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* HopeSpot: During the Siege of Tyrosh, after the Abolitionists take the harbor and overrun the walls, the Tyroshi manage to shut the gates to the inner city and repel all attempts to take it. They have enough supplies to last months and are confident they can last at least until winter sets in, whereas they'd have the leverage to end the siege peacefully. Then the Tyroshi commander gets word that one of their councilors rigged her manse with wildfire...
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** Instead of a vain traitor who stabbed his brother in the back for the sake of power, Renly is every bit loyal to his brother and his family; so loyal in fact he risks being exiled or even being executed to protect his nephew's accession because he doesn't trust Cersei.


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** After the [[ThePurge Night of Flames]], many of the pirates that the Tyroshi hired to defend their harbor grow disgusted with their brutality; any that don't desert defect over to the Abolitionists.


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** When the Tyroshi preemptively massacre their slaves when it looks like the city will be under siege, the pirates they hired to protect their harbor are so disgusted that many of them desert.
** The Dothraki have issues with genocide and slavery but even they take the sanctity of a peace banner deadly seriously. [[spoiler: Ned violating this and murdering Khal Zirquo and his bloodriders beneath a peace banner not only sullies his reputation permanently but earns the eternal enmity of the Dothraki people.]]


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** Contrary to his father or even his canon self, Viserys grows up to be a fine warrior and leader of men.
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** Much of the information concerning the events in Westeros and Essos comes from the in-universe testimonies of a knight named [[Literature/Flashman Ser Harry Flash]]. He is nowhere near as scummy as the real deal.

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** Much of the information concerning the events in Westeros and Essos comes from the in-universe testimonies of a knight named [[Literature/Flashman [[Literature/{{Flashman}} Ser Harry Flash]]. He is nowhere near as scummy as the real deal.

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** The special anniversary posts show future in-universe media centered around the events of the fic. These include:

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** The Many of the Stepstone pirates are named after various real life figures from UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfPiracy.
** Much of the information concerning the events in Westeros and Essos comes from the in-universe testimonies of a knight named [[Literature/Flashman Ser Harry Flash]]. He is nowhere near as scummy as the real deal.
** Aside from the ''Flash Papers'', the
special anniversary posts show future in-universe media centered around the events of the fic. These include:



*** A VideoGame/TotalWar esque video game called ''Total War: Liberator''. It even has a trailer based on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7RHiyWHuV0&ab_channel=TotalWar this]] one for VideoGame/NapoleonTotalWar.

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*** A VideoGame/TotalWar esque video game called ''Total War: Liberator''. It even has a trailer based on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7RHiyWHuV0&ab_channel=TotalWar this]] one for VideoGame/NapoleonTotalWar.''VideoGame/NapoleonTotalWar''.

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* ShoutOut: A [[Literature/ThePrincessBride "black-masked pirate named Roberts"]] is offhandedly mentioned at one point.

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A [[Literature/ThePrincessBride "black-masked pirate named Roberts"]] is offhandedly mentioned at one point.point.
** One of Stannis's most loyal lords during the early years of his reign is [[Literature/GauntsGhosts Lord Abram, of House Gaunt]].
** The special anniversary posts show future in-universe media centered around the events of the fic. These include:
*** A play called ''King Robert'' written centuries afterwards by [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Willem Stackspear]].
*** A cartoon called ''Sphinxes'', based on ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', where Robert and Daario are both reincarnated warriors awoken by a detective.
*** A live action historical comedy, based around the misadventures of a fictional courtier to King Stannis named [[Series/BlackAdder Edmund Blackviper]].
*** A VideoGame/TotalWar esque video game called ''Total War: Liberator''. It even has a trailer based on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7RHiyWHuV0&ab_channel=TotalWar this]] one for VideoGame/NapoleonTotalWar.
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** The battle of Tickclose Field rivals Culloden for the sad massacre that Stannis inflicts on the Reach's minor nobility. Despite being outnumbered at least three to one, the Reachmen knights charge home believing their cause was just and that the Seven would help secure their victory over the Tyrant Stannis; only they charged too far away from their infantry and archers. Most of them are cut down by Stannis's crossbowmen and spearmen, with their infantry giving up and running for the hills.
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** The battle outside Pentos between the Sunset Company and the Pentoshi nobility. The Sunset Company have six and half thousand armoured knights, veteran infantry and Ironborn reavers. The outnumbered Pentoshi have unblooded and untrained nobles, unarmoured sellswords and disloyal slave infantry. It was less a battle more like a hunt.

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** The battle outside Pentos between the Sunset Company and the Pentoshi nobility. The Sunset Company have six and half thousand armoured knights, veteran infantry and Ironborn reavers. The outnumbered Pentoshi have unblooded and untrained nobles, unarmoured sellswords and disloyal slave infantry. It was less a battle and more like a hunt.

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* CurbStompBattle: Khal Drogo's horde vs the Confederation of the Darkwash, which ends with the Dothraki wiping out every village in the region.

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* CurbStompBattle: Khal Drogo's horde vs the Confederation of the Darkwash, which ends with the Dothraki wiping out every village in the region.


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** Khal Drogo's horde vs the Confederation of the Darkwash, which ends with the Dothraki wiping out every village in the region.
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* The Company of the Rose is nearly wiped out during the battle of Pentos. Afterwards they switch sides and take a contract with Braavos, training the city guard of the new Braavosi ruled Pentos.

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* ** The Company of the Rose is nearly wiped out during the battle of Pentos. Afterwards they switch sides and take a contract with Braavos, training the city guard of the new Braavosi ruled Pentos.
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* PrivateMilitaryContractors: Sellsword companies initially make up the bulk of the Slaver forces. Some adapt, others don't.
* The Company of the Rose is nearly wiped out during the battle of Pentos. Afterwards they switch sides and take a contract with Braavos, training the city guard of the new Braavosi ruled Pentos.
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** The battle outside Pentos between the Sunset Company and the Pentoshi nobility. The Sunset Company have six and half thousand armoured knights, veteran infantry and Ironborn reavers. The outnumbered Pentoshi have unblooded and untrained nobles, unarmoured sellswords and disloyal slave infantry. It was less a battle more like a hunt.
** The Battle of Narrow Run between Khal Zirquo's 11,000 strong Dothraki ''khalasar'' and Ned Stark's Myrish army made up of knights, Westerosi longbowmen and most importantly, the highly disciplined and trained Iron Legion. The Myrish lost twelve knights and 278 legionaries killed with twice as many wounded. The Dothraki? ''Six thousand dead'' with another thousand too wounded to fight. Amongst the dead were all of Khal Zirquo's sons, bloodriders, most of his ''Kos'' and Khal Zirquo himself. With hundreds deserting in shame after the battle, Khal Zirquo's ''khalasar'' was not just defeated, ''it ceased to exist''.


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** After the rebellion, Jon Connington is never seen nor mentioned again. He didn't accompany Rhaegar to Essos and he isn't mentioned as being executed when King's Landing fell.

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** Robert is every inch the solid, chivalrous, heroic badass twenty years after the rebellion instead of the drunken slob he degenerated to in canon. He is also a much more engaged and intelligent king then in canon, taking it upon himself to improve as a statesman.

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** Robert is every inch the solid, chivalrous, heroic badass twenty years after the rebellion instead of the drunken slob he degenerated to in canon. He is also a much more engaged and intelligent king then in canon, taking it upon himself to improve as a statesman.statesman after being forced to suffer an lopsided peace deal due to his ignorance.


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** Downplayed with Samwell Tarly, but he possesses a little more skill with a blade as he was trained by one of Willas Tyrell's masters-at-arms (one specifically picked for his patience) instead of his [[AbusiveParents father]]. He is still middling at best and but in battle he can at least defend himself. He also gets a chance to display his talent for logistics and politics, managing the Eastern Expeditions' supplies.
** Theon Greyjoy was already a capable fighter and an excellent archer in canon. Here, he is a veritable OneManArmy.
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** Corbray takes this further after being assigned as the warden of the border with Tyrosh. Knowing the Kingdom's border is new and weak and that the Tyroshi can muster vast numbers of men and resources against them, Corbray embarks on a massive ''Chevauchée'' where he and his men invade the Tyroshi borderlands, strip it of anything that can be carried with them and burning anything that can't. The express intention of the raid is to render the Tyroshi frontier incapable of supporting an invading army, therefore securing the Myrish border.
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The story was inspired by ''Fanfic/SummerCrowns'' by [=DubiousScrivener=]. Making it a fanfic of a fanfic in many ways. This has caused issues at times with the story coming too close to its inspiration. But as the stories have grown apart in various ways that problem seems to have passed.

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The story was inspired by ''Fanfic/SummerCrowns'' by [=DubiousScrivener=]. Making it a [[RecursiveFanfiction fanfic of a fanfic fanfic]] in many ways. This has caused issues at times with the story coming too close to its inspiration. But as the stories have grown apart in various ways that problem seems to have passed.
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** Robert is every inch the solid, chivalrous, heroic badass twenty years after the rebellion instead of the drunken slob he degenerated to in canon.
** In canon, Ned was described as a mediocre swordsman who was better at commanding troops then fighting. Here, constant, [[TookALevelInBadass relentless training means Ned has graduated to a level of mastery]] he wouldn't achieve in canon. Justified, as Ned was driven to improve his skills after [[CurbStompBattle badly losing a duel]] with [[MasterSwordsman Arthur]] [[ArchEnemy Dayne]], despite having [[TheAce Jaime Lannister]] backing him up. They only survived because Arthur was forced to retreat.

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** Robert is every inch the solid, chivalrous, heroic badass twenty years after the rebellion instead of the drunken slob he degenerated to in canon.
canon. He is also a much more engaged and intelligent king then in canon, taking it upon himself to improve as a statesman.
** In canon, Ned was described as a mediocre swordsman who was better at commanding troops then fighting. Here, constant, [[TookALevelInBadass relentless training means Ned has graduated to a level of mastery]] he wouldn't achieve in canon. Justified, as Ned was driven to improve his skills after [[CurbStompBattle badly losing a duel]] with [[MasterSwordsman Arthur]] [[ArchEnemy Dayne]], despite having [[TheAce Jaime Lannister]] backing him up. They only survived because Arthur Arthur's side was losing the battle and he was forced to retreat.
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** Downplayed compared to the other examples, but possibly thanks to abdicating while he had the chance, Robert is every inch the solid, chivalrous, heroic badass twenty years after the rebellion instead
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** In canon, Ned was described as a mediocre swordsman who was better at commanding troops then fighting. Here, constant, [[TookALevelInBadass relentless training means Ned has graduated to a level of mastery]] he wouldn't achieve in canon. Justified, as Ned was driven to improve his skills after [[CurbStompBattle badly losing a duel]] with [[MasterSwordsman Arthur]] [[ArchEnemy Dayne], despite having [[TheAce Jaime Lannister]] backing him up. They only survived because Arthur was forced to retreat.

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** In canon, Ned was described as a mediocre swordsman who was better at commanding troops then fighting. Here, constant, [[TookALevelInBadass relentless training means Ned has graduated to a level of mastery]] he wouldn't achieve in canon. Justified, as Ned was driven to improve his skills after [[CurbStompBattle badly losing a duel]] with [[MasterSwordsman Arthur]] [[ArchEnemy Dayne], Dayne]], despite having [[TheAce Jaime Lannister]] backing him up. They only survived because Arthur was forced to retreat.
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** Robert is every inch the solid, chivalrous, heroic badass twenty years after the rebellion instead of the drunken slob he degenerated to in canon.
** In canon, Ned was described as a mediocre swordsman who was better at commanding troops then fighting. Here, constant, [[TookALevelInBadass relentless training means Ned has graduated to a level of mastery]] he wouldn't achieve in canon. Justified, as Ned was driven to improve his skills after [[CurbStompBattle badly losing a duel]] with [[MasterSwordsman Arthur]] [[ArchEnemy Dayne], despite having [[TheAce Jaime Lannister]] backing him up. They only survived because Arthur was forced to retreat.


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** Downplayed compared to the other examples, but possibly thanks to abdicating while he had the chance, Robert is every inch the solid, chivalrous, heroic badass twenty years after the rebellion instead
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* BadassInCharge:
** The Sunset Company is led by Robert Baratheon.
** Oberyn "the Red Viper" Martell, [[spoiler: leads the Red Viper Rebellion against the Iron Throne.]]
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The story unexpectedly ended with a final chapter of the narrative on October 23, 2022, though there will be several appendices posted at a later date to finish WorldBuilding filling out the timeline.

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The story unexpectedly ended with a final chapter of the narrative on October 23, 2022, though there will be several appendices posted at a later date to finish WorldBuilding and filling out the timeline.



* AdaptationalBadass:
** Thanks to being raised and trained by Arthur Dayne and Barristan Selmy, Viserys is an actual Targaryen warrior rather than a wannabe.

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AdaptationalBadass: Thanks to being raised and trained by Arthur Dayne and Barristan Selmy, Viserys is an actual Targaryen warrior rather than a wannabe.
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An ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' fanfic written by [=MarshalofMontival=] on the Fandom AH section of AH.com. It can be viewed [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/chasing-dragons-asoiaf.453741/ here]], and also on Website/FanfictionDotNet [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13377244/1/Chasing-Dragons here]].

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An ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' fanfic written by [=MarshalofMontival=] on the Fandom AH section of AH.com. It can be viewed [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/chasing-dragons-asoiaf.453741/ here]], and also on Website/FanfictionDotNet Website/FanFictionDotNet [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13377244/1/Chasing-Dragons here]].

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An ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' fanfic written by [=MarshalofMontival=] on the Fandom AH section of AH.com. It can be viewed [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/chasing-dragons-asoiaf.453741/ here]].

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An ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' fanfic written by [=MarshalofMontival=] on the Fandom AH section of AH.com. It can be viewed [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/chasing-dragons-asoiaf.453741/ here]], and also on Website/FanfictionDotNet [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13377244/1/Chasing-Dragons here]].




The story unexpectedly ended with a final chapter of the narrative on October 23, 2022, though there will be several appendices posted at a later date to finish WorldBuilding filling out the timeline.



* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: The final scene of the story is Stannis' son Lyonel being officially crowned as King of Westeros.



*** A three-way conflict erupts in the Vale near the end of the story, between Arryn loyalists, supporters of the Old Faith, and the Mountain Clans.



** [[spoiler: Yohn Royce]] is killed during the Mountain Clans' rebellion.



** [[spoiler: Yohn Royce]] is killed during an offscreen ambush by the Mountain Clans.



* TheExile: For breaking his Kingsguard oath by killing Aerys, Jaime is exiled from Westeros for seven years, to be served in the Sunset Company. [[spoiler: At the end of that time, he ultimately chooses to stay in Myr, to Tywin's outrage.]]

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For breaking his Kingsguard oath by killing Aerys, Jaime is exiled from Westeros for seven years, to be served in the Sunset Company. [[spoiler: At the end of that time, he ultimately chooses to stay in Myr, to Tywin's outrage.]]
** At the end of the story, [[spoiler: Renly and the key members of his coup against Cersei voluntarily go into exile outside Westeros at Lyonel's command, until such time as Tywin can no longer enact revenge.
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* ShowWithinAShow: The special anniversary posts feature snippets from various shows, films, and games from far in future of the timeline, roughly equivalent to the real world time frame. The most recurrent one is a show called ''Sphinxes'', an {{expy}} of ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}''.

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* PuppetState: While Mantarys is allowed to keep its own government after being brought to heel by Volantis, a Volantene military force stays present to make sure they follow Volantis' lead.

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** Lys essentially becomes this to Braavos at the end of the Fourth Slave War, as Braavosi troops are permanently stationed on the islands to make sure they hold to the terms of the peace treaty they were forced to accept with the Abolitionist Alliance.


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** Lys eventually sues for peace with the Abolitionists at the end of the Fourth Slave War to avoid being outright crushed, accepting the loss of their mainland territories to Myr and permanent military occupation of their islands by Braavos to ensure that they enact manumission on their slaves. And for their part, Myr only accepts a peace treaty (as opposed to their original plans of invading the islands) for the sake of preserving their alliance with Braavos.


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** Davos becomes known as Scar-Cheek after the facial wound he receives at the Battle of Bloodstone.


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** When it becomes clear that there is no longer any chance for Lys to win the Fourth Slave War, Daario gathers his forces and flees to Volantis.


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* VestigialEmpire: By the end of the Fourth Slave War, Lys is reduced to a shell of itself -- its mainland territories are ceded to Myr, it's forced to cut contact with Volantis and Slaver's Bay, limit the size of its navy, and start the process of manumission for the slaves still living on its remaining islands, and is also made to accept the presence of Braavosi troops in order to enforce all of these rules, effectively making them a PuppetState.

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