#darkwolf76

a simple explanation: it’s a story about betrayal, revenge, and love.

a more detailed explanation: josana lannister was raised to be tywin’s prized pupil. he took note of her sharp mind and cunning tongue at a young age, and wanted to exploit it, to transform her into his ultimate weapon. she was taught to be extremely well-read, to lie as easily as speaking the truth, and to manipulate her surroundings and the people beside her to achieve her goal by any means necessary. and josana in a quick leaner, easy to adapt to please her lord uncle to become a true lioness of the south. and when the time came to show her usefulness, josana did little to object.

tywin wants to control the world. he had cersei the queen of the seven kingdoms, planned to have jaime become the warden of the east after the death of jon arryn, and now, he would send his beloved niece to winterfell to wed ned stark’s eldest son to control the north. she is to marry robb stark, provide heirs, and raise them as lions rather than wolves. she is also to spy on the starks, to gather information and inform her uncle with anything of importance. 

when she arrives in winterfell along with the king and her cousins, it initially starts out pretty well. she and robb get along well enough as they are newly betrothed and the rest of the starks like her enough to have conversations, but mainly sansa and bran ( bran bc josana’s younger brother is a knight of the kingsguard and he keeps begging her to tell him more since it’s his dream to become one as well ).

but her civil relationships with the starks dwindle away once everything happens between them and the lannisters. the wedding between her and robb keeps getting pushed back, she starts to receive pointed looks and rude remarks every where she turns, and she feels completely and utterly alone with no one to turn to except her lady-in-waiting, sarra snow, roose bolton’s bastard.

regardless, her circumstances don’t halt her from her schemes. she continues to send letters to her uncle, with the help of sarra so it’s less suspicious, and try her best to survive in a castle full of wolves. when robb calls the banners and means to march south, he takes josana with him on the campaign. a campaign is no place for a high-born lady, but robb would rather have eyes on her at all times than to have her remain in winterfell with his younger brothers. 

in the campaign, josana feels trapped in a corner. and it only gets worse once they capture her cousin, jaime, and her family kills lord eddard stark. she can’t reach out to her uncle without anyone knowing, she can’t return back to casterly rock as she is now a prisoner in all but name, and the safety of a betrothal is now gone thanks to the alliance with house frey. it is truly rough out there for my girl.

but things slowly start to turn around now that josana has been with the starks for so long to have seen who they truly are: honorable, noble, and loyal. the starks could’ve had her shackled to a post and leave her to rot, but they didn’t. they could’ve left her to the hands of the north men to do with her as they please, but they didn’t. they showed her kindness as their hostage, something she knew her family would never do. and that plants the seed of doubt in josana’s allegiance. was her family as glorious and righteous as she remembered? or were they dishonorable, fearsome, and treacherous as everyone says they were?

ultimately, she becomes devoted to robb when she kills a lannister informant posed as a notherner. now, there are two reasons behind her killing him. 1.) because she no longer wants to be a spy for her uncle and doesn’t want to betray the starks anymore. 2.) survival. if this spy were to out her treason, her death would be imminent. so she had to choose: tywin or robb. and she chose the latter, which truly begins their romantic arc.

and what’s important to remember is that josana will never, ever, tell the truth about formally being a spy. it is important because it plays a HUGE factor into the rest of this story. she will have to live with that guilt and betrayal until the end of her days. and all actions have consequences in this story.

110 AC [episode 1]:

juliaena and vivienne oleander are serving as handmaidens to princess rhaeneyra by behest of their mother, aliza hightower

seraena storm is claimed, but not legitimized, by prince daemon targaryen 

doranah of wyl arrives in king’s landing for the first time and begins an affair with prince daemon targaryen

111 AC [episode 2]:

jaegor waters accompanies prince daemon to war to defend the stepstones against the triarchy from essos

jaehra targaryen returns to dragonstone then latter the redkeep after having been widowed for the fourth time

112-114 AC [episodes 3-5]:

juliaena oleander is betrothed to and marries lanse tyrrell ii

jaehra targaryen is married for the fifth time to rewan royce and sent to runestone

rhaerion targaryen meets vivienne oleander for the first time

jadis baratheon is rejected by prince daemon targaryen for a second time

jaehra targaryen is widowed for a fifth time

raisa royce begins her plot of revenge against prince daemon in retaliation for her sister’s death

jadis baratheon weds vaemond velaryon

mykal oleander takes over fully as the new lord of hellespoint 

doranah of wyl and ser criston cole officially wed

115-123 AC [blank period]:

jaehra targaryen moves back to the red keep indefinitely (briefly reigniting her fling with ser criston)

riasa royce marries ser harwin strong

jaedon velaryon, lanse tyrell iii, glendys tyrell, layn strong, fiorella dondarrion, and torvi the right eye are all born

jaegor waters and vivienne oleander begin their love story

fiorella dondarrion is legitimized and made a ward of the red keep

124 AC [episodes 6-7]:

jaegor waters asks for the hand of vivienne oleander; the two ultimately run off together under everyone's noses.

fiorella dondarrion and aegon targaryen ii first develop feelings for one another

riasa royce is widowed

the greens (mainly otto and aliza hightower) offer a betrothal between prince rhaerion targaryen and vivienne oleander in order form an alliance

vivienne oleander is abducted by rhaerion oleander and forced to wed him, but the story is changed to make him seem like the hero. jaegor waters is wounded in the process and initially thought dead by most 

125-129 AC [ blank period]:

rhaerion targaryen joins the small council

aeva targaryen is born

seraena storm leaves the red keep for dragonstone

lanse tyrell iii takes over as lord of highgarden

layn strong reclaims his title as lord of harrenhal

jaedon velaryon is knighted

jaegor waters reappears and declares war on prince rhaerion

fiorella is married to ser weslar westerling. soon after she beings an affair with prince aegon ii

torvi and prince aemond targaryen meet

130 AC [episodes 8-10]:

jadis is widowed and vies for revenge for the untimely death of her husband.

layn strong and glendys tyrell are betrothed

aeva targaryen and jaedon velaryon meet and fall for one another

prince aemond introduces torvi to his family

jaehra targaryen is saved by larys strong and agrees to wed him