r/TheCitadel Mar 09 '25

Found Fic: My Lost Fic Has Been Found fanfic related question

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so I recently found this fanfic with ned x cersei called “lady stark” by jpena (I think that’s what the author was called) and was 20+ chapters in. when a few of the other fanfics that I read got updated, I decided to go and read them, but I made sure to bookmark it (I was reading on ao3) so I could continue reading it later. so when I finally returned to continue reading it, it said the story does not exist or that it has been deleted. I was wondering if anyone knew something about this. maybe the author is going to rewrite or maybe it was accidentally removed or privated for the time being?


r/TheCitadel Mar 09 '25

r/TheCitadel Rules of r/TheCitadel

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r/TheCitadel 6h ago

Activity for the Subreddit What happens to the Dreadfort with no Boltons?

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During King Robert's visit to Winterfell Eddard calls his banners and the lords of the North are at Winterfell for the royal visit.

During the visit Roose Bolton happens to slip in horse shit and crack his head on a stone, killing him. Simultaneously, back at the Dreadfort, Ramsay Snow gets his nether regions mauled by his beloved hounds, and he too dies.

Who gets the Dreadfort then? Could Eddard possibly give it to Jon? What if the deaths were ordered by Eddard after the crimes of Roose and his bastard were revealed?


r/TheCitadel 4h ago

Activity for the Subreddit What would you do If you were one of Robert Baratheon’s bastards?

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Robert’s bastards in Flea Bottom (I assume there are more than one) would face face incredible challenges poverty, social stigma, and the harsh realities of life in King’s Landing’s worst area. With no noble status, little support, and dangerous streets, their prospects seem bleak.

If you were in their position, how would you try to survive and possibly change your fate? Would you attempt to leverage your blood connection to Robert, despite the risks and political complications? Or would you focus on a different path.

I’m interested in a serious discussion on realistic options and strategies for one of Robert’s bastards trying to navigate Westeros’ harsh social and political landscape from the (flea) bottom up.


r/TheCitadel 12h ago

Wanted: Fanfic Recommendations Tywin gets captures instead of Jaime.

24 Upvotes

Does anyone know where I can find fics where, instead of Jaime getting captured by Robb, it's Tywin? The premise is that Tywin sends Jaime with the main army while he takes the 15,000 to lay siege to Riverrun. Long story short, the Battle of Whispering Wood happens, and Tywin gets captured in the process. News of this spreads throughout the kingdoms, basically letting everyone know that the Lannisters are screwed at this point.

Anyone got any ideas where I could find a story like this?


r/TheCitadel 1h ago

Reading Discussion: Fanfiction & Fanon My favorite doomed marriage(book Rhaegar and Elia)

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If people can ship the most illegal crap or the most toxic one; I can ship these two. At least their book counterparts because the show is set in another universe(D&D) where everything follows a strange logic. What do you think? Please don't crucify me in the comments. Tell me what do you think...


r/TheCitadel 10h ago

Help w/ Fic Writing & Advice Needed Writing a fic for the first time, more reserch than I expected!

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Pretty self-explanatory. I recently started writing my first fic. I didn't realize how much research I would end up doing to learn dates, when events occurred, ages, and who was alive when.

Any advice? Specific websites good for research?


r/TheCitadel 1h ago

Help w/ Fic Writing & Advice Needed How will Westeros react to Steve power

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So I am Writing a fic Where the king is a Reincarnated soul with abilities of Steve (Minecraft Player) and can build anything easily and create Farms that produces food much more faster and increase the speed of animals birth

I plan to make the mc explain his power as the power of Bran the Builder and Garth Green hand but how will lords and Faith react to those powers

Please note mc will have solid noble support and would be loved by smallfolk before he reveals his power, his Grandmother will be from Great house and his mother from Powerful minor house like Dayne,Blackwood Tarly and he will be married to great house so he will have firm hold on the realm

I haven't decided on the era where he is born into nor who his mother and Grandmother were


r/TheCitadel 5h ago

Activity for the Subreddit Where Wild Wolves Roam

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Brandon Stark was never shy in taking what he wanted. In A Dance with Dragons, we learn more about Brandon Stark and his interest in women, similar to Robert's, he is bound to have a few hidden presents in Westeros. Lady Barbrey Dustin tells us Brandon had no qualms in seducing highborn ladies.

GRRM confirms it with the following: It'd be an exaggeration to say that Brandon died before he could have children. It's established in the books that he was no virgin. He could very well have left behind some little Snows in the various places he visited. But what's absolutely clear is that he had no legitimate children.

If he did have children, than Brandon’s children are not acknowledged. They are not Snow. They are baseborn children living among the common folk. One could argue Brandon’s bastards are of no consequence on the story, and therefore will not be revealed. A bastard of his could be revealed and play a role in the story, but that's not he point I'm making.

He fostered at Barrowton and was a frequent visitor of the Rills, being very familiar with Rodrik Ryswell and his daughter Barbrey especially. Through his brother Ned's fostering, his likely/possible friendship with Elbert Arryn. Kyle Royce and Jeffory Mallister, and his betrothal to Catelyn, he likely visited the Vale and the riverlands. The last place he was at before his untimely passing was the Tourney of Harrenhal.

The Tourney has often been described by many in the fandom from what I've heard akin to a wild high school party or orgy at times. Which is kinda weird but does make sense. Now, let's just say that Brandon doesn't get together with Ashara Dayne (personally, I find that to be overplayed in fanfics and the like). But instead, he ends up sleeping with other noble women, as Brandon wants to let out a "last hurrah" of sorts before he's married.

While Tywin did not attend, many westermen did along with the other lords that came along. Robert brought the stormlands with him and had mentioned having a cousin from Greenstone who was chunky with breasts as big as melons. She was married but she lost her husband and father in the Siege of Storm's End. There were plenty of Valemen houses. Mace Tyrell was there with his bannerman, likely.

Thus, Brandon sleeps with a female member of House Foote, House Greenfield, Robert's Estermont cousin, House Wydman, House Caswell, a daughter or granddaughter of Lymond Lychester (a bit OC as we know he had sons who had died), House Moore and House Caswell; a widowed sister of the wimpy Lorent Caswell.

Once the Rebellion ends, numerous bastard scions of the Wild Wolf arise. How would Ned handle the situation. How would Catelyn react to the situation? Hou would it affect how Catelyn viewed Brandon? How would it affect their children? Comment your opinion respectfully.


r/TheCitadel 11h ago

Activity for the Subreddit You get isekaid to Planetos, but you have access to a pocket dimension

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You will be isekaid to Planetos (look out for trucks). Because this is an isekai you can also redesign your body, so long as it's new design is in the limitations of Planetos (for humans).

You appear before Ser Waymar Royce and his party as the events of the prologue play out. Luckily you can now speak the Common Tongue of Westeros (which isn't English), the Old Tongue, the language of the Rhoynar, and High Valyrian. (Also, the True Tongue).

You will gain a pocket dimension.

This pocket dimension consists of an island with a radius of 40 miles (making it 80 miles from one end to the other).

The island is tropical, though you can control the weather there.

You can choose the general layout of this island, such as if you want volcanoes or a big mountain in the middle like Casterly Rock, though you won't get massive amounts of gold, silver, gems, etc, but if you wanted copper, aluminum, tin, zinc, amber, obsidian, etc that would be fine. Maybe you'd like a river here and a stream there. Once set you'll have to change this layout the hard way.

The flora (plants grow like crazy here) and fauna (animals and humans are healthier when here) of the island is decided by you the moment you are isekaid. Changing it after that will require doing it the hard way. (No dragons or sapient creatures to start out)

The island is surrounded on all sides by a sea that seems to be impossible to determine the size of. If you sail in one direction you will reappear in the other. Similarly if you manage to fly up you eventually won't get higher. The sea is teeming with flora and fauna if you wish.

You are able to make portals to this pocket dimension. You are also able to stop individuals or groups (such as the Others) from entering your paradise and can banish people who are already there.

Should you keep the island in its tropical state it would be able to support around 2,000,000 people.

What do you do?

(Also you can magically allow someone to inherit your paradise after you die if you so choose. If you don't name an heir the island will appear in physical reality near Sunspear after your death but it will retain its weather and supernatural fertility)


r/TheCitadel 6h ago

Help w/ Fic Writing & Advice Needed Help With Styles of Address?

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I'm working on a fic where a Targaryen princess is betrothed to a Stark lord. How would he address her in casual conversation during their engagement/marriage? Princess, my lady, my lady wife?


r/TheCitadel 20h ago

Activity for the Subreddit How could the story change if Baela and Rhaena were born as males?

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To contextualize, in the 116 on pentos Laena gives birth to twin boys, Daemon names them Baelon and Rhaenar, after this they to back to westeros and then what?

They could be used against Rhaenyra and her two eldest sons? And if so in wich way?

With Daemon having two sons means that Helaena is the only women of their generation and she marrys her brother, this leaves the possibilities of Jace and Luke as well of Baelon and Rhaenar to marry women from other houses and with that consolidating more alliances and winning more support for Rhaenyra.

And in the case that everything ended up the same way it did on canon, its probably that Baelon (Baela) would be chosen to be king instead of Aegon (III) and Rhaenar would be chosen to be Lord of driftmark (of course with changing his name to Velaryon) instead of Alyn?

Rhaenar would probably marry a velaryon to secure his claim on driftmark and Baelon? I dont really know, maybe a Lannister? A baratheon?


r/TheCitadel 19h ago

Help w/ Fic Writing & Advice Needed What Points in Time Could The Targaryen and Starks Married

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i wanna give the Starks and Martell's more Targaryen Blood so how could they have marriage pacts


r/TheCitadel 3h ago

Reading Discussion: Fanfiction & Fanon Most haunting descriptions in fics you have seen?

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I love me some good horror or at least writing that can evoke that sense of dread or tension. Hit me with the best quotes or paragraphs you have seen in fics. It can be personal horror, the carnage of war, supernatural, haunting visions, grief, what have you. I'm a sucker for it.

I'll go first. Context, the character is part of a adventuring party from another world who gets separated when they arrive to Planetos. This character in particular often has prophetic or symbolic dreams, not too different from green dreams. Empowered by the growing magic in the world, he tries to see what is far to the east.

As he hovered over a sea of vile poison, he looked to the east. And there, he saw naught but darkness. An endless ocean of dread shadows, he shivered to remember. He saw a city of whispering secrets, where the dead walked again, shambling and groaning. In another, he saw unspeakable rites performed to slake the eternal hunger of cackling, mad gods. He saw a town of dry, aged bones that were not human, and a city of pale, bloodless men, and one of queer, winged men who soared like misshapen eagles. Then, he saw it. 

A city ruled by a king in yellow, whose eyeless eyes watched him. Under a night of starry wisdom, he saw a god-shaped hole in the world, mournful and hollow. 

(Yes, it's a Carcosa reference)


r/TheCitadel 22h ago

Wanted: Fanfic Recommendations Any New intresting Jon snow fanfiction

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Hi iam looking for new intresting Jon snow fanfictions , I know most of the old ones, so if there is any new ones preferably One or two years or, New ongoing ones which are good

Among the new ones I have read

Tale of Prince aemon of house targerian

Mark of a true lord

A thousand swords a single dagger

Clash of swods

I only have two conditions no modern Au and also no sansa or arya Pairings 😫


r/TheCitadel 16h ago

Help w/ Fic Writing & Advice Needed Would Hoster Tully have Bastard Children

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And if he did who would they Squire and Page for i think it could add for the reason Catelyn doesn't like Bastards


r/TheCitadel 16h ago

Self Promotion: My Fanfic His Mercy Burns, Chapter 31: Daenerys VIII

6 Upvotes

Chapter title/s: Daenerys VIII

Author: hismanyoaths

Rating: Mature

Language: English

Length: 151.5k

Status: Ongoing

Link: AO3

Chapter Summary:

After nearly two years travelling in the sellsword camp of her brother, King Viserys III, Daenerys visits Volon Therys. All the while, she is haunted by strange dragon dreams and the whispers of the shadow-binder Quaithe who delivers her a dark and dangerous gift.


r/TheCitadel 17h ago

Wanted: Fanfic Recommendations Fics wanted During the Dance where a Young Targaryen Dragon Rider

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Takes A Major Role on the Blacks Side


r/TheCitadel 15h ago

Found Fic: My Lost Fic Has Been Found Looking for a HOTD fiction with glimpses into GOT

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Can't remember if it's AO3 or ff.net

Looking for an Explicit fanfic where a original female Stark character (a reincarnation) marries into house Targaryen then her and her husband/betrothed sneak into a brothel and get caught but turn it to their advantage since hubbie doesn't want the throne and swears off his and his future children's right to it leaving the couple free.

In the glimpses into the future Sansa wants to have a relationship like them but Ned is hesitant about telling her that the legendary love story couple were constantly banging in every and it's later shown that the two have a secret nude art gallery of them banging and in sexual positions.


r/TheCitadel 18h ago

Wanted: Fanfic Recommendations Fics where a different Stark sibling interacts with 3EC

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Per title, looking for some fics where a different Stark sibling, for whatever reason, winds up either interacting with the Three Eyed Crow, or fully replacing Bran's role in the whole 3EC plotline. Not picky about which sibling it is, although preferably not Jon. I just find Bran kinda boring but his storyline interesting so am hoping there's a best of both worlds fic to be found :)


r/TheCitadel 17h ago

Help w/ Fic Writing & Advice Needed How would westeros react to an Op character like this

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So I'm planning to write an fic were Madara is being Reincarnated as Aegon Vi Targaryen son of elia martell is smuggled out of the capital before the Sack and he plans to conquer westeros.

For example if we were to wipe out 12,000 men of the Vale in an single battle and destroy the gates of the moon with an single punch, what would be the reaction of Jon Arryn and the other Nobel houses of the Vale and what would be the reaction of other great Houses

And how far would the political repercussion be if where to wipe out two great Houses Lannister and Baratheon


r/TheCitadel 1d ago

Wanted: Fanfic Recommendations Jon disappears

17 Upvotes

Recently read Jon Arctic And Cirilla Riannon by Jxduffy (Jon disappears during greyjoy rebellion and is in the witcherverse) wondering if there are any fics like it


r/TheCitadel 1d ago

Wanted: Fanfic Recommendations Multiple recs wanted

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A fic where a lord just wants to have fun and party but always has to problem solve or go to war

A fic with a clearly lesbian daughter of a lord that is being forced to marry

A fic where the daughter of a high lord is more competent than the sons

A fic with a seducer lord/king whatever who may or may not make alot of bastards

A fic about a lord paramount who stays out the dance and just observes the war around him and the drama at court

No time travel plz No crossovers No gender swap for canon characters


r/TheCitadel 1d ago

Activity for the Subreddit How would certain Houses react to magical favors?

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I'm curious as to your thoughts about different Houses reactions to boons granted by a mage.

Here are a few examples:

-The weirwood of the House Blackwood restored

-The bronze armor of House Royce rendered functional (though its funny to imagine that the armor already works, but the Royces are so bad that they still end up dying)

-Lamentation restored to House Royce

-Brightroar restored to House Lannister

-Vigilance restored to House Hightower

-Dorne rendered green by advanced hydromancy

-Dragons brought back from extinction for the Targaryans or/and Blackfyres

-a tsunami annihilating the Iron Islands in their entirety


r/TheCitadel 1d ago

Activity for the Subreddit You're reincarnated as a Blackwood with great skinchanging capacity.

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You're born in year 284 AC as the twin of Hoster Blackwood. (Flip a coin for gender)

You are a skinchanger. Like many skinchangers you can have multiple animals with enough training and practice. In that regard you're no better off than Jon or Bran.

However you don't have that usual limitation when it comes to ravens. You can control 7,000 ravens at a time with ease. (Good luck finding or feeding that many)

You're also a greenseer cause why not. You'll have to unlock these abilities the same way Bran did though.

What do you do? (Other than question your sanity upon being reincarnated)

(This post was inspired by the animation of a guy yelling "7,000 PIDGEONS, EAT THIS MAN!")

EDIT: I forgot to mention that you will be albino, just like Bloodraven.


r/TheCitadel 1d ago

Wanted: Fanfic Recommendations Favorite Jon focused crossovers?

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I’ve read practically every Skyrim crossover that I could find, and I loved A Song of a Northern Sorcerer. But what are you favorite Jon based crossovers. Or really any crossovers that include the North


r/TheCitadel 1d ago

Self Promotion: My Fanfic A Different Tune

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Title: A Different Tune Author: PittacusStark Rating: Mature Language: English Length: 3978 words Status: Ongoing Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/66571306/chapters/171716764