FOR ONCE HE WISHES TO KNOW
WHAT IT IS LIKE TO SERVE WITH
HONOUR
He was born a knight and thus he must die a knight. He has never known love other than the love he finds in serving a monarch. There is no one more respected and feared than him. All his life he had hoped that he could serve that one great monarch, that one ruler that was worthy of his protection. The mad king was not that ruler. He held high hopes that he could be cured of his illness, but the years made him worse and the only hope the kingdom had was in his son, a man he was proud to call his prince, his friend and in time his king.
YET IT WAS NOT MEANT TO BE
The seven gods could be cruel. How the rebellion started mattered little, he was sworn to protect the prince and the king and he did so to the best of his abilities. Yet even he could not protect them both from themselves. They both died in that war and he should have died with them, but instead he was pardoned by the stag and given his same position. He had hoped that this new king would be worthy, that he could heal the kingdoms and be a man worthy of protecting.
YET IT WAS NOT MEANT TO BE
Robert was a knight, he was not a king. He bleed the kingdoms dry and he sat on the iron throne for twenty years, eating and drinking and fucking everything around him. He was not a king. As strong as he was, as respected as he was, the stag never trusted the elder knight and that lack of trust resulted in his death. If he had only trusted Ser Barristan Selmy, if he had only allowed him a seat on the council and advice, then maybe none of this would have happened. Maybe he could have become a better man, a better king, but instead the lions dug there claws into him when he was no longer needed and tore him to piece. Ser Barristan Selmy had hoped that Robert son, a young boy would be a better king.
YET IT WAS NOT MEANT TO BE
He was insulted. He was stripped bare before the royal court. Mocked for failing to protect a king who could not be protected. He was given no respect and he was cast out. Ser Barristan Selmy was meant to die in serve to a ruler. The boy had surrounded himself with cutthroats and thugs, a kings guard they were not, it was laughable that even in his later years he could have killed the five golden knights in a blink of an eye. He knew he would never find a ruler worthy in the kingdoms, so he left – searching for the true heir to the throne – the last dragon.
“Daenerys Targaryen…” The elder commented, pulling back the dark hood that hide his features. It took him over a year to find her. To travel the narrow sea and walk the journey she had walked. To experience the hardships she had experienced. The kings he served – could never have survived what she had – she was a true ruler – a queen worth dying for.
she is , to look at , more a child than a Queen . more a child than a mother . the only myth about her that is proving true would be the silver in her name , mirroring the silver of her hair , flecked with gold as the sun danced off each strand . her eyes were closed , arms raising upwards as if to block the pain of the Scorpian’s tail that never came . Jorah is at her side , helping her to her feet , but it was not Jorah who’d stopped the creature from poisoning her .
❛ my Lord... you have saved my life , ❜ truly , she does not know if this old man is Lord or no , but after a deed such as this , she is offering him the upmost kindness . he moves quick for an old man , quick for any man : her eyes did not follow him . her Bloodriders had rushed to try and capture the Magi , but her attention is solely focused on the man when he speaks her name . not her titles , not the words the people of Essos call her , but her true name .
in her voice there is nothing of her father . no madness or expectation . there are not many who don’t , she realises , and how silly she must have sounded . but he must know what she means : her knows her family , he knows her Westerosi given name . beside her , Jorah stiffens as he holds her too long , and she turns her chin up to look up at her bear .
❛ you know this man ? ❜ why does she feel as if she is the last to find something out ? she waits , for someone to explain .