Ice and Fire: Reign of the Dragon.

Chapter 135: Candidate for the White Knight (Two in One)

The list is very long, and it can be seen that Sebastian and Aslan have put in a lot of effort. The two Kingsguards of King's Landing are obviously also very dedicated and responsible. However, as Aegon's adoptive father, Longzel has the responsibility to keep a close eye on this pass for his adopted son and king. Longzel carefully sorted out the current court politics. Aegon, who is fostered here, is surrounded by the Five Finger Court of Dragon's Nest, while King's Landing is a Royal Council presided over by the Regent without the King's Hand. After the Dance of the Dragons, Daemon reorganized the Royal Council in King's Landing.

Count Bartimos Celtigar continued to serve as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Although his "10,000 Taxes on Crabs" was criticized by the people of King's Landing, Bartimos was at least honest, fair, and meticulous when he was not short of money. In the two years after the Dance of the Dragons, he actually filled the treasury again, not only had enough funds to renovate King's Landing, but there was even some left over.

Tyran Lannister, who turned against the Targaryen family in time, continued to serve as Lord Admiral. Before him, Lord Collys held this position, and Tyran served as Lord Advocate until Lord Collys left King's Landing in disgrace. Tyran took over the position of Lord Admiral and was responsible for establishing a royal fleet belonging to the Targaryen family. His position as Lord Advocate was taken over by Ser Mediric Manderly. The heir of the Manderly family went south with Duke Cregan. Although he did not participate in the war, he became an important symbol of harmony between the North and the Iron Throne.

The College of Cardinals who stayed in King's Landing selected the new Grand Maester, Dr. Mukun, who was one of the few Grand Maesters who had not served the king in the past few decades. As for the Kingsguard, to be honest, Dragon's Nest did not need this team, but this team was a symbol of royal power and an indispensable object, so after two years of procrastination, the King's Kingsguard team had to be formed.

Thinking of this, Longzel once again lamented about fate and the gods. The ships of Captain Stephen Darklin of the Kingsguard and Ilic Kagael of the Kingsguard were on Tas Island. If it had been a few days later, they might have run into the dragon thief's ship, and they wouldn't have to worry about it themselves.

Thinking back, Longzel began to look through the list of candidates for the White Knights that everyone had compiled. Sebastian simply and roughly divided the list into three categories: those with prominent family backgrounds, political significance and strong martial arts, those with strong martial arts but low status, and those with great military achievements but in fact just for show. Sebastian carefully distinguished the first and third categories, so that people could see the difference at a glance. So much so that Longzel directly threw the third category aside. He would let them stand in front of the king, but he would never let them wear white robes.

There are seventeen knights in the first and second categories.

One is Sir Toren Manderly from the North. He is the second son of the Manderly family and a strong warrior. He went south with Duke Creggan. Although he did not directly participate in the war, people witnessed his bravery when he wielded a long-handled battle axe and trident.

The Valley selected five knights as candidates, namely:
Ser William Royce of Runestone, a branch of House Royce, supported the brave young knight by gifting him a suit of bronze rune armor and lending him the family's Valyrian steel sword, Lament.

Ser Adrian Rayford of the Red Fort was once recruited by Queen Rhaenyra to serve as her Queen's Guard, but due to the long journey and the sudden plague in King's Landing, Ser Adrian was forced to stay in Gulltown until now, when he boarded a merchant ship again, ready to go south to fulfill his obligations.

Ser Tyr Templeton of Ninestars is an energetic old man and the previous "Knight of Ninestars". During the Dance of the Dragons, this old man led two thousand mounted warriors to join the army led out of the Vale by Artis Royce. This time, he went to Dragon's Nest as a knight, carrying the Valyrian steel sword "Star Mirror" passed down from the Templeton family, and vowed to practice the highest honor of the Knights of Westeros.

Ser Garon Belmore of Hungsong and Ser Will Hunt of Longbow Hall, both young knights, were only seventeen years old, but they both participated in the Dance of the Dragons, serving as the vanguard cavalry sent by Lord Artis Royce to patrol outside the Bloody Gate. Ser Garon was good at lance, while Ser Will was a rare horse archer, and even Robb the Red had praised the young knight's archery skills.

The Riverlands selected two knights, Sir William Blackwood of House Blackwood, and Sir Cole Darry of House Darry. Both knights had directly participated in the Battle of the Red Fork, proved their bravery on the battlefield, and made great achievements.

The Reach sent three knights, namely Ser Tom Flowers, the illegitimate son of the Caswell family of Bitterbridge, Ser Rickard Florent, the second son of the Florent family of Brightwater, and Ser Renly Rowan of Goldengrove. These three knights had participated in all the wars in the Reach and performed bravely on the battlefield, so they were qualified to be selected.

Three knights from the royal territory were selected.

Sir Harold Darklyn from the Darklyn family in Duskendale, the Darklyn family is a branch of the Darklyn family. This brave knight participated in many battles during the Dance of the Dragons. He was once a squire of Sir Stephen Darklyn. After following Stephen to flee to Dragonstone, he was commissioned by the queen to go to Duskendale to assist in the defense. When Criston Cole led his army to break through Duskendale, he did not surrender, but led the remaining troops to fight guerrilla warfare. It was not until Criston was destroyed and the dragon fell that he joined the army of the Riverlands and was granted a piece of land near Harrenhal. However, this knight valued the honor of a knight more. He sold his land and submitted an application to the White Sword Tower, hoping to serve the king.

Sir Robin Massey from Stonedance and Sir Robert Darklyn from Duskendale, although these two did not have as outstanding military achievements as Harold Dark, they were also famous knights in the royal domain and were now placed on Longzel's desk as candidates.

Ser Garin Dinwater, Ser Alan Santagar and Ser Dick Blackmont from the Dinwater family of Dorne. These three knights all came from famous Dornish families. They all followed Earl Doran Garganus to lead the army north and defend the Stormlands with Aslan Rondall. Although they did not see blood, they were also excellent knights with war experience.

Longzier looked at the list, thought for a while, and then opened another list. The king couldn't be without his own people around him, so among the five white knights selected for Aegon, there must be Longzier's people. Tigaro Dagarion selected several candidates for Longzier. Longzier looked through their information. Joffrey Cavolen, the second son of the Cavolen family, was a brave boy, but too young. Compared with other knights, he didn't have much advantage, but he could be left to Ringol. It happened that he was training the next generation of blood sworn brothers. Although Joffrey Cavolen was a little older, he was also quite suitable.

Longzier tore off Joffrey Cullen's profile and put it aside. The next one was Sir Brandon Tarly, a branch of the Tarly family. Longzier carefully recalled this Brandon and seemed to have some impression of him. He had met this taciturn knight at his wedding with Diana. If I remembered correctly, Brandon Tarly also participated in the Battle of the Valley of Flowers and the Battle of Oldtown. He was a good candidate. It was said that Arlan had even given him the Valyrian steel sword "Orphanmaker" so that he could run for the Kingsguard.

"Alan is a smart boy." Longzier circled Brandon Tarly's name. "Don't let me down." Tigaro provided a lot of names, but most of them could not be accepted, including a brave Dothraki roaring warrior Zhuo Ke provided by Aggo. Aggo said in the information that if Longzier did not need it, he would have let this warrior serve as his "Kou", which shows that his "Blood Guard" attaches great importance to this warrior. Unfortunately, the tradition of Westeros would not accept a Dothraki wearing a white robe.

Longzel put down the list of his own people, picked up the list of those knights who were of humble status but highly skilled in martial arts, glanced around, and found that it was similar to the list selected by Sebastian, so he put it down with confidence.

That is to say, there are a total of 18 knights competing for the positions of five Kingsguards. No, it should be 17 knights competing for the positions of four Kingsguards. Thinking of this, Longzel suddenly had an impulse.

Should we hold a tournament to determine the candidates for the Kingsguard based on the results of the tournament? Longzel rubbed the table and thought of a good idea. Perhaps, let Aegon make the decision himself. According to Aegon's youthful nature, he would surely choose to let the knights decide the outcome.

Just as Longzel was thinking, the door rang. Longzel looked up and recognized who was coming.

His Faceless attendant, Kungur Porter.

"Come in." Longzel said. The Faceless Man pushed open the door and walked in. "Your Highness, according to the news from the Black and White Court, a Faceless Man has come to Westeros. He has boarded a ship in Braavos. The merchant ship named 'Pearl Maiden' will stop at ports including Sistertown, White Harbor, Gulltown, Spicetown, King's Landing, Tarth Island, Silvercrown City, and Oldtown. Do we need to monitor the whereabouts of the Faceless Man?"

Longzel frowned. Who would hire the Faceless Man at this time? Although the situation in the kingdom was a little turbulent, it was definitely not a life-and-death struggle. "Monitor the whereabouts of the Faceless Man you mentioned." Longzel said, "If there is any abnormality, or if he gets off the boat somewhere, tell me as soon as possible." "I will obey your will." Kungur Porter bowed slightly and slowly left the room, leaving Longzel alone to calculate the possible targets of the Faceless Man. At this moment, Longzel suddenly put his ear against the black stone wall and listened for a while, then stood up and rushed outside.

The dragon's lair at this time.

Wormax flew back to the dragon's lair angrily, and as soon as he landed, he crawled towards Wormisol's nest and roared a few times. In response, Wormisol gave a long dragon roar. Wormax shouted a few more times, and this time Wormisol's roar in response was mixed with some anger. Wormax wanted to roar something else, but he was roared at by Shadow Nightmare who crawled out of the nest. He heard Silver Wing's peaceful roar again, then he flicked his tail and crawled back to his nest.

After a while, Wormisol poked his head out of his nest and let out a roar that made the entire dragon cave tremble.

The lifting platform slowly landed and Longzel hurriedly ran towards Womisoel's nest. Womisoel stretched his neck and moved closer to Longzel, letting Longzel stick close to his dragon head and making small dragon roars one after another.

"I know, I know. I've sent people to investigate. Don't worry, don't worry." Longzel patted Womisol's head gently. "I'll find out who did it and I'll take you to deal with them right away. Don't worry, don't worry."

Only then did Womisoar slowly raise his head and roar again, and Womax's roar was heard afterwards, as if he was very satisfied with the fairness of the "monarch" of the dragon's lair.

"I have to let Ray write this down." Longzel thought to himself, "I didn't expect that in the orderly dragon cave, the giant dragon who serves as the monarch would actually stand up for the young dragon of lower rank."

Longzel was thinking, the children had already started to enjoy the hot springs. Several hot springs were opened up at the bottom of the Laurel Leaf Tower, which introduced natural hot spring water from under the Red Mountains, which was very suitable for bathing.

Aegon soaked himself in the hot spring comfortably, letting his thick silver hair spread in the spring water. He only felt that the muscle soreness from his dragon riding training was slowly swept away by the hot spring. In addition, the servants beside him brought him food. Washed grapes, peeled blood oranges, and cut melons were just part of the decoration of the food. There were also fried small steaks and eggs, soft white bread with honey, and a glass of sweet lemonade. There was also a similar meal next to Ringol.

However, Longzel's eldest son was no longer so serious at this time. The little boy took off all his clothes and soaked in the hot spring, enjoying the tranquility and the comfortable moment of relieving fatigue. He also dived into the water from time to time to blow a few bubbles.

"Where's Viserys?" It was not until he woke up from a nap that Aegon realized that his brother, who had agreed to take a hot spring bath together, was gone. Ringol kicked the water, sat firmly and answered, "I don't know, I didn't see Viserys."

"Is this kid going to hatch dragons again?" Aegon stroked his hairless chin and made a deep judgment. "I don't know." Ringol picked up a fried egg and put it into his mouth.

"Brother, you said bad things about me when I was not here." Viserys's aggrieved voice came from outside. The boy took off his clothes and jumped into the hot spring, almost splashing water on the food beside him. Fortunately, Aegon and Ringol reacted quickly and picked up the food, thus avoiding Viserys's murderous hands.

"You almost wasted the food." Aegon pretended to be angry and grabbed his brother's armpit: "Don't run, pay me fifty gold dragons." Viserys quickly hid behind Ringol. "Ringol, look, the king is bullying me again."

What could Ringol do? He was only a six-year-old child. He could do nothing and did not want to cry. He could only spread his hands helplessly. "Viserys, you are nine years old. Aren't you ashamed to let Ringol protect you?" Aegon said in a pretended angry tone. Viserys stuck out his tongue at his brother, and quickly took a small steak from his brother's plate and put it into his mouth to chew. He said vaguely: "My dragon egg has hatched."

"What?" Aegon almost jumped up naked in surprise. "What does your dragon look like?" Ringol also asked curiously.

Then Viserys became withdrawn: "Don't mention it." The boy described his Igarath to Aegon and Ringol in tears.

"When it was with Sarafathers, it was like those knights pursuing noble ladies." Viserys looked at the king who was laughing and Ringol who was trying hard to hold back his laughter, and finally couldn't help but pounce on it.

"Do not laugh!"

While spending a warm and "peaceful" day in Dragon Nest City.

Reese.

The flames left by the iron race at the port had not yet burned out. Lysandra Rogar looked at his brothers and children, as well as the large ship behind him, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, the survival of Lys depends on us."

Lysandra then set his sights on his daughter, Miss Lara Rogar, tall and graceful, with Valyria's iconic silver-gold hair and beautiful purple eyes, and incredibly beautiful.

Perhaps the breakthrough of this trip will be with his beautiful daughter?
Lisandra suddenly had a strange premonition.

I'm sorry everyone, there are too many things to do today, and I can't complete the expected goal of the three-in-one. Today's third update will be moved to tomorrow, and there will be three updates tomorrow. In addition, the number of words in today's two-in-one is not enough, which will be supplemented in the updates on Wednesday and Thursday.

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