History Fanfic / WearingRobertsCrown

** Drakebert's marriage to [[spoiler: Alayne Chelsted]].

** Gerion and [[spoiler:Tyrion]] Lannister go looking for the Lannister's long-lost Valyrian steel sword Brightroar [[spoiler:but found another Valyrian steel sword instead, which they made an heirloom sword anyway]].

* DemotedToExtra: Ramsay Bolton, as Domeric Bolton has no reason to seek out him out, since he has a legitimate half-brother Barton.

* DirtyBusiness: Drakebert has to deal with the fact he executed [[spoiler: a twelve year old for murder]]. And earlier with Tywin having had Rhaegar's family killed.

** Drakebert and [[spoiler: Alayne]] are devoted to their children. Drakebert also brings in the two bastards Robert conceived to raise them, and essentially adopts Daenerys. While Myra goes on to enjoy a comfortable marriage to a former Targaryan-loyalist Stormland family (indicating more things are forgiven), Bella is being tutored to become the next Master of Whispers.

** [[spoiler: The assassination of Tywin Lannister]] is poorly thought out in general, and it is acknowledged by Doran Martell as carrying massive and preventable risks.[[spoiler: It costed the Martells Quentyn Martell's life, and caused a subtle falling out between Doran and Arianne.]]
** Related to the above point, former Grand Maester, currently Maester Pycelle, suspects that [[spoiler: Tywin has been poisoned. Hoping to regain his former position, he says nothing during the prolonged period it takes the man to die, and then makes a large, public spectacle of claiming it was poison, and (correctly) accusing the Martells of it. This causes a massive political scandal which pits the two houses against one another, and ends in the execution of twelve year old Quentyn Martell. If he had quietly come to Drakebert with his suspicions from the start, Tywin might have been saved, and the situation could have definitely been resolved discretely with Doran quietly yet firmly handling the mess his children and niece had caused, and without burdening Drakebert's conscience, and Pycelle would have been rewarded. Instead he causes a massive crisis, and it is painfully obvious he engineered it to try and regain his old status. Consequently, Pycelle is imprisoned, forcefully removed from King's Landing, and it is heavily implied the Red Viper kills him for his role in his nephew's death.]]
** In Obara VII, two Dornish emissaries approach Aegon Targaryen who's planning to return to Westeros. They anticipated that Aegon and the Golden Company can carry out a lightning assault on the capital and that most of the Seven Kingdoms will be neutral, favourable, or at least unable to oppose him in taking the crown. At a time when[[spoiler: the Wall has fallen, the king died heroically, and Stannis Baratheon is uncontested as Regent to the young heirs; In short, when ''the realm is more united and galvanized than ever before'']]. Just to make this clear,[[spoiler: Viserys Targaryen]] had concluded that his feud with House Baratheon is less important that fighting the Others! To quote one reviewer: 'Aegon, Jonny C, The GC, and Dorne weren't just holding the Idiot Ball, they were having kinky, filthy sex with it.'

** Several of those who try and bond with Daenerys' dragons give that impression, as they are risking their lives largely upon hopes that they have the proper mixture of blood within them. Something which people persist in doing despite the number of people vicious killed in failed attempts.

* OneManIndustrialRevolution: Specifically averted. Drakebert has arranged some inventions but with few exceptions these are incremental improvements and he needs craftsmen to handle the technical details.
* OriginalCharacter: Alayne Chelstead, sister of Aerys the Mad's penultimate Hand. She marries Drakebert, and has many kids with him. Initially more of a background character, as the war, and cost, of the war with the Others continues, she takes a larger role, yet is clearly (if understandably) struggling.

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Drakebert's policy encourages this, but the best example is Stannis. At one time or another, he has held upwards of half the positions on the Small Council. Renly also takes a fairly active role, having his own keep with Summerhall, and after he causes a political scandal is given the responsibility of manning a ship and overseeing one of Robert's pet projects.

* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Drakebert won't put up with Pentoshi weaselling on whether or not they're actually practising slavery - they are and he calls them on it. This also earns him extra favor from Bravos and the Septons.

* TheLeader: Drakebert is the Mastermind type but plays the role of a Headstrong type maturing into the Levelheaded type.

* ThroneMadeOfX: Very deliberately averted. Drakebert destroys the Iron Throne and replaces it with an ordinary, if well-made, chair draped with his cloak.
* TokenEvilTeammate: While he can't really be considered evil per se, Roose Bolton is one of Drakebert's longtime advisors. A straighter example, Tywin Lannister served a short term as Hand of The King.

* ArrangedMarriage: Drakebert winds up arranging one between [[spoiler: his nephew Orys and Ned's niece Joanna.]]

* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Drakebert's plan to curb Tywin's more bloodthirsty tendencies and punish him for his 'salt the earth' approach in the war with the Ironborn: [[spoiler: when he dissolves the Iron Islands as a Kingdom and divides up their territory among the Lords who supported him, he grants Tywin two of the Iron Islands renown for their mines. Tywin, having already razed them to the ground and flooded the mines to make them unusable, is now stuck cleaning them up as a matter of pride.]]

** Drakebert and [[spoiler: Alayne]] are devoted to their children. Drakebert also brings in the two bastards Robert birthed to raise them, and essentially adopts Daenerys. While Myra goes on to enjoy a comfortable marriage to a former Targaryan-loyalist Stormland family (indicating more things are forgiven), Bella is being tutored to become the next Master of Whispers.

* HelloSailor: Given his canonical counter-part, Renly spending a lot of time on ships away from[[spoiler: his wife Obara and children]] raised fan's suspicions.

* ForWantOfANail: Domeric Bolton has no reason to seek out his half-brother Ramsay, since he has a legitimate half-brother Barton.

* ThreeAmigos: Bloodraven claims that he, Aegon Rivers and Shiera Seastar were one of these when they were younger.

** MassOhCrap: Initially an understated one as Robert calls a Grand Council of all the lords, and spells out how they are looking at a very long winter on the horizon. This becomes progressively larger as summer continues, and thus the implications for the coming snows. When the Others are discovered though, it becomes increasingly frantic and explicit as the entire kingdom throws itself into the war.

* InUniverseNickname: Stannis[[spoiler: Ironfoot]].

** Balon Greyjoy's whole rebellion is spelled out as him holding this. The main reasons is that not only is he picking a fight with basically the entire continent, a continent much more unified under Drakebert than it was under Robert, but the simple fact that he has little way to replace his losses, while the Baratheons can do so with ease. As Varys puts it, the Greyjoys might win the first few battles, but they were doomed to lose the last one. The idiocy is compounded by refusing favorable terms of surrender after the Iron Fleet was crushed, and his castle was under siege.

** Related to the above point, former Grand Maester, currently Maester Pycelle, suspects that [[spoiler: Tywin has been poisoned. Hoping to regain his former position, he says nothing during the prolonged period it takes the man to die, and then makes a large, public spectacle of claiming it was poison, and (correctly) accusing the Martells of it. This causes a massive political scandal which pits the two houses against one another, and ends in the execution of twelve year old Quentyn Martell. If he had quietly come to Drakebert with his suspicions from the start, Tywin might have been saved, and the situation could have definitely been resolved discretely with Doran quietly yet firmly handling the mess his children and niece had caused, and without burdening Drakebert's conscience. Consequently, Pycelle is imprisoned, forcefully removed from King's Landing, and it is heavily implied the Red Viper kills him for the role in his nephew's death.]]

** Mace Tyrell's holding back the forces of the Reach is initially feared to be outright treason, especially as the lack of the massive Reach forces is considered by many to have played a significant role in the initial ''heavy'' losses Westeros has suffered in the war with the Others. In reality, the man genuinely believed taking the time to prepare his men, particularly with a series of tourneys, was the best way to prepare them. In response, the entirety of the Reach was divided up into a series of smaller 'kingdoms,' and he was sent to join the Night Watch.
** Several of those who try and bond with Daenerys' dragons give that impression, as they are risking their lives largely upon hopes that they have the proper mixture of blood within them.

* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:Drakebert himself died holding the line against wights and White Walkers after reciting the Night Watch's oaths, functionally making him the 999th Lord Commander of The Night's Watch. Alongside him dies Ser Barristan, Brienne Tarth, Roose Bolton, and others. This later plays a significant role as well in actually solidifying his regime, as everyone is well aware the king could have retreated, but instead chose to lay down his life alongside those sworn to him, [[DareToBeBadass setting an example for the entire kingdom to follow.]] Special note that at some point he was stabbed by a dagger of dragonglass to ensure he stayed dead, as did a few other members, including Brienne]].
* EarnYourTitle: Tyrion Lannister becomes known as [[spoiler:the Crowslayer after he kills Euron Greyjoy]].

* SinsOfOurFathers: Averted. Drakebert raises Aerys' surviving children alongside his own children.
* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Drakebert won't put up with Pentoshi weaselling on whether or not they're actually practising slavery - they are and he calls them on it.

* TokenEvilTeammate: While he can't really be considered evil per se, Roose Bolton is one of Drakebert's longtime advisors. A straighter example, Tywin Lannister served a term as Hand of The King.

* AnyoneCanDie: It's ASOIAF so that should go without saying. [[spoiler: Not even Drakebert is safe. Word of God is that the SI didn't get reincarnated or sent home: his death in the story was final.]]

* CoolCrown: Robert wears the same gold circlet as Aegon III, who also succeeded the throne following a civil war, and Aegon V, his nearest royal ancestor.

* DaddysGirl: Cassana.

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Most of the Greyjoys died during their rebellion, with Aeron being the last survivor until Jaime lopped off his head in his TrialByCombat]].

* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:Drakebert himself died holding the line against wights and White Walkers after reciting the Night Watch's oaths, functionally making him the 999th Lord Commander of The Night's Watch.]]

** Drakebert and [[spoiler: Alayne]] are devoted to their children.

* IdiotBall: Arthur Dayne is a great warrior, but a terrible conspirator.

* OriginalCharacter: Alayne Chelstead, sister of Aerys the Mad's penultimate Hand.

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Drakebert's policy encourages this, but the best example is Stannis. At one time or another, he has held upwards of half the positions on the Small Council.

You can find it on fanfiction.net [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11861559/1/Wearing-Robert-s-Crown/ here]]. It's also archived on [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/6833305 AO3]] and advance postings are made on [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/wearing-roberts-crown-si.382035/ spacebattles.com]] and [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?p=12189366#post12189366 alternatehistory.com]]

* WhereDidWeGoWrong: Tywin is pleased that Jaime is freed to be his heir, but less so as he realises that Jaime isn't likely to follow in his footsteps as politician and administrator.

* AChildShallLeadThem:[[spoiler: After Drakebert's passing, the throne was assumed by his young heir Eddard under the regency of Stannis. After Eddard's unfortunate passing, Cassana assumed the throne under the same regent.]]

* DyingMomentOfAwesome:[[spoiler: Drakebert himself died holding the line against wights and White Walkers after reciting the Night Watch's oaths, functionally making him the 999th Lord Commander of The Night's Watch.]]

* EarnYourTitle: Tyrion Lannister, [[spoiler: the Crowslayer]].
* EntitledBastard: Viserys is getting over it.

* FictionalDocument: Tyrion Lannister apparently publishes accounts of his voyages with some success.

* AltarDiplomacy: Drakebert's marriage to [[spoiler: Alayne Chelsted]].

* AncestralWeapon: Viserys noted that his sword belonged to his brother Rhaegar before him. He also dreams of Blackfyre, sword of his ancestor Aegon the Conqueror[[spoiler: and later obtained that sword's mate Dark Sister]].
** Gerion and [[spoiler: Tyrion]] Lannister go looking for the Lannister's long-lost Valyrian steel sword Brightroar[[spoiler: but found another Valyrian steel sword instead, which they made an heirloom sword anyway]].

* GoodParents: Drakebert and [[spoiler: Alayne]] are devoted to their children.

* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Drakebert's plan to curb Tywin's more bloodthirsty tendencies and punish him for his 'salt the earth' approach in the war with the Ironborn [[spoiler: when he dissolves the Iron Islands as a Kingdom and divides up their territory among the Lords who supported him, he grants Tywin two of the Iron Islands renown for their mines. Tywin, having already razed them to the ground and flooded the mines to make them unusable, is now stuck cleaning them up as a matter of pride.]]

''Wearing Robert's Crown'' is an ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' fanfic diverging from canon after the sack of King's Landing. Although described as a Self-Insertion, with the author avatar playing the role of Robert Baratheon (referred to as Drakbert or Drakebert in some comments), his perspective hasn't so far been portrayed, with the point of view circulating between canonical characters.

** [[spoiler: The assassination of Tywin Lannister]] is poorly thought out in general, and it is acknowledged by Doran Martell as carrying massive and preventable risks.[[spoiler: It costed the Martells Quentyn Martell's life, and a subtle falling out between Doran and Arianne.]]
** In Obara VII, two Dornish emissaries approach Aegon Targaryen who's planning to return to Westeros. They anticipated that Aegon and the Golden Company can carry out a lightning assault on the capital and that most of the Seven Kingdoms will be neutral, favourable, or at least unable to oppose him in taking the crown. At a time when [[spoiler: the Wall has fallen, the king died heroically and Stannis Baratheon is uncontested as Regent to the young heir; In short, when ''the realm is more united and galvanized than ever before'']]. Just to make this clear, [[spoiler: Viserys Targaryen]] had concluded that his feud with House Baratheon is less important that fighting the Others! To quote one reviewer: 'Aegon, Jonny C, The GC, and Dorne weren't just holding the Idiot Ball, they were having kinky, filthy sex with it.'

* LesserOfTwoEvils: The Martells aren't admirers of Jon Arryn but when the alternative is Tywin Lannister as Hand they're willing to work with him.

* TheMagicComesBack:[[spoiler: Doran Martell had the same magical glass candles that The Citadel has, and ''had managed to light it''.]]
* MagnificentBastard: Drakebert has pulled this off several times when his schemes have bared fruit and we don't know if it was intentional or not [[spoiler: Varys adopting the printing press and inadvertantly giving Drakebert cover for any social upheavels it may cause for example]]
** Most recently Drakebert's plan to deny the Others a Wilding Wight army has been revealed when he [[spoiler: arranges to transfer the wildings to Pentos where they will not only not strengthen the Others, but also keep the factions on that continent to busy to cause Westeros headaches during the long Winter]]

* AChildShallLeadThem:[[spoiler: After Drakebert's passing, the throne was assumed by his young heir Eddard under the regency of Stannis. After Eddard's unfortunate passing, Cassana assumed the throne.]]

* IdiotBall: Arthur Dayne is a great knight but a terrible conspirator.
** [[spoiler: Quentyn Martell's assassination of Tywin Lannister]] is generally poorly thought out, and it is acknowledged by Doran Martell as carrying massive and preventable risks.
** In Obara VII, two Dornish emissaries approach Aegon Targaryen who's planning to return to Westeros. They anticipated that Aegon and the Golden Company can carry out a lightning assault on the capital and that most of the Seven Kingdoms will be neutral, favourable, or at least unable to oppose him in taking the crown. At a time when [[spoiler: the Wall has fallen, the king died heroically and Stannis Baratheon is uncontested as Regent to the young heir; In short, when ''the realm is more united and galvanized than ever before'']]. Just to make this clear, [[spoiler: Viserys Targaryen]] had concluded that his feud with House Baratheon is less important that fighting the Others! To quote one review: 'Aegon, Jonny C, The GC, and Dorne weren't just holding the Idiot Ball, they were having kinky, filthy sex with it.'

* InUniverseNickname: Stannis [[spoiler: Ironfoot]]
* LastSecondChance: Drakebert gives Balon Greyjoy a chance to end his rebellion on terms. When that's declined...

* MarriageOfConvenience: Drakebert and [[spoiler: Alayne Chelsted]], Stannis and [[spoiler: Aemma Waynwood]], Cersei and [[spoiler: Benjen Stark]]

* NamedWeapons: The Lannister's newly obtained Valyrian steel greatsword [[spoiler: Fire, sister blade to the Stark's Ice.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Drakebert has the Wall heavily reinforced. [[spoiler: And then the Others bring it down in one night, killing most of the defenders who they can raise to reinforce their army.]]

* NoodleIncident: While besieging Pyke, Viserys noted that he heard a freak thunder in the middle of the night. The next morning, the army found one of the towers of Balon Greyjoy's castle in rubbles, taking most of the Greyjoys with them save for Aeron.

* AChildShallLeadThem:[[spoiler: After Drakebert's passing, the throne was assumed by his young heir Eddard. After Eddard's unfortunate passing, Cassana assumed the throne under the regency of Stannis.]]

* ChekhovsGun: Drakebert pays Varys for his services with a dragon egg, and a decade later [[spoiler: Varys concludes it was Robert telling him he knew about Griff the Younger (aka Aegon, or 'Egg').]]

* GivingRadioToTheRomans: With some success - an attempt at a screw-galley is labelled Robert's Folly.
* GoldDigger: Jeyne Waynwood, at least when contrasted with her sisters

* HandicappedBadass: Lack of height in no way impairs Tyrion's ability to travel the world, slay pirates, [[spoiler: wights]], catch the eye of a princess ([[spoiler: admittedly eight-year old Cassana Baratheon]]) and recover ancient treasures.
* HappilyAdopted: Although she's well aware of her parentage, Daenerys occasionally refers to [[spoiler: Drakebert]] as her father.
* HelloSailor: Given his canonical counter-part, Renly spending a lot of time on ships away from [[spoiler: his wife and children]] raised fan's suspicions.
* IdiotBall: Arthur Dayne is a great knight but a terrible conspirator. [[spoiler: Quentyn Martell's assassination of Tywin Lannister]]
** In Obara VII, two Dornish emissaries approach Aegon Targaryen who's planning to return to Westeros, anticipating that he can carry out a lightning assault on the capital and that most of the Seven Kingdoms will be neutral, favourable or at least unable to oppose him in taking the crown. At a time when [[spoiler: the Wall has fallen, the king died heroically and Stannis Baratheon is uncontested as Regent to the young heir]]. Just to make this clear, [[spoiler: Viserys Targaryen]] had concluded that his feud with House Baratheon is less important that fighting the Others! To quote one review: 'Aegon, Jonny C, The GC, and Dorne weren't just holding the Idiot Ball, they were having kinky, filthy sex with it.'

* NamedWeapons: The Lannister's newly obtained Valyrian steel greatsword [[spoiler: Fire, sister blade to the Stark's Ice]]

* NobleFugitive: The Tattered Prince. Viserys could also be considered to be an example.

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Stannis at one time or another has held up to half the positions on the Small Council.

* TokenEvilTeammate: Roose Bolton is one of Drakebert's advisors and Tywin is occasionally of service in this role.