Fanfic / The White Wolf of Westeros

Melisandre: There are darker forces ahead of you, both from beyond this world and from it. One human and the other unnatural. Both hide in plain sight, deception and trust is their knife....Possibilities countless…death and chaos grows stronger over life and order…But I know you will succeed. For you're bound by fate. Your time will not come until you’ve completed whatever it has destined. The world needs a hero. A Last Hero…remember that, Geralt of Rivia...

The White Wolf of Westeros is a The Witcher / Game of Thrones Crossover by DrakeCross on Fanfiction.net and Archive of our Own. There are also elements of A Song of Ice and Fire mixed in, expanding and correcting certain elements from the tv show.

After The Wild Hunt is defeated, Ciriella is prepared to to face the source of the White Frost, and finish her first destiny to save their world from entropy. However, something goes wrong and Geralt risks himself as he follows her, ending up in the land of Westeros. While unsure of his place in a world "without monsters", and wanting nothing more than to find Ciri, Geralt nonetheless begins a personal and political journey that will change The Seven Kingdoms forever. And meanwhile, thousands of miles away, Ciri might have a destiny with another pale haired girl to fulfill in due time as well...

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Section of Chapter 17: Fury of the Melee have been read by the podcast FanRamen with voice actors and sound effects.

The Tropes included in The White Wolf of Westeros. Beware of possible spoilers from the Witcher Series, and open spoilers through the middle of "book 2"!

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• Absurdly Sharp Blade: Geralt's Witcher Blades and Valyrian swords.
• The Ace: Geralt is a master warrior from his years of witchering. And with a pinch of magic in his power too, he's a fighter without peer in the Seven Kingdoms. People like Gregor, Sandor and Jamie can give physical challenges, but with the backup aces, there is no fight that Geralt can't find a way to win.
• Action Girl:
  • Ciri as she was in canon.
  • Similarly, Arya is this. But unlike in canon where she trains to become a Faceless Man, Geralt decides to teach her swordsmanship so she could better protect her family.
  • While Dany has always been a very capable dragon rider and conqueror, in this version of events Ciri is teaching Dany how to fight with a sword.
• Actor Allusion: Geralt is very put off to find Tywin Lannister to look almost similar to and his voice sound like Emperor Emhyr. Both characters were portrayed by Charles Dance.
• Adapted Out: Since Tyrion in this story never sets foot in the Westerlands/Riverlands, Shae is currently nowhere to be found.
• Adaptation Expansion:
  • We actually don't know too much about individual members of The Thirteen. Here, not only are several of them named, but two of them actually choose to join Dany's quest for the Iron Throne.
• Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: There's no known connection in canon between R'hillor and the Old Gods. Here though, Root sees Thoros's magic as a blessing from the old god Rlo. Light and Shadow made flesh. Whom they theorize left Westeros after the first long night.
• Adaptational Backstory Change: In the past, the warlocks of Qarth had a multi-year's worth of shade of the evening hijacked and stolen by Euron Greyjoy.
• Adaptational Badass: While the Mother of Dragons was always formidable as a force unto herself, Dany here is given one other important skill to hone: sword fighting. With Ciri challenging her retinue that in an emergency, she will always be her last line of defense.
• Adaptational Early Appearance: With Geralt causing changes, some characters appear just a pinch early compared with the books.
  • Tywin shows up at the tourney of the Hand due to hearing of Geralt's exploits and decides to see the Witcher for himself.
  • Euron and Oberyn both make their debuts slightly early in part because of Geralt's work.
• Adaptational Name Change: Jon's Targaryen name is Aemon, as opposed to Aegon like in the show.
• Adaptational Nice Guy: He's still a sadistic Royal Brat through and through, but Joffrey has several moments that humanize him.
  • After his mauling by Nymeria, while he still gives a false testimonial that paints the dire wolf as the aggressor, he gives an honest testimonial about Geralt saving him. Also, when Cersei demands that Sansa's dire wolf lady be killed as compensation, Joffrey gives Sansa an apologetic look after trying and failing to appeal for mercy.
  • When Ned Stark publicly accuses Cersei of murdering Robert during Joffrey's crowning, Joffrey was noticeably shocked and conflicted by Ned's accusation. Unfortunately, Cersei's influence causes him to double down.
• Adaptational Personality Change: Renly Baratheon maintains his charming and bold stance as wanting to be king, but this story adds that he also carries some of Stannis's resentments of his brothers. Like Stannis, he feels overlooked, though in his case it's because he felt his brothers were too martial and didn't appreciate what he was doing as Lord Paramount and Master of Laws.
  • Likewise, Stannis still has his feeling of duty to take the crown, but it also adds that he has a decent administrative mind due to his recognizing ways his kingship can benefit The North.
• Adaptational Species Change: In the show at least, the Night King Was Once a Man created by the Children of the Forest to be a living weapon against man. Here, it's implied that the Night King is more of an Eldritch Abomination — the living avatar of the White Frost itself.
• Adaptational Wimp: Not for lack of trying, but due to the changes in circumstance, Petyr Baelish hasn't actually managed to accomplish as much. Because Stannis didn't assassinate Renly, he can't go negotiate with the Tyrells, and with the Riverlands a lesser concern while dealing with that issue, he can't become Lord of the Trident yet.
• Alternate Universe Fic: The general theme of the crossover. Between Geralt and Ciri's actions, key events are changed or avoided which in turn alter the fates of many Game of Thrones characters. Plus, there's some things in the history of this world that shows that this definitely isn't the same as either the books or the show.
• Ambiguously Evil: Melisandre's current alignment is quite mysterious. None of the lords or fellow priests trust her, and she was partially responsible for pushing Shireen's mother to a more negative view of her. But she clearly believes that Geralt is destined to do great things for the realm, and offers some cryptic warnings before the campaign as a way to prepare him for the Crones. Plus, given her magical affinity, she does know that he's from another world, and that he and Cirella are destined to help in their war against The White Walkers.
• And Your Little Dog, Too!: Gregor, already near-crippled by the wounds inflicted by Geralt, decides to push his Berserk Button by making threats to Ciri among the various ones he gave in his Villainous Breakdown. Geralt responds by knocking his face into the ground.
• Armor-Piercing Question: As part of her calling out Daenerys in her vision of the future, Ciri says that instead of the expectation of reclaiming her family's birthright, what does Dany REALLY want?
• Ascended Extra: Syrio, Arya's first teacher, is able to escape his canonical death thanks to Geralt. And while not a political player like so many of the others, he fights alongside Geralt's pack as a friend, and is tasked by him with finding Ciri in Essos.
• Author Appeal: Secret siblings. A fair number of characters are secret siblings to established characters. Whether it's Alya, the secret 9th sand snake, William as Bronn's long lost brother, or Ciri passing herself off as the bastard half sibling of Daenerys.
• Awesome by Analysis: Varys quickly deduces that Geralt relies on hand gestures to cast his signs after seeing him in action, as well as questioning other witnesses like Sandor and Pycelle.
• Back from the Dead: Brewess and Whispess are resurrected by their sister Weavess using the newly returned magic on the day the dragons are born.
• Because You Were Nice to Me: Geralt's loyalty to the Starks, despite his Witcher's code, is partially motivated by how they treated him like he were part of the family.
• Big Bad: Much like in the show, the Night King is being set up as the ultimate antagonist, being implied to be the source of the White Frost.
• Big Bad Ensemble: At the same time, various major antagonists are being set up as well with their own agendas in mind. The Lannisters are trying to hold onto their established power following the death of Robert. The Crones seek to stop the White Frost and claim Ciri's Elder Blood for their own purposes, but are destroying The Riverlands in the process. The Grimms have a secret plan to bring down the whole system. Meanwhile, Euron Greyjoy is plotting his own work to gain power, and Renly is the Wild Card on whether he and House Tyrell will push their own claim or reunite with Stannis in brotherly love.
• Blade Lock: Often used by Geralt and his more skilled opponents.
• Big Damn Heroes: Geralt is often seen as this as he puts himself at risk and even pulls off some grand feats. Accomplishments range from saving the butcher's son from the Hound, fearlessly facing down the Mountain and intervening in Eddard's execution, saving the Stark sisters from the clutches of the Lannisters along with being a lead figure in an alliance between Robb and Stannis. Others such as Thoros and Barristan also fall under this, considering their own brave actions.
• Breaking the Fellowship: Geralt created a strong circle of friends around himself in the waning days of his time in King's Landing with the goal of getting The Starks to safety. They traveled with him out to see and back to the North, fighting soldiers, pirates and politics along the way. But with the Winterstorm Alliance now in effect and the Starks safe, the fellowship breaks up for now. Barristan and Syrio go east to find their white haired girls. Davos stays with Stannis to be part of the aquatic assault. Gendry stayed on Dragonstone. The Stark daughters returned to Winterfell. And Geralt leads his other warrior companions south as the forward company for Stannis, and the next phase of his adventures.
• Cassandra Truth: Melisandre tries to warn the lords and Geralt about the upcoming magical threat in the Riverlands, but unfortunately, nobody quite believes her.
• Character Development: The way this happens end up changing characters in ways the source materials could never have anticipated.
  • When Geralt came to Westeros, he had no interest in getting involved in the land's politics. He was laser focused on trying to find Ciri, and while appreciative of the Starks's generosity, wasn't about to turn around and pledge himself to a cause. However, after seeing the pain the family went through having Bran hurt, and finding out from O'dimn that rescuing Ciri is outside his control, he decides to give himself more to his friends in this world. And with his expertise, begins to earn respect and honor from the realms for his honesty, honor and loyalty to those he cares for.
  • Due to the betrayal of the Lannisters, Sansa is forced to see that life is not a song. But thanks to Geralt rescuing her family and getting to say goodbye to her father, she begins to take the duties of a great lady more seriously from thereon out, balancing the trauma of loss with the understanding that she can make a difference.
  • With Geralt imparting a grim lesson on the Cycle of Revenge, but also keeping with her family here, Arya transfers her drive from revenge to becoming a true protector for her house.
  • Catelyn was passionate from the start, but with Geralt bringing cold logic and the Crones bringing ruin upon her old house, she's also forced to learn to rely on others in hard times, and to become more accepting of the lower class due to her rescue by Hadrian Rivers.
  • Theon Greyjoy becomes less of a Jerkass thanks to a stern pep-talk from Geralt, who tells him to become a better person if he wants to make a name for himself. Also, his experience with true horror in Riverrun truly impresses into him how desperate battle can be, and how important it is to face what's to come.
  • Even Joffrey of all people gets some. Geralt's rescue of the Starks from captivity left Joffrey humiliated and with a broken wrist. The experience, alongside Alya Sand's influence, causes the young king to become more active in running the kingdom. So much so that he's willing to work behind his grandfather's back when in canon, he's too cowardly to even argue with Tywin.
• Cool Big Sis: Ciri becomes one to Dany. It also helps that Ciri's public cover is that she is a bastard child of Aerys Targaryen, making her Dany's "half-sister".
• Cool Sword: When offering an alliance with the Lannisters, Euron reveals his possession of the long-lost ancestral Valyrian sword of House Lannister, Brightroar. This was enough to win Tywin over to the prospect of a Lannister-Greyjoy alliance. Tywin then immediately passes the sword down to Jaime.
  • Jorah and Ciri also find a valyrian steel blade in the City of Bones. A short sword which Daenerys names Sigligon. Which means Rebirth, symbolizing her rebirth.
• Court Mage: The Ladies of the Wood plan to put themselves as court mages in the Riverland Houses, which include House Tully, in order to enthrall them under their control. They succeed in corrupting Edmure Tully and his lesser lords. Walder Frey also secretly has Whispess working in his court.
• Crazy-Prepared: Turns out that Littlefinger, like in canon, has aces up his sleeves even when things don't go as planned. Cersei's attempts on Robert's life failed? Have Robert poisoned. Geralt and his allies freed Ned to escape execution? Hire an assassin to kill him in the ensuring chaos.
• Cutting Off the Branches: Geralt's reunion with Gaunter O'Dimm reveals that the bad ending for the Hearts of Stone expansion took place, with O'Dimm succeeding in claiming Olgierd's soul. And Geralt's reward for his part of the bargain was knowledge of Ciri's whereabouts.
• Curb-Stomp Battle:
  • Usually the outcome whenever Geralt uses all his skills, takes a fight seriously or is really pissed off.
  • The Lannisters, thanks to their new cannons, inflict this on Renly's Baratheon-Tyrell army at the Battle of Blackwater Plains despite the latter's sheer numerical superiority.
• Cycle of Revenge: Geralt uses this to dissuade Arya from pursuing revenge against Joffrey for Ned's death, saying that it would only cause the rest of Joffrey's family to seek vengeance against her in retaliation.
• Dark Secret: Geralt does his best to keep his true origins close to the chest. Though some might be given that privilege with shows of trust, curiosity or threats, it's one of those things that he'd rather not be called mad for.
• Deal with the Devil: Walder Frey has one with the Crones, working for them in exchange for restoring his youth, using his bastard sons as a fuel source.
• Death by Adaptation: Poor, poor Edmure Tully. Given a Mercy Kill to end his suffering being turned into an abomination to fight for the Crones.
• Defrosting Ice Queen: Catelyn is quickly suspicious of Geralt, a sentiment that is passed down to Sansa to some extent. They eventually warm up to him after he's proven himself time and time again.
• Dies Different In Adaptation: With the intervention of the Witchers, not everyone will die the same way.
  • Robert Baratheon is poisoned by Littlefinger.
  • Ned is assassinated by a barbed arrow courtesy of The Shadow, hired by Littlefinger.
  • Rodrik dies defending Catelyn from the Crones.
  • Vago Hoat and the Brave Companions are rounded up and hung by The Grims and Geralt.
  • Instead of being pushed off a bridge in a secret assassination, Balon Greyjoy is drowned by Euron at the end of an honor ritual duel.
  • Mace Tyrell gets a cannonball to his chest. A vastly different death to the show.
  • Instead of being killed by a Shadow Assassin conjured by Melisandre, Renly is killed by Gregor Clegane while retreating from the Battle of Blackwater Plains.
  • Gregor Clegane is decapitated by Brienne while he's fatally poisoned by Oberyn Martell in the books. Might overlap with Death by Adaptation since unlike in the books or the show, he doesn't have any easy way to come back this time.
  • Loras Tyrell, instead of getting blown up like in the show, dies in combat with Gregor and his men.
• Don't Create a Martyr: Asha thinks on this when Euron returns to challenge Balon for the lordship. Sure, she could put an axe through his head to shut him up, but after he enticed the Ironborn to conquer, pillage and grow in power, Euron could easily be made a martyr and she'd lose her own standing as a now Kinslayer.
• Dramatic Irony: In his time before Robert's death, Renly started talking to Geralt about the ideals of popular sovereignty in order to bring forth a leader in a safer and more sane way. While done in a way where he had his own ambitions, these are ideals that are similar to what Zarim and the Grimns are thinking of doing in changing how Westeros works. Yet to get the most resources for Zarim's other goals of technological progress, Renly becomes the victim of Zarim's cannons despite them potientially being better bedmates than the Lannisters are.
• Dual Wielding: In the climax of the tournament, both Geralt and Jaime do this in their duel. Geralt with his two swords, and Jaime with his sword and a dirk.
• Dying as Yourself: Edmure Tully, who had been turned into a brainwashed abomination by the Ladies of the Wood, was able to come to his senses in his final moments and express remorse for what he had done.
• Endless Winter: The fate of all worlds if the White Frost isn't stopped.
• Enemy Mine: Given the restless way politics work in Westeros, this does keep happening. Though the way it happens isn't always as blatent.
  • Euron is wanted by all the kingdoms. But he also made a foe out of Geralt and has his own ambitions for the wars to come. So, he submits himself to the Lannisters with a secret treaty to aid in their fights in exchange for a right of conquest during the conflicts.
  • The Grims want nothing more than to tear down the structures of old Westeros. But so overwhelming is the threat of the Crones in the Riverlands, they find no choice but to ally with the North and House Tully to survive.
    • Likewise, after what happened to Eddard, the North would like nothing more than to take their revenge on all Lannisters. But, with the need for men and experience fighting the crones, Kevan Lannister is optioned as a potential ally until they win.
• Evil Versus Oblivion: The Ladies of the Wood do not want to die from the White Frost and want to stop it. Though their plan involves consuming Ciri's flesh and blood, allowing them to become goddesses. Plus, while searching for Ciri, they begin a takeover of the riverlands.
• Experienced Protagonist: Geralt and Cirilla are both fresh off of the Witcher 3 game, so they already have a lifetime of experiences in fighting, diplomacy and becoming more emotionally healthy. Thus, while this is partly their stories, they're also The Mentor for many of the Game of Thrones characters.
• Eye Scream:
  • Ciri gets her eye damaged in her encounter with the warlocks in the House of the Undying.
  • Brienne loses one of her eyes while fighting Gregor Clegane.

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• Family of Choice: Geralt and Ciri haven't exactly gotten many chances to settle down with others. So they often find themselves making families around themselves. Whether be Geralt with the Starks or Ciri as Daenarys's surrogate sister.
• Foil:
  • Gendry and Shireen form one in chapter 55. One's the secret bastard son of King Robert, physically strong, unsure on how to approach others due to his heritage, and has a practical knowledge of things. The other's a budding princess of "King" Stannis, physically frail, got a boost of confidence thanks to Geralt, and has a strong book smart knowledge.
  • Geralt finds a couple of these around in his travels. He and Marcus for example are both more lowborn men who rose to leadership positions because destiny demanded it of them.
• For Want Of A Nail: Now has its own page.
• Foreshadowing: During the course of Geralt's stay in King's Landing, he makes connections to some rival houses through friendship and nobility. Creating the building blocks to eventually create the great alliance needed to fight the Others in the far future of the fic.
• Four Lines, All Waiting: Once book one ends and more POV characters are introduced outside Geralt, the storylines begin branching out in their own ways, with some needing to wait a few chapters before coming back in.
• Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: This was Geralt's justification for letting O'Dimm claim Olgierd's soul, saying that Olgierd made his own selfish choices in bringing about the pain and misery that befell him and his loved ones.
• Game Changer: Zarin the alchemist shakes up the rules of warfare with black powdery tilting the balance of the civil war closer towards the Lannisters who were outnumbered by their enemies.
• Genre Shift: While much of the story is still a political fantasy drama, wherever The Crones get involved, it shifts into horror fantasy.
• Heroic Neutral: Geralt attempts to use the Witcher's code of neutrality as a reason to not get involved in the politics of Westeros. However, Ned easily sees through this, pointing out that Geralt is too good of a man at heart to really stay neutral to any injustices. Ned is eventually proven right, as Geralt decides to break his neutrality by rescuing the Stark girls from the Lannisters and sides with Stannis in the War of the Three Kings.
  Ned: That is a weak excuse Geralt. After everything you've told me, you've let your morals and sense of right decide on when to be involved or not.
• In Spite of a Nail: Robert and Ned still die, though differently. Robert is poisoned and Ned is mortally wounded by an assassin: all of which are orchestrated by Petyr Baelish.
• Karmic Death: Balon Greyjoy, lord Reaper of Pyke, is defeated in a ritual knife fight against his brother right before his ambitions can begin, being drowned in the sea.
• Knife Fight: An original concept by the author, The Ironborn have a duel of honor like the other realms. In their case, it's called Brine Blade, where they fight in water with knives dipped in brine salt to make every wound more painful as a test of endurance.
• Last of His Kind: With the Crones killing Hoster and bringing Edmure to ruin, Brynden is the last of the male line Tullys and the only current possible overall leader of The Riverlands until the war ends.
• Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Gaunter O'Dimm comments to Geralt how the game of thrones is an interesting drama to watch.
  • Tyrion, Jon and Geralt comment on whether Ned is secretly hiding that Jon isn't his son, with Geralt muttering that "it seems a bit cliché".
  • Then Syiro comments that he feels out of place since he survived his canon death.
  • Ciri also thinks about Dany being crass enough to "unleash my dragons" on Quarth if Ciri hadn't been there for her, even though that was her method of negotiation in canon.
  • Later on, when Sansa and Arya return to Winterfell with all their siblings both comment that it feels like they came back too soon, since this is long before they would've in the show's timeline.
• Locked Out of the Loop: Due to going north of the wall shortly before news of Eddard's death reaches Winterfell, Jon is completely ignorant of the many different complex politics happening in the south.
• Manipulative Bastard: Euron, par for the course. He quickly ingratiates himself with the Lannisters despite being their enemy just a few decades ago during the Greyjoy Rebellion by delivering them lavish gifts, including the long-lost Lannister Valyrian Steel sword Brightroar to the point that even the normally cautious Tywin took the bait hook, line, and sinker.
• Meaningful Echo: Jamie gives Cersei an echo of Geralt's confrontation with the phrase "One chance. One chance to tell me the truth." Unlike Jamie though, Cersei continues to lie about her unfaithfulness towards him.
• Medieval Stasis: Gaunter O'Dimm brings this up for discussion with Geralt, commenting how despite thousands of years of history, nothing seemed to progress. O'Dimm theorizes its due to the countless wars, supernatural elements deliberately inhibiting any possible development, or simply because Humans Are Morons. After the comet, however, Planetos seems to be breaking out of this stasis with the introduction of cannons to the Lannister army, and the reawakening of magic across the world.
• Morality Kitchen Sink: Well, this is an ambiguous world of Planetos after all. Everyone has a reason for what they do. Not all of them are good reasons, not all of them are good means. But the introduction of Geralt and Ciri is forcing many to reconsider what it means to act good while carrying out their plans.
• Myth Arc: Geralt and Ciri are destined to find each other again the lands of Planetos, but now it's their duty to build alliances to create an army to defeat the living manifestation of The Frost: The Night's King.
• Mythology Gag: Thoros remarks that while stuck on Dragonstone, he wishes he was "Out in the Riverlands leading good men." A reference to what he'd be doing in normal canon if Geralt hadn't won his loyalty.
  • Dany also remarks on "threatening to loose my dragons" as an improper way of negotiating, though Ciri thinks to herself that this could've happened if she hadn't been there.
  • As part of their mocking Catelyn, The "seers" claim that she might deserve A Heart of Stone to survive.
• Not Helping Your Case: Although Geralt's investigation reveals that the Lannisters had nothing to do with Jon Arryn's death, Cersei's paranoid behavior only gives Geralt more cause to be suspicious of the family, culminating in her trying to send assassins after Robert. Tywin even calls her out on this.
• "Not So Different" Remark:
  • The Clegane brothers point out that for all of Geralt's sense of morality and justice, he is a natural-born killer like they are. Gregor, in particular, mocks Geralt that he could see his Killing Intent in their fight during the tournament.
  • Geralt gives this to Theon, saying that he's not too different from Jon as someone desperate to prove themselves, but covering it up in different ways.
• Nothing Is the Same Anymore: By the end of chapter 9 of book 3, the entire outlook of Planetos has been shaken to its core. 5 Lords Paramount have been killed in various ways. The Riverlands have been decimated to create The Crone's Army. House Tully has lost their genetic prospects to continue ruling past the war. Gunpowder Weaponry has been introduced to Medieval combat so to change the dynamics of war forever. A connection between a Child of the Forest and a Priest of R'hillor means that religion is about to undergo a major doctrinal shift. And meanwhile, Kai has taken over Quarth in a coup for "survival" reasons, meaning the far east is also about to greatly change.
• Odd Friendship: Tyrion and Geralt are quite different in their approaches to life. Nonetheless, due to their honesty and understanding the value of the other, they become true friends. Geralt even promises before he flees King's Landing that he WILL meet Tyrion again to have drinks and talk about their adventures.
  • Also, Geralt and Thoros. While one is stoic and dutiful with little taste for the faith, Thoros is a lapsing Red Priest who loves a good fight, and slowly found his faith again thanks to Geralt of all people.
• The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Sandor Clegane is pissed at Geralt for defeating Gregor in the tourney even after being brutally thrashed by his brother and Geralt saving him from further harm.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Everyone, even his own family, is taken aback when Walder Frey offers no conditions for allowing Stannis's forces safe passage across The Twins. Their suspicions are correct, as Walder only did so at the behest of the Crones.
• Original Character: Despite the large cast already present, this story already throws a few new people into the mix:
  • Hadrian Rivers. Bastard son of Lord Blackwood, and the POV character for the chaos the Riverlands got from the Crones.
  • The Grimms. A secret society of men with different backgrounds. They have goals of empowering the people thanks to their experiences with lords, and are working to tip the balances of power through assassination, subterfuge, organization and technological advancement.
  • Kai: The Grand Warlock of Qarth. A shadow mentor for Ciri and Dany to strengthen them for the Long Night.
• Out of Focus: Since they weren't POVs for the first book, the Lannisters and Catelyn aren't really focused as much on in book 2 compared with Ciri, Geralt and some of the original characters.

P-Z

• The Paragon: Geralt is a simple man with simple morals given his background and history. But just by being himself, he pushes others to be better, stronger and more driven to do good rather than just what's easy. As O'Dimm points out, just being there has saved lives, altered destinies, and ensured honorable men could continue the good fight.
• Positive Friend Influence: Geralt and Ciri both have this effect on people around them to one degree or another. Making others more focused, noble, serious, or understanding of others.
• The Prophecy: Geralt and Ciri have a great destiny in their fight against the White Frost. Ciri as the destroyer of it, and Geralt as The Last Hero to save them all.
  • Geralt also gets a piece of the omen for the Starks with the stag and the direwolf. Not just that the house gets a litter of direwolf pups, but that an old White Wolf will be there for them as well. Injured, but surviving on the outskirts.
• Refuge in Audacity: The most successful players in the Game of Thrones end up using this as a means for success.
  • Geralt is so steadfast in his beliefs and skills, his proclamations of defiance against the misuse of power end up either winning some respect or going exactly how he planned in the process.
  • Euron is also bold, going for daring political strategies that end up working perfectly as his charisma and ability to act with good leverage get him exactly what he wants. No matter how outrageous it might be.
• Rewrite: In chapter 57, the original plan was that the Boltons were secretly killing off Stark guards in preparation for a coup while the main forces are down south. However, with some of the author's more trusted editors feeling doubtful that Roose would start moving so quickly with the campaign just starting, it was tweaked to just being the Boltons bringing extra troops into the area, which does mean that the story of the younger Starks will be slowed down without that extra danger.
• The Rival: Rivals to be exact, towards Geralt. Varies between friendly, respected and hated. Jaime, Thoros, Sandor the Hound, Gregor the Mountain and even Barristan being main examples. Euron Greyjoy, despite not having met Geralt personally, seeks to become one as well having heard of the Witcher's exploits.
  • Nominally, Thoros and Melisandre are followers of the same faith. However, Thoros for his part mistrusts Mel's intentions as she's risen so high in status that he wonders if her prophecies and advice are for R'hllor's glory or her own.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: A group of mercenaries carry out an attempt on King Robert's life, but they are rudely surprised to find Geralt defending the King. Some of them had witnessed Geralt's victory in the tourney, so one of them, knowing how he is utterly outmatched by the Witcher, immediately runs for his life.
• Secret-Keeper: Before dying of his wounds, Ned tells Geralt that Jon is not his son, though he dies before he could reveal the identity of his parents. Robb also becomes one when Geralt divulges it to him.
• Ship Tease: Jorah starts developing feelings for Ciri, though it's left ambiguous as to whether Ciri reciprocates those feelings. Dany meanwhile seems to be a Shipper on Deck for the two of them.
• Shrouded in Myth: Root says this is what happened to the ways of The Old Gods. Even before the Andals, the First Men were already telling their own versions of their interactions with them, and the truth is more complicated and surprising than one might think.
• Spared by the Adaptation:
  • Mycah is saved by Geralt from Sandor.
  • Syrio also escapes his canonical death, if he did indeed die fighting Meryn Trant.
• Survivor Guilt: Geralt of course has the frustration of every life who died with him around. Whether shield maidens, militia, or Ned Stark.
  • Brienne falls into this too. She was a survior of an intense fight in her army's retreat, but in the process lost both a fellow knight whom she became Bash Brothers with in their struggle and her king. She's glad to survive, but feels she failed her duties to protect others in the process.
• Sword Fight: Plenty of these happen as every swordsman starts lining up to challenge the Witcher, often to his annoyance. Notable battles being against the Gregor the Mountain, Thoros, Sandor the Hound and Jaime Lannister.
• To Be Lawful or Good: Geralt asks this of Ser Barristan on the return from the King's hunt. That when the time comes, he must choose between Duty and doing what's right. He ends up choosing good and joins Geralt on his way out of King's Landing.
• Together in Death: Loras succumbs to the wounds he sustained from fighting the Mountain, and hopes that he will reunite with Renly in the afterlife.
• Training Montage: Used multiple times in fact, such as Geralt training the Jon, Robb and Theon during his time in Winterfell to Arya's between their stay in King's Landing and Dragonstone.
• Trapped in Another World: The outcome for Geralt after following Ciri through the Tower of the Swallow. Happens to Ciri as well when she gets stuck between time and space to escape the Night King, only being freed once the dragons are reborn and magic renewed to the world.
• Truer to the Text: While the fic primarily takes inspiration from the show, various elements from the books are incorporated:
  • Much like in the books, it was Joffrey who ordered Bran's assassination, in contrast to the show in which it was implied to have been Littlefinger.
  • The Mountain's migraine due to his gigantism was also adapted into the story.
  • Perhaps the most prominent example is Euron Greyjoy, whose depiction in the story is more faithful to the books compared to the show, including his physical appearance to his connections to the occult.
  • Instead of being called Yara, Theon's sister is instead Asha like in the books.
    • Additionally, the brother Victarion is included in the story.
  • Since Loras dies earlier than in canon, Garlan and Wilas are incorporated into the story since otherwise this would be the end of the Tyrell Line.
• Vengeance Denied: Sandor has this as a big hang-up from the heroes. First Geralt crippled Gregor, denying him a chance to kill him in the melee. Then Brienne beheaded Gregor in the heat of battle, taking that from him forever.
• Villain Respect: Tywin held this view towards Geralt, though the feeling isn't mutual.
• Villain Takes an Interest: The Night King takes an interest in Ciri's Aen Elle powers in their brief confrontation in the prologue.
  • Euron also takes a new interest in Geralt after hearing about his magical powers as well as his sword wielding skill.
• Wham Episode: Now with its own page.
• Wham Line: Root's accusation to Thoros when he lights up his sword: "That is the power of Rlo! How did a human come to posses a blessing of one of the greatest old gods?"
  • Brynden's estimates on the Crone's damage of the Riverlands before Geralt reached them: Possibly half.
• Wham Shot: Season 3, Episode 1. Escaping from the Crone army, Hadrian Rivers is greeted by a mysterious voice. When he asks they show themselves, A Child of the Forest appears.
• What the Hell, Hero?: Saving Dany from the house of the Undying, Ciri and her are shown a vision of a future where Daenerys has taken control of King's Landing, but left a trail of collateral damage behind her. Ciri angrily calls Dany out over the attitude that lead to this happening, saying this isn't what ANY ruler should be like, much less a friend like Dany.
• Willfully Weak: Zig-zagged. Due to the weak presence of magic, the effectiveness of Geralt's signs were limited but nonetheless would still be effective enough to easily turn the tide of any battle he's in. But during the tournament in his battle with Jaime, he holds back from using signs and preferring to fight the Lannister in an honourable swordfight despite the fact that his signs could easily break the stalemate between them.
• Worldbuilding: When Thoros and Root come in contact with each other, the latter recognizes him as having the power of Rho, one of the great Old Gods. Whom many of her kind thought died or merged with their element. But with Thoros spouting the many titles of R'hollor, she begins to theorize that instead, Rho left Westeros to inspire the Red Priests in Essos.
• Worthy Opponent: Geralt and Jaime during the tourney in which Geralt won. Though Geralt's impression on Jaime later soured upon figuring out that Jaime was responsible for crippling Bran. Jaime, on the other hand, still held his respects for Geralt and even trying to spare his life during Ned’s failed arrest of the Lannisters.
  • Euron Greyjoy sees Geralt as this, hoping to challenge the Witcher in the future.
• Would Not Hurt A Child: Geralt was reluctant to do so, even if that child happened to be Joffrey. Though he's forced to break Joffrey's wrist when he threatened Sansa's life.
• Xanatos Gambit: Euron happened upon Stannis's ship at sea with his fleet, and makes an attack. If he succeeds, he's then killed or captured a king claimant and can use that as political power for his favor. However, if he fails, he still didn't join the fight himself, and can then bring the information of what Stannis and the Starks are up to and use that to work his political aims. Either way, Euron's attack was the pretense to sneak into King's Landing and begin working his machinations.
• You Can't Fight Fate: Despite Geralt's best efforts both King Robert and Ned still die by the end of the first season. Geralt learns from Gaunter O'dimm that while many things are going to change in Westeros because of his interference some things he can't change.
• You Remind Me of X: Various characters in Westeros remind Geralt of the people he's encountered throughout his adventures. Geralt even considers the alternate dimension theory in regard to some of them.
  • Arya reminds Geralt of a younger Ciri, and like with Ciri, begins seeing her as a surrogate daughter after Ned's death.
  • Robert Baratheon reminds Geralt of the Bloody Baron, from their hot-tempered yet Big Fun demeanor to their troubled marriages.
  • Tywin Lannister reminds Geralt too much of Emhyr, not just in physical appearance, voice, and demeanor, but also their political aspirations of creating an empire in which their bloodline will dominate. And it is because of this reminder that Geralt doesn't trust Tywin at all.
  • Shireen also gives Geralt some Ciri flashbacks, though he holds no illusions about the comparison since she lacks the more physical actions of Arya.