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Before the Dragons Danced




Let Daemon play at war. It keeps him out of trouble.

—Viserys I Targaryen to his court


This is a game set in the world of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy series, as well as the short stories of the Hedge Knight, and most recently HBO's adaption series 'Game of Thrones'. Credit and thanks goes to Mr. Martin himself. And of course to those taking the time to participate.

While Canon is the starting point and basis for the RP, where we go from there is firmly 'Alternate Univerese.' While Lore characters at the beginning of the RP will be assumed to exist unless otherwise stated, other than Houses Targaryen, Velaryon and Hightower, players may choose to play more loosely with the characters which make up a house they decide to play as. Sticking closer to Canon is encouraged but not enforced. Likewise, many houses in this period famously had several prominent individuals influencing the Realm, often on differing sides, for that purpose, simply because someone has applied for a House, does not mean you cannot specifically apply for a certain character of that house and their sphere of influence.

This Game takes place in the year 111 AC, before the Tournament of King's Landing that will, historically, give the name to the two major factions in the Targaryen Civil War of the Dance of Dragons, the Greens and the Blacks. King Viserys I sits the Iron Throne of Westeros, while his brother, the infamous Daemon Targaryen rules the previous Pirate Stronghold of the Steptones as it's first 'King' fighting continual conflicts with The Kingdom of the Three Daughters and the Princedom of Dorne for domination of the critical Southern Sea trade routes. Their separation has allowed the wounds of their parting to settle, but rumour has it that Daemon grows tired of his paltry Kingdom of Sea and Stone.

IC Details

  • The game will take place in the year 111 AC
  • Many Noble Houses reside more permanently in the Capital than their personal fiefdoms. Partly due to the oppulance and success of Viserys I's reign, but also because of the growing need to court either his Wife or Daughter for political reasons.
  • Small Council seats open to PCs.
  • Don't worry about canons, but if you want, you can apply for one.
  • Daemon Targaryen has been held as a GM character for story reasons. Other Targaryens are open for application.
  • Dragons are very much alive and thriving. There are even non-Targaryen Dragon riders, although House Velaryon are currently the only example of this.
  • The chain of events following the beginning of the RP may differ dramatically from the lore, both from player action, and the path the GMs may take events in response.


OOC Details

  • The IC setting will take place well before the events of the series/show.
  • Consider this an Alternate Universe; canon is our starting off point, not our end point.
  • This is not a pure NRP. Think other PCs are your greatest threat? Just wait.
  • Advanced standards; collaborative storytelling at it's finest.
  • You're assumed to be an adult by submitting a character for this game; please act like one.
  • Applications may take a few days before a decision can be made. Generally, issues will be resolved over PMs.
  • Players are encouraged to play typically one-on-one scenarios, large battle scenarios, cloak-and-dagger scenarios, small plots and large plots. To be creative, and to interact with their fellow players on their own to plot is expected. Take the initiative.



Character Sheets

Please note: Apply for one character, or an entire House. Generally, players will either pick up a canon house or create their own house and roleplay with one or several members of it. This means each player is entitled to several characters per house. However, they do not all have to be members of said house by ties of blood. Instead, you can use several types of characters as points of views.

Naturally there are other options in the world of aSoIaF, such as Septons, hedge knights and sellswords, spies and spymasters, mercenaries and merchants from across the Narrow Sea, and many more. Additionally, as spots fill up or the need arises, players are allowed to play as more than one house or take over a fallen one. Get creative, don't be afraid to push a few boundaries.








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@Ezekiel
I’m working on House Baratheon right now. By the way, I’m adding a little extra flavor to the opening of my character/s stories, how much can we break away from the canon events right off the bat? For context essentially I’m writing in ‘recent history’ the details of a rebellion of sorts occurring in the Stormlands against the Baratheons.
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I tend to prefer breaking from canon to mainly come in the form of additional characters or changes to backgrounds rather than events which change the history of the whole region because that can dictate what anyone else willing to play a Stormlander house might be able to do.

That said I'm not dead set against it as the Stormlands are a pretty fractious 'kingdom' during the earlier Targaryen period. What might be better is rather than rival houses uprising against House Baratheon would be a rebellion of peasants combined with a particularly succesful Cornish raid? Maybe a new Vulture King of the Red Mountains. Just a thought.
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What do we say to the god of ASOIAF House Rps?

I'll have my sheet up in a bit.
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Keen for this!
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FEAST YER EYES ON THIS!

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That was quick indeed @Kingfisher !

I was pondering Baratheon, but maybe I ought to shift my attention to another house - like Hightower.
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Very fast! I like the sheet, but I just want to clarify one point. Is her father meant to be the Lord Paramount of the Iron Isles and the head of House Greyjoy or just a part of the Greyjoy house? Mainly just as a reference for someone wishing to possibly play the Greyjoys.
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Very fast! I like the sheet, but I just want to clarify one point. Is her father meant to be the Lord Paramount of the Iron Isles and the head of House Greyjoy or just a part of the Greyjoy house? Mainly just as a reference for someone wishing to possibly play the Greyjoys.


I was thinking Lord Paramount when I wrote this, but upon reflection just a part of House Greyjoy might make it a bit less restrictive for whoever plays Greyjoy.

I'd be happy to work around whatever the Greyjoy player preferred.
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@Sini I actually was planning on one of the Baratheon children to be in the Reach at the time, courting a Lord’s daughter, if you’re going Hightower would you be interested in collaborating on that front?
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I'd like to do House Greyjoy. Maybe also a minor house from the Riverlands or the Reach.
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@Ezekiel

I understand your concerns in that regard. So keep in mind any of the four rebel houses named can be changed to another Stormland house if a player doesn't want them to be, well rebelling. I don't want to do a peasant rebellion or outsider invasion as that would unite the power of the Stormlands under the Baratheon's, and at the start I want their power to be basically zero.

Still, I don't want to step on your toes, or anyone else's so please take a gander at this WIP and let me know if the scenario is too crazy, and not too your liking.


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@Not Fishing I'm totally flexible, so that works for me!
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I'm extremely interested but won't be free to properly work on a sheet for another week or so. I'll wait and see what isn't claimed but would probably either pick Dorne or a lesser house in another region.
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Considering everything...expect Lady Celena Lannister. Whether she's a Lion of the Rock, the Port, a big deal, a small deal.....TBD.

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@Ezekiel

I understand your concerns in that regard. So keep in mind any of the four rebel houses named can be changed to another Stormland house if a player doesn't want them to be, well rebelling. I don't want to do a peasant rebellion or outsider invasion as that would unite the power of the Stormlands under the Baratheon's, and at the start I want their power to be basically zero.

Still, I don't want to step on your toes, or anyone else's so please take a gander at this WIP and let me know if the scenario is too crazy, and not too your liking.



Ok so, the sheet's really well written and I understand the desire to want to play a weakened house, but there's a few things to note here.

Firstly; House Baratheon is the Lord Paramountship closest to the Targaryen Crownlands, and this is an age of relative stability and peace for the Iron Throne (at least initially). Not to mention the Targaryens still have their dragons 'and' Storm's End is one of the most powerful seats on the Narrow Sea for the Kingdom to maintain. I don't really see a situation in which the Targaryens allow the Baratheons to entirely lose control of the Stormlands. It might be worth altering the end situation to one of the rebellious Lords being installed as the Regent to the young Baratheon heir, and ruling through him, that way.

Secondly, one of the main potential claimants to the Iron Throne, Rhaenys Targaryen, is half Baratheon through her mother, Jocelyn Baratheon. As mentioned you're more than welcome to change canon to play different characters, this is quite an important link. To keep this connection intact, I'd like to offer the solution that Robbas the Elder was a younger brother of both Jocelyn and Boremond (making him a son of Lord Rogar Baratheon and Dowager Queen Alyssa Velaryon) and that, unlike in canon, Boremond died without heirs. Let me know if that works for you.
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Hello!

Was wondering if I could maybe apply for either Rhaenys or Rhaenyra Targaryen?

The two of them are some of my fav historical figures in ASOIAF and would love to play one of them if that was allowed ^^.
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Hello!

Was wondering if I could maybe apply for either Rhaenys or Rhaenyra Targaryen?

The two of them are some of my fav historical figures in ASOIAF and would love to play one of them if that was allowed ^^.


You totally can!

Applications for any character/house are always open until a sheet gets approved.
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