Hello everyone!
I’ve had this essay in mind for a while – three months, actually – but I’ve finally finished, and thanks to my lovely best friend @warsofasoiaf (who edited and gave me lots of great ideas to incorporate), I’m ready to present this essay to you all.
Nymeria is a fascinating character in Westerosi history to me, and I’m not kidding when I say I find her Conquest just as successful, if not more so, than that of the Targaryens. She managed not only to save her people from Valyrian destruction, but to lead them to a new homeland and to establish a Dornish-Rhoynar princedom in a land that had never been ruled by a single monarch (much less a prince or princess, much less with equal primogeniture). She was clearly a very clever and politically savvy woman, one who had the determination and ambition to rule and the force of personality necessary to have the Dornish accept her new way after her death.
The Queen Regent (NFriel)
A must-read and invaluable resource for future works on Dorne.
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