Ice and Fire: Reign of the Dragon.

Chapter 202: King Heping's Great Reign
Peace always makes time pass quickly.

Children are growing up and adults are getting older.

Old legends gradually disappear in peace and tranquility as time goes by, while new stories gradually take root in peace and prosperity, waiting to take root and sprout one day.

In the year 142 of the Conquest Era, after nearly a year of trekking, Ringol returned to Dragon's Nest with a more mature self and three companions who later became his right-hand men. After a long talk with Longzel alone for a night, he took his companions and his father's blood-sworn brothers Asor Celtigar and York Weishui to another huge city of the Vareses family, Silver Crown City. He would live there for half of the year and govern the largest city of the Vareses family. Relying on rivers and natural harbors, the city has developed rapidly and is still under construction. Sebastian Jieyan also went to this city to serve as Ringol's palace prime minister and assist him in governing the territory.

Viserys, who served as the Prince of Oldtown, also began to vigorously govern Oldtown. In just one year, he brought Oldtown back to life. However, Viserys did not repair the Towering Tower which had become a ruin. Instead, he started to build a new lighthouse on the black stone foundation of the Towering Tower. The lighthouse was more practical and not as "spectacular" as the Towering Tower.

It was also in this year that Merlar Yangyan, who was far away on the Gray Island, suddenly discovered that there were several silver-haired and purple-eyed merchants in the village under his tower, the Hidden Tower. The wine they sold was much more than the wine delivered by the supply ship. Their shops even had spices from the East and delicacies he had never seen before. So young Merlar easily fell in love with the tavern opened by the strangers. As for his guardian, Hurd Cobb, after confirming that those strangers had no ill intentions and would not take anyone away, he also let Prince Merlar stay out all night in the tavern without worry. He even came to the tavern to have fun.

This barren exile colony actually had more candlelight at night, which was rare.

The army of House Baratheon landed on the Stepstones under the cover of the Lys and Silver Fleets. The pirates' ragtag army had no power to fight back against the Stormlands army. Four pirate kings had their heads smashed by Borros Baratheon's hammer in the first wave of attack. But in the attack on Bloodstone Island, due to the successive withdrawals of the Silver Fleet and the Lys Fleet, the newly built warships of the Stormlands were no match for Racharinoor's navy. Borros suffered a tragic defeat, and two thousand people died in the sunken fleet. Borros was forced to withdraw to the landing site, preparing to wait for supplies from the rear and support from the royal fleet.

This year, neither the Targaryen family nor the Varese family had new dragons. Viserys noticed that although storing dragon eggs in Dragon Mountain could speed up hatching, the survival rate of the newborn dragons was not high, so he decided to transfer all the dragon eggs to the dragon cave in King's Landing for storage, and transport the dragon eggs back to Dragon Mountain on Dragonstone for hatching regularly and quantitatively. As for the Varese family, Longzel deliberately stopped hatching dragon eggs, and he wanted to store more dragon eggs for use. In the dragon cave in Dragon's Nest, Silver Wing gradually stopped production, but Sarafathers took over the burden of Silver Wing and continued to increase the reserve of dragon eggs for the Varese family.

In the 143rd year of the Conquest Era, there was nothing worth mentioning. The war in the Stepstones fell into a long and tormenting period. The Stormland army was struggling on the islands, and the Stormland supplies were often difficult to reach due to the harassment of pirates. In the most severe month, even Duke Borros almost starved to death. Fortunately, Adam, who was promoted by Earl Joffrey to be the deputy commander of the Royal Fleet, led the Royal Fleet to arrive, ending Duke Borros's predicament. The angry Stag launched a fierce attack on Bloodstone Island, but was still hit back by Rachelino. He could only retreat to the island renamed "Stag Island" by Borros to regroup and prepare for the next attack.

King Aegon and Queen Samantha officially consummated their marriage. After that, Queen Samantha often sat on the bronze chair left by Longzier beside the Iron Throne, gently helping her husband deal with trivial matters in King's Landing. However, Samantha never interfered in the handling of kingdom affairs, but was keen on handling affairs among the people.

People loved this beautiful queen very much, and the people of King's Landing even called her the same as Queen Alysanne.

This year, a baby dragon hatched from the dragon egg left by Dreamfire in the Dragon Mountain of Dragonstone. This milky white baby dragon looked almost exactly like Dreamfire. The dragon guards of Dragonstone discovered it first and brought it back to the dragon breeding yard.

A red baby dragon that looked exactly like Silver Wing was hatched in the dragon's lair in Dragon's Nest. Serena Varese, who had grown into a stunningly beautiful little girl, discovered it when she visited Sarafathers. She named the baby dragon "Blood Princess".

In the 144th year of the Conquest Calendar, Longzel welcomed his sixth child, a child who looked almost exactly like Diana. This sickly child inherited her father's silver hair. From the moment she was born, this little girl named "Jenny Vareses" was not as healthy as her brothers and sisters, but with the careful care of her parents and brothers and sisters, she still survived healthily.

At the end of this year, Queen Samantha gave birth to her eldest son with King Aegon. The birth process went smoothly, and the healthy silver-haired boy cried loudly as soon as he was born.

Grand Maester Mukun wrote in his records: "The boy had the voice of a warrior."

The ecstatic King Aegon gave his eldest son a classic Valyrian name, which was also the name of an important member of the family's history.

Darren.

Longzel, who flew to King's Landing to escort his daughter's delivery, witnessed the birth of his grandson. He gave his grandson a precious gift - a dagger made of Valyrian steel.

The kingdom welcomed its heir. King Aegon crowned Prince Daeron as "Prince of Dragonstone" on his name day and prepared to select dragon eggs for his son, but was again dissuaded by a letter from Viserys. He still believed that the existing adult dragons and grown-up dragons of the Targaryen family were more worthy of being tamed by the children.

In the 145th year of the Conquest Era, Valar and Leila welcomed their second child, a wrinkled little girl. Valar, who was already pregnant, cherished this daughter very much. He personally named her "Valenna", which was the name of the grandmother of the three brothers. Longzel also gave the girl his blessing.

This year, Danella flew to Silvercrown on the dawn and reunited with Ringol. The two held a grand wedding at the port of Silvercrown under the auspices of Longzel. On that day, all the dragons of the Vareses family flew over Silvercrown, and the Silver Fleet sailed through the port in a mighty manner, leaving a deep impression on everyone.

Bards composed a ballad called "The Dragon's Wedding" for this occasion, which was sung throughout the continent.

After a long rest, Duke Borros decided not to fight to the death on Bloodstone Island. With the support of the royal fleet led by Adam, he led the elite of the Stormlands to raid the "Golden Sea Monster" base on Gallows Island. In that battle, Adam's brother Alyn commanded his warship to break through the blockade of the Ironborn longship. The ram of the warship embedded into the Golden Sea Monster's "Sea Monster King" like a siege hammer. Led by Alyn, the soldiers on the ship boarded the ship one after another, and the poor "Golden Sea Monster" Fell Greyjoy had his head chopped off by Alyn.

After this battle, Alyn, who beheaded the golden sea monster with the power of a single ship, won the nickname "Oak Fist" and the respect of the lords of Stormland.

The Bone Tide Islands lost their lord, and Boros happily led his fleet and soldiers to sweep through each island one by one. He appointed many knights as lords on the spot to govern these small islands, but he overlooked one thing.

The thing that is most abundant in the Stone Steps Archipelago is pirates.

Pirates from all over the Summer Sea and the Narrow Sea gathered at the Bonetide Islands and engaged in a head-on battle with the Royal Fleet. Borros, who was unable to fully control the sea, was in bad luck. His army had a hard time after seizing half of the islands in the Bonetide Islands. The Bloodstone Island Fleet of Bloodstone Island and the Pirate King Fleet under Lord Will Sparrow of Tyrosh launched a raid on the Royal Fleet at Torture Abyss. If it weren't for Adam's proper command, the Royal Fleet would most likely have sunk completely into the sea there, and Borros and his men could only wait to die on these bare islands.

Boros's conquest slowed again.

In the 146th year of the Conquest Era, Longzel's close friend and the eldest brother of the Bloodsworn Brothers, Lynn Valtaken, was infected with a severe cold. After the maesters tried their best to rescue him, they finally declared that they could do nothing. Lynn Valtaken refused the milk of poppy and chose the "Heart of the Griffin".

Lin En's death made Longzel depressed for a long time. He flew to Changtian Castle personally and asked Womisol to provide cremation for his friend.

After his death, the Valyrian steel plate armor "Black Mirror" was reclaimed by House Varezes, while the Valyrian steel longsword "Griffin's Heart" remained with House Vartarken.

This is a symbol of loyalty.

During this year, Boros continued to fight with the pirates of the Stepstone Islands, but the pirates' decline had gradually become apparent.

They don't have a constant supply like Boros.

In the 147th year of the Conquest Era, Queen Samantha became pregnant again. In the same year, she gave birth to Aegon's second son, a skinny silver-haired boy. This time Aegon was not so excited, and even the name was given by Queen Samantha.

The boy's name was Rhaegar.

Rhaegar Targaryen is also a common name in the history of the Targaryen family.

The old town also received good news.

Lady Lara gave birth to Viserys' fourth child, a beautiful girl, whom Viserys named "Alysanne".

He wrote to his brother, hoping that King Aegon would arrange a marriage between his children.

He planned for Daeron to marry Naerysle and Rhaegar to marry Alysanne.

But this time, Aegon did not agree, as he had already chosen wives for his sons.

He wrote to Dragon's Nest, hoping that Darren would marry Jenny Varese - he actually wanted to choose the beautiful and generous Serena, but Serena's honey-colored hair made him a little discouraged.

He was somewhat worried about whether it would have other effects if his grandson or granddaughter had non-Targaryen characteristics.

At the same time, he hopes that Rhaegar can marry Valenna Varese or Serena Varese.

But the latter was rejected by Longzel.

Only Daeron and Jeyne's engagement received Dragonzel's blessing, which made King Aegon very happy.

Duke Borros failed to make any progress that year. His soldiers saw no hope of victory and gradually began to flee.

But they were at sea.

They had nowhere to escape and could only continue fighting.

In the 148th year of the Conquest calendar, the long summer ended, but the following winter lasted only less than a year.

In the 149th year of the Conquest Calendar, winter passed and summer came, a new long summer arrived.

In the 150th year of the Conquest, Duke Borros, who had wasted three years in the Bone Tide Islands, finally made a breakthrough. He promised to hand over the abandoned city of Tyrosh to the Vareses family in exchange for the dispatch of the Silver Fleet. Valar, who was already fat, excitedly rode his Silver Wing to the battlefield.

But he didn't see the worries of his family behind him.

In the 151st year of the Conquest Era, the long war of the Stepstones finally ushered in a great victory. With the support of the Silver Fleet, Will Sparrow's fleet suffered a devastating blow. Valar, who descended from the sky, reversed the situation. The Silver Wing's dragon flame destroyed everything in sight, and Will Sparrow died in the dragon flame and the sea water.

The Silver Fleet landed and occupied the abandoned city of Tyrosh.

From this year on, the war in the Shijie Islands became smooth sailing.

In the 152nd year of the Conquest Era, Diana gave birth to Longzel's seventh child, a thin boy. This time, Ringol named his youngest brother after his good friend.

Reggen Varese.

In the dragon cave of Dragon's Nest, Sarafathers's dragon egg hatched. The dragon born this time was not as beautiful as Sarafathers. Although they looked similar, this dark purple dragon did not have Sarafathers' gem-like luster or its sapphire blue dragon flame. Serena named it "Purple Wing"

In the same year, Queen Samantha gave birth to a girl for Aegon.

Also their eldest daughter - Rhaena Targaryen.

This year, Boros finally captured Bloodstone Island, but Recharino fled decisively before that, leaving his fleet to the Silver Fleet and the Royal Fleet.

Since then, the famous "Pirate Queen" has never been seen in these seas again.

The Stone Islands War finally came to an end at the end of the 152nd year of the Conquest Calendar.

Borros conquered the entire Stepstones, and his title was expanded to include "Governor of the Narrow Sea".

But the Varese family also took over the abandoned city of Tyroshi, and the intensive reconstruction work slowly began after peace returned.

Adam, who has made great contributions, successfully married into the Velaryon family, and his bloodline will inherit the throne of the Lord of Tides in the future.

In the 153rd year of the Conquest Era, the fifth child of Lady Lara and Viserys was born. This boy with silver hair and purple eyes was very strong, and even little Aegon would sometimes be pinched by his little brother so hard that it hurt. As he grew up, little Aegon gradually matured. Although he still didn't like Aemon, he was quite understanding towards his sisters and the newborn brother named "Aerion".

The only problem is.

He got a girl pregnant at a whorehouse in Oldtown.

This made Viserys furious, but also caused a hint of other emotions.

Maybe there is still hope?

The 154th year of the Conquest Calendar was called the "Year of Sorrow" by later generations. During this year, many elderly people who had experienced the war died.

"Old" Rodrik Dustin died in his sleep, surprising everyone with his advanced age, although his peaceful death was probably not a blessing for Rodrik.

Vincent Kaon, the chief retainer of the Varese family, also died in this year. Kaon Castle was officially inherited by Regen Kaon, but he appointed his sister to act in charge and stayed to assist Ringol.

Many older lords died during this year.

But new life is also born.

Ringol and Danyla's eldest daughter was born.

This is a healthy, strong, beautiful girl with silver hair but a pair of different colored eyes, one deep purple and the other emerald green.

Longzel named his granddaughter "Daenerys".

Daenerys Varese.

155 years of the Conquest calendar.

This year is also known as the "Year of Rebirth".

At the beginning of this year.

Samantha gave birth to a healthy girl named Diana into the royal family.

Lady Lara also brought her sixth child, a chubby boy. Viserys named his sixth son "Maegon".

But Lady Lara was injured by the birth, and the maester pointed out that she would not be able to get pregnant again.

But this also made Viserys cherish his wife and children more.

Although he didn't know yet that little Aegon had got another girl pregnant.

The dragon eggs in Dragon's Nest and King's Landing also began a new round of hatching.

In this year, four giant dragons were hatched in the dragon cave in Dragon's Nest City, three from Sarafathers and one from Silver Wing.

Among the three baby dragons from Sarafathers, one looks similar to Sarafathers, but like Purple Wing, it did not inherit Sarafathers's special features. The other two look more like Star Song, but unfortunately, they are also much inferior.

The other golden dragon was more similar to Silver Wing, but had a larger horn crown and more thorns.

The dragon eggs sent to Dragon Mountain also hatched three baby dragons. One looked almost exactly like Araxes back then, making King Aegon dazed when he saw it. The other two looked more like Syrax and Dreamfyre respectively.

Serena gave the dragons names and nicknames with great enthusiasm. The blue-purple dragon that looked like Sarafasus was named "Valarion" after Valar, the green dragon that looked like Starsong was named "Reyels" after Rey, and the other crimson dragon was named "Cerelis" by Serena herself. The golden dragon that looked like Silverwing was given the right to be named by the equally enthusiastic Jacaerys Varezes, who simply and crudely named it "Golden King".

By the 156th year of the Conquest Era, the number of dragons owned by the Vareses and Targaryens had reached its peak.

The dragons of the Vareses family are: Vermithor, Silver Wing, Shadow Nightmare, Starsong, Dawn, Morning Dawn, Sarafathers, Sendroth, Skyblaze, Vermax, Hovenders, Blood Princess, Purple Wing, Valarion, Reyels, Cerelis, and the Golden King, a total of seventeen dragons.

Since Burntfire followed Samantha to King's Landing, he was counted among the dragons of the Targaryen family. However, since Sheep Thief and Gray Shadow had never been tamed, they continued to be treated as wild dragons.

The dragons of House Targaryen include: Dreamfyre, Korax, Seasmoke, Syrax, Glowfire, Tyrex, Morghur, Stormcloud, Igarath, Gellethos, Ambershadow, Jade Orinth the "Emerald Eye", Unicorn, Horntide, White Queen, Igris, Gerorion, and Bloodeye, a total of eighteen dragons.

This year, Longzel turned fifty and Lingol turned thirty.

The long period of peace and almost continuous long summer brought about a truly peaceful era.

This is also the reason why Aegon was later called the "King of Peace" and the "King of Summer".

(End of this chapter)