The Song of Fire and Storm

The Closing Passage of the Chronicle

So ended the tale of Richard I Baratheon, the Storm Dragon, and Daenerys Targaryen, the Silver Queen. Together they forged not merely crowns, but an Empire — an Empire that stretched from the Lands of Always Winter to the Dothraki Sea, from the western shores of Westeros to the ruins of Valyria itself.

Their reign was long, their legacy enduring. Richard’s storm brought conquest, unity, and fire unquenched. Daenerys’s flame brought mercy, law, and the beating heart of the people. Where one ruled with might, the other ruled with love.

Through their union, the stag and the dragon became one: the House of the Storm Dragon, whose banners of gold and black flew over two continents. Their children and grandchildren carried forth their vision, their siblings’ lines binding together fleets, legions, and provinces. Even the name Targaryen endured in New Valyria, preserved by Prince Aegon and Princess Rhaenys, the nephew and niece of the Empress, whose children safeguarded the old blood.

And so the Empire stood, a realm forged of many peoples and many histories, but bound by the will of fire and storm. The maesters of later centuries would mark their era as the turning of the age, from feudal strife to Imperial unity.

It is written in the archives of Rygoros:

“The dragons sang once in fire, and once in blood.
But the last song they sang was one of fire and storm.
And it was not the song of ruin, but of a world remade.”

Thus closes the Song of Fire and Storm.