Considering a ST x ASOIAF AU and I NEED some advice in placing certain characters into houses or fractions.
I've already sorted some things out. First things first I'm gonna have Jane/Eleven be a wildling beyond the Wall, idk it just feels right. I was also thinking Hopper could be First Ranger in the Night's Watch? And maybe Brenner as Lord Commander? I haven't decided on that bit, but I'd feel like it'd be better if only one of them was in the Night's Watch. Maybe Brenner could be a Maester elsewhere or sum.
I've already decided to put Will in house Reed, and maybe he could also be a warg with some other magical elements in there that I haven't really considered yet. Honestly I just like the concept. Also Lucas is gonna be from the Summer Isles, possibly traveling to Westeros for diplomatic purposes (since I'm gonna have to somehow make the party eventually meet), maybe traveling with his mother or father to experience court in King's Landing or sum.
Dustin is DEFINITELY going to be a Maester in training or a Maester that has just finished forging his chain and is being sent off to a specific house (possibly to one of the locations where one other member of the party is). Dustin was also previously of house Manderly so there could be some North solidarity with Will there. I've considered Mr. Clark to be a Maester and act as kind of a mentor figure in Oldtown.
Now Max and Mike are the ones I'm struggling with the most. I was thinking of putting Mike in house Baratheon, but I want him to be situated in King's Landing at the start of the story so I don't know how the circumstances might work there. When I first started thinking of this I considered making him a Targaryen bastard or a pure Targaryen bcs I wanted him to be on the Iron Throne for some reason, I was thinking of leaning in the "rebel king" or "runaway king" trope, not sure how that might work with him being a Baratheon, maybe I could make him one of Robert's bastards post-rebellion that manages to take the throne back? Not sure.
I have NO idea where to put Max, I was thinking of Tully at first but I didn't want to have two party members in great houses. Though I'm definitely gonna have her be a ward somewhere so wherever she's from she's not gonna be there at the start of the story. I also thought of house Martell at some point but I scrapped that idea as quickly as it came to me. Maybe she could be from the Reach? Redwyne possibly? Also whatever place she's a ward in has to be Billy's home/house, since it seems a great concept to me for Billy to think she's an outsider just like in the show.
I'll just take any suggestions at this point, or anything in the ASOIAF universe that seems similar to elements in ST. But yeah I haven't really looked at cleradin lore lately I'm not sure if that might help.