Boom! Roaring dragonfire suddenly descended from the sky, and the dragon grew from a tiny speck into a solid form.
Swirling black-and-red dragonfire, bright yellow flames, golden dragonfire.
The dragons' fury awakened the dawn over Deep Den...
Chapter 433: Dragonfire Is Truth; Just Follow the King's Charge
Gendry stood on a ridge to one side, observing the sleeping Deep Den not far away.
Deep Den lay among the mountains and hills east of Lannisport, with Hornvale to its north and Silverhill to its south.
The Goldroad passed near Deep Den, making it one of the gateways from the east. After all, the Westerlands were not particularly vast to begin with.
House Lannister's red lion banner still flew atop Deep Den's highest tower, alongside House Lydden's banner: a white badger on a field divided between brown and green.
"I heard House Lydden is distantly related to House Lannister?" Gendry looked into the distance, feeling the wind atop the mountain.
"That is so, Your Grace," Gerold Shallot replied. "House Lydden descended from Andal adventurers who settled in the Westerlands. Joffrey Lydden married into House Lannister, taking the only daughter of Gerold III, King of Casterly Rock, as his wife."
"When Gerold III died, he left no male heirs. A council decided to crown Ser Joffrey. Thus, Joffrey took the name Lannister, becoming the first Andal king to hold Casterly Rock and rule the Casterly Kingdom."
"But that was all a very long time ago, Your Grace. The Lannisters have hardly looked after these distant relatives. Almost every house has some connection to the lion, and there are so many closer cousins on both sides of the family," Ser Gerold added.
Gendry looked at the distant lion banner and nodded.
Under primogeniture, the other younger sons and bastards were continually pushed out.
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