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  1. Witteric of the West

    ASOIAF/GOT The Komneniad: A Very Byzantine ISOT.

    No, he wasn't. Fair enough. The worst kind of blindness, is not wanting to see after all
  2. Witteric of the West

    ASOIAF/GOT The Komneniad: A Very Byzantine ISOT.

    One of Tywin's deepest flaws is his blindness towards the defects on Cersei and Jaime. Not to say that he thinks that they are perfect (that would be a stupid position to hold) but he seems incapable of comprehending until pretty late in the game in canon that neither Cersei nor Jaime are...
  3. Witteric of the West

    ASOIAF/GOT The Komneniad: A Very Byzantine ISOT.

    Author's Note: Forgive me, I took a time off from forums in general and only returned a couple of days ago... Enjoy the next installment. Book 2 The Reign of Nikephoros Megas It had been on the Twentieth Day of the Seventh Month of the year 1159, when Basileus Ioannes, having lived for around...
  4. Witteric of the West

    ASOIAF/GOT The Komneniad: A Very Byzantine ISOT.
    Threadmarks: Narrative: Smyrna, 1159 AD

    Author's Note: This update is from Cersei's POV, take some things with a grain of salt Cersei Lannister watched from the balcony, her eyes set on the harbor of Smyrna. Theodora... That was the name the Roman priest had given her, and at first she loathed it. She could remember, standing in the...
  5. Witteric of the West

    ASOIAF/GOT The Komneniad: A Very Byzantine ISOT.

    The Emperor and the Patriarch of Constantinople have figured that most official expansion will be focused eastward both for the Empire and for the Church, so as to not alienate the juggernaut that is Westeros (As in, if Westeros were to fully unite to smack down the Empire, they likely could)...
  6. Witteric of the West

    ASOIAF/GOT The Komneniad: A Very Byzantine ISOT.

    Isaakios is the last of John II Komnenos' children that was born both OTL and in this TL. He has a younger brother in both. In OTL his brother was Manuel Komnenos, who succeeded their father... We shall see what happens
  7. Witteric of the West

    ASOIAF/GOT The Komneniad: A Very Byzantine ISOT.
    Threadmarks: Chapter 17 (AKA: Calendar Boogaloo)

    And having returned in victory from Volantis, Basileus Ioannes had a Triumph held, and a monument was erected in memory of the two fallen princes. And in those days did a delegation come, led by one Kevan Lannister, to propose a marriage between the Imperial House and the House of Lannister. And...
  8. Witteric of the West

    ASOIAF/GOT The Komneniad: A Very Byzantine ISOT.
    Threadmarks: Appendix: Canon Characters as of 287 AC

    Tywin Lannister: Currently Hand of the King, not very happy about it Jaime Lannister: In Casterly Rock, married to one Alla Tyrell, has a daughter named Joanna Cersei Lannister: Will go off to Constantinople soon Tyrion Lannister: Was Born, still a dwarf, the birth still got Joanna killed...
  9. Witteric of the West

    ASOIAF/GOT The Komneniad: A Very Byzantine ISOT.

    Will be addressed further down the line.
  10. Witteric of the West

    ASOIAF/GOT The Komneniad: A Very Byzantine ISOT.

    Yep. Let's just say that Benerro's regime that managed to basically scare the Triarchs into abandoning the Outer City, was not too kind to anyone that did not fervently swear by R'hllor
  11. Witteric of the West

    ASOIAF/GOT The Komneniad: A Very Byzantine ISOT.
    Threadmarks: Chapter 16

    Author's Note: And back to the Volantenes Taken from: "The Komneniad" by Princess Eudokia Komnene, translated by Alyn Waters, Seahorse Publishers, Driftmark, 731 AC Thus, the Roman fleets clashed with the Volantenes on the Orange Coast. And for some time it seemed that the Volantenes would win...
  12. Witteric of the West

    ASOIAF/GOT The Komneniad: A Very Byzantine ISOT.
    Threadmarks: Chapter 15

    Taken from Alessander Crofter's "A History of Westeros" Published in 621 A.C by the White Harbor Publishing House Although the Reconstruction of King's Landing was rather swift, it would take a few years before the court could be held in the city, thus, for the first three years of the Regency...
  13. Witteric of the West

    ASOIAF/GOT The Komneniad: A Very Byzantine ISOT.
    Threadmarks: Appendix: The Regent's Small Council

    Appendix: The Small Council on the early years of the regency of Lord Protector Daeron Targaryen Hand of the King: Lord Tywin Lannister Grand Maester: Grand Maester Gormon Master of Ships: Lord Paxter Redwyne Master of Whisperers: Alyn Merryweather[1] Master of Laws: Lord Jason Mallister Master...
  14. Witteric of the West

    ASOIAF/GOT The Komneniad: A Very Byzantine ISOT.
    Threadmarks: Chapter 14

    Taken from: "The Komneniad" by Princess Eudokia Komnene, translated by Alyn Waters, Seahorse Publishers, Driftmark, 731 AC And Prince Daeron sent word to Constantinople, and engineers and artists flocked to him, for he was rebuilding the city of King's Landing. And these works are widely...
  15. Witteric of the West

    ASOIAF/GOT The Komneniad: A Very Byzantine ISOT.

    Which is moot, because Varys didn't survive the fire...
  16. Witteric of the West

    ASOIAF/GOT The Komneniad: A Very Byzantine ISOT.
    Threadmarks: Chapter 13

    Taken from Alessander Crofter's "A History of Westeros" Published in 621 A.C by the White Harbor Publishing House The Regency of Prince Daeron Targaryen would begin in an auspicious manner. Aerys II had transferred most of the Royal Treasury to Dragonstone in his final days, thus the Royal...
  17. Witteric of the West

    ASOIAF/GOT The Komneniad: A Very Byzantine ISOT.

    There will be no more ISOTs, if I told you who will do so, I'd be spoiling the story for those that have not read it in SB or AH. They appear to have been smarter, as in, actually showing some degree of tactical prowess during their conquest of Sarnor. (And considering that warfare in Essos was...
  18. Witteric of the West

    ASOIAF/GOT The Komneniad: A Very Byzantine ISOT.
    Threadmarks: Chapter 12

    When Basileus Ioannes returned from Sunspear, he set out to continue with his rule. And he had forts built in the Heel of Essos, and the Navy rearranged. And it all pointed that the rest of his reign would be peaceful, for Lys was appeased, Volantis spent, and Myr subdued -yet not made...
  19. Witteric of the West

    ASOIAF/GOT The Komneniad: A Very Byzantine ISOT.

    The former is beyond the scope of the Story, the latter, I didn't touch on at all... I might make some changes in both areas, but I've not decided yet.
  20. Witteric of the West

    ASOIAF/GOT The Komneniad: A Very Byzantine ISOT.

    They will get to actually meet the Dothraki a bit too late for that, I'm afraid.
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