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1. We Light the Way by nileinmybody

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

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

   26 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • House Hightower Character/ House Blackwood Character
   • Viserys I Targaryen/Original Female Character(s)
   • Daemon Targaryen/Rhaenyra Targaryen
   • Harwin Strong/Rhaenyra Targaryen
   • Corlys "The Sea Snake" Velaryon/Rhaenys Targaryen Velaryon
   • Alicent Hightower/Jason Lannister
   • Viserys I Targaryen
   • Alicent Hightower
   • Rhaenyra Targaryen
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Alternate Dance of the Dragons | The Greens Win (A Song of Ice and Fire)
   • Targcest | Targaryen Incest (A Song of Ice and Fire)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

   Summary

   Born of a scandalous Targaryen‑Hightower union, Aelora Hightower grows into a queen of contradictions: soft‑spoken yet ruthless, gracious yet calculating, beloved yet feared. When she marries King Viserys after Queen Aemma’s death, she becomes the quiet force reshaping the Red Keep rebuilding the Queen’s Court, forging alliances across Westeros, and raising a brood of dragon‑riding children who will one day define a faction.

   But the realm is fracturing.

   The Dance of the Dragons is coming.

   And Aelora Hightower will not go quietly into the fire. She will command it.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   13,315

   Chapters:

   3/?

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