King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 622 Iron Throne (Part 1)
(What a huge and hideous monster.)
Standing in the tall, wide doorway of the Throne Room and looking in, Daenerys's heart was first filled with amazement, followed by a dreamlike illusion.

The victory came so quickly that it didn't feel real.

Half an hour ago, she was still riding the dragon on Drogon's back to avoid the burning smoke column in King's Landing, and circled and circled outside the range of the crossbow arrow over the Red Keep, preparing to respond to the attack of the ground troops , guessing whether and how much it will cost to win the complete Red Keep. But she was completely unexpected: this bloody battle, which she originally thought would go down in history, ended in "the enemy surrendered without firing a single arrow".

She clearly saw Unsullied in the air entering the fort unobstructed through the city gate, and after a moment of planting the city gate over the Red Dragon flag, she blew the cornet for safety, reminding oneself that you can landing.

Dozens of golden robes, hundreds of refugee women and children, and more servants lined up in the courtyard to be counted by Unsullied, nobles, wealthy merchants, scholars...all kinds of who have, but only All that was missing was Stannis' queen and daughter. After inquiries, it was learned that the pseudo-king took away his wife and daughter and all the elite guarding the castle at the very beginning of their general attack on King's Landing, and passed through the city lightly to break through the siege - precisely because they lost their backbone and loyalties, The remaining Red Keep garrison will open the city and surrender so happily.

What is Stannis thinking about the sturdy and well-placed Red Keep?
Indeed, Stormlands still has half of the nobles on the surface loyal to the Stag Family, which can be used as a force for comeback, but how does he cross the Blackwater Rush, escape the land and air pursuit and escape to the south?
The two dragons were already exhausted from the half-day bombing mission. Once they landed and relaxed, it was not suitable for them to take off again in a short period of time. With confidence in the siege's ability to intercept the thief's leader, Daenerys is determined to put his doubts and worries aside for now.

After learning from Grey Worm that the entire Red Keep had been searched, she decided to take a look first - the iron chair that oneself had been dreaming of for more than ten years.

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Stepping into the throne room so tall that you could barely see the ceiling, the first thing she realized was that it wasn't a chair at all.

After Aegon conquered the Six Kingdoms, he collected the swords he defeated from the enemy, concentrated them in the center of the then base camp "Aegon Fort", burned them with Black Dread's dragon flame, and then half-melted them by the weapon forge. The iron swords are roughly stacked one by one, and it took dozens of days to finally complete Iron Throne. Originally in the open air, it was more like a small, metal-stacked sentry tower on top of Aegon's High Hill than a throne, and around it, the current throne room and the entire Red Keep were gradually built.

It was the castle that wrapped the Iron Throne, not the Iron Throne that moved into the castle. It is for this reason that this Legendary object, which symbolizes the supreme authority of Westeros, has survived countless storms without being stolen.

Despite seeing it with his own eyes for the first time, Daenerys had already heard from his big brother when he was a child. Before becoming irritable and irritable because he was forced to sell his mother's crown, Wessey Lys was also a qualified big brother, and on countless days when he hugged each other to keep warm and tried to sleep, he gently whispered in Daenerys' ear. She tells the legends and stories of the ancestors of the generations, of which the throne is always the most detailed.

Probably has a different emotion and obsession with this chair. Every time his last words before falling asleep must be a guarantee that one day in the future, he will take back the robbed throne and restore it. Sitting on it, King's Landing Seven Kingdoms...

I don't know if Wesey Lys ever expected that it was not his oneself who finally made this thing, but the younger sister who was shiver coldly curled up in his arms at that time Woolen cloth?
Eyes moistened slightly, Daenerys blinked and walked inwards across the threshold of the throne room, past the table, chairs and benches that were overturned, stepped on the stag flag thrown all over the floor as a blanket, and approached the Sleeping at the very end of the central line of the building, still standing on the spot where it was completed three hundred years ago, is a huge metal object that has not moved too much.

Because of the lack of beautification, shaping and filling (which Aegon refuses to do), the entire throne is neither aesthetic nor ergonomic, just a bunch of twisted swords smelted asymmetrically in the Together, there is roughly the shape of a throne. The sunlight coming in from the high windows on both sides hit its ugly and rusty body diagonally, but the long shadow drawn out unexpectedly made it look majestic and gloomy, as if there was a special sense of power escaping. out.

Daenerys lifts the head and looks at the top of the Iron Throne: the seat for people to swing the buttocks alone is as high as two people, the seat and the whole base are integrated, climb up the steps to pass As many as the previous second layer... She suddenly understood why Aegon made the Iron Throne so tall: in this way, the people on the ground - either looked up, bowed their heads, or looked at the pile in front of them. The iron sword that has been melted and deformed, imagine the formidable power of the dragon flame and the fate of the defeat, there is no fourth way to go.

Is there an easier way to assert authority and demonstrate martial power?

Standing for a moment to calm down the emotional waves, Daenerys waved to Grey Worm for him to wait below, oneself raised his legs and took the Level 1 steps.

She's ready to do something as it should be by rights: experience what it's like to sit on an Iron Throne.

The steps are made of swords swinging horizontally, the tip is bent to the ground, and the widest side faces upwards for people to step on. In order to ensure sufficient support and stability, eight to ten are used for each Level 1 The unequal swords are stacked in two layers. In the ballad, "Iron Throne is made of a thousand swords", but of course it is impossible exactly this number. Aegon conquered the six kingdoms and seized tens of thousands of weapons, not every one of them will be used to melt into Iron Throne. Ordinary ironware is absolutely not qualified, only the swords of nobles and knights, and private customization forged with steel essence can get this "honor"...

Strict material selection and continuous maintenance make Iron Throne's material The physical performance is guaranteed, but even so, after hundreds of thousands of repeated steps over the past three hundred years, the middle of each Level 1 step still shows mild to moderate depressions. There are no handrails on both sides, only countless blades with pointed fingers towards the ceiling - if you want to help, you can, but you have to be prepared for the palms of your hands to be scratched to the skin and blood to flow. This may be another ingenuity: Aegon must have wanted to use this dangerous step to the throne to remind future generations that being a king should always be careful and never be careless.

"Squeak--", "Squeak--"...Every time you step up, the throne will make a slight metallic rubbing sound; Aegon, Ines, Maegor, Jaehaerys...every time you step on Level 1 , Daenerys will have an ancestor's name in mind.

I wonder if it was a coincidence or not, she suddenly realized that the number of layers of the stairs seemed to be very consistent with the number of previous kings before oneself. Climbing up this iron staircase that condenses time and years, the little Queen seems to have walked into the promenade of history, the rise and fall of House Targaryen flashes past like if dreams and visions in a bubble, and the trifling is less than It didn't take a minute to walk all the twenty steps, but when Daenerys stepped on the last Level 1 and finally stood on the small platform where the real "throne" was, she seemed to have lived for a while. The new life seems to be a little enlightened. She stood in front of the seat where people were supposed to sit, took two deep breaths looking thoughtful, turned around, and looked down at the throne room.

......

Not far from the gate, a black clothed person walked in across the steps, squinting for a few seconds, Daenerys recognized it was Lord Commander of the Night's Watch Igor West. The timing of his arrival was quite coincidental. Most of the time he led his troops to participate in the attack on the Red Keep. When he arrived, he found that the fortress had already opened its doors. He left his entourage outside the door and entered alone, walked to Grey Worm at a moderate pace, looked at the Unsullied Commander and nodded to each other, then turned around and stood side by side under the throne, as if to witness She sat on a throne, looking up at her quietly.

Speaking of which, the drama of retaking King's Landing Return of the King can go so smoothly, half of the credit is still on this Night's Watch... oneself just seeing others do what one loves to do, one is inspired to try it again, it is really rude to not think of this number one hero at the moment of receiving the most important trophy.

There is still a long section of the road to go before the real conquest of Seven Kingdoms, and it is not time to get carried away. Daenerys nods to Igor slightly, and looks away, no longer giggling and jubilant like a child getting a new toy, but straightening his face to show the majesty of a king, closing the back of his skirt, and bending over cautiously. sat down.

With the sound of "ga zhi", the throne easily supported Daenerys' weight, and the buttocks suddenly felt uneven. In terms of comfort alone, Iron Throne is probably the worst piece of furniture in Seven Kingdoms: the seat is so sturdy that it hurts the buttocks, and there are many iron spikes on the back, making it uncomfortable to sit and lean back against the chair. back.

"The king should not sit comfortably", Wessey Lys said this is Aegon's original words, I heard that oneself's father was often cut by Iron Throne when he was on the throne, and Maegor I also died in this piece. On the chair... I wonder if the thorn that pierced his neck back then is still behind oneself?
Thinking of this, Daenerys suddenly felt like a thorn in the back, moved her body, resisted the urge to turn her head to look, she coughed, and put her hands on the armrests on both sides, ready to take advantage of this best opportunity, Announcing an important decision.

Just as he opened his lips, before he could make a sound, a stinging sensation of being scratched suddenly came from his left hand.

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(end of this chapter)