Chapter 25: The White City
In the years after the First Men and the Children of the Forest made an oath, the Skinchangers were not heretics or monsters, but prophets and priests respected by everyone.
But 4,000 years later, the blond and blue-eyed Andals came to kill them. They brought weapons made of fine steel, painted the seven-pointed star symbolizing the new god on their chests, armed themselves with firm beliefs, and crossed the sea to kill them.
Speaking of this, one can't help but want to complain: MMP, four thousand years ago you were all bronze civilizations, and you have been living with the magical Children of the Forest for 4,000 years, but the magic civilization has not developed, the technological civilization is shit, and the civilization has stagnated.
In 4,000 years, you haven't transitioned from a mature bronze civilization to an iron civilization, you are shit! It's right that six of the seven kingdoms were easily swept away by them (they didn't perish, most of them chose to surrender or change their allegiance, or marry the Andals), and only the North, because of the natural barrier of the Neck, barely preserved the power of the "First Men".
Well, the Neck can be understood as the "Shu Road" of Westeros. One man can block the pass and ten thousand men cannot open it. There is still no "only passage" like "Chencang" that allows you to cross secretly (in fact, there is also a sea route).
How difficult is the Neck to pass?
During the "Five Kings' Contest", the low-morale Ironborn used 63 archers to block the 10,000-man army of the North for three years!
When the Andals invaded, the North was not dominated by the Stark family.
In addition to the Starks, there are many powerful lords, such as the Bolton family who likes to skin people.
Don't look at the unique taste and perverse personality of the Little Skinner and the Old Leech, their family background is really not inferior to the Starks.
At that time, several Stark family heads were skinned by the Bolton family, and their skins were used to make cloaks.
Well. Awesome!
Back to the point, in the process of achieving the unification of the North, the Starks are gradually undergoing a process of "getting rid of the ancestors".
Although the Starks always say "I am a First Men" and insist on the tradition of believing in the "Old Gods", they are no longer pure First Men.
The last recorded skinchanger monarch, Lord Sea Dragonhorn, known as the "Wolf King", was a loyal ally of the Children of the Forest.
But the Starks killed him and his son, his beast pets and the Greenseer, leaving only his daughters as trophies.
Will the real First Men kill the Greenseer?
Do you remember the sacred covenant signed with the Children of the Forest on the Thousand Faces Isle?
Only the Wildlings Beyond the Wall and the Swampmen of the Neck are considered to be orthodox First Men. They still retain their reverence for the Greenseer, while the Starks are just of First Men blood. Not only the Starks, but also the Lannisters of Casterly Rock, the Highgarden clan of Garth Greenhand, and Durrandon of the Stormlands they are all descendants of the First Men and have thousands of years of faith in the Old Gods.
At that time, the skinchangers were not monsters that everyone wanted to kill.
But after the Andals successfully invaded Westeros, the Seven Gods faith without the Seven Gods replaced the primitive but real old gods.
It's a bit ironic.
The godswood forests representing the old gods' temples of the major southern families gradually became gardens for ladies and children to play.
Skinchangers and greenseers were gradually demonized, almost like white walkers, becoming characters that must be killed when encountered.
As long as someone who can communicate with animals is encountered south of the Wall, the people around him will kill him immediately.
Thousands of years have passed, and by the generation of Eddard Stark's children, wolf spirits have become the existence of fairy tales.
Even if you say loudly that you are a wolf spirit, others will only laugh and mock you for daydreaming.
Therefore, Jon, Arya, Bran, and even Robb, once resisted their wolf spirit nature very much. Not only did they not develop their talents, but they wanted to seal them.
Dany's talent as the "Mother of Dragons" is definitely not inferior to the green prophet. The probability of a green prophet appearing is one in a million. During the heyday of the belief in the old gods, there were at least one or two in each generation. And Dany may be the only "Mother of Dragons" in Valyria's 5,000-year history.
Well, a genetic mutant.
Daenerys in the original plot resisted her talents and instincts more than Jon.
She wanted to play with dragons, but her companions and subjects were afraid of dragons; she wanted to hunt freely with dragons, but she was too busy with official duties to be distracted, and because she was worried that the dragons would go out and hurt people, she locked them up regardless of the cries of the young dragons; she wanted to ride the dragons and fly away, but she remembered her obligations to her subjects.
At that time, she didn't even have a dream of dragons, and almost unilaterally lost all contact with dragons-her black dragons could still sense her safety.
That Daenerys was a kind queen and a failed mother of dragons. She was a little upside down, obsessed with her identity as a queen, and completely gave up the title of "Mother of Dragons".
That was not only a title, but also the fundamental meaning of her existence.
Now this Dany is different. Even if no one teaches her, she will develop her talents in her own way.
Her efforts were rewarded. During the flight of the black dragon, Dany connected with the dragon dream's soul and obtained his vision.
Wolf spirits can not only obtain the five senses of animals, but also occupy the body of wolves with human bodies. It cannot be considered as controlling its behavior. Instead, they transform themselves into wolves, which can be considered as temporarily taking over the body of wolves.
The reason why Dany is only a "secondary dragon spirit" is that her control over dragons is much worse than that of wolf spirits over companion animals.
She can only receive information from the five senses of the black dragon, let alone become a dragon, and cannot control their actions.
Moreover, except for the black dragon, she can not only control different kinds of animals like a skinchanger, but even white dragons and green dragons, Dany cannot establish a stable dragon dream with them.
It's not that the two dragons are rejecting her.
How to say it is a bit like a skill slot can only choose one skill. As the connection between her and the black dragon becomes closer, the other two dragons have fewer dragon dreams with her.
In fact, wolf spirits also have "skill slot" restrictions. Those with high talents can control more animals, and those with poor talents can only control a dog-dog is the most docile and easiest to control. Varamyr, who can control six animals, gets the "honorable" bandit title of "Six-Shaped Man".
Ser Jorah tells Dany that each dragon has only one master, and one person can only ride one dragon. No one else can ride his dragon alone until the current master dies.
Well, outsiders can take a ride as passengers accompanied by the dragon's master.
Similarly, Targaryen, who already has a dragon, can no longer ride another dragon.
"Hey, what is that?" Dany was suddenly awakened.
Just now, she saw an abnormal picture in a glimpse.
The black dragon's vision is very amazing, and it seems that it can see scenes dozens of kilometers away at an altitude of thousands of meters.
It's not very clear, and it doesn't last long, but the color of the red wasteland is too single, a uniform dark red.
Previously, Dany could only see the blue sky, red comets, and dark red plains with varying clarity through the black dragon's perspective.
Suddenly, when the black dragon turned, Dany saw a white patch of ground that had always been dark red.
It seemed to be a city? A rocky hill of a special color?
"Big Black, stop being so naive, help me find the white one just now. It seemed to be a city." She said anxiously in her heart.
According to the Dothraki tradition, animals other than humans should not be named. Dany did not think her dragons were animals. They were legendary creatures, no less than humans.
So she named them early on.
Uh, Big Black, Little White, Little Green.
Well, those were nicknames, and she often called them that.
If the black dragon was not called "Deathwing", it would be a waste of his hellish black and red scales.
But the name "Deathwing" was too hateful, and she didn't want her dragon baby to die. When he was invincible in the world, let him say with his big mouth that exuded the breath of sulfur and death: My name is Deathwing, the Destined Destroyer, the Ender of All Things, I am the Cataclysm. Well, it's very exciting.
The other two were much more ordinary, emerald and white jade.
The green dragon is as glittering as jade, and its body is like the finest jade, a vibrant green.
The main body of the white dragon is the warm color of white jade, but along the bone lines is the platinum color like the sun, exuding a sacred aura that makes people worship.
If others ask, she will also tell them that the black dragon's scales are shiny and shiny, like black crystals, so it is called "black diamond".
Jade, white jade, black diamond, are all beautiful, harmless and lovable gems. The name is completely non-aggressive, which can cover up the fact that they are the most brutal creatures in the world.
"Hiss--" The black dragon found the white that Dany needed, like a mirror reflecting a piece of white light.
The dragon's pupils contracted, and a piece of white light on the dark red ground continued to expand.
"That's really a city!" Dany shouted happily.
It is about 30 kilometers southwest of Ka LS, beyond the exploration range of her water-fetching cavalry.
"It's a close call." She patted her chest in fear.
After all, the black dragon is a young dragon. He didn't last long before flapping his wings and falling back into the backpack behind Dany.
Dany immediately found Jorah and told him about it.
"This..." The knight was surprised by the appearance of the city, and was amazed that the young dragon could see so far, and Dany could share the vision with him.
"Your Highness, I have never heard of a city in the Red Wasteland, and I didn't even know that humans settled in this place that demons despise." He stroked his chin and said cautiously.
Dany thought of the dry riverbed she had encountered before, and said: "Maybe it is a civilization lost in the long river of history. The distance is too far, and the dragon can't see it clearly. I only know that the city is very large and it is definitely not a village. You and I both know that the Red Wasteland today cannot support a large city."
"Abandoned city?" Jorah nodded, thoughtfully said: "Let the scouts go and take a look first, that place can at least hide from the sun."
30 kilometers is only an hour or two's ride, and before noon, Ago and the other two warriors returned.
"Khaleesi, you are not mistaken, it is indeed a stone city, the whole city is white. But there are no residents, the city gates are broken, the houses are collapsed, and only the wind and flies shuttle through the streets. It is a dead city, with no name, and no gods favor it. We should avoid it."
"Why?" Dany asked puzzledly, "It is better if there is no one, we can occupy it at will. If there are residents, I am still worried about their attitude towards Karls."
Jhiqui said in a trembling voice, "Once the gods leave, the evil spirits will go out to hunt at night. It is best to avoid such places. Everyone knows it."
"Everyone knows it." Irri agreed.
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