Authors note: I got a few followers after the first chapter, so I will post a new one with a hope that the story will grow.

This takes place in 298 AC. I have changed the timeline a little so please notice, Roberts Rebellion happened 20 years ago, which means that some of the characters will be a little older than in canon. I will explain more, when we have our first chapter in the North.

Hope you enjoy reading

Yet again sorry for bad grammar.

Updated: 21-01-2017

Chapter 1

Varys, I

Varys sighed with frustration. He had just returned to his simple chambers after yet another long council meeting. Yet another dull meeting, where nothing of great importance had been discussed of course. He had been forced to sit through hours of waiting, while His Grace King Robert, had talked and talked about his next big tournament. Another thing to add to the growing list of thing, that was helping the realm to ruins. He leaned back in his chair a bit, and then yet again threw a look at the large map of the known world, which lay before him on his desk. This had become more and more common for him these last years. Everything he saw here was The Realm, which he had sworn to protect with all the power he could muster. Only he, who was not drive by the lust for power, or the lost for love, or anything else that drove men to madness.

He sat down and aloud himself a little rest. He was thinking back to the last Council meeting. He had played his little games yet again, as he had done for so many years.

"Oh what a wonderful idea your grace, the people of the city loves your feasts and tournament" Varys had told Robert after the announcement of the next big tournament.

For twenty years now, Varys had served Robert as spymaster. Varys hated it. He had sworn to serve one thing, and that was to serve the realm. The realm, Westeros, The Seven Kingdoms, all of it even the cold lands of always winter beyond the Wall. All he did and had ever done, every step he had taken, every game he had played, it was all for one thing - peace and what was best for the realm.

King Robert the first of his name was not even close to be a king good enough for the realm. To say, that the people of Westeros loved their king would be a lie. Yes, they liked be big feast and tournaments he held more and more often, and surely the whores was more than satisfied. However, beyond that, who could truly trust or love a so-called king, who grew fatter and fatter from each day? A king who cared more about his hunting, drinking and whores, than he cared for the Realm. No, Varys knew, that Robert would never gain the complete trust of his people. That was perfect for Varys' plans.

Varys knew that with patience and planning he could restore peace to the realm yet again. It was only a matter of time, before his plan would succeed, and the realm would return to its former greatness. He remembered one lesson, which he had learned many years ago, before he was cut and therefor became a eunuch, which led to him being the spider he was today.

Back when he was nothing but a mere young and innocent boy, who travelled around Essos with a troupe of mummers through The Free Cities. They taught him that every man noble or commoner, high or low, rich or poor had a role to play.

"Each man has a role to play, in life as well as in mummery," the lesson sounded.

Everyone had a move to make in the Game of Thrones, but only the true masters of the Game, knew how to use those movements and pawns. Even through it had costed him a half-life, Varys had in the end truly became the greatest player and mastermind in the Game of Thrones. It had all begun, back when King Aerys the second of his name of house Targaryen had called him to court.

In the beginning Aerys trusted him more than anyone else. His reputation as a spymaster and his ability on the other side of The Narrow Sea had been told all over The Free Cities, and somehow the tales ended up at the Court of Kings Landing. That was the reason he had left Pentos and travelled to Westeros. Yet he was forced to realize, that the whispers of the madness of the king on the Iron Throne was all correct. King Aerys Targaryen had truly earned the name "The Mad King". Varys had done all he could to serve the king as best as he could, but in the end of the terrible tale even he, the Spider, had not been able to stop the rebellion that had sparked and changed everything.

The Rebellion was not a topic he liked to dwell too much on. It was a dark time even for him. He had nearly lost everything he had tried to build up. It has been so close that the reign of the dragons has ended. If not for a very loyal, Willem Darry, and some quickly and smart planned moves all of the dragons would be dead. But thanks to him, the Prince Viserys, son to King Aerys and brother to Rhaegar, and his sister Princess Daenerys was still alive and well hidden in Pentos with his good and trusted friend Illyrio Mopatis, whom he had started his career with.

Yet where was also a third dragon unknown to all but a few of the most trusted. A dragon born of the former Crown Prince Rhaegar. A boy who was the true heir to The Iron Throne. He thought back to the day he had met the boy, and his protector Eddard Stark. Lord Stark had still been grieving the loss of his sister, the girl who now was a mother of dragons too. He had told Varys the whole story. Somehow, Varys guessed, he must had figured out, that Varys was the man behind the disappearing of the young Targaryen children.

Varys had grew to respect Lord Stark, he was a great lord, an honorable and just man, and he like Varys, knew what needed to be gone for the good of the realm. The child, Jon he were named, went North with his Uncle, to be raised in the North as a Stark, a bastard son of Lord Eddard Stark. Now nearly twenty years has passed. He was soon ready to reclaim his birthright, and so was his little dragons in the east too. With the North behind them, the true Game could soon begin. Winter is coming, as the Starks like so much to claim, but with this winter the dragons would return too to Westeros.

"All for the good of the realm", he said out loud allowing himself to smile.

Authors Note: Hope you enjoyed it. Next chapter will be a Ned chapter :)