Hello everyone, it has been a long time since we last met. First of all, I would like to apologize for taking so long for me to return. I know I have disappointed many of you, and for that I offer my most humblest apology.
From the bottom of my heart, I am sorry, everyone.
I hope you will all forgive me.
Now, I want to express my gratitude. When I opened my dashboard today. I was surprised to see how many collections remained in this fiction even to this day. It was beyond my expectations. All of you have rewarded me with your faith and loyalty, and I shall never forget that.
Every single one of you has given me so much more than I deserve, and I am so grateful for this. I promise you I will not let you down again.
I am coming back again, and I will post every single Monday from now on without failing, come what may. I swear to you.
Now onto a little bit about myself. Since December, a lot of things have changed. I sold the business that I had and left my job because I decided to pursue higher studies abroad. I took the IELTS test, then, after several months of process I finally received my visa yesterday. It'll be the beginning of a new journey. And I am really looking forward to it.
Now that all these are done, I can finally focus on writing again. I haven't been able to write for the past five months. So I am really looking forward to it again.
At first I thought I would do a rewrite completely as I read my earlier chapters and saw my terrible writing. But then I thought that this is my first book, for better or worse this is a part of my journey. And those chapters serve as a reminder of whatever growth I had made throughout those fifty chapters.
Since I had been gone for a long time and many of you may have forgotten most of the things about my story. So I will give a recap here. And hold a Q/A in the comments.
Also, I have realized something, that I didn't understand many of the things about webnovel. I didn't ask you lot for comments and powerstones. Which really serves as a good motivator while writing. Because I just read through all the past comments and it felt really good. And also I want to give shout out to few fans who constantly kept giving my book powerstones, even while it was on hiatus.
So special thanks to Tbone_7608, Senny, Thomas 07, and Muerte_Inevitable, who I also thank for all the wonderful images.
I also show my gratitude to each one of you who have shown me their support, with kind words in their reviews, comments, constructive feedback, and their positive reinforcements. I cannot express how grateful I am to all of you. You have helped me in ways you will never know. So thank you all again.
Alrighty then, Recap Time.
Let's start with our Protagonist.
Ser Arthur Manderly, who started this book as a 15 year old born in 282 AC. Currently it is 298 AC, and Arthur has turned 16 namedays already.
He is the son of Ser William Manderly, and Lady Helena Dustin.
William is the son of Lord Wyman Manderly and Alara Stark. He is the best friend to both Lord Eddard Stark and King Robert Baratheon. Was a leader in the rebellion, died in 283 at the Tower of Joy.
Helena is the sister of Lord William Dustin. Gave birth to Arthur in 282. Said to have died in childbirth in 283. But there is more story here. I will provide more information on her later through the chapters.
His parents stories would be explored more as chapters progress.
Arthur has magical abilities, ranging from warging to runic abilities. He mostly uses runic powers which require blood sacrifice.
Okay, then. In the past fifty chapters, what happened?
The tournament for Joffrey's twelfth nameday in late 297 AC. First five chapters. Arthur wins the Melee and the Joust.
There we also see his spy network and banking industry. Chataya of Chataya's brothel is his spymaster, where his former lover Marie works as Chataya's right-hand.
His bank is called the Merling Bank.
We see Arthur's meddling in the politics of Lys, where he had planned to take his influence and Barney is the pov for these chapters.
We see the introduction of the Faceless man Jaqen who tried to kill Arthur.
Arthur's chapters explore his relationships with the Velaryons who are his strongest allies in the trade empire he had built. Lord Monford is also tied to him through blood, his second cousin Arwen Manderly whom he calls aunt is Monford's wife. He had also taken the Sealord of Bravos's son hostage here, after Aurane had kidnapped him.
After that, we see his arrival in North. Introduction of House Manderly and the talking of betrothals For Arthur and Wynafryd. Also Wyman presses Arthur for pushing his succession in Barrowton but Arthur refuses.
Then we see the arrival of Royal party. Tyrion chapter. Exploration of White harbor and their wealth.
Arthur travels to Winterfell with them. And from chapter fifteen to twenty two we see the bonds between our hero and the stark family.
Oh there was also the Ros chapter where she was hired by him, and is in white harbor now.
Arthur proposes to Tyrion about building a harbor in the north of westerlands.
We see why in the next chapter because of his harbor in Torrehn's square. We also see the Anti Manderly faction.
Then in chapter 25 we see the source of Arthur's powers and how he gets them.
In chapter 26, Arthur narrows down his betrothal choice to house Royce and house Redwyne, and Wynafryd is betrothed to house Tallhart. (Mind you these are not fixed)
Then in 27 we see Barbara Ryswell's pov and the anti Manderly faction plots.
In chapter 28, my heart breaks, as Barney dies. RIP. We also see the culmination of Lys politics for now, and a temporary victory for house Manderly there.
Chapter 29 we see Marie's work and what she does.
In the next chapters the canon timeline starts coinciding. Arthur travels to king's landing with Catelyn for the Tourney of the Hand. He also has his own plan of staring the crusade.
Marie is investigating Baelish and Pycelle, their plot against Arthur.
Margeary and The tyrells also decide to arrive in KL.
Arthur deals with the High septon.
Flashback chapter, Arthur and Marie, with little Faith. This chapter also shows his control over Maidenpool which still exists today.
Cersei chapter, Deus Vult. The crusade begins.
Thoros chapter, Crusade affects the capital.
Marie and Donnel save Ser Hugh of Vale's life. In my story he is the bastard son of Jon Arryn.
Arya chapters, we see her bond with Margaery, Wylla sneaking in to win the Archery competition.
Then Arthur chapters, the melee. Defeat of the Mountain, his confession and his execution.
After that we see romance chapter between Arthur and Margaery.
We are all caught up.
Oh I will also make some retcons, small ones from the background. For example, I stated in my earlier chapter that he is the Fourth son, but it will be doubled. Donnel will have almost eight brothers and he is the youngest. As his father is the Old Ondrew Locke, he will kinda be the good version of Walder frey. His sister Marna Locke was married to Rickard Stark. So Donnel would also be related to the starks.
So we begin again.
Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden, Ride now, ride now, ride! Ride for ruin and the world's ending!
I love you all. Can't wait to start this journey again. Every Monday I will see you all. So, we will meet on the 8th of June. The second Monday of this month.
I thank you all for your patience. I shall write with everything I have and give it my best shot. Please keep supporting me and giving me your love. Our wonderful Journey begins again.
See you later, Alligator.
Until then, yours, TheBlackPrince.
Ps: I also opened an instagram account in the same name to post the ai drawings we have for this fiction. If you have any pictures to add to that send me a dm there.
I also plan to open a patreon account in the future. It will not be for profiting of a fanfiction I would never do that. It'll just be a way of showing your support for me. I don't know much about patreon so I am open to any suggestions and advices you can give me about it.
Go ahead and ask any questions in the comments.