Firewillreign
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It seems like Rhaenyra and Syrax might fly to Harrenhal at end of Season 2 of HOTD. But she and her family also might fly to the Isle of Faces first in this altered timeline instead. Depending on what Adara says and if the Raven wants to meet them to make sure that they understand the gravity of the situation before it's too late. According to some sources I read, God's Eye is around 100 hundred miles wide, and most travelers prefer to walk around the lake than travel by boat across it. The Andals have never managed to conquer it at all. I think it's very much a case of the Green Men pushing people away with their magic. If strong winds and flocks of ravens don't turn them, then I bet there are wolves and bears and more waiting in the forest for them. Just eyeballing it, the Isle of Faces seems comparable to Dragonstone, so fairly large. Combine the superstitions surrounding it with a very hostile environment, and it makes sense why the island would be avoided.
"It is the unemotional, reserved, calm, detached warriorwho wins
, not the hothead seeking vengeance and not the ambitious seeker of fortune." - Sun Tzu, The Art of War
"When your enemies defy you, you must serve them. When they go to their knees, however, you must help them back to their feet. Elsewise no man will ever bend the knee to you. And any man who must say 'I am the king' is no true king at all." — Tywin Lannister
"Law 47: Do not go past the mark you aimed for: In victory, learn when to stop. The moment of victoryis often the moment of greatest peril
. In the heat of victory
aimed for, and by going too far, you make more enemies than you defeat. There is no substitute for strategy
"He who relies solely on warlike
"Napoleon advised: Place your iron handinside a velvet glove." — Robert Greene, The 48 Laws of Power.
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Damn, I'd thought it'd be Aemond. I think once he and Luke hear the FMC's origin story that he would approve of what Frostsinger had done to Adara's village after their betrayal. He would've done the same thing in his place. Out of all the Targs, I think Aemond is one of the few people who can empathize with her the most. Empathize. Not sympathize. There's a crucial difference: sympathy is acknowledging someone else's pain, but empathy is choosing to feel the pain with them. Sympathy is a feeling of sincere concern for someone. Empathy involves stepping into that person's shoes to actively share in their emotional experience. He will be shocked to learn and realize that Adara was always more of a loner and outcast than he himself ever was. And will understand and respect the bond and love she has with Frostsinger. To him, Vhagar is his truest friend and closest companion as well.
So, what the Raven's saying is that the boys are sorta more or less share parallels with Renly and Stannis or Aenys and Maegor in this case. One is too meek and sensitive while the other is too stern, ruthless and hardheaded. Aemond, like Maegor, was made of fun for not being able to bond with a dragon, but when he did bond with one, it was with the largest dragon of that time. Also similar to Maegor, Aemond wants the throne for himself, because they both saw themselves as more competent than their brother. He is also hot-tempered and unforgiving, and craves violence. And both had a sorceress as a lover (which I'm not entirely sure will happen in this story or not but we'll see). Though, I'm also guessing that one of the reasons why Vhagar chose Aemond as her rider and vice versa could be that he has something in him that reminds her of Visenya who I don't like as a character (she was a bitch. A badass bitch but an arrogant one all the same. Like Cersei, she'd been willfully blind to her brutish son's faults and encouraged them. Even after he became crazier after that head injury accident like Henry VII) but it's kinda understandable.
Aemond is also kinda like her in some ways. But she only understood the stick while her siblings Aegon I and Rhaenys both knew how to win Lords to their side with the carrot and thus create reasons to kneel - however if you merely bring just Fire and Blood to table then well those against you have nothing to lose. After all of Maegor's killing. His reign ended with him facing long odds on a civil war. And while he had killed thousands there were still men willing to fight him to the bitter end. This's a trait he got from his mother because his father the Conqueror knew when to help a kneeling man back to his feet. I don't what she was thinking in regards to Maegor's behavior.
But if I had to guess: a lot of it was influenced by arrogant Targaryen exceptionalism. Moms often already think the sun comes up every day just for their boy. Try adding the belief that you and your children are the blood of gods. She's the one of the architects of almost all the fear, pain and suffering that's engulfed half the realm for nearly a decade before Maegor's death. They were both inflexible except she knew when to stop and he didn't. He relied too much on fear and force to ensure the absolute fealty and submission of those whom he presumed to rule. While his brother Aenys depended too much on kindness and love only. That being said, I don't think Aemond is completely like Maegor or Visenya. Nor is he totally like Daemon despite certain similarities. But he does share more than a few of their traits. Anyway, Adara has stopped him and Luke from becoming kinslayers and has to now figure out a way to heal the bad blood between them and their factions which is easier said than done. But she isn't going to tolerate their foolish pride and stupidity. She'll make them and the rest of the Targaryens cooperate one or the other. By the way, I was getting the giggles when I saw how Aemond got scared by Adara's silent rage in the last chapter. Lol, I can already see her having him on a tight leash by the time she's through
Historical Map 14: The Three Rebellions and The Faith Militant Uprising
Aegon the Conqueror’s death in 37 AC saw his eldest son by Rhaenys take the Iron Throne. Aenys I Targaryen was crowned with great pomp and ceremony in the Red Keep even as it was under constr…atlasoficeandfireblog.wordpress.com
The Silken Glove and the Iron Gauntlet: The Troubled Reigns of Aenys and Maegor
The Two Sons of Aegon the Conqueror, by Hubsher Aegon I would rule the Seven Kingdoms for thirty-seven years. After the conclusion of the First Dornish War in 13 AC, the realm enjoyed peace and pro…https://www.reddit.com/r/pureasoiaf/comments/euvyx5/spoiler_extended_the_iron_gauntlet_and_the_silk/
The size and extent of Westeros
Having determined a (working rough) basis for the size of the planet, we need next to determine the size of Westeros itself, the continent on which most of the action in A Song of Ice and Fire take…
Geographic Map 6: The Riverlands
The Riverlands lie at the very heart of the Seven Kingdoms. They are sometimes said to be “halfway to anywhere” or “halfway to everywhere”. Travellers and merchants from one of the end of the kingd…
Law 47: Do Not go Past The Mark You Aimed For, In Victory Learn When To Stop
The moment of victory is often the moment of greatest peril. In the heat of victory, arrogance and overconfidence can push you past the g...48laws-of-power.blogspot.com
I'm not saying it won't be that Aemond won't be building a rapport or relationship with Adara, in the same way that I won't say that he WILL.
Right now, neither Luke or Aemond can be the Fire to Adara's Ice in the great song. Neither of them are fit, but that doesn't mean they're immediately out of the running in terms of communication.
They alone will not be enough to beat the war, but that doesn't mean they won't have major roles to play as will other Targs in the future.
As for more personal bonds to our Winterchild, I suppose we'll see who connects to who.
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unites even the 
bitterest enemies." — Aristotle
thrust upon them." - William Shakespeare
, for every victory 
act as a screen between you and other people, you will misread them and your strategies will misfire. You must be aware of this and struggle to see others dispassionately. Every individual is like an alien culture. You must get inside his or her way of thinking 
, not as an exercise in sensitivity but out of strategic necessity. Only by 
knowing your enemies can you ever hope to vanquish 
will officially and ultimately make their grand introduction to the Targs at King's Landing. Daeron won't make it in time but Adara and Frostsinger are much closer to the capital than he and Tessarion currently are; at the moment.
skilled commander seeks victory from the situation and does not demand it of his subordinates." — Sun Tzu, The Art of War.
. Just not the one that he and others are fearing it to be (but they will be shocked and terrified when it's finally sprung). Yet, this stratagem is still just part of the opening act of the Three-Eyed Raven's masterplan. We aren't anywhere close to seeing the middle and endgame of this story yet. Am I right, Firewillreign? This current plot of his is more or less a temporary and more silent coup d'état (a coup is the sudden overthrow of a government or removal of an existing government from power, usually through violent means. A soft coup, sometimes referred to as a silent coup, is an illegal overthrow of a government. Unlike a classical coup d'état, it is achieved without the use of force or violence. Adara is definitely using force but not the overwhelmingly lethal kind. Not against the Targs at least). Not a decapitation strike. He knew the Targaryens at Dragonstone and Daeron would take the bait and fly to King's Landing where Aegon, Helaena and the Greens are. Once it was apparent that Aemond and Vhagar had left the city defenseless and was nowhere to be found. The greenseer doesn't seek to kill the Targs. After all, them and their dragons (both 
rise, how the valleys open out, how the plains lie, and to understand 
the nature of rivers and marshes…The prince
shou-ld possess, for it teaches him to surprise
." - Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince.
difficulties, dangers and distances 
, constitutes the test of a great general
around you, more than your enemy does." — Robert Greene
, to take in more of the world
, not for how you wish them to be." — Robert Greene
defense. To do this you must stop thinking of time 
as an abstraction: in reality, beginning the minute you are born, time is all you have." — Robert Greene
️can never be regained." — Robert Greene
, costly
, and unimaginative. Wise 
your purpose 
, that is rooted in the past instead of
is to maintain control of your emotions and plot your moves in advance, seeing the entire ♟chessboard." — Robert Greene, The 33 Strategies of War.
in war, cleverness has never been seen associated with long delays." — Sun Tzu, The Art of War.
"war" isn't at the top of this story's thread?
; one must not grope or hesitate." — Napoleon Bonaparte
is unthinkable." — Carl Von Clausewitz, On War.
and when to pick the sword." — Sean Connery
. On that level strategy
statesman." — Carl Von Clausewitz, On War.
to recognize
. Those that wish to be only lions
do not understand this." — Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince.
from its
warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting by fools." — Thucydides
devote themselves rather to 
pleasure than to arms, they lose their dominions
." — Napoleon Bonaparte
." — Sun Tzu, The Art of War.
is by making the prospect of war seem hopeless 
measures shall perish." — Sun Tzu, The Art of War.
in endless dreams
, warriors
