Chapter 194: Original Plot and the Narrative Direction of This Book

Original Plot and the Narrative Direction of This Book

Original Plot and the Narrative Direction of This Book

Brothers, let us first sort through the plot of Martin's original work.

(I won't even mention the later seasons of the TV show; the writers' personal biases were more prevalent than in many fan-fiction works.)

As of now, five books of *A Song of Ice and Fire* have been released in the main series. The plotlines most important to the overall story are:

1. The Wall and the wight dragon.

First, a piece of lore: dragons will not fly over the Wall.

The Wall has magical properties, and this effect causes dragons to refuse to fly into the lands of the far North.

Queen Alysanne, the "Good Queen" and wife of Jaehaerys I, once tried to ride her dragon, Silverwing, over the Wall three times, but Silverwing refused every time.

In other words, until the magical effects of the Wall vanish, dragons cannot appear north of the Wall.

In the show, to save time, they simply had Daenerys give a dragon to the Night King; according to the original lore, this is impossible.

So, how is the Wall supposed to fall?

Let us bring out one of the major villains: Euron Greyjoy.

According to the original plot, the Horn of Winter is currently with Samwell Tarly, who has traveled to the Citadel in Oldtown.

Coincidentally, Euron and about half of the Ironborn are waiting in the Shield Islands and the surrounding waters to strike at Oldtown and the Redwyne Fleet.

As for the catalyst for their actions, I personally speculate that after Victarion Greyjoy uses the Dragonbinder horn to briefly control a dragon, Euron will sacrifice a massive number of people to claim one of Daenerys's dragons remotely.

Do not think Victarion is a loser; his father was the King of the Iron Islands, and he possesses legitimate king's blood.

Whoever blows the Dragonbinder horn must die, so Victarion can be considered a sacrificial offering of sorts, and king's blood is capable of hatching a dragon (in the books, Melisandre wanted to burn Edric Storm to hatch a stone dragon to fulfill a prophecy, but the Onion Knight let Edric go).

In the show, the writers created a plot where the Night King throws a javelin to take down a dragon, and since Martin participated in the general plot direction of the later seasons, I suspect one of Daenerys's dragons will likely be killed.

This also corresponds to the two remaining Targaryen bloodlines: Jon Snow and Daenerys.

Then there is Euron's massacre in Oldtown.

Daenerys once saw a prophetic vision in the House of the Undying: a stone beast taking wing from a smoking tower, breathing shadow fire.

This smoking tower is most likely the Hightower of House Hightower.

Afterward, somehow, Euron will take the Horn of Winter to the Wall, use the horn to dispel the Wall's magic, and then use that dragon to blast the Wall down, allowing the White Walkers and the army of wights to march south.

Note that the son of Mance Rayder, the King Beyond the Wall, also went to Oldtown with Sam (Jon swapped Craster's son with Mance's son to prevent Melisandre from burning that king's blood).

If nothing goes wrong, this poor child will also fall into Euron's hands and be sacrificed to the Drowned God or other deities.

2. The Long Night and salvation.

There is a prophecy in the books that Daenerys will experience three betrayals.

Combined with her status as "Nissa Nissa," Daenerys's third husband will be the savior of the world, the reincarnation of Azor Ahai.

The first two spots are already taken, so the writers rushed to have Jon Snow sleep with his aunt, perhaps trying to fulfill this prophecy.

But the damn writers cut the Long Night arc entirely, having the Night King deliver a single head and then calling it quits, directly ending the conflict between ice and fire.

This made Jon Snow's betrayal of Daenerys look pathetic, because the unscrupulous writers changed the act of stabbing his aunt for the greater good of humanity into saving Tyrion and the captured Lannister soldiers, with the cause being Cersei killing Missandei (who is still a twelve or thirteen-year-old child in the books).

The plot of the eighth season is just too much; I feel terrible every time I think about it. I must write Daenerys to survive; at the very least, I will have her liberate Slaver's Bay, Volantis, Lys, Myr, and other places, and then give birth to three or four children.

3. The development of the situation in Westeros.

The progress in the original books is that Cersei is still in a state of withdrawal after her walk of shame, Kevan has just been killed by Varys, and the Tyrells and Lannisters have officially begun to develop a rift.

The plot after this should be that after Kevan dies, Cersei seizes power in the Lannister camp and then takes frantic revenge on the High Sparrow (possibly even blowing up the Great Sept of Baelor).

Doran Martell will likely die as well. Among the three Sand Snakes, the most brainless one, Obara, is in Dorne, while her two sisters are in King's Landing; they will likely be wiped out by Cersei, and Doran Martell's mild and weak response will drive Obara to madness, leading her to stab her uncle on the spot.

At the same time, Randyll Tarly and other lords of the Reach will betray the Tyrells and join the camp of Young Griff (the show changed this to Randyll joining the Lannister camp and then launching a sneak attack on Highgarden, which is almost impossible). Mace Tyrell will likely die at the hands of the traitorous Randyll and the Golden Company during the siege of Storm's End.

In the show, the unscrupulous writers, to save time, had Mace die in the explosion of the Great Sept of Baelor as well.

Regarding the Vale, Littlefinger is still actively sowing discord among the Defenders of the Vale led by Bronze Yohn; Littlefinger should be able to easily control half of the Vale.

The North is similar to the Vale, independent of the southern struggles and focused on infighting, with the loyalist forces led by Wyman Manderly trying to find a way to kill the Ramsay Bolton family that occupies Winterfell.

The Queen of Thorns and her eldest grandson Willas reside in Highgarden, and the military strength of the Reach still remains, so once Mace dies and Queen Regent Cersei wipes out some of the Reach nobility, the Tyrells and the Lannisters should have a falling out.

After that, the situation in Dorne, the Reach, the Stormlands, and the Crownlands will be extremely complex. I cannot deduce how it will develop; before Daenerys lands, it will likely be a chaotic brawl where every house tries to settle its own grudges.

4. The Daenerys and Slaver's Bay arc.

Daenerys is still on the Dothraki Sea. According to the prophecy of the crones lining up to see her beneath the Mother of Mountains, Daenerys may indeed go to the city of the Ma Wang, subdue part of the Khas, and become the Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea.

Afterward comes the plot of the Dragon Queen returning to Meereen with Drogon. The subsequent plot should be Daenerys using the Dothraki cavalry and the Unsullied to wreak havoc and retake the three cities of Slaver's Bay.

Then, Volantis, feigning submission, will provide a fleet, allowing Daenerys to return to Westeros.

The Iron Fleet that Victarion leads will also submit to Daenerys; the show had Theon's sister take over this role.

Further on, it will be roughly as it was in the show: Daenerys will form an alliance with the Reach and Dorne and begin her campaign for the Iron Throne and Westeros.

5. The narrative direction of this book.

For the sake of certain popular plot points, I have moved Daenerys's timeline forward by one month. In the original work, when Bran crosses the Wall, Daenerys is on her way to attack Meereen.

But this also leaves a bit of convenience for the future.

Next, there are two choices: one is for Westeros to unify first and then defeat the corrupted Euron, the White Walkers, and the army of wights. Those who support this, please leave a comment on this section.

The second is for the protagonist to strike directly across the Stepstones, conquer a few of the Free Cities, and then, after the protagonist's military strength has expanded, fight the White Walkers and the army of wights. Those who support this direction, please leave a comment on this section.

The subsequent plot will be more or less the same: the protagonist and Daenerys, riding dragons and leading a massive army, will begin to conquer the entire continent of Essos.

Finally, although there is no update today, I am still shamelessly asking for a guaranteed monthly vote.

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