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1. The Gods Give Just As The Gods Take Away by madgirlslovesong (Sympathy4theDevil)

   Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M, Gen
   • Complete Work

   22 Jul 2023

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Daemon Targaryen/Rhaenyra Targaryen
   • Alicent Hightower/Viserys I Targaryen
   • Otto Hightower
   • Viserys I Targaryen
   • Rhaenyra Targaryen
   • Alicent Hightower
   • Daemon Targaryen
   • otto's pov
   • Period-Typical Sexism
   • Period Typical Attitudes
   • No Dance of the Dragons | War For Succession Between Aegon II and Rhaenyra Targaryen Never Happens
   • No beta we die like criston cole
   • relationships in the background

   Summary

   The trumpets play a jubilant tune, and everyone’s gaze is fixed on Otto.

   His moment of triumph.

   As Otto leads his daughter to the altar set at the end of the vaulted chamber of the Royal Sept, the bright and glorious future stretches before his eyes, glowing in the sunlight streaming through the stained windows of the Sept.

   His hard work, his careful planning, his cunning and wit finally bore fruit. Alicent is to become the Queen, and soon, she will fill the royal nursery with boys, the heirs to the Targaryen dynasty.

   A King with Hightower blood – Otto’s blood – will one day sit on the Iron Throne and rule the Seven Kingdoms.

   Except, the gods have different plans.
   

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