Dragons and Thrones: An Unusual Union

Chapter 27 of my crossover story, enjoy.

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Now onto the story.

Disclaimer: Game of Thrones belongs to George R.R. Martin. Dragon Age belongs to Bioware.

Loghain

Loghain turned, silently cursing, everything had gone wrong, yet somehow he wasn't surprised.

'The Maker has a cruel sense of humour is seems, if anything can go wrong, it will.' He noted ruefully.

Here we was standing alone on the Storm Coast, facing down the Rogue Wardens with no more backup. Syrio had fallen; the Warden archers had found their mark sadly. He had ensured Arya escaped, at great cost, now he had to deal with what was left.

One of the Wardens stepped forwards, hefting his weapon. "End of the line Loghain; you made a foolish mistake allowing your escape route to leave without you."

Loghain shook his head. "Hardly, I was doing what we were supposed to do, aren't we supposed to…Sacrifice, after all."

"You mock the Warden's with your…"

"No; you mock them, you disgrace them." Loghain snarled. "You would betray our purpose and for what, this…Elder One?"

The Warden who spoke glowered. "You dare demean the Elder One; you shall pay for this insolence. Just like that foolish foreigner and the girl; she may have escaped us here, but there is no escape from the Elder One!"

Loghain glared he knew there was no other option, he had to end this, luckily he knew just how to do it, he had seen it on his way into the area.

So he readied himself and taunted.

"If that's the case, let's see you try. You'll have to catch me, to kill me." He snarled.

With that he lunged and killed the Warden who had been talking to him. He withdrew his blade and swiftly raised his shield, blocking the hail of arrows that assailed him. Taking his chance after that, he began to run; the Warden's pursued him, even the archers, drawing their daggers. This was what he wanted; he needed to get them right where he wanted them.

One of the Wardens, a Rogue, began to close the gap however; but this worked in Loghain's favour.

"Die!" He yelled.

Loghain smiled grimly. "You first"

With that he spun and swiftly killed the Warden, cutting into him. He quickly searched the body and found what he was looking for before pushing it off his sword. He resumed running and, when he reached the area he sought, he pulled out the smoke bomb he had taken and used it. The cloud of smoke made the Wardens stop, shouts could be heard, Loghain quickly hurried to his position, climbing a nearby hill and taking cover.

'This is it, just need to wait for the exact moment.' He thought to himself, watching carefully.

As he watched, the smoke cloud disappeared. The Wardens looked around, shocked and clearly angry.

"Where is he, find him!" One yelled.

Another growled. "He couldn't have got far; stick together!"

They moved in close formation; Loghain gave another grim smile.

He continued to wait. 'That's right, just the way I want you, nearly there.'

The Warden's began to walk right into his trap.

Loghain waited until the right moment and then acted, he used the rocks he was hiding behind and set off the landslide. He heard the shouts and before long the rocks pushed down began to strike, many of the Wardens being crushed and buried. When the rumbling and screaming stopped, Loghain approached the edge of the cliff and looked down. His plan worked, apart from one Warden, who stood glaring up at him.

"Looks like the tables have turned!" Loghain called out as he readied his sword and shield.

The Warden glowered, readying his weapons too. "It ends here!"

Loghain made his way down and soon met the Warden in single combat. The man was skilled and clearly crazed; this made him a dangerous opponent. Loghain was forced onto the defensive several times, forced to use his shield more than his sword.

He grits his teeth. 'Have to…overcome, find a way…'

His shield arm was going numb; he had to turn things around quickly. He quickly formed a plan as he avoided another strike from the Warden's mace. Finally he made up his mind and reacted quickly, deflecting the blow with sword before using his shield to strike the Warden in the throat before finishing him off with a quick thrust with his sword. He pulled his sword free and staggered back, fighting to catch his breath, it was over, for now.

He sighed as he returned to the shore, the boat was long gone.

'May you reach your destination safely, Arya Stark.' He thought. 'Maker watch over you.'

He turned to Syrio's body and sighed again. "I do not know the funeral customs of your homeland Syrio Forel; I am sorry, but let me at least give you a funeral, worthy of a warrior."

So he soon got to work; he knelt down and began carefully removing the arrows that had pierced the man. He then began to gather what dry wood he could find and finally, after gathering the wood and also using the Warden's bodies, the ones he could retrieve that hadn't been crushed under the rocks and remained buried.

He let out a breath of exertion as he finished setting up the pyre. 'There we go; I can only hope this is…sufficient.'

Satisfied with this he went and retrieved Syrio's body and laid him out reverently, along with his sword before stepping back. Everything else was set up, so, he prepared to light the torch. They were luckily in a sheltered area which was covered from the rain and so the flint lit the torch quickly.

He set the torch to the pyre and stepped back, watching respectfully as the pyre lit and the bodies were cremated.

After the funeral was over; Loghain began to leave the Storm Coast, he turned two of the horses loose, before mounting the third. He rode away dejectedly, sadly. He knew now that he no other choice, he had to seek a different way to elude his pursuers and find a way to escape to one of the other lands.

He needed desperately to figure out what was going on.

End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.

Well, there we go, last Loghain chapter for this story, just three more to go.