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Emma Watson

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Emma Watson

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EMMA WATSON — Makes an Espresso Martini, ‘Emma Spritz’ & Other Classic Cocktails | British Vogue (January 25, 2024)

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Daenerys Targaryen + Non-Targaryen Houses of Descent

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HOUSE OF THE DRAGON SEASON 2 | TEASER TRAILER

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Princess Rhaenys Targaryen, daughter of Elia Nymeros Martell.

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Lord Benjicot Blackwood, también conocido como Ben el Sangriento, fue cabeza de la Casa Blackwood y Señor de Árbol de los Cuervos durante la Danza de los Dragones y el reinado de Aegon III Targaryen.

Los Blackwood dieron su apoyo a Rhaenyra Targaryen cuando estalló la Danza de los Dragones. Benjicot se convirtió en Señor de Árbol de los Cuervos con solo once años a comienzos de la guerra civil, cuando su padre, Lord Samwell Blackwood, fue asesinado por Ser Amos Bracken en combate singular durante la Batalla de Molino Quemado.

Participó en la Batalla de la orilla del lago donde, aunque los hombres del Norte y de las Tierras de los Ríos derrotaron a los de las Tierras del Oeste, tal fue el precio que Ben lloró al ver las pilas de cadáveres. Cuando el príncipe Aemond Targaryen devastó las Tierras de los Ríos a lomos de Vhagar, Lord Benjicot reclamó la ayuda de Rhaenyra para proteger a los señores ribereños con sus dragones, pero ésta no respondió a su llamada.

Ben fue uno de los señores ribereños que acudieron a la llamada de Addam Velaryon para marchar junto a él sobre Ladera. Durante la batalla que allí aconteció comandó el centro del ejército, y fue testigo del enfrentamiento entre los dragones Vermithor, Bruma y Tessarion, que muchos años después relataría al Gran Maestre Munkun. Cuando acabó la batalla ordenó a uno de sus arqueros, Billy Burley, rematar al dragón Tessarion, que agonizaba de dolor. Cuando regresó a casa se llevó el cadáver de Addam Velaryon, que enterró en Árbol de los Cuervos.

A finales de la guerra, y en respuesta a la decisión de Aegon II Targaryen de castigar a los señores que no le habían jurado lealtad, Lord Blackwood unió sus fuerzas a las de Lord Elmo Tully para participar en la Batalla del Camino Real. Los ribereños encabezados por Benjicot salieron entre los arboles, destruyendo el flanco del ejército de Lord Borros Baratheon. Logró dispersar a los tormenteños y conseguir la victoria, ganándose el apodo de Ben el Sangriento. Ben y sus compañeros marcharon posteriormente a Desembarco del Rey para asediar la ciudad, pero antes de siquiera llegar el rey Aegon II fue traicionado y asesinado por sus hombres.

Se dice que Ben y su tía Aly quedaron desazonados al enterarse de la muerte del rey, ya que consideraban el veneno un arma de cobardes y sin honor. Benjicot Blackwood, Lord Kermit Tully y su hermano Ser Oscar, ligados por la batalla, se hicieron inseparables y se empezó a conocerlos como los Muchachos. Ben permaneció en Desembarco del Rey mientras tenía lugar la coronación de Aegon III Targaryen y se conformaba el consejo de regentes. Cuando regresó junto a su tía a Arbol de los Cuervos, fueron escoltados por mil norteños que habían llegado al sur junto a Lord Cregan Stark.

Lord Blackwood fue considerado como uno de los potenciales candidatos para tomar en matrimonio a Lady Baela Targaryen, medio hermana del rey. En 132 d.C., Benjicot marchó hacia Invernalia para asistir a la boda de su tía Alysanne con Lord Cregan Stark. Como era pleno invierno, el viaje duró el triple de lo previsto, sufriendo ataques de forajidos que robaron todos los regalos de boda.

Cuando al año siguiente tuvo lugar la muerte de la reina Jaehaera Targaryen, Lord Unwin Peake, Mano del Rey y Protector del Reino, preparó la boda entre el rey y su hija Myrielle en secreto. Muchos señores alzaron la voz cuando se enteraron; Ben cuestionó la celeridad, argumentando que debían haber dejado al menos medio año a Aegon para llorar a su reina.

En 134 d.C. Lord Ben encabezó un millar de hombres de los Blackwood que se unieron al ejército liderado por Ser Robert Rowan, quien se dirigía al Valle de Arryn para resolver el problema sucesorio de los Arryn. Benjicot, que aún no había cumplido la mayoría de edad, asumió el mando del ejército cuando Ser Robert fue asesinado por los hombres de los clanes de las Montañas de la Luna durante la travesía. Lord Alyn Velaryon y Ben el Sangriento lograron poner orden en el Valle y forzar al resto de partidarios a rendir vasallaje a Lord Joffrey Arryn.

En 136 d.C. Lord Benjicot Blackwood fue considerado como candidato a Mano del Rey, pero fue descartado por ser demasiado joven.

Benjicot Blackwood tuvo una vida larga.

Lord Benjicot Blackwood, also known as Ben the Bloody, was head of House Blackwood and Lord of the Tree of Crows during the Dance of the Dragons and the reign of Aegon III Targaryen.

The Blackwoods gave their support to Rhaenyra Targaryen when the Dance of the Dragons broke out. Benjicot became Tree Lord of the Crows at just eleven years old at the start of the civil war, when his father, Lord Samwell Blackwood, was killed by Ser Amos Bracken in single combat during the Battle of Burnt Mill.

He participated in the Battle of the Lakeside where, although the Northlands and Riverlands men defeated those from the Westlands, such was the toll that Ben wept at the piles of corpses. When Prince Aemond Targaryen devastated the Riverlands on Vhagar’s back, Lord Benjicot enlisted Rhaenyra’s help in protecting the river lords with her dragons, but Rhaenyra did not respond to her call.

Ben was one of the river lords who responded to Addam Velaryon’s call to march alongside him on Ladera. During the battle that took place there, he commanded the center of the army, and witnessed the confrontation between the dragons Vermithor, Bruma and Tessarion, which many years later he would report to Grand Master Munkun. When the battle was over, he ordered one of his archers, Billy Burley, to finish off the dragon Tessarion, who was dying in pain. When he returned home he took the body of Addam Velaryon, which he buried in Tree of Ravens.

At the end of the war, and in response to Aegon II Targaryen’s decision to punish the lords who had not sworn allegiance to him, Lord Blackwood joined forces with Lord Elmo Tully to participate in the Battle of the Royal Road. The riparians led by Benjicot broke through the trees, destroying the flank of Lord Borros Baratheon’s army. He managed to disperse the tormenteños and achieve victory, earning himself the nickname of Blood Ben. Ben and his companions later marched to King’s Landing to besiege the city, but before King Aegon II was even betrayed and killed by his men.

It is said that Ben and his aunt Aly were dismayed when they learned of the king’s death, as they considered poison a weapon of cowards and without honor. Benjicot Blackwood, Lord Kermit Tully, and his brother Ser Oscar, bound by battle, became inseparable and became known as the Boys. Ben remained in King’s Landing while Aegon III Targaryen was crowned and the council of regents formed. When he returned to Raven Tree with his aunt, they were escorted by a thousand Northerners who had come south with Lord Cregan Stark.

Lord Blackwood was considered one of the potential candidates to marry Lady Baela Targaryen, the king’s half-sister. In 132 AD, Benjicot marched to Winterfell to attend his aunt Alysanne’s wedding to Lord Cregan Stark. As it was the middle of winter, the trip took three times as long as planned, being attacked by outlaws who stole all the wedding gifts.

When the death of Queen Jaehaera Targaryen took place the following year, Lord Unwin Peake, Hand of the King and Protector of the Realm, secretly arranged the wedding between the king and his daughter Myrielle. Many lords raised their voices when they found out; Ben questioned the haste, arguing that they must have left Aegon at least half a year to mourn their queen.

In 134 AD Lord Ben led a thousand Blackwood men who joined the army led by Ser Robert Rowan, who was heading to the Valley of Arryn to solve the Arryn succession problem. Benjicot, who had not yet reached the age of majority, assumed command of the army when Ser Robert was killed by the men of the Moon Mountains clans during the voyage. Lord Alyn Velaryon and Ben the Bloody managed to bring order to the Valley and force the remaining partisans to surrender their allegiance to Lord Joffrey Arryn.

In 136 A.D. Lord Benjicot Blackwood was considered a candidate for Hand of the King, but was discarded as too young.

Benjicot Blackwood had a long life.

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Every Afictionados Best Line Award (Casey)

LOST Episode 405: The Constant

by the Afictionados Podcast Network

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Desmond Hume + Smile 🫠

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"He had pledged himself to marry a daughter of Walder Frey, but she saw his true bride plain before her now: the sword he had laid on the table."

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"Jeyne Westerling had been Robb Stark's queen, the girl who cost him everything."

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King & Queen in the North that never were

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The World of Ice and Fire | Princess Nymeria and Mors Martell enthroned in Sunspear by Karla Ortiz

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Queen Alyssa || Art by Doug Wheatley for Fire & Blood

The royal clemency did not extend to all. Maegor’s headsman, gaolers, and confessors were all adjudged to be guilty of abetting Tyanna of the Tower in the torture and death of Prince Viserys, who had so briefly been Maegor’s heir and hostage. Their heads were delivered to Queen Alyssa, together with the hands they had dared raise against the blood of the dragon. Her Grace pronounced herself “well pleased” with the tokens.

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EMMA WATSON HTSI | Financial Times, 2023

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Meria Martell receives the letter from Aegon Targaryen the Conqueror Artist: Francisco Vegas