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A local child and his lovable companion
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banshee's lament - chapter 5.
aemond targaryen x stark ofc
minor jacaerys velaryon x stark ofc
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a/n: again, a little bit of a slow chapter. shera deserved some happiness and i'm giving it to her, dammit. also i lied, i dropped the chapter on monday oopsies.
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content: smut, angst, fluff, disabled ofc, aemond being delulu & obsessive, major canon divergence, ofc has a service direwolf, i'm taking canon rules and putting them in a blender and taking a shot, arranged marriage, graphic depictions of violence, my terrible, terrible combat writing
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Shera’s handwriting, in all accounts, was terrible. It was crude and wispy, all blending together like a child’s scrawl. As she sat at her desk, the ink dripping onto the paper from the length of her pauses, she wondered how to sign it.
Yours,
Shera
No, that was much too personal— she… she wasn’t his.
Best,
Shera Stark
That felt formal and detached. It simply wouldn’t do.
She went through a myriad of different closing statements, wroughting her brain over like wringing out a rag. She even considered not doing it at all.
No, no— she… she wanted to. She needed to try, atleast. Sulking and crying would only do so much for her. She needed to be proactive and offer an olive branch of sorts. She settled on a simple drawing of Moongeist— or mayhaps any wolf, but the point was there. He’d know.
With the note pinned to her cut dress fabric, she snuck from her chambers, flagging down a pageboy.
“Hello,” she murmured to the young lad, who couldn’t be any older than nine or ten. “May I ask a favor of you, ser?”
“Yes ma’am… my lady,” he corrected softly, eyes wondering to Moongeist, who was sitting patiently at Shera’s feet.
“May you take this fabric and note to Prince Aemond’s chambers and leave it upon his desk?”
“The prince doesn’t like people going through his things while he’s not there, miss,” he responded, blue eyes wide. “I do not wish to be flogged.”
Shera blinked slowly. Surely Aemond didn’t have servants flogged for an indiscretion. “Has… Prince Aemond had pageboys flogged before?”
“No, miss— but I delivered him a letter while he was eating his lunch once… he had his eyepatch off on the table and I did not knock,” the young boy looked at his hands. “He said if I didn’t knock next time, he would make me clean up Vhagar’s dung with a wheelbarrow.”
What the fuck, Aemond? Shera stifled a little laugh, trying not to embarrass the boy. “How about this,” she hummed. “Would you like to pet my wolf? He’s a real direwolf, all the way from the North.”
The lad eyed Moongeist with a curious gaze. “My mumma had a shaggy dog with a curly tail when I was young. He licked my face n’ smelled horrible but he was my bestest friend,” he said, bashful. “He died a while ago— no one’s got any more pups for me to pet.”
“He’d love a pet from you, ser,” Shera continued. “Will you deliver this to Prince Aemond’s chambers? If he gets cross with you, tell me and I’ll resolve it and sic my wolf upon him. No harm will befall you.”
Shyly, the boy smiled, offering his hand to the wolf. Moongeist sniffed his hand and licked his palm, causing the boy to giggle.
Shera showed him where Moongeist liked to be scratched the most, and the pageboy was quite pleased with himself when he had the giant wolf thumping his foot on the ground like a puppy at the most perfect of scratches.
He took her note and favor and tottered off.
—
Shera knocked on Helaena’s door. “Hela?” she called softly.
A handmaid opened the door and let her in, wide eyes upon Moongeist.
The solar was lovely, decorated in blue and purple silks upon the ceiling. There were framed pinnings of various bugs upon the walls, some of them being very rare if she remembered correctly.
Upon the floor were strewn children’s toys, like wooden dragons that Helaena had when she was little, along with soldier dolls and princess dolls. Some children’s books were left open, some neatly stacked near the settee.
Shera’s eye landed on Helaena, who was bobbing a toddler on her knee on the couch. A white haired child approached her, his violet eyes wide. He was the spitting image of Aegon as a child.
“Who’s you?” he asked, not afraid to stare— like all children do.
“Shera!” Helaena exclaimed, humming as she hoisted the smaller child onto her hip. “Jaehaerys, this is your auntie Shera.”
“Auntie… Shera…” the little boy echoed. “Is she married to uncle Aemond?”
Helaena’s face blanched slightly. “No, dearest,” she hummed. “She is very close to me, like a sister. Like Jaehaera is your sister.”
“Oh,” he murmured. “She doesn’t have white hair. And she has a dog.”
“He’s a wolf, Jaehaerys,” Shera chimed in. “Has your mumma read to you about direwolves and Winter Kings yet?”
“A woof,” the smallest child chimed in, bouncing happily upon Helaena’s hip. “A woof, a woof!”
“Well, I should introduce the children. You have already met Jaehaerys,” Helaena ruffed up his white curls as he continued to stare at Shera unabashedly. “He has a twin sister, Jaehaera. Who is…” Helaena swirled around. “She is hiding behind the settee,” she whispered, leading Shera to look at the pair of violet eyes peeking over the furniture at her. “And this is my youngest, Maelor. He is two years old. The twins are five.”
“They’re gorgeous Hela,” Shera mused. “Jaehaerys looks just like Aegon, I thought I had stepped into the past when I saw him. Maelor, however,” she added, smiling at the little cherubic face of the youngest prince, who was blushing and giggling, “looks just like his mumma.”
“Come sit, lovey,” Helaena said as she put Maelor down on the floor near the toys. “Lunch should be here soon. You look darling in that shade. You look like a jeweled beetle,” she hummed, offering her hand to Shera, which she took. Hela’s palm was warm, like a toasty fire, but not sweltering. It felt akin to being swaddled with a blanket. “Can I show you some of my bugs?”
“Of course,” Shera agreed, feeling genuinely at ease. The solar was lively and lived in, surely because of the children— it felt… homely and not sterile and lifeless like some others’ chambers.
Off to the far wall, Helaena led her to a bookshelf, carved in draconic designs and various Old Valyrian sigils that she couldn’t quite parse. It was stocked from top to bottom with various books, mostly pertaining to the taxonomy and biology of insects and arachnids— but there were some familiar titles snuck in as well.
‘The Winter Kings of Yore: An Account of the North’.
“Hela— you still have this?” Shera asked, her hand thumbing over the positively ancient book, prising it from the shelf. She remembered this was one of her favorite books as a child and would request Helaena to read it when they bathed.
“Of course! I still have this one, too. ‘Tis Maelor’s favorite.” she pointed to another book, nestled next to the other tome. It was much shorter, but its hard cover was more colorful with streams of blue and purple thread embroidered into a moon and an image of a wolf.
‘Moonpuppy’. It was a children’s book, the only one Shera had brought with her to King’s Landing when she arrived at age five.
“Oh Gods,” Shera breathed, her fingertips skimming over the embroidery. It wasn’t the original binding of the book— the book was well loved into bits, to where the inner pages only remained at one point. Shera and Helaena had worked tirelessly for a whole moon trying to prise it back together. The princess embroidered the cover, trying to make it as close to the original as possible.
Opening the book, she remembered they even made a title page, inked in their silly children’s handwriting.
‘Moonpuppy, edition II. By Helaena Targaryen and Shera Stark.’
Shera wanted to cry. She sniffed, carefully going through the pages. “Helaena, how have you managed to make me cry twice now?”
“Tears of happiness, my little wolf spider,” Hela whispered. “You should read it to Maelor. You were always better at the voices than I.”
“Oh, Hela— I… I don’t know if I can,” she whispered, heat coming to her ears. “It… hurts to speak for long and I cannot project… what if he cannot hear me?”
“Even at two, he is a very good listener. He is nothing like his father in that regard.”
Shera wiped away her tears and went to sit down. “Maelor, is this your favorite book?”
“Mwoonpubby!” the toddler exclaimed, jumping to attention right away.
“Do you know all the words? It’s been quite a while since I’ve read— I may need help remembering.”
“Mumma reads it every night— can I be the pubby and you be the mwoon?”
The strength of Shera’s smile almost hurt her face. “Of course.”
She began her reading, her fingertips buzzing with elation and a strange sense of anxiety.
Once, long ago, there was a puppy.
He lived in the bitter cold and was very small, but that was okay. He had a large family to keep him warm.
His mumma and papa talked to the moon each night, encouraging him to do the same.
‘I don’t know what to say.’ said the little pup.
‘Whatever is in your heart, dearest. The moon will listen. She will always listen.’ His mumma soothed him, fiddling over his fur with her big tongue.
One day, it was very dark. Usually, at night, they had the light of the moon. But it was gone this night, smothered in fog and clouds.
The little pup whined, trudging in the snow. He was lost! He was lost and he couldn’t find his way back to his mumma.
‘Mumma! Mumma!’ he howled to the sky, to the hidden stars, to the darkened moon. ‘Moon? Moon?’
Shera cleared her throat, feeling the pinch of her nerves creeping up on her. She wanted to finish it— she had to.
There was no answer. He was alone.
He cried and cried for hours, so alone and so cold without his family to warm him. He missed his mumma so badly, he missed the moon.
‘I don’t talk to you much,’ the pup said, muzzle to the sky. ‘I don’t have much to say usually. I am sorry.’
He shuffled his paws as he huddled under a low hanging ledge, out of the snow. It was still wet and he was cold, but it was better than nothing.
He felt cold still, cold in his bones—
A light shined down upon him, finally. The moon had broken through the fog.
Her voice was so hoarse now, that nary a sound came out. Moongeist nuzzled his snout under her hand in a gesture to tell her to take it easy.
She opened her mouth to speak, but couldn’t, her voice catching within the brambles of her inflamed vocal cords.
“S’okay, auntie Shewa,” Maelor said, toddling up onto the couch and snuggling up to Shera without any reservation. “I can finish it, I know all the pawrts. Mumma gets tired too sometimes… so I finish the stowy.”
He could see, he could see. ‘Oh, thank you, thank you!’ he howled and barked and yipped.
‘You should talk to me more, little pup,’ the moon cooed, bathing him in her silver light. ‘My sweet little moonpuppy.’
His pack found him quickly, all piling near him to keep him warm. He snuggled into their furs, looking up at the sky.
The moon was full that night, full and bright.
“Auntie Shewa?”
“Hm?”
“Can I pet your woof?”
Shera looked to Helaena and gave a nod.
“You have to be gentle, like with the bugs.” Helaena stepped in, saving Shera from further talking— to which she was grateful for.
“Uh huh…” Maelor mumbled, dragging his chubby little hand over Moongeist’s fur in a gentle manner so unlike a toddler. “Soft.”
Moongeist licked the boy’s head, cowlicking his white curls into one. He giggled with delight.
–
They all lunched together, Helaena insisting that they sit on the floor and eat with the children. They sat in a circle, the kids having their porridge. They each had different toppings, which felt so much like them.
Jaehaerys had cut up ham atop his, accompanied by a smattering of frizzled onions.
Jaehaera, on the other hand, had pieces of stewed pumpkin atop hers, glazed with cinnamon and maple syrup. It had some roasted pumpkin seeds atop for crunch. She had more of a sweet tooth than her brother, it seemed.
Maelor had a smaller bowl with plain porridge and melted butter– he glanced at Shera’s plate, to which her and Helaena were both eating parboiled quail eggs, dipping their toasted bread in the yolk.
“Mumma– want egg,” Maelor muttered, swirling his spoon in his porridge.
“What kind of egg, darling?” Helaena asked.
“I want what Auntie Shewa has,” he continued. “Dippy egg.”
“Maera,” Helaena called to her handmaiden. “Can you please have the cooks whip up some dippy eggs for Maelor– and mayhaps a bone for Moongeist, too?”
The thumping of a tail was heard as the wolf heard ‘bone’ and ‘Moongeist’ in the same sentence. He stayed near Shera, but also in close proximity to Maelor, who had become quite attached to the wolf very quickly. The toddler offered porridge from his spoon to him, who happily slurped up the food with a wagging tail.
Soon enough, Maelor was devouring his dippy eggs with toast. Helaena leaned forward now, tracing little circles on the plush rug they sat upon. “It was supposed to be different, you know.”
Shera blinked. “What was?”
“I was supposed to be betrothed to Jacaerys– before… Aegon,” she started, eyes glazed over and looking towards somewhere far away, somewhere not completely there. “It might have been nice. I don’t know.”
“... really? You and Jacaerys?” she raised a brow. She couldn’t imagine Alicent ever agreeing to such a thing.
“Mother wasn’t pleased. Father pushed and pushed but mother was stronger and pushed back. It was a flash in the pan, so to speak. I wish I knew where we would be now if she had agreed.”
“You would be upon Dragonstone, Hela– with… Jace’s children, presumably,” Shera cringed inwardly at the thought– that would be her some day.
Helaena wrinkled her nose at the thought, seemingly agreeing with Shera’s sentiment. “For all his faults–” she got up then, tugging Shera to her feet and leading her to the open window. “Aegon is… good with the children. When he is here. I don’t… he isn’t my husband in feeling– but he is my brother. What are we, any of us– but beholden to the mistakes of our families. All of us.”
Shera stayed silent as they sat on the windowsill together, letting Helaena talk. It seemed like something she didn’t talk about much– if ever.
“He got the worst of mother’s rage. It broke something in him. But I think there is something broken in all of us, even mother,” Helaena reached to the trellis, plucking a beetle that was hiding between two folded leaves. “All of her children are cursed in some way,” she lifted her periwinkle gaze to Shera then. “You are one of her children, too.”
“... cursed,” she echoed. Yes, that seems about right.
“Will you survive?” the princess turned the conversation then. “Upon Dragonstone?”
“I don’t know.” she answered truthfully, talking in honesty about the betrothal to someone for the first time. She tried before with Cregan, but he didn’t listen.
“You’ll have to take the reins, you know,” Helaena prattled on, staring at the beetle with her full, rapt attention. It was blue in color, gleaming like a sapphire jewel in the sunlight. “Take them and steer them. You’ll be the only one able to change it– the trees bleed, Shera– cut lip, punctured wood...”
Shera’s brow furrowed further. Helaena was known to descend into her ramblings– but something within her tingled at the words. She didn’t know what they meant, but it made her stomach churn. She felt the whoosh of air from outside the window, a cream colored blur in the edge of her vision. She didn’t hear it, only felt it and saw it, fleeting. It landed upon a spiked point of the keep, across the way from the window– but she couldn’t parse what it was. Shera blinked profusely, bringing her hands to her eyes and rubbing them. When she looked again, it was gone, mayhaps never even there.
“Hold the beetle, Shera,” Hela hummed, offering the jewel colored insect to her. “You remember how to hold them?”
“Gentle,” she responded, voice so quiet that it was hardly even a whisper. The beetle crawled eagerly onto her palm, roving around slowly.
“I need to clean up the children for naptime. Maera,” the princess called, hopping off of the window sill. She walked to the handmaiden, who was a head taller than Helaena. Her dark brown hair was braided in one long wisp, a few errant strands sticking to her forehead. She had tanned skin and dark eyes, with a curved nose. The handmaiden smiled to Helaena and they whispered to one another, clearly very familiar, before they disappeared toward the nursery.
Her surroundings blurred as she kept her attention on the beetle. It seemed so simple, so… calm, despite being in the palm of a would-be predator. The light reflected off of its blue colored carapice, the elytra buzzing ever so slightly. It wanted to stretch, the slight unfold of its wings captivating Shera. She wondered what it was like to fly– she had always refused Jacaerys when he asked her to join him atop Vermax. But if… if she were the one flying, she may not be so scared. Her shoulders rolled in tandem with the beetle, feeling a crack of her bones and the ghostly sensation of her own wings clawing out from them.
The beetle’s antenna wriggled, its little claws digging into her palm, pulling itself along. It wanted to go, it wanted to fly. Leaning towards the window, she saw the great expanse of the sky, littered now with clouds. There was a little breeze now, ruffling the gentle film of the wings as they extended– they looked and felt broken when coming from their sutures, but straightened out quickly. Crawling closer, closer to the breeze, flitting upon it. Hovering now, legs dangling ever expertly. Regarding the indoors one last time– pushing forward into the open air, flight, flight, wisping upon the breeze… was this freedom?
“Shera! Open your eyes!”
The breeze died upon her face as she turned to see Helaena at her side, a few maids behind her looking terrified– Moongeist was whining at her feet.
“Shera?” Helaena whispered now, her periwinkle eyes wide. “Are you alright?”
“... yes– um,” she glanced around nervously at the maids, who were now chittering amongst themselves.
“Thank you, ladies– you may go now. I will call the maester myself if Shera falls ill again.”
Ill? She was awake that entire time, she knew it– she was… focusing on the beetle… the beetle…
“Hela– where is the beetle?”
“The beetle…” she breathed, looking over to the table.
Shera looked to see an open lightbox, the beetle was in it. It was seized up, not moving.
“It fell. Its thorax got torn on the windowsill– I will fix it before I pin it,” the princess sighed. “The breeze was too strong.”
“Is it dead?”
“Yes.”
Shera felt cold, a chill creeping at her back. “I should… I should get some rest, I think. M-much excitement for me today, I think.”
Helaena nodded.
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Shera laid in bed, taking her dinner in her chambers. She felt… utterly exhausted. The day had been tumultuous, even without her… disassociating spell in Helaena’s chambers.
Her fingers roved over a book– it was something that was just left in her room for decoration and no real substance. Her eye strained as she tried to focus on the words. It was already hard enough to read with only one working eye, but with the content of this book being so boring, she couldn’t parse any of it at all.
Knock, knock, knock. Three knocks rapt upon her door.
“I don’t need any tea,” she croaked out, unable to project her voice. She slipped out of her bed, adorned in her nightgown– it was fairly see-through, so she grabbed a blanket and slipped it over her head and body, snugging it close. She hated being caught without her veil on. “Please, come back in the morning.” she muttered as she opened the door, peeking her face out slightly.
“I’m afraid I cannot take no for an answer, Lady Stark,” Aemond hummed, standing before her in all his glory. He wasn’t dressed for bed– she wondered if he wore his riding and sparring leathers to bed, too. “I was tasked with delivering some… reading material to you.”
Shera perked a brow inquisitively. “Reading material?” She hadn’t requested anything specific from the library.
“Can I come in?”
Shera bit her lip. “Yes… I suppose…” she opened the door wider for him to come in as she scrambled to find a veil to wear.
“No need for that. I won’t look if it makes you uncomfortable.” he said, his tone a bit softer than usual. He had two books in his hands as he looked around the room.
“I don’t wish to make you uncomfortable,” Shera grunted, a bit indignantly. His words from the dinner still echoed in her head. Mayhaps it's a mangled mess under there. She remembered him laughing at her earlier in the day when her veil had slipped slightly. Her cheeks burned as she pulled the blanket taut around her, facing away from him.
“I’m sure I’ve seen worse,” he said flatly, putting the books down on the side table next to the chaise. “But, out of respect, I won’t look.”
She was sure he meant it as a way to soothe her worry, but she couldn’t help but feel tears start to form. Hastily, she wiped them away. “What was so important that this… delivery couldn’t wait until morn?” she glanced at him, her eyes stinging. “And why you?” she added, her punctuation of you a bit more harsh than she intended.
Aemond’s brow knit as he regarded her. He said he wouldn’t look, the liar.
She whipped in the opposite direction quickly.
“Helaena asked me to deliver you this… and I had one to give you as well. Think of it as a betrothal gift.” he muttered, beginning to walk the room as if he wasn’t an intruder. Well, she had invited him in.
Moongeist was snoozing on the bed, belly up. His legs twitched in the air as he whimpered softly from dreaming. Aemond stared at him. “This is your valiant protector? He is sleeping on the job.”
“He deserves rest— you aren’t a threat to me, Aemond. He senses that,” she replied. Not a threat physically, at least. You’re a predator to my mind.
“Hm,” he hummed, walking to the table where she still had two honey walnut cakes sitting out. “You enjoyed them, I take it?”
“What?”
“The cakes. I had a maid bring them to you this morn.”
“Oh– it was you,” she murmured, the tips of her ears flushing under the implication. “... thank you. It… helped.”
“You were… distressed– these always used to cheer you up.”
Shera let out a tentative breath. He had thought of her– and remembered her favorite sweet? And… cared enough to have them brought to her. Maybe… maybe he didn’t loathe her so. “They were… very good,” she continued, letting a smile come to her face. It felt strange to smile around Aemond after so long.
“Yes, the cook who made them still works in the kitchens,” he picked up one, taking a bite. He had liked them as well, but his favorite had always been blueberry scones. “She surprisingly hasn’t kicked the bucket yet– still working away down there, at seventy-five. Mother offered her retirement and a nice hole in the wall shack near the wharf. She refused, adamant to work until she died.” he made a noise of surprise at the taste. “Still good.”
“I’m surprised you remembered, Aemond,” she walked closer then, making sure to snatch the last one off of the plate before he decided to take it, too. She took a bite, the honey sticking to her fingers.
“I remember a lot, Shera,” he pulled out a chair and took a seat. Why was he staying?
Her heart stopped momentarily as he said her name. She buried herself further into the pastry to hide her red cheeks. “Memories are a plague,” she grumbled, pulling up her legs to her chest after she settled into the chair next to him.
“That they are, most of them are. A festering, decrepit reminder of… things best left forgotten. However,” he leaned forward then, his thumb cleaning off a drip of errant honey from the corner of her mouth. “I do remember, you were always a messy eater. Some things don’t change, do they?”
She shivered as he touched her with such… gentleness he hadn’t displayed at all since she’s been back. It was a glimpse into the boy he used to be– he was still there, deep down. She almost choked on the rest of her cake, putting it down on the plate as she quietly licked her fingers, trying to distract herself. “... no, some things don’t change.”
“The book weren’t the only reason I came– Helaena asked me to ask you if you would like to come on a picnic to the Kingswood tomorrow. With Aegon, the children, Helaena and I. She told me that… Maelor required you bring Moongeist.”
Shera stared at him for a long moment, her eyes wide and owlish. The blanket slipped from her head slightly as she leaned forward, snatching the remainder of Aemond’s honey walnut cake from his fingers. “I suppose– as long as there are more cakes,” she hummed, feeling a slightly giddy sensation tingle down her spine as she devoured the rest. “How on earth did you manage to get Aegon to agree?”
“I promised that there would be wine,” he watched, his violet eye roving her face unabashedly as she finished the pilfered sweet.
“And?”
“And… mayhaps I threatened to pay all the brothels off to not service him any longer if he did not attend.”
–
Aemond left soon after, bidding her goodnight in a very stiff and still… somewhat cold in manner. But he was trying– she could see that.
Before tucking back into bed, she looked to see the books he had left for her.
One was the copy of ‘Moonpuppy’ that she had read earlier that day.
The other, the supposed ‘gift’ from Aemond, was a well-worn, well-loved copy of the old folk hero ‘Symeon Star-Eyes’. Upon opening the cover and flitting through the pages, she saw many notes and footnotes on each page– it was Aemond’s handwriting. He had left his thoughts on each page– as she descended through the book, his handwriting changed and evolved. It started off very shaky and tenuous, but as she scanned through the end of the tome, it was confident and sophisticated. He had annotated this copy for years, his handwriting and views on the text changing with each year. Flipping back to the front, she looked at the date.
It was dated five moons after the Driftmark incident. Then, opening the back– it was dated a fortnight ago. He had written, noted, and journaled in this book for ten years.
Why did he give this to her?
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Spooky season holdover
For as long as people can remember, Prince Morpheus has had a pet wolf. It is his constant companion; the young prince even talks to it, seen holding long conversations with the animal.
When they were young, for they grew together, most thought the animal was a dog. However, Morpheus's pet is most definitely some form of Direwolf - for it is enormous, coming up to young Morpheus's waist and equally as bulky, with a frame built for hunting or fighting. Many in the Court would be concerned for the prince's safety if so many hadn't seen the animal happily receive belly rubs and letting the village children ride him; it is somewhat surprising that the animal wasn't neutered though. But no one had ever seen the wolf be aggressive.
What no one, but the royal family knew, was that Dream's "pet" was fostered royalty himself -- Crown Prince Robert Gadling, of an old powerful shifter (werewolf) royal line. He and Dream were betrothed and it was thought best that they grow together, learning to care for one another.
When a rival nation kidnapped Prince Morpheus to force his marriage to their heir, there were those in the kingdom who tried to lock the wolf up - he it was going crazy and couldn't be subdued. Somehow, it escaped the cellar where they chained it up.
Two days after he escaped Prince Morpheus walked into the castle with his blood covered wolf at his side.
AJSJDHDHSH this is such a concept!!!!
Like. Imagine the absolute shock when Dream and his wolf walk into the throne room. The courtiers rush to check Dream over for any injuries, so nobody even notices that the wolf has... shifted? Instead of the large beast, there's a broad shouldered man with shaggy dark hair. He's also naked. And everyone who ever suggested that the wolf should be neutered suddenly finds themselves blushing heavily and looking away.
Dream proclaims his intention to marry his fiance now that they are both of age. It should help to avoid any future incidents of kidnapping if the Prince is known to have a very strong, very possessive husband. Fortunately someone has finally given Prince Robert a cloak to wrap around himself so he can proudly stand by his intended husband with his arm wrapped protectively around his waist. It's pretty obvious to everyone that the two of inseparable.
Everyone who used to get annoyed with the presence of the wolf is shitting their pants thinking that they're going to be exiled from court, but fortunately Hob is very forgiving. He's not quite so good natured to those who locked him up and prevented him from immediately rescuing his Prince, however.
Hob still spends a lot of time in wolf form, laying at his husband's feet or walking the halls at his side. But sometimes he'll appear in human form. The servants who tend to the Royal bedrooms grow quite used to the sight of Dream in a state of fucked out exhaustion, while Hob winks playfully and holds his future husband.
Will there be pups in springtime? At this point, no one would be surprised.
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Something rubbed against his leg beneath the table. Jon saw red eyes staring up at him. “Hungry again?” he asked. There was still half a honeyed chicken in the center of the table. Jon reached out to tear off a leg, then had a better idea. He knifed the bird whole and let the carcass slide to the floor between his legs. Ghost ripped into it in savage silence. His brothers and sisters had not been permitted to bring their wolves to the banquet, but there were more curs than Jon could count at this end of the hall, and no one had said a word about his pup. He told himself he was fortunate in that too.
His eyes stung. Jon rubbed at them savagely, cursing the smoke. He swallowed another gulp of wine and watched his direwolf devour the chicken.
Dogs moved between the tables, trailing after the serving girls. One of them, a black mongrel bitch with long yellow eyes, caught a scent of the chicken. She stopped and edged under the bench to get a share. Jon watched the confrontation. The bitch growled low in her throat and moved closer. Ghost looked up, silent, and fixed the dog with those hot red eyes. The bitch snapped an angry challenge. She was three times the size of the direwolf pup. Ghost did not move. He stood over his prize and opened his mouth, baring his fangs. The bitch tensed, barked again, then thought better of this fight. She turned and slunk away, with one last defiant snap to save her pride. Ghost went back to his meal.
Jon grinned and reached under the table to ruffle the shaggy white fur. The direwolf looked up at him, nipped gently at his hand, then went back to eating.
Jon I, AGOT
It's interesting that GRRM would dedicate several paragraphs to a seemingly unimportant exchange between a boy, his wolf, and an unfriendly third party. But there's just something about this passage that has continued to nag at me for years since I first read it because, considering how heavy handed GRRM was with the foreshadowing in AGOT, this feels important.
Jon is sitting at table full of squires - aka would be knights. We don't really know who they are or what families they belong to, but it's safe to assume that they come from a certain level of privilege; this is considering the fact that it cannot be financially easy to be a squire. And these boys already have a slew of tales detailing all their previous knightly exploits regarding "battle and bedding and the hunt" which suggests that they have some capital. So you have boys who will soon be men. And they will, presumably, become men of some power.
These lads eat their fill of the chicken until only half remains, which Jon then gives to Ghost. The direwolf's name is not so important here but what he represents is. Throughout the series, we're told that Ghost is reminiscent of the weirwood trees (because of his red eyes and white fur). He's stated to be of and from the Old Gods and since he's a personification of the weirwoods, he might as well be one of them. It's almost as if Jon is presenting whatever is left on the table to the Old Gods (Ghost). He lets them devour his offerings while he silently watches. And the motif of watching is so interesting here because it's kind of like Jon takes on a stewardship role - to watch over land/people/etc. He oversees Ghost eating the chicken, so he's overseeing whatever has been given to the Old Gods. This is not new imagery to his arc. As a brother of the Night's Watch and eventually its leader, we have several instances where he leads people to adopting the Old Gods in some fashion. In ADWD, several recruits swear their vows to the Old Gods while he watches on as their Lord Commander. The Old Gods are also primarily of the North and we're told that Jon has more of the north in him than his brothers; interesting that this also includes Bran. So perhaps whatever is being offered to the Old Gods relates to the North.
We must also note that Jon initially thinks to give only a small portion, a leg, before pivoting and providing the entire thing. It feels to me a bit like the process of carving up a kingdom or something similar. The lords (represented by the squires) take what they want and leave aside what they don't; or perhaps they have eaten to their fill and can take no more. Then when his time comes, Jon first considers a small piece of land/group of people before eventually absorbing all of whatever is left behind. The concept of carving up a kingdom rings harder considering that we have several callbacks to the ideals of kingship in this chapter. Robert, Jaime, Tyrion, and even Mance though we don't know it yet, all play into this. And then there's the aspect of Jon letting the chicken slip between his legs which evokes birth/fatherhood, a very curious choice when GRRM could've just had Jon place the chicken on the floor. So land/people are carved up and Jon then uses whatever is left to birth his own type of kingdom. And this kingdom is one for the Old Gods.
This also touches on something that has been quite prevalent throughout Jon's arc. It's the concept of accepting the "others" or "those left over" who live apart from the accepted social norms. Arya (a tomboy), Sam (a gender non-confirming boy), the Night's Watch (criminals, extra sons, and men who have no future left or place to go), and even the wildlings are all examples of this. And Jon takes on a leadership/paternal role to every single one of them. He looks after them as a leader would/should. Sometimes, in the case of Arya and the wildlings, he's equated to a king. He's a steward/shepherd/king. There's messianic undertones to this:
Come unto me, all you who are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." (Matthew 11:28-30).
If you're familiar with Judeo-Christian tradition, you'll know that Jesus is often personified as one who spent the majority his time among the outcasts. The idea is that he came to save them too and that anew kingdom (or new earth depending on your translation) would spring up after the end of the world where he would forever rule as king; which presents the idea of a final king after the earthly ones are done away with. Now GRRM isn't so heavy handed with Christian allusions as other authors out there, but he does have a Catholic background and Jon is so overtly a Jesus figure. And in Revelation, Jesus is king and god at the very end....
One last thing: the mention of the mongrel who challenges Jon has always been rather interesting but confusing to me. A mongrel doesn't really relate to one specific type of dog. But it's interesting that Jon notes several roaming about where he is. They follow the serving girls who carry the food to be offered. Mongrels are used to describe antagonist/villainous groups in ASOIAF. Sometimes, they're used to describe slavers in Essos. But what's interesting is that most of the time, they're used to describe Euron's Ironborn especially in Victorian's POV. So I don't think the mongrel who challenges Ghost is a supernatural threat of death (i.e., the Others) but rather a human one. They represent those who are called to the scene once the lords have finished playing their games. It almost feels like a feast for (carrion) crows....
But it doesn't really matter because this mongrel isn't much of a challenge for Ghost. Though the mongrel is much larger, the direwolf is able to fend her off very effortlessly. Given that "mongrel" is used to describe Ironborn raiders, could this exchange between Ghost and the mongrel point to reavers or sea raiders who rise and fail challenge Jon kingdom? There is a historical King Jon Stark who did this....
When sea raiders landed in the east, Jon drove them out and built a castle, the Wolf's Den, at the mouth of the White Knife, so as to be able to defend the mouth of the river.[1][2] His son, Rickard, followed him on the throne and annexed the Neck to the north.
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So this might shed some light not only on Jon's already published arc, but also on what we can expect in the future. We have some foreshadowing through Jon's ADWD dream that he will not only rise with the dawn (thereby live through the Long Night), but will be in a position to lead people (wildings in that chapter) to a new peace after a hard fought war. Also remember that the wildlings, rather enthusiastically, swear oaths to him as if swearing oaths to their king. In this instance, the supernatural (a dream of the war for the dawn) is followed by the natural/human. So perhaps this particular passage (and Jon's dream) can be used to predict that Jon comes out on top, and quite effortlessly too, as a leader. And he becomes a leader who rules by association with the Old Gods; or rules a kingdom for them.
To end, I think it's of note that this passage immediately precedes Jon's conversation with Benjen where he voices his desire to go out on his own - the hero's call to action. This is the adventure that's going to kickstart his growth as a man, warrior and most importantly, a leader. So it looks like before we even began, GRRM telegraphed how it would all end in just three short paragraphs.
#jon snow#asoiaf#valyrianscrolls#ghost the direwolf#some random extra thoughts:#the aspect of fatherhood is closely tied to kingship as kings are often regarded to be the fathers of their nations#so we might see a parallel where jon-like dany-doesn't have children of his own physical body#but rather rules a kingdom as its symbolic father#think of how odin-a mythical parallel for jon-is called the all father because he is father to all men/lands#also it's interesting to me how kingship is a theme but it's almost like the actual theme is that of kings coming of going#but jon remaining and prevailing above all#we have robert who is a disappointing/bad king and his rule doesn't last very long and neither will his dynasty#jaime looks like a king and even if grrm didn't go through with his original ideas he was never meant to rule for long#in the new story jaime is symbolic of rhaegar a would be king whose time comes and goes leaving jon to pick up the pieces#then tyrion who stands “as tall as a king” but not quite! he still is not as tall as jon and tyrion also says in a later chapter#that soon he'll be even shorter than ghost + tyrion wasn't hand for long#mance who is hidden also has his time as king but it's very short lived and jon later absorbs his kingdom to make his own#so we have the wolf devouring the “left behinds” in a way but the interesting thing is this happens in reverse doesn't it#might Jon's new kingdom not only be made of remnants of the nw and wildlings but also have those left behind from the rest of the 7k?#it's possible since jojen tells us that once night comes all cloaks become black 🙂#so yeah this is all just more jon endgame king of winter/a new north propaganda lmaoooo
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I have one dog who weighs 70 lbs and thinks he should be allowed to sit on my stomach and a second dog who believes that lap-sitting is something humans make up for nefarious purposes, so I thought I’d ask abt the giant wolf companions we have here
#polls :)#asoiaf#valyrianscrolls#the direwolves#grey wind#ghost#lady the direwolf#nymeria#summer#shaggydog
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A Game of Thrones, Jon I
Dogs moved between the tables, trailing after the serving girls. One of them, a black mongrel bitch with long yellow eyes, caught a scent of the chicken. She stopped and edged under the bench to get a share.
Jon watched the confrontation.
The bitch growled low in her throat and moved closer. Ghost looked up, silent, and fixed the dog with those hot red eyes.
The bitch snapped an angry challenge. She was three times the size of the direwolf pup. Ghost did not move. He stood over his prize and opened his mouth, baring his fangs.
The bitch tensed, barked again, then thought better of this fight. She turned and slunk away, with one last defiant snap to save her pride.
Ghost went back to his meal.
Jon grinned and reached under the table to ruffle the shaggy white fur. The direwolf looked up at him, nipped gently at his hand, then went back to eating.
#a game of thrones#jon i#a song of ice and fire#asoiaf#jon snow#ghost#direwolf#direwolves#dogs#winterfell
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So from what I remember only Bran could warg in the TV show. But in the books, I believe it was implied that most Stark children could warg (whether they did it consciously or not). Please correct me if I'm wrong about this.
There's also been a mention in your story that Sansa had a dream about her direwolf Lady. Does that mean that she might slowly, but surely develop warging abilities in this new timeline? 👀
Ciao @wolfanddragon98!,
You remember correctly. In the show they make us believe that only Bran could warg. Instead in the books all Starks can at different levels warg at least inside their direwolves.
The main difference should be — but I am not truly that good with lore as many others fans, so correct me if I am wrong — that Bran is an extremely potent warg and can thus warg in many different life-forms even in humans (see Hodor), whilst the others are not as capable as him.
Robb dying possibly warged into Grey Wind, as, as he laid dying he whispered the direwolf's name. Direwolf who died himself, otherwise Robb could end up living in Grey Wind's conscience for the rest of the direwolf's life.
Jon warged into Ghost for sure as he laid dying, but Ghost is still alive and that tether to Ghost is the only thing keeping Jon “alive” right now, and will possibly enable him to return to his own body, for however changed he might be.
Arya keeps having wolf-dreams, in which she is Nymeria. It's Nymeria who finds Catelyn's Stark's mutilated body in the rivers and drags her ashore — for her to be later returned as Lady Stoneheart — and Arya keeps having wolf-dreams even as she trains as a Faceless assassin acolyte. Her bound with Nymeria never fully severed.
We don't have a Rickon POV, but we know that Shaggy Dog reacted to his moods like Summer did with Bran, Ghost with Jon and Lady with Sansa and Nymeria with Arya and Grey Wind with Robb. So it stands to reason he himself (who is under the tutelage of the Skagosi and a wildling) might learn to control his warging. My little feral prince.
Sansa keeps having wolf-dreams even after Lady has died, which makes me think that something of the same nature happened to them as well when Ned killed Lady. Their bond was still fresh and they had not yet dipped into it, but the fact that Sansa keeps dreaming of Lady and running together with her, to me and many others, make think that some piece of Lady's conscience might still be with Sansa, as if naturally the bond between them as enabled a part of Lady to survive through Sansa (as I've theorized in my Sansa/Young Griff story).
So yeah, in the books all Starks children can warg at the very least in their own direwolf, whilst Bran can warg in almost anything that moves and breathes, if I understand it all correctly, which I may not.
So, yeah, in my story whilst Sansa was being transported back in time she finds herself running with Lady beneath the fronds of a Godswood, because that's something Sansa does in canon and actually there are several metas written by much more knowledgeable people than me in the lore of asoiaf about Sansa's wolf dreams and what they might mean, as well as for the other Starks (this is one of them x, by @stormcloudrising which I found amazing, btw).
Suffice to say, all Starks have for sure warging abilities, some of them (or all of them) might have also green-seerer abilities (Bran for sure, Rickon possibly as he dreamed of Ned being killed, Sansa also very possibly, Jon almost for sure as I think that he foresaw himself and not Uncle Benjen lying dying in the snow just he misconstrued his vision, maybe even Robb did, and because of that he was such a proficient strategist, Arya also could have the same abilities... though again I am not as knowledgeable on the matter).
#ask the hag#anon asks#sansa stark#starklings#starklings and their warging abilities#so underestimated the lot of them#don't come cry wolf when they come for you#after you've tried to skin their pack
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Why of all the Lil Starks Rickon has a black and green direwolf?
I don't know! The black and green thing, especially the comments about green fire, are concerning because of where else they appear. Quotes beneath the cut:
In the yard below, Rickon ran with the wolves.
Bran watched from his window seat. Wherever the boy went, Grey Wind was there first, loping ahead to cut him off, until Rickon saw him, screamed in delight, and went pelting off in another direction. Shaggydog ran at his heels, spinning and snapping if the other wolves came too close. His fur had darkened until he was all black, and his eyes were green fire. Bran's Summer came last. He was silver and smoke, with eyes of yellow gold that saw all there was to see. Smaller than Grey Wind, and more wary. Bran thought he was the smartest of the litter. He could hear his brother's breathless laughter as Rickon dashed across the hard-packed earth on little baby legs. (AGOT, Bran IV)
From the first instance, it’s paired with aggression, and the pairing of those colors and violence continues through AGOT:
Robb had been holding his breath. He let it out with a sigh and called, "Grey Wind." His direwolf moved to him, swift and silent. Now there was only Shaggy dog, rumbling at the small man, his eyes burning like green fire. (AGOT, Bran IV)
it even pops up in relation to Cersei?
How could they have all been so blind? The truth was there in front of them all the time, written on the children's faces. Ned felt sick. "I remember Robert as he was the day he took the throne, every inch a king," he said quietly. "A thousand other women might have loved him with all their hearts. What did he do to make you hate him so?"
Her eyes burned, green fire in the dusk, like the lioness that was her sigil. "The night of our wedding feast, the first time we shared a bed, he called me by your sister's name. He was on top of me, in me, stinking of wine, and he whispered Lyanna." (AGOT, Eddard XII)
So, I think from early on, we know that the green flames description is bad news, and it comes up again in this passage which is disturbing to read for a few reasons:
Maester Luwin stepped toward the open sepulchre, torch in hand. "As you see, he's not here. Nor will he be, for many a year. Dreams are only dreams, child." He thrust his arm into the blackness inside the tomb, as into the mouth of some great beast. "Do you see? It's quite empt—"
The darkness sprang at him, snarling.
Bran saw eyes like green fire, a flash of teeth, fur as black as the pit around them. Maester Luwin yelled and threw up his hands. The torch went flying from his fingers, caromed off the stone face of Brandon Stark, and tumbled to the statue's feet, the flames licking up his legs. In the drunken shifting torchlight, they saw Luwin struggling with the direwolf, beating at his muzzle with one hand while the jaws closed on the other.
"Summer!" Bran screamed.
And Summer came, shooting from the dimness behind them, a leaping shadow. He slammed into Shaggydog and knocked him back, and the two direwolves rolled over and over in a tangle of grey and black fur, snapping and biting at each other, while Maester Luwin struggled to his knees, his arm torn and bloody. Osha propped Bran up against Lord Rickard's stone wolf as she hurried to assist the maester. In the light of the guttering torch, shadow wolves twenty feet tall fought on the wall and roof.
"Shaggy," a small voice called. When Bran looked up, his little brother was standing in the mouth of Father's tomb. With one final snap at Summer's face, Shaggydog broke off and bounded to Rickon's side. "You let my father be," Rickon warned Luwin. "You let him be." (AGOT, Bran VII)
Describing Shaggy's eyes as green flame is just a blaring "not good," and then for him to attack an innocent man, and for a statue of Brandon to burn, for him to fight his littermate, and then the talk of the shadows of wolves... it feels like everything here is full of significance although I'm not sure what it is!
It’s pretty common for fans to assume that Rickon will be even wilder when he returns because of the way the direwolves convey so much about their human counterpart, but this feels much darker than that kind of spec and there is something very interesting about this line:
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. (AGOT, Bran VI)
I suppose leaping form behind a dead king could be about Rickon inheriting the North after Robb’s death, and I always did like that idea although I’m not sure I’ve ever read meta on it, but to me, the littermate fight and the coming Northern succession crisis made tension between brothers come to mind. It doesn’t work though, because of the age issue (Rickon is very young), but all the same, the brother v brother thing in ASOIAF is big, and Shaggydog being a threat is certainly emphasized past AGOT:
The shouts and splashes soon drew others: Palla the kennel girl, Cayn's boy Calon, TomToo whose father Fat Tom had died with Bran's father at King's Landing. Before very long, every one of them was soaked and muddy. Palla was brown from head to heel, with moss in her hair, breathless from laughter. Bran had not heard so much laughing since the night the bloody raven came. If I had my legs, I'd knock all of them into the water, he thought bitterly. No one would ever be lord of the crossing but me.
Finally Rickon came running into the godswood, Shaggydog at his heels. He watched Turnip and Little Walder struggle for the stick until Turnip lost his footing and went in with a huge splash, arms waving. Rickon yelled, "Me! Me now! I want to play!" Little Walder beckoned him on, and Shaggydog started to follow. "No, Shaggy," his brother commanded. "Wolves can't play. You stay with Bran." And he did . . . . . . until Little Walder had smacked Rickon with the stick, square across his belly. Before Bran could blink, the black wolf was flying over the plank, there was blood in the water, the Walders were shrieking red murder, Rickon sat in the mud laughing, and Hodor came lumbering in shouting "Hodor! Hodor! Hodor!" (ACOK, Bran I)
Most fans believe the plans for the books evolved a lot over the years so that there is foreshadowing for things that will never happen, maybe we can chalk it up to that? It’s very strange to me though because the green flame is consistently used by Martin, so I have a hard time believing he didn’t include that for a specific purpose. It pops up with Cersei, Tyrion, and in Davos chapters, so for it to first be in Shaggydog’s eyes is very strange. When the green flame occurs in Tyrion and Cersei’s chapters in relation to wildfire, dragonfire comes up, so it is all definitely entwined in some form in Martin’s mind even if what he had been entertaining at one point was long since abandoned.
It’s interesting though, that of all the direwolves, it is Ghost and Shaggydog’s coloring that stands out and reads as particularly significant. Ghost being associated with the heart tree, and Shaggydog with flame feels potentially significant, but why they’re the ones who are so singled out, I don’t know.
I read those lines and think it’s odd, but I have nothing helpful to say on the subject. Sorry! 😂
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About the location of the jonsa reunion in the Books, I was thinking about this question and there is something I found in my many re-reads that I never wrote about before, so maybe this is the perfect time for it.
I'm talking about the first paragraphs of the first AGOT Sansa chapter:
Eddard Stark had left before dawn, Septa Mordane informed Sansa as they broke their fast. "The king sent for him. Another hunt, I do believe. There are still wild aurochs in these lands, I am told."
"I've never seen an aurochs," Sansa said, feeding a piece of bacon to Lady under the table. The direwolf took it from her hand, as delicate as a queen.
Septa Mordane sniffed in disapproval. "A noble lady does not feed dogs at her table," she said, breaking off another piece of comb and letting the honey drip down onto her bread.
"She's not a dog, she's a direwolf," Sansa pointed out as Lady licked her fingers with a rough tongue. "Anyway, Father said we could keep them with us if we want."
—A Game of Thrones - Sansa I
There is a lot to say about these first paragraphs, starting for the name "Eddard Stark" being the first words in the first Sansa chapter of the first Book, because without a doubt Ned is the most important man in Sansa's life.
We also have the foreshadowing for the new Dawn after the Long Night, the Queen Sansa foreshadowing, the jonsa parallel with Ghost and Lady being fed under the table, and the parallel of King Robert hunting aurochs and later hunting the white stag, and finally the direwolves and aurochs being animals that still exist in the North and beyond.
But here I want to call your attention to Sansa saying "I've never seen an aurochs," because maybe she will be able to see an aurochs at the Wall or beyond.
Aurochs is a type of large wild cattle. They have shaggy hair.
Aurochs once dwelled in the majority of Westeros. Because of hunting and domestication, however, they have dwindled in the wild and are not often seen.
One place reportedly still inhabited by wild aurochs is near the juncture of the kingsroad and the Green Fork of the Trident in the Riverlands. They still dwell beyond the Wall, where the free folk employ them to drag sledges.
Aurochs are frequently used as a symbol of size, strength, stubbornness, and stupidity.
As you can see, there are aurochs i) near the juncture of the kingsroad and the Green Fork of the Trident; and, ii) beyond the Wall. But there is also an aurochs at the Wall or maybe more than one.
After saying in her first AGOT chapter that she has never seen an aurochs, Sansa is present in two feast where aurochs were roasted, so I suspect that when she said "I've never seen an aurochs" she was referring to a living aurochs.
So, to actually see a living aurochs, Sansa needs to return to the juncture of kingsroad and the Green Fork of Trident or go to the Wall and/or beyond.
Again, the expression "I've never seen an aurochs" makes me think that Sansa's wishes do come true, even though this is not expressed as a wish. But I still wonder, If Sansa got to have a mythological direwolf as an animal companion, why can't she see a living aurochs?
Then the possibility of the jonsa reunion happening at the Wall grows. Once at the Wall Sansa will be able to see some living aurochs, either beyond the Wall during some outing, or some of the aurochs the free folk brought with them when they crossed the Wall, or she can meet Grenn, AKA "Aurochs."
And that's it. Just a little speculation for this Sunday night.
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Rikon Stark and his Direwolf Shaggy Dog.
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When the direwolves are depicted as just a little bit bigger than regular wolves I always feel bamboozled.
What do you mean you aren’t making them as big as a horse, you coward?
#asoiaf#jon snow#arya stark#sansa stark#bran stark#robb stark#rickon stark#nymeria the direwolf#ghost the direwolf#grey wind the direwolf#summer the direwolf#shaggy dog the direwolf#lady the direwolf
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@volchtsa gets a starter!
Darting through the trees, feeling the wind in Shaggy Dog's fur. Rickon watches the surroundings through his direwolf's eyes, searching beyond the walls of the castle he's not permitted to leave. Not now. Shaggy Dog is safer out there-- a direwolf fully grown, standing taller than most men-- than the young lord.
He's still learning. Rickon blinks and finds himself in the library again. He groans, flopping back in his chair with a sour expression. He peers over at his aunt. Odd lessons, certainly, but Rickon couldn't imagine confessing his strange dreams to anyone else but Lyanna. Knowing that he wasn't the only warg had helped considerably, and he was grateful for the wisdom she granted him.
"I lost it again," he says. "This is hard."
#volchtsa#{ rickon || lyanna stark // volchtsa }#( interactions || rickon stark )#lmk if this doesn't work
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Happy New Year!!! Thanks again for the absolute gifts of spicy stories. You've made my year!
Dream has seemingly picked up a shadow.
Ever since he fed part of his burger to a stray dog he encountered in the park when he was feeding his pigeons, it's been following him around. It was pretty big for a stray (and Dream's not really sure how animal control hadn't scooped up a dog that big), but the dog looked so sad. And even "not really a pet person" Morpheus felt bad enough for the thin animal to give it something to eat.
But now,,,,,,,Dream has been seeing the dog out the corner of his eye almost every day. And tonight, the beast got hurt saving Dream from a mugging. Now Dream has to figure out how to treat the bleeding DIREWOLF he was somehow able to sneak into his no pets allowed apartment.
And of course, just as Dream gets the blood they tracked in cleaned off the floor, his building manager bangs on his door. Dream guesses he isn’t as sneaky as he thought.
Dream opens the door and starts arguing -- of course he doesn't have a dog in his apartment. The next bit of the argument just stops, when a (gorgeous) naked hirsute MAN walks out of the bedroom,,,,,,where Dream had stashed the hurt dog!! 😳
Beautiful "Dog?!?" Man: Hiya!
Everyone Else: stares in drooling 🤤
Awwww yes doggie Hobbie!! I love the idea of Hob adopting Dream as his "owner" and following him everywhere, lol. He knows that Dream is going to be nice to him, and he's proved right when Dream takes him back to his apartment! He even tries to carry Hob up the stairs, which proves a bit difficult and is honestly probably why they got caught. So of course Hob has to be helpful to his new best friend/"owner" and shift into human form so he doesn't get in trouble.
Dream would like it to be known that he definitely does NOT scream at the sight of the very sexy naked man standing in his bedroom doorway. Honestly.
The apartment manager leaves them to it (wondering how the hell they mistook a man for a big shaggy dog), and Dream leads an apologetic and obedient Hob into the bathroom to wash and dress his wounds. Dream is honestly just trying not to think about anything apart from first aid, because there is SO much to unpack here. His doggie friend is apparently a whole-ass guy??? A very SEXY guy??? He's so gorgeous and hairy, Dream is just drooling.
Once he's patched up Hob apologies and explains that he can't shift back when he's tired and in pain, and Dream just wants to melt and comfort him. He takes Hob to bed and directs him to curl up under the cover, but when he goes to leave... Hob whimpers softly.
So of course Dream has to cuddle him. Hob obviously needs it. If he wakes up with a very large cock (and knot 👀) rutting against his arse in the morning....... well, maybe that's what he was hoping for. He's not telling.
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Arya the Unlikely
She was meant to be heading to the dining hall to meet with the pack early – they had agreed to last night, before they’d ever even made it to the crypts – but the mottled gold and black dragon on her bed said otherwise.
“Seven Hells,” Shireen Irene whispered, staring at the creature. It was only as big as a cat, long of tail and of neck, with the forelegs doubling as it’s wings, a spike on it’s nose and a mane of tiny spikes running down it’s back, like the pictures of iguanas she had seen in one of Maester Cressen’s books. She had discovered that it liked being scratched under the chin, as Shaggy Dog did, but unlike the direwolf it did not like to be scratched behind the ear. Belly rubs were tolerated, and despite her best efforts she could find neither evidence of sword nor sheath, and thus had no idea if what had hatched was male or female. It chirped, slightly more reptilian in nature than a chicken would have, and it sneezed smoke.
It was adorable, and she had no idea how to keep it a secret.
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The Lone Wolf Dies
Chapter 1: But the Pack Play-Bite
Synopsis: What if the old gods decided to gift the Starks with their house symbol several years prior to Jon Arryn's death? Lots of chaos at Winterfell, that's what.
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Catelyn watched as her husband came back from his execution, followed by their first son and the Greyjoy hostage. But as they walked, she realized the beast Jon was riding wasn't his horse, but a Direwolf.
Of course, as soon as they weren't in public, she chewed him out. "Ned, WHAT do you think you are doing? Bran is FIVE, not of age to take care of a future giant wolf!" She criticized, having seen him give one of the tiny beasts to her youngest child.
"And I would rather worry about our new son." Eddard said, smiling. That perplexed her. "Who?" He grabbed her in joy. "Six pups, Cat. The She-beast has six pups, and I doubt the last boy is here for Theon. The old gods are sending a signal."
She didn't dare oppose her husbands. The men of the North were deep in their belief. And she didn't bleed for a few moons. She did wish for more childs, especially given the lack of a viable heir from any other person in her house, poor Lysa. She tried so much, but. "I hope you aren't using my womb as an argument for giving pets to our children, Husband. Now, I will leave and let you come with more sensical arguments."
By the time of dinner, all her children were asking to keep the pups, and the mother surprised the cooks by bringing a deer to be cooked. Catelyn stood impassively while seeing the She-wolf yawn at her husband's feet, tilting the table with her size and strength. "You win this time, old gods." She thought. "But I am faithful to the Sevens. I will be ready for the dark side of this so-called gift." Then, Ned started to play with her hair, and she tried to distract herself by eating this delicious meat the cooks prepared for their Lords.
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Accepting those direwolves was as bad a mistake as raising a Bastard in your own house.
They weren't always bad, and Lady was a perfect companion free of any blemish, a true sign of Sansa's elegance and grace. The pup, now the size of an adult dog after a few weeks only, was complimented by all but Arya. The Poole daughter had taken to the animal as well, and showed how docile, proper and well-mannered the girl was.
The black Direwolf that followed Catelyn around was a completely unruly creature of the Stranger. "No, I won't play with you, Shaggywolf." The massive direwolf, the biggest of them, simply rolled on his back and stuck its tongue out, clearly waiting for her to throw the stick he brought. "I am in a Solarium, it is too dangerous to throw a stick!" She reprimanded.
He whined, but she thought it enough, and she went back to reading the reports on the recolts. She screamed when the being howled, and Nymeria and Summer ran to roll with him. Did Direwolves even howled to indicate boredom? She wondered, thinking about how the beasts seemed to truly understand what the humans said, and the fact the name came to her, and she couldn't imagine the black canine named something else.
Later that day, she followed Shaggydog with Eddard when the big creature and his mom grew restless from watching their humans talk about Robb's education. Suddenly, Shaggy sprinted in the direction of a lone figure. It was: "Jon? What are you doing here, son?" That hurt a bit. Ned calling the child he had with someone else his son more often than his actual heir, as if to make sure nobody could doubt his younger copy was his.
"Oh, it's nothing, Lord Stark." Especially when Snow himself seemed dedicated to putting as much distance between them as possible. "I'm looking for Ghost. I think he is around." Ghost. Very silencious, unlike even Lady. Sansa's direwolf was never raising her voice, but she made sure you knew she was there. Jon's companion was hard to find on the best of days. She coldly noticed it was also becoming hard to hear Ned's son, even when walking on his namesake as right then.
Suddenly, Nymeria pounced on her unsuspecting mother. Or maybe Catelyn underestimated the older wolf, as she looked completely unfazed by the nibbing and the intrusion.
"Well, there's a wolf alright." Said Eddard, before he looked at his feet. They all saw as two red orbs looked up from the shoes it was nearing. At least the albino pup accepted to be grabbed without a fight. Arya's pet, on the other hand, fought as much as the little girl did when you threatened her with vegetables to be brought inside.
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Robb had the most difficulties ruling his wolf, for some reason no one understood. His Grey Wind wasn’t savage like Shaggydog or rebellious like Nymeria, but he wasn’t grim like the mother that Ned had named Winter, who always seemed to think before acting, constantly next to “his” human like Bran’s unnamed direwolf, proper like Lady or silent and often outside like Ghost.
No, instead, Grey Wind would run towards everyone he hadn’t seen in a few hour like they were friends he lost sight of, would always try to bring Jon towards his family, followed Theon as much as he did Robb, and would always bark when seeing Arya and Jon commit pranks on poor Sansa. Ned only cryptically stated that his son was better at hiding his emotions than he thought when his wife pointed it out. She pondered a lot at the meaning of those words, but came out empty-handed.
In any case, when she came to see Maester Luwin because of strange food cravings and morning sickness she was having since a few days, she wasn’t surprised Grey Wind was following her around like she was dying, howling everywhere to the shame of his owner and running around the Maester.
When she heard she was pregnant and the two direwolves, much bigger than any canine she ever heard of besides their mother, started to try sniffing her stomach, she tried to shoo them away, but Shaggydog was focused on her belly like he learned something about the world and Grey Wind’s barking of joy alerted Ned, who was way too smug for having known since he saw the 6 pups.
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