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Loss and Rumor
The Crownlands
Lady Ceryse, wife of Prince Daerion dies in the childbed. Their son called Prince Leyton died with his mother. Lady Ceryse was honored along with her son in the Sept of Remembrance. Her body was returned to Old Town so that she might be entombed with her kin. Prince Leyton was placed on a funeral pyre on Draqgonstone with his grandmothers dragon, Vhagar, offering her flames. His ashes are entombed on Dragonstone with his ancestors.
Rumors begin that the little Prince Leyton did not in fact die with his mother but instead a few days later when the dragon egg placed in his crib hatched and the hatchling savaged the child rather than bonding with him. These rumors are never addressed by Dragonstone nor the King.
House Targaryen learns that many of the missives sent to them were intercepted.
The Vale of Arryn
Lord Alester of House Arryn is born to Lord Hubert Arryn and Lady XX Arryn Nee Royce.
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Betrothal and Dragon Flight
The Crownlands
Princess Alysanne is born to Prince Mael and Lady Alyssa. The Realm gathers once more to celebrate the birth.
House Velaryon faces challenges as their merchant vessels suffer an abnormal amount of pirate attacks. Some vessels are never accounted for.
The Maester on Dragonstone is replaced.
Prince Daerion of House Targaryen and Lady Jaenessa of House Velaryon are betrothed.
Rumors begin that the pair are married in Valyrian fashion on Dragonstone.
A stunning sight over Dragonstone. Balerion the Black Dread, The Cannibal and Laeress are seen flight. The trio of dragons seemed to have been racing one another with the pair of males close behind the smaller and much younger female. Their flight carries them near enough to King’s Landing to be seen by the folk there. The calls from the trio are deemed a song and spoken of for months to come. In the skies over Dragonstone the dragons play becomes more dangerous as they tangle together and plummet towards the sea. There is some concern that they might be in battle but in the end all three return to the caverns beneath the castle, tired, but unharmed.
Offense is given to House Velaryon when the High Septon demands that before he will marry the pair the Lady be checked for her purity, whether this is because he too has heard the rumors that the pair are already wed or because he believed that they had not waited is unclear. The Grand Maester performs the duty himself and verifies that the young woman is a maiden true. Despite this the High Septon further demands the bedding be witnessed offering further insult to House Velaryon. It is agreed that the High Septon and Aegon himself will bear witness.
During the couples wedding feast the Prince Daerion danced with his new bride several times, something remarked on by many. A few games were played including a rousing game of keep away in which the Prince had to fight his way to his bride; several of his closest companions tried their best to keep him away. Once he’d reached her someone in the crowd (some say the King himself) called for the bedding ceremony. After only a few moments of delay the Prince agreed that it was indeed time. The King and the High Septon himself were the royal couples witnesses.
The Stormlands
Orys Baratheon and his wife Argella perished while riding together in the Kingswood. Their mounts were found tangled and broken at the foot of a rocky ravine, the bodies of the Lord and Lady Baratheon nearby.
To most, it appeared a tragic misstep on treacherous ground. Yet whispers linger in Storm’s End: a loosened saddle strap, a slain horse, tracks swiftly scuffed out. Nothing proven… only murmured doubts and the sense that someone wished the truth buried.
The Reach
House Hightower offers a significant gift to the Crown in the form of five caravels and ten thousand gold dragons.
The Faith of the Seven sends a significant gift to the Crown in the name of charitable alms for the small folk of King’s Landing.
These ‘gifts’ so close together cause many to question what House Hightower has done to offend the Crown so grievously.
The Vale of Arryn
Lord Willam of House Arryn is born to Lord Hubert Arryn and Lady XX Arryn Nee Royce.