For a change, here are some rough ideas for my AU Game of
Thrones’ story that I might be writing someday.
1) Both Lyanna Stark and Elia Martell survived the raid and
the war, as did their children. Because Eddard had a falling-out with Robert,
(or rather, he would chose Lyanna even over the king every time, period), he
agreed to hide Lyanna in Dorne, alongside Elia. Oberyn Martell, who would not
mind having Dorne rule the Iron Throne and the rest of Westeros, has offered to
marry Lyanna to help her further, and Lyanna tentatively agreed for the sake of
her, Jon, Elia, etc. (The Game of Thrones is afoot). Now, the North (Starks)
and the East (Dorne) are tentative political allies, mostly because the West
(Lannisters) and the South (Tyrells) do not care for them very much, the Vale
(Arryn) and the Riverlands (Tully) are with king Robert (and King’s Landing),
and the Ironborn…no one really wants to deal with the Ironborn, period.
In addition, since Oberyn is married, Ellaria Sand got
handed over to Eddard as a consolation prize. (People in Dorne are not nicer
than they are in the rest of Westeros). Since Eddard was aware that Catelyn
Tully was in love with his late elder brother, he was kind of won over by
Ellaria eventually and the two married. Ellaria actually makes a better lady of
the North than Catelyn did, she is not from ‘the South’, but from the East, and
was trained to be accommodating and compromising; plus the fact that she knows
that Jon is not Eddard’s oldest son, but his nephew helps. Oberyn continues to
make his own plans, but for now he, (and Eddard, and the others) are content to
wait and see what Robert does next to use his mistakes against him. (People in
Westeros can be patient – especially in Dorne, you know?) Thus, for now both
North and East are content with peace, carefully strengthening their alliance
and figuring where to go from there.
2) Lady Lannister did not die giving birth to Tyrion; thus,
while Tyrion is still a dwarf, his, (or rather – their) mother lived, and
eventually Lannisters had another child – another daughter. Thus, lady
Lannister remained in the lives of her family to ensure that Tywin doesn’t turn
into Westeros’ first supervillain ever, (Hell, the man had lions in the
basement of his castle!), and the twins didn’t have incest, (because no mother
could ever approve of something like that), so the Lannisters aren’t tethering
at the edge of an abyss but are actually human, (even if just by Westeros’
standards). Rather, they are carefully consolidating their power, (Cersei has
not married Robert, Jaime is not in Kingsguard because he is the heir to CR etc.,)
in the West. They are not friends with the Starks, but Starks’ alliance with
Dorne ensures that the Lannisters’ are not sure that they win, and so for the
moment there is no war in Westeros.
In addition, for now Tywin and the rest of the Lannisters
are strengthening the west and are planning to make their next move…whatever it
is. They still do not like Starks very much, but are not ready to battle them…for
now.
3) Finally, Robert is married to Catelyn Tully (canon lady
Stark), her sister is married to Arryn, the King’s Hand, and for the moment
both the Riverlands and the Vale are the strongest supporters of the Baratheon
regime. Petyr Baelish is still around, but killing a king is harder than any
lord, (even someone like Stark), plus there is the matter of Robert’s brothers,
(and potential heirs), so for now Baelish is biding his time and figuring out
what to do next.
4) And elsewhere things are as they are in the canon,
(especially Daenerys). That is all I got so far. What do you think?
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