Game of Thrones: Viserys the Three-Headed Dragon

“Lead us out of the darkness, O Allah, and fill our hearts with fire, so that we may flatter you and shine with your light.”

Jorah frowned and looked at the fire on the flat ground in the remote port. Sparks were spiraling up into the dim morning sky. Before the new Night's Watchman Stannis and the knights who had died for him left for the Great Wall, the king allowed the Red God believers in this group of Night's Watch to light a night fire at the most remote port dock in the town to pay tribute to Their red god prayed for a smooth journey north.

The disturbing lady Melisandre will accompany her. It is said that the king originally planned to execute her, but she took the initiative to ask the king to let her go north with the Night's Watch in the form of a sinner to atone for her sins - this is only an external statement, in fact the king and This lady reached some kind of agreement, agreeing that she would not be allowed to perform human sacrifices, agreeing that she would not harm innocent people who would not threaten her, agreeing that she would not allow the forcible spread of R'hllor's faith, and agreeing that she would assist in guarding the Great Wall. , until death.

The Night's Watch does not accept women, but there was once a Night's Watch who disguised herself as a man, Dany Flint. This brave woman chose to disguise herself as a man and become a Night's Watch because of the selfless dedication and honor of the Night's Watch in the story. , but the reality is no better than the ballad. This brave female night watchman was later raped and murdered in the Nightfort to prevent the brothers from mutiny.

There is a song about the young and heroic Dany Flint circulating in the North. It is said to be so touching that it makes everyone cry when listening to it.

But this lady Melisandre was given the title of an advisor of the Night's Watch in the name of atonement, and Jorah knew that she would never suffer the fate of Dany Flint.

This lady is blood red and scary.

"Ser Jorah, these new brothers of the Night's Watch." Glendon Hewett looked at the brothers in black walking down from the castle one after another in the morning light, his teeth a little sour.

Ser Glendon is the commander sent by the Night's Watch to Dragonstone to receive supplies. He is a member of the Night's Watch garrisoned at Eastwatch and a knight from the Hewett family. He is also a friend of Alliser Thorne, the mastermind of Castle Black. Ser Alliser Thorne was once a knight of House Thorne of the Crown. He fought for House Targaryen in the Usurper's War and was a garrison of King's Landing. After the fall of King's Landing, he wore the Black.

From this, Grandon originally hoped that this relationship could help him obtain more supplies on Dragonstone Island.

However, when he came to Dragonstone, Sir Glendon realized how much King Targaryen valued the Great Wall. Not only did he prepare enough supplies to fill the ship, but he also sent nearly three hundred new Night's Watchmen to the Great Wall. , including men, horses, and weapons and equipment.

This will undoubtedly add a group of powerful rangers to the Great Wall, but this group of new people

Grandon looked uneasily at the batch of new recruits of the Night's Watch that His Majesty King Targaryen had sent to him and he didn't know how to deal with them. He asked Ser Jorah, who was next to the king handling the affairs of the Night's Watch: "...is this?" "Jorah will travel north with Barristan on the ship of the Golden Company to bear witness to Prince Aegon.

Jorah replied: "This is your new Night's Watch. Didn't you already know about it a few days ago?"

"But this." Sir Glendon looked at the new night watchmen. They were divided into two groups. One group was devout believers praying beside the dying night fire, and the other group boarded the ship in silence and stood on the deck. He watched everything on the dock indifferently.

Sir Glendon knew that although the Night's Watchmen were divided into two groups, they would only obey one person. Stannis.

Lord Stannis, clothed in black, was once a king.

Now Lord Stannis was saying farewell to his wife at the docks.

His expression was stern, while his wife, Selyse, was fanatical.

The "advisor" Melisandre shouted at the campfire: "R'hllor, Lord of Light, thank you for giving us Stannis to resist the ruthless darkness. Thank you for giving him a heart as pure as fire, thank you You gave him the heroic red sword of justice, thank you for your endless love for your loyal people, please guide him, please protect him, R'hllor, please give him the strength to defeat his enemies."

"Give him strength," Lady Selyse and other Red God believers responded enthusiastically, "Give him courage, grant him wisdom."

Stannis looked at the bonfire with a cold face, not knowing what he was thinking. Grandon could even see his mouth moving from side to side, as if he could hear the sound of his teeth grinding.

"Husband," Lady Selys wanted to kiss him passionately, "The chosen one of R'hllor, the one chosen by the Red Sword of Heroes, I will pray for you devoutly for the rest of my life, waiting for the prophecy to come true!"

Stannis put a hand on his wife's shoulder, awkwardly broke away from her embrace, and then looked at her gloomily: "Now I am a Night's Watch, and the Night's Watch no longer has a family when they took the oath. Don't hold me, woman."

"Master Husband." Mrs. Celis knelt down fervently, clasping her hands together like in prayer, "You are a hero, you have your mission, your vows, and the engagement is only the least important part of it. If your destiny requires it, If you abandon it, then abandon it. But I will always remember that I was your wife and I will always stick to my vows.”

Stannis fell silent.

"Lord Stannis? It's time to act," Melisandre put her hand on Stannis's arm. "R'hllor has sent the sun to warm us and bring day. With him to protect us, we will face the ruthless Dark." But he didn't pull away from Melisandre as he had done with his lady. The woman in red robe is completely different from Celis: young, plump, strangely beautiful, with a heart-shaped face, copper-colored hair, and mysterious red eyes.

Hearing Melisandre's words, Stannis shut up suddenly and gritted his teeth: "Dragons, gods, darkness, magic, white ghosts. Destiny." Stannis had already heard about what happened in Braavos, and he As he muttered these words, he took out the so-called heroic red sword that King Viserys had returned to him, and watched it emit different lights in the morning light. His face had no expression, but it was a bit painful, "Then let's set off, To meet that so-called destiny.”

When Stannis passed by the Onion Knight Davos who came to see him off, he only looked at him deeply, said nothing, and led the team directly to the Night's Watch ship "Storm Crow". Davos hesitated to speak, and finally bowed solemnly to Stannis.

Jorah had been waiting at the boarding ladder of the Stormcrow for a long time. It was not until Stannis passed by that he stepped forward: "Lord Stannis, His Majesty the King has another gift for you."

The Scarlet Witch beside Stannis turned to look at Jorah, her red eyes looking mysterious in the morning light.

Jorah couldn't help but glance at the ruby ​​necklace around her throat.

Stannis still had no expression on his face: "What did he give me?" But his tone was rather strange, as if he was curious.

Jorah waved, and the guard behind him took out an object wrapped in black cloth. It looked like a square box.

Jorah took the box and solemnly handed it to Stannis: "His Majesty said that if you encounter a danger that you cannot handle, try to pick it up again. This thing may give you the strength to fight back. But this thing is very dangerous." It's dangerous and may endanger your life, so your Majesty asks you not to try it unless necessary."

Stannis narrowed his eyes: "Is it a magic item?" Stannis felt inexplicably sad. Nowadays, magic is very popular on Dragonstone Island. Everyone is talking about magic. Even the king himself is a dragon magician. The world was changing so fast and violently that Stannis felt as if he was still in a dream, or had arrived in another world unknowingly.

"You will know after you look at it. Then my mission is accomplished, Lord Stannis." Jorah did not answer directly. After giving the gift, he turned to say goodbye to Ser Glendon of the Night's Watch, "Then Glendon Sir, it's almost time for me to board the ship. See you at the Great Wall."

Ser Glendon frowned, looked at Jorah, and could only say: "Goodbye, Ser Jorah." Then he turned to look at Stannis, "Lord Stannis?"

Stannis looked at Grandon with a serious face: "Ser Grandon, are you ready to go?"

Ser Glendon couldn't help but answer like a subordinate: "Yes, Lord Stannis."

Sir Glendon remembered it inexplicably. According to historical legends, when Master Aemon went north, Duke Brynden of Bloodraven accompanied Maester Aemon as an "honorary guard" and went north by sea to the Great Wall. He was accompanied by two hundred guards, mainly Duke Brynden's Crow's Tooth Guard. The blood crows travel together. Lord Bloodraven later became Lord Commander of the Night's Watch.

Now that Stannis has brought nearly three hundred men and was once the king, Ser Glendon realized that no matter how prestigious the old bear was - Dragonstone still didn't know what was going on outside the Great Wall - he might still have to consider guarding the Night's Watch. The position of Lord Commander was given to Lord Stannis.

But Stannis said that Stannis saw Jorah leave after delivering the gifts. After boarding the ship, he couldn't help but be curious and opened the black package.

Inside the package was an exquisite glass jewelry box. In that box, a ruby ​​necklace of the same style as Melisandre's was lying there quietly.

Stannis looked at Ms. Melisandre, who had been following closely beside him, but saw that her expression was solemn, and she was looking deeply at Dragonstone Castle, with a strange color flashing in her red eyes.

Stannis realized that despite the mystery the woman maintained, there was no doubt that the sight of this object had shaken her.

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"You promised to protect the young master carefully to Dragonstone Island, and we chose to believe you. But you brought us here. This is Pentos, the magician. We missed the Dragon King's wedding! If we don't go through the Stepstone Islands to Tai Losi, we had a chance to catch up. But we missed so many things when we went to Tyrosi. Listen to those rumors. I dare say that it must be His Majesty the Dragon King's work to regain the Storm! Land, maybe Stannis has been completely defeated before the wedding. Now that the Dragon King's wedding is over, maybe he has set off to lead his troops to King's Landing. And what were we doing at that time? We were walking along the trade route on the west coast of the Essos continent. Toss's trade route, to send tolls to the pirates, Tyrosh and Myr's fleet? Did the young master go all the way to Dragonstone just to send money to these people and then hear the news that King's Landing has changed hands?"

Villas listened to the captain of the guard who was accompanying him refute the magician, and finally did not choose to continue to make peace with him this time. This was something he couldn't accept. Although he had never actually traveled by sea, he knew from books and the bachelor's teachings that to get to Dragonstone, he only needed to sail along the coastline of the Westeros continent. But Dr. Marwyn, who claimed to be the magician of the city, strictly opposed going north along the Westeros coastline after crossing the Sea of ​​Dorne, insisting on taking the route of Tyrosh-Pantos-Dragonstone.

This took them an extra two weeks to reach Pentos. Now the ship has temporarily stopped in Pentos for supplies, and it will take at least three or four days to sail to Dragonstone. It was equivalent to them wasting nearly twenty days. Calculating the time, if they sailed along the Westeros coastline, they could definitely catch up with His Majesty the Dragon King's wedding.

"I suggested at the beginning that taking the land route is safer than the sea route. And don't be deceived by the sailing speed on a sunny day, my lord. Don't forget that more than half of the route I take you is a downwind route on a sunny day." The magician Marvin He was short and stocky, with very thick chest and shoulders. His head was too large for his body and jutted forward from between his shoulders. He has a protruding forehead, a slate-like chin, and the bridge of his nose has been broken more than once. His teeth were stained mottled red by sour grass leaves. To be honest, he looks more like a dockside thug ready to rip someone's head off than a Citadel doctor. But his words had an inexplicable and convincing power, "Believe me, the Narrow Sea is not peaceful now, and we will only face disaster along the Westeros coastline."

Vilas sighed: "Is this the result predicted by your magic?"

"No, this is the result of my observation at the port of Tyrosh. I asked acquaintances at the port of Tyrosh. When we arrived in Tyrosh, there was no ship from Westeros Stormlands or Westeros in nearly half a month. The ship heading to Dragonstone, and even the news of the Golden Company's landing in Stormland, came from the merchant ship from Dorne. What does this mean? This means that either the sea road in Westeros is blocked, or it is narrow. The autumn storm in the sea has blocked the route. I have said before that we should have taken the land route, which is much safer and faster than the sea route, especially now, the narrow sea is moody in autumn and winter, and there is no fleet escort. A ship travels across half of Westeros to reach Pentos, and you don’t realize how dangerous this is!”

Vilas tried hard to calm down and prevent himself from appearing impatient. He had already spent so long at sea, nearly two months, and now it was too late to regret not choosing the land route: "Then is the next route to Dragonstone smooth? , Doctor, what are your 'observations' of this day?"

"There are two pieces of news. Unfortunately, the port of Dragonstone Island is blocked. Fortunately, the throat is not blocked." In fact, Dragonstone Island has been unblocked, but the news has not yet come.

The captain of the guard was surprised and speechless: "Why? Are they really attacking Stormland or King's Landing? I was just talking nonsense."

They have been at sea for a long time, and now they are in Pantos. The news of Stormlands and Dragonstone has not yet reached here. They have no idea what happened on Dragonstone, nor do they know that Stormlands has been invaded by Wei. Siris regained it, not to mention that because of the assassination at the wedding banquet of Dragonstone, Viserys blocked Dragonstone to go to Braavos.

They haven't yet determined whether the dragons on Dragonstone are real and exist. Although they already believe most of it in their hearts, that's why they are restless.

As early as during the Tyrosh period, Dr. Marwyn got information about the dragon from different people when he stopped the ship for supplies. Although most of those people heard it from hearsay and had never seen it with their own eyes, and the news spread among the Tyrosh people by those who claimed to have seen the dragon sounded like fairy tales, the Tyrosh Lord once sent an envoy to Dragonstone to see it. and admitted that dragons really existed.

The great king admitted it, and was very proud to announce that he was the first free city ruler to give a gift to His Majesty the Dragon King. Considering that Lord Tyrosh’s election bribery is a normal operation, Lord Tyrosh’s propaganda may be for political purposes. But this proves the authenticity of the dragon to some extent.

Now they are only one step away from Dragonstone.

Regarding their questions, Dr. Marwin only said: "Anyway, Lord Willas, and this Lord. No matter what you think, the throat is not blocked. I suggest that we set off quickly. Even if we can't enter the Dragonstone port, You can also go to Jianjiao and Chaotou Island. Hurry up, the dragon is just ahead. Even if you miss everything, there is still a dragon to see! ”

Speaking of the dragon, Marwin suddenly became excited. "Believe me, a giant dragon with three heads is not an ordinary existence. I dare say that after thousands of years since the birth of the dragon, only on Dragonstone Island today can you see a giant dragon with three heads! This is absolutely It’s the only three-headed dragon in the world for countless epochs! If you can’t see it with your own eyes, even the most knowledgeable mage in Asia can’t explain to you what kind of witchcraft, magic or divine power it is!”

Vilas couldn't help but look at the doctor. It wasn't until today that he realized that the other person was clearly more anxious than them, but he didn't show it in the past few days. This doctor believed in the real existence of the dragon and was full of curiosity about the dragon!