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1. Queen After the Ashes by Estelhope

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

   • Not Rated
   • Major Character Death, No Archive Warnings Apply
   • No category
   • Work in Progress

   17 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Alicent Hightower/Viserys I Targaryen
   • Daemon Targaryen/Rhaenyra Targaryen
   • Rhaenyra Targaryen & Laenor Velaryon
   • Rhaenyra Targaryen & Laena Velaryon (Daughter of Corlys)
   • Rhaenyra Targaryen
   • Daemon Targaryen
   • Otto Hightower
   • Lyonel Strong
   • Harwin Strong
   • Criston Cole
   • Syrax | Rhaenyra Targaryen's Dragon
   • Caraxes | Daemon Targaryen's Dragon
   • Rhaenys Targaryen Velaryon
   • Corlys "The Sea Snake" Velaryon
   • Alicent Hightower
   • Aegon II Targaryen
   • Helaena Targaryen
   • No Dance of the Dragons | War For Succession Between Aegon II and Rhaenyra Targaryen Never Happens
   • Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen
   • Viserys I Targaryen Dies Earlier
   • Minor Alicent Hightower/Viserys I Targaryen
   • Author Hasn't Read the Books
   • or seen past season 1
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Protective Rhaenyra Targaryen
   • No beta we die like Otto Hightower
   • Protective Daemon Targaryen
   • Good Sibling Rhaenyra Targaryen
   • Graphic Depictions of Illness
   • Rhaenyra Targaryen Deserves Better
   • Daemon Targaryen Loves Rhaenyra Targaryen
   • Soft Daemon Targaryen
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Graphic Description of Corpses
   • Childhood Trauma
   • Mass Casualty Event

   Summary

   None expected the Triarchy to send their ships to Kings Landing. With the Velaryon fleet engaged in the Stepstones and Otto’s insistence that the Crown stays out of the conflict, none suspect that the enemy across the Narrow Sea would turn their forces against the seat of Targaryen power. But an animal backed into a corner will fight with everything it has to survive, and the Triarchy was losing. If Daemon would not leave the Stepstones on his own they would have to force his hand.

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   A devastating attack on Kings Landing ends Otto's plots before they have even truly taken shape. Rhaenyra ascends the Iron Throne unchallenged but utterly alone.

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