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  1. Public Bookmark 13

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    What if King Viserys I had tried to bind the wounds of House Targaryen with marriage instead of decree? In this alternate history, the Dance of the Dragons does not begin with a sudden coup, but with a decade of poisoned peace. By forcing the "Greens" and the "Blacks" to share the marriage bed, Viserys hoped to unify the blood of the dragon. Instead, he created a court where enemies live as spouses and every child born is a new battleground for legitimacy. From Rhaenyra's troubled reign to the rise of a new generation of dragonriders, this is a chronicle of a dynasty rotting from within.

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    04 Jul 2026

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    This story began with two questions.
    Why was Alicent Hightower never quite bold enough to refuse her marriage to Viserys and stand against her father?
    And why was Daemon Targaryen never quite clever enough to expose Otto Hightower's schemes before it was too late?
    But what if they had been?
    What if Alicent chose differently?
    What if Daemon acted sooner?
    What if House Hightower and House Targaryen were bound together long before the Dance?
    After all, when fire joins with the wind, it does not burn less fiercely.
    It spreads.

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    21 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 14

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    The third son of Prince Baelon Targaryen lives. What actions will he ensure to prevent the war that devastated the House of the Dragon within itself?

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    17 Jun 2026

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    Aegon II Targaryen dies by poisoning after "winning" the Dance of the Dragons and is sent back in time to the years before the war begins, awakening in his younger, unscarred body in King’s Landing. Retaining full memory of his future downfall - the deaths of his children, the destruction of his family, and his own betrayal - he is consumed by trauma, hatred, and dread as he tries to navigate a court where everyone he knows is still alive but unknowingly walking toward catastrophe.

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    10 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 54

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    Duty has marked her, and when duty calls, death follows. Alicent Hightower knows this well. Flung forward to a time where the dragons are no more, and Westeros is left reeling from the Blackfyre Rebellion, she must rely on her wits to ensure the survival of her family. Marrying Prince Baelor Targaryen is the easiest path to prevent further bloodshed.

    Her second marriage may be much the same as her first. Yet, when Prince Baelor looks at her, things may be different this time after all.

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    03 Jun 2026