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1. The Trials of Winter by synchodai

   Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   18 Sep 2024

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Cregan Stark/Jacaerys Velaryon
   • Baela Targaryen & Jacaerys Velaryon
   • Rhaenyra Targaryen & Jacaerys Velaryon & Joffrey Velaryon & Lucerys Velaryon (Son of Rhaenyra)
   • Jacaerys Velaryon & Laenor Velaryon
   • Aegon II Targaryen & Jacaerys Velaryon
   • Marilda of Hull & Corlys "The Sea Snake" Velaryon
   • Cregan Stark
   • Jacaerys Velaryon
   • Baela Targaryen
   • Corlys "The Sea Snake" Velaryon
   • Rhaenyra Targaryen
   • Marilda of Hull (A Song of Ice and Fire)
   • Aegon II Targaryen
   • Character Death Fix
   • Porn With Plot
   • Masturbation
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Period-Typical Sexism
   • Heavy Angst
   • Baela and Jace in a Lavender Betrothal
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Character Deaths Happen as in Canon Except for Jace
   • Blood and Gore
   • mix of show and book lore
   • Major Character Injury
   • Period Typical Bigotry
   • Minor Harwin Strong/Rhaenyra Targaryen
   • Sara Snow was Jace in disguise
   • Rhaenyra Targaryen Critical
   • Aegon's Dream Critical
   • Cannibalism
   • Follows compressed book timeline
   • Bisexual Cregan
   • Gay Jace
   • Book events only Red Sowing onwards
   • Mentioned Nettles
   • Minor Muppet Tullys
   • Gay Sex
   • Anal Sex
   • Non-Chronological
   • Public executions
   • Mushroom Mention
   • politicking
   • Battle of the Godseye Allusion
   • Plot is battling with porn sometimes
   • Suicide
   • King!Jace
   • Hand!Cregan
   • Jace is not a perfect king and has realistic struggles during his reign

   Summary

   An alternate universe fic where Jacaerys survives the Battle of the Gullet. He eventually sits the Iron Throne but finds the cost too great to bear. When the Hour of the Wolf arrives, all are judged for the part they played in the butchery of the Dance — including the king himself.

   Cregan frowned. "You bear your mother's sin as if it were your own."

   "I am cursed to bear it all the same. Will you still swear your sword to a bastard?"

   Cregan held Jace's face in his rough yet gentle hands. Even in the dim light, he could see the orange glow dancing in Cregan's hard grey eyes. "I've sworn my sword to a bastard and a handsome fool if you still question where my loyalties lie even as you share my bed."

   Series

   • Part 2 of A Song For Lovers Lost to Winter

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   English

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