In the years after the pact between the First Men and the Children of the Forest, skinchangers were not heretics and monsters, but rather respected prophets and priests.
But 4,000 years later, the golden-haired, blue-eyed Andals arrived, wielding weapons forged of steel, their chests painted with the seven-pointed star symbolizing their new gods, armed with unwavering faith, crossing the sea to kill.
Speaking of which, one can't help but want to complain: mmp, you were all in the Bronze Age four thousand years ago, and after 4,000 years of living with the magical Children of the Forest, magical civilization didn't develop, technological civilization is shit, civilization stagnated.4000 years and you still haven't transitioned from a mature Bronze Age civilization to an Iron Age civilization, eat shit!
Serves the Seven Kingdoms right for being easily swept aside by others (not destroyed, most chose to surrender or change allegiance, or intermarry with the Andals), only the North, because of the natural barrier of the Neck, barely managed to preserve the power of the "First Men."
Well, the Neck can be understood as the "Shu Road" of Westeros, a place where one man can hold the pass against ten thousand, and there's no "Chencang" for a secret crossing, just a "single passage" (actually, there's also the sea route).
Just how difficult is it to pass through the Neck?During the "War of the Five Kings," the demoralized Ironborn, with only 63 archers, held off the Northern army of ten thousand for a full three years!
During the Andal invasion, the North was not solely dominated by House Stark.
Besides the Starks, there were many other powerful lordly houses, such as the Boltons, who enjoyed flaying people.
Don't let Ramsay Snow and Roose Bolton's unique tastes and eccentric personalities fool you; their family's foundation is in no way inferior to the Starks.
Back then, several Stark lords were flayed by the Boltons, and their skins were used to make cloaks.
Damn. Awesome!Getting back to the main point, in the process of unifying the North, the Starks were also gradually undergoing a "de-First Men" process.
Although the Starks always had phrases like "I am a First Man" on their lips and insisted on adhering to the traditions of the "Old Gods," they were no longer pure First Men.
The last recorded skinchanger lord, the Lord of Sea Dragon Point, known as the "Wolf Spirit King," was a loyal ally of the Children of the Forest.
But the Starks killed him and his sons, killed his animal companions and green seers, leaving only his daughters as spoils of war.Would true First Men slay a greenseer?
Do you remember the sacred pact made with the children of the forest on the Isle of Faces?
Only wildlings beyond the Wall and the crannogmen of the Neck are true First Men, they still revere the greenseers, while the Starks merely have First Men blood.
Not only the Starks, but the Lannisters of Casterly Rock, the Gardener line of Highgarden, the Durrandons of the Stormlands (the Baratheons only inherited Storm's End after Aegon's invasion), they are all descendants of the First Men, and have thousands of years of faith in the Old Gods.Back then, skinchangers weren't the monsters everyone wanted to kill.
But after the Andals successfully invaded Westeros, the Faith of the Seven, without the old gods, replaced the original but truly existing old gods.
Somewhat ironic.
In the southern great houses, the godswoods, representing the shrines of the old gods, gradually became gardens for ladies and children to play in.
Skinchangers and greenseers were gradually demonized, becoming characters to be killed on sight, almost like White Walkers.
As long as someone who could communicate with animals was encountered south of the Wall, the people around them would immediately kill them.For thousands of years, until the generation of Eddard Stark's children, the warg spirit had become a thing of fairy tales.
Even if you loudly proclaimed yourself a warg, people would only laugh and mock you for daydreaming.
Therefore, Jon, Arya, Bran, and even Robb, were all at one point very resistant to their warg nature, not only failing to develop their talent, but even wishing they could seal it away.
Dany's "Mother of Dragons" talent is definitely no less than that of a greenseer, which has a one in a million chance of appearing, and in the heyday of the Old Gods faith, there were at least one or two in each generation.And Daenerys may be the only "Mother of Dragons" in the 5,000-year history of Valyria.
Well, a genetic mutation.
The Daenerys in the original story resisted her talents and instincts even more than Jon did.
She wanted to play with dragons, but her companions and subjects were afraid of them; she wanted to hunt freely with dragons, but she was too busy with official duties to be distracted, and because she was worried that the dragons would hurt people, she locked them up, ignoring the young dragons' cries of sorrow; she wanted to ride a dragon and fly away, ending it all, but then she remembered her obligations to her subjects.Back then, she had even lost her dragon dreams, almost unilaterally losing all connection to dragons—her black dragon could still sense her safety.
That Daenerys was a kind queen, a failed Dragon Mother. She had put the cart before the horse, clinging to her identity as queen while completely abandoning the title of "Dragon Mother."
That was not just a title, but the fundamental meaning of her existence.
This Daenerys is different now, even without being taught, she is developing her talents in her own way.Her efforts were also rewarded; during the black dragon's flight, Daenerys gained his vision through the soul connection of the dragon dream.
Wolf spirits can not only gain the five senses of animals, but also occupy the body of a wolf in human form, which cannot be considered controlling its behavior. Rather, they transform themselves into wolves, which can be considered a temporary possession of the wolf.
The reason Daenerys is only considered a "lesser dragon spirit" is because her control over dragons is far worse than a wolf spirit's control over their animal companions.
She can only receive the black dragon's sensory information; let alone become a dragon, she can't even control their actions.Moreover, besides the black dragon, she not only couldn't control different kinds of animals like a skinchanger, but even with the white and green dragons, Daenerys couldn't establish stable dragon dreams.
It wasn't that the two dragons were rejecting her.
It was more like a skill slot could only choose one skill. As her connection with the black dragon grew stronger, the other two dragons had fewer and fewer dragon dreams with her.
——In fact, wolf spirits also have a "skill slot" limitation. Those with high talent can control more animals, while those with poor talent can only control one dog—dogs are the most docile and easiest to control.A warg capable of controlling six animals earns the "honorific" epithet of "Sixskins."
Ser Jorah told Dany that each dragon has only one master, and a person can only ride one dragon. No one else can ride his dragon alone until the current master dies.
Well, outsiders can ride along as passengers in the company of the dragon's master.
Similarly, a Targaryen who already has a dragon cannot ride another dragon.
"Huh, what was that?" Dany suddenly woke up.
Just now, in a fleeting glance, she saw an unusual scene.The black dragon's vision is astonishing, seemingly able to see things dozens of kilometers away from a thousand meters in the air.
It wasn't very clear, and the duration was short, but the colors of the red wasteland were too monotonous, a uniform dark red.
Previously, Daenerys, through the black dragon's perspective, could only see the blue sky, the red comet, and the dark red plains with varying degrees of clarity.
Suddenly, in the instant the black dragon turned, Daenerys saw a patch of white abruptly appear on the consistently dark red ground.
Could it be a city? A range of rocky hills with a special color?
"Big Black, stop fooling around, quickly help me find that white thing from before...""It seems to be a city," she thought anxiously.
According to Dothraki tradition, animals other than humans shouldn't be given names. Daenerys didn't think of her dragons as animals; they were legendary beings, no less than humans.
So early on, she gave them names.
Uh, Big Black, Little White, Little Green...
Okay, those were nicknames, she often called them that.
It would be a waste of his hellish black and red scales if the black dragon wasn't called "Deathwing."
But the name "Deathwing" was too hateful, and she didn't want her dragon babies to die young.When he becomes invincible in the world, let him use his sulfurous and death-reeking maw to proclaim: I am Deathwing, the Destroyer, the End of All Things, I am the Cataclysm.
Yeah, that's pretty cool.
The other two are much more ordinary: Emerald, White Jade.
The green dragon is as crystal clear as jade, its body like the finest emerald, a vibrant, life-filled green.
The white dragon's main body is a warm, jade-like color, but along the bone patterns is a platinum color like sunlight, exuding an aura of revered holiness.If asked, she would also tell them that the black dragon scales were sparkling and translucent, like black crystals, hence the name "Black Diamond."
Emeralds, white jade, and black diamonds are all beautiful, harmless, and beloved gemstones. The names are completely non-aggressive, which helps to conceal the fact that they are the most brutal creatures in the world.
"Hiss-ga—" The black dragon found the patch of white that Dany needed, a mirror-like reflection of white light.
The dragon's pupils contracted, and a patch of white light on the dark red earth was constantly enlarging.
"That really is a city!" Dany exclaimed with joy.About 30 kilometers southwest of the Qarth, beyond the range of her water-gathering party's search.
"That was a close call," she said, patting her chest in lingering fear.
The black dragon was still young, and he didn't persist for long before flapping his wings and landing back in the basket behind Daenerys.
Daenerys immediately found Jorah and told him about it.
"This..." The knight looked surprised, both by the appearance of the city and by the fact that the young dragon's vision could see so far, and that Daenerys could share that vision."Your Highness, I have never heard of a city in the Red Waste, and I didn't even know that humans lived in this place that even demons despise." He stroked his chin and said cautiously.
"But Dany thought of the dried-up riverbeds she had encountered before, and said, "Perhaps it is a civilization lost in the river of history. It's too far away, and even the dragons can't see clearly, but I know that the city is very large and could never be a village. You and I both know that the current Red Waste cannot support a large city."
"An abandoned city?" Jorah nodded, thoughtfully saying, "Let the scouts go and take a look first. At least that place can provide shelter from the sun."It's only an hour or two's ride for 30 kilometers. Ago and two other warriors returned before noon.
"Khaleesi, you were right, it is indeed a stone city, all white. But there are no inhabitants, the city gates are broken, the houses are collapsed, only wind, sand, and flies move through the streets. It is a dead city, name unknown, without the favor of the gods, we should avoid it."
"Why?" Daenerys asked, puzzled. "No one is better, we can occupy it at will. If there were residents, I would worry about their attitude towards the Khals.""Jiqi said in a trembling voice, "Once the gods leave, demons will go out hunting at night. It's best to avoid places like this, everyone knows that."
"Everyone knows that," Illy agreed.
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