Chapter 29: Game of Thrones is either life or death
Eddard Stark, a key figure in the original book that caused the War of the Five Kings. He discovers that the heir to the kingdom is the product of incest, but ends up dying because of his kindness.
In Game of Thrones, if you don't win, you're dead, there's no middle ground. Obviously, Ed didn't understand this in the original book. And in this world, he also did not understand this truth.
The man in sackcloth said respectfully: "Prime Minister Ed has been fine for the first two and a half months of King's Landing, but during this half month, he has been out a lot, frequently inspecting slums and brothels. During this period, he also came into contact with many people, including prostitutes, blacksmiths, peasant women, and orphans. But because of why Prime Minister Eide did this, we have not found any information. ”
It seems that Ed has begun to probe the bloodline of the prince and princess. According to what Evan knows about Ed, his choice will not be much different from the original book.
Evan continued, "What about Tyrion?" Any news? ”
"Tyrion had set out from the North three months earlier, then headed to the Wall, and returned to Castle Rock in three months. Nothing major happened during this period! ”
It seems that Aven's setup in Winterfell worked, and he had the guards kill the assassin who assassinated Bran. Therefore, there would be no episode in the original book where Catherine came to King's Landing with a Valyrian dagger, and there would be no plot where Tyrion was captured by Catherine.
But in the original book, there is a plot where Catherine's sister Lysa Tully lives with her husband in King's Landing, and she has her husband promote Petyr and develop a secret relationship with Petyr. Petyr's influence on Lysa was immense, and he convinced Lysa to let him poison Jon and blame the Lannisters. After Jon's death, Lysa fled back to the Vale with her son, and later sent a secret letter to Caitlyn accusing Cersei Lannister of murdering her husband.
The letter was sent in the original book, but under Aven's butterfly effect, there is a world of Aven, whether Catherine and Eddard received the letter. Evan was inclined to read the letter, but what the letter would do in the future was something that only time would tell.
The reason why Evan asked the Shadow to inquire about this was to understand what form King's Landing was taking right now. So that he will act after that!
Tyrion wasn't caught, meaning the North and the Lannisters didn't tear their faces. But just like in the original book, Ed still began to investigate the issue of the heir to the kingdom, why did he investigate? Is it a hint of Littlefinger? Or is it the role of Lyza's letter? Whatever caused Ed to investigate the matter, Evan knew that Eddard's actions must have been exposed to Cersei Lannister's eyes. And she's going to start doing it soon!
King's Landing has begun, and what role should Evan play in it? Now, no one knows!
Evan spoke, "I'll let you find out how the Essoros man trapped in the Red Keep prison is!" ”
The man in sackcloth spoke, "Lord Aven, we've already figured it out. Between having his hands cut off and going to the Great Wall to be a night watchman, he chose to be a night watchman. Now he's being held at the Night's Watch King's Landing office! According to the relationship between Bear Island and the Great Wall, you can definitely get him out quietly! It's just that I'm a little confused? ”
Evan spoke: "What doubts, you say! ”
"My lord, when you asked us to bring him to you, the shadow began to investigate him with all his power, his name is Jakun Hegar, he has long hair, half white and half red. This is his most obvious trait. It's just strange that we didn't find any information about him after our investigation, and he appeared like he appeared out of thin air! ”
Of course, Evan knew they wouldn't be able to find out, as Jaqun Hegar was a member of one of the most mysterious organizations in the world, the Assassin of the Faceless.
After Evan had a lot of money, he began to use his power to find the Faceless. But the Facelings, like witches and magicians, spent a lot of money and got nothing.
If he hadn't read the original book, Evan wouldn't have believed that such an existence existed. After several years of searching without results, a faceless one is about to appear before his eyes.
"Now that he's with the Night's Watch, there's no need for the Shadow. You belong to darkness, and only the most critical moments can appear! ”
"Yes, Lord Aven. I'll tell Monet when I get back! ”
"And did Melisandre of Dragonstone inquire about it?"
"My lord, Dragonstone was the place you asked for infiltration a few years ago. But we haven't heard anything about Melisandre, and it's safe to say that she doesn't exist! There is no news of her in the whole continent! ”
Melisandre, arguably the most mysterious existence of the Night King and the Green Prophet in the original books, is a beautiful woman with a heart-shaped face and red eyes. She was often dressed in red, and a stream of heat emanated from her body. She has copper-red hair. She often fills the pockets of her robes with various powders that she uses to give the flames different powers, such as truth, greed, fear, and even murder.
Her power terrifies Aven, and the Bachelor of Dragonstone, Clison, assassinates her with poisoned wine, but she doesn't do anything about it. Next, Stannis declared war on his younger brother Ranley Baratheon, who also claimed to inherit the Iron Throne. When she refuses to submit, Stannis uses Melisandre's magic to assassinate her.
After Lanli's death, Stannis's army marched to Storm's End, the long-time leader of House Baratheon, and laid siege to the remnants of Lanli. When Ser Cortanay Ponloth, acting lord of Storm's End, refused to surrender, Melisandre had Davos Seaworth send her to the city. Melisandre's shadow kills Ponloth.
After the defeat of King's Landing, Stannis withdrew to Dragonstone. Davos blames Melisandre for Blackwater's defeat and hatches a plan to kill her. Melisandre claimed to have seen Davos's plan in the flames and arrested Davos. She also asks Stannis for Robert Baratheon's illegitimate son, Edric Storm, because he has power in the blood of kings, and his sacrifice can "awaken the stone dragon". Stannis refuses her request, but agrees to throw the leeche, which is full of Adric's blood, into the fire. At the same time as this ritual was performed, Melisandre announced the names of the three "False Kings": Baron Greyjoy, Robb Stark, and Joffrey Baratheon. Soon after, all three died. Whether the death of the three was due to Melisandre's magic or an accident, no one can tell.
Not to mention the ability shown in the back, just the front. It's beyond the cognition of ordinary people in this world.
Being able to see the past, predict a part of the future, and kill people with magic thousands of miles away. If the deaths of Baron Greyjoy, Robb Stark, and Joffrey Baratheon had any effect on her, it was the Curse. What's even more shocking is that she is actually a hundreds of years old, but she can maintain her prosperous appearance.
All of this illustrates the horrors of witches, priests, or magicians. Evan had been searching for this mysterious existence for several years. But there was no news during this period. And now, the butterfly effect has appeared, and Melisandre has not appeared on Dragonstone at all! So where did she go?
Could it be that the magician organization that Evan has been exploring in the land of Axia in the past few years has aroused their alarm. Or maybe they had stayed in the land of Axia on the other continent and didn't come to Westeros.
But Evan leaned towards the former, and the magicians of the Land of Axia must have come to Westeros, but Evan searched for it, so they couldn't figure out Aven's purpose so they hid it. This group of mages is harder to find than the Faceless if they want to hide. In the original book, Melisandre can change from a centuries-old man to a beautiful woman, then she is also likely to become someone else, hiding her name.
This is the disadvantage of the butterfly effect, and Evan has had a lot of power in recent years. But at the same time, he also made some things out of his control.
Why did Aven definitely have a magician come to Westeros, instead of staying in the land of Asha and not coming out? That's because the ancient book of Asha prophesied that after the long summer, the stars wept blood, and the cold darkness would cover the world, and at this terrible hour, a warrior would pull out the flaming sword from the flames, and that sword would be the 'Lightbringer', the red sword of heroes, and the one who held the sword would be Atholl. Ahy is reincarnated, and he will drive away the darkness.
The Stars Weep Blood may be a reference to the red comet, which occurred during the Battle of the Five Kings. And the icy darkness most likely refers to the strange spirits and the coming winter.
The prophecy mentions that after the long summer, the stars wept blood, and Azor. Ahi will be reborn in the land of smoke and salt. This Yasha prophecy, for that group of magicians, is equivalent to a lifelong mission, the highest pursuit of a lifetime, and the meaning of the existence of the magician organization for five thousand years.
The magician's prophetic abilities must have sensed that Asha's prophecy was coming, and they would inevitably come to Westeros to figure out the meaning of the magician's existence for the past five thousand years.
It's just that Melisandre is the only one who arrives in the original book, and this time it's Aven's butterfly effect, they must be aware of it, how many people will come this time? And how will it affect the whole world? No one knows!
Evan didn't know about it, but he knew one thing, after the shadows had been inquiring for a few days, two people in the city had drunk and said that they had killed the Icewolf!