This plan was not without its risks however, despite being outnumbered and ultimately overmatched, to kill a thirty five foot dragon would not be easy and the potential of major injury to Oathwing or even Vhagar was not insignificant, Moondancer would likely be able to take at least one dragon down with him. She could simply fly to Riverrun on the back of Vhagar along with her husbands much smaller dragon Oathwing, the two of them would be more than a match for Moondancer, and the possibility of a third dragon joining such an expedition could become a reality depending on how the days events went as well, though Laena was skeptical how much use her husband would be in a fight against his own sister, or even if he would be willing to undertake an expedition entirely. Laena had intended to make preparations to drag the man out of his keep once she returned to Kings Landing, but now everything had changed with the second largest dragon in the realm, the 35 foot Moondancer being at the command of the Tullys. Samwell Tully had fled the capitol and had gone into self imposed exile at his keep in Riverrun after his scheme to deny Laena the throne and hold a council to confirm or change the succession following the King's death had failed. The consequences of her rogue cousin and sister-by-law were vast, mostly stemming from the fact that Daena Targaryen was married to Andrey Tully, heir to Riverrun and son of the former hand of the King Samwell Tully. While she had been gone in Oldtown, her husbands young sister, and daughter of her uncle Matarys, Daena Targaryen had entered the city, talked her way past the Dragonkeepers and had claimed Moondancer, the beautiful white dragon that had been her father Vaemonds mount, a claiming that was akin to simple thievery in the Queens mind. What was supposed to be a day of triumph and the true beginning of her reign had been destroyed by the tidings she had received upon entering the city. She had made her return to Kings Landing early that morning, finally arriving back from her coronation in Oldtown. Laena was quiet at that, the rage slowly dissipating as she forced her mind to calm. ‘’Laena….she is your blood….my own sister….I beg of you….do not…do not condemn her to a traitor's fate.’’ Jaekar continued in his pleading tone, the same tone he had used every time that the Queens anger had reignited that day.
‘’She understood them well enough….she is not some young girl but a woman grown, older than our Lianna….true enough her husband and father by law played some role in it I do not doubt….but the treason is her own….she must be punished.’’ Laena fumed.
‘’She is barely more than a child Laena….your own blood….she would not have done something like this on her own, she must not have understood the ramifications…’’ Her husband Jaekar said almost pleadingly. A day which had been meant to mark an important event for her family had instead been soured by events that even a woman of her intelligence could not have foreseen. ‘’That scheming bitch’’ Laena seethed through her teeth for what was at least the 10th time that day.
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