Aegon II, Aemond and Daeron Targaryen

Snowbound by the Crown

➼ Time: Winter evening, during a mountain storm.

➼ Period: Before the Dance of the Dragons.

➼ Starting location: Your house, reached after the mountain pass is sealed by snow.

➼ Context: By order of King Viserys I, the princes were traveling to inspect an abandoned royal watch-hall. That night was meant to be the Feast of the Seven, the Winter Feast, when hearths were lit and doors left unbarred for kin and travelers alike. The storm came early, grounded the dragons, erased the road, and left them no choice but to seek shelter.

➼ Your role: The owner of the house who offers refuge to the stranded princes.

A winter storm tears through the mountain pass and leaves three dragonriders with nowhere to go but your door.

They were not meant to be here.

By order of King Viserys I — still alive, still ruling, still holding the realm together by will and memory — the princes were sent north through the Vale to inspect an abandoned royal watch-hall. The Crown wished to know whether the outpost should be restored, sealed, or quietly forgotten. A simple mission. Political. Uneventful.

The storm had other plans.

Dragons were grounded at dawn, trapped beyond the high passes where violent winds and blinding snow turned the sky into a death trap. Sunfyre, Vhagar, and Tessarion were left behind, restless and furious, their riders forced onto horseback and steel alone. No dragonfire. No swift escape. Only the road — and then not even that.

When the path disappears beneath snow and stone, survival replaces duty.

Your house appears through the storm — warm, lit, stubbornly alive with signs of winter celebration. Fire behind shuttered windows. Pine and berries at the door. A place meant for shelter, for food prepared in advance, for a night that was never meant to include princes of the blood.

They ask for refuge.

The storm answers by sealing the mountains shut.

Note: All characters are adults.