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Announcement: Update Schedule
So I've been looking at the exit surveys and one of the biggest reasons for people canceling their membership is 'Tertius711 has not been as active as I expected' which you know what, that is fair enough. Last year I didn't want to commit to any particular update schedule because I k...
Chapter 52: The Ghosts of Gogossos
Tenth Moon, 114 AC
High Tide, Chapter 51: Doubts and Basilisks
Fifth Moon, 114 ACGaelDaemon was off somewhere in the city, no doubt indulging in yet another day of revelry and celebration with his men now that he had finally been reinstated to his post as Commander of the Watch. She was happy for him.Her husband’s reinstatement was a result of her efforts. Sh...
High Tide, Chapter 50: The Queen of Cities
BaelaEighth Moo
High Tide, Chapter 49: Desire
Eighth Moon, 113 ACBaela“How are you settling in girls?” Aunt Viserra asked after they had taken their first helpings of the morning meal.She had invited the two of them to break their fast with her and they had obliged. It was only the three of them however, as the other resident ladies in High...
Appendix: Military and Maritime Organization of the Velaryon State - 113 AC
Military and Maritime Organization of the Velaryon State – 113 ACForeword“Your Excellency, Lord Jacaerys, here is the report that you requested of me detailing our military capabilities. I hope that the information I have meticulously compiled will prove useful in all your endeavors. For House V...
High Tide, Chapter 48: The Tourney
Seventh Moon, 113 ACBaelaThe tourney that was thrown in celebration for her and her twin sister’s wedding was as grand as the wedding ceremony that preceded it. Apparently the tourney was greater and grander and even more expensive than the one which had been thrown to commemorate the fiftieth ann...
High Tide, Chapter 47: The Nuptials
Seventh Moon, 113 ACBaela TargaryenThe festivities that had been planned for her and Rhaena’s wedding were rather ostentatious in Baela’s opinion. Maybe even too much so. All the pageantry and splendor one would expect from a royal wedding was to be on display. Neither her uncle or the Velaryons...
High Tide, Chapter 46: The Ties that Bind
Sixth Moon, 109 ACDaeronThe winds buffeted against Daeron as his dragon folded her wings and dived toward High Tide. He could hear the screeches of the dragons behind him and turned his head briefly to catch a glimpse. Laena was quick on their tail astride Shrykos and not far behind her were Jace an...
High Tide, Chapter 45: Family, Duty, Honour
Sixth Moon, 109 ACJacaerysThey had left King’s Landing within a day of his altercation with Daemon. His mother and Lucerys had refused to speak to him at all the day they returned to High Tide and even after that their few limited interactions had been curt and cold.He wasn’t exactly sure what h...
High Tide, Chapter 44: Failure
Sixth Moon, 109 ACJacaerysHe’d known it was coming, but somehow his uncle announcing it in open court just made it all so much more real.The reactions were mixed. Some like their trusted allies, Starks, Tarths, Graftons, Royces, and Celtigars, were either pleased or disappointed that they didn’t...
High Tide, Chapter 43: Peace is a Lie
Sixth Moon, 109 ACRhaenys“Viserys, what do you think should happen with the Velaryons?” She asked her husband and cousin.He sighed. “I’ve told you once before that my opinions are yours did I not?”“And I appreciate your support, but when my own opinions are yet to be fully formed, I need...
High Tide, Chapter 42: Peace in Our Time
Sixth Moon, 109 ACViserraHer father had died late in the third moon of 109 AC. It was early in the sixth moon now. Though many had been increasingly coming to court to pay their respects to the ailing king, the true tide of arrivals had begun arriving once his death and the date for his funeral was ...
High Tide, Chapter 41: The Thickness of Blood
Third Moon, 109 ACGael Targaryen“Well here comes another useless bootlicker,” her husband complained. Gael turned her eyes to the supposed licker of boots in question, Lord Otto Hightower of Highwatch, Governor of the Stepstones.She smirked at her husband. “You were the one who decided you wan...
High Tide, Chapter 40: Jacaerys
Third Moon 109 ACViserraNine years had passed since her family had moved back home to Driftmark. In those nine years, Corlys and her had worked hard to prove that their people’s faith in them was not misplaced. They had strived to rebuild Driftmark’s shattered economy in a myriad of ways.First o...
High Tide, Chapter 39: A New Generation
-Excerpt from ‘The Sea Snake’, the biography of Corlys Velaryon, Abridged Edition.The very first meeting of King Jaehaerys the Conciliator and Lord Corlys the Sea Snake happened at the funeral of Lord Corlys’ grandfather, Lord Daemon Velaryon. As aforementioned, Lord Daemon was none other than...
Announcement: Discord Server
Hello all! I would just like to inform you all that I have finally and officially created my public Discord server for High Tide and my other works! Some of you might already know because I accidentally invited you when I linked Patreon to Discord for your patron benefits, which was actually before ...
Announcement
Hey guys, I have some unfortunate news. There will not be a chapter this weekend. I’m going for a convention and I won’t have time to write Ch39. Still don’t worry, we will pick back up with the High Tide fix the following weekend for sure.I figured that after the last chapter was delayed caus...
High Tide, Chapter 38: Reunion
ViserraFirst Moon, 100 ACThe ride over to Dragonstone was not long. The island was visible from the highest tower of High Tide, and a dragon covered the distance in little more than five and ten minutes. Her first instinct had been to take Laena and Daeron to ride with her on Dreamfyre, like they’...
High Tide, Chapter 37: Homeward Bound
ViserraFirst Moon, 100 ACThey had left Driftmark to conquer Tyrosh in the eighth moon of the ninetieth year since Aegon’s Conquest. It was the first moon of the hundredth year now. Nine years and five months that she had spent away from her true home. Nine years and five months since she had last ...
High Tide, Chapter 36: Slaver's Bay
ViserraSeventh Moon, 98 AC“Dracarys!” Viserra commanded as Dreamfyre dived. Instantly, a column of blue flames emerged from her maw. A rain of fiery death pouring from the sky. Within minutes, the enemy fleet had been reduced to smoldering planks and cinders burning on the sea.Fools, Viserra tho...
High Tide, Chapter 35: Loose Ends
ViserraFirst Moon, 98 ACLegions of fanatics as numerous as the stars, waved silver-green banners and chanted for victory as they marched onwards, never ceasing. The silver-green banners faded into embers. The pale fortress burned, its splendor igniting into flame. Its silver towers melted into a sea...
High Tide, Chapter 34: Storm
The Storm LordTwelfth Moon, 94 ACThings were not going to plan for Boremund Baratheon. The Velaryons should have been humbled in Tyrosh, crushed by his older brother’s sanctions and forced to return to beg his mercy. Instead the opposite had happened. They had defeated all who would defy them in T...
High Tide, Chapter 33: Steps and Stones
ViserraSeventh Moon, 94 ACIt had been over two years since the Morghon Revolt had been crushed. Those two years had seen a massive turn in House Velaryon’s fortunes as Tyrosh was brought under their full control. Now, House Velaryon ruled in Tyrosh absolutely, unquestioned, unchallenged.The milita...
High Tide, Chapter 32: Morghon
ViserraSecond Moon, 92 ACCorlys had dreaded this for months, and now that it had come at last, Viserra finally understood just a little why he had been so worried. Tyrosh was in flames. The loyal Ser Jaremy had described how the arrest of a Tower had turned sour, and now a massive mob was rioting an...
High Tide, Chapter 31: Justice
ViserraSecond Moon, 92 ACJust a few more days, and it would mark one year since Rhaekar died. Even now it was still hard to believe that he was really gone, but he was, and the world had moved on without him. Aurane and Alys had had their first child, a child that would never know an uncle, a son na...
High Tide, Chapter 30
ViserraSecond Moon, 88 ACShe shivered briefly as Corlys took her cloak off. The three-headed red dragon of House Targaryen was soon replaced with the silver seahorse of House Velaryon as he wrapped his own cloak around her protectively. She nestled in the warmth.The septon spoke as he brought out th...
High Tide, Chapter 29
The Lady of MaidenpoolThird Moon, 91 AC“Mother!” Maegon called out to her eagerly as she arrived in his rooms. At three years old, her younger son would be starting his lessons soon, but for a little while longer at least, he would be free to play all day. His toys were strewn around the room, i...
High Tide, Chapter 28
ViserraSecond Moon, 91 AC“Maester Desmond has confirmed my suspicions. The poison was the Strangler. The symptoms match perfectly,” Corlys said as he walked into the room. His words were calm and measured, but his face gave away his anguish.Viserra knew it was mirrored on her own. She sat on the...
High Tide, Chapter 27: The King and His Ghosts
JaehaerysSecond Moon, 91 ACWhenever Jaehaerys made a decision he was unsure of, he found himself wondering what his elder brothers would have done in his place. His father Aenys had been a weak pathetic man who failed them all with his indecisiveness and mewling weakness. His uncle Maegor had been a...
