Who would've thunk for Vhagar to actually resurface at this point in time?
After all, Ronan wanted the old one to appear much sooner because warging with it is sure to be quite handy.
But the wrinkly thing really knew how to find a hiding spot. And despite its size... it sure could hide.
To that point that even his multiple eyes in the sky weren't able to scour where it was.
Which really reminded him of the camouflaging that Aemond utilized to good effect in the show.
Which also begs the question of what roused the recluse to appear now?
Was it that point of the story already?
From what Ronan knew, this part was done off-screen... so the details weren't as established as they were in the book.
Either way, he wasn't exactly keen on giving those two main participants a bonding experience for various reasons... hence the necessity for him to be currently riding on Vermithor...
Just the Bold Bronze with the Bronze Fury. On their way to nearly meet and greet and recruit an old lady.
His sources say that it's actually perched somewhere around the Braavosian Coastland... so, a quick trip there really was in order.
Then again, he could've also just used remote recruitment like how his Kraken did with his other Krakens...
But he needed the break... so he's treating this as a relaxing excursion.
After all, it's been Triarchy this and Triarchy that for him for some while now.
Then fighting to have Tyrosh, Myr, and Lys... be renamed Bronzosh, Bronzyr, and Bronzys, of course.
Push back on those, he can somewhat understand... but Puted Lands is perfectly reasonable that he found some of the Volantis folks' outrage on it to be quite lamentable.
Smh... smh...
Then again, they did become agreeable after he organized a cleanup of the loyalist remnants in those aforementioned lands.
By then, it was their turn to really shake their heads when the panicked runaways burnt to crisp by their borders.
In any case, he really wasn't too interested in turning them into Bronzantis.
He's already had his hands full.
Especially when considering that Rhaenyra had transformative plans of her own.
And that was to turn the Kingdom of the Three Sisters… into Kingdoms for three other siblings...
Meaning three more children…
Not counting Rhaegal who will inherit Westeros from her... and the second child, who is set to have Runestone...
It was a kind of family planning that really made Ronan let out a sigh. Wondering if that new attendant she hired was to aid this new quest she has.
Granted, his wondering has to be put to a stop... since Vhagar should just be ahead.
However, by the looks of it, trouble was brewing by her vicinity...
Yet it's nothing he can't handle... so without even as much of a word from him… the Fury announced themselves with a primordial roar that was accompanied by red-gold flames that couldn't be missed.
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And before Laena's eyes... the water swordsmen that decimated her accompanying Velaryon warriors were frozen still.
Even when it wasn't an Ice Dragon that arrived... a slayer of one seems sufficient enough.
Alas, she should have known that it wasn't just her that followed the clues to try and find Vhagar.
How naive she was...
The Braavosi that wanted to tie Laenor in for Seasmoke was clearly motivated for another one.
The fact that she wasn't killed along with her entourage from mere disagreements meant that her engagement could be back on... but it depends on whether she'll cooperate in the taming of the current largest dragon in the world.
Consequently, what they didn't know and what she also hadn't expected is a third party that was too much for either of them to handle.
Ser Ronan Royce himself!
And with his presence, it truly didn't take long for their stand-off to remain as is.
The bravos buckled and were quick enough to back away... while Laena was left alone to watch in awe and despair... as the agitated Vhagar was quick to turn docile with just her formidable cousin's glance.
A procedure that was truly unlike any of the dragon bonding processes she'd studied and memorized down to the last detail.
If jotted down by Dragonkeepers, it perhaps wouldn't even amount to a full paragraph...
She wasn't even sure if what happened had actualized or not.
And as much as she wanted to criticize the man for selfishly claiming another for his own... her complaints paused as soon as his inexplicable gaze was directed her way...