Game of Thrones
Season 8
Chapters
1. Honor
2. Revelation
3. Lightbringer
4. Battle of the Living and the Dead
5. Born of Iron, Born of Gold, Born of Fire
6. End Game
7. May Your Reign Be Long
Chapter 1. Honor
Jaime Lannister rides North with the words of Olenna Tyrell echoing in his mind. As he rides North he mentally questions his love for Cersei versus her love for him. Every now and then images of Brienne pop up in his mind. "How far is too far?" He asks himself thinking about all the people that died in the Sept of Baelor. He had made many mistakes in his life and the thought of betraying the North was too offensive to him.
He had killed the Mad King for the right reason. Now he was heading North betraying Cersei for the right reason. He stops in a village and pays gold to a family for lodging for the night. Early the next morning he is off. The snow starts falling and the temperature changes. The last time it was this cold Jaime was at Winterfell with King Robert.
He stops at the inn to rest. The same inn his brother was arrested in by Catelyn Stark years ago. "I need a room for the night…" After he pays the man Jaime is stopped by four men of the Riverlands. "Can I help you gentlemen?"
"You are Jaime Lannister…" Jaime's hand goes to his sword, but he is struck over the head by a man behind him.
White Harbor
Daenarys and Jon stand on the deck of the ship as White Harbor comes into view, the Dragons Drogon and Rhaegal fly overhead. They are joined by Tyrion, Davos, Varys, and Grey Worm. "White Harbor…I see Lord Manderly is building a fleet…" Tyrion says looking at Jon.
"It was Sansa's idea…"
"The Dothraki should be entering the Riverlands by now…" Daenarys says.
Dany looks at Jon before leaving the deck with Missandei, "Your Grace may I have a word in private…"
He waits until she closes the door, ""I saw Jon enter your room…" She just stares at him. "…He is a bastard!"
"He is a King…"
"Was a King since he bent the knee…"
"I don't see how this is your business…"
"I'm just concerned…"
"You once told me to think about the future…And I have. Since I can't have any children I will name Jon Snow as my heir…And before you protest I can legitimize him…"
"That may help…and marrying him will gain us support from the Northern Lords…"
They disembark and meet with Lord Manderly in the main hall of White Castle. "With all due respect the Northern Lords won't like this…We made you King in the North to break away from the Iron throne and now you go and bend the knee to this white haired bitch…"
"Be careful Lord Manderly…" Jon says.
"My Lord! I do not wish to cause discord…I have not come to conquer the North…I have come to help you in your fight against the Night King…What if Jon and I married…I will name him as my heir…He will sit the Iron Throne after me…In the meantime his sister will be Queen in the North…The North can have its independence…" Jon looks at her in disbelief. Davos, Varys and Missandei are shocked by this news. Jorah and Sandor Clegane are traveling with the Dothraki to ensure they don't pillage the countryside while heading North.
Later when they are alone, "I don't want to sit on the Iron Throne…" Jon says to her in private.
"All the more reason it should go to you…You think about others before yourself…I can think of no one better to take my place…"
"And marriage you really want to marry me?"
"If you will have me…If you love me…"
Jon walks up to her and touches her chin raising her face to look at him. "I was in love once…She died before my eyes and I thought I would never find love again…It was the farthest thing from my mind…And then I met the mother of Dragons…You have filled the hole in my heart…When I am with you I feel like there is something worth fighting for…" They kiss and start removing one another's clothes. They make love on the bed.
"Has there been any word from Cersei Lannister?" Daenarys asks in a meeting with Jon, Tyrion, Sir Davos, Lord Manderly, Grey Worm, Missandei, and Varys.
"None, but I have reestablished my contacts with my little birds and spiders…It would seem the Queen has betrayed us…Euron's departure was a rouse…He is on his way to Braavos to pick up the Golden Company numbering twenty thousand strong…"
Daenarys looks at Tyrion, "Betrayed by your sister…I should have taken the city when I had the chance…First we lose the support of the Tyrells and then we lose House Martell…I am beginning to think you have been feeding your family information…"
"I have been loyal since the day you accepted me into your service…And if you do not believe me then here this…I knew she was going to betray us when I set eyes on her…I also knew she was not pregnant…A lie to keep Jaime loyal and to throw me off…"
Lord Varys speaks up, "Lord Tyrion told me in private the theory about his sister…So I sent a message to my old friend Ilyrio Mopatis…He will hire the Lost Legion on your behalf my Queen…and they will sail to Blackwater Bay…When the Golden Company arrives they face the might of the Lost Legion…The Golden Company has the reputation of never breaking a contract…The Lost Legion has the reputation of having never lost a battle…"
"Why didn't the free cities employ either of these companies to fight for them?" Daenarys asks.
"The Lost Legion is descended from a group of soldiers who once fought for the Targaryens of Old Valryia…They revere Dragons, so when the Good Masters approached them to fight they refused…As for the Golden Company they were already engaged in another contract…"
Riverrun
On Cersei's orders the troops in the Riverlands were summoned back to King's Landing. Edmure Tully had been reinstated as Warden of the Riverlnds. They throw water on Jaime's face and he gets up breathing heavy, "Jaime Fucking Lannister…" Edmure Tully says with his wife Rosalin at his side who is holding their son Hoster. "The last time I saw you…you threatened to place my son in a catapult and launch him at this castle…"
"Lord Edmure…Good to see you again…"
"Not so good for you…What are you doing so far from home?"
"I am on my way North to help the King in the North and the Dragon Queen fight the war against the Night King…"
"The Night King?"
"The army of the dead…"
"I have heard this…"
"Is it true?" Rosalin asks.
"Yes my lady it is true…The dead walk the land and are coming for all of us…My sister vowed to help, but that was a lie…A rouse to placate those she considers to be her enemy…So if you will release me I will be on my way…"
Edmure looks at Rosalin, "Never trust a Lannister…" Then he looks back at Jaime.
"Can you tell me something…The Freys…who murdered all those people…"
"My niece Arya Stark…"
Jaime frowns, "Arya Stark! She is dead…"
Edmure points at a servant, "You tell him!"
"My name is Kitty Frey…I was there My Lord…All the Freys accept me Rosalin and the women were all poisoned…Then he took his face off…It wasn't Walder Frey…It was a girl…Fourteen – fifteen name days old…She has black hair and grey eyes…A round face…She said tell them who did this…She said to tell them the North Remembers…"
"My niece didn't die and if what she said is true…She was trained by the Faceless Men…So Lord Jaime! Do you still want to go North?"
"A Faceless Man…I'll be damned…" Jaime takes a step forward, "So Lord Edmure…What will you do with me…"
He raises a note, "A Raven came from Winterfell…My nephew Brandon Stark…He said you will be bought to Riverrun by my men and when that happens to please allow you to pass…So go Lord Jaime…My Men will escort you to Winterfell and make sure you get there…"
Castle Black
Eddison Tollet Lord Commander of the Night's Watch stands in the main hall looking around. Remembering the good old days when all the Night's Watch had to worry about was Wildlings trying to cross the wall. Now the legends of old have returned and he had seen them with his own eyes. "Lord Commander everyone is assembled…We are ready to leave…" A man of the Watch says.
"Right let's get on with it…"
He follows the man outside and mounts his horse. Then he leads the brothers of the watch out of Castle Black to head south. As they ride a flock of crows fly overhead. Two days after they leave a shadow flies over the Castle and it is blasted by blue Dragonfire. The dead Dragon lands and the Night King dismounts it. He walks up to the burning castle, but he hears no screams. He looks down and spots the tracks leading away from the castle. So he mounts his Dragon and they fly back towards the army of White Walkers.