FIRE TO BLOOD

The fall of Valyria was long ago, yet the dream of a new realm birthed the single most bloody time in the history of Westeros. Aegon Targaryen and his sister wives of Dragonstone looked to the fire of Old Valyria and saw themselves sat atop a great empire.

Aegon Targaryen had sent out ravens to all lords and ladies of Westeros, declaring that he and his wives will now be addressed as God King and Goddess Queen. As the old tradition of the Valyrian Freehold, Aegon put forth a degree that slavery would be allowed and endorsed. Slaves from Essos, the Summer Islands, the Shadowlands and Westeros were all delivered to Blackwater Rush to finally start a great construction of a keep and a city suited for a God King. Though many people didn't recognize the Targaryen's as God Kings or emperors of any kind, Aegon and his sisters already called their lands as a part of New Valyria.

The construction along the Blackwater Rush was finished and before Aegon, stood a great keep of red stones, high walls, formidable battlements and giant watchtowers. King's Landing the place was called now. High atop a hill which Aegon named after himself, stood the Red Keep. A dragon pit was also constructed, looming atop Rhaenys's hill; Aegon's sisters hill. The slaves were all assigned new jobs.

After the completion of King's Landing, Aegon began to muster a host; A host so great no army of Westeros could match it. This army's greatness wasn't in numbers though, it was in what stretched it's wings above in the sky.

## The Conquest

"Dragons! Three monstrous Dragons!" were the words of King Harren 'the black' Hoare's maester. King Harren, the overlord of the newly conquered Riverlands and the formidable Iron Islands. "Three dragon heads to be mounted on the walls!" bloasted Harren. Aegon had paid visit to Lords Stokeworth, Darklyn and Rosby, who after seeing the *Black Dread* were more than happy to give their men for Aegon's cause. Pike men, horsemen, siege weapons and bowmen were sent to the borders of the Isles and Rivers near Maidenpool. The siege weapons were sent back to their Lords however, for they were not needed when you had three Dragons. It was Aegon's plan to go straight to Harrenhal, the seat of the black King and so they did. Aegon's both sisters were pregnant during the time, Rhaenys five months and Visenya four. On their journey to Harrenhal, news reached Aegon that his sister-wife Rhaenys was terribly sick, that her head was warm as dragonbreath. Aegon mounted the *black dread* and flew straight to King's Landing, only to find Rhaenys healthy and well. Harren 'the black' had taken Aegon's armies by surprise and destroyed near a half of their numbers while Aegon himself was away in King's Landing. Aegon's host was forced to retreat back from the Riverlands and re-group again near the antlers. Following Harren's victory he took his armies back to Harrenhal to celebrate, knowing that it was the safest place to be from dragons, for stone will not set in fire. Outraged by Harren's deception, Aegon flew straight to Harrenhal, leaving his armies without air support once again. He flew over the gods eye and Harrenhal multiple times, making sure Harren knew what was coming for him. The sun had already set and Aegon landed outside the walls of Harrenhal alone. Harren stood atop the battlements to speak with Aegon. The God King presented an ultimatum. "Surrender now, and your life will be left alone and your walls with it." he yelled from the ground with Balerion beside him. "You can take your dragon and fly back to King's Landing, there's naught you can do when i stand behind these walls. Strong and high they are." he bellowed back. "Not high enough. I am a dragon!" Aegon said. "I thought you were a *God*." He mocked "I built this castle of stone! Stone doesn't burn!" to which Aegon said nothing. He mounted Balerion and arrows began whirling past him, few hit the dread but an arrow is nothing against the dark scales of the *black dread*. He flew straight up to the sky to the moment he was over the clouds so high that Harrenhal looked a small keep. He descended down and that dark gloomy night was now lit with the colours of red and black flame. The walls melted before the eyes of Harren, then his towers, then his armies, then his hall, then his courtyard and finally Harren himself; his sons and and all. After he was done, the castle was more colorful than ever. Burning wood and the red molten stone.

Following the death of Harren Hoare, the Riverlands and the Isles had no true recognized liege so the Lords of High Lordships and Lordships came straight to Aegon to swear fealty to the God King. Blackwoods and Brackens were the first with their knees bent. Both Lords put their selves forth as a option for paramountcy but both were turned down. Next came Tully and Darry and Frey. Lord Tully expected the Paramountcy as well, but got the same answer as the Blackwood. and Bracken. Aegon received all the Riverlords that came but saw no iron men, declaring them an insult to the andals and the first men. With the Riverlands in turmoil, smaller lords sought protection from the larger ones. Small Lordships near Blackwood Vale swore fealty to the Blackwoods, Bracken neighbours to Brackens etc.

Aegon Targaryen expecting more swears of fealty after the fires of Harrenhal received none; None but the lords of The Claw's bogs and hills. With all Lords worth a mention along the Blackwater under Aegon's rule, he named the land *The Crownlands*. None of the Kings heeded the call and so the campaign continued.

A raven flew from the North telling Aegon Targaryen to *go fuck his dragon*. A cruel winter stormed in the north and the Night's Watch is under threat from the new King Beyond The Wall.

Aegon regathered his host which was three times the size it originally was. Riverlords and Crownlanders, all Lords sent men, few or more. His plan was to storm the south with fire and with blood. They would march through the Kingswood and take Bronzegate, and then possibly meet with King Durrandon's forces in battle. The Bronzegate was easy to take. One sight of a black dragon and the news of Harren had turned him craven. News came from Kings Landing. Rhaenys had bore the God King a son, Daeron Targaryen. With the raven bearing the news, Rhaenys flew with Meraxes only two days later. Aegon laid a new plan. Lord Blackwood would take control of 60% of the forces while Aegon and Rhaenys takes the other 40% and assaults Dorne. During the march to Dorne Aegon saw no signs of King Durrandon, most like he was hiding at Storm's End. The marches were famously a rough terrain with little food supply and the sun pestering them at all times. Aegon and Rhaenys had to feed their dragons with camels. Rhaenys and Aegon circled the Dorne a couple times and saw no great host. On their second fly around Sun Spear, the well prepared Dornishmen fired a poison coated scorpion arrow at them. It struck through the neck of Meraxes. Aegon watched in terror as Rhaenys fell from the sky with her dragon. They fell straight on top of the walls of Sun Spear. *Unbent, Unbroken.*.. The words of the Martells. Aegon in flight and fury came up with a third word to the words, that'd not be true for long. *Unburnt.* Flame conquered the streets of Sun Spear, the walls the keep the docks, all were burnt and with the city, burned most of the Martell line. Aegon ravaged the Dornish, flying from castle to castle to burn. Though many castles were burnt, not many people died. The Dornish moved from castle to next under Aegon's nose.

"Genocide and slaughter of innocents is not something a King does, and much less a God King. My knee will not bend to your rule." Were the words a raven was carrying from the Vale. Visenya, who was devastated when her new born babe died still born, flew to meet with Aegon. The dragon that had three heads only now had two. Aegon sends letters across the realm. "No prisoners will be taken, no mercy will be given and no fire will be held. Surrender now." And along that letter Visenya was sent to the Vale of Arryn. It was quick business. Visenya descended atop the seven towers of the Eyrie and burnt it to crisps of falling white stone and with the castle coated with fire, the line of Arryn died. Lord Royce was quick to assume the Kingdom of The Vale and he even swore fealty to the Targaryen. He assured that he'd march his troops out of the Vale and destroy the enemies.

Lord Blackwood had begun a siege of Rainwood only meeting a small force of Stormlanders on his way. "Stupid move." Said Aegon. He was initially commanded to siege Storm's End, but bad blood commanded Lord Blackwood to march to Rainwood. Aegon went for one tour through the Dornish marches again and during that campaign, the Stormking, King Gardener of The Reach made their first move. King Durrandon began his march to King's Landing with the great army of the Reach following just days behind. Aegon didn't fly after them though as he knew that Lord Paramount Royce would be stationed there with a massive garrison, so he sought to start burning the castles in the Stormlands. Aegon's trust was broken however. Lord Paramount Royce had indeed stationed himself in King's Landing but he had opened the gates for both of the Kings. Aegon refusing to burn or destroy his vanity project and creation instead mounted Balerion and descended on Storm's End while Visenya took up the command of the armies in the Dornish marches and would eventually link up with Lord Blackwood. In Storm's End Aegon happened to capture the Stormking's daughter. *No prisoners* the letter said yes but Aegon's half-brother took a liking to her and wed her a day after the capturing. Aegon thought that this would seek King Durrandon out of the walls of the Red Keep. Instead King Durrandon declared that King's Landing would henceforth be a part of his domain and he would stay in King's Landing.

The turmoil in the Riverlands and the isles caught new heat when Lord Frey and Bracken and other Lords grew power hungry. Small conquests ravaged the Riverlands and Visenya was sent to correct the wrongs. Many holdings were burned, lines and families forgotten. The Isles caught their first taste of dragonfire as well. Lord's Harlaw and Goodbrother were the cause of it. Their sorry attempts at conquering neighbours were shut down after Visenya descended on their armies.

With Aegon's armies still in the Stormlands, the fresh host of King Lannister set out to join the garrison in King's Landing. Aegon took the opportunity and took the armies west. Lord of Grassyvale was the first one to surrender, but only after half his family burned and his walls were brought down. Then came Ashford and castles between them and finally Highgarden. The gardens of Highgarden did most of the work of destroying the castle. Most of King Gardener's family was killed and his castle destroyed. Many of the Lords in the Reach surrendered after the news, but still Aegon burnt many of their castles. Aegon set his sight to the Westerlands, their gold and armies after the Reach Lords yielded. Aegon took the army and his dragon straight to Casterly Rock. The Rock stood strong and unmoving, but still the fire's hurled through the caverns when fired from the right place.

Aegon decided it was time the King in the North surrendered his crown and sent Visenya with Vhagar to treat with him. She flew with haste, not stopping for any distraction. Up north she realized that King Stark was indeed not lying about the winter being harsh. She could scarcely she the head of her dragon in front of her because of the storm. Eventually she was lost in the storm and Vhagar struggled to find Winterfell. A particularly dangerous hailstorm forced Visenya and Vhagar to land near Wintertown. Though the winter had come already, she didn't know that *winter* was actually yet to come. She landed in to a perilous trap set by the King's brother Brandon Stark who told his brother exactly how things would go. The winter snowfall was abruptly disturbed by a rain of weirwood arrows. Vhagar tried to cover Visenya but the dragon fell from the *magical* arrows and so did Visenya Targaryen.

While Aegon Targaryen was ravaging the Westerlands, his bastard brother Orys was commanded to take the forces and lift King's Landing from the occupiers and he started to march east.

Aegon accepted the surrender of of Lord Banefort and took stay in their keep for sleep until he heard the news of his sister-wives death in the North. He hurried outside, mounted Balerion and burned the the castle. What was once his conquest was now his his revenge trip. His intentions wasn't a kingdom but a racial genocide. First men, andals, all were set to burn.

It became clear to King Aegon that subterfuge, deception and trickery had ran rampart amongst 'his' Kingdom. Although he had taken refuge in the Banefort the news of Visenya's death was delayed with this information purposefully kept from the King. Only when King Aegon had spotted a scullery maid slipping a milk of the poppy into his cups that he realised he was being kept pacified by the local Lord Banefort. Subsequently, this cloud was lifted and he discovered the tragic news of Visenya's death. Some would say Aegon's Dream ended that day and he swore to make Westeros a nightmare for all for a dragon all alone in the world is as dangerous as too many. King Aegon scorched his way from the Westerlands to Winterfell, braving the storm and all those that opposed him. Great forces of men amassed under the command of King Torrhen's many sons whilst Torrhen was counselled to remain within the Crypts of Winterfell by his brother Brandon 'Snow' to the frustration and condemnation of his Lords and Kin. Brandon's precognition would come to pass once more when Balerion the Black Dread decimated the Northern Armies, then the Great Keeps, and then any town or village that he passed until he reached Winterfell. The Great Bastion of the North, a keep that has protected House Stark for thousands of years was reduced to rubble. When the dust settled and the fires cooled, Aegon had recovered the body of Queen Visenya and ritually burned her and Vhagar not before reclaiming her Valyrian weapon 'Dark Sister'. Aegon plunged the sword into the burning body of Visenya and swore to use this weapon to reforge the world and enact fiery vengeance on the races of Westeros for Visenya and for Rhaenys and for the power of House Targaryen that still stood at the precipe. When Aegon returned to the site of Winterfell, King Torrhen had begun ordering the re-building of the keep whilst the bodies of the dead were still being recovered. When Aegon descended from the skies the people of Winterfell cowered and begged for their lives whilst the King and his Heir were not to be found. King Torrhen's youngest son climbed atop a pile of debris with ill-fitting armour and swords to his person shouting out across at Aegon Targaryen demanding that he leave the North and return to his foreign scum and his invading heathen army. Aegon did not flinch and without ushering a word Balerion cremated Brandon almost immediately as the body of this teen boy crumbled to ash. Aegon shouted over the top of the wailing cries of women to inform them that "Tell your so-called King, tell him the lives of Wolves will never make up for the life of a Dragon. Your realm will burn, your supply of grain will expire, every keep, castle, village or town will know the wrath of the Dragon. I want you to witness it all because when the mothers hold their dead babes to their chest, mothers and fathers plead for the Gods, the old the weak and the vulnerable demand why the Old Gods have forsaken them they will look to you. Save your tears, dear people. For the reaping has only just begun". Aegon ascended to the skies and flew through all Seven Kingdoms making his word a reality for not just the North but throughout the Seven Kingdoms.

With the realm set aflame, Orys Baratheon continued to besiege King's Landing with the remaining forces under his command whilst the other realms fractured and barely had forces to support this last leg of the Conquest as a result of Aegon's  unprecedented destruction. Aegon met with Orys, Lord Velaryon and Lord Rolland Darklyn and instructed them to secure the Narrow Sea and continue the naval blockade whilst Balerion encircled King's Landing above and Lord Orys continued the siege at the gates of King's Landing now wielding Aegon's own sword 'Blackfyre' whilst Aegon continued to wield Dark Sister in his personal quest to bring order and vengeance to this land. Whilst Lord Orys, with the reinforcement of the Darklyn forces, finally break their way into King's Landing and begin the sacking of the city. Whilst chaos ensued in the streets Aegon flies to the top of his own Hill and descends upon the large fortress built atop it. The walls quickly fold beneath his scorching heat as he melts the way through the fortress to his own Throne Room where the Storm King Argillac sits unbothered and surrounded by his most loyal men. The bards still sing of the ensuing battle between these two formidable foes as they dance around each other and engage in mortal combat. Aegon's own dragonblood bellowing his fury whilst Argillac strikes him down with the fury of the Storm Gods themselves but whilst the screeches and shouting from below the City ring out Aegon is struck to the ground and Argillac used his own brute strength to choke the life out of him before smashing his head repeatedly into the ground. As Aegon's blood fills the Hall, Argillac reached down claimed Dark Sister for his own and commanded for Aegon's head to be claimed as a prize and mounted beside his Throne. Only the Gods know how Argillac survived the ensuing flame of Balerion but Balerion rose to the sky and unleashed fire down on the city burning friend and foe alike in his agonising grief and fury - claiming the life of Lord Celtigar, Lord Darklyn, many of the Velaryons, and almost Orys himself. Orys managed to retreat with the small remains of Aegon's forces to their Navy to return to Dragonstone whilst the remaining lords loyal to Aegon scatter and disband.

As the embers cool in King's Landing, Orys Baratheon know known as King Orys I of House Baratheon declares himself the Heir of House Targaryen, the Last Dragon and the Blackfyre as he now wields the ancestral sword of House Targaryen, Blackfyre, and wears Aegon's old crown of obsidian and ruby. He summons all those loyal to Aegon but only the now Lady Celtigar, Lord  Velaryon and Lord Bar Emmon accept the call and they vow to bring Aegon's dream to fruition - though the realm is turn asunder they will reforge it and bring order and stability to Westeros finally.