Harwin sees a child in need and changes the history of Westeros forever
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the blood in your veins (and the steel in your spine) by harpermccoy
Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, Game of Thrones (TV), Vikings (TV)
01 Oct 2025
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Summary
Harwin Strong loves Rhaenyra Targaryen with every bone in his body. So when he sees her younger half brother struggling in the training yard he feels compassion for the boy. And so Hathree years before his death Harwin helps a lonely, neglected, and curious Prince. What begins in sympathy evolves when Aegon learns of the shared blood of First Men in their veins. In Harwin Aegon gains a mentor, friend, and father figure rolled in one. And slowly but steady Aegon distances himself from his mother and grandfather.
Everything changes when Harwin Strong dies protecting some of the small folk from bandits on the Gods Eye. Soon after Laena Velaryon dies and the court goes to Driftmark for the funeral. Aemond claims a dragon and then blames Aegon in the bloody aftermath. In his panic Aegon looks into the crowd and sees Stark bannermen. He sees an elderly women that shares features with his mother with Runes tattooed on her skin.
And so Aegon Targaryen invokes blood rites starting a chain of events that will end with a Prince of the Blood in the North changing the Dance of Dragons forever more.
Series
- Part 12 of first wife
- Part 3 of the old ways