A week passed before Brienne would speak to Jaime again, and even then, only when he brought her Dornish swordmasters and Dornish wine.

Danaerys agreed to let the North remain independent under the rule of Jon Snow, with the condition that she and Jon marry, and their children inherit rule of all Seven Kingdoms.

Tyrion continued to serve as Hand of the Queen for many years, before he was made Lord of House Lannister. He retired to Casterly Rock and founded a vineyard.

Euron remained imprisoned for three years, until Yara's leadership was well-established. Popular, respected, and secure, she allowed Euron his freedom. He eventually became her Master of Ships.

Podrick was knighted Ser Podrick for his bravery and valor during the wars. He was widely known and loved as the Bard Knight.

Bronn, the cutthroat, did become Lord of Highgarden. He married a noble lady who helped him act the part of a lord, but as time passed, he longed for adventure.

Cersei was imprisoned in a comfortable room at Casterly Rock. After she gave birth to a daughter, her room was locked with seven locks made of Valyrian steel, each key held by a different person. Her guards were Dothraki soldiers who did not speak the Common Tongue, and were replaced every week, to reduce their vulnerability to seduction.

And as for Brienne and Jaime, they adopted Cersei's daughter, Joanna, and raised her as a sister to their own. Jaime trained hard until he finally beat Brienne one day, and she finally married him under the weirwood tree, he in his red and gold armor, she in her cobalt armor. They founded a company of hedge knights, recruited Podrick and Bronn, and instilled their order with honor, integrity, and mastery of the sword. And they traveled the land together, upholding justice, defending the innocent, and battling bravely, across Westeros and beyond.

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Author's Notes:

An interesting and challenging question arises. How do we securely imprison a beautiful woman? How does one hold on to a slippery, silver-tongued, seductive snake such as Cersei? I'm reminded of The Three Musketeers, where Milady is guarded by a stoic, incorruptible guard, yet she seduces him and escapes within three days.

Or, a modern take on the same problem: Humanity has constructed a very intelligent computer who can answer our burning questions, but we don't trust that it fully understands our goals. For example, we want humans to be happy in a way that is meaningful to us, instead of, say, filling the air with dopamine-inducing drugs. If the computer gets Internet access, it can easily hack into a factory and program it to release drugs into the air.

The computer is smart enough to sweet talk any human using our darkest and deepest desires. How do we get answers from it without putting our world at risk?

The answer I've come to is not nearly strong enough for a supercomputer, but it's strong enough to hold Cersei. First, the seven-key system ensures that no one person alone can make the choice to release her. This is similar to in WW2 when two people both needed to turn keys to fire nuclear weaponry. Three of the key-holders are Jaime, Brienne, and Tyrion. The other four are secret and scattered across the kingdom. One each is chosen by Danaerys, Sansa, Yara, and Gendry Baratheon. The rulers themselves don't hold the keys (they would be obvious targets), and no one person is able to give away the locations of the others, if captured.

However, at some point more locks isn't more secure. (Personally I think three keys would have been sufficient, with one off-site, but I went with seven locks for Seven Gods.) You only need to destroy the door. The Valyrian steel should hold her for now, but as we've seen, steel can be melted. The guards can resist her wiles for now, but she may seduce someone else in the castle.

With a cunning person like Cersei, we can never be sure. Not until her dying day.

Thanks for reading!