Game of Thrones: The Wrath of the Sleeping Dragon

The triple gates provided a convenient direct route to the inner city, allowing visitors to pass directly through the triple curved walls to reach the Old Palace without having to walk miles through the labyrinthine city.

The Old Palace is where Heros is currently staying. It is an ancient palace full of Loynar features, and the famous Spear Tower and Sun Tower stand in the Old Palace.

When Nymeria and her people landed in Dorne and married Morse Martell, the Spear Tower and the Sun Tower began to be built, representing the union of Martell's spear and Loinna's sun.

Besides the two towers, the Old Palace contains at least a banquet hall and a study for the Prince of Dorne, where His Highness Prince Herostangerian now rests.

The Grand Steward of the Old Palace was Ilyashad, the eldest of Prince Oberon's four daughters and his mistress Ellaria.

She loved riding horses and wrestling, and was skilled with a spear. Ilya was named after her aunt, Ilya Martell, who was also Heros's grandmother.

The Sand Snake Sisters spent many years in King's Landing, and even the youngest Sand Snake Sister, Rorishad, was Horos' childhood playmate. Moreover, their father was loyal to Horos.

Therefore, the Sand Snake Sisters were among the first group of people to be bought off by Heros.

Their plan was to launch a surprise attack on the three gates of Yangji City from the outside, while an inside agent they had bribed within the old palace would capture Heros alive.

This would prevent Heros's dragons from arriving in time to rescue their opponents, and would also force Obayashad, the commander of the Sunspear City garrison, to surrender.

Quentin and Tristan believed their plan was perfect.

After contacting many Dornish nobles willing to participate, they suddenly launched a coup in the early hours of a certain day.

Quentin and Tristan, as princes of Dorne, have lived in Sunspear for so many years that they are naturally very familiar with the people and terrain there.

"who?"

"It's me, open the door!"

They first used deception to open the first of the three gates. The soldiers of Yangji City, without suspecting anything, saw the prince returning from the hunt and opened the city gate to let them in.

However, Quentin and Tristan exchanged a glance and then abruptly ordered their actions.

Show no mercy!

"kill!"

"Take the city gate!"

The Dornish noble soldiers following the Martell brothers already knew what they were going to do. They suddenly dropped all pretense of civility, drew their scimitars, and pounced.

Meanwhile, the soldiers of Sunspear were caught off guard by the two Dornish princes and were cut down one after another. The remaining soldiers reacted and began to fight back with their round shields and spears.

However, it was too late. After all, Quentin and Tristan had come prepared and had caught their opponents off guard.

Therefore, the first gate of the triple gate was quickly captured, and Quentin and Tristan immediately led their troops to continue the attack on the second gate of Sunspear City.

However, this time it wasn't so easy for them, because the soldiers inside were already prepared.

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The walls of Sunspear City were tall and sturdy, and arrows rained down from the city walls, preventing the rebels from attacking. The Martell brothers, Quentin and Tristan, were hindered in their assault.

Meanwhile, Quentin and Tristan suddenly launched a coup, and the news quickly reached the Old Palace.

Heros was awakened from his sleep by the news, and as Quentin had predicted, he left the heavily guarded bedroom belonging to the Prince of Dorne and set off for the Tower of the Sun.

The Tower of the Sun is the main fortress of the Old Palace, exceptionally sturdy and easy to defend.

It has a golden vaulted ceiling and leaded glass, beneath which is the throne room, a circular room with thick windows and stained glass, and a floor paved with pale marble.

Inside the throne room of the Tower of the Sun, there are two almost identical seats on a high platform. One of the chairs has the Martell family's golden spear emblem on its back, while the other has the Loyna sun emblem on its back.

Heros set off for the Sun Tower to discuss countermeasures, while Quentin and Tristan's previously recruited mole launched a surprise attack when their guard was at its lowest point.

"Go! Be careful not to hurt him!"

"We must capture him alive!"

Chapter 1089 Rebellion Fails

A coup d'état broke out in Yangji City.

This was a civil war that engulfed everyone in the city.

However, as the instigator of this civil war, Heros walked on the cobblestone path of the Old Palace, watching the Dornish soldiers rush out from behind the garden bushes and colonnades, his eyes filled with only deep weariness.

He was not surprised at all, as if he had known all along that his uncle Quentin would oppose him, and even go so far as to launch a rebellion.

He just suddenly felt that the scene before him was somewhat familiar.

I felt like I had seen this scene not long ago.

It seems that wherever he goes, there is rebellion, brothers turning against each other, and fratricide.

And all of this was indeed caused by him. For some reason, Heros felt a deep sense of disgust. He was tired of seeing such a scene again, and his doubts about his previous actions and ambitions began to waver slightly.

However, this slight wavering was not enough to make Heros surrender to the attack.

In fact, Herlos was not at all surprised that his uncle Quentin Martell would launch a coup, and even the reason why his uncle would go to such lengths to launch a coup was manipulated by Herlos himself.

What he wanted was to wipe out all voices of opposition within Dorne, so that he could better control the land, better fulfill his role as Prince of Dorne, and then use Dorne as a base to launch a counterattack on King's Landing, seeking revenge on his sister Diana and brother Immon.

To reclaim what rightfully belongs to us.

Quentin and Tristan's accomplices in the old palace shouted battle cries as they suddenly pounced from the shadows, attempting to capture Heros alive.

However, when they rushed out, they discovered that their target, the Crown Prince of the Empire, was not panicked at all, but instead looked at them with pity.

"what happened?"

"Could the information have been leaked?"

All the inside agents were a little apprehensive upon seeing this scene.

"kill!"

However, at that moment, shouts of killing suddenly came from behind them again.

A larger number of the old palace guards emerged from all directions.

Clad in light armor and white turbans, armed with spears and round shields, they charged forward like hungry wolves and engaged the bribed traitors in battle.

The leader was a beautiful ten-year-old Dornish girl with black hair, olive skin, a slender waist, and long legs. She was skilled with a spear and wore a long black braid.

Her movements in battle were graceful and dance-like, yet the sharp glint of her spear mercilessly claimed lives amidst this dance, splattering blood.

It turns out that Herlos had been preparing for this rebellion for a long time. He not only knew that his uncle Quentin was secretly contacting many local nobles in Dorne to launch a rebellion, but he also knew the detailed plan of the rebellion, including the exact timing.

Therefore, he had already made preparations and set up an ambush in advance, like the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

The beautiful Dornish woman, leading the guards of the Old Palace, far outnumbered the traitors and were well-prepared, so she wiped them out in the blink of an eye, showing no mercy whatsoever.

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After the spear pierced the throat of the last traitor who knelt and begged for mercy, the beautiful Dornish woman with olive skin turned her head and spoke in a teasing tone.

"Hey, I saved you, little brother."

How will you thank me?

Meanwhile, Heros was also wiping the blood off his sword.

Although he wasn't a renowned master like Edric Dane, the Sword of the Dawn, few people actually knew that this eldest prince's swordsmanship was equally astonishing.

However, Heros had always had the giant prince Artis as his bodyguard, never leaving his side, so he rarely had the opportunity to take action himself.

But Artis is not with Heros now; he was captured by his brother Immun after the Battle of Highgarden.

Having survived severe burns, he is currently recuperating in Highgarden. Heros has been wanting to visit his friend, but hasn't had the chance.

Several corpses lay sprawled around him. Heros wiped the blood from his sword, heard the other man's words but did not respond, merely shaking his head and speaking.

"Thank you, Luo Rui."

Meanwhile, in addition to the rebel attack outside Yangji City and the attack inside the Old Palace, there were also other problems.

Three miles outside Yangji City, in the Flowing Water Garden where Prince Daolang was recuperating, a similarly insignificant attack also occurred.

Several spies who had been bribed attacked Prince Doran's bedroom, but found nothing. They stabbed a pillow on Prince Doran's sickbed several times, then realized something was wrong and tried to escape, but it was too late.

They were all captured by the Martell family guards, who were prepared in advance.

Without further torture, they learned from them that they had been sent by Prince Quentin Martell to assassinate Prince Doran.

When they heard this news from the prisoners, all the Martell family guards looked at each other in disbelief.

"This"

They refused to believe that Prince Quentin would want to kill his own father, yet the reality was starkly before them, leaving them no choice but to accept it.

Feint to the east while attacking in the west.

Quentin's primary objective in launching this hasty rebellion was to capture his nephew, Heroestanglian, alive.

If Heros cannot be captured alive, then all previous efforts will be in vain. Even if he conquers the triple gates guarded by Obayasad and occupies Sunspear City, it will be of no use.

Therefore, once the rebellion within the old palace failed, the fate of the rebellion launched by Quentin and Tristan was already sealed.

Quentin, meanwhile, was completely unaware of the assassination attempt on his father, Prince Doran.

Because he didn't agree to his brother's terrible suggestion at all, but rejected it outright.

The siege was now stalled, and the over-forty-year-old Prince Dorne was still anxiously awaiting good news from Sunspear City.

Unfortunately, instead of good news, we were met with betrayal.

The rebels were still trying to capture the second gate of Sunspear City, but Quentin's most trusted brother, Tristan, suddenly changed his mind.

He stood behind his brother, who was staring at the map with a worried expression, pondering a solution. Then, unexpectedly, he suddenly drew a dagger from his waist and held it to his brother Quentin's neck.

"Make everyone lay down their weapons!"

While the enemy was besieging the city, no one expected that a fire would suddenly break out in their rear, causing command to fail and the rebel army to fall into chaos.

Not long after, Obayashad led the defenders of Sunspear City in a counterattack, scattering all the demoralized rebels.

Chapter 1090 Dorne's Submission

As the mastermind behind this rebellion, the old prince of Dorne, Quentin Martell, was brought before Heros.

Prince Quentin Martell of Dorne launched a rebellion, intending to attack his biological father, Prince Doran, and Imperial Prince Herlostangrien.

However, Quentin's rebellion failed.