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-Day 1 late Afternoon, Mid 120 AC-
Argoth Stone-Skin raged outside the walls of the Hightower, "SHE WAS MY TO CLAIM BY RIGHT, BY MY VICTORY SHE IS MINE!" bellowed out the stone giant.
His towering form dwarfed the realm of men, born of sorcery and giant's blood. So great was his girth that no spear could pierce him, no hammer break him, no flame consume him.
His hide was stone, his hunger unending and his desire fixed upon Maris the Maid, the fairest flower of the Reach.
The princess of King Garth Greenhand forever out of his reach
But the High tower stood grander. It would not fall.
Day and night, the stone giant raged against it.
Maris the maid was to be his! The fairest lady of all the realms! Fifty Lords and many more had competed for her hand, The King of green offered his daughter to any who would emerge victorious, a tourney filled with knights, beast and creatures of all!
When a knight of Storms sought to pierce his skin with lightning, the thunder broke and died upon it!
A falcon knight bore him into the clouds and cast him down, but when he struck the earth, the mountains trembled, and Argoth rose stronger still.
When the clever's sons threw him into a lion's den, a pit filled with golden teeth, he devoured the beast and roared for more!
Argoth Stone-Skin had slain many for her hand, her suitors defeated. Victorious , the maid was promised to the giant by the laws of contest.
When his victory was announced, the suitors lay broken and in shambles, he went to claim his bride, but found she was stolen!
Argoth Stone-Skin raged, she belonged to him! It was said that Uthor of the High Tower, boldest of men, had taken her to wife in secret!
Wedding beauty to cunning beneath the sight of gods and men.
Argoth's wrath was terrible to behold. So when he learned of Uthor's treachery, he rode to him.
He crashed himself against the walls of the Hightower.
He drove many away and terrorized the realm!
He feasted on the children in the fields and maidens on the roads and when the knights rode to protect them they found his pearl teeth and filled his belly!
For many years his cries of , "Maris! Maris!", echoed across the land like thunder on the sea and the very mountain's shook.
So when the gate's of the Hightower opened Argoth Stone-Skin leapt with joy and desire, for he had only grown during his terror and so did his might and hunger.
But what stood at the gate made him pause.
A single person.
Argoth Stone-Skin believed he saw Uthor of the High tower, his accursed enemy and foe, his rage boiled over, his stone skin cracking but then the light shifted.
The person was she! Maris the fair, Maris the maid, Maris the beautiful stood before him!
How could he be so blind?
She was as beautiful as he last saw her, nay even more so. The years had done her a great service! Making a sweet pearl into a star.
So Argoth stone-skin ran to her with open arm's crying out, "MY LOVE! MY FEAST! MY HEART!"
But as he went to grab her, to finally embrace her the light shifted once again.
In the person's hand was a blade!
Argoth stone-skin finally saw who the person was, No Maris the maid stood before him.
Nor was it Uthor!
A youth with his mother's beauty and his father's guile stood before him, a sword of vigilance and justice in hand.
Argoth Stone-Skin tried to defend himself, his body of evil and malice tightened, its stony visage the greatest it had ever been.
Despite it all, the Son proved greater and with a single stroke off came the giant's head!
Thus, the son of King Uthur of High Tower, Queen Maris the Maid and the grandson of Garth the Greenhand, Urrigon Hightower avenged his mother's honor and freed his people of their torment.
The Reach was once again at peace.
Songs say the blood that gushed from Argoth's headless body watered the fields of the Reach for seven years, and the apples grew redder and sweeter than any since.
It was –
Urrigon Targaryen shut the book close as soon as he heard the door open.
He lifted himself off the bed fixing his clothes.
"Dearest Urrig!", said Aegon, he walked into the room, arms wide in the air, "I have come to give you the gift of me!"
"Aeg", said Urrigon, seeing that it was his brother he fell back to the bed, dropping himself and opening the book to continue reading.
"What is this?You jump out of bed then you run to your covers", said Aegon as he walked to his brother's bed and sat at the end of it.
"I was reading Aeg, nothing more"
"You're favorite brother stands before you and you prefer those bloody books!"
Urrigon did not bother to respond and Ignored Aegon, eyes on the page.
That was until the book was snatched from his hands.
"Aegooon!" said Urrigon annoyed, he quickly went to grab the book back from his now standing brother, raising himself from the pillows.
"Now what are you reading? Something naughty?", said Aegon, smiling from ear to ear.
"I do noy share your tastes brother ", said Urrigon as he fell back into the pillows with a annoyed expression.
Aegon's expression quickly turned into disappointment as he read the title of the book.
"What? No whores? The tale's of the Age Of Hero's, really Urrig?"
"If you do not like it, hand it over"
Aegon ignored his brother, reading the passage he was previously.
Urrigon watched his brother's silver gold eyebrows raise.
"So this is the guy mother named you after?", asked Aegon turning towards him.
"It would seem so", said Urrigon, eyes on the ceiling.
Aegon sat on the bed, this time right next to him, "I guess we're both named after kings…at least this guy seemed to have a hot mom".
"Instead of the giant slaying or the first ever tourney, you focus on Queen Maris!?"
"No, no it's more then her looks", said Aegon as he shook his head.
Urrigon was sure Aegon could feel his stare for he quickly explained himself.
"Ugh, It's like you to!", Aegon waved his hands at Urrigon's direction, "She had a son that was prettier then her! Like you!"
Urrigon sat himself up a single eyebrow raised itself "What?"
Aegon threw the book to him and stood up from the bed and pointed at him.
"Take it from me, you're prettier then all the women in this castle and back the ones back home, Seven's sake Urrig you know that to!"
"That is true", said Urrigon as he rubbed his chin, "but Rhaenyra holds the title and mother's is far more pretty".
"That's because you stay inside all the time, from reading books like you are now, to training at night with Thone and Cole!", said Aegon as he paced around the room as he talked, "If the realm saw you more they would be quick to change their mind! The only time you go out is when mother calls you or you when you go to the sept!Like –".
Aegon suddenly stopped walking and slowly turned his head, his violet eye's seemingly glowing with a strange light.
"Aeg…?", asked Urrigon holding the bed covers, for some reason his palms began to sweat.
Aegon strode over to him and put his hand at the back of the bed board. Urrigon head fell onto the pillows and looked up his brother.
Aegon's expression was one of pure sadistic joy, all his teeth were shown, his smile wide and his eyes squinting with mischief.
"Dearest brother", Aegon's voice sweet "Where were you?"
"Whatever do you mean? Aeg, get off!", Urrigon tired to push Aegon away from him but the boy quickly leapt back.
"You take a full hour everyday in the sept when you visit, sometimes even less", said Aegon as he raised a single finger, the index of his right hand while putting the palm of his left on his chest.
He raised a second finger, the middle, "Today, dearest brother you were gone from late morning to the end of the afternoon".
A third, the ring, " According to my big brother knowledge, if we count the time you spent finding Driftmark's sept that still doesn't add up!"
A fourth,his pinky, "Which means there was another person there! Nay two!"
Urrigon mouth was hanging open,aghast at his brother's growing wit.
"One of them was older, nay a man even!", said Aegon, madness apparent, his left hand gripped his tunic, "He must have left and since their was another person he asked you to escort them back to their chambers!"
Urrigon felt hus heart stop.
A fifth finger raised itself, the thumb, "And only a maiden would needs escorting brother, she would not need a knight for the other would have been her guard so it had to be family, man!All the adults were busy except for…"
Aegon silver gold hair covered his face, a single violet eye was all Urrigon could see.
"Laenor…."
"There are only two women who could have been with him, especially in their own home ! Laenor was the man so it had to be….the TWINS!"
With his right hand Aegon slicked his hair back,a smug smirk on his face,"So brother…which twin did you fuck?"
A book hurled in the air, smacking Aegon in the face, he stumbled back into a chair and fell upon it, clutching his face.
"AEGON!", scream Urrigon he leapt out of bed and stomped over to his brother.
He looked down at Aegon, towering above him.
From his seat Aegon looked up at him smile still on his face , "You never wound me brother", he pointed at the dressing table mirror of the room, "nor you can ever hide anything from me!"
Urrigon head snapped to the mirror and he saw his own face. Bright red and blushing like a maid from his books.
He covered his face with his hands and groaned.
"Why are so smart when it comes to things like this!?", said Urrigon, voice muffled with his hands.
His brother always had strange bursts of intelligence, bursts that cause Urrigon grief.
"So you did lay with one of them then?", said Aegon excitedly as he widened his eyes and smile, "Nay my brother could seduce both with his looks!"
"Aeg shut up!"
"Should father hold a tourney for you as well? Maidens of Westores come one, come all. For the Hand of Prince Urrigon the fair is up for grabs!"
Urrigon eyebrow twitched.
His older brother brought both hands hands to his cheeks and leaned to the side, swooning like a maid and spoke with a high pitch voice, " His so pretty! His so fair, I'll fight dirty ,I don't care!" , he finished cackling.
In the midst of of his older brothers self amusement, his eyes peaked through his hands towards the book now on the floor.
'If it brings him so much joy, maybe it will for her', he thought.
"Why are you here Aeg?", sighed Urrigon hands falling to his side.
Aegon's joy seemed to quickly disappear and changed into panic, "Shit! Mother told me to call you all for dinner!"
"When was that! Has Daeron and the rest already gone?"
Aegon scratched the back of his head and started to count with his left hand, he nodded.
"I have no clue", said Aegon, having reached his conclusion.
"Then leave and gather the rest! I'll quickly change and get my hair ready", said Urrigon as he pushed Aegon out the room.
"Wait, why is your hair wet!?",shock in Aegon's voice, "You had sex outside in the rain! Seven save us all Urrig ,you are not only prettier than the maids of court but also lay with them for the Seven to see!"
Aegon laughed as Urrigon finally pushed him out and shut the door. He breathed a sigh of relief.
He walked to the dressing room table, his face still red. He looked at his frizzled hair and went to fix it.
But their was a small smile on his face.
"Rheana... "
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