Breaking the Wheel
Hi there, Boltstriker here. Recently I've become relatively obsessed with A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin, and I'm extremely sorry for the lack of content being released. I am publishing this now because it is a fresh idea, but I assure you, I will be updating my other fanfictions soon. Look forward to more Vengeance of Ancients, Albus Potter, and other stories throughout the coming weeks. Breaking the Wheel is going to be my fanmade story for the next two books of ASOIAF, mainly following Daenerys's story. I will be using my own writing style, not Martin's, because frankly Martin's writing style makes me sick. I hope you enjoy this new fanfiction!
Draeco Velaryon first saw the coast from afar. Months and months of sailing upon the ocean, with no one but a single knight for company. Ser Rhaegys Velaryon was Draeco's much older cousin, and had escaped Lateros along with Draeco for very similar reasons. But, their backstories were things of the past, for the port of Meereen lay dead ahead.
"Cousin Rhaegys, land ahead," Draeco exclaimed with glee.
"My dear cousin, we've done it!" Rhaegys whooped.
They arrived at the farthest reaches of the port around noon, and were greeted by the Queensguard, come to inspect the foreign travelers.
Draeco and Rhaegys stood firmly and stayed calm, while Ser Barristan Selmy, Hand of the Queen, stood forward to interrogate them.
"You two clearly are not merchants, so it is our duty to investigate your arrival. What business do you have in Meereen?"
"We are here to see Queen Daenerys Stormborn, the true Queen of the Seven Kingdoms," Draeco said curtly.
"I apologize, but our Queen has not been seen for fortnights. Our accounts say she is in the Dothraki Sea, but we have no more information," Ser Barristan apologized. "I must ask, what is your allegiance?"
"We are of House Velaryon of Lateros, Lords of the Sunset Isles. Our House is a branch of House Velaryon of Driftmark, though we show no loyalty to the Kingslayer's bastard, nor the Usurper's brother," Draeco stated boldly.
"That would explain the seahorse sigil," mused Selmy. "We will allow you room in The Great Pyramid for one night. This would also be a great opportunity to find our Queen, so at sunrise, I, some Queensguards, and a handful of Unsullied, will accompany you into the Dothraki Sea to return Her Grace to the city."
"Thank you, Ser Selmy," said Draeco, "We shall be ready at sunrise."
Draeco and Rhaegys took their belongings and accompanied the Queensguard to the Great Pyramid, abandoning the boat they had sailed for so long, though they did not unpack. When they arrived at their quarters, they merely slept in their day clothes, and changed into new garments in the morning.
As the sun fell beneath the sky and Rhaegys's eyes closed for the night, Draeco took out one belonging from his boxes. He marveled at Pryjatys, the Valyrian steel sword passed down through the generations of House Velaryon. Draeco could see his reflection in the blade; his platinum blonde hair swept over the left side of his face, a single royal purple eye peeking out from under his bangs, his crooked nose broken from many fights, and a long scar running down his right cheek. That was from the incident that led to his and Rhaegys's escape from House Velaryon's Lateros stronghold, Sunset Keep. Draeco could remember it like it was yesterday.
Lord Daegor Velaryon, his father, had announced House Velaryon's support of the Westerosi House Lannister in what was called the War of the Five Kings. This was due to a deal between Daegor and Martyn Lannister, a Lannister cousin that most Westerosi common-born seldom knew by name. Draeco was the most avid advocate of an alliance with the Targaryen Queen in Essos, in order to reinstate the true Heir to the Iron Throne. Draeco seemed to be the only Velaryon who remembered how King Robert Baratheon the Usurper cut off trade with Lateros and alienated the continent due to some Houses having connections to House Targaryen. Furthermore, the Lannisters were currently fighting against their Velaryon relatives in Driftmark, who had sided with Stannis Baratheon, Lord of Dragonstone. When the heir of Sunset Keep opened his mouth, a riot was incited. Draeco found himself locked in combat with both Martyn Lannister and his own father. He disarmed his father and wielded Pryjatys against the Lannister outsider, metal against metal. When the battle seemed to be leaning towards his defeat, Draeco fled to the mainland of Lateros with only Pryjatys in tow.
Upon reaching Notosia, the biggest trade port in Lateros, only twenty leagues from the Sunset Isles, Draeco met up with Rhaegys, a knight of the King of Lateros. They briefly exchanged greetings and argued about approaching the King in Borealos, with Rhaegys reasoning that his knighthood would offer them an upper hand. Draeco reasoned otherwise, stating that the King would have heard of the riot at the Sunset Keep. In the end, Draeco won the argument and the two set off for Slaver's Bay at daybreak.
"Awake, awake," called a handmaiden, and Draeco arose from his slumber. He was holding Pryjatys still, the Valyrian blade lying flat across his lap. He and Rhaegys rose from their bedchambers and met Ser Barristan Selmy outside.
"Lord Draeco, Lord Rhaegys, I trust you are ready for our journey," said Selmy.
The statement seemed fairly unimportant, but Draeco did realize the use of title, which neither he nor Rhaegys had received at the Sunset Keep.
"Ser Selmy, we have never been more ready," said Draeco confidently.
The Regent left Meereen in the hands of Grey Worm, as he knew there was soon to be another attack by the Yunkai'i armies, and his Unsullied could ward off intruders until Queen Daenerys is rescued. "The war is soon over, though not in their eyes," remarked Selmy as they left the city.
They left Meereen in the northeast and soon entered the Dothraki Sea – Draeco could tell when the grass grew above his head. They had a long journey ahead of them, and it began now.
