AN: Something I thought about while writing KOT. Same basic concept, but with Superpowers. I began writing this as I wait for reviews regarding the Chapter 15 question of KOT.
(If anyone can come up with a better name, please tell me. I will give you credit).
WALDER FREY
RIVERLANDS-THE TWINS
Lord Walder Frey was doing the part of his lordship he hated the most: Listening to smallfolk complain about their issues. It was both unimportant in his opinion, and a bore. Sure sometimes it led him to having a good fuck with a common girl, but those were the exception.
Suddenly, the door burst open and he saw his heir, Stevron run into the room.
"What is it?! This better be important." He yelled.
"Father, it is Lady Annara! She was giving birth and…" Stevron was at a loss of words for some reason.
"Out with it? The babe is dead?" Walder ordered and guessed. It was a fact of life. He had lived through it multiple times. He had even heard that Black Walder ran betting on if his siblings would survive.
"No, the babe, she's healthy but… she's glowing like a flame."
Walder looked at his eldest son, the one he felt the most pride in. "What?" he asked simply.
STANNIS BARATHEON
DRAGONSTONE-LORD'S SOLAR
Stannis Baratheon was busy signing documents as was required of him as Lord of Dragonstone. It was a position he was slighted by, but damn him if he failed to follow through on his duties, no matter how insulting.
Suddenly, he heard a man scream. The strangest thing about it though, was that he was alone in the Solar, and the scream came from behind him. Where the only thing of note was the window.
Having had his suspicions aroused, Stannis stood and walked to the window. Seeing nothing, he looked up on a whim only to see a guard rising higher into the air.
Before he could fully comprehend what he saw, he then heard more screaming, but in the opposite direction. He looked down to see the start of utter chaos.
One guard was glowing like he was lit on fire. Another was staring at his arm which resembled the wings of a bird. A third guard was surrounded by what appeared to be lightning.
Suddenly, the door to the solar slammed open, and Ser Davos Seaworth ran in.
"Ser Davos! What madness is this?" Stannis beckoned the Onion Knight to the window.
"I know My Lord, I saw. It's happening all over the keep." Davos sighed. Stannis noted he looked as though he had just stopped panicking himself.
"My lord, I need you to lie."
Stannis stared at the knight in his service. "What?"
"Lie. Just something obvious. I need to see if I am right. Please My Lord." Davos said quickly.
Stannis took a moment. "I am the Lord of Storm's End." He said, grinding his teeth.
Davos sighed. "I thought as much. Red."
Stannis looked at his advisor. "What madness has possessed you?"
"Pardon My Lord, but...You remember in Winter, it is so cold one can see their own breath when they speak? Well since a few minutes ago, I have been seeing it for everyone. But it's red when they speak a lie, otherwise it is white."
Stannis took a moment, leaning against his desk.. "So you are saying it's like what is outside, but only you can perceive it?"
"Not just outside, several guards on my way were panicking as well. Something very-STANNIS! YOUR HAND!"``
Stannis looked down at the hand he was using to hold himself over the desk he leaned on. His hand instantly reminded him of Shireen. 'Grey Scale.' He thought. Only when he pulled back away from the desk, his hand turned back into skin.
"What the…" He was at a loss of words.
"That was not grey scales. The color was wrong." Davos said, himself just as confused as his lord. "It was the same color as the desk...My Lord, pull out your sword."
Stannis did so, and feeling like he knew what Davos was thinking, he touched the steel with his bare hand. It instantly turned the color of the blade.
Davos touched his hand. He then knocked his knuckle against it. "Aye. Solid Steel."
Stannis looked at his hand. Then he moved it. It felt a bit strange, but he still had all the mobility he had when it was flesh.
"What in the Seven Hells is going on?" He muttered to himself.
OBERYN
DORNE-SUNSPEAR
Oberyn awoke and the first thing he saw was his paramour Ellaria Sand still asleep.
It was the quiet days like this, where he had no duties to attend to, that allowed him to just be with the woman he loved. He could almost forget the rest of the world, and focus on the now. Considering how they went to bed, Oberyn would not be surprised if the Sand Snakes had another sister before the year ended.
Feeling movement, Oberyn watched as Ellaria began to stir.
Smiling, Oberyn greeted her morning by pulling her head close and awakening her with a kiss.
His eyes closed, he felt Ellaria wrap her hands around him as well. Suddenly, they seemed to go rigid for a moment, before trying to scratch into him.
'Well, it seems she wishes to pick up right again.' Oberyn thought. Their passion often left injuries on them both.
It was a few seconds later when Ellaria instead pushed him away. She did so with enough force that he flew out of the bed and hit his back against the wall.
"What the…" Oberyn muttered as he was now fully awake. How had Ellaria done that? She was not strong enough to throw young Elia with that much force.
He looked at his paramour, only for his mind to go blank.
He had seen that expression Ellaria had on many other faces.
Faces he had killed.
Faces he had poisoned.
Her lips and the skin around it were turning purple.
Oberyn ran over to her, and tried to get a better look at her. He always carried some poison on him. Had some gotten into her wine last night? No. none of his would take that long while causing such discoloration.
He then realized that he had kissed her. Had he been poisoned as well? He could worry about that later.
He ran out of the room and found a guard. He grabbed the man by his arm with enough force to tear off the man's sleeve. "Get the Maester! Ellaria needs help!"
He ran back inside the room, only to hear a loud crash back outside. He ran out again, and saw the guard he just ordered on the ground. The arm where Oberyn had grabbed was just as discolored as Ellaria's mouth.
Oberyn returned to his room, and fearing what would happen, he grabbed a flower, and watched as it turned purple and wilted.
By the time Areo Hotah and other guards came by, all they found was two dead bodies, and Oberyn cradling the corpse of the mother of half of his children.
JAIME LANNISTER
KING'S LANDING-TRAINING GROUND
Jaime walked onto the training grounds. He had just finished 'Guarding' his sister and was supposed to meet Selmy and Moore for a spar.
What he did not expect was to see a shirtless man fighting both of them at once.
Jaime looked at the man. His first thought was Renly, but he was not that large, and this man had a full beard Renly would never let grow. Could that be-
"KINGSLAYER! Join your brothers. This is getting too easy." The formerly fat king yelled as his strike was parried by Selmy. He went to retreat from the old knight, only for his fat to suddenly return. The sudden weight increase caused him to fall onto the floor.
"Your Grace" Ser Barristan said as he sheathed his sword and ran to the king's side.
Robert panted. "Hang on." He stood back up, and closed his eyes. Suddenly the fat disappeared again as he returned to what he looked like when he slew Rheagar.
"What is going on!?" Jaime said. He went to run up to his Oath Brothers and king, but he ran straight past them and hit a wall face first.
While he was on the brink of unconsciousness, he stayed awake long enough to see Ser Arys Oakheart run in, yelling that Pycelle was dead.
VISERYS
PENTOS-ILLYRIO'S MANSE
In an otherwise empty room, Viserys suddenly appeared, falling to the ground.
"I've done it Father, I have started our vengeance. Now, I may not even need an army."
MOMENT'S AGO-KING'S LANDING
Viserys stood behind where the door opened, waiting for his chance. He did not have to wait long. The door opened and obscured him from vision. The old man did not even realize he was there.
Pycelle closed the door and put his back to Viserys. But that wasn't good enough. The traitor needed to know why he died.
"Grand Maester!" Viserys yelled, grabbing his attention.
Pycelle turned, and his face went pale.
Viserys ran towards the traitor, and before Pycelle could react, he had the man on the floor, with his hands around his neck.
Suddenly, Pycelle grabbed Viserys arms and pulled him off.
'Damn, he's strong for an old traitor.' Viserys thought to himself.
Pycelle stood up quickly and grabbed a knife from off his desk, and suddenly charged at Viserys. To Pycelle's surprise, Viserys grabbed the knife with his hand. Pycelle looked down to see that what covered Viserys' hand was not skin, but scales, and the knife had failed to cut any of them. Suddenly, the scales shot out and hit Pycelle in the eyes, and as the traitor screamed, Viserys ripped the knife out of his hands and stabbed him repeatedly.
PRESENT
Viserys laid on the floor. He knew he could not just march in there and kill the Usurper, but he had done it, he had struck the first blow in his war of vengeance.
TYWIN
CASTERLY ROCK
Tywin awoke to find the castle in complete chaos. Some soldiers were on fire, another was stuck on the ceiling, and no one seemed to be in control. It took him several hours of sorting through all of that. But, he still managed to get everything under control just in time for him to perform his normal duties while having lunch in his solar. Whatever was going on, the day to day runnings of the Westerlands must continue.
His page- a distant cousin of his no doubt- had brought him his meal and then promptly left, no doubt hoping Tywin would not notice the tail the boy had grown.
Taking a small respite from writing orders and threatening to send minstrels to lords too young to not be arrogant, Tywin picked up the knife and cut into the beef the kitchens had prepared. Unfortunately, the meat was rawer than usual, and Tywin had trouble cutting it with a golden knife and fork.
Then Tywin realized the knife and fork were made of Steel when he picked them up.
Tywin looked at them, and having an idea, stood and touched a ruby adorning one of the decorations in the Solar. It turned from a gem to pure gold. Tywin then went and touched a piece of the beef he had managed to cut off. It too became solid gold. He touched another piece, purposefully telling himself not to change it, and it stayed the same. He then got the guards and had them bring a prisoner awaiting execution to his solar, after he was rendered unconscious of course. Tywin touched the criminal,but he stayed flesh.
'Well, this could be useful. And also fitting.' Tywin mused to himself.
Tywin returned to his paperwork, only to look up a few minutes later when he heard running approaching.
He almost choked on the beef when a seven foot tall Tyrion burst through the door. He still had his twisted proportions, but he was taller than any in the castle.
NED STARK
WINTERFELL-GATES
Ned, Jon and Bran rode back into Winterfell and began to dismount. They had just returned from some business further North. The Umbers and Clans got into an argument over hunting that almost came to blows. He figured it was a good opportunity to let Robb handle being Lord of Winterfell for a fortnight while he showed Jon and Bran how to negotiate.
"Lord Stark!" he heard a call and saw Ser Rodrik Cassell run up to him. A look of panic and confusion on his face.
"What is it?" He asked, he hoped it could be done quickly, it was unusually warm today, and he felt he had worn a few too many pelts. The sooner he resolved this the sooner he could remove them and cool down a bit.
"What isn't it? Everyone is doing strange things! Theon got thrown into the pond by the Weirwood and refuses to leave, Robb breaks everything he holds, and Arya stabbed Septa Mordane!"
"WHAT!?" Ned exclaimed. His focus was on the last one. "Arya would never-"
"It was an accident at least what she claims, but it's more what she stabbed her with. HER OWN BONE!"
"What?" Ned asked again. Had the whole castle gone mad?
He went to go see things for himself. As he entered the warmer halls of Winterfell, he got hotter and hotter, so he began to undo his layers, but kept them hanging on his body..
He arrived at Arya's room, and knocked before entering.
Arya was sitting on her bed, a grin that reminded him far too much of Lyanna's on her face.
"Father! Look what I can do!" she exclaimed as she held up her left hand in a fist.
Ned watched as his daughter's bones ripped through her own skin.
Speechless, he rushed over to her and inspected her hands.
"Don't worry, Look!" Arya said as her bones retracted back into her, and her skin covered over where they had jutted out, with no evidence of what she had done.
"Father, are you okay? You look sweaty."
Ned was jolted out of his shock for a moment to realize she was right. He had in fact been sweating ever since he got to Winterfell. No, now that he thought about it, ever since he woke up from the camp Bran and Jon had made he had not felt the familiar biting cold of the North.
AN: So, this is a story where everyone gains superpowers for no legitimate reason.
For some reason, every story idea I have involves adding stuff to the ASOIAF Universe.
I have done Yu-Gi-Oh!, and now the entire superpower concept. Other things I have in the back of my mind are a Fate crossover where a bunch of them fight in a Holy Grail War, and I have been thinking how to handle a Pokémon crossover, but doing so in this universe would mean having to kill off Pokémon, so I am less sure of doing that.
As for scheduling. I have an outline for KOT, and I have a point on it where I can end it for now- Around chapter 26 according to my outline, but it may be a bit later depending on how much I decide to add while writing. After that point, I can focus on this for a bit. Then I can reach a good checkpoint in this and either do another story or go back to KOT. If I did post another story, it would probably be the Pokémon one, as the Fate one requires additional research.
Here is a list of all powers seen so far by major characters and the ranking system I use to categorize them with examples of Strength, Speed and Energy manipulation:
E- Hardly above normal, or useful only in specific instances. (Strength- may be undefeated at arm wrestling. Or always break the opponent's jaw. Speed would be losing to an olympic runner, but being decently challenging to them with no prior running experience. DBZ style ki attack- just glowing hands).
D-Notable, but not very strong in comparison (Can carry 1.5x own weight without thinking about it. Speed would be 30-50 MPH. Does not include Stamina to sustain said speed. Ki attack- Solar Flare at best).
C-Average, (Strength would be enough to lift a wagon or punch through a gate. Speed would be 80-90 MPH. May come with a boost in Stamina. Ki attack would be Goku's first Kamehameha-destroy a car).
B-Above Average- Strength would be punching through Valyrian Steel. Speed would be running from KL to Winterfell non-stop in the morning and reaching by nightfall in summer. (117 MPH roughly) Ki attack would be Krillin's Destructo Disk during Saiyan Saga.
A- Exceptional abilities. Strength- Destroy a section of a castle wall. Speed would be running on water. (650MPH According to The Flash). Ki attack could create a Meteor Crater replica (2.4 Mile Circumference). Very rare or more often applied to weaker powers.
(Levels may vary depending on specific power. C rank Strength makes C rank Weather Manipulation look like it should be D rank).
Davos: Lie Detection (B): he sees truths and lies as different colors.
Stannis: Property Absorption (B): Can turn his body into any material he touches, can retain the ability to turn into a specific material for up to a week before having to touch it again.
Oberyn: Poison Touch (A): Fast acting poison secreted from his skin. Death within twenty minutes. Not transferable through a medium. (I.E, Oberyn could drink out of a cup and if someone else drank the same cup they would be safe).
Ellaria: Only thing shown was minor Super Strength (D).
Robert: Accelerated Metabolism (B+): Can turn his excess fat into power, but whatever he does not use returns to being fat.
Jaime: Super Speed (A-): Max speed between 400-500 MPH.
Viserys: Scales (B+/A-): Can turn his skin into scales comparable to dragon's. He can fire them for long range as well. Teleportation (B/B+): Can teleport to people, objects or locations that have emotional connection to him. No limit on distance, but repeat trips will tire him out.
Theon: Underwater Breathing (C): can breathe underwater, but can not see in dark water or anything. Still needs to swim to move.
Robb: Super Strength (B+)
Arya: Bone Manipulation: (B+/A-), Healing: (C+): Can be killed by a one shot, but can heal own injuries without problem.
Ned:Cold Resistance (A): Could be naked north of the Wall and not feel a breeze.
