Doctrine of Exceptionalism
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Doctrine of Exceptionalism by TheStormeGuard
Fandoms: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms
15 Aug 2026
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At age seven Baelor watched helplessly as his oldest brother was stolen from him.
At age seventeen Baelor won a crown for his father with Maekar at his side.
At age thirty two Baelor is a king in need of a consort.Or: Daeron II's children are born in the opposite order. Aegon IV lives an extra ten years and made that Maekar's problem, specifically, by mating his teenaged grandson against his will. After the Great Spring Sickness Baelor must remarry and father more children. His brother is the only person he can imagine doing that with.
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- Part 1 of Doctrine of Exceptionalism
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Tales From The Maidenvault by TheStormeGuard
Fandoms: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms
11 Aug 2026
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Everyone knows King Aegon IV “The Unworthy” took his fourteen year old grandson to mate. It is no secret that the royal concubine presented his king with a son only a scanty nine months later. It is common knowledge that five more children would follow over the next ten years.
All this and more would be whispered ear to ear at every event Maekar attended for the rest of his life. But no one else would ever know the whole of what had happened behind the barred door of the king's apartments. Not even Maekar's favorite brother.
Some things Maekar took with him to the grave.
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The chapters that were too upsetting to include in the main text of Doctrine of Exceptionalism. Read at your own risk.
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- Part 2 of Doctrine of Exceptionalism