Sleep, Plus A Few Years Later (Four To Be Precise)

Aegon Had Found His Realm In A State Of Economic Upheaval Over The Last Four and A Quarter Years. The Obsidian Bank Had Expanded, Expanded Again, and Then A Third Time. The Major Houses Of Westeros Got Loyalty Bonuses To Cut Down On Interest Rates, and They Got Qarthen and Essosi Merchants To Do Business With Them. The Iron Bank Likewise Did Business In Westeros Through The Obsidian Bank, and The Obsidian Bank Did Business In Essos Through Them In Return. Aegon and His Queens Were Now Married, and Sansa Was With Child, Margaery Had Given Him Two Daughters and A Son. Alys Had Birthed A Second Son, Named Daegon, Whereas Margaery's Daughters By Him Were Named Visenya and Oleynnia. Aegon Had Been Called The Summer Dragon, So It Was Only Fitting, That His Queen's Got Similar Titles. Margaery Was Titled Queen Margaery, The Queen Of Spring, The Dragon's Rose, and The Spring Rose, Sansa Was Titled Queen Sansa, The Queen Of Winter, The Red Wolf Of The North, and The Ice Dragon Queen. Alys Received The Titles Of Queen Alys, The Autumn Queen, Mother Of Weirwood Leaves, Queen Of The Fall, and Red Sun Of The North.

Aegon's Dragons Had Become Large Enough To Be Ridden, and Aegon Had Commissioned Saddles and Harnesses To Ride Them. His Own Dragon, and That Of Evalyn, Sweet Evalyn, Were Favored By Aegon. Aegon Planned To Gift His Late Wife's Dragon To Their Son, As Maekar Was Evalyn's Only Child Spawned Of Aegon's Seed, The Bond That Had Been Severed, Would Likely Be Rekindled By Maekar. The Dragon's Guarded The Main Vault Of The Obsidian Bank, The Vault Being Protected By The Dragons, and A Nigh-Thousand Men. Aegon Meanwhile Had Taken To Having Baelor and Maekar Sit In On Small Council Matters. Listening and Watching The Small Council Events Unfold. Baelor Was Being Groomed For The Position Of Master Of Coin, and Princess Alyssane Was Being Groomed By Varys For The Position Of Mistress Of Whispers When He Died.

Aegon Was Also Having Maekar Sit In On His Throne Room Sessions. Learning How To Rule On The Iron Throne Was Also Just As Important As Learning How To Rule From The Small Council Table. Aegon Was Personally Teaching His Children High Valyrian, and Had Instructors Teach Them How To Read and Write It, and How To Read, Write, and Speak The Ghis, Volantis, Braavosi, Dothraki, Norvoshi, Lysene, Tyroshi, Qohorik, Pentoshi, and Qartheen Tongues. Aegon Hoped His Boy's Would Spend A Few Years At The Citadel As Novices, Where They'd Learn Much About Everything. Aegon Himself Had Been A Novice There, and He Hoped His Son's Would Continue The Trend.

Aegon Was Sitting In The Royal Garden Eating A Lunch With His Family and Small Council. Tyrion Was More Or Less Sober. The Man Had Lessened His Wine Intake Considerably, Since He Nearly Choked To Death On A Bad Batch Of Arbor Gold The Previous Year. Aegon As Usual At His Favored Meal Of Leg Of Salted Pork and Crispy Bacon and Eggs. His Wives Were Feeding His Children, Except For Maekar, Who Sat With His Father. Aegon Had Felt At Ease With The Lack Of War, But Feared That, Like Always, It Wasn't Long Before War Came Calling Again. Aegon Hoped To Avoid Inheriting His Grandfather's Insane Paranoia, But Lately, Varys Had Learned Of Troubling Rumours Or Rebellion. Allegedly, A Bastard Of Viserys, Was Coming To Westeros, For "His" Rightful Throne and Crown.

So Aegon Had To Make Certain His Lords Were Loyal. Which Meant He Had To Take The Opportunities To Promote Loyalty. Aegon and His Small Council Had Worked Tirelessly To Unify The Realm, But All This Seemed For Naught, As The War Was A Season Away. It Seemed Viserys Had Actually Acknowledged His Bastard In The Event Of His Death and Produced A Shit Will, That Derided Aegon As The "False Son Of His Brother". Aegon Ordered It Burned, and Any Who Believed Viserys Lies Were To Die Suddenly and "Naturally".

Mercenaries Where Already On The Way, The Golden Company Amongst Them. So Aegon Had To Prepare For War. This Would Be His Last Meal With His Family and Small Council Before Heading Off To War To Face His Alleged Bastard Cousin. Aegon Hoped To Negotiate A Peaceful Surrender On His Foes Part, But Would Ultimately Know The Enemy Would Want The Same From Him. Aegon Decided To Simply Wait and Ready Himself For The Attack.

Aegon Stood At The War Table Furious, The Greyjoy's Serving Under "King" Euron Greyjoy Had Murdered Euron's Brother Balon. Balon's Daughter Yara Had Escaped and Sought Out King Aegon For Aid In Retaking The Iron Islands. Aegon Had Lost The Majority Of House Greyjoy's Sea Power, A Crippling Loss Of More Than Ten Thousand Ships Wouldn't Help Aegon's War. After Spending The Night With Aegon, He Had Agreed To Support Her Claim To The Salt Throne Of Pyke, But Only If She Could Rally No Less Than One Thousand Ironborn Ships To His War Effort, and Fostered Prince Daegon When He Was Of Age. He Was Tracing His Hand Over The Iron Islands. "The Golden Company Will Be Here In But A Few Weeks. We Must Strike At King Euron Now!" Says Aegon. His Senior Small Councilors, Right Hand Generals, and Primary and Principal Bannerman Stood There With Him. His Father-In-Law's Amongst Them. "What Do You Suggest?" Says Stark. "This Isn't The First Time We've Invaded The Iron Islands, and Unlike Last Time, Crow's Eye Will Be Looking To Avoid The Mistakes His Brother Had Made. So, We Do What Expects, and What He Doesn't. The Manderly's, Velaryon's, Redwyne's, and Lannister's Command The Fleet's Correct? So, I Say We Spread Rumours Of A Critical Supply Fleet Circling The Outskirts Of The Iron Islands. We Fill It With Grain and While Their Distracted, We'll Send Ships Into The Islands Ports, Filled With Wildfire, and Set Them On Fire." Says Aegon. "Smart, Distract The Fleet With Rumours Of A Critical Royal Supply Ship, Captains Seek Glory, Come In Looking For An Easy Raid, Take Their Ships, Fill With Wildfire, and Set Them On Fire." Says Yara.

"The Moment The Skies Erupt In Green Flame, My Dragons and I Will Burn The Untouched Fleets At Anchor, and The Lannister Fleet Sails In and Secures The Isles Of Great Wyk, Old Wyk, and Lordsport. The Velaryon Fleet Will Support The Fleet At Old Wyk, The Manderly's Will Support The Fleet At Lordsport, and The Redwyne's Will Support The Fleet Attacking Great Wyk. The Royal Fleet Will Have At This Point, Circled Around Pyke's Backside, When The Captain's Rush To Escape Or Help Their Countrymen, My Dragon and I Will Burn Them." Says Aegon. "What Of The Main Forces?" Asks Kevan Lannister. "We Will Have The Royal Fleet Have Men Scale Pyke's Backside, and From There We'll Throw Euron Out On His Arse." Says Aegon As A Messenger Comes In and Whispers into Robb's Ear."Your Grace The Golden Companies Here, and The False King Wants To Parley." Says Robb. "Where?" Asks Aegon. "Harrenhall." Says Robb. "Then Set It Up." Says Aegon.