Howl of the Seawolf (OC/SI)

[kaizerfox]

Goddamn it, Joffrey exists ? All that work only for the wheels of canon to flexibly reinsert themselves in such a way. A son needs to be born to Robert or our girl Argella is gonna be the first Queen Regnant of Westeros ( Rhaenyra absolutely doesn't count ).

So Malora's here to stay. She grows ever more interesting and significant. Oldtown and the Hightowers too for that matter. I wonder who's Malora gonna *pair with.

Yeah, that trackss with the spotted whales. All cetaceans for the matter ( to varying degrees I believe) have complex social structures, sophisticated communication, problem-solving abilities, and a high level of emotional depth. They have familial structures and as Seastark pointed out the ability for limited negotiation. I expected a bit more shock and surprise by the group upon learning how sapient and intelligent these whales were. They assumed the whales were being wholly controlled via skinchanging only to learn its somewhat if a partnership. It's an incredible discovery in that era to learn.


* Honestly if MC wasn't married to Myrra, Malora would actually be perfect. No offense to our northron lioness.

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I like creating an alternate timeline that's very different from canon, but still has certain canon people/events happen anyway. It's not going to happen often and it's already happened with Oberyn injuring Willas Tyrell in a tourney.

Malora's paired up with Jonos Slate, heir to Blackpool and Wyman's goodbrother. She'll become Hugo's skinchanging protege and get her own pod of orcas in Blackpool. The Slates will be in Hugo's debt for setting them up with a prestigious marriage. Funnily enough, I considered Malora as a pairing with Hugo but decided to go with the Lannister connection.

I'm going with, they heard what Hugo said but they don't fully comprehend that whales are not just smart beasts but near human in intelligence (maybe more emotionally intelligent than us). Marwyn the Mage will detail the skinchanging in his personal journal, but his public writings will detail much of what Hugo told them about spotted whales. This will of course, spark fierce debates in the Citadel. It's actually interesting to think about what would a society in a medieval/proto-industrial do if they found out what we've learned about whales in the last 20 years. Hell it's only in the last 5 that we've decided they have languages and that we're going to attempt to translate them with AI. Wait until they learn orcas have languages and that a pod in Wolfsport won't be able to communicate with a pod in Oldtown.

Malora would marry Janos Slate.Good choice.And Joeffrey would be problem only if Stannis die, becouse he would not let Cersei fuck his mind,like Robert did in canon.No,here it would be Joeffrey training dutifull to serve Kingdom.

@kaizerfox , what about terror birds and giant sloths ? could you include them,too?

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Sure, I can include terror birds and giant sloths in Ulthos/Aeotearoa.

Hugo should have warned them about this mega powerful long lived skinchanger from beyond the wall and how they shouldn't trust dreams because they can be manipulated and to stay away from weirwoods since he can watch them from it

maybe Hugo could learn more about skinchanging if he used a scientific approach since it's more psychic power than magic, he could try sensory deprivation since grrm always feature it in his other books

I wonder how him being a skinchanger teacher will affect the stark children especially Bran since he'll have Hugo as an option as the somewhat stereotypical Wizard Mentor instead of the horror that is bloodraven(the bloodraven school will have you eating people and be traumatised meanwhile the Hugo school are having a cook out and having fun)

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Hugo will warn them not to trust any three-eyed crows in their dreams. He'll try some experiments with skinchanging, like having his bonded orca Driver hop into his mind while he's awake and on land.
Hugo would be a better mentor than Bloodraven, mostly because Hugo demands tax breaks instead of attaching yourself to an eldritch tree that prolongs your life at the cost of mobility. Alt-Bran is going to foster elsewhere but when Ned learns of Hugo's abilities and mentorship of others, he'll consider having him give them lectures or a test to see if they have the gift.