There are four continents in this world: Westeros, Essos, Sothoryos, and Ultus.
Westeros, also known as the Sunset Kingdom, is located at the westernmost point of the world. The long, narrow continent stretches from the northern ice cap to the south for about 3,000 miles.
In the far north, there is an imposing and impassable Great Wall, stretching for 300 miles, separating the land of eternal winter beyond the far northern wall of the Seven Kingdoms.
The Seven Kingdoms are a unified political entity that leads the vast southern lands. They are made up of nine interconnected and mutually exclusive territories.
The continent of Westeros was divided into four main regions by the rulers: North, West, East, and South.
The king appoints a local vassal as guardian and administrator of each region. The northern guardian is the Stark family of Winterfell, the western guardian is the Lannister family of Casterly Rock, the eastern guardian is House Arryn of the Eyrie, and the southern guardian is held by the Tyrell family of Highgarden.
The climate of Westeros is also the most peculiar among the four continents, with summers lasting more than ten years corresponding to long and cruel winters.
Along with this, there is intense cold and death. Of course, these strange old legends are also indispensable. At least most people in the Seven Kingdoms think they are just legends.
The White Walkers are a mysterious race from the land of eternal winter north of the Great Wall.
According to rumors, the White Walkers invaded the continent of Westeros thousands of years ago. It was a desperate period known as the "Long Night" in history. Fortunately, under the leadership of the Sword of Light and the Children of the Forest, humanity finally defeated the White Walkers and forced them to return to the land of eternal winter.
Later, to prevent them from invading the south again, the glorious Legion of the Night's Watch was created for this purpose. They transformed into sharp swords and strong shields, positioning themselves on the Great Wall of Despair, guarding the line of defense against the cold, night after night.
But that was a long time ago, so long ago that no one could distinguish truth from false anymore. It became a widely circulated horror legend, and the Night's Watch was almost reduced to a place of exile for large numbers of criminals.
But Cornelia knew that this was not a legend but a real story.
The White Walkers will definitely be back!
Cornelia wore a thin gauze skirt and sat by the window looking at Winterfell shrouded in darkness. The busy city during the day was calm and peaceful under the moonlight with light snow. It was a different kind of beauty. Of course, she didn't really have the chance to see the bustling beauty during the day.
But she loved this place, this city where she had lived for ten years, this beautiful Winterfell.
When he first arrived in Westeros, he was still in the womb of his current mother, Catelyn. As a baby, she was about to be born. Before she could fully understand the situation, she was "born."
It took a long time for her to understand the facts and accept the reality that this was a different world and the world of Game of Thrones.
When she was still a baby, she discovered she was in Winterfell. Ned Stark was her father, and Catelyn Tully was her mother. There were also two boys she was supposed to call brothers, Robb Stark and the bastard Jon Snow, who was also her brother, but Catelyn didn't like him.
Of course, there's also her twin sister, Sansa Stark, who was born on the same day as her. Although they are twins, they don't look much alike. Even in childhood, when it is difficult to distinguish their appearance, the differences that can be recognized at first glance become even more different as they grow up.
Under normal circumstances, twins are divided into fraternal twins and identical twins. Cornelia and Sansa are clearly fraternal twins. Sansa has brown hair, high cheekbones, and gray-blue eyes, with obvious Stark family traits.
Cornelia has dark hair, and for some reason, a small section of her hair gradually turns silver. Under the moonlight, these silver threads seem to reveal a faint silvery blue, and her eyes are also a beautiful ice-blue color. The white and delicate face looks like an elf from mythology, and the natural coldness always makes people unconsciously think of ice and snow.
Thinking that maybe she is the incarnation of ice and snow.
Since she was a child, Cornelia was different from ordinary people. Not only because she is a strange visitor from another world but also because of her appearance and other special characteristics. However, the Stark family never treated her with strangeness or prejudice. If anything, she gained even more love because of it.
Their love helped her more easily accept the fact that she had come to such a strange and dangerous world. In fact, this period was when her memory was clearest.
Cornelia soon discovered that something was making her memory blurry. Perhaps it was some natural law or some unknown god-like creature. She did not know.
But no matter what it was, she knew that there was an inexplicable force that made her gradually forget many things. Be it her own experience in her previous life or the events of the story about Game of Thrones. Everything started to get blurry.
Since discovering this, she began to memorize and meditate repeatedly in her mind every day. She would do anything to remember more things, no matter how big or small.
As she clearly knew how important these memories were to her and her future life in another world, she wanted to write them down with a pen. However, when she was a baby, she was unable to do this.
When she finally managed to pick up a pen, she could only remember a few things. Fortunately, she deliberately allowed herself to remember some things that were extremely important to her, such as the incident with the Stark family.
She recorded everything in another language, a language only she could understand. Fortunately, she did not abandon her original language. But in fact, even if she deliberately remembered, she only vaguely remembered some results and people. They weren't very clear, but the sequence of events was still somewhat useful.
Over the years, she never gave up remembering those memories. Even though it was difficult and even though the chances were slim, she was actually lucky enough to recall some of them.
She often recited the contents written in the notebook, and now she would never forget them. After all, the unknown force didn't wipe out all of them.
Her name is now Cornelia Stark. Even though she has forgotten many things, she clearly knows that this is a character who never appeared in the story.
Cornelia is unsure if this character originally existed but died at birth, so it was not mentioned. Or if it was mentioned, but she forgot. Or if this character simply doesn't exist.
But Cornelia knows that she is originally a person outside the story, a stranger.
But no matter what, she appeared here now. She was dragged into the game. Therefore, the odd one can be turned into a variable. And variables can change many things.
Like the fate of the Stark family!
Whether she loved the Stark family in the past or is a Stark now, she will never allow her family to end in destruction again.
She will do her best to change everything. She will and must do it!
Jon entered the room and saw Cornelia practicing swordplay.
"Lia, why aren't you sleeping yet? You practiced swordsmanship for so long at night, aren't you tired?" he asked.
Cornelia turned and saw that Jon was already at the door. She was so focused that she didn't even hear the sound of the door opening.
"My father asked me to practice swordsmanship and archery, but my mother refused to allow Arya to learn. Aaliyah is already very unhappy. If I complained that I was tired, she would stop talking to me for three days."
Jon was surprised. He didn't know Cornelia's mother was so controlling.
"Since I was five years old, my father personally taught me how to sword fight every night after dark. He taught me how to protect myself," Cornelia explained.
"Naturally, Arya, who is now eight years old, dreams of becoming a swordswoman. But so far, among the girls in the family, only I can learn swordsmanship openly rather than learning to be a true lady like Sansa."
"Of course, my mother doesn't want me to be a foolish lady who doesn't know anything about feminine etiquette," Cornelia continued. "So, during the day, she teaches me feminine etiquette. She still thinks girls can't be educated in swordsmanship and weapons."
Naturally, Arya was never allowed to practice openly. Caitlin certainly didn't know that Arya secretly practiced and asked Jon for advice. As for his father, he turned a blind eye to a certain extent.
"That's why she came to me secretly to learn from me. She doesn't really follow the rules."
Jon smiled and walked to the window, sitting in front of it. He looked at the night for a while, then turned to Cornelia, whose face was clear in the moonlight.
According to the weather in Westeros, it is still summer, but the north is close to the land of eternal winter. Snow can fall even in summer. The people in Winterfell are used to this weather, but it's not normal to see someone wearing only a thin gauze skirt and sitting by the window on such a cold and snowy night like Cornelia. The night wind, mixed with snowflakes, blew against her face.
"Are you dreaming again?" Jon asked, his eyes full of determination.
Cornelia paused, sitting down and hugging her knees. She shrugged and placed her head against her knees, turning it to look out the window at the boundless night. It was like seeing the dark, snowy valley of her dream.
"It's the same old thing," she said. "Endless snow-capped mountains, heavy snowflakes, and valleys of dark snow. And a cold pool in the depths of the snowy valley."
Cornelia had had nightmares since she was five. The scene changed occasionally, but the snow and darkness were always the same. And she didn't understand what it meant.
She was a variable, and her future was unpredictable.
Cornelia could only move forward and figure out these puzzles. In three years, she and Sansa would be thirteen. She had forgotten many details, but she remembered one thing: when Sansa was thirteen, the king would come to Winterfell and seal a betrothal between her and the prince.
She couldn't remember why the king had come to Winterfell. She couldn't even remember the prince's name. She couldn't remember many things after he came, but she knew that that year was the year the story began. She should have been prepared.
Over the years, Cornelia learned swordsmanship, pharmacology, and even how to fight. She didn't miss any opportunity to learn something that could be useful. In such difficult times, she didn't want to be just a helpless noble lady.
"But there's something different," Cornelia said to Jon with an expression he couldn't understand.
"This time, I saw something in the cold pool. I don't know what it was. It glowed with an icy blue fluorescence and was buried at the bottom of the pool, like a blue crystal…"
"I think it was real... It wasn't just a dream!"
She knew it wasn't just a dream. Five years ago, she dreamed of that cold pool, like Pandora's box, that attracted her.
And now, she felt that that magical box was finally opened, revealing a mysterious icy blue light.
Nobody knew what was inside.
Whether it was a dream or a nightmare, Cornelia needed to completely open Pandora's box to discover the answer.