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The Might of Old by Gaia_The_Reader
Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms, A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin
27 Apr 2026
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She is to be Queen, first of her name, the first of all Westeros.
This child, however, is half tower and half dragon—and if his mother’s plans prove successful, he will grow to be more the former than anything else. And yet, he is being celebrated as if a new age is to be brought by his growth. Her father has yet to change the succession, she still remains heir, but she knows many, many lords would prefer a child barely out of infancy over a girl of sixteen namedays and almost ten of lessons on how to rule and present herself to court.
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Rhaenyra Targaryen is her father's heir, but not every viper is content to let her ascend. Plans are made, treason is planned, but the Crown Princess will not stand for her birthright being stolen. She has a duty to her House: to see it brought to greatness once more. No green shall thrive for as long as she breathes.
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09 Jun 2026
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Gods and Queens by Secret_gardens_in_my_mind (Sunriseinsiberia), Sunriseinsiberia
Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV), fire & b
04 May 2026
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In the tenth year of the reign of King Viserys I, a strange malady befell both his queen and his daughter. Queen Aemma Arryn was the first to sicken, seized by a fever so violent that her ladies feared she would be lost before dawn. Before a day had passed the princess was stricken by the very same heat.
For three days and three nights the court was cloaked in terror. The king kept vigil beside his wife and child in turn, unwilling to leave either chamber for long, while the maesters whispered of humors and contagion but found no sure cure. Prayers were spoken at every hour, and more than one lord muttered that House Targaryen’s line stood on the edge of ruin.
Yet as suddenly as it had come upon them, the fever broke. On the morning of the fourth day, Queen Aemma called for water, and not long after Princess Rhaenyra asked for food. Both rose from their beds as if nothing at all had passed between life and death, pale but unharmed, as though the sickness had been no more than a shadow fleeting across their shared blood.
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08 Jun 2026
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When the Sun & Moon Collide by isamerai
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
02 Jun 2026
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Zuko has not known real peace since the day he faced his sister in their Agni Kai many years ago. No matter how many times he tried to bury it, his feelings for Katara refused to fade. At every shared meal, every sparring match, every return to the Fire Palace, he found himself hoping — just once — that her eyes would meet his and reignite the spark that had flared the moment he took Azula’s lightning for her... but they never did.
Her gaze always found Aang instead, and, in time, Zuko taught himself to look away — for their sake, for the fragile balance of their friendship. The Avatar and the healer, bound together as if by fate.
But when Katara comes to the Fire Nation during a quiet break from Aang, the Fire Lord begins to notice something he hadn’t allowed himself to see before. Whenever he looked away…
She always looked back.
(Set ~10 years after the War, Post-Canon)
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Threads of Black, Threads of Green by madgirlslovesong (Sympathy4theDevil)
Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV)
24 May 2026
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There it is – the symbol of royalty, the King of the forest – and he picked her. Not Aegon, the King’s son, but Rhaenyra, his daughter. There’s something magical in the hart’s steady gaze, and Rhaenyra almost collapses under the weight of what the stag symbolises.
Or Rhaenyra’s encounter with the white stag inspires her to step up in the game for the Iron Throne.
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Viserys always let himself be led. And when having Dreams, it was a simple matter of following them as well. Dreams foretold the Doom. Dreams showed him a son. Dreams warned him of the dangers his daughter faced.
But he was not the only one to have them. The difference is that Rhaenyra understood the Dreams for the warnings they were.
As King Viserys debated with himself to name Aegon II, the first son with his second wife, as his heir, he believed that he was saving his daughter. As Rhaenyra watched, she knew it was the realm that would pay the price.
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This is a fic that heavily focus on politics and introspection. As result, it is slow paced;