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    They survive the encounter with Lady Stoneheart, though not without cost. Jaime loses his sword, Podrick loses a tooth, Brienne loses the last of her naive belief that Catelyn was still somewhere reachable in that monstrous form, and Hyle—

    Hyle loses a hand.


    Post-Stoneheart, Jaime, Brienne, Pod, and Hyle retreat to the Quiet Isle, and Jaime has to figure out where he's going next. It's not as simple of a decision as it should be.

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    The white ravens have been loosed from the citadel and they carry warnings beyond the change of the seasons.
    In the Vale, hidden under a false identify, Sansa Stark watches as plans come together and fall apart.
    Arianne Martell is witness to the return of Aegon Targaryen, but can she trust what she sees in the Stormlands.
    To the East Barristan Selmy rides into battle without Daenerys or her dragons, not knowing his success is dependent on the disloyalty of Tyrion Lannister.
    Far to the North Bran Stark trains his mind but can he escape the plan of a manipulator far more powerful than himself.
    There is only one truth universal across Westeros.

    Winter has come.

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    A Song of Ice and Fire fanfiction crowd sourced by YouTuber Preson Jacobs.

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    04 Feb 2026

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    The Seven Kingdoms are at peace. Crown Princess Shireen Baratheon shares a moment of vulnerability with her husband Aegon.

    Written for Valentine's Day a few years back, but never posted.

    (Functionally an epilogue for "The Kings Who Cared".)

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    29 Jan 2026

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    Oh.

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    A chance meeting in Braavos leads to Young Griff setting his sights on the opposite end of Westeros. When two would-be kings answer the Watch's call, each with his own claim and prophecy, the Seven Kingdoms face a very different future.

    (Eventual Aegon VI/Stannis team-up)

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    29 Jan 2026

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    This fic is like the best thing every ahhhh

  5. Public Bookmark 46

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    Fine. It’s not that he wasn’t right on a lot of things.

     

    Still — his voice sounded lighter as he recalled his childhood. She can see why he’d miss simpler times. And honestly, she kind of envies him that he even thinks about that — not that there was any snow on Tarth, but she never had siblings for bad or good, not counting her brother, and he wasn’t around enough for her to do any of those things with him, so she always was on her own most of the time and her childhood was hardly the kind you spend playing with other kids. She never did that kind of thing. So, the fact that he’d have no issues just going down and doing it if he could made something inside her go warm as she noticed how wistfully he was looking at that yard, and she can’t help feeling a certain sadness, as usual, knowing what people think of him when he’s just told her that his greatest wish right this moment is… throwing snowballs at his brother.

     

    Nothing anyone would expect of the Kingslayer now, is it?, she thinks bitterly. She wouldn’t have expected it either, years ago.

     

    But now she knows better, doesn’t she?

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    03 Jan 2026

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    #snowballsforjaime