Instead, he sent to squire for a famous knight, beginning a long arduous journey that causes him to cross paths with characters he never would have. So an older brother decides to take things into his own hands so his brother wouldn't spend Christmas alone. Rhaegar Targaryen slew Robert Baratheon and won the Battle of the Trident. Averted with Ser Axell Florent, who makes all sorts of unreasonable demands at White Harbor. Daenerys planned to betray her husband, take her dragons back, and burn her enemies, but Hizdahr made arrangements of his own. Arya manages to partially escape its effects by warging into a cat. Lyanna Stark is chosen to wed the prince, much to her displeasure, and must leave the North to play princess with the dragons. Authors note:This isnt a happy hooker fic but neither is it solely filled with angst and abuse. Ashara quietened immediately, wondering if she was really about to say what she was thinking.I can be his mother. What changes can Eddard Stark make to win the Game of Thrones? As the years go on, his hopes for a royal marriage wane more and more as he fears the gods' coin flip may have fallen for ill twice in succession. Cue a torrent of emotions friendship; love, sisterhood, amongst other things. He is placed in the middle of all this against his will, but he must do his duty for House Stark. Melisandre awakening the stone dragon only works to give Aegon one, which makes his crowning himself more legitimate. Or the one where Robert finally has that Stark-Baratheon marriage he's wanted literally forever, Jon gets a nice sword, a boyfriend and a crown, Arya is a lovable brat and Gendry is living his best life. One cold winter morning, Police Officer Sandor Clegane meets a newly single Sansa Stark. It is a tale that comforts men and reassures them. and our And the life of everyone around him changed as well, for the better or the worse. Collected on FanFiction.net, cbstevp's creation has more than 45 chapters. Even as we speak, they are coming down the Neck. Implied to be what happens to all wights, as seen from Theon's point of view. Eddard Stark is aware of the great game. Their mutual attraction threatens to consume them both. - Links - https://archiveofourown.org/works/570829, - Keywords - Ned stark lives, Catlynn Stark lives, rape recovery, north wank? 63 pages September 16, 2020 Bri45. not telling him the true parentage of Cersei's children. For while a wild wolf is dangerous, a quiet wolf is deadly". House Bolton's guiding ambition was rule the north--As Domeric & Sansa Bolton now do at Winterfell. A straight example occurs earlier in the same story, Straight example in Part III, Chapter 25. The night is dark and full of angsty Jon/Dany fic. After the Others are defeated, he walks to Duskendale in order to see his family one last time before being killed. Not only is Gendry Ned's son-in-law and the son of his best friend, he's Stannis' own nephew. [Completed, 12 chapters, 220,000 words, rated teen], What if Ned Stark wasnt executed at the Great Sept of Baelor? After the war, Doran Martell forces them to swear not to go after Tyrion Lannister to take revenge for Jaime's killing of Sarella and Oberyn. The remains of which he lost when his love died. Hello, she says to the little baby, her second child, her first girl, who clenches her tiny fists with her tiny fingernails, her eyes stormy and wisps of hair dark. Everyone should have been happy. She nearly trembles. [Completed, 9 chapters, 100,000 words, rated teen], Winter is coming, said Jon Snow. Cersei considers Margaery Tyrell her ally. [Completed, 25 chapters, 155,000 words, rated mature]. [AU, one shot, 7,000 words, rated teen], A modern AU, set in the UK, featuring Renly/Loras. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Also averted somewhat, as fans have noted, in that none of the Starks have died. Theon is also taken hostage. [Incomplete, 122 chapters, 333,000 words, rated teen]. I just want to read something about the silent wolf being a badass. The Starks were the Kings of Winter, they bore the Direwolf as their symbol for it was the Direwolves they shared blood with. The third Jon chapter in part 3 reveals that the Great Other is also The Stranger from the Faith of the Seven, as well as the Many Faced God, because he is the embodiment of the cold and darkness of death. But that cold place has its own dangers. on his death bed and in horrible pain, he takes the time to say goodbye to his friends, Arya and Gendry, free them from being hostages, and legitimises Gendry in exchange for him renouncing all rights to the throne or the Baratheon lands. [Ongoing, currently 100 chapters, 378,000 words, rated explicit], With the threat of the Dead looming over the realm, Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen travel northward to fight for their home, their people, and each other. The CLO and CEO had worked together often throughout the year, and it was clear they were interested in one another, but they seemed to be the only ones who didn't notice. The Stranger offers this to Jon, and Jon rejects him. Arya Stark, despite her best efforts, falls back into the Game of Thrones. The Daughter of Ned Stark. She survives, destroys the horn, and restores the dragons to their normal selves. during an attack on Winterfell. He can be Lyarras twin., Ned looked up both solemn and grateful. It wasnt until it had started to become a reality, to solidify under her hands, that she started to paint details into the visions of her sanctuary in earnest. I owe you a debt I can never hope to repay.. Robb gives it to him, citing the friendship that they once had. While we've done our best to make the core functionality of this site accessible without javascript, it will work better with it enabled. blows up, destroying parts of King's Landing and weakening the defenses enough to allow Stannis to take the city. Lysa, while ranting at Sansa and the Vale lords, unwittingly reveals that she helped Littlefinger murder Jon Arryn and start the war, resigned as Lord Commander of the Night's Watch to escort Bran to Coldhands. Sansa has to determine what she can change and what she has to accept to get a future she wants. Childbirth is dangerous. He would show the world why it took a Dragon to subdue the North, when no man made army could. Or, I'm bitter about seasons 6-8 and want to re-do it all. Robb waits just a moment longer before heading south in the War of the Five Kings. [Completed, 40 chapters, 149,000 words, rated mature], Aryas finally gotten to work with the knights at Robert Baratheons summer faire, but it turns out shed rather spend time with the blacksmith. if Rhaegar had a second son. Five years before Robert's Rebellion, a tarnished Silver dragon takes her first breath under a weirwood tree beyond the Wall and stars fall from the sky. DOES THIS SOUND LIKE A PLIGHT A CERTAIN FANTASY FANDOM IS CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH? How will the Game of thrones change when the second Stark child is fostered in the North? Tommen dies of an illness while traveling to Highgarden to meet with Margaery Tyrell and escape the Others. The ripples have far reaching consequences for many throughout the Seven Kingdoms, but at its heart, this is a story of two people, their marriage, their family, and the North. But she quickly learns that the fire burns deadly in the royal family, and winter has no place in Kings Landing. Most famously, the Lannisters ally with the Tyrells, and the Night's Watch (reluctantly) ally with the wildlings to fight the Others. It doesnt have a major divergence from canon Neds character while still making Ned a BAMF. [Completed, 108 chapters, 172,000 words, rated teen], What if Tyrion actually did fight The Mountain by himself? After Daario's death, Daenerys realizes that she's pregnant with his child. Fearing that her granddaughter will be framed for her husbands murder, Lady Olenna sends her far north, to Bear Island. What impact will the quiet wolf bring to the realm? She much preferred the activities that the boys of the house took part in. He holds many secrets, and perhaps some answers. For after all, in a world where the impossible happens, nothing limits me anymore. A dragon burned an old grey wolf before snapping its pup in between its great jaws. When Jaime is captured, Daenerys is willing to give him a trial by combat. What would have happened to the continent of Westeros if the War of the Five Kings became the War of the Four Kings, and that the Starks would return back North? Melisandre is revived in Elianta's body, but killed once again by Gendry. King Rhaegar was hailed for his mercy. After all winter is coming, - Links - https://m.fanfiction.net/s/8149463/1/, - Keywords - Retelling, Ned stark lives, epic. Jaime Lannister and Oberyn Martell, in the former's. If you accept cookies from our site and you choose "Proceed", you will not be asked again during this session (that is, until you close your browser). The stone dragon Melisandre awakens with Gendry's blood eats her alive. In the duel between Ramsay and Robb, Ramsay takes off his helmet allowing the already mortally injured Robb to stab him in the throat. This story is about Robert allowing Daenerys to live in Winterfell, betrothed to Jon to sully her line, rather than disgrace himself by murdering a baby. Yoren is in Kings Landing, recruiting for the Nights Watch. Oberyn Martell is a champion in a trial by combat against an experienced swordsman with a Lannister's life in the balance. There is some love for Jamie too, but we pick up right as Robb calls his banner men for the capture of his father. Told from multiple characters perspectives but focusing on Jon and Daenerys. Please consider turning it on! found in the deepest part of Winterfell's crypts. When he first heard of his sister's death, Oberyn Martell wanted to immediately go looking for revenge, despite Dorne not having the strength to fight their enemies. His Valyrian hair combined with his Stark Look make him an oddity in the North but his fighting skills make him heavily respected as well as his black fearsome Direwolf with red eyes. Varys finally figured out that Jon was that second son. via HBO. Game of Thrones AU, diverging story from season 2 onward. But is it truly an insult if nobody is insulted? Targaryen Restoration. [Completed trilogy, each book/part over 400,000 words, no rating labeled], After Ned takes Jon from the Tower of Joy, he stops by Kings Landing to see Robert crowned. This daughter of the north was made of sterner stuff. Lyanna Stark as his second wife and queen, along with Elia Martell. Ashara Dayne's child lives and Jon Snow is born with violet eyes. The Great Other was so scared of Jon (even before he joined the Night's Watch) that he hired the Faceless Men to kill him. The story picks up soon after Ned Stark's arrest and Sansa pleading for his life. In those worlds, you know the story that plays out, the way the song of ice and fire ends, the curtains that close on bloodlines you come to love and loath. [One shot, 5,000 words, rated explicit], Jaime Lannister and Brienne Tarth are under pressure from their respective fathers to marry and settle down. Martin's Game of Thrones series of books. Tony was on a cot in a cave. It had been a slash across her chest from a White Walkers sword that finally ended her life. Only Wull fell on the Northern side. Ned Stark Lives!, its second and third installments explore this what-if scenario as closely as George R. R. Martin could have written it. Even though none of them bend the knee, she parts with them on fairly good terms, except for Tyrion. Little did she know about the monster that lurks inside him. Fluff, smut, and all the feels still included. Part of one of the last Houses of a dead civilization, finding a way to game a planet with the odds stacked against me so very heavily is key to survival. Thank you, Ash. Or: In which Ned Stark trusts his wife and his family, and it changes everything. What changes will he bring to the North as a whole ?. Silver and gold poured through the castle gates like a torrent, dozens of banners showing the crowned stag of Baratheon and roaring Lannister lions fluttering in the wind. - Summary - What would have happened in Westeros if Ned Stark had lived? Even if she was never alone, it just ruined it for me. Daenerys finally decides to get out of Essos and conquer Westeros. [1,800 words, rated teen], Lady Melisandre thought she knew how the story would play out, she thought she knew the mind of her god and the minds of men, but there was one thing she did not knowhow much a father could love his daughter. "Gods Ned" Brandon propped himself up with the blunt training sword as he started to breathe the fire out his lungs, he was not tired as he had training matches longer than this, he was however sore in his joints where Ned had focused his attacks to injure Brandon's joints and weak points making exert himself harder as fought through the pain, And then shed awoken with a gasp, trembling, in a bed that had burned under Theons betrayal. In my twist on GOT/ASOIAF, I envision Robb waiting just a moment longer and waiting to receive word back, the conflict would play out very differently. Ned Stark was the sole heir to his father, Lord Rickard Stark and inherited his title at the age of 25 years when his father suffered a massive heart attack. Chapter 1 Varys. A monster that claws it's way out when he's far too gone in a cold rage that Ned could never control. A deal with Cersei leaves her married to Joffrey and doing her best to make it from one day to the next. He conveniently leaves out that he has already sent the only Dragonstone bird in the Harrenhal rookery.