"Burning Snow and Purple Dawn
" is a A Song of Ice and Fire fanfic by wyanmai
where Catelyn Stark, née Tully, dies giving birth to Robb Stark during Robert's Rebellion, which frees up Eddard Stark to marry again.
Also has a series of connected one-shots, and a character glossary
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Also can be read here
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Tropes that appear in this fanfic:
- Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Robb is now the more insecure Stark similar to Arya in canon due to being the odd man out of the siblings.
- Adaptation Dye-Job: Sansa Stark has dark hair instead of red due to having a different mother.
- Adaptational Explanation: The story makes clear that Benjen blamed himself for Lyanna's death and joined the Night's Watch to atone.
- Adaptational Karma: Amory Lorch is killed in a Trial by Combat to determine his guilt in murdering Princess Rhaenys Targaryen. Subverted with Gregor Clegane, who is kept under armed guard for his trial but kills his guards and escapes.
- Adaptational Timespan Change: The present events take place in 300 A.C., two years later than in canon.
- Dead Guy Junior: Ned and Ashara's two youngest children are named Elia and Arthur, the former for Ashara's friend and Arthur for her brother.
- Death by Adaptation: Catelyn Tully dies in childbirth shortly before Ned leaves for Storm's End.
- Dramatic Shattering: In Chapter 14, Jon Arryn attempts to stop everyone arguing in the Small Council chambers by smashing a goblet against the wall. Since nobody listens, Ashara throws a pitcher into the fireplace, causing it to explode, which finally shuts everyone up.
- Due to the Dead: House Dayne funerary customs is that a Sword of the Morning has a scabbard made for him when he receives Dawn and when he dies, the scabbard is burned with him. In Arthur Dayne's case, only the scabbard is burned because his remains were not returned to Starfall.
- In Spite of a Nail:
- Ned still sires daughters named Sansa and Arya, though their mother is Ashara Dayne.
- Despite Sam Tarly not going to the Night's Watch, he still becomes friends with Jon Snow.
- Jon Arryn is still poisoned, prompting King Robert to travel to Winterfell to name Ned Hand of the King.
- Killed Offscreen: Paten Dalt died of a scorpion sting six years before the present events.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Ser Paten stabs Amory Lorch 28 times in the Trial by Combat, one for each time Princess Rhaenys was stabbed.
- Legacy of Service: Yli, her son Borsyo, and her granddaughter Wylla have all served the Daynes. They subsequently relocate to the North with Ashara.
- The Lost Lenore: Paten Dalt had Elia Martell, whom he could never marry and swore to avenge.
- Mexican Standoff: One occurs in the Small Council chambers in Chapter 14 when Hoster Tully implies that the attack on Ned, Ashara, and the Martells was staged, prompting Oberyn to grab Hoster by the shoulder and both their entourage to draw weapons.
- Named by the Adaptation:
- Ashara's eldest brother and the Lord of Starfall is named Adevar.
- Ashara's parents were named Davos, after the second husband of Queen Nymeria, and Galina.
- Off with His Head!: Willam Dustin was decapitated by Ser Arthur at the Tower of Joy.
- One-Man Army: An unarmed and unarmored Gregor Clegane smashes his way out of a prison tower, crushing the heads of everyone he came across to escape.
- Original Character: Ser Paten Dalt, a companion of Oberyn Martell and lover of Elia.
- Outliving One's Offspring:
- Hoster Tully outlives Catelyn due to her death in childbirth.
- Ashara miscarried an illegitimate daughter by Ned Stark whom she named Galina.
- Parental Substitute: Ashara raises Robb Stark and Jon Snow as if they were her own sons.
- Slashed Throat: Howland Reed cut Arthur Dayne's throat at the Tower of Joy. In a more realistic depiction, Arthur is left bleeding out and has to ask Ned for a Mercy Kill, which Ned grants him by stabbing him through the back of the head.
- Suddenly Suitable Suitor: Ned himself; because Catelyn dies early on, this frees him up to marry Ashara.
- Theme Naming: Ashara Dayne and her siblings who all have names beginning with the letter A: Adevar nicknamed Dev, Arthur, Ashara herself, and Allyria.
- The Voiceless: Wylla's uncle Borsyo is completely incapable of speech; the most vocalizations he can make are humming and huffing.
- Younger Than They Look: Doran Martell is noted to have lost most of the looks of his youth despite barely being past 30.[Doran's] face was too worn and hallow for a man barely past thirty, and already flashes of grey dotted his hair. Like Oberyn, he showed signs of strain at his eyes and mouth, and deep lines carved the space between his brows. He had never been handsome as Oberyn was, but now there was not even youth left in his features.
