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What Blooms Shall Return : ACT I — THE BLOOM THAT WAS CUT by Sefariane
Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms
15 Jun 2026
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Summary
“To live is to bloom. To love is to remember. To remember is to suffer.”
If we were given the chance, what would we change about our lives ? If we had to do it all over again, which mistakes would we try to put right ? What pain, what remorse, what regret would we choose to erase ? Would we really dare to give our lives a new meaning ? But to become what ? To go where ? And with whom ?
In 133 AC, Viraelya Rhodarys finally succumbs to the weight of her memories after having lost everyone she held dear. Alone in a world devastated by the murderous war that has been the Dance of the Dragons, and having lost all reason to live, she sees no other way out but to take her own life, with a last prayer to her venerated ancestors.
But the blood of the Star-Bloom House does not follow the laws of the Seven and by some extraordinary twist, Viraelya finds herself transported back in time, to when it all began, months before the summon that will change her life forever. Carrying within her twenty-six years of grief, dragonfire, and the heartbreak of a love realised far too late, she knows how the tragedy ends, but must now discover the cost of changing it. As well as facing a terrifying cosmic truth written in the stars.Series
- Part 1 of What Blooms Shall Return