“I dreamt… many things,” she murmured, eyes turning murky. “The seasons keep turning, and the long summer draws near…”
“Then, can you tell me?” Rhaella pressed. “What will become of me?”
The woodswitch raised her head, and her eyes were now clear but full of pity.
“Knowing will do you no good, princess.”
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Really hoping this story doesn’t fall into the pitfall that made the last story so boring, with all the interesting characters dying off before Jon ever becomes important enough to actually interact with them in any meaningful way. But its starting to seem that way with how meandering Jon’s part of the story is, for no clear reason either. Jon was ready to dive headfirst into the plots with that letter from Aemon to Aegon but then he just gives it to Rhaella? So he can not get involved and wait for Aegon to die I suppose? It’s the exact same thing you did with Jon barely getting involved with the Dance in your other story til literally everyone was dead, and is a massive copout for a time filled with interesting characters.
Thanks for the chapter!
Aegon is in a difficult position and I am happy that he let Jon’s actions towards Rhaella pass, but at the same time I feel like as her grandfather and only remaining parental figure even if he isn’t going to punish Jon he should at least have a talk with him and also with Rhaella herself about what happened. But, well, I guess I shouldn’t really expect good parenting from him or most everyone else.
Jon himself dodged a bullet and now continues in his efforts to gather a power base, and mostly unintentionally keeps getting involved with people who in his timeline would have played significant roles, and now seems to be starting a spy network using orphans.
Daeron’s competence and reach are surprising and I can’t help but find him suspicious.