I need you play a role of a very experienced beta-reader and professional book editor to brainstorm for me what further plot directions could be most interesting for a potential reader. You edit supernatural and fantasy dramas and successfully guides authors toward creating bestsellers, your expertise is sought for a specific task. 

Firstly, I need your aid with brainstorming possible scene variants for my fantasy genre story. I will give you my story setting, conflicts and part of the outline up to the chapter 11. Read it and give me 15 further plot suggestions in the form of:
Example: it would be interesting to know/see how character X does/finds/avoids/learns/wants [something]. Give me ideas what further plot events could be most awaited by my potential readers. 

Secondly, I would like to know whether I should use chapter 12 for some plot twists and developing Nyra and Jace’s subplots before the Midpoint in chapter 13 or I’d better move Midpoint earlier and start it in chapter 12. Let’s think about it.
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My current draft plan for Midpoint (chapter 13) is the following:
•	Daemon returns home with the mage Gaerra.
•	Rhaenyra talks with the mage, tells her about the ritual.
•	The mage researches the magical book for some time (a few hours or a day?)
•	Gaerra has a serious talk with Rhaenyra, scolds her short-sightedness and passivity. Rhaenyra doesn’t believe her at first.
•	Gaerra gives her a tonic to make Rhaenyra dream of the future. In the dream Rhaenyra will witness the war and death of her children and allies. 
•	Rhaenyra will wake up shaken to the core. This will be her turning point.

I think this will be the Chapter 13. But I need your advice whether it will be better to start it earlier, in the chapter 12? And if it is better than how to write that smooth transition?

My story background: 


<metadata>
<premise>
On the verge of her king-father’s passing, the crown princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (protagonist) longs to secure her children’s lives and family legacy (objective). However, when her younger self aka Nyra and younger version of her uncle are wrenched from the past due to a magical misstep (disaster), she’s thrust into a battle against her past mistakes (passivity and short-sightedness) and an impending civil war (conflict), challenging her to overcome personal flaws and rival political forces (opponent) to safeguard her children’s and the realm’s future.
</premise>
<thematic argument>
In order to survive and secure their family’s future in the game of thrones, one must actively engage and confront their rival factions.
</thematic argument>
<setting>
•	The story takes place in the realm of The Seven Kingdoms.
•	Pre-Dance of the Dragon Era, right before the civil war. 
•	The timeline is changed, here it happens in the year 134 AC.
•	Targaryens normally practice incestuous marriages.
•	Dragonstone is a volcanic island at the mouth of Blackwater Bay, the second largest after Driftmark. Dragonstone Castle is a keep, a traditional seat of the heir to the Iron Throne.
•	Viserys I is the Targaryen king. He is terminally ill and bedridden. Otto Hightower rules in his stead as his Hand and controls the capital.
•	The blacks are the faction of House Targaryen and their loyalists who support the future ascent of princess Rhaenyra Targaryen as Queen of the Seven Kingdoms.
•	The greens are the faction of House Targaryen and their loyalists who support the future ascent of Aegon II Targaryen as King of the Seven Kingdoms. The leader of the faction is Otto Hightower. 
•	Gods are real in this setting, but they are distant from humans. Valyrian gods can help humans in exchange for blood sacrifices.
•	Time travel is hardly possible. Only Gods can send someone through time. Even mages just discuss the possibility of such travel. Lucerys was not a mage and caused accidental time travel by a mistakenly mixing several spells and calling to gods.
•	Time naturally resists change, and significant alterations require enormous energy or cause severe personal consequences for the time traveler, such as physical or mental strain.
•	Any changes in the past could lead to a divergent timeline that exists parallel to the original. The original timeline remains unchanged, preventing paradoxes.
•	Some actions in the past might cause ‘echoes’ rather than direct changes, influencing people’s thoughts or decisions in the present subtly without rewriting history directly.
•	Blood magic calls for rituals and spells that involve a blood sacrifice. Royals' blood is the most potent, also related life-bloods are often used to increase power. Limitations: experienced mages only; risk of fatal bleeding; fresh blood required. Resurrections achievable with character trait loss.
</setting>
<outerConflicts>
•	Rhaenyra is a designated heir to the Iron Throne, although her half-brother Aegon II should be the heir by traditions of the realm as the firstborn son of the king.
•	Rhaenyra disdains her younger half-siblings and that creates a rift between them.
•	Rhaenyra’s older sons look so unlike their legal father that most people in the capital openly regard them as illegitimate. Seeking a meaningful relationship, she chose a man she could trust and love (Harwin Strong). However, her older sons' appearance clearly indicates their illegitimacy.
•	Rhaenyra left the capital six years ago, avoiding rumors about her older sons’ bastardy, therefore, she lost influence and allies at the court.
•	Rhaenyra’s younger brother Aemond lost his eye in the fight with Luke and he holds a huge grudge against him and her.
•	Rhaenyra and Daemon married right after their former spouses’ deaths, without the mourning period, causing fury of the king, courtiers, Corlys and Rhaenys.
•	Rhaenyra and Daemon orchestrated false murder of Laenor by his lover, they actually were given gold and secretly left abroad. It happened away from the court. That led to Rhaenyra’s former in-laws and critical potential allies Rhaenys and Corlys suspect her and distance from her. 
•	Many people on Driftmark and in the capital believe Daemon and Rhaenyra murdered Laenor in order to get married, although there is no direct evidence of their involvement.
•	Rhaenyra is happy with Daemon, but feels pressured by his insistence on preparing to the war after Viserys I death. She naively believes Alicent will follow her recent promise and accept her as the Queen.
•	Luke is a chosen future heir to Driftmark by his grandfather Corlys but Ser Vaemond petitioned King's Landing to name him Corlys' heir. 
•	Daemon chopped off Vaemond's head when he publicly insulted Rhaenyra. Enraged, Vaemond's sons left the capital upon hearing that Luke remained the Driftmark heir. 
•	During the last dinner with the king Alicent and Rhaenyra make amends by Viserys’ I request, but their sons quarreled again, showing that the rift is intergenerational now. 
</outerConflicts>
</metadata>
<style>
•	Genre: high fantasy + family drama.
•	Third point limited point of view, past point of view
</style>

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Prologue – The Omen:
Scene 0.1
- Setting: Castle-bound ship at night
- Characters: Prince Luke (POV), Crown Princess Rhaenyra, siblings of Luke
- Events: Prince Lucerys “Luke” Velaryon, scorned for his divergence from the pure Valyrian features, embarks on a forbidden quest to alter his blood and appearance through ancient blood magic hidden within a stolen tome. With his well-meaning siblings, Rhaena, Baela and Jace, aiding him in this clandestine ritual, Luke yearns to embody the esteemed likeness of his official lineage and shake off the shame of bastardy that haunts his every reflection.
- Purpose:
Scene 0.2
- Setting: The ship dining cabin, the following morning
- Characters: Luke (POV), Rhaenyra, Daemon, Baela, Rhaena, Jace, Joffrey.
- Events: The family shares breakfast and discusses their journey and previous dinner with the king, before discovering strange casualties on the ship. Will Luke’s desperate measures to secure his inheritance awaken grace or unleash catastrophe upon them all?
- Purpose: Introduction to family dynamics and foreshadowing the effects of the ritual.
End Hook: Luke fears the eerie deaths are a result of the blood ritual.

Chapter 1 
Scene 1.1
- Setting: Path to the castle on Rhaenyra’s island
- PlotThread: main plotline
- Characters: Rhaenyra (POV), her sons, Daemon
- Plotline: main plot
- Events: Upon their twilight return to a castle, Rhaenyra’s family faces the repercussions of a catastrophic landslide and a dark ritual gone awry, executed by her sons in a desperate bid to change their looks to prove their legitimacy. The misused spell carries dangerous, unforeseeable consequences for their bloodline and the control of dragons, prompting Daemon to sternly punish them. With silence and trepidation, they face the uncertainty of the magic’s fallout as they head towards their castle. Rhaenyra firmly decided to do anything to protect her children.
- Purpose: to set up the protagonist’s goal, show us events through protagonist’s eyes. 
Scene 1.2
- Setting: Dragonstone castle, main gates
- POV: Jace
- OnStageCharacters: Jace, Baela, his brothers and servants
- Plotline: Jace’s subplot
- Events: Jace’s walks to the castle and muses about his unworthiness as the heir, his betrothed Baela comforts him. He feels a bit better.
- Purpose: to show his guilt for his part in this mess, show the basics of his relationships with Baela and his sense of responsibility.
Scene 1.3
- Setting: Dragonstone castle, a bedchamber of Jace and Luke.
- POV: Jace
- OnStageCharacters: Jace
- Plotline: Jace’s subplot
- Events: Jace’s walks to the castle and muses about his unworthiness as the heir, his betrothed Baela comforts him. He feels a bit better and is encouraged.
- Purpose: to show his guilt for his part in this mess, show the basics of his relationships with Baela and his sense of responsibility.

Scene 1.3
- Setting:  Rhaenyra’s castle 
- Characters: Jace (POV), Luke, Rhaenyra
- Plotline: Jace’s subplot, inciting incident
- Events: Rhaenyra questions Jace and Luke about the ritual’s missing lines in the book, Jace encounters a girl who is a young copy of his mother.
- Purpose: Involve maternal figure in the magic plotline; introduce doppelgänger element.
End Hook: Nyra confronts Daemon, creating tension.

Chapter 2 
Scene 2.1
- Setting: Flashback – Red Keep, 17 years ago 
- Plotline: Nyra’s subplot
- Characters: Young Rhaenyra aka Nyra (POV)
- Events: (Inciting Incident) Nyra, reeling from her intimate encounter with her uncle Daemion, navigates through King’s Landing only to inexplicably find herself within Dragonstone’s throne room - hundreds of miles from where she started. Alongside her knight Ser Criston, who followed her through a mystical mist, she grapples with the reality of their sudden displacement, wondering how they arrived and dreading the consequences. In Dragonstone, they witness the arrival of a family, and shockingly, Nyra sees an older version of herself among them, along with children and an older Daemon. Confused and overwhelmed by this glimpse of a potential future, she and Ser Criston hide from the newcomers, questioning the reality of their situation and considering their next move in this surreal experience.
- Purpose:  Provide backstory, introduce second main character and create the inciting incident.
Scene 2.2
- Setting:  Flashback - Red Keep
- Plotline: Nyra’s subplot
- Characters: Daemion (POV)
- Events: Daemon spends a week in the Vale, brooding over the missed opportunities with Rhaenyra and cursing his ill-timing, as news of her betrothal to Laenor Velaryon reaches him. Reflecting on his passionate yet unfulfilled encounter with Rhaenyra at the brothel, he battles feelings of guilt for almost exploiting her trust. Yet, emboldened by his newly widowed status and determined to make amends, he sneaks into the capital with plans to reconcile with her, only to experience a mystifying shift in his surroundings as the Red Keep seems to transform into Dragonstone before his very eyes.
- Purpose: Introduce Daemion, develop Inciting Incident for the plot.
Scene 2.3
- Setting:  present - Dragonstone Castle
- Characters: Daemion (POV)
- Events: Daemon, initially confused by his sudden shift in surroundings, recognizes the walls of Dragonstone castle and hears the distant roars of dragons. Stealthily making his way through the tunnels and courtyard, he observes odd late-night activity in the stables. Struck by the great hall’s unfamiliar decoration, his jealousy surges at the thought of future Rhaenyra’s wedding. His shock deepens when he sees an older version of himself with a pregnant Rhaenyra, his apparent future wife, causing Daemon to question the reality of this perfect vision of a potential future.
- Purpose: develop Inciting Incident for the plot.
End Hook: Daemon’s discovery of Nyra in the present time.


Chapter 3 – Past Meets Present:
Scene 3.1
- Setting:
- PlotThread: main plotline
- Characters: Rhaenyra (POV), Nyra,
- Events: Rhaenyra encounters a teenage version of herself, an apparition seemingly rendered from the past by her sons’ bungled blood magic ritual. They converse in privacy with Rhaenyra’s initial shock giving way to concern as she conceals her counterpart to prevent panic among the castle inhabitants and contemplates the dire implications of such potent sorcery. Resolute, yet wearied by her predicament, Rhaenyra decides to keep the girl hidden and plans to seek the counsel of experts in ancient Valyrian magic, all while preparing to reveal this bewildering twist to her husband Daemon.
- Purpose: Highlight a critical plot development; reinforce theme of unintended consequences of blood magic.

Scene 3.2
- Setting: one of guest chambers
- PlotThread: Nyra’s subplot
- Characters: Nyra (POV), older Daemon
- Emotional State: Nyra is angry and feels betrayed.
- Events: In the guest chamber, the young Rhaenyra is unexpectantly confronted by her future sons and, most disturbingly, by Daemon—the very uncle who betrayed her. The sight of him ignites a blaze of fiery rage within her, as memories of humiliation at the brothel consume her thoughts. While the older Rhaenyra discreetly navigates the tense atmosphere and manages her sons, young Rhaenyra demands answers from Daemon, her resentment barely contained. The encounter is laden with the complexity of unspoken regret and confused identities, leaving all present grappling with a tumultuous blend of past resentments and the bewildering realities of their entwined futures.
- Purpose: Explore emotional turmoil and character interactions across time.
End Hook:

Chapter 4:
Scene 4.1
- Setting: one of guest chambers
- Characters: Rhaenyra (POV), Nyra, Daemon, Ser Criston Cole, Daemion
- Events: Overwhelmed with irrational anger, Rhaenyra walks in on Nyra heatedly confronting her husband Daemon, realizing an inexplicable emotional link between their past and present selves. Nyra lashes out at Daemon for past grievances and his perceived betrayal, leading to a volatile verbal clash that rekindles old resentments and frustrates Rhaenyra. The tense standoff is suddenly interrupted when Daemion drags a disgraced Ser Criston Cole into the room, further intensifying the emotional chaos.
- Purpose: Escalate immediate conflict among characters; bring secondary characters into the present timeline’s drama.
Scene 4.2
- Setting:
- PlotThread: main plotline
- POV: Rhaenyra
- Characters: Rhaenyra, Nyra, Daemion
- Events: In a twist of magical events, Rhaenyra confronts the impossible sight of her younger self, as well as younger versions of her uncle Daemon and former sworn knight Ser Criston Cole, in her castle—creating tension and confusion among everyone present. Daemion’s aggression towards Ser Criston brings a clash of honor and past grievances to the forefront, while older Rhaenyra struggles with conflicting emotions and attempts to mediate the escalating confrontation. The emotional turmoil culminates with Nyra, driven by resentment, provocatively threatening to pursue her knight out of spite—an impulsive decision that forces Rhaenyra to prepare for further intervention.
- Purpose:  Advance lover’s conflict and explore Nyra’s fiery temper.
End Hook: A determined Nyra exits to find Daemion.

Chapter 5 – Point of No Return:
Scene 5.1
- Setting: guest chamber 
- PlotThread: Nyra’s subplot, a Point of No Return
- Characters: Nyra (POV), Daemion
- Emotions: conflicted between desire and anger
- Events: Nyra, propelled by a blend of anger, desire, and the impact of wine, confronts Daemion, her inner turmoil giving way to a bold advance that traps them both in a bedchamber. Their passionate encounter, mingled with teasing and tension, escalates as Daemon skillfully brings her to new heights of pleasure, marking her transition from maiden to woman on her own terms. After a fervid lovemaking, a satisfied and liberated Rhaenyra finds solace and contentment in Daemon’s arms.
liberated and content.
- Purpose: Cement Nyra and Daemion’s relationship; set stage for alterations to the past.
Scene 5.2
- PlotThread: main plotline
-Events: Recollecting her own youthful indiscretions, Rhaenyra observes her younger counterpart, Nyra, lure Daemion into a chamber. Daemon’s presence and their talk highlight an undercurrent of jealousy tied to Rhaenyra’s past with another man, Criston, revealing complexities in Rhaenyra and Daemon’s relationship. As Nyra’s passion escalates, Rhaenyra vicariously relives the sensations, a flood of nostalgia and unspoken regret tinging her emotional state; Daemon and Rhaenyra’s sharp banter punctuates a scene saturated with retrospection.
Scene 5.3
- Setting: Rhaenyra’s private quarters
- PlotThread: main plotline
- Characters: Rhaenyra (POV), her younger children
- Emotional State: Rhaenyra is worried and contemplative.
- Events: Rhaenyra goes about her nightly routine while contemplating the magical occurrences. Rhaenyra muses over the ramifications of Nyra’s actions as she and Daemon engage intimately.
- Purpose:  Examine Rhaenyra’s inner turmoil and her grasping at advice for strange occurrences in the kingdom.
Scene 5.4
- Setting: Eerie halls of Dragonstone
- PlotThread: Jace’s subplot
- Characters: Jace (POV), Baela
- Events: Jace and Baela, strolling through the silent halls of Dragonstone, enjoy an intimate conversation, their thoughts tinged with their recent betrothal. Their tranquil mood is shattered when they overhear sounds of passion from a guest chamber, leading them to discover Daemon in a compromising position with an unknown woman, despite his marriage to Jace’s mother. The episode leaves Jace reeling with anger and betrayal over perceived Daemon’s infidelity, as Baela stands by him resolutely, promising joint support in confronting the distressing situation.
- Purpose: Provide insight into Jace’s family loyalty; advance his romantic subplot.
End Hook: Jace’s plans to tell Rhaenyra about the perceived infidelity.

Chapter 6 –
Scene 6.1
- Setting: Castle’s hallways
- PlotThread: Nyra’s subplot
- Characters: Nyra (POV), Daemion, Rhaena
- Emotional State: Nyra is uncertain and then shocked.
- Events: After leaving Daemion’s room, Nyra accidentally meets Daemon and Rhaena in the halls.
- Purpose:  Focus on Nyra’s state of mind post-seduction, raise tension.
Scene 6.2
-Setting: Dragonstone, one of towers.
- PlotThread: Nyra’s subplot
- Characters: Nyra, Daemon, Ser Criston
- Emotional State: Nyra is shy, then contemplative.
- Events: Daemon escorts her to her guest chamber, sends ser Criston, guarding her room, to the guard’ room for the rest, and leaves.
- Purpose:  Reflect inter-character dynamics, spark doubts in ser Criston, and propel Daemon’s protective nature.
Scene 6.3
- Setting: Nyra’s guest chamber
- PlotThread: Nyra’s subplot
- Characters: Nyra (POV)
- Events: Nyra wakes up. Reflecting on the previous night, Nyra decides to marry Daemion.
- Purpose: Advance Nyra’s development and determination for her marriage.
End Hook:  Nyra solidifies her decision to try to marry Daemion in the present, before return.

Chapter 7 –
Scene 7.1
- Setting: Morning in the castle, Rhaenyra’s office.
- PlotThread: Jace’s subplot
- Characters: Jace (POV), Baela, Rhaenyra, Daemon
- Events: Jace and Baela bring their suspicions to Rhaenyra; Daemon dispels their concerns. Jace becomes disillusioned with his mother as he is put off by Nyra’s actions. 
- Purpose: Relieve tensions through clarification; intertwine the deception and misunderstanding subplots.
Scene 7.2
- Setting: Nearby village
- Characters: Jace (POV), Baela
- Events: Jace wanders the village, meets with Baela and discusses their disillusionment. Then they roam the beach and have fun in the water.
- Purpose: Develop the emotional landscape between Jace and Baela; juxtapose their personal issues against the backdrop of the village’s atmosphere.
Scene 7.3
- Setting: Beach cave
- PlotThread: Jace’s subplot, a Point of No return
- Characters: Jace (POV), Baela
- Events: Their shared kiss leads to intimate exploration of their desires, then they return to castle.
- Purpose: Solidify Jace and Baela’s relationship; highlight their growing love.
End Hook: Wondering how Jace and Baela’s newly deepened relationship will affect future events.

Chapter 8 – Daemion’s POV:
Scene 8.1
- Setting: Daemion’s guest chamber
- Characters: Daemion (POV), unnamed servants
- Events: Recollection of the previous romantic encounter and resolution to propose to Nyra.
- Purpose: Delve into Daemion’s character growth, aspirations, and emotional state.
Scene 8.2
- Setting: Village brothel/tavern, morning.
- Characters: Daemion (POV), brothel’s patrons.
- Events: Eavesdropping on local gossips, Daemion receives disturbing news about his family in the era.
- Purpose: Surround Daemion with tangible societal perspectives and lend insight into his familial relations.
Scene 8.3
- Setting: Luncheon at the castle, Great Hall.
- Characters: Daemion, Rhaenyra, Nyra, other family members and courtiers.
- Events: Daemion arrives the luncheon, gets presented by Rhaenyra to the courtiers as Nyra’s relative under new alias, learns about new members and his future. Unsuccessful attempt to converse with Nyra, who flees from him.
- Purpose: Further complications due to social interactions and Nyra’s unresolved feelings.
End Hook: Daemion is left anxious after Nyra’s rejection.

Chapter 9 – Between Dreams and Reality. Parallel Events: Nyra’s POV
Scene 9.1
- Setting: Rhaenyra’s private quarters
- Characters: Nyra (POV), Rhaenyra
- Events: discuss details of her life in this time. Gets new alias “Naelyra”. Wanders around, but didn’t find Daemion.
- Purpose: provide some backstory details and emphasize Nyra’s unease with recent events. 
Scene 9.2:
- Setting: Great Hall
- Characters: Nyra, Rhaenyra, Daemion, family members.
- Events: Nyra attends the luncheon, she is introduced as Rhaenyra’s guest to the courtiers. She learns about Daemion and Laena’s impending marriage (in her past). Feeling overwhelmed, Nyra rejects Daemion and leaves the castle, going to the garden.
- Purpose: Create a conflict between Daemion and Nyra. Establish the tension between Nyra’s desires and political contrivances.

Scene 9.3
- Setting: Promenade in the castle garden
- PlotThread: main plotline
- Characters: Rhaenyra, Nyra, Jace, Rhaena
- Events:  Rhaenyra wants to talk with for Nyra but meets Rhaena on the terrace near the garden instead. Overheard conversation between Nyra and Jace, concerning Nyra’s courtship choices and Jace’s struggles with rumors. Rhaena expresses fear that her father will want to rewrite the past. Rhaenyra empathizes with Rhaena’s plight and performs a motherly gesture by promising to maintain the temporal order.
- Purpose: Convey maternal protection and the character’s internal conflict regarding altering the past.
- End Hook:  Rhaenyra promises her stepdaughters to not allow Nyra and Daemion intervene with the events.
Scene 9.4
- Setting: Dragonstone castle, a Chamber of The Painted Table
- PlotThread: main plotline
- POV: Rhaenyra
- Characters: Rhaenyra, Daemion 
- Events:  Daemion asks Rhaenyra to meet him in her cabinet. He asks for Nyra’s hand. Rhaenyra refuses his ask, keeping a promise to Rhaena. As she rebukes Daemion’s defiance of fate, the precarious balance between personal ambition and the future of their house comes sharply into focus. Daemion leaves the room, furious by her refusal.
- Purpose: Convey Rhaenyra’s responsibility to her children and her internal conflict regarding altering the past. Create a conflict between Daemion and Rhaenyra. 
- End Hook:  Daemion and Rhaenyra’s falling out.

Chapter 10 – Tangled Webs
Scene 10.1:
- Setting: Dragonstone castle
- POV: Daemion
- Events: Daemion is furious, he is returning to the castle in the evening after drinking in the tavern and plans to get back at Rhaenyra for his proposal refusal. Comes across Jace, mocks him when Jace asks him to stay away from Nyra. A fiery interaction ignites between Daemion and Jace, Daemion realizes Jace is illegitimate by his looks and that his father was Harwin. Gets furious and leaves, barely able to hold himself.
- Purpose: Show Daemion’s reaction to proposal rejection. Intensify the mutual dislike between Jace, Luke and Daemion, and add a stronger personal motivation to Daemion’s desire to marry Nyra. 
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Scene 10.2:
- Setting: Daemion’s bedchamber
- POV character: Daemion
- Characters: Daemion (POV)
- Events: Daemion returns to his bedchamber. Eats the dinner and thinks. Daemion worries about his family fate and decides to marry Nyra to prevent her affair with Harwin. And to secure her future status as the heir, to support her. 
- Purpose: set the Daemion’s intention to marry Nyra.

Scene 10.3:
- Setting: Rhaenyra’s office
- PlotThread: main plotline
- POV: Rhaenyra
- OnStageCharacters: Rhaenyra, Daemon, Maester Gerardys
- Events: Rhaenyra finds Daemon and tells him she refused Daemion’s proposal. Daemon and Rhaenyra listen to Gerardys’ found information about the ritual. Daemon decides to bring an expert from Volantis to reverse it. Rhaenyra worries she will be left alone to deal with family issues but Daemon promises he will return soon.
- Purpose: Broaden the scope of the blood magic consequences; leave Rhaenyra more vulnerable.
- End Hook: Rhaenyra and Daemon decide to send him for Gaerra next morning, leaving Rhaenyra alone to mitigate the mounting chaos.
Chapter 11 – Choices Across Time
Scene 11.1:
- Setting: Dragonstone Garden, morning
- PlotThread: main plotline
- POV: Rhaenyra
- OnStageCharacters: Nyra, Rhaenyra, 4 ladies-in-waiting, little Joffrey, Aegon and Viserys, nannies, maids.
- Events: Rhaenyra encounters Nyra in the garden and reveals her past and present. Rhaenyra recounts her forced marriage to Laenor, her affair with Harwin Strong, and her subsequent marriage to Daemon.
Nyra is shocked by the revelations and questions Rhaenyra's choices. Rhaenyra explains that she has forbidden Nyra from pursuing Daemion because of the consequences it would have on the future. She emphasizes that their destinies are intertwined and that altering the past could have disastrous effects.
Nyra expresses her frustration and reluctance to follow Rhaenyra's path, but Rhaenyra assures her that she will find happiness eventually. Rhaenyra also reveals that she has pledged to protect Baela and Rhaena, ensuring that their existence remains unchanged. Nyra questions Rhaenyra's decision to choose Harwin as her lover, but Rhaenyra insists that he was loyal. Nyra fears the consequences of bearing illegitimate children, but Rhaenyra assures her that her sons will bring her joy.
As the conversation concludes, Rhaenyra notices Ser Criston and her children approaching. She agrees to allow them to train together, but observes a strange fascination in their eyes towards Nyra. Rhaenyra is called away by urgent news, leaving Nyra to ponder her future and the consequences of her actions.
- Purpose: Create the conflict between Nyra and Rhaenyra. Hint at the Jace’s subplot development, as Baela and Jace behind the scene asked ser Criston for help with keeping Daemion and Nyra apart, exploiting Criston’s newfound negative view on Nyra’s conduct.

Scene 11.2:
- Setting: Dragonstone Garden, a few minutes later, a secure corner
- POV: Nyra
- PlotThread: Nyra’s subplot
- OnStageCharacters: Nyra, Daemion
- Events: Nyra muses about her future life, learned from Rhaenyra. She is upset and doesn’t want to repeat her mistakes. Princess Nyra, feeling isolated and uncertain about her future, seeks solace in a secluded spot under a cherry tree. She reflects on the weight of her arranged marriage to Laenor Velaryon and the consequences of her father's past mistake. Despite her initial excitement about potentially marrying Harwin Strong, she dismisses the idea due to Rhaenyra's warning.
As frustration consumes her, Nyra encounters her uncle, Prince Daemion. He reveals that he has been unable to leave Dragonstone due to unknown forces and suggests that her future may not be as bleak as she believes. Intrigued, Nyra questions Daemion about his intentions.
Daemion proposes himself as a spouse for Nyra, a skilled knight and renowned dragonrider. However, their conversation is interrupted by Ser Criston and Prince Jace, who invite Nyra to join their training session. Nyra accepts for him, and Daemion grudgingly follows.
As Nyra leaves with the men, she notices a strange expression on Baela's face, hinting at a possible ulterior motive behind the interruption.

Scene 11.3
-Setting: Dragonstone castle, Rhaenyra’s solar. 
-POV: Rhaenyra
- PlotThread: main subplot
- Events:
Rhaenyra has read letter about Lord Corlys' ship being allegedly delayed by a storm. She realizes one her main allies is stranded. Then the scene time jumps to a week forward. Rhaenyra muses about week’s events. Other Velaryons plan to use his absence and ally with Greens, Jace and Baela use all means to keep Nyra and Daemion apart, tensions grow. Criston Cole acts outright jealous of Daemion. I also want this scene be a first pinch point giving Rhaenyra her first true taste of the brewing storm. Rhaenyra doesn’t know about Jace’s plan, she just notices that her castle residents act weird, her letters to Driftmark are ignored. Her councilmen are worried. Daemon still hasn’t returned.

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