Set just short of two centuries after the end of A Song of Ice and Fire, Ballad of The Dragon continues the story of the Targaryen Dynasty, whose reign has been both long and prosperous after reclaiming their rightful seat; The Iron Throne.
King Jaehaerys, third of his name is the current sovereign of the realm. However, his position was not given to him by birth right or conquest, but rather tragedy and sorrow. With his elder brothers lost to regicide at the hand of his Blackfyre cousins, it was Jaehaerys left as the rightful ruler of The Seven Kingdoms.
Yet, the legitimacy of Jaehaerys' reign has not been universally embraced within the realm. There exists a faction whose dissenting murmurs echo with an undertone of disdain, believing the Blackfyres to be better suited to the seat their King reluctantly sat upon.
Despite the King's word of law, lingering animosities remain etched deep within the annals of history, festering conspicuously within the Blackfyre loyalists across the r
