together, but if this news is true, what we are doing now is foolishness. If Long is his confidence, he has given us two opportunities to choose. Did he know about the secret engagement? If he did?”

Arianne was silent for a moment, but couldn't help but speak out: "Father, if he was such a thoughtful and capable person as you say, if he knew about the engagement, he would have sneaked into Dorne and come to you to demand fulfillment. , just like his envoy, who you said suddenly appeared that morning, wearing a Targaryen banner and asking to see you."

"What you said makes sense, Arianne," Prince Doran took a slow breath, "Things always change quickly and are always beyond my expectations. I decided to form an official visiting fleet. In the name of your uncle, Prince Oberyn, I send to you Dart of Lemon Grove, Blymond of Blymond, Manwood of Kingston, Kogle of Sandstone, and Hellgate Keep. Urler, Elion from the City of Divine Grace, Gorgenles from the Salt Coast, and Jordan from Thor City were recruited to Sunspear City to go to Dragonstone. The sea route was not as good as the land route, and a fleet was needed to escort them. At the same time, the army was sent. Sent to garrison the pass to guard the border areas. As for Myrcella Baratheon, we had an agreement with King's Landing before."

"Put Myrcella under house arrest and deal with it in the future? Since you have made up your mind not to cooperate with King's Landing, why not just do it directly?"

"Arianne, war can be done in any way. But when we join the war, we must raise the banner of seeking justice and show that we are the righteous army. It is very easy to call on the people to raise their spears, but in the end it is our There is a price to be paid, and a wise prince will not wage war without good cause, nor fight an unwinnable battle. Myrcella and the envoys of King's Landing are guests under my roof, and they have eaten mine. Bread and salt. I will do them no harm, no way. We will support the Targaryen king and do his 'will'."

Arianne heard the emphasis on 'will' and asked, "What if his wishes are contrary to our interests?"

"So there needs to be communication, and that's what the mission is there to do."

Arianne had an idea: "Uncle has left early, who do you plan to lead the mission on his behalf?"

The prince paused: "Your brother."

Arianne spoke: "Father, I beg you to let me go."

"Arianne, haven't you figured it out yet? Your brother is no threat to you." The prince emphasized, "You are my heir, you are responsible for the future of Dorne, and your position is beside me. Quentin." Arianne saw her father close his eyes, and when he opened his eyes again, he was the prince of Dorne, "We support King Targaryen, and Quentin will become his Kingsguard."

"Father, I am not." Arianne was shocked for a moment, ". Quentin is only eighteen, he, he doesn't even have a bastard."

The prince of Dorne said: "This This is the path he wants to take. "

"Father, I am not worried that Quentin will threaten my position, but I was not able to witness the signing of my secret engagement. Now I want to negotiate the cancellation of the engagement. Please let me witness it myself." Arianne was inexplicably excited and insisted, "I must go and see what the man who could have been my husband looks like. Father, please agree to a daughter's willful request, not the request of the heir of Dorne. If something happens to me, then-"

Prince Doran raised a hand to stop her from saying what she was about to say. His knuckles were red and swollen like cherries, and he looked tired: "Don't say that, Arianne, never say it. "