It’s so cold.
White mist escaped her mouth as Daenerys Targaryen surveyed the scene from above. She desperately wanted to repose in the cabins of her ship, away from cold snow lashing at her face, despite being covered from head to toe. But when she looked down, seeing men of Vaes Dothrak and the Reach in battle formations at the foot of the hill, ready to fight and die for her, how could she abandon them?
Her vision was impaired by white snows, but despite the howling of the winds, she could hear chants of battle from Barrow Hall. It does not seem like they want to surrender. For further clarity, she flew closer to Barrow Hall, and this time saw clearly men with arrows on the rooftops. They shot them in her direction, but they flew hopelessly short of their target.
There was no sign of white flags. That settles it.
Daenerys whispered to her child. “Dracarys.”
Drogon screeched fire in the air – the signal for Dothraki and Highgarden men to charge. Momentarily, Drogon’s screech filled the setting with lights, and Daenerys glimpsed hundreds of men on the rooftops, with faces of shock and horror. Hundreds of innocent men who will die for your pride, unless you surrender.
Screams and shouts made Dany look below. The Dothraki had made their way up the hill much quicker than the others, but fell like flies before they reached the castle. Without armor and clear vision, arrows flung at them from blackness, piercing eyes and hearts without warning. When they reached the gates rocks fell from above, crunching heads.
Highgarden men reached later, their armor shielding them from arrows. There was a swarm of men in front of Barrow Hall, too many for the northmen to target. They were helpless to stop her men tearing down the gates and make for the front doors.
Daenerys looked at the rooftops again for signs of surrender, but only saw northmen raining arrows and stone. Enough was enough – she had shown Jon Snow the might of her army, the hopelessness of his quest. I will not lose any more men to this farce. She steered Drogon closer to Barrow Hall. “It is time to end this,” she told herself, before she gave the command.
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