The Female Attendants Of Queen Alysanne Targaryen

The Female Attendants of Queen Alysanne Targaryen

Rakharo had grown almost half a foot during his time away from Meereen and returned with arms and legs thick with muscle and four bells in his hair. From his medallion belt hung the great curving arakh.

wish i had time to clean this up way more but post-resurrection jon and sam for @aworldunturning… ;-;

ASOIAF meme: 1/6 legends

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The Lengii are a tall, slender people known for their beauty and having skin the color of oiled teak. In the four centuries since Leng threw off the yoke of Yi Ti, the island has flourished under the rule of a long line of god-empresses. The first of the current dynasty, still revered in the east as Khiara the Great, was of pure Lengii descent. 

A woman must needs piss twice as hard, if she hopes to rule. And if that woman should happen to be small…

Made using the ASOIAF Fancasting Resource. Sources: Alexander, Daniel Deronda, Golden Spider Silk, Reign, Tale of Tales, and Bethells Beach, New Zealand.

Happy birthday, @joannalannister! Here is the Rohanne Webber gifset I should have made a year ago.

[7/20] ASOIAF power couples → Florence Fossoway × Martyn Tyrell

“The Tyrells are dolts,” Lord Redwyne said, “and Lord Bertrand was a sot as well.”

“I am speaking of his son,” said Septon Barth. “Martyn is young and eager, but I will not vouch for the quality of his wits. His wife, however, is a Fossoway girl, the Lady Florence, who has been counting apples since she learned to walk. She has been keeping all the accounts at Highgarden since her marriage, and it is said she has increased House Tyrell’s incomes by a third. Should we appoint her husband, she would come to court as well, I do not doubt.”

“Alysanne would like that,” the king said. “She enjoys the company of clever women.” The queen had not been attending council since the death of Princess Daenerys. “Our good septon has never led us wrong. Let us try the dolt with the clever wife.” 

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Other projects King Jaehaerys undertook followed the kingsroad. The cost of all this was not inconsiderable, to be sure, but the realm was prosperous, and the king’s new master of coin, Martyn Tyrell — aided and abetted by his clever wife, “the apple counter” — proved almost as able as the Lord of Air had been.