Restoration
is a Game of Thrones Continuation Fic that concerns events after the series finale through the eyes of Podrick Payne.
Tropes that appear in this fanfic:
- Arranged Marriage: Tyrion arranges a marriage between Sansa Stark and Podrick Payne.
- Berserk Button: Don't insult Sansa in front of Podrick. Sweetrobin finds this out the hard way.
- Birth-Death Juxtaposition: The dragon egg that was given to Jon and Daenerys' son was found by Rhaegal's corpse.
- Call-Back:
- Sansa remembers the conversation that The Hound had with her about her sons being killers. And Podrick killed his first man that night during the Battle of the Blackwater.
- Sansa remembers her wedding night with Ramsay when talking with Podrick after learning that she's pregnant.
- Civil War: Dorne is embroiled in one of these as multiple families fight over Sunspear.
- Cool Sword: Podrick receives Widow's Wail (the other Valyrian Steel sword reforged from Ice) from Sansa.
- Dead Guy Junior: Edmure named his son Hoster for his father.
- Death by Adaptation:
- Jon Snow is already dead.
- Tyrion is killed by Dothraki arrows.
- Facial Horror: One of the Khal's wives is found dead, with her face missing. It's implied Arya took it.
- Famed In-Story: Songs are already being sung about the deeds surrounding the events of the War of the Five Kings and the Great War.
- The Ghost:
- Arya Stark, who left with Gendry for the Stormlands.
- Lyanna Mormont is off-page, running the North in Sansa's absence.
- He-Man Woman Hater: Robin Arryn seems to regard all women as whores, judging by his adverse reaction to marriage and outright referring to Sansa as a whore.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Remember that secret entrance to Casterly Rock that Tyrion told to the Unsullied? Now the Unsullied used it to hole up in Casterly Rock.
- In-Series Nickname: Barely a month or two after his wedding and Podrick is already referred to by smallfolk as the "Unlikely Lord".
- Keystone Army: The Alliance Daenerys forged crumbled overnight after her death, because the Dothraki only answer to the Khaleesi/Daenerys (and she's dead) and the Unsullied don't understand the concept of legacy (since they don't reproduce).
- Mythology Gag: At one point, Bronn is heard whistling "A Thousand Eyes and One", befitting his position as Master of Whisperers.
- Offscreen Moment of Awesome: Gendry leading the Stormlanders to victory against the Dothraki.
- Original Character: Grand Maester Silas is the new Grand Maester sent from the Citadel
- Posthumous Character: Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen, Cersei and Jaime Lannister, the Dragons.
- Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: The Small Council is truly a mixed bag, consisting of Sansa, Podrick, Tyrion, Davos, Sam, Yara, Theon, Jorah, Brienne, and a new Grand Maester. It was slightly invoked because they wanted a multi-cultural perspective on the realm.
- Spared by the Adaptation: Jorah and Lyanna Mormont are still alive, as is Theon Greyjoy.
- The Spymaster: Bronn, as the court's new Master of Whisperers.
- The Squire: Podrick plans to take Little Sam (Gilly's son) as a squire when he's old enough.
- Straight for the Commander: It's implied Arya killed the Khal in a sneak attack.
- Succession Crisis: All over the place, thanks to the War of the Five Kings.
- The Northern Lords are adamant in the "There is always a Stark in Winterfell" rule. Which leads directly into Sansa marrying Podrick.
- Robin Arryn is refusing to marry and hasn't named an heir.
- Yara will likely be the last person to rule the Iron Islands as a Greyjoy since Theon is a eunuch.
- The Reach and Dorne are both embroiled in Civil War.
- Take a Third Option: How Tyrion decided on Podrick to marry Sansa. She can't marry a powerful lord or a commoner, therefore she should marry a knight lower in rank to her, who's known her for years and traveled the realm.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: Robin Arryn.
