Game of Thrones: Viserys the Three-Headed Dragon.

Chapter 94: Letter from Dragonstone

Ravens flew from Dragonstone, carrying Viserys's letter to all parts of Westeros like snowflakes. The castles the ravens flew to were near and far away. But within a few days, the first batch of lords had received Viserys's letter.

King's Landing.

After the throat was opened, the fastest group of merchant ships that entered Blackwater Bay arrived near King's Landing. They were shocked by the broken hulls and countless floating corpses let down by the iron chains blocking the river upstream. They dared not move forward and turned around, wanting to return to Tidehead and Point to wait and see the situation.

But there are always some merchant ships that are not afraid of death. They think they have mastered a huge secret and rush to King's Landing to sell the first-hand information at a high price. Some ships were even sunk by the wreckage of a ship on the water while trying to reach King's Landing.

But this still cannot stop the determination of some people, who plan to bypass Duskendale and take the land route to King's Landing. However, in Duskendale, these people are trapped by the town's martial law and cannot leave the city, because there is intelligence that Stark's army in the north is burning, killing, looting and attacking Duskendale all the way.

There were some smart people who thought of going to King's Landing by land from the south bank and around the King's Road. However, that was where the Lannister and Tyrell armies were cleaning up the battlefield. There, the bodies of ordinary soldiers in Stannis' army, stripped of their armor, were scattered all over the mountains and fields and no one was dealing with them. If they went there, they would only encounter wild dogs and wolves gnawing at the bodies, and soldiers who would chop off the heads of anyone they saw as Stannis's deserters in exchange for rewards. No one would believe such information that sounded like a fairy tale.

They could only wait, wait for passage across Blackwater Bay.

When the passage was finally open, the port terminal of King's Landing was not very friendly to these first groups of people arriving in King's Landing, simply because the shortage of supplies in the siege of King's Landing had been solved by then, and these merchant ships rushing to King's Landing to make war profits were subject to strict inspection.

And crows always walk faster than humans.

When the raven from Dragonstone arrived in King's Landing, people were still discussing the earth-shaking Battle of Blackwater that had taken place a dozen days earlier, the ghost of Lord Renly who had appeared on the battlefield, the mighty armies of Lannister and Tyrell, the truckloads of food that the Tyrells had brought in from Highgarden, and the upcoming wedding of Joffrey and Margaery.

The entire King's Landing was in a state of ecstasy that lasted for more than ten days.

Grand Maester Pyxil was no exception.

The Grand Maester, who was loyal to Duke Tywin and the Lannister family and failed to uphold the maester's impartial political views, has had a hard time these days.

Previously, the acting Prime Minister Tyrion threw him into the black cell of the Red Castle because he informed Cersei, but now Tywin released him from the black cell and restored him to his post as soon as he arrived. Although he lost his beautiful beard and suffered a lot of torture in the black cell, his body became very weak and he looked shabby and old. But he was still very happy and felt that he had regained his vigor. He wanted to call a young maid to serve him personally, but when the beautifully dressed maid came to his room, he was already drowsy and asleep.

Unfortunately, when the raven from Dragonstone arrived at the Maester's Tower, Grand Maester Pythias was dozing off.

It was his clerk who took the letter off the raven, opened it and read it, then cried out in surprise, and the Grand Secretary woke up tremblingly. "What's wrong?"

"It is a letter from Dragonstone, maester."

The bachelor staggered to his feet, his necklace jingling softly. His necklace was thick and heavy, weighing more than ten times the weight of an ordinary bachelor's necklace, linked together and inlaid with gems. The number of chains of gold, silver and platinum far exceeded that of other worthless metals.

Pycelle moved slowly. He unfolded the rolled-up letter: "This" he read again and again, "This" he climbed down from the chair and stood up in a panic. "Someone," he shouted, "Go to the Hand's Tower."

The joyful mood of King's Landing even infected the Octopus Spider. Even Varys was immersed in the joy of surviving the disaster. He wore loose and colorful silk robes every day these days, humming a tuneless tune while walking, exuding the scent of lemon, and talking to everyone with a cheerful smile.

At this moment, a boy suddenly appeared in the secret passage, silently handed him a note, and then quickly left.

Varys opened the note and the smile on his face froze instantly, but he did not panic. He put the note away carefully, and then walked slowly and silently, like a cat, along the secret passage in a certain direction.

When Grand Maester Pythias arrived, Lord Tywin Lannister was sitting by the window, writing a letter in the bright afternoon sun. He raised his eyes when he heard the sound of the door latch.

"Payhill," he said quietly, putting down his quill.

Grand Maester Pythil staggered forward respectfully and said, "Lord Tywin, here is a letter from a raven on Dragonstone. It is of great importance. I just received it and am delivering it to you."

"Yes." The Lord of Casterly Rock was as tough as a man twenty years younger, with a stern, even heroic look. A wiry golden beard hid his jaw, framing a stern face, a bald head, and a tight mouth. A necklace of golden hands hung around his neck, each finger clasped around the wrist of the other.

Lord Tywin took the letter from Pythias and after reading it, he only frowned slightly, his expression still serious: "Ah, another king, the Dragon King? What else?"

Paxil opened his mouth slightly, his face blank: "."

Lord Tywin casually set the letter aside as if nothing had happened: "Have all the invitations for Joffrey and Margaery's wedding been sent out? Which of the replies will come to the Red Keep?"

Paxil was stunned.

"You have something else to do, right? Go back to work." Pycelle blinked: ".Of course. Of course."

Lord Tywin picked up the quill again and said calmly without looking at Pycelle, "Don't let more people know about this letter before the next meeting of the royal court."

"Ah... of course, of course." Pycelle stepped back respectfully.

After the Grand Secretary left.

Lord Tywin summoned his squires. "Go and fetch Kevan. Tell him I need to see him. Then go and fetch Varys. Tell him to come to the Tower of the Hand."

-

Storm's End.

Sir Gilbert Farring, who was in charge of guarding the castle for King Stannis, was patrolling along the city wall. After receiving the news of Stannis's defeat, he ordered all those outside the city to withdraw to the castle and implement scorched earth defense, burning all the houses and farmlands outside the city that could not be moved. Stannis had cut down many trees during the siege, and the unused trees were also ordered to be burned, which caused a forest fire outside the castle that burned for two days and two nights before it was extinguished.

A few days ago, he received news that Stannis was heading south, so he couldn't help but look at the port outside the castle. He was just waiting to see the ship coming. He would lead his men out of the castle and help Stannis back. Fortunately, the siege troops sent by Tyrell had just arrived and had not paid attention to the direction of the port. They were only concerned with deploying troops and building camps outside the city to prepare for the siege. The Tyrell army had no siege equipment in the short term, and it seemed that they were going to rely on the siege to wear out the people in Storm's End, just like more than a decade ago.

As Ser Gilbert Farring was staring at the harbor, the maester from Storm's End hurried over: "My lord, a letter."

Sir Gilbert understood what the maester meant, quietly spread out the letter to examine it, and then immediately tore it into pieces and threw it into the brazier on the battlement next to him: "Please keep it secret, maester."

The maester nodded, "Yes, sir."

-

Harrenhal.

Roose Bolton now occupies this place.

This castle, like the people who nominally own it, has changed hands several times since the beginning of the war.

In the early stages of the War of the Five Kings, Lord Tywin Lannister captured Harrenhal without a single blow and drove out the Harrenhals. At the same time, the castle was given to Janos Slynt by Queen Mother Cersei Lannister as a reward for his help in defeating Eddard Stark. However, Tyrion Lannister, as Hand, stripped him of his title and sent him to the Wall. After the Battle of the Blackwater, Lord Tywin gave the castle to Petyr Baelish and made him governor of the lands along the Trident, in recognition of his facilitating a marriage between the Lannisters and the Tyrells. However, Baelish would not take up the post.

The actual control of the castle changed many times during the war, and countless atrocities were hidden. At first, Harrenhal was garrisoned by Tywin's bannermen, led by Ser Amory Lorch and Ser Gregor Clegane. They were all supported by a sellsword group called the Brave Men. All three groups of people arrived at Harrenhal after burning, killing and looting along the way. These people treated the lower-class civilians in the castle cruelly. Due to the discord between Amory Lorch's people and the Brave Men, many casualties were caused. After Tywin left, he made Amory Lorch the lord of the castle. Arya Stark, who had been hiding in the castle, persuaded Jaqen H'ghar to help him release the northern captives imprisoned in the castle and the people who rebelled against the Lannisters. Later, the Brave Men massacred the Lannisters and their men, and handed the castle over to Roose Bolton.

Roose Bolton received more than one letter.

After receiving the letter from Dragonstone, Roose Bolton chose to reveal the contents of the letter to his loyal members of House Bolton and the captains of the Brave Brothers. No one believed it, thinking it was a joke and a scam, but at the same time, when they were alone, they could not help but look towards the east, wondering who had sent such a letter.

Roose Bolton told no one else of the other letters.

-

The Eyrie.

Lysa Arryn is now the actual controller of the Vale, which remains neutral to the war. When the maester handed her the letter, she asked the maester to write to the lords in the territory, asking them to continue to remain neutral with the Arryn family. Even so, she could foresee that letters from the lords in the territory would be sent to the Eyrie in an endless stream.

She urgently needs her lover to face the turbulent situation on this continent with her.

-

The ravens that flew out of Dragonstone continued to fly south, west, and north.

Despite attempts to block the news.

But this cannot stop the overall situation. One day, the news from the Dragon King of Dragonstone will be known to everyone in Westeros, from the Wall to the Arbor.

(End of this chapter)