No One's Pawn
is a fanfic set in the world of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. It concerns a What If? where Lancel Lannister refuses to aid Cersei in killing Robert Baratheon.
This fanfic is now complete.
Tropes that appear in this fanfic:
- Abhorrent Admirer: Mina has a few, which Lancel notes wouldn't have taken interest in her a few months earlier.
- Babies Ever After: Lancel and Mina have a son named Eugene at the end.
- Berserk Button: If there's anything Cersei doesn't like, it's being called a liar. Even though she is.
- Dead Hat Shot: The only thing that can be found after Lancel and Mina jump off a cliff is Lancel's hat.
- Good Parents: Kevan and Dorna.
- Great Escape: Lancel and Mina run away from King's Landing, heading for Lannisport to warn his father about what Cersei is planning.
- Happily Married: Lancel and Mina at the end of the story.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Lancel gets speared by a sharp rock after a hard fall.
- I Want Them Alive!: Cersei wants the guards to bring back Lancel alive. Mina, on the other hand, is expendable.
- Oh, Crap!: Lancel has several, the first being asked by Cersei to kill Robert.
- Original Character: Mina Ashford, Lancel's Love Interest.
- The Paranoiac: Joffrey, who is spying on the North despite their neutrality in the war. Lancel notes that it's mostly out of bitterness due to losing Sansa.
- Screw This, I'm Out of Here!: Once Robert died, Ned Stark annulled Sansa's betrothal and returned to the North with Sansa and Arya. They were accompanied by Gendry.
- "Shaggy Dog" Story: Cersei still found a way to kill King Robert, despite Lancel not being the triggerman.
- The Stool Pigeon: One of Mina's suitors rats out Lancel and Mina, leading to the whole plot.
- Time Skip: The epilogue takes place a year after Lancel reaches Lannisport, with war breaking out and Lancel at home taking care of the family in Lannisport.
- Unexpected Successor: Some months ago, Mina became the lone inheritor of the Ashford holdings.
