Game of Thrones: Viserys the Three-Headed Dragon

Only Viserys and Oberyn were in the map hall at the moment. Daenerys was chatting with Shireen Baratheon in the Dragon Tower, telling the girl about the history of the Stormlands and the origin of Baratheon that she had read in the book.

"Prince Oberyn Martell, please take a seat." Viserys asked him to sit in front of the Dornish leader at the map table, and sat on the main seat of Dragonstone Island himself, saying, "You arrived earlier than the time stated in Prince Doran's letter. I thought the Dornish delegation should have arrived in Tyrosh by now. I should have sent a few honorary knights to meet them, but the sea is not as good as the land, so I can only wait for the news from the Stoneyon Fort observation ship. By the way, Prince Doran said that you would bring his children, representatives of the Dornish families, and my envoys here."

This is what it means to be the first to speak and take the lead in seizing the topic.

After all, the other party is Dorne's "Red Viper". When he was young, he had a conflict with the great lord of Dorne, Lord Yronwood, before he was sixteen. In order to mend the relationship, Doran sent his son to Yronwood City as an adopted son. There are all kinds of rumors about him, such as his performance in the tournament, rumors about his experience as a mercenary in Essos, the story of forging six chains before dropping out of the Citadel, his war style, duel style, and even his sexual orientation.

Although he seems to have become more calm and restrained after he is over forty, he is definitely not a peaceful person. Otherwise, he would not have done such impulsive and foolish things in King's Landing in the original world line because he felt that he was being fooled by Tywin, participated in the trial by combat for Tyrion on impulse, and had his head crushed in a duel with the Mountain.

"Oh, yes," Oberyn sat down facing Viserys and responded, "The official Dornish delegation is invited to attend your wedding." He has been at sea these days, and until Viserys spoke just now, he confirmed that his brother Doran had indeed formed a formal visiting delegation as he expected, "But before that, Your Majesty, I have a document here that you must see first. Can I take it out and present it to you?"

Oberyn obviously didn't want to follow Viserys's rhythm, and had a hidden attitude.

"As you wish," Viserys said with some curiosity, "To be honest, I am very curious about what kind of document requires a Dornish prince to take risks and come to Dragonstone alone in this way."

"Risk?" Oberyn smiled vaguely, and said vaguely, "Indeed."

Oberyn calmly and steadily stretched his hand into his arms, and kept looking at Viserys opposite. Oberyn has been accustomed to people always being on guard against the Red Viper of Dorne for so many years. Now there were only two of them in the table hall, and the king's guards did not search before coming up.

But Viserys on the opposite side had no defensive look, just looked over curiously, and still said: "I am not judging your actions, Prince Oberyn, I am just looking at it from a personal perspective. When the situation can be handled steadily, as a key figure in a territory, I always think that we should not act rashly and add to the surprise."

Oberyn took out a small bag from his arms, untied the bag, and pulled out a yellowed parchment scroll from it. He did not respond to Viserys's suggestion, but just gestured the distance between each other and asked: "Can I present it to you, Your Majesty?"

"As you wish." Viserys looked at the document with some expectation.

Oberyn raised his right hand holding the document, stood up from his seat, walked closer, and then smiled and placed the parchment scroll on the Dragonstone Island on the map table in front of Viserys. Then he nodded slightly and returned to his seat politely.

Viserys could sense that Oberyn seemed to be looking forward to his reaction.

Viserys only had an expectant look on his face. He slowly picked up the scroll and unfolded it in his hands. He first glanced at the seal and signature.

When he saw the three signatures and seals of William Darry, Oberyn Martell, and Fereg Antalion, Viserys frowned slightly.

The parchment was written in the elegant cursive script of Westeros.

Although he had known about the secret engagement for a long time, it was the first time that Viserys saw the agreement in person.

He read it once, and then again. The expectant look on his face became as calm as water, and his emotions were not revealed. Later, Viserys began to study the seal and signature. Fereg Antalion is the current Sea King of Braavos. As a witness, his seal and signature are placed on the side, but they occupy a large position in the document. This Sea King probably likes to show off. And Sir William's signature is the same as Viserys remembered. The old knight has a steady hand. Oberyn also wrote well, and it looked very serious.

"'The alliance is formed through marriage. In return for Dorne's help in overthrowing the usurper, Viserys Targaryen will marry Prince Doran's daughter Arianne as his queen.' A secret agreement." After a long while, Viserys put down the parchment and turned to Oberyn of Dorne, "No wonder you came here in secret." He rolled up the parchment carefully, "I'm very surprised that as the executor of the agreement, no one has ever let me see this agreement. Why?"

Prince Oberyn of Dorne asked: "Didn't William Darry tell you about the existence of this agreement?"

"You came in secret, Lord Oberyn." Viserys said in a deep voice, "Please let me ask you as an executor of the agreement, not as a king. When I was driven out of Braavos, when I sold my mother's crown to survive, when I was hunted by the assassins of the Usurper, when my sister and I were ragged, dependent on each other, and no different from beggars. For so many years, why didn't anyone come to show me this. If I die in Essos, what will you do? Burn this secret agreement in front of my grave?"

"." Oberyn paused and responded calmly, "My brother Prince Doran has been waiting for the day when His Majesty Viserys finds your army."

"Sorry. I'm sorry." Viserys Seris said, calming down his emotions, "Prince Oberyn. I am not a selfish person who only cares about my own feelings. I also understand Dorne's difficulties.

To be honest, I have never understood why the gods favor the usurper so much, why he is so lucky, and why such a bad king can have nearly ten years of long summer. Except for the Greyjoy Rebellion, the Seven Kingdoms have been stable for so many years under such a foolish king. People can't distinguish the gift of long summer and regard it as the credit of the usurper's dynasty.

At that time, I was surrounded by people with ulterior motives. If the lucky King Robert knew about this, he would never allow Dorne or me to live a moment longer in the world. There is no doubt that this is why Prince Doran chose to keep it secret. Secret agreement. However, the agreement is too secretive, I am afraid it is too much.

Moreover, the agreement stipulates that you will help me overthrow the usurper, and the usurper is dead.

Anyway, Prince Oberyn, you are too late. Before you arrived, I knew nothing about the content of the agreement.

And after many years of relying on each other in Essos, I have already had another engagement with my sister Daenerys.

I think we can talk about how to coordinate this matter? "

Oberyn's question was a little sharp: "May I ask, are you saying that you want to break your oath with Dorne?"

"The document you brought puts me in a dilemma, Oberyn Martell. Before you came, I only had one engagement, that is, with my sister Daenerys, And I will not break my engagement with her for anyone or anything, never. My love for her will last until death and I will never betray her. "Viserys said, "I invited Prince Doran to my wedding, originally wanting to reach a cooperation. "

Oberyn said: "You want Dorne's spears and swords, but you don't want Dorne's queen. How can we reach a cooperation?"

"Secret agreement, secret abolition. The new agreement will be announced to the world under the witness of the gods."

"I saw your letter to Stannis at the foot of the mountain, Your Majesty. Excuse me, is this what a wise monarch should do?"

The problem of Prince Oberyn of Dorne is still sharp, but sharp problems are always better than superficial compromise and secretive things.

Because sharp problems often indicate that both parties to the negotiation are sincere and are fighting for their rights and interests in a fierce way. Stark and Frey chose to break their oaths because of sharp problems that were raised and could not be answered, but the Frey family did more.

"Perhaps in your opinion, I made an engagement with Dorne first, and then with Daenerys. But in my opinion, it's the opposite. I believe that cooperation is an act of seeking common ground while reserving differences and reaching a common goal. Can we seek common ground while reserving differences?" Viserys said, "As for a wise monarch, I yearn for it and try my best to make myself do it. I might as well tell you a secret, Prince, without Daenerys I may never be able to get a dragon. Daenerys will become my queen and the second dragon rider of Dragonstone. My offspring with her will become the third and fourth

I don't deny that I want the spears and swords of Dorne, but I don't want the people of Dorne Shed more blood for me, let more parents lose sons, more children lose fathers, more wives lose husbands.

A dragon rider can make this corrupt country recover faster with less sacrifice. Winter is coming, and it will be difficult next time. I always know that I am not here to rule a ruin, but to bring order and justice to this devastated and broken country.

It is a pity that Dorne has lost a queen, but I can promise that my heir will marry a Dorne princess, and the heir born by that Dorne princess will become the next king of the Seven Kingdoms. "

Viserys threw out the conditions, and the old marriage contract was repaid with a new one.

"Dragon, your majesty," the prince of Dorne asked, "I haven't seen one, can I see one?"

"My dragon is in Dragon Mountain. Tomorrow morning, Prince Oberyn, please look up at the sky above Dragon Mountain. It doesn't like to move much. It builds a nest in Dragon Mountain and sleeps in the lava for several days, as if digesting the magic in its body. I think this may be the reason why my ancestors chose Dragonstone." Viserys said, "As for my sister Daenerys's dragon, Your Highness, it has been there during our conversation." As he said that, Viserys turned his head to look at the gap in the balcony behind him and said, "Hey, little one, turn around."

Prince Oberyn followed the king's gaze to the gap in the balcony. Since he came to the Picture Table Hall, he found that there was a black dragon sculpture on the black stone balcony with its back to the room. The shiny black scales on the sculpture reflected the sunlight. The sculpture was integrated with the Blackstone Castle, just like a carved dragon statue. It didn't look like a living thing at all.

But as Viserys spoke, the black sculpture came to life.

The sculpture moved its claws and slowly turned around. In a moment, it was looking inside.

It was a giant dragon that was only six feet tall. When it turned around, Oberon realized that the black scales on its front were slightly different from the black stone sculptures in the castle. It was faintly revealing an unsettling dark red. Its long dragon mouth was not open, and its snake-like long neck was straight.

It squatted there, silently and quietly looking into the room with its huge, energetic golden vertical pupil dragon eyes.

It did not move.

The prince of Dorne felt uneasy for some reason.

The most ferocious beasts in the forest and the venomous snakes in the desert are often like this, quiet and dangerous.

He actually didn't realize that it was a living creature. No, it's better to say that this thing is beyond his cognition than not discovering it. People can never imagine what a living dragon looks like before they actually see it.

"It's only a few months old and grows very fast. My sister is training it to fly back and forth to Dragon Mountain every day, and the effect is remarkable." Viserys introduced, "It eats several times its weight in meat every day, and grows stronger every day than the day before." Viserys said, and asked him, "Prince Oberyn, I have given my sincerity for cooperation. I know that making decisions is not an easy thing. If you need time to consider, I am willing to wait."

The prince of Dorne's eyelids kept twitching, and his expression was trying to be calm, but it was obvious that he was not calm in his heart. He spoke, and his tone was still calm. He took out the steadiness that a prince of Dorne should have, and replied: "I need to see your dragon with my own eyes tomorrow morning before I can answer you, Your Majesty."

"Of course." Viserys nodded, "I look forward to your reply."

As a well-informed politician, an envoy representing one side, a Dornishman who would rush to the throne and compete with the Mountain in King's Landing, it is hard for me to imagine that such a person would bow down to Viserys and compromise and become a vassal.

After being rejected when Dorne went to Meereen, Quentyn even tried to steal the dragon. If Viserys had revealed his tyranny, they would have simply surrendered to him. I can't write such a plot.