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fire & blood.

the following prompts were taken from fire & blood by george r. r. martin, a history of the targaryen family of a song of ice & fire as told by historians within the setting, with various accounts being given in order to tell the tales of aegon’s conquest, the reigns of maegor the cruel & jahaerys the wise, the dance of the dragons, & more. some prompts have been lightly edited for roleplaying suitability. please note ― these prompts may include mentions of blood, violence, war, death, mutilation & other things some might find upsetting. feel free to change pronouns & prompts as you see fit !

❛ those who took up arms against me will be thrown down, & humbled, & destroyed. ❜

❛ some say that you play with poisons & dabble in dark sorceries. ❜

❛ when the sun sets, your line shall end. ❜

❛ you may take my castle, but you will win only bones & blood & ashes. ❜

❛ i will come again, [ name ], & the next time i shall come with fire & blood. ❜

❛ you are not wanted here. return at your peril. ❜

❛ it was said that the waters between the islands were so choked with corpses that krakens appeared by the hundreds, drawn by the blood. ❜

❛ you have come as an envoy under a banner of peace & will suffer no harm under my roof. ❜

❛ a [ lord / lady ] should know the land [ he / she ] rules. ❜

❛ even with that sword in your hand, you are only one person, & i cannot always be with you. ❜

❛ your guards are slow & lazy. i could have killed you as easily as i cut you. you require better protection. ❜

❛ you will not disgrace yourself in battle, but no songs will ever be sung about your prowess. ❜

❛ [ name ], you need never kneel to me again. we shall rule this realm together, you & i. ❜

❛ you are more fit to bear this blade than me. ❜

❛ i remember the days when one with a sword & a horse & a suit of armour could slash their way to riches & glory. ❜

❛ we can win our freedoms back, but now is the time to strike, for this new [ king / queen / title ] is weak. ❜

❛ a more unwelcome wedding guest can scarce be imagined. ❜

❛ the smallfolk love [ me / you ], do they not ? ❜

❛ if [ they / you ] had grievances, why not bring them to me ? i would have heard [ them / you ] out. ❜

❛ sword & lance have lost whatever appeal they ever had for me. ❜

❛ your savagery in the field & your harshness toward defeated foes is oft remarked upon. ❜

❛ the warning signs have been plain enough for those with the wit to read them. ❜

❛ you are a fool & a weakling, [ name. ] ❜

❛ the throne will go to the one who has the strength to seize it. ❜

❛ this is a night for song & sin & drink, for come the morrow, the virtuous & the vile burn together. ❜

❛ i do not have the time for tears. ❜

❛ you were foolish to think you could hide this from me. ❜

❛ this place has its secrets, known only to the dead. ❜

❛ it would be a bloody business, one that might harden hearts against us. ❜

❛ i shall not begin my reign by bathing in blood. ❜

❛ it would make [ you / me ] seem weak, & [ you / i ] must never seem weak. ❜

❛ i will have no oathbreakers at my court. ❜

❛ a touch of these talismans is believed to bestow prosperity & good fortune. ❜

❛ like as not, we will win, but not without cost. ❜

❛ those who would do harm to their [ king / queen / title ] seldom attack on horseback with lance in hand. ❜

❛ i’ve fought in a hundred battles, & never you mind on what side, that’s for me & the gods to know. ❜

❛ i have seen your [ daughters / sisters / women. ] they have no chins, no teats, & no sense. ❜

❛ in many a sad song, maidens forced to wed against their will throw themselves from tall towers to their deaths. ❜

❛ they will be making wedding plans for me as well, i do not doubt. ❜

❛ you have sworn me your sword & your obedience. remember those vows, & speak no word of my departure. ❜

❛ you foolish child, you know not what you’ve done. ❜

❛ if another word passes your lips, i will have them sewn shut. ❜

❛ what is done is done, & now we all must needs live with it. ❜

❛ do not think that you shall unmake this marriage. we are one now, & neither gods nor men shall part us. ❜

❛ in songs, as ever, love conquers all. the truth, we submit, is a deal less simple. ❜

❛ you will come to your senses & repent this folly. ❜

❛ [ you / they ] have put [ your / their ] own desires ahead of the good of the realm, & that cannot be allowed. ❜

❛ [ i / you ] desire above all to be loved, admired, & praised. ❜

❛ when we go back, i shall be fortunate to snatch an hour with you, for everyone in the realm will want a piece of you. ❜

❛ many years from now when we are old & grey, we shall look back upon these days & smile, remembering how happy we were. ❜

❛ [ name ], why do you punish yourself so harshly ? ❜

❛ there can be no question of marriage, of course, but you would have jewels, servants, whatever you might want. ❜

❛ there are rich rewards in being a [ king’s / queen’s / title’s ] bedwarmer. ❜

❛ feeding a growing dragon is no small thing. ❜

❛ they would cut [ you / me ] to pieces, my love. ❜

❛ do you mean to claim the throne for yourself, then ? ❜

❛ a shiver of fear went through me when i saw that sword. is there a warning there ? ❜

❛ [ your / my ] pride is well - known to [ me / you. ] ❜

❛ i have no wish to wound you further by forcing you to humble yourself before the entire court. ❜

❛ some say that we are now enemies. i would sooner think of us as friends who disagreed. ❜

❛ i would not sit upon this throne if not for you, all the realm knows that. & i still have need of you. ❜

❛ words are wind, but wind can fan a fire. ❜

❛ everywhere you go, it is said, you perform miracles. ❜

❛ what [ they / i ] do is what [ they / i ] have always done, & it is not for [ us / you ] to judge [ them / me. ] ❜

❛ [ they / i ] lust for dragons of [ their / my ] own. ❜

❛ i need a seat of my own. a place where none may threaten me, banish me, or trouble those i have taken under my protection. ❜

❛ are you so uncertain of that throne that you must needs have your own blood bend the knee to you, [ name ] ? ❜

❛ i cannot suffer that again. it would rip my heart apart. ❜

❛ would that i could empty the city, knock it down, & build it all anew. ❜

❛ why should i steal from you ? i am twice as rich as you are. ❜

❛ i could not bear for you to leave me. ❜

❛ i have heard the sea calling. it is time for me to take my leave. ❜

❛ i have asked you to stay. i will not beg. if you would go, go. ❜

❛ they may not hatch. it is known, some dragon eggs simply turn to stone. ❜

❛ they do not mock [ me / you ] to [ my / your ] face for [ your / my ] sake, but they titter at [ me / you ] behind [ your / my ] back. ❜

❛ you weep for [ them / name ], but would you weep for me ? ❜

❛ sickness ? this is no sickness. a weasel in the guts, dead in a day … this is poison. ❜

❛ i could have done a lot of things. i could have been a [ title. ] ❜

❛ i could have killed your enemies, as easily as i killed your friends. ❜

❛ they look at [ me / you ] & see a villain. [ i / you ] can serve [ you / me ] better from the shadows. ❜

❛ why should i care if they’re all dead ? ❜

❛ you’ll find someone new ; you always do. ❜

❛ why should you be [ title ] ? i should be [ title ], not you. ❜

❛ i want to come back to court, with the singers & the fools & all the lords & knights. please take me with you. ❜

❛ let us put our sorrows behind us & begin the new year with pageantry & celebration. ❜

❛ what did i give birth to ? what kind of beast ? i ask you, what did i give birth to ? ❜

❛ it is a poor ruler who wages battle against their own lords & leaves their own kingdom burned, bloody, & strewn with corpses. ❜

❛ are you mad, to speak so to me in my own hall ? ❜

❛ speak openly of burning down their halls, boast of how you fed their own kin to your dragons, & you will only inflame them & set their hearts against you. ❜

❛ if [ name / they ] were dead, i would know it. they are still alive. i feel it. ❜

❛ i may have seen a dragon. or something big, with wings. ❜

❛ go with care, [ name ], but go. they are hunting you, all up & down the country. questions are being asked, rewards are being offered. ❜

❛ strange beasts, aye, & like as not, you’ll end up in the belly of one. ❜

❛ the sound of it ran down my spine like a cold knife, though i could not have said why. ❜

❛ you do not want to see [ me / them ] like this, & i would be remiss if i allowed you any closer. ❜

❛ how could the gods be so blind or so uncaring as to permit such horror ? ❜

❛ i cannot forget how oft [ they / name ] begged for death. ❜

❛ it is one thing to leap upon a dragon & quite another to bend him to your will. ❜

❛ there is much & more of the nature of the world that we do not understand, & may never understand. mayhaps that is a mercy. ❜

❛ it is my own abiding sin that whenever i come upon a door i must needs see what lies upon the farther side. ❜

❛ it would seem that i am doomed to always come too late. ❜

❛ there is nothing there for me now but grief & ghosts. ❜

❛ i fed my last [ husband / wife ] to my [ dragon / dogs. ] if you make me take another, i may eat them myself. ❜

❛ i was made to sit a horse, not a cushion. ❜

❛ the veiled threat. you’re most adroit at that. ❜

❛ [ i am / you are ] well respected here, but not loved. ❜

❛ i hope you brought something warmer than that. ❜

❛ if you are expecting balls & masques & dances, you have come to the wrong place. ❜

❛ here the world ends. ❜

❛ were it me, i might pray that [ name ] fell off of their horse & broke their neck coming home. ❜

❛ there are fortunes to be had there, & i am not blind to that. ❜

❛ drinking salt water will make a man mad, every sailor knows that, but the freshwater is no safer in that place. ❜

❛ speak now, & you will be well rewarded. hold your tongue, & you will lose it. ❜

❛ i am a [ man / woman ] of honour, & you are lower than rats. ❜

❛ there is a place for you in the castle, if you want it. ❜

❛ mayhaps [ you / they ] are not so close to gods as [ you / they ] had believed. mayhaps, in the end, [ you / they ] too are only mortal. ❜

❛ i would not sleep away what life remains to me.❜

❛ when i die, i want to die with my axe in my hand, screaming a curse. ❜

❛ it is for you to determine what becomes of you. ❜

❛ i would sooner you wed a [ lord / lady ], but if you prefer a hedge knight or a merchant or a commoner, even, i am past the point of caring, so long as you pick someone. ❜

❛ life is slower there, & quieter. you will like that. i swear to you, [ name ], you will be safe & happy. ❜

❛ the gods hold us all in their hands, & life & death are theirs to give & take away, but men in their pride look for others to blame. ❜

❛ what mischief can i get up to with so many eyes around me ? ❜

❛ the boys train at fighting every morning, why shouldn’t we train at kissing ? that’s what girls are meant to do, isn’t it ? ❜

❛ lie to me again, & it will go very much the worse for you. ❜

❛ you can prove your innocence at the hazard of your body. ❜

❛ forgive me, but i have a [ husband / wife / partner ], & no taste for paramours. ❜

❛ i came back from the ends of the earth for you. ❜

❛ in [ place ], the men fuck sheep. you cannot fault them. their sheep are prettier than their women. ❜

❛ the sins of the fathers are oft visited on the sons, wise men have said ; & so it is for the sins of mothers as well. ❜

❛ who can know the mind of such a beast ? ❜

❛ if we do this, it must surely lead to war. ❜

❛ what sort of [ brother / sister ] steals their [ sister’s / brother’s ] birthright ? ❜

❛ am i a [ king / queen ] or no ? if i am, then crown me. ❜

❛ if you go, you go as a messenger, not as a knight. you must take no part in any fighting. ❜

❛ tell [ name ] that i will have my throne, or i will have their head. ❜

❛ i offered you an honourable peace, & you spat in my face. what happens next is on your own head. ❜

❛ i swore you my sword. i’m older now, but not so old that i’ve forgotten the words i said, & it happens i still have the sword. ❜

❛ in this world of men, we women must band together. ❜

❛ you are wet, [ name. ] is it raining or did you piss yourself in fear ? ❜

❛ put out your eye, & i will let you leave. one will serve. i would not blind you. ❜

❛ it is not for me to tell you what to do when you are not beneath my roof. ❜

❛ if you thought to receive a hero’s welcome, you will be disappointed. ❜

❛ i have danced with dragons before. i would sooner sleep with scorpions. ❜

❛ thrones are won with swords, not quills. spill blood, not ink. ❜

❛ you are the lawful [ king / queen ], & those who deny it are traitors. it is past time they learned the price of treason. ❜

❛ it looks better on me than it ever did on [ them / you. ] ❜

❛ would - be dragontamers have made attempts to ride this one a dozen times ; its lair is littered with their bones. ❜

❛ if this be victory, i pray i never win another. ❜

❛ i am determined that this should be my victory ; i have no wish to share the glory with my family, nor any other. ❜

❛ the throne has spurned [ you / me ], & [ your / my ] days upon it will be few. ❜

❛ let the gods decide if you speak truly. if you are innocent, they will give you the strength to defeat me. ❜

❛ the gods will curse us all for this. ❜

❛ one who gathers whispers can spread them just as well. ❜

❛ no castle can be held against a dragon. ❜

❛ if i strike my banners, do you promise me my life ? ❜

❛ i told you i would build a castle out of traitors’ bones. i don’t have near enough bones yet, so … ❜

❛ i’ll have no songs about how brave you died, [ name. ] ❜

❛ today was butchery, not battle. ❜

❛ half the lords of the realm will turn against us if we are so cruel as to destroy such ancient & noble houses. ❜

❛ how many more must die to slake your thirst for vengeance ? ❜

❛ speak again of bastardy, & i will have your tongue out. ❜

❛ honour means little & less to [ them / you ] ; it’s wealth & power [ they / you ] lust for. ❜

❛ some will say the dead are the fortunate ones, for no mercy will be shown to the survivors. ❜

❛ the power young maidens exert over older men is well - known. ❜

❛ [ you’re / i’m ] hardly a likely paramour for a [ title ], one would think. ❜

❛ [ you / they ] are overly fond of [ gender / name ], & should be married soon, lest you surrender [ your / their ] virtue to someone unworthy of [ you / them. ] ❜

❛ all you have sowed, now shall you reap. ❜

❛ treachery no longer has the power to surprise me. i have come to expect it, even from those i love the most. ❜

❛ you are a common thing, with the stink of sorcery upon you. ❜

❛ i do not think you would lie to my face, but i cannot have those around me that i do not trust implicitly. ❜

❛ without a strong hand to restrain them, even good men can turn to beasts. ❜

❛ once a turncloak, ever a turncloak. ❜

❛ why be a [ lord / lady ] when you can be a [ king / queen ] ? ❜

❛ would that i had never read this letter. ❜

❛ such stories make for charming songs, but poor history. ❜

❛ on a dark horse with burning eyes they come, a scourge of fire in their hands to cleanse this pit of sin of demons & all who bow before them. ❜

❛ prayers cannot stay their wroth, no more than tears can quench the flame of dragons. only blood can do that. your blood, my blood, their blood. ❜

❛ this is their city. if you would make it yours, first must you destroy them. ❜

❛ they are vermin. drunks & fools & gutter rats. one taste of dragonflame & they will run. ❜

❛ though i cannot doubt your courage, your act was one of folly. ❜

❛ never have i seen a sight more terrible, more glorious. ❜

❛ i think your parents did not beat you often enough. take care i do not make up for their lack. ❜

❛ you may plot & plan & scheme, but you had best pray as well, for no plan made by mortals has ever withstood the whims of the gods above. ❜

❛ who can know the heart of a dragon ? ❜

❛ they will come for [ you / me ], & [ i / you ] do not have the power to resist them. ❜

❛ dear [ name. ] i had hoped that you were dead. ❜

❛ it would seem i am your prisoner … but do not think that you will hold me long. ❜

❛ we shall meet in hell before this year is done. ❜

❛ the realm has been split asunder. we must needs join it back together. ❜

❛ the sooner [ they / you ] are dead, the sooner this rebellion will end. ❜

❛ words dripped from [ your / their ] lips like honey from a comb, & never did poison taste so sweet. ❜

❛ i’d sooner dance in hell than wear your chains. ❜

❛ you must surrender. the city cannot endure another sack. save your people & save yourself. ❜

❛ perhaps you sense your end is near, & wish to pray for forgiveness for your sins. ❜

❛ the killing has gone on too long. ❜

❛ finish these foes now, or those of us not in our graves in twenty years will rue our folly when their babes strap on their father’s swords & come seeking after vengeance. ❜

❛ are you a babe in swaddling clothes, to be cozened by flowers & feasts & soft words ? ❜

❛ there are liars, turncloaks, & poisoners in this court who would murder you as quick as anything to secure their own power. ❜

❛ i want no part of this, but i will not have it said that i stood in the way of justice. ❜

❛ the realm will be a better place without you. ❜

❛ you smell of woodsmoke, not of flowers. ❜

❛ there are worse ways to die. winter has come, [ name. ] ❜

❛ do this, & i shall know that you are as wise as you are strong, as kind as you are fierce. ❜

❛ give me this, & i shall give you whatever you may choose to ask of me. ❜

❛ all i ask is all of you, forever. ❜

❛ with winter at hand, strong backs & willing hands would be welcome in many a hearth & home. ❜

❛ [ they / i ] will warm your bed in winter, & gnaw your bones come spring. ❜

❛ it’s a gentle imprisonment, but imprisonment nonetheless. ❜

❛ should the dead come rising back up from beneath the sea, i shall gladly give them back what once was theirs. ❜

❛ if [ they / i / you ] die without an heir, we shall dance again, however much we may mislike the music. ❜

❛ how can you rule the realm when you cannot rule yourself ? ❜

❛ crown [ them / me ] & we will rip all the old wounds open once again. ❜

❛ i’ve bedded two of them, i think it was. not both at once, that would have been improper. ❜

❛ you are wild, willful, & wanton, as i feared. ❜

❛ so long as [ they / you ] are kind & gentle & noble, i know that i shall love [ them / you. ] ❜

❛ soon i will be dead, & i would not die without ever knowing love. ❜

❛ whenever i see someone put to death, i like to have a flagon & a [ woman / man ] afterward, to remind myself that i am still alive. ❜

❛ you fool, you thrice - damned fool. if i dared, i would have your bloody head off. ❜

❛ i am not one who likes to laugh, & i like being laughed at even less. ❜

❛ all young men suspect they are immortal, & whenever a young warrior tastes the heady wine of victory, suspicion becomes certainty. ❜

❛ you might smile at their rebukes, but you will soon be given good reason to dread their rewards. ❜

❛ you do not need to like them, you need only wed them, bed them, & get a child from them. ❜

❛ it would be hard to picture anything more beautiful, unless perhaps all of them had arrived naked. ❜

❛ i shot them with an arrow in the arse. ❜

❛ like all such tales, they have some truth to them, well mixed with fear and falsehood. ❜

❛ you have twice [ name’s ] ambition & half of their ability. ❜

❛ it was a fool’s scheme, & it will be quickly undone. ❜

❛ begone, or i promise you, every one of you shall die here. ❜

❛ i acted only to protect you from false friends & traitors. ❜

❛ [ i do / they did ] not deserve such a death, at the hands of such a beast. ❜

❛ i swear upon my sword in the sight of gods & men that none shall do you harm whilst i stand beside you. ❜

❛ the court roared with laughter, but as i look back upon it now, i blush for shame. ❜

❛ you always were a bloody fool, [ name. ] ❜

❛ the gods chose our new regents, & it would seem that gods are just as thick as lords. ❜

❛ one who knows how to ease pain will also know how to inflict it. ❜

❛ [ you are / i am ] an adult now, [ name. ] it is time for [ you / me ] to take the governance of the kingdom into [ your / my ] own hands. ❜

#ask prompts.

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