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* TheChainsOfCommanding: Stannis is still a teenager in command of the besieged garrison, and in one chapter, blames himself for his perceived shortcomings. Rhaelle helps to remind him of his duty and his strength.
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An ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' fanfic written by [=Paladinus=] . It can be viewed [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/enduring-the-storm-asoiaf-stannis-si.1133392/ here]].
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An ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' fanfic written by [=Paladinus=] .[=Paladinus=]. It can be viewed [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/enduring-the-storm-asoiaf-stannis-si.1133392/ here]].
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* AFatherToHisMen: Stannis keenly feels the weight of being responsible for the six thousand souls in Storm's End, as well as all the peoples of the Stormlands. He never lets himself forget each death, from the knights who fight by his side to the old women who toss themselves off the fortress walls to reduce the burden on their supplies, and worries over the many who are suffering the Reach host's predations. [[spoiler:As such, he makes sure to act to alleviate their troubles in any way he can, such as accepting the chivalric trial brokered by Rhaegar because that's a chance for him to extract supplies and riches from the Reach lords to feed his people and repair the Stormlands]].
* AFatherToHisMen: Stannis keenly feels the weight of being responsible for the six thousand souls in Storm's End, as well as all the peoples of the Stormlands. He never lets himself forget each death, from the knights who fight by his side to the old women who toss themselves off the fortress walls to reduce the burden on their supplies, and worries over the many who are suffering the Reach host's predations. [[spoiler:As such, he makes sure to act to alleviate their troubles in any way he can, such as accepting the chivalric trial brokered by Rhaegar because that's a chance for him to extract supplies and riches from the Reach lords to feed his people and repair the Stormlands]].
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-->'''Rhaegar:''' ''(after [[spoiler:killing Richard Lonmouth]])'' I pray you take this token of justice in the spirit it is intended, cousin.
-->'''Stannis:''' Justice? Cousin- Rhaegar- Lonmouth threatened a foul thing, and I would have killed him for it. But justice? What of the hundred thousand women, raped into their beds in towns and villages and farms all across the Stormlands and Riverlands and Crownlands while the armies march? Where is their justice? Where is the justice for those women who are forever broken by what's been done to them? You have killed a man and called it justice, but all I see is a ''farce!''
-->'''Rhaegar:''' Stannis, justice will be done there as well. When this war is over, I will set all matters to right. The shame visited upon those women will be made right. Those who can give testimony will be supported in their rights-.
-->'''Stannis:''' ''Their rights? What rights are there when one has been wronged!'' You pretend to justice like an ape pretends to rule! You care nothing for the peoples who looked to you for protection from the very armies marching because of you! You are an arrogant, spoiled ''child'' of a man! We are family only because my grandmother had the misfortune to have slid face first from the same woman as your grandfather, and you cared nothing for us until we arrayed ourselves against you for a crime ''you committed!'' The gods themselves cursed me the day they made us family, and you wage a war that has ruined the realm and gods know how many families!
-->'''Stannis:''' Justice? Cousin- Rhaegar- Lonmouth threatened a foul thing, and I would have killed him for it. But justice? What of the hundred thousand women, raped into their beds in towns and villages and farms all across the Stormlands and Riverlands and Crownlands while the armies march? Where is their justice? Where is the justice for those women who are forever broken by what's been done to them? You have killed a man and called it justice, but all I see is a ''farce!''
-->'''Rhaegar:''' Stannis, justice will be done there as well. When this war is over, I will set all matters to right. The shame visited upon those women will be made right. Those who can give testimony will be supported in their rights-.
-->'''Stannis:''' ''Their rights? What rights are there when one has been wronged!'' You pretend to justice like an ape pretends to rule! You care nothing for the peoples who looked to you for protection from the very armies marching because of you! You are an arrogant, spoiled ''child'' of a man! We are family only because my grandmother had the misfortune to have slid face first from the same woman as your grandfather, and you cared nothing for us until we arrayed ourselves against you for a crime ''you committed!'' The gods themselves cursed me the day they made us family, and you wage a war that has ruined the realm and gods know how many families!
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-->'''Rhaegar:''' ''(after [[spoiler:killing Richard Lonmouth]])'' I pray you take this token of justice in the spirit it is intended, cousin.
-->'''Stannis:'''cousin.\\
'''Stannis:''' Justice?Cousin- Rhaegar- Cousin -- Rhaegar -- Lonmouth threatened a foul thing, and I would have killed him for it. But justice? What of the hundred thousand women, raped into their beds in towns and villages and farms all across the Stormlands and Riverlands and Crownlands while the armies march? Where is their justice? Where is the justice for those women who are forever broken by what's been done to them? You have killed a man and called it justice, but all I see is a ''farce!''
-->'''Rhaegar:'''''farce!''\\
'''Rhaegar:''' Stannis, justice will be done there as well. When this war is over, I will set all matters to right. The shame visited upon those women will be made right. Those who can give testimony will be supported in theirrights-.
-->'''Stannis:'''rights–\\
'''Stannis:''' ''Their rights? What rights are there when one has been wronged!'' You pretend to justice like an ape pretends to rule! You care nothing for the peoples who looked to you for protection from the very armies marching because of you! You are an arrogant, spoiled ''child'' of a man! We are family only because my grandmother had the misfortune to have slid face first from the same woman as your grandfather, and you cared nothing for us until we arrayed ourselves against you for a crime ''you committed!'' The gods themselves cursed me the day they made us family, and you wage a war that has ruined the realm and gods know how many families!
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'''Stannis:''' Justice?
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'''Rhaegar:''' Stannis, justice will be done there as well. When this war is over, I will set all matters to right. The shame visited upon those women will be made right. Those who can give testimony will be supported in their
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'''Stannis:''' ''Their rights? What rights are there when one has been wronged!'' You pretend to justice like an ape pretends to rule! You care nothing for the peoples who looked to you for protection from the very armies marching because of you! You are an arrogant, spoiled ''child'' of a man! We are family only because my grandmother had the misfortune to have slid face first from the same woman as your grandfather, and you cared nothing for us until we arrayed ourselves against you for a crime ''you committed!'' The gods themselves cursed me the day they made us family, and you wage a war that has ruined the realm and gods know how many families!
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* BecauseDestinySaysSo: This is how Rhaegar justifies his kidnapping of Lyanna Stark to Stannis, claiming his need for the dragon to have three heads. Stannis has none of it.
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* DareToBeBadass: Rhaelle's words to Stannis in Chapter One incite him to fight back against the Reach, citing his Baratheon and Durrandon heritage, and she accepts an oath from him that he would defend Storm's End to the death.
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* FrontlineGeneral: Stannis personally leads the nighttime raid on the Redwyne ships in Chapter Three, and he leads the Stormlords in the Trial by Seven in Chapter Ten. Mace Tyrell leads the Reacher Lords in the Trial by Seven[[spoiler:, in which he dies]].
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* OldSoldier: Stannis's Great Uncle Harbert is nearly sixty-five years old at the story of this fic, and is still prepared to lead any and all sorties against the Reach.
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* UnintentionalNotoriousCrime: As they first clash together, Richard Lonmouth gloats he's going to rape Stannis' grandmother and let the whole army have her way with her too. When Rhaeger hears of that, he pointedly reminds his former squire that Rhaelle Targaryen happens to be his grandaunt, the current Queen's godmother and namesake, and he doesn't like threats to his family. Richard's attempt to grovel doesn't work.
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* UnintentionalNotoriousCrime: UnintentionallyNotoriousCrime: As they first clash together, Richard Lonmouth gloats he's going to rape Stannis' grandmother and let the whole army have her way with her too. When Rhaeger hears of that, he pointedly reminds his former squire that Rhaelle Targaryen happens to be his grandaunt, the current Queen's godmother and namesake, and he doesn't like threats to his family. Richard's attempt to grovel doesn't work.
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* ThisIsReality: Rhaegar attempts to reconcile with his cousin Stannis and bring him to his side by [[spoiler:killing Richard Lonmouth for threatening to rape Stannis' grandmother.]] Stannis only gets more irate after the deed and bluntly tells the Prince that "life isn't a song" -- a war cannot be ended with such a simple solution, especially when it doesn't truly fix the underlying issues.
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* UnintentionalNotoriousCrime: As they first clash together, Richard Lonmouth gloats he's going to rape Stannis' grandmother and let the whole army have her way with her too. When Rhaeger hears of that, he pointedly reminds his former squire that Rhaelle Targaryen happens to be his grandaunt, the current Queen's godmother and namesake, and he doesn't like threats to his family. Richard's attempt to grovel doesn't work.
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:The Bolling twins die protecting Stannis from Richard Lonmouth and Joran Wensington dies similarly during the trial of arms. In the same fight, Meryn Trant dies defending Cortnay Penrose]].
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:The Bolling twins die protecting Stannis from Richard Lonmouth and Joran Wensington dies similarly during the trial of arms. In the same fight, Meryn Trant dies defending Cortnay Penrose]].
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Even while on opposite sides of Robert's Rebellion, Rhaegar would never allow any harm to come to his great-aunt Rhaelle, and would punish any who would threaten harm on her. [[spoiler:Even his squire and friend, Richard Lonmouth.]]
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Mace Tyrell, Meryn Trant and Bonifer Hasty]] are among those that die during the siege of Storm's End, in a trial of forty-nine.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Even while on opposite sides of Robert's Rebellion, Rhaegar would never allow any harm to come to his great-aunt Rhaelle, and would punish any who would threaten harm on her. [[spoiler:Even his squire and friend, Richard Lonmouth.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: Even while on opposite sides of Robert's Rebellion, Rhaegar would never allow any harm to come to his great-aunt Rhaelle, and would punish any who would threaten harm on her. [[spoiler:Even his squire and friend, Richard Lonmouth.]]
* ItsPersonal: Stannis swears bloody vengeance on Richard Lonmouth after the latter kills two of his cousins and threatens to rape his grandmother Rhaelle. [[spoiler:He doesn't get the chance because Rhaegar kills his own former squire in an attempt to win Stannis over]].
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* ItsPersonal: Stannis swears bloody vengeance on Richard Lonmouth after the latter kills two of his cousins and threatens to rape his grandmother Rhaelle. [[spoiler:He doesn't get the chance because Rhaegar kills his own former squire in an attempt to win Stannis over]].
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* TrialByCombat: A variation of the Trial by Seven takes place in Chapter Ten, with both teams comprised of forty-nine fighters.
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The noose draws tight around Storm's End, and Stannis Baratheon. But a young man not Stannis wakes in his place, and must navigate the deathly serious realities of war and politics in a land unfamiliar to him, while keeping tight hold of both castle and Stannis' people. No one ever said life was easy, and if they did, they were lying.
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The noose draws tight around Storm's End, and Stannis Baratheon. But a young man not Stannis wakes in his place, and must navigate the deathly serious realities of war and politics in a land unfamiliar to him, while keeping tight hold of both castle and Stannis' Stannis's people. No one ever said life was easy, and if they did, they were lying.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Even while on opposite sides of Robert's Rebellion, Rhaegar would never allow any harm to come to his great-aunt Rhaelle, and would punish any who would threaten harm on her. [[spoiler:Even his squire and friend, Richard Lonmouth.]]
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* OffTheRails: The deviations from canon happen pretty early on, with Stannis deciding to attack the Redwyne blockade rather than just hunkering down in Storm's End. From there, his uncle Lomas Estermont organizes a guerilla force to disrupt the Reach force's supply lines [[spoiler:and accidentally kidnaps their women]], which turns the siege from relaxing to harrowing. The situation deteriorates so much that Rhaegar has to intervene.
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* OffTheRails: The deviations from canon happen pretty early on, with Stannis deciding to attack the Redwyne blockade rather than just hunkering down in Storm's End. From there, his uncle Lomas Estermont organizes a guerilla guerrilla force to disrupt the Reach force's supply lines [[spoiler:and accidentally kidnaps their women]], which turns the siege from relaxing to harrowing. The situation deteriorates so much that Rhaegar has to intervene.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Stannis unleashes one on Rhaegar in Chapter Nine, blaming him for starting the civil war.
-->'''Rhaegar:''' ''(after [[spoiler:killing Richard Lonmouth]])'' I pray you take this token of justice in the spirit it is intended, cousin.
-->'''Stannis:''' Justice? Cousin- Rhaegar- Lonmouth threatened a foul thing, and I would have killed him for it. But justice? What of the hundred thousand women, raped into their beds in towns and villages and farms all across the Stormlands and Riverlands and Crownlands while the armies march? Where is their justice? Where is the justice for those women who are forever broken by what's been done to them? You have killed a man and called it justice, but all I see is a ''farce!''
-->'''Rhaegar:''' Stannis, justice will be done there as well. When this war is over, I will set all matters to right. The shame visited upon those women will be made right. Those who can give testimony will be supported in their rights-.
-->'''Stannis:''' ''Their rights? What rights are there when one has been wronged!'' You pretend to justice like an ape pretends to rule! You care nothing for the peoples who looked to you for protection from the very armies marching because of you! You are an arrogant, spoiled ''child'' of a man! We are family only because my grandmother had the misfortune to have slid face first from the same woman as your grandfather, and you cared nothing for us until we arrayed ourselves against you for a crime ''you committed!'' The gods themselves cursed me the day they made us family, and you wage a war that has ruined the realm and gods know how many families!
-->'''Rhaegar:''' ''(after [[spoiler:killing Richard Lonmouth]])'' I pray you take this token of justice in the spirit it is intended, cousin.
-->'''Stannis:''' Justice? Cousin- Rhaegar- Lonmouth threatened a foul thing, and I would have killed him for it. But justice? What of the hundred thousand women, raped into their beds in towns and villages and farms all across the Stormlands and Riverlands and Crownlands while the armies march? Where is their justice? Where is the justice for those women who are forever broken by what's been done to them? You have killed a man and called it justice, but all I see is a ''farce!''
-->'''Rhaegar:''' Stannis, justice will be done there as well. When this war is over, I will set all matters to right. The shame visited upon those women will be made right. Those who can give testimony will be supported in their rights-.
-->'''Stannis:''' ''Their rights? What rights are there when one has been wronged!'' You pretend to justice like an ape pretends to rule! You care nothing for the peoples who looked to you for protection from the very armies marching because of you! You are an arrogant, spoiled ''child'' of a man! We are family only because my grandmother had the misfortune to have slid face first from the same woman as your grandfather, and you cared nothing for us until we arrayed ourselves against you for a crime ''you committed!'' The gods themselves cursed me the day they made us family, and you wage a war that has ruined the realm and gods know how many families!
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* SoProudOfYou: Rhaelle and Ser Harbert praise Stannis after his night-time raid on the Redwyne ships.
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The noose draws tight around Storm's End, and Stannis Baratheon. But a young man not Stannis wakes in his place, and must navigate the deathly serious realities of war and politics in a land unfamiliar to him, while keeping tight hold of both castle and Stannis' people. No one ever said life was easy, and if they did, they were lying.
An ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' fanfic written by [=Paladinus=] . It can be viewed [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/enduring-the-storm-asoiaf-stannis-si.1133392/ here]].
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!!This story contains examples of:
* AFatherToHisMen: Stannis keenly feels the weight of being responsible for the six thousand souls in Storm's End, as well as all the peoples of the Stormlands. He never lets himself forget each death, from the knights who fight by his side to the old women who toss themselves off the fortress walls to reduce the burden on their supplies, and worries over the many who are suffering the Reach host's predations. [[spoiler:As such, he makes sure to act to alleviate their troubles in any way he can, such as accepting the chivalric trial brokered by Rhaegar because that's a chance for him to extract supplies and riches from the Reach lords to feed his people and repair the Stormlands]].
* CooldownHug: After his cousin Joran dies defending him, Stannis goes into a desperate frenzy during the trial, moving to kill even a yielding foe and wouldn't have stopped had Oswell Whent not stepped him and assured him that the fight is already over. The Kingsguard lets the young lord weep in his arms as he is crushed by his grief, and uses the opportunity to move the Stormlords off the field.
* IHaveYourWife: Lomas Estermont manages to capture half a hundred noblewomen of the Reach as they were traversing the Rainwood en route to Storm's End. This gives Stannis some leverage in negotiations with Mace Tyrell.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:The Bolling twins die protecting Stannis from Richard Lonmouth and Joran Wensington dies similarly during the trial of arms. In the same fight, Meryn Trant dies defending Cortnay Penrose]].
* JabbaTableManners: During the negotiations with Mace and Rhaegar in chapter seven, Stannis heedlessly gorges himself on the food at the table because he's just so hungry after months of strict rationing under siege conditions.
* {{Knighting}}: Stannis knights Rolland Storm, the bastard of Nightsong, just before the arranged fight with the Reach.
* OffTheRails: The deviations from canon happen pretty early on, with Stannis deciding to attack the Redwyne blockade rather than just hunkering down in Storm's End. From there, his uncle Lomas Estermont organizes a guerilla force to disrupt the Reach force's supply lines [[spoiler:and accidentally kidnaps their women]], which turns the siege from relaxing to harrowing. The situation deteriorates so much that Rhaegar has to intervene.
* ItsPersonal: Stannis swears bloody vengeance on Richard Lonmouth after the latter kills two of his cousins and threatens to rape his grandmother Rhaelle. [[spoiler:He doesn't get the chance because Rhaegar kills his own former squire in an attempt to win Stannis over]].
* PoliticallyActivePrincess: Princess Rhaelle Targaryen, grandmother to the current generation of Baratheon boys, acts as the Lady of Storm's End, constantly advising the young Stannis on how to conduct himself properly and represent the Stormlands in the face of the siege and the rebellion at large.
* ScrewTheWarWerePartying: The Reachers were so confident in their victory over Storm's End that had their their wives and families brought over for fun, which leads directly to the IHaveYourWife situation detailed above. Stannis is completely gobsmacked after he hears this.
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An ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' fanfic written by [=Paladinus=] . It can be viewed [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/enduring-the-storm-asoiaf-stannis-si.1133392/ here]].
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!!This story contains examples of:
* AFatherToHisMen: Stannis keenly feels the weight of being responsible for the six thousand souls in Storm's End, as well as all the peoples of the Stormlands. He never lets himself forget each death, from the knights who fight by his side to the old women who toss themselves off the fortress walls to reduce the burden on their supplies, and worries over the many who are suffering the Reach host's predations. [[spoiler:As such, he makes sure to act to alleviate their troubles in any way he can, such as accepting the chivalric trial brokered by Rhaegar because that's a chance for him to extract supplies and riches from the Reach lords to feed his people and repair the Stormlands]].
* CooldownHug: After his cousin Joran dies defending him, Stannis goes into a desperate frenzy during the trial, moving to kill even a yielding foe and wouldn't have stopped had Oswell Whent not stepped him and assured him that the fight is already over. The Kingsguard lets the young lord weep in his arms as he is crushed by his grief, and uses the opportunity to move the Stormlords off the field.
* IHaveYourWife: Lomas Estermont manages to capture half a hundred noblewomen of the Reach as they were traversing the Rainwood en route to Storm's End. This gives Stannis some leverage in negotiations with Mace Tyrell.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:The Bolling twins die protecting Stannis from Richard Lonmouth and Joran Wensington dies similarly during the trial of arms. In the same fight, Meryn Trant dies defending Cortnay Penrose]].
* JabbaTableManners: During the negotiations with Mace and Rhaegar in chapter seven, Stannis heedlessly gorges himself on the food at the table because he's just so hungry after months of strict rationing under siege conditions.
* {{Knighting}}: Stannis knights Rolland Storm, the bastard of Nightsong, just before the arranged fight with the Reach.
* OffTheRails: The deviations from canon happen pretty early on, with Stannis deciding to attack the Redwyne blockade rather than just hunkering down in Storm's End. From there, his uncle Lomas Estermont organizes a guerilla force to disrupt the Reach force's supply lines [[spoiler:and accidentally kidnaps their women]], which turns the siege from relaxing to harrowing. The situation deteriorates so much that Rhaegar has to intervene.
* ItsPersonal: Stannis swears bloody vengeance on Richard Lonmouth after the latter kills two of his cousins and threatens to rape his grandmother Rhaelle. [[spoiler:He doesn't get the chance because Rhaegar kills his own former squire in an attempt to win Stannis over]].
* PoliticallyActivePrincess: Princess Rhaelle Targaryen, grandmother to the current generation of Baratheon boys, acts as the Lady of Storm's End, constantly advising the young Stannis on how to conduct himself properly and represent the Stormlands in the face of the siege and the rebellion at large.
* ScrewTheWarWerePartying: The Reachers were so confident in their victory over Storm's End that had their their wives and families brought over for fun, which leads directly to the IHaveYourWife situation detailed above. Stannis is completely gobsmacked after he hears this.
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