The tremors on Dragonstone spread across the entire island-even the Unsullied as far away as King's Landing could feel them.
The thick black smoke erupting from the volcano carved a savage scar across the sky.
Stannis Baratheon was riding on the back of the largest stone dragon.
He wore black armor lit crimson by dragonfire, and the broken sword Lightbringer in his hand had burst into flame once more.
Though only half the blade remained, its flames burned fiercer than ever.
There were three stone dragons, two small and one large.
Their bodies were made of obsidian.
They had no flesh or blood, only lava filling their insides.
They were not living creatures, but more like elemental monstrosities that had crawled out of the depths of hell.
Scarlet magma flowed through their eye sockets, giving off a nauseating stench of sulfur.
Stannis's fanatical roar pierced the sea mist.
"Heretic! Usurper! The Lord of Light has delivered divine punishment!"
"Lynn, just you wait!"
Lynn stood on the walls of Harrenhal.
Through Greensight, he had already learned of Stannis's every move. Now all he needed to do was wait.
Davos, Loras, and Margaery stood close behind him.
They waited like that for half a day.
At last, Lynn saw the three stone dragons from Dragonstone.
Trailing lava and black smoke, they hurtled straight toward Harrenhal with seemingly unstoppable might.
"What are those?"
Loras cried out in astonishment. He had never seen such bizarre creatures.
"Stone dragons."
Lynn uttered the words.
"Stone dragons made of obsidian."
"You could also call them demon dragons."
The image of Shireen Baratheon being burned alive, which he had witnessed earlier through Greensight, surfaced in his mind.
Part of that vast energy had awakened these slumbering monsters, while the rest had strengthened the authority of the Lord of