In the years after the vows between the Ancestors and the Children of the Forest, the shapeshifters weren't heretics or monsters. Instead, they were respected prophets and priests.
But 4000 years later, the blonde-haired, blue-eyed Andals came. They carried steel weapons and a seven-pointed star that symbolized the new God was drawn on their chest. They armed themselves with firm beliefs and crossed the sea.
Speaking of which, one couldn't help but want to complain, "F * ck, 4000 years ago, you were already a Bronze Civilization. After living with the magical Children of the Forest for 4000 years, the magical civilization didn't develop and the technological civilization … sh * t, the civilization stagnated.
4000 years and you didn't transition from a mature Bronze Civilization to an Iron Civilization. Eat sh * t! "
Six of the Seven Kingdoms were easily swept away by the Andals (they didn't perish. Most of them chose to surrender, change their allegiance, or marry into the Andals). Only the Northern Territory barely managed to preserve the power of the Ancestors because of the natural barrier, Neck.
Mm, Neck can be understood as the "Shu Road" of the Westeros. One man can hold back ten thousand men and it's the "only passage" without a "Chen Cang" for you to secretly cross over (actually, there's also the sea route).
How difficult is it to pass through Neck?
During the "Five Kings Struggle," the demoralized Tiemin used 63 archers to hold back the Northern Territory's ten thousand strong army for three whole years!
When the Andals invaded, the House of Stark wasn't the only powerful family in the Northern Territory.
Other than the Stark, there were many powerful suzerain forces, such as the Bolton family who loved to skin people.
Don't underestimate the little skinner and the old leech for their unique tastes and perverse personalities. Their family's heritage didn't lose to the Stark family at all.
Back then, a few House of Stark lords were skinned by the Bolton family. Mm, they used their human skin to make cloaks.
How … awesome!
Back to the topic, in the process of unifying the Northern Territory, Stark was also in the process of "breaking away from the Ancestors."
Although Stark kept saying things like "I am the Ancestors" and persisted in the tradition of believing in the "old gods", they were no longer pure Ancestors.
The last recorded Lord of the Sea Dragon Horn was the Lord of the Sea Dragon Horn. He was known as the "Wolf Spirit King" and was a loyal ally of the Children of the Forest.
However, the Stark had killed him and his son, his pet beast and the Green Prophet, leaving only his daughters as spoils of war.
Would the true ancestors have killed the Green Prophet?
Do you still remember the sacred covenant you signed with the Children of the Forest on Thousand Faces Island?
Only the savages beyond the Great Wall and the swamps in the Neck Swamp could be considered the orthodox ancestors. They still retained their reverence for the Green Prophet, but Stark only had the blood of an ancestor.
It wasn't just the House of Stark. The Lannister of Casterly Rock City, the Highlanders of Green Hand Garth, and Durandon of Stormlands (Theon Byra inherited Stormlands after Aegon's invasion) were all descendants of the Forerunners and had thousands of years of faith in the Old Gods.
At that time, shapeshifters were not monsters that everyone wanted to kill.
However, after the Andals successfully invaded the Westeros, the Seven Gods without the Seven Gods replaced the primitive but real Old Gods.
It was a bit ironic.
The Forest of Divine Trees, which represented the old Holy Church of the South, gradually became a garden for ladies and children to play in.
Shapeshifters and the Green Prophet were gradually demonized and became almost like deviant ghosts. They became characters that must be killed on sight.
Anyone who could communicate with animals in the South of the Great Wall would be killed immediately.
After thousands of years, by the generation of Eide Stark's children, the Spirit Wolf had become an existence in fairy tales.
Even if you loudly said that you were a Spirit Wolf, others would only laugh and laugh at you for daydreaming.
That was why Jon, Arya, Bran, and even Robb were very resistant to their Spirit Wolf nature. Not only did they not develop their own talent, they even wanted to seal it.
Danny's "Mother Of Dragons" talent was definitely not inferior to the Green Prophet. The probability of a Green Prophet appearing was one in a million. During the heyday of the Old Gods, there were at least one or two in every generation. And Danny might be the only "Mother Of Dragons" in Valleglia's 5,000 years of history.
Yes, a genetic mutant.
In the original plot, Danny Liz was even more resistant to her talent and instincts than Jon.
She wanted to play with dragons, but her companions and subjects were afraid of them. She wanted to freely hunt with the dragons, but she was too busy to be distracted. Also, because she was worried that the dragons would go out and hurt people, she ignored the young dragons' cries and locked them up. She wanted to ride the dragons and fly away, but she remembered her duty to her subjects.
At that time, she didn't even have a dragon dream. She almost unilaterally lost all contact with the dragons. Her black dragon could still sense her safety.
That Danny Liz was a kind-hearted queen, a failed Mother Of Dragons. She was a bit prejudiced. She was obsessed with her identity as a queen and completely gave up the title of "Mother Of Dragons."
That was not only a title, but also the fundamental meaning of her existence.
Now Danny was different. Even if no one taught her, she used her own way to develop her talent ability.
Her efforts also paid off. In the flight of the black dragon, Danny obtained his vision through the soul connection of the dragon dream.
Not only could a wolf spirit obtain the five senses of an animal, but it could also occupy a wolf's body. It couldn't be considered as controlling its behavior. Instead, it could be considered as temporarily possessing a wolf's body.
The reason why Danny was only a "secondary dragon spirit" was that her control of dragons was much worse than that of a wolf spirit's control of companion animals.
She could only receive information from the five senses of the black dragon. Not to mention becoming a dragon, she couldn't even control their actions.
Moreover, except for the black dragon, not only could she not control different kinds of animals like a shapeshifter, but even the white dragon and the green dragon, Danny couldn't establish a stable dragon dream with them.
It wasn't that the two dragons were rejecting her.
How to put it … It was a bit like one skill slot could only choose one skill. As her connection with the black dragon became closer, the other two dragons had fewer dragon dreams with her.
Actually, a wolf spirit also had a "skill slot" restriction. Those with high talents could control more animals, while those with low talents could only control one dog. Dogs were the most docile and easy to control. Valamir, who could control six animals, obtained the "Glory" bandit title of "Six Shapeshifters."
Sir Jorah told Danny that every dragon only had one master, and one person could only ride one dragon. Before the current master died, others couldn't ride his dragon alone.
Well, outsiders could ride as passengers in the company of the dragon's master.
Similarly, Targaryen, who already had a dragon, couldn't ride another dragon.
"Eh, what's that?" Danny was suddenly awakened.
Just a moment ago, she caught a glimpse of an unusual scene.
The black dragon's vision was amazing. It seemed that it could see the scene dozens of kilometers away from a thousand meters in the air.
It wasn't very clear, and it didn't last long, but the color of the red wasteland was too monotonous. It was a uniform dark red.
Previously, Danny could only see the blue sky, the red comet, and the dark red plains with varying degrees of clarity from the black dragon's perspective.
Suddenly, the moment the black dragon turned, Danny saw that the dark red ground suddenly turned white.
It seemed to be a city? A rocky hill with a special color?
"Big Black, stop being wild. Help me find that white thing just now … It seemed to be a city," she said anxiously in her heart.
According to the Dothraki tradition, they shouldn't name animals other than humans. Danny didn't think that her dragons were animals. They were legendary creatures and didn't lose to humans.
So, early on, she gave them names.
Uh, Big Black, Little White, Little Green …
Alright, those were pet names. She often called them that.
The black dragon wasn't called "Wings of Death". It was a waste of his hellish black and red scales.
But the name "Wings of Death" was too hateful. She didn't want her dragon babies to die prematurely. When he was invincible in the world, she wanted him to say with his big mouth that was emitting the smell of sulfur and death, "My name is Wings of Death, the destined destroyer of the world, the terminator of all things, I, am the cataclysm …"
Yes, it was very romantic.
The other two were much more ordinary. They were emerald and white jade.
The green dragon was crystal clear like jade. Its body was like the best emerald. It was a kind of green that was full of vitality.
The white dragon's body was the gentle color of white jade. But along the bone lines, it was platinum like sunlight. It gave off a sacred aura that made people worship it.
If others asked, she would tell them that the black dragon's scales were shiny like black crystals. That was why it was called "black diamond".
Emerald, white jade, black diamond. They were all beautiful and harmless gemstones that people liked. Their names were completely harmless. This could hide the fact that they were the most brutal creatures in the world.
"Hiss —" The black dragon found the white that Danny needed. It was like a mirror reflecting a white light.
The dragon's pupils shrank. The white light on the dark red ground was constantly enlarging.
"That's really a city!" Danny shouted in joy.
It was about 30 kilometers southwest of Khalasa, outside the range of her water cavalry team's exploration.
"What a close miss." She patted her chest in fear.
The black dragon was a young dragon after all. It did not last long before it flapped its wings and fell back into the basket behind Danny.
Danny immediately found Chora and told him about it.
"This …" The knight was shocked. He was surprised by the appearance of the city. He was also amazed that the young dragon could see so far and that Danny could share his vision.
"Your Highness, I've never heard of a city in the Red Wasteland. I didn't even know that there were humans living in this place that even demons despise." He rubbed his chin and said cautiously.
Danny thought of the dry river she had seen before and said, "Maybe it's a civilization that was lost in the long river of history. It's too far away for the dragon to see clearly. I only know that the city is very big. It's definitely not a village. You and I both know that the Red Wasteland today can't support a large city. "
"An abandoned city?" Chora nodded and said thoughtfully, "Let the horse scout go first. That place can at least hide from the sun."
30 kilometers was only an hour or two ride. Before noon, Aggo and the other two warriors returned.
"Khaleesi, you're right. It's indeed a stone city. It's all white. But there are no residents. The city gate is broken, the houses have collapsed, and only the wind and flies are shuttling through the streets. It's a dead city. We don't know its name. There's no god's favor. We should avoid it. "
"Why?" Danny asked, puzzled. "It's better if there's no one. We can occupy it at will. If there are residents, I'm worried about their attitude towards Khalasa. "
Jiqi said in a trembling voice, "Once the gods leave, the evil spirits will go out at night to hunt. It's best to avoid this place. Everyone knows that."
"Everyone knows." Irri echoed.
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