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* RealityEnsues: Ned can do nothing to help Austin and Edric because Dorne is on the other side of the continent and Robert is unwilling to help the Dornish anyways.
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* BigBrotherMentor: Edric is trying to teach Robb to be smarter.
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* TheCoup: Cersei and Littlefinger launch one to put Joffrey on the throne after the HuntingAccident fails, putting Ned Stark, Austin, Jory, King Robert, and Lord Commander Barristan Selmy in the Black Cells.
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* {{Familiar}}: Ingavar, a bear who is Austin's companion.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation:
** [[spoiler:Jory Cassel]] because Austin persuades Ned Stark to not fight Jaime Lannister.
** [[spoiler:King Robert]] survives his hunt because Austin accompanies him on the hunt and Ingavar tears out the boar's throat.
** [[spoiler:Jory Cassel]] because Austin persuades Ned Stark to not fight Jaime Lannister.
** [[spoiler:King Robert]] survives his hunt because Austin accompanies him on the hunt and Ingavar tears out the boar's throat.
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A longer version can be found [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23784130/chapters/57134290 here]].
* RealityEnsues: Ned can do nothing to help Austin and Edric because Dorne is on the other side of the continent and Robert is unwilling to help the Dornish anyways.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Austin is haunted by the fighting of Greyjoy's Rebellion and lives as a hermit for nine years.
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* TimeSkip: Between Chapters 4 and 5 from 285 AC to 289 AC, the outset of Greyjoy's Rebellion.
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** Between Chapters 4 and 5 from 285 AC to 289 AC, the outset of Greyjoy'sRebellion.Rebellion.
** Nine years pass between Chapters 8 and 9 from 289 AC to 298 AC.
** Between Chapters 4 and 5 from 285 AC to 289 AC, the outset of Greyjoy's
** Nine years pass between Chapters 8 and 9 from 289 AC to 298 AC.
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* FridgeBrilliance: In-universe, Austin recognizes Jon Snow as the infant Ned Stark brought to Starfall when he returned Dawn.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Austin's mother died in childbirth while his father Arthur became a Kingsguard and was later killed by Ned Stark, meaning that Ashara took up a parental role for him.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Austin's mother died in childbirth while his father Arthur became a Kingsguard after Austin was born and was later killed by Ned Stark, meaning that Ashara took up a parental role for him.
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* DespairEventHorizon: Arthur Dayne seemed to have crossed it after the death of his lover, as he joined the Kingsguard and practically abandoned his son.
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Unlike [[EpilepticTrees certain rumors]], Ashara Dayne is definitely dead as Austin watches her die by jumping from the Palestone Tower.]]
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Unlike [[EpilepticTrees [[NeverFoundTheBody certain rumors]], Ashara Dayne is definitely dead as Austin watches her die by [[DrivenToSuicide jumping from the Palestone Tower.]]Tower]].]]
* NoNameGiven: The name of Austin's mother is not mentioned.
* NoNameGiven: The name of Austin's mother is not mentioned.
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* ChildSoldier: Bronn has been a sellsword since before he was 12 years old.
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Ashara [[spoiler:Unlike [[EpilepticTrees certain rumors]], Ashara Dayne is definitely dead as Austin watches her die by jumping from the Palestone Tower.]]
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* PunchClockHero: Bronn. Once he gets paid for escorting Austin and Edric to Winterfell, he's on to the next job.
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* PromotionToParent: Austin has to take care of the eight-year-old Edric while on the road to Winterfell.
* PunchClockHero: Bronn. Once he gets paid for escorting Austin and Edric to Winterfell, he's on to the nextjob.job though he and Austin part on friendly terms.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Bronn was at the Battle of the Trident but fled the battlefield when Prince Rhaegar was killed.
* PunchClockHero: Bronn. Once he gets paid for escorting Austin and Edric to Winterfell, he's on to the next
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Bronn was at the Battle of the Trident but fled the battlefield when Prince Rhaegar was killed.
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-->'''Austin''': I didn't say we were lords.
-->'''Bronn''': Didn't have to. Castle-forged steel, sword training, fancy clothes, good horses. Made it easy for me.
-->'''Bronn''': Didn't have to. Castle-forged steel, sword training, fancy clothes, good horses. Made it easy for me.
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-->'''Bronn''': You know your skill is impeccable for a lad your age. But you're not creative.
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* PunchClockHero: Bronn. Once he gets paid for escorting Austin and Edric to Winterfell, he's on to the next job.
* SherlockScan: Bronn is able to pick out that Austin and Edric are young lords by the quality of their weapons, clothes, and the fact that one of them (Austin) knows how to use a sword.
* SherlockScan: Bronn is able to pick out that Austin and Edric are young lords by the quality of their weapons, clothes, and the fact that one of them (Austin) knows how to use a sword.
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"[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13868972/1/Dawn-of-War Dawn of War]]" is a ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' fanfic that centers around Austin Sand, the illegitimate son of Ser Arthur Dayne who is forced to flee his home and journey to the North.
!!This fanfic features the following tropes:
* AgeLift: Edric Dayne is about 12 in the main series. Here, he's about eight in 285 AC, making him about 10 years older than in the books.
* {{Irony}}: Austin and Edric have to seek refuge with Ned Stark, the man who is believed to have killed Ser Arthur.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Ashara Dayne is definitely dead as Austin watches her die by jumping from the Palestone Tower.]]
* OriginalCharacter: Austin Sand, illegitimate son of Ser Arthur Dayne.
* ParentalAbandonment: Austin's mother died in childbirth while his father Arthur became a Kingsguard and was later killed by Ned Stark, meaning that Ashara took up a parental role for him.
* SkilledButNaive: Austin himself has a lot of skill for a boy, but Bronn teaches him to fight dirty.
* TheUsurper: Two years after Robert's Rebellion, Gerold Dayne comes to Starfall to seize control of House Dayne.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: Austin and Edric bump into a young Bronn near Bitterbridge, and he helps escort them to Winterfell.
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!!This fanfic features the following tropes:
* AgeLift: Edric Dayne is about 12 in the main series. Here, he's about eight in 285 AC, making him about 10 years older than in the books.
* {{Irony}}: Austin and Edric have to seek refuge with Ned Stark, the man who is believed to have killed Ser Arthur.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Ashara Dayne is definitely dead as Austin watches her die by jumping from the Palestone Tower.]]
* OriginalCharacter: Austin Sand, illegitimate son of Ser Arthur Dayne.
* ParentalAbandonment: Austin's mother died in childbirth while his father Arthur became a Kingsguard and was later killed by Ned Stark, meaning that Ashara took up a parental role for him.
* SkilledButNaive: Austin himself has a lot of skill for a boy, but Bronn teaches him to fight dirty.
* TheUsurper: Two years after Robert's Rebellion, Gerold Dayne comes to Starfall to seize control of House Dayne.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: Austin and Edric bump into a young Bronn near Bitterbridge, and he helps escort them to Winterfell.
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