Game of Thrones: Roar of the Dragon

Chapter 90: The Battle for the Throne, the Plot against Storm's End
In Queen Maegor's Chamber, Sir Otto didn't even look at the heads of his two nephews who died fighting for them.

His attention was focused on two rolls of parchment stained with light blood.

Queen Alicent, Aegon, Aemond, Criston and other core figures of the Green Party sat or stood quietly waiting for him to finish reading the letter.

"Both letters contain the same content, in short, a threat from Jacaerys Velaryon.

The thousands of eyes in that box were a small payment to Joffrey Velaryon.

He warned us that if we harmed his three brothers again, he would ride his dragon and burn all the noble castles that supported us in the seven kingdoms into ruins. "

boom!
Aegon, who was sitting at the table, stood up and slammed the table as soon as he heard it, and said sternly: "Thousands of eyes are compensation for Joffrey?

They killed Meral, I want them to pay with thousands of lives!
Dare to threaten us? I will kill the youngest Strong right now.

Send the body to him as a gift."

"Aegon, that's enough, stop messing around!"

Alicent frowned and stopped Aegon who was about to leave, then turned to her father and asked,

“Apart from threats, is there anything else?

For example, have any peace terms been proposed? "

"No, he has no intention of making peace with us."

Ser Otto shook his head in reply, turned to look at the indignant Aegon and continued,
"Before, we planned to destroy Jacaerys' fleet first, and then summon the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms to pledge allegiance to Aegon and be crowned.

It now seems that this war will not end in a short time.

We must now immediately place Aegon on the Iron Throne, and then, in the name of the king, summon the vassals of the Seven Kingdoms to crush the traitors."

"Sunfall died, and Aegon is now without a dragon.

And I have the most powerful dragon in the world, Vhagar!"

Emond, who was standing in the corner with Christon and listening quietly, suddenly interrupted at this moment.

Although he did not say the rest of the words, the people present were not stupid and could hear the meaning of fighting for the Iron Throne in his words.

The corner of Aegon's mouth twitched, and he finally couldn't control his emotions and shouted loudly: "Aemond, I have tolerated you for a long time.

Where were you when Jacaerys and Lusiris rode two giant dragons to besiege Yangyan and me?
Did you intend to kill Yang Yan and me, and then seize the Iron Throne?"

“I was carrying out my grandfather’s orders to burn the supply ships of the Jakaris fleet.

Why, you want to blame me for your own incompetence and defeat?"

Seeing that the two brothers were about to have a conflict, Queen Alison suddenly looked anxious.

But her palms and backs were all made of flesh, so she turned her head to look at her father and tilted her head to signal him to stop her.

"Okay, stop arguing!
Aemond, according to the law of succession to the Iron Throne, the eldest son is the first in line of succession.

The law is the law, and we must strictly enforce it.

Only in this way can we guarantee the stability of King's Landing and the order of the Seven Kingdoms!"

Although Ser Otto felt that Aemond was a more capable child, he knew very well how to play the game of thrones in the Seven Kingdoms.

If Aemond were allowed to sit on the Iron Throne instead of Aegon, he would certainly be criticized like Rhaenyra.

Even many nobles who should have supported them would switch to the Black Party.

“But the current order in the Seven Kingdoms is already unstable, and a war is about to break out.

And when war breaks out, everyone wants a more powerful ruler.

Just like Aegon the Conqueror!
He united the seven kingdoms and built the Iron Throne.

It's not the law of succession that counts, but the Black Death, Balerion!"

Christon, who had remained silent from beginning to end, suddenly spoke up to refute Sir Otto.

In the past, it would have made no difference to him which son of Queen Alicent sat on the Iron Throne.

But after experiencing the assassination in the Red Keep and the Battle of Shipwreck Bay, he realized that the dragon was the most important.

The news that Jacaerys relied on his dragon to burn the sea and destroy the city in the Kingdom of the Three Daughters has now spread throughout the Seven Kingdoms.

A king who has lost his dragon cannot deal with Rhaenyra, his extremely cruel eldest son.

"Hmm? You don't have the right to speak here?

Do your duty and guard the gate, White Knight!"

Sir Otto raised his eyebrows when he heard this and rebuked Christon without any hesitation.

Although he is one of the core figures of the Green Party, in terms of identity he is just an ordinary white knight of civilian origin.

“Cole is my teacher and has served my mother loyally all these years.

Not long ago, he personally got rid of the damned Linman Bisbury for us, shocking the ministers of the entire Imperial Council.

Why is he not qualified to speak?

Prime Minister, what else did you do besides planning this failed encirclement and suppression? "

Seeing Christon, who spoke for him, being insulted, Emond immediately retaliated against his grandfather without any hesitation.

Ever since Aegon, Jacaerys, and Lucerys taunted him with the 'Pink Death' when they were children.

A rift had arisen between him and Aegon, whose previous cooperation was intended to deal with the more annoying Strong.

Now that there is a conflict of core interests, and Sir Otto has made it clear that he stands on Aegon's side, why should he be polite?
“You don’t need to know what I did.

You just have to be grateful that you are here to question me right now."

Sir Otto was not angry when he was questioned. Instead, he said to Aemond with a smile,

"By the way, Emond, you haven't forgotten what you did, have you?"

Aemond knew what Sir Otto was talking about.

As the two of them had discussed before, the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms would not accept Jacaerys who burned down the territory of the Boggs family.

Likewise, if Sir Otto tells the truth about this matter, he, the real culprit behind the incident, will also have no chance of sitting on the Iron Throne.

"Sir Christon, please go out for a moment!"

Suddenly, Queen Alicent, with a frosty face, spoke in a tone that left no room for doubt.

"Mother……"

Emond wanted to say something, but was stopped by Christon who grabbed his wrist.

After giving him a look, Criston turned and walked out of the Queen's bedroom. When there were only four people left in the room, Queen Alicent said, "Aegon, Aemond, we are close relatives with the same blood.

We should unite and fight together against the enemy who killed your father.

Aemond, before your father died, he told me that he wanted Aegon to sit on the Iron Throne.

So respect his wishes, okay?"

"..."

After hearing this, Aemond did not say anything else. His eyes flickered and no one knew what he was thinking.

Seeing his agreement, Queen Alicent immediately began to discuss with her father about Aegon's coronation tomorrow.

She hoped that everyone in King's Landing would come to witness this grand event, and let Aegon wear the Conqueror's Crown and hold the Conqueror's Varsteel sword Blackfyre.

Sir Otto had no objection to anything she proposed, but only suggested choosing the Dragon's Lair as the place for the coronation.

The reason is that the walls of the dragon's lair are very strong, enough to block a sudden attack from Jacaerys's side.

And since they are close, it would be convenient for Aemond to control Vhagar to fight back if something really happened.

The coronation was finalized, and Aegon and the other two got up and left the queen's bedroom.

I don’t know if it was because he had been humiliated before, but Christon did not stand guard at the door.

Sir Otto, who had many things to do, didn't care and walked directly towards the Prime Minister's Tower on the left.

Aegon and Aemond walked together towards the royal living area on the right.

When he was about to reach his room, Aegon, with an excited face, suddenly smiled and said, "Hey, my dear brother, so what if you have the most powerful dragon in the world?
Remember to keep your eyes open and watch my coronation ceremony tomorrow, and see clearly the king you will serve in the future!"

Aemond suddenly stopped walking, but Aegon ignored him and laughed as he pushed the door open and went back to his room.

After standing there for a while, Aemond continued to move forward, but he did not return to his room.

Instead, he left Maegor's Holdfast and quietly came to the Traitor's Corridor in the Red Keep's dungeon.

Officials such as the Chief Inquisitor, the Chief Law Enforcer and the Prison Warden lived here.

Tuk-tuk-tuk!
Emond knocked on one of the doors, and Larry Strong, leaning on a cane, opened the door with a smile on his face. Next to him stood the disappeared Christon.

……

Shipbreaker Bay, captain's room of the Conqueror Fleet.

Night had fallen when Jacaerys returned from King's Landing.

After enjoying a simple dinner prepared for him by Lusiris, he called his generals to hold a post-war military meeting.

After smiling and encouraging Lusiris, who was a little nervous when attending this kind of meeting for the first time, Jakaris said, "Okay, let's talk about the damage first!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Coleman stood up with a smile on his face and reported: "Your Majesty, our Conqueror Fleet has lost a total of 26 small and medium-sized warships today.

One thousand eight hundred soldiers from the advance regiment, seventy-two Unsullied.

However, we killed about 4,000 to 5,000 enemies and captured nine large warships and 16 small and medium-sized warships."

The Advance Regiment was the official name of the Cannon Fodder Corps, and the 1,800 soldiers who died were the first row of warships in a flying formation used to lure the Lannister fleet.

The Unsullied were lost in the hand-to-hand combat when they boarded the Honor of Oldtown.

Judging from the casualty ratio alone, it can be considered a great victory.

After all, cannon fodder legion soldiers are disposable consumables and can be replenished at any time.

After Coleman's report, it was Ryan's turn, but he couldn't laugh.

"Your Majesty, our Velaryon fleet has lost ten large warships, five small and medium-sized warships, and 1,300 soldiers.

Fortunately, I took most of the soldiers with me to engage in hand-to-hand combat, otherwise there would be even greater casualties."

On the Velaryon fleet's side, except for the flagship Sea Serpent, all other large warships were burned by Vhagar.

Now there are only more than 20 small and medium-sized warships left, and this battle can be said to have directly destroyed them.

“Thank you for your hard work. I wanted to put you in a safer place at the back.

I didn't expect the enemy to abandon their own dragon and turn around to attack you.

Ryan, I will assign the nine captured large warships to you. Get familiar with the ships and reorganize the fleet as soon as possible."

Upon hearing this, Jakaris immediately spoke with a guilty look on his face.

“Thank you, Your Majesty, this is not your fault.

After all, no one would have thought that the enemy would make such a choice."

When Ryan heard that he could obtain nine newly captured large warships, his expression looked a little better.

Stone on the side suddenly said: “Your Majesty, we are facing a serious problem now.

After the supply ship was burned by the dragon, the remaining supplies in the fleet were only enough to support the remaining 8,000 people for two or three days at most.

For two or three days, we couldn’t even get out of Broken Ship Bay.”

"Well, Stone asked a very good question."

Jakaris nodded and praised Stone, then said,
"I have decided to set sail for Storm's End early tomorrow morning.

As long as we take this castle, we can solve our food supply problem, and we can also use it as a base to attack King's Landing from both land and sea."

"Brother, I heard that Storm's End is one of the strongest castles in the Seven Kingdoms.

If we attack by force, I'm afraid many people will die, right?"

After hearing Jacaris' decision, the kind-hearted Lusiris couldn't help but speak up and remind him.

“Prince Luthris is right.

I have been to Storm's End with the Earl, and it is indeed a strong fortress that is difficult to attack."

Lean agreed with Lusiris's words, and he immediately told him what he knew.
"Storm's End is divided into two cities, the inner and outer cities. The thickest part of the outer city wall is about 100 feet (about 33.3 meters) high and 40 feet (about 13.3 meters) thick.

The city wall facing the sea is 150 feet (about 50 meters) above the sea level.

The inner city was a huge tower with solid battlements, large enough to accommodate granaries, barracks, armory, hall and lord's rooms.

For thousands of years, this solid Storm's End Castle has never been breached!"

Jacaerys smiled mysteriously when he heard this: "Haha, I never thought of attacking Storm's End by force. Even if we use two dragons to attack it, I'm afraid it will be burned to ruins.

Isn't Duke Boros a fan of marriage? I agree!"

(End of this chapter)