At the time, Ned was serving in the national army and had distinguished himself in combat, winning many medals and honours. What if he actually fulfilled the promise he gave to his sister? I want you to send these men into to King's Landing and if they get the chance I want them to find and kill the dragon. "We have all been too focused on the eldest brother, Brandon Stark. A monster that claws it's way out when he's far too gone in a cold rage that Ned could never control. The stone dragon Melisandre awakens with Gendry's blood eats her alive. Everything changes. [Completed, 20 chapters, 96,000 words, rated teen], Eddard Stark offered her a deal. You could avenge Elia and your siblings little Rhaenys and Aegon. Tyrion later names a dog he's adopted Sandor. The Great Other was so scared of Jon (even before he joined the Night's Watch) that he hired the Faceless Men to kill him. This is because Lysa bedded Littlefinger after his duel with Brandon Stark. Read it here on Archive of Our Own. I have Greyjoy Alla Breve, an actually good self-insert by AndrewJTalon that has the North prevail through wits, science and technological superiority, rather than steamrolling everything with brute force or magic. What impact will the quiet wolf bring to the realm? Where: Robert still dies, Cersei is still a bitch, Joffrey still throws the tantrum of the century, Littlefinger is still Littlefinger, but Ned Stark is a little bit smarter and manages to escape King's Landing with his head on his shoulders, thank you very much. And, once again, he manages to deal a killing blow thanks to poison, but underestimates his opponent and ends up dead. [Incomplete, 122 chapters, 333,000 words, rated teen]. Meanwhile, on the other side of the Wall, beyond the Land of Everwinter, something evil senses the shift and stirs. This work could have adult content. killing an Other that was trying to kill Mance Ryder. Work Search: ORNed makes a different choice after the Tower of Joy. Kisses while young wolves looked on, tongues lolling and eyes bright with ignorance. Game of Thrones AU, diverging story from season 2 onward. Robb, Ned, Tyrion, the Greatjon and Mance all weep when. Direwolves, language, and stories, all brought by the mysterious Shepherd. The Lannisters meant it as an insult when they arranged the marriage of Sansa Stark to Margaery Tyrell. "Eddard Stark, my apologies for keeping you from sleep. Which ends up happening, with Jaime fighting Oberyn Martell. Theon inadvertently tells Shae of his plans to take Casterly Rock, and she escapes to warn the Lannisters. To survive in a lions den, a wolf has no choice but to adapt. This story reworks canon mainly from the TV show. Oberyn Martell is a champion in a trial by combat against an experienced swordsman with a Lannister's life in the balance. Will his decisions have a lasting impact on House Stark and the War of the Five Kings? Now, everyone wants something different out of their fanfic, so Ive tried to include a variety of Game of Thrones fan fiction styles and genres. They face the challenges of a modern-day life without any supernatural powers, dragons, nor positions of power, yet with a dash of their canon characteristics. [Completed, 8 chapters, 10,000 words, rated teen], Jon Snow wakes up in Winterfell, two years in the past. [3,000 words, rated for general audiences], For Sansa, life without Arya would be bliss. Rhaegar Targaryen slew Robert Baratheon and won the Battle of the Trident. Ned Stark Playing the Game of Thrones BAMF Arya Stark BAMF Sansa Stark Theon Greyjoy Needs a Hug Ramsay Bolton is His Own Warning so is joffery They both suck Direwolves (A Song of Ice and Fire) Robb Stark is King in the North Jon Snow Knows Something Wildling Rickon Stark Bran Stark is Not a Robot Catelyn Tully Stark Bashing BAMF Ned Stark Val seems to be this as well, considering her growing love for the noble and brave Jon Snow. This story is Jon Snow and Sansa Stark heavy. Even if she was never alone, it just ruined it for me. Im not doing it for you. she said, looking at the babe close. Arya Stark, despite her best efforts, falls back into the Game of Thrones. Only then, Lyanna could discover that her only son plans to join the Night's Watch. But for every thousand worlds of those, there is always one where Noble Blood refers to something literal. His life in the North with his mother's family was everything he ever asked for. -EDDARD STARK- The royal procession was an impressive sight. When Jon meets the Great Other (who is also the Stranger), it tells him that his power depends directly on the evil in landwhich is why they had a long summer during good part of Robert's reign. The Starks are a pack of wolves. It wasnt until it had started to become a reality, to solidify under her hands, that she started to paint details into the visions of her sanctuary in earnest. doesn't want to be queen and begs Cersei to let her renounce her claim to the Iron Throne. Robb kills Theon after he becomes a self-aware wight and bows his head before Robb, mutely begging for a permanent death. Ned Stark is the current Lord of Winterfell, veteran of war and a highly successful businessman. 39.5K 904 32 . But the truth is not so simple. [Part 1 of a 3 part series, completed, 2,800 words, rated teen], A portrayal of a modern and healthy relationship, accompanied by reflections and musings about love. he communicates with Bran through the Weirwood Tree and sees that Bran's hand has fused with the roots of the tree. But Eddard Stark leaves the failed rebellion wounded. Upon landing in Westeros, Daenerys makes a pact with the King in the North, with interesting results. he gets captured after peeing on Tywin's grave during the ironborn's raid on Casterly Rock. [Completed, 51 chapters, 133,000 words, rated teen]. The last claimant to the throne alive is Daenerys. Authors note:This isnt a happy hooker fic but neither is it solely filled with angst and abuse. She could turn the Young Wolf in her ally. Hell, she finds, is empty and all the devils are at Court. Played straight with Quentyn Martell, who still gets roasted alive by the dragons (although at least he doesn't take days to die). Soon thereafter, the nobles of Westeros converge upon the largest tourney the continent has ever seen. I Fear No Fate (For You Are My Fate, My Sweet), i loved a maid as spry as spring (with sunrise in her hair), i could never define (all that you are to me), there is nothing lost (but may be found, if sought), Hear Me Roar: House Lannister and the Westerlands in the War of the Ring, The Bestselling Fantasy Books of All Time, The Nobel Prize In Literature Winners You Need to Read, Should You Buy That? [1,100 words, rated for general audiences], How Melisandre went from an impoverished child of the North to a slave to a red priestess. In the south, Robb Stark & Jon Snow steel themselves for the trials of war. Sansa held on to her naivete for as long as possible, but, standing before the entire court pleading for her father's life, she is forced to face reality. Though to be fair, he was under a lot of stress at the time. While we've done our best to make the core functionality of this site accessible without javascript, it will work better with it enabled. Eddard Stark swore that he'd never allow his family to be destroyed again. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/weir-dreams.429697/reader/, https://m.fanfiction.net/s/12787665/1/The-Princess-of-Winter#end, https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13913527/1/Ned-s-Southern-Folly, https://archiveofourown.org/works/17772719#main, https://archiveofourown.org/works/18082013, https://archiveofourown.org/series/1983625. While we've done our best to make the core functionality of this site accessible without javascript, it will work better with it enabled. Arya leaked out her marriage to Gendry when he gets arrested at White Harbor. Jaime Lannister and Oberyn Martell, in the former's. via HBO. during an attack on Winterfell. Fem!Ned Fem!Eddard, Links: https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13913527/1/Ned-s-Southern-Folly, Keywords: Cat, Robb, Ned, Rickard Karstark and Jon Snow, Rating & Archive Warnings: M for Mature, some Mentions of Rape but nothing Explicitly Shown. Please consider turning it on! The result? [Completed, 108 chapters, 172,000 words, rated teen], What if Tyrion actually did fight The Mountain by himself? But Margaery encounters unexpected opposition and is forced to make her way to the Wall in order to survive. it's a Ned Stark SI fanfic that starts roughly about a year before he is sent to foster in the Vale alongside Robert Baratheon with Jon . In Chapter 9 of Part III, Jaqen H'ghar disguises himself as King Stannis and stabs Melisandre to prevent her from killing Gendry, using his disguise to ensure nothing happens to him. targaryen; nedstark; gameofthrones +1 more # 13. Ned Stark is about to be executed. In the mood for more high fantasy books? Yoren and Lommy still die en route to the North. Fearing that her granddaughter will be framed for her husbands murder, Lady Olenna sends her far north, to Bear Island. I tried to write a positive-yet-realistic take on what it might have been like being a woman of color working as a prostitute in medieval not!Europe. No, I didn't. Invite her, demand her, steal herwhatever you choose, Prince Oberyn, choose it soon. Riyana Stark, eldest of the Stark sisters, twin sister to Robb Stark. Sansa landed in a puddle of her own blood, and shed died quickly, quietly. But what if Ned Stark wasn't executed? Bran also gets an extra serving as his ability to communicate through weirwoods comes with a price. The thing one turns to when the next book in the series is nowhere in sight or the story is over andfor a plethora of reasonsyou dont like how it ended. The Night's King, during the Battle for King's Landing. In this scenario, Ned gets crowned as King in the North. [One shot, 5,000 words, rated explicit], Jaime Lannister and Brienne Tarth are under pressure from their respective fathers to marry and settle down. Unterdessen hat jenseits der Mauer der Angriff der Anderen begonnen, die das Leben in Westeros und Mittelerde bedrohen Fortsetzung des Tolkien/Martin-Crossovers, Having loss battle after battle of the against White Walker threat, the people of Westeros flee, hoping to find a place free of White Walkers. You show your father some respect! Arya is still on the loose, Tyrion has escaped from the Vale, and Stannis and Renly Baratheon are making plans to take the Iron Throne. The CLO and CEO had worked together often throughout the year, and it was clear they were interested in one another, but they seemed to be the only ones who didn't notice. Targaryen Restoration. While in a coma, Ned had this in the form of dreams. [Ongoing, currently 76 chapters, 360,000 words, rated mature], What was intended to be some love-filled Jonerys drabbles, but has turned into a full blown S8 canon adventure complete with romance, dragons, drama, angst, politics, prophecies, and the Battle for the Dawn. After the Others are defeated, he walks to Duskendale in order to see his family one last time before being killed. But that is not an appropriate life for a highborn lady, and that was all Arya of House Stark was allowed to be. At the very end of A Game of Thrones, the first book in the A Song of Ice and Fire series, Lord Eddard Stark is seized for treason after trying to remove King Joffrey Baratheon from the Iron Throne. The third Jon chapter in part 3 reveals that the Great Other is also The Stranger from the Faith of the Seven, as well as the Many Faced God, because he is the embodiment of the cold and darkness of death. [1,400 words, rated teen], A fic that givesMissandei a bit more of a backstory. keep Winterfell intact, Bran does not leave for the Wall like he should have, The Mountain's head still gets sent to Dorne. The Gods want to have a say in the matters of man. Jon thinks about being ice and fire when he learns who his parents really are. - Summary - In which Ned Stark realizes that with baby Jon alive, the war is not over, and conducts his household accordingly. Joffrey gets a suitably horrific death at the hands of Stannis, in contrast to how he died in the books. Llena de Rabia porque Daenerys logro quitarle el apoyo de su familia, desea nunca haber sido una nia tonta y egosta. [AU, one shot, 7,000 words, rated teen], A modern AU, set in the UK, featuring Renly/Loras. There must always be a Stark in Winterfell, and if there cannot be, then they must at least be prepared. Tywin Lannister would have married the girl himself if he felt he could have gotten away with it, and so Tyrion knew his own marriage was no protection to Ned Starks daughter whatsoever. My friends, whether you first came to Westeros through the books or through the HBO show, Game of Thrones fan fiction is here for you. After the war, Doran Martell forces them to swear not to go after Tyrion Lannister to take revenge for Jaime's killing of Sarella and Oberyn. This daughter of the north was made of sterner stuff. Cersei considers Margaery Tyrell her ally. Do you really need to know more? Aaannddd now he is seeing the fight with the Others from the. Oh, and the bill for the Internets here. Rating: Explicit], Myrcella Baratheon always knew she would be married to a man for a political alliance. A deal with Cersei leaves her married to Joffrey and doing her best to make it from one day to the next. A place where the greeds of the worst people hurt those who were the most innocent. But as long as she is able to kill the people in her new list, then she will be able to live in the past, during the time of King Aerys the Mad King. Ned Snow was born from an affair between Rickard Stark and a Skagosi woman from a Valyrian house that settled there after the Doom. Even though none of them bend the knee, she parts with them on fairly good terms, except for Tyrion. [Completed work in 3 parts, 122,000 words, rated mature], After losing everything, Arya Stark gets a chance to go back to her 11-year-old self and try and change things. The Gods decide to take a more active role in their disciples lives, and for the first time in over three centuries the Valyrian Gods awaken to protect the last Targaryen's. Until dreadful dreams came to him and he was forced to go North, causing his father to send an Army to look for him. The rebel lords got but a slap on the wrist in an effort to unify the realm. She accepted because she believed she could work on her plans from within. I am Miguel, twenty-eight, born in a world where Eddard Stark is a fictional character, and Eddard Stark, eight-and-ten, Lord of Winterfell and co-leader of the rebellion against Aerys the Mad. This is their story. The Ironborn take Casterly Rock, but lose a thousand men. [Completed trilogy, each book/part over 400,000 words, no rating labeled], After Ned takes Jon from the Tower of Joy, he stops by Kings Landing to see Robert crowned. The three letters he sends out alters things very much for three very important and central figures to my story. If three of mere fire made flesh should begin the trickle, then it is one of divinity made flesh that will bring the flood. But he did wake, and it was not in the forlorn outreaches of the Wall, but back at Winterfell, where King Robert Baratheon was a days ride awayOld Nan had always warned against changing fate, but how can Jon refuse a chance to prevent the game of thrones? That price is becoming a part of a weirwood tree and never being able to return home. Her heart is as powerful and frantic as Drogons wings when he takes flight. But neither Tywin Lannister nor Selwyn Tarth is willing to let the matter rest there. Fluff, smut, and all the feels still included. ' . Ned Stark was the sole heir to his father, Lord Rickard Stark and inherited his title at the age of 25 years when his father suffered a massive heart attack. War is ravaging through the Seven Kingdoms. Then, when the red comet once again came to the known world, the life of Prince Aemon Targaryen forever changed. And other ladies too, whose parts in this tale are further obscured, as often happens when histories are written by men. Arya/Gendry centric. tip: "uchiha sasuke/uzumaki naruto" angst kudos>10. When he first heard of his sister's death, Oberyn Martell wanted to immediately go looking for revenge, despite Dorne not having the strength to fight their enemies. Noble Blood. [Completed, 12 chapters, 220,000 words, rated teen], What if Ned Stark wasnt executed at the Great Sept of Baelor? Robb Stark, after being killed by Ramsay during their trial by combat. I owe you a debt I can never hope to repay.. He would show the world why it took a Dragon to subdue the North, when no man made army could. The mission to get Lyanna back from the Tower of Joy pitted Ned Stark, Howland Reed, and Theo Wull, such as in canon, as well as Greatjon Umber and Tygett Lannister, against two of the Kingsguard, Lord Commander Gerold Hightower and Oswell Whent, Arthur Dayne having went missing during the Battle of the Trident. Played straight with Ser Meryn and Ser Boros, when the wildfire starts exploding. A dragon burned an old grey wolf before snapping its pup in between its great jaws. Daenerys told him the truth on his deathbed. The dragon Aegon hoped to be able to use against the Others ends up killing him. With them is a little girl with extreme, the Lannisters and Tyrells, but the Others attack before he can give an answer, with Melisandre dead and all four dragons in Westeros under Targaryen control, the Tyrells are holding her, Myrcella, and Jaime prisoner, the raid on Casterly Rock is successful, but he gets captured. Shireen ends up naming Gendry as her heir to Storm's End. Jaime has some things to take care of, namely, one Brienne of Tarth and what remains unspoken between them. Everyone should have been happy. It had been a slash across her chest from a White Walkers sword that finally ended her life. He doesn't even mind the possibility of getting burned alive, as long as he gets to see a dragon. - Summary - When Eddard Stark arrives at Winterfell after the rebellion, he has to choose between his little nephew and his new wife. In those worlds, you know the story that plays out, the way the song of ice and fire ends, the curtains that close on bloodlines you come to love and loath. An alternate version of George R.R. She had been thinking of Lyanna for a daughter, but it didnt fit. Daenerys because it means he finally gets to see a dragon. and our Lysa, while ranting at Sansa and the Vale lords, unwittingly reveals that she helped Littlefinger murder Jon Arryn and start the war, resigned as Lord Commander of the Night's Watch to escort Bran to Coldhands. When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives. She uses one on Hot Pie to learn anything she can about Gendry, and then on Arya and Gendry to learn the truth about certain events. Wouldnt it? That would be the place and the time that set him onto the course of becoming one of the greatest Kings house Stark has ever known., Stark Means King: Chapter 60: Eddard The GreatBy Druid Skellig. And she does, with some bumps in the road, cover up Arya's murdering of two fellows on a king's errand. AU. And that Catelyn Stark agrees with this. [Completed, 45 chapters, 195,000 words, rated mature]. Varys drops the title as he tells Eddard why he is in the Northern version of heaven. after trying to learn more about his plans to invade King's Landing now that Tywin was killed. Which happens, and eventually they get married in the weirwood. [Completed, 9 chapters, 100,000 words, rated teen], Winter is coming, said Jon Snow. which gave Hizdahr time to interrogate Missandei and learn Daenerys's plan. Stannis, Ser Axel, and Melisandre because they arrested Gendry. She's also the one who kills Littlefinger. Ive included a handful of fics from a few of the most popular ships (because goodness knows you could probably do a list of 50 Jon/Dany easily), and a few more obscure ships, because thats what fanfic is all about. Bronn threw out Tyrion's name, and enough people agreed for it to go through. Under the rule of Cersei Lannister and her enforcer Night King, citizens of Westeros are forced to endure her brutal regime. If you accept cookies from our site and you choose "Proceed", you will not be asked again during this session (that is, until you close your browser). At the end, after Eddard dies, he finds his way to the, Euron uses his dragonbinding horn to force Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viserion to attack Dany. In a thousand versions of this world, that phrase truly means very little beyond privilege and who you happened to be born to. Privacy Policy. The ripples have far reaching consequences for many throughout the Seven Kingdoms, but at its heart, this is a story of two people, their marriage, their family, and the North. The life full of adventure in the North had to be replaced with the dreadful scheme of the capital. Ned Stark Lives!, its second and third installments explore this what-if scenario as closely as George R. R. Martin could have written it. Cue a torrent of emotions friendship; love, sisterhood, amongst other things. But how much difference can an 11-year-old girl really make? The Faceless Men had been hired by the Great Other to kill Jon, and Jaqen H'ghar was the man sent to Westeros to infiltrate the Wall and carry out the contract. It manages to put Ned into a coma before it's defeated. He holds many secrets, and perhaps some answers. To power that passes down through the bloodlines, different in every family, power that blooms and blossoms, changing the way a game plays out. Not only is Gendry Ned's son-in-law and the son of his best friend, he's Stannis' own nephew.