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Ok, so this might be far fetched, but what if gunpowder was discovered in China during the Three Kingdom periods, and from there it spread to west. And while the Western Roman Empire still collapsed, Eastern Roman Empire managed to fully utilize rudimentary gunpowder weaponry alongside with Sassanid Empire by late 5th century. How might the history have changed? How long would both empires manage to keep the secret of gunpowder weaponry from their neighbors? Would it give competitive edge for them against the nomadic groups/empires that would threaten them throughout centuries like the remaining Huns, Avars, Arabs etc.

Ok, so the title section did not had enough space, but what I was gonna include was that while a couple of more dragons survive, the end of the Dance still happens with Aegon the second dying and Aegon the Third declared as king. With that said, here was my idea on how some of the dragons survive:

Stormcloud: Instead of dying due to his wounds while carrying Aegon the Third, Stormcloud manages to survive them simply by flying away from the enemy ships, or at the very least manages to fly way above them and out of range of arrows and scorpions. And in this timeline, Rhaenyra allows Stormcloud to be close to Aegon for his comfort as he would still blame himself for Viserys getting captured, and this actually allows him to mount Stormcloud again to escape kingslanding when the riots occur. And after flying towards Dragonstone, Aegon would be captured but would be treated more as a glorified hostage (more in detail for why)

Morghul: Ok, so basically the moment Aemond leaves, Alicent decides to send Maelor and Jaehaera away, but she insists that her dragon comes with her, so they bring Morghul to Stormsend also (it does not change much except that Morghul ends up not dying during the storming of the Dragonpit).

Moondancer: Instead of being able to escape and mount her dragon, Baela is kept under arrest, which also means that she is not able to fight Aegon the second and Sunfyer.

Grey Ghost: This is a bit small, but basically Grey Ghost decides to constantly be away from others, and does not fight and get killed by Sunfyre.

Sunfyre: Since he does not fight against Grey Ghost and later Moondancer, he does not succumb to his injuries.

Change of death for Syrax and Rhaenyra: After Syrax throws off Joffrey, Rhaenyra manages to get hold of Syrax, but in her grief and rage, she ends up burning parts of Kingslanding in her hate against the riots and rioters, which damages Kingslanding more, but both die during this process somehow.

Apart from these changes, the Dance ends in a similar way with Aegon the second being poisoned and Aegon the third gets crowned as king and Jaehaera as queen.

Now, here are the main differences: House Targaryen will have four dragon riders now, even though they are all kids, and more dragons in general. Now, how would it have changed Westerosi history?

I don't know if its only me, but the series should have included gunpowder weapons like the ones used in the 18th century. Like they already have printing press, powers are more or less centralized alongside with militaries, and it seems like wearing armor is nearly nonexistent. And for a lot of soldiers on any faction, relying purely on melee weaponry, and swords and daggers being the only ones is another criticism of mine, without any body armor is just a death sentence at worst and incompetence/stupidity at best. And the thing is we don't even see arrows, just some crossbow and large ballistae.

Does anyone know any Dance related fics in which if a dragon dies, their rider also dies with them instead of outliving them? I am asking this because it just feels pathetic to see someone who rode a dragon to outlive them. And yes, it means there being more dragons or more dragons surviving the Dance situation. But I can also accept a rider ending up bonding with another dragon. And also to clarify, please only book related fanfics. I really don't want the stories to be anything related to the show universe at all.

Like seriously, he hasn't posted anything in his blog for months (the two most recent posts are from his assistants, not him). And that can be a sign of hopium for in which he is preparing for the announcement for the release of Winds early next year?

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Ok, so I am looking for portal fantasies, but not in a sense of isekai like a character or characters transport into a fantasy world. What I am looking is more like a portal/connection opening between a fantasy (high fantasy or low) world and a modern (or futuristic) world, or something similar. So far, I have only found fanfictions based on A Song of Ice and Fire (Like Connections; A Song of Guns, Germs and Steel; and Canucks), or one independent story I found on spacebattles but forget the name of, and of course the classic example of the Gate anime. But I was wondering if there are any book series like that in which cover things such as culture shock, fantasy characters trying to understand modern technology and modern characters trying to understand magic, and so on. Thanks for the recommendations beforehand! Edit: Also much appreciate if the series are from mid 2000's and onwards, as many series recommended here seems to be from 1980s to late 1990s, and some even before that.

Ok, not sure which flair I should have used, but man I missed A Song of Guns, Germs and Steel :(. I know it wasn't everyone's favorite story, and some actually don't like it, but it is one of my favorite Asoiaf Portal fanfics out there, especially given it actually had progressed considerably before going into hiatus.

Hi everyone. So I will say this clear, I am new into the world of savings account and earning money through interest. A friend of mine actually recommended me to Marcus Investment, and I opened an account, but I have seen many people post stories about how Marcus has put them in a difficult situation. To clarify, I am not planning to invest thousands of dollars or anything like that, nor interested in transferring money to third parties. But I want to hear from people here if I should invest money in Marcus or just delete my account in the first place? Any assistance is much appreciated!

Hi everyone! So, I know that there are lots of books that are written about the Armenian Genocide, and even some that are about the genocide denial (though the latter seems to be more dominated by academic articles than books). With that said, does anyone know any good books in which their main goal is to counter the points made by genocide denialists? I am asking this because I am tired how a lot of Turks automatically jump into the idea that any proof regarding the Armenian Genocide is lies based on racism against Turks, which enables the more 'enlightened' or the 'normal' ones to deflect historical facts and present themselves as victims (the racist ones are more proud of what the the late Ottoman state has done and the Turkish Republic continued).

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Ok, so do you guys know how a lot of fantasy series are inspired by Medieval Europe, or for some cases just have some sort of shallow aesthetics to make the series feel like fantasy (romantasy books seem to suffer from that)? Well, I am actually trying to find if there are any fantasy series in which the world building is definitely more inspired by classical antiquity (like the Greek City states period or the Hellenistic period) or the Roman Empire during its initial centuries. And when I meant world building, it can include things such as military behavior, peoples clothing, religious environment, political structures etc. Any recommendation is much appreciated!

Can anyone give me recommendation for how to defeat Subjugator and Thol while playing as Vex with Dead Ringer build? Like which equipment I should use?

Hi everyone. So, in our store, we have both Xerox Versant 280 and 180 printers, and we also have a Stahl Hotronix Heatpress. I wanted to ask which heat transfer papers our machines can print on so that we won't have to relegate the paper part to a third party?

Hi everyone, so I have a question regarding vitamin D requirements of Gargoyle Geckos. I am using a UVB light bulb for my gecko's enclosure since I got him last year around October, though unlike my blue tongue skink, I kept the light on my geckos enclosure less, like for a couple of hours each day, though today I started to keep it open full day. With that said, one of my main concerns regarding reptile keeping has been to make sure that my animals don't get metabolic bone disease, though I'm not sure to what extent Gargoyle Geckos are prone to it. With that said, I have been putting vitamin D powder on my skinks food to make sure he gets vitamin D. Should I also put that powder on my gecko's food too? I feed him a variety of different prepared diets (tried to give him bugs, he was not interested). And to give a bit more context, my gecko was probably born around last year mid to late summer, so he is at beast one years old (the place I bought him did not exactly told me when he was born).

Ok, so this will genuinely be unnecessary, and I feel like it might have been discussed/asked on this sub before, but do you guys think that there will be 'spicy' moments in the game? I mean from what I understand, that's one of the allures of the James Bond franchise, and I think that there's already two love interests from what the trailers have shown (or maybe one, I am not sure). But at the same time, I think that the game is PG13, so I am not sure to what extent the romantic/spicy aspects of the game can be, and I highly doubt it would be to the extent of Witcher games.

And this second question is for people who were able to play the demo version of the game, but is there an active ammo grab system, or the moment Bond runs out of ammo for his gun he has to pick up a new one? Because the gameplay trailers have mentioned how throwing empty guns is also a feature in the game, which makes me think that Bond won't be able to grab ammo from fallen enemies. And to clarify, I haven't played any Hitman games before, so I am not knowledgeable about this studios view on this mechanic.

And third, but how much do you think animals might play a role? I mean there's definitely a part of the game that has a pit full of crocodiles.