the following prompts were taken from fire & blood by george r. r. martin, a history of the targaryen family of a song of ice & fire as told by historians within the setting, with various accounts being given in order to tell the tales of aegonâs conquest, the reigns of maegor the cruel & jahaerys the wise, the dance of the dragons, & more. some prompts have been lightly edited for roleplaying suitability.
please note â these prompts may include mentions of blood, violence, war, death, mutilation & other things some might find upsetting. feel free to change pronouns & prompts as you see fit !
â those who took up arms against me will be thrown down, & humbled, & destroyed. â
â some say that you play with poisons & dabble in dark sorceries. â
â when the sun sets, your line shall end. â
â you may take my castle, but you will win only bones & blood & ashes. â
â i will come again, [ name ], & the next time i shall come with fire & blood. â
â you are not wanted here. return at your peril. â
â it was said that the waters between the islands were so choked with corpses that krakens appeared by the hundreds, drawn by the blood. â
â you have come as an envoy under a banner of peace & will suffer no harm under my roof. â
â a [ lord / lady ] should know the land [ he / she ] rules. â
â even with that sword in your hand, you are only one person, & i cannot always be with you. â
â your guards are slow & lazy. i could have killed you as easily as i cut you. you require better protection. â
â you will not disgrace yourself in battle, but no songs will ever be sung about your prowess. â
â [ name ], you need never kneel to me again. we shall rule this realm together, you & i. â
â you are more fit to bear this blade than me. â
â i remember the days when one with a sword & a horse & a suit of armour could slash their way to riches & glory. â
â we can win our freedoms back, but now is the time to strike, for this new [ king / queen / title ] is weak. â
â a more unwelcome wedding guest can scarce be imagined. â
â the smallfolk love [ me / you ], do they not ? â
â if [ they / you ] had grievances, why not bring them to me ? i would have heard [ them / you ] out. â
â sword & lance have lost whatever appeal they ever had for me. â
â your savagery in the field & your harshness toward defeated foes is oft remarked upon. â
â the warning signs have been plain enough for those with the wit to read them. â
â you are a fool & a weakling, [ name. ] â
â the throne will go to the one who has the strength to seize it. â
â this is a night for song & sin & drink, for come the morrow, the virtuous & the vile burn together. â
â i do not have the time for tears. â
â you were foolish to think you could hide this from me. â
â this place has its secrets, known only to the dead. â
â it would be a bloody business, one that might harden hearts against us. â
â i shall not begin my reign by bathing in blood. â
â it would make [ you / me ] seem weak, & [ you / i ] must never seem weak. â
â i will have no oathbreakers at my court. â
â a touch of these talismans is believed to bestow prosperity & good fortune. â
â like as not, we will win, but not without cost. â
â those who would do harm to their [ king / queen / title ] seldom attack on horseback with lance in hand. â
â iâve fought in a hundred battles, & never you mind on what side, thatâs for me & the gods to know. â
â i have seen your [ daughters / sisters / women. ] they have no chins, no teats, & no sense. â
â in many a sad song, maidens forced to wed against their will throw themselves from tall towers to their deaths. â
â they will be making wedding plans for me as well, i do not doubt. â
â you have sworn me your sword & your obedience. remember those vows, & speak no word of my departure. â
â you foolish child, you know not what youâve done. â
â if another word passes your lips, i will have them sewn shut. â
â what is done is done, & now we all must needs live with it. â
â do not think that you shall unmake this marriage. we are one now, & neither gods nor men shall part us. â
â in songs, as ever, love conquers all. the truth, we submit, is a deal less simple. â
â you will come to your senses & repent this folly. â
â [ you / they ] have put [ your / their ] own desires ahead of the good of the realm, & that cannot be allowed. â
â [ i / you ] desire above all to be loved, admired, & praised. â
â when we go back, i shall be fortunate to snatch an hour with you, for everyone in the realm will want a piece of you. â
â many years from now when we are old & grey, we shall look back upon these days & smile, remembering how happy we were. â
â [ name ], why do you punish yourself so harshly ? â
â there can be no question of marriage, of course, but you would have jewels, servants, whatever you might want. â
â there are rich rewards in being a [ kingâs / queenâs / titleâs ] bedwarmer. â
â feeding a growing dragon is no small thing. â
â they would cut [ you / me ] to pieces, my love. â
â do you mean to claim the throne for yourself, then ? â
â a shiver of fear went through me when i saw that sword. is there a warning there ? â
â [ your / my ] pride is well - known to [ me / you. ] â
â i have no wish to wound you further by forcing you to humble yourself before the entire court. â
â some say that we are now enemies. i would sooner think of us as friends who disagreed. â
â i would not sit upon this throne if not for you, all the realm knows that. & i still have need of you. â
â words are wind, but wind can fan a fire. â
â everywhere you go, it is said, you perform miracles. â
â what [ they / i ] do is what [ they / i ] have always done, & it is not for [ us / you ] to judge [ them / me. ] â
â [ they / i ] lust for dragons of [ their / my ] own. â
â i need a seat of my own. a place where none may threaten me, banish me, or trouble those i have taken under my protection. â
â are you so uncertain of that throne that you must needs have your own blood bend the knee to you, [ name ] ? â
â i cannot suffer that again. it would rip my heart apart. â
â would that i could empty the city, knock it down, & build it all anew. â
â why should i steal from you ? i am twice as rich as you are. â
â i could not bear for you to leave me. â
â i have heard the sea calling. it is time for me to take my leave. â
â i have asked you to stay. i will not beg. if you would go, go. â
â they may not hatch. it is known, some dragon eggs simply turn to stone. â
â they do not mock [ me / you ] to [ my / your ] face for [ your / my ] sake, but they titter at [ me / you ] behind [ your / my ] back. â
â you weep for [ them / name ], but would you weep for me ? â
â sickness ? this is no sickness. a weasel in the guts, dead in a day ⌠this is poison. â
â i could have done a lot of things. i could have been a [ title. ] â
â i could have killed your enemies, as easily as i killed your friends. â
â they look at [ me / you ] & see a villain. [ i / you ] can serve [ you / me ] better from the shadows. â
â why should i care if theyâre all dead ? â
â youâll find someone new ; you always do. â
â why should you be [ title ] ? i should be [ title ], not you. â
â i want to come back to court, with the singers & the fools & all the lords & knights. please take me with you. â
â let us put our sorrows behind us & begin the new year with pageantry & celebration. â
â what did i give birth to ? what kind of beast ? i ask you, what did i give birth to ? â
â it is a poor ruler who wages battle against their own lords & leaves their own kingdom burned, bloody, & strewn with corpses. â
â are you mad, to speak so to me in my own hall ? â
â speak openly of burning down their halls, boast of how you fed their own kin to your dragons, & you will only inflame them & set their hearts against you. â
â if [ name / they ] were dead, i would know it. they are still alive. i feel it. â
â i may have seen a dragon. or something big, with wings. â
â go with care, [ name ], but go. they are hunting you, all up & down the country. questions are being asked, rewards are being offered. â
â strange beasts, aye, & like as not, youâll end up in the belly of one. â
â the sound of it ran down my spine like a cold knife, though i could not have said why. â
â you do not want to see [ me / them ] like this, & i would be remiss if i allowed you any closer. â
â how could the gods be so blind or so uncaring as to permit such horror ? â
â i cannot forget how oft [ they / name ] begged for death. â
â it is one thing to leap upon a dragon & quite another to bend him to your will. â
â there is much & more of the nature of the world that we do not understand, & may never understand. mayhaps that is a mercy. â
â it is my own abiding sin that whenever i come upon a door i must needs see what lies upon the farther side. â
â it would seem that i am doomed to always come too late. â
â there is nothing there for me now but grief & ghosts. â
â i fed my last [ husband / wife ] to my [ dragon / dogs. ] if you make me take another, i may eat them myself. â
â i was made to sit a horse, not a cushion. â
â the veiled threat. youâre most adroit at that. â
â [ i am / you are ] well respected here, but not loved. â
â i hope you brought something warmer than that. â
â if you are expecting balls & masques & dances, you have come to the wrong place. â
â here the world ends. â
â were it me, i might pray that [ name ] fell off of their horse & broke their neck coming home. â
â there are fortunes to be had there, & i am not blind to that. â
â drinking salt water will make a man mad, every sailor knows that, but the freshwater is no safer in that place. â
â speak now, & you will be well rewarded. hold your tongue, & you will lose it. â
â i am a [ man / woman ] of honour, & you are lower than rats. â
â there is a place for you in the castle, if you want it. â
â mayhaps [ you / they ] are not so close to gods as [ you / they ] had believed. mayhaps, in the end, [ you / they ] too are only mortal. â
â i would not sleep away what life remains to me.â
â when i die, i want to die with my axe in my hand, screaming a curse. â
â it is for you to determine what becomes of you. â
â i would sooner you wed a [ lord / lady ], but if you prefer a hedge knight or a merchant or a commoner, even, i am past the point of caring, so long as you pick someone. â
â life is slower there, & quieter. you will like that. i swear to you, [ name ], you will be safe & happy. â
â the gods hold us all in their hands, & life & death are theirs to give & take away, but men in their pride look for others to blame. â
â what mischief can i get up to with so many eyes around me ? â
â the boys train at fighting every morning, why shouldnât we train at kissing ? thatâs what girls are meant to do, isnât it ? â
â lie to me again, & it will go very much the worse for you. â
â you can prove your innocence at the hazard of your body. â
â forgive me, but i have a [ husband / wife / partner ], & no taste for paramours. â
â i came back from the ends of the earth for you. â
â in [ place ], the men fuck sheep. you cannot fault them. their sheep are prettier than their women. â
â the sins of the fathers are oft visited on the sons, wise men have said ; & so it is for the sins of mothers as well. â
â who can know the mind of such a beast ? â
â if we do this, it must surely lead to war. â
â what sort of [ brother / sister ] steals their [ sisterâs / brotherâs ] birthright ? â
â am i a [ king / queen ] or no ? if i am, then crown me. â
â if you go, you go as a messenger, not as a knight. you must take no part in any fighting. â
â tell [ name ] that i will have my throne, or i will have their head. â
â i offered you an honourable peace, & you spat in my face. what happens next is on your own head. â
â i swore you my sword. iâm older now, but not so old that iâve forgotten the words i said, & it happens i still have the sword. â
â in this world of men, we women must band together. â
â you are wet, [ name. ] is it raining or did you piss yourself in fear ? â
â put out your eye, & i will let you leave. one will serve. i would not blind you. â
â it is not for me to tell you what to do when you are not beneath my roof. â
â if you thought to receive a heroâs welcome, you will be disappointed. â
â i have danced with dragons before. i would sooner sleep with scorpions. â
â thrones are won with swords, not quills. spill blood, not ink. â
â you are the lawful [ king / queen ], & those who deny it are traitors. it is past time they learned the price of treason. â
â it looks better on me than it ever did on [ them / you. ] â
â would - be dragontamers have made attempts to ride this one a dozen times ; its lair is littered with their bones. â
â if this be victory, i pray i never win another. â
â i am determined that this should be my victory ; i have no wish to share the glory with my family, nor any other. â
â the throne has spurned [ you / me ], & [ your / my ] days upon it will be few. â
â let the gods decide if you speak truly. if you are innocent, they will give you the strength to defeat me. â
â the gods will curse us all for this. â
â one who gathers whispers can spread them just as well. â
â no castle can be held against a dragon. â
â if i strike my banners, do you promise me my life ? â
â i told you i would build a castle out of traitorsâ bones. i donât have near enough bones yet, so ⌠â
â iâll have no songs about how brave you died, [ name. ] â
â today was butchery, not battle. â
â half the lords of the realm will turn against us if we are so cruel as to destroy such ancient & noble houses. â
â how many more must die to slake your thirst for vengeance ? â
â speak again of bastardy, & i will have your tongue out. â
â honour means little & less to [ them / you ] ; itâs wealth & power [ they / you ] lust for. â
â some will say the dead are the fortunate ones, for no mercy will be shown to the survivors. â
â the power young maidens exert over older men is well - known. â
â [ youâre / iâm ] hardly a likely paramour for a [ title ], one would think. â
â [ you / they ] are overly fond of [ gender / name ], & should be married soon, lest you surrender [ your / their ] virtue to someone unworthy of [ you / them. ] â
â all you have sowed, now shall you reap. â
â treachery no longer has the power to surprise me. i have come to expect it, even from those i love the most. â
â you are a common thing, with the stink of sorcery upon you. â
â i do not think you would lie to my face, but i cannot have those around me that i do not trust implicitly. â
â without a strong hand to restrain them, even good men can turn to beasts. â
â once a turncloak, ever a turncloak. â
â why be a [ lord / lady ] when you can be a [ king / queen ] ? â
â would that i had never read this letter. â
â such stories make for charming songs, but poor history. â
â on a dark horse with burning eyes they come, a scourge of fire in their hands to cleanse this pit of sin of demons & all who bow before them. â
â prayers cannot stay their wroth, no more than tears can quench the flame of dragons. only blood can do that. your blood, my blood, their blood. â
â this is their city. if you would make it yours, first must you destroy them. â
â they are vermin. drunks & fools & gutter rats. one taste of dragonflame & they will run. â
â though i cannot doubt your courage, your act was one of folly. â
â never have i seen a sight more terrible, more glorious. â
â i think your parents did not beat you often enough. take care i do not make up for their lack. â
â you may plot & plan & scheme, but you had best pray as well, for no plan made by mortals has ever withstood the whims of the gods above. â
â who can know the heart of a dragon ? â
â they will come for [ you / me ], & [ i / you ] do not have the power to resist them. â
â dear [ name. ] i had hoped that you were dead. â
â it would seem i am your prisoner ⌠but do not think that you will hold me long. â
â we shall meet in hell before this year is done. â
â the realm has been split asunder. we must needs join it back together. â
â the sooner [ they / you ] are dead, the sooner this rebellion will end. â
â words dripped from [ your / their ] lips like honey from a comb, & never did poison taste so sweet. â
â iâd sooner dance in hell than wear your chains. â
â you must surrender. the city cannot endure another sack. save your people & save yourself. â
â perhaps you sense your end is near, & wish to pray for forgiveness for your sins. â
â the killing has gone on too long. â
â finish these foes now, or those of us not in our graves in twenty years will rue our folly when their babes strap on their fatherâs swords & come seeking after vengeance. â
â are you a babe in swaddling clothes, to be cozened by flowers & feasts & soft words ? â
â there are liars, turncloaks, & poisoners in this court who would murder you as quick as anything to secure their own power. â
â i want no part of this, but i will not have it said that i stood in the way of justice. â
â the realm will be a better place without you. â
â you smell of woodsmoke, not of flowers. â
â there are worse ways to die. winter has come, [ name. ] â
â do this, & i shall know that you are as wise as you are strong, as kind as you are fierce. â
â give me this, & i shall give you whatever you may choose to ask of me. â
â all i ask is all of you, forever. â
â with winter at hand, strong backs & willing hands would be welcome in many a hearth & home. â
â [ they / i ] will warm your bed in winter, & gnaw your bones come spring. â
â itâs a gentle imprisonment, but imprisonment nonetheless. â
â should the dead come rising back up from beneath the sea, i shall gladly give them back what once was theirs. â
â if [ they / i / you ] die without an heir, we shall dance again, however much we may mislike the music. â
â how can you rule the realm when you cannot rule yourself ? â
â crown [ them / me ] & we will rip all the old wounds open once again. â
â iâve bedded two of them, i think it was. not both at once, that would have been improper. â
â you are wild, willful, & wanton, as i feared. â
â so long as [ they / you ] are kind & gentle & noble, i know that i shall love [ them / you. ] â
â soon i will be dead, & i would not die without ever knowing love. â
â whenever i see someone put to death, i like to have a flagon & a [ woman / man ] afterward, to remind myself that i am still alive. â
â you fool, you thrice - damned fool. if i dared, i would have your bloody head off. â
â i am not one who likes to laugh, & i like being laughed at even less. â
â all young men suspect they are immortal, & whenever a young warrior tastes the heady wine of victory, suspicion becomes certainty. â
â you might smile at their rebukes, but you will soon be given good reason to dread their rewards. â
â you do not need to like them, you need only wed them, bed them, & get a child from them. â
â it would be hard to picture anything more beautiful, unless perhaps all of them had arrived naked. â
â i shot them with an arrow in the arse. â
â like all such tales, they have some truth to them, well mixed with fear and falsehood. â
â you have twice [ nameâs ] ambition & half of their ability. â
â it was a foolâs scheme, & it will be quickly undone. â
â begone, or i promise you, every one of you shall die here. â
â i acted only to protect you from false friends & traitors. â
â [ i do / they did ] not deserve such a death, at the hands of such a beast. â
â i swear upon my sword in the sight of gods & men that none shall do you harm whilst i stand beside you. â
â the court roared with laughter, but as i look back upon it now, i blush for shame. â
â you always were a bloody fool, [ name. ] â
â the gods chose our new regents, & it would seem that gods are just as thick as lords. â
â one who knows how to ease pain will also know how to inflict it. â
â [ you are / i am ] an adult now, [ name. ] it is time for [ you / me ] to take the governance of the kingdom into [ your / my ] own hands. â