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Peace always makes time fly by.
Children grow up, and adults gradually age.
Old legends gradually fade into peace and tranquility with the passage of time, while new stories slowly plant their seeds in peace and prosperity, waiting for the day to take root and sprout.
In 142 AC, after nearly a full year of arduous travel, Rhaegor returned to Dragon Nest City, more mature himself, and with three companions who would later become his right-hand men. After a long private conversation with Dragonzel late into the night, he took his companions, along with his father's Bloodsworn Brothers, Assor Baetimus and York Weishui, to Silver Crown City, another massive city of the Varezes family. He would reside there for half of the year, governing this currently largest city of the Varezes family—a city that developed rapidly due to its river and natural harbor, and is even still under construction. Sebastian Blaze also traveled to this city to serve as Rhaegor's chamberlain, assisting him in governing the territory.
Viserys, serving as Prince of Oldtown, also began to vigorously govern Oldtown. In just one year, he revitalized Oldtown. However, Viserys did not repair the Hightower, which had become a ruin. Instead, he began constructing a new lighthouse on the black stone foundation of the Hightower, focusing on practicality, unlike the 'wonder' that was the Hightower.
It was also in this year that Meral Yangyan, far away on Gray Terror Island, suddenly discovered several silver-haired, purple-eyed merchants in the village beneath his tower, the Divine Concealment Tower. The wine they peddled was much better than the wine delivered by supply ships, and their shops even had spices from the East and delicacies he had never seen before. Thus, the young Meral easily succumbed to the tavern opened by these foreigners. As for his guardian, Hyd Cobber, after confirming that these foreigners had no ill intentions and would not lead anyone away, he rest assuredly allowed Meral Prince to stay out all night in the tavern, and he himself would even come to the tavern for entertainment.
This barren place of exile, uncharacteristically, had more candlelight at night.
The Baratheon family's army landed on the Stepstones under the cover of the Lys Fleet and the Silver Fleet. The pirates' motley land army had no power to retaliate against the Stormlands' army. As many as four pirate kings had their heads smashed by Boros Baratheon's warhammer in the first wave of attack. However, during the assault on Bloodstone Island, due to the successive withdrawal of the Silver Fleet and the Lys Fleet, the newly built warships of the Stormlands were no match for Lycario's navy. Boros suffered a devastating defeat, with as many as two thousand men dying in the sunken fleet. Boros was forced to retreat to the landing site, preparing to await supplies from the rear and support from the Royal Fleet.
This year, neither the Targaryen family nor the Varezes family had any newly born dragons. Viserys noticed that although dragon eggs stored on Dragon Mountain could accelerate hatching, the survival rate of the born dragons was not high. Therefore, he decided to transfer all dragon eggs to the Dragonpit in King's Landing for preservation, and regularly transport a fixed quantity of dragon eggs back to Dragonstone's Dragon Mountain for hatching. As for the Varezes family, Dragonzel intentionally stopped the hatching of dragon eggs. He wanted to stockpile more dragon eggs for future use. In the Dragonpit of Dragon Nest City, Silverwing gradually stopped producing, but Sarafasas took over Silverwing's heavy burden, continuing to increase the Varezes family's dragon egg reserves.
In 143 AC, nothing noteworthy happened this year. The war in the Stepstones fell into a prolonged torment. The Stormlands' army struggled on the islands, and supplies for the Stormlands often failed to arrive due to pirate harassment. In the most severe month, even Lord Boros almost starved to death. Fortunately, Adam, who had been promoted to Deputy Commander of the Royal Fleet by Lord Joffrey, arrived with the Royal Fleet, ending Lord Boros's predicament. The enraged Auckland launched a fierce attack on Bloodstone Island, but was still repelled by Lycario, and could only retreat to the small island renamed "Auckland Island" by Boros to regroup and prepare for the next attack.
King Aegon and Queen Samantha officially consummated their marriage. After that, Queen Samantha often sat beside the Iron Throne on the bronze chair left by Dragonzel, gently helping her husband handle the trivial matters of King's Landing. However, Samantha never interfered with the handling of kingdom affairs, instead being keen on dealing with matters among the common people.
People loved this beautiful queen very much. The people of King's Landing even referred to her alongside Queen Alysanne.
This year, in Dragonstone's Dragon Mountain, a dragon egg left by Dreamfyre hatched into a hatchling. This milky white hatchling looked almost identical to Dreamfyre. The Dragon Guard of Dragonstone discovered it immediately and brought it back to the Dragon Rearing Courtyard.
In the Dragonpit of Dragon Nest City, a red hatchling, as if carved from the same mold as Silverwing, hatched. Serena Varese, who had grown into an astonishingly beautiful little girl, discovered it while visiting Sarafasas. She named this hatchling "Blood Princess."
In 144 AC, Dragonzel welcomed his sixth child, a child who looked almost identical to Diana. This sickly child inherited her father's silver hair. From birth, this little girl named "Jane Varese" was not as healthy as her older brothers and sisters, but with the careful nurturing of her parents and siblings, she survived healthily.
Queen Samantha also gave birth to her and King Aegon's first son at the end of this year. The birth process was smooth, and this healthy silver-haired boy let out a loud cry upon birth.
Archmaester Munkun wrote in his records: "This boy let out the voice of a warrior."
The ecstatic King Aegon gave his eldest son a classic House Velaryon name, also the name of an important member in the family's history.
Daeron.
Dragonzel, who flew to King's Landing to ensure his daughter's safe delivery, witnessed the birth of his grandson. He presented his grandson with a precious gift—a dagger crafted from Valyrian steel.
The Realm welcomed its heir. King Aegon immediately bestowed the title of "Prince of Dragonstone" upon Prince Daeron on his naming day and prepared to choose a dragon egg for his son, but was again dissuaded by Viserys in a letter. He still believed that the Targaryen family's existing adult dragons and grown dragons were more worthy of being tamed by the children.
In 145 AC, Valarr and Leira welcomed their second child, a wrinkled little girl. The heavily pregnant Valarr cherished this daughter very much. He personally named his daughter "Valenna," which was the name of their three brothers' grandmother. Dragonzel also gave this girl his blessing.
This year, Daniela rode Dawn to Silver Crown City to reunite with Rhaegor. Under the guidance of Dragonzel, the two held a grand wedding at Silver Crown City's harbor. On that day, all the dragons of the Varezes family flew over Silver Crown City, and the Silver Fleet majestically sailed through the harbor, leaving a deep impression on everyone.
Bards composed a song called "Dragon's Wedding" for this, which was sung throughout the entire continent.
After a long period of rest, Lord Boros decided not to stubbornly fight on Bloodstone Island. With the support of the Royal Fleet led by Adam, he led the Stormlands' elite to raid the "Golden Kraken"'s stronghold on Gallows Island. In that battle, Adam's brother Elin commanded his warship to break through the Ironborn longship blockade. The warship's ram, like a giant siege hammer, embedded itself into the Golden Kraken's "Kraken King," and the soldiers on board, led by Elin, boarded the enemy ship. The poor "Golden Kraken," Fael Greyjoy, had his head cut off by Elin.
After this battle, Elin, who beheaded the Golden Kraken with the power of a single ship, earned the nickname "Oak Fist" and the respect of the Stormlands' lords.
The Bone Tide Islands lost their lord. Boros happily swept through the islands one by one with his fleet and soldiers. He immediately knighted many to serve as lords, governing this cluster of small islands, but he overlooked one thing.
In the Stepstones, there is no shortage of pirates.
Pirates from all over the Summer Sea and the Narrow Sea gathered in the Bone Tide Islands, engaging in fierce battles with the Royal Fleet. Boros, unable to fully control the sea, suffered greatly. His army struggled after capturing half of the Bone Tide Islands. The Bloodstone Island Fleet from Bloodstone Island, and the Pirate King Fleet under Lord Vel Sparro of Tyrosh, launched a surprise attack on the Royal Fleet in Torture Abyss. If Adam had not commanded properly, the Royal Fleet could have been completely submerged there, and Boros and his men would have been left to die on those barren small islands.
Boros's conquest once again slowed down.
In 146 AC, Dragonzel's close friend and the elder brother of his Bloodsworn Brothers, Lynn Valtaken, contracted a severe cold. After the Scholars' efforts to save him, they ultimately declared themselves helpless. Lynn Valtaken refused milk of the poppy; he chose "Griffin's Heart."
Lynn's death left Dragonzel despondent for a long time. He personally flew to Long Sky Castle and had Vermithor provide a cremation for his friend.
After his death, the Valyrian steel plate armor, "Black Mirror," was reclaimed by the Varezes family, while the Valyrian steel longsword, "Griffin Heart," remained with the Valtaken family.
This was a symbol of loyalty.
Boros continued to be entangled with the pirates of the Stepstones this year, but the pirates' decline had gradually begun to show.
They couldn't have a continuous supply like Boros.
In 147 Conquest Era, Queen Samantha became pregnant again, and in the same year, she gave birth to Aegon's second son, a scrawny, silver-haired boy. This time, Aegon was not as excited, and even the name was chosen by Queen Samantha.
The boy's name was Rhaegar.
Rhaegar Targaryen is also a common name in the history of the Targaryen family.
Oldtown also received good news.
Lady Lara gave birth to Viserys's fourth child, a beautiful girl, and Viserys named the girl "Alysanne."
He wrote to his brother, hoping King Aegon could arrange marriages between their children.
He planned for Daeron to marry Naerys and Rhaegar to marry Alysanne.
But this time, Aegon did not agree; he had already chosen daughters-in-law for his sons.
He wrote to Dragon Nest City, hoping Daeron would marry Jane Varese—he actually wanted to choose the beautiful and dignified Serena, but Serena's honey-colored hair made him somewhat hesitant.
He was a bit worried about whether his grandchildren would have other implications if they had non-Targaryen features.
At the same time, he hoped Rhaegar could marry Valenna Varese or Serena Varese.
But the latter was rejected by Dragonzel.
Only the engagement of Daeron and Jane received Dragonzel's blessing, which greatly satisfied King Aegon.
Lord Boros failed to make any progress this year. His soldiers saw no hope of victory and gradually began to desert.
But they were at sea.
They couldn't escape anywhere and could only bite the bullet and continue fighting.
In 148 Conquest Era, the long summer ended, but the subsequent winter lasted for less than a year.
In 149 Conquest Era, winter departed and summer arrived, and a brand new long summer began.
In 150 Conquest Era, Lord Boros, who had lingered in the Bone Tide Islands for three years, finally made a breakthrough. He promised to hand over the ruined city of Tyrosh to the Varezes family, in exchange for the deployment of the Silver Fleet. Valarr, who had become unrecognizably fat, excitedly rode Silverwing to the battlefield.
But he did not see the worries of his family behind him.
In 151 Conquest Era, the long war of the Stepstones finally achieved a great victory. With the support of the Silver Fleet, Vil Sparow's fleet suffered a devastating blow. Valarr, descending from the sky, turned the tide of the battle. Silverwing's dragonflame destroyed everything within sight, and Vil Sparow died in the dragonflame and seawater.
The Silver Fleet then landed and occupied the ruined city of Tyrosh.
From this year onwards, the Stepstones War proceeded smoothly.
In 152 Conquest Era, Diana gave birth to Dragonzel's seventh child, a thin boy. This time, Rhaegor named his youngest brother after a friend.
Reigen Varese.
In the Dragonpit of Dragon Nest City, Sarafasas's dragon egg hatched. The newborn dragon this time was not as beautiful as Sarafasas. Although it looked very similar, this deep purple dragon did not have Sarafasas's gem-like luster, nor its sapphire-blue dragonflame. Serena named it "Lilacwing."
In the same year, Queen Samantha gave birth to a girl for Aegon.
She was also their eldest daughter—Rhaenyra Targaryen.
This year, Boros finally captured Bloodstone Island, but Lycario had decisively fled beforehand, even abandoning his fleet to the Silver Fleet and the Royal Fleet.
Since then, the famous "Pirate Queen" was never seen in these waters again.
The Stepstones War finally concluded at the end of 152 Conquest Era.
Boros conquered the entire Stepstones, and his titles gained an additional one: "Governor of the Narrow Sea."
But the Varezes family also took over the ruined city of Tyrosh, and the intensive reconstruction work slowly began after peace returned.
Adam, who had rendered great service, successfully married into House Velaryon. His bloodline would inherit the throne of the Lord of Tides in the future.
In 153 Conquest Era, Lady Lara and Viserys's fifth child was born. This silver-haired, purple-eyed boy was very strong; sometimes even Aegon would be pinched painfully by his little brother. As Aegon grew older, he gradually matured. Although he still disliked Aemon, he was quite tolerable towards his sisters and this newborn brother named "Ilion."
The only problem was.
He got a girl pregnant in the brothel in Oldtown.
This made Viserys furious, but at the same time, it brought a different emotion.
Perhaps there was still hope?
154 Conquest Era was known to later generations as the "Year of Sorrow." In this year, many old people who had experienced the war passed away.
"Old Man" Roderick Dustin died in his sleep. His longevity surprised people, although a peaceful death might not have been a blessing for Roderick.
Vansen Caron, the chief vassal of the Varezes family, also passed away this year. Caron Castle was formally inherited by Reigen Kaawen, but he appointed his sister to act as regent, while he himself remained to assist Rhaegor.
Many elderly lords died this year.
But new lives were also born.
Rhaegor and Daniela's eldest daughter was born.
She was a healthy, strong, and beautiful girl, with silver hair and heterochromatic eyes: one deep purple, one emerald green.
Dragonzel named his granddaughter "Daenerys."
Daenerys Varese.
155 Conquest Era.
This year was also known as the "Year of New Beginnings."
At the beginning of this year.
Samantha brought a healthy girl named "Diana" to the royal family.
And Lady Lara also brought her sixth child, a chubby boy. Viserys named his sixth son "Maegor."
But Lady Lara's health was damaged by this birth, and the Scholar indicated that she would not be able to conceive again.
However, this also made Viserys cherish his wife and children even more.
Even though he didn't know that Aegon had gotten another girl pregnant.
The dragon eggs in Dragon Nest City and King's Landing also began a new round of hatching.
In this year, four dragons hatched in the Dragonpit of Dragon Nest City: three from Sarafasas and one from Silverwing.
Among the three hatchlings from Sarafasas, one resembled Sarafasas in appearance, but unfortunately, like Lilacwing, it did not inherit Sarafasas's special traits. The other two were more like Star Song, but unfortunately, they were also considerably inferior.
The other hatchling was more similar to Silverwing, but with a larger horn crown and more thorns.
The dragon eggs sent to Dragon Mountain also hatched three hatchlings. One was almost identical to Arrax from back then, making King Aegon feel a moment of trance when he saw it. The other two were more like Syrax and Dreamfyre, respectively.
Serena enthusiastically named and nicknamed the hatchlings. The blue-purple hatchling similar to Sarafasas was named "Valarrion" after Valarr. The green hatchling similar to Star Song was given the name "Reyelles" after Ray. The other crimson hatchling was named "Cerillis" by Serena herself. The hatchling similar to Silverwing had its naming rights snatched by the equally enthusiastic Jacarys Valareus, who simply and roughly named that hatchling "Golden King."
By 156 Conquest Era, the number of dragons owned by the Varezes family and the Targaryen family had reached its peak.
The dragons of the Varezes family included: Vermithor, Silverwing, Shadow Nightmare, Star Song, Dawn, Dawn, Sarafasas, Syrax, Skyfire, Vermax, Hovendes, Blood Princess, Lilacwing, Valarrion, Reyelles, Cerillis, Golden King, a total of seventeen dragons.
Zhuohuo was counted among the Targaryen family's dragons because it followed Samantha to King's Landing. Sheepstealer and Grey Ghost were still considered wild dragons because they had never been tamed.
The dragons of the Targaryen family included: Dreamfyre, Caraxes, Seasmoke, Syrax, Zhuohuo, Tyraxes, Morgul, Stormcloud, Igaras, Geleisos, The Pale Shadow, "Emerald Eye" Jade Olins, Unicorn, Horn Tide, White Queen, Igriss, Geraelion, Blood Eye, a total of eighteen dragons.
This year, Dragonzel was fifty years old, and Rhaegor was approaching thirty.
The long peace and almost continuous long summers brought about a true era of great governance.
Aegon was later known as the "Peace King" and the "Summer King," which also stemmed from this.
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