The Boy in the Pyramid (Quentyn I), TWoW (Sweetrobin's The Winds of Winter Fan Fiction)

Quentyn is alive. Here it is: the continuation of the Battle of Fire. This one also took forever, but I hope it is worth it. The Dornish strike back!
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[@TREYtheExplainer]

The extensive descriptions of food in this chapter is just classic George

[@TREYtheExplainer]

Also I really like that the Shavepate is basically trying to pull an Augustus by styling himself “First Citizen”

[@hollin220]

Totally agree on both counts. The long food description had me laughing out loud. I think the writing team really nailed the existential themes found in George’s writing. Hats off to the team. Great chapter.

[@UmbrellaProtege]

"No maiden dreams of a kiss from a burned man" is masterful stuff. Had to pause to come say it. (Sansa and the Hound)

[@ceilingfanenthusiast6041]

Can't believe I didn't catch that one lol!

[@gokbay3057]

LMFAO The Unkiss

[@janwacawik7432]

What is frog can never fry.

[@joefo458]

10/10

[@yeahey5947]

mud doesnt burn i guess

[@allthe1]

*may

[@avatar5000]

But hops out again, wiser and spryer

[@coreyander286]

The dragon has to breathe fire very gradually.

[@kyleholmes8230]

Tyrion may gain respect for quentyn having met the clan of the birned men. The part where his skin cracks open when he gets hard is just... So george. I cant thank you and your team enough, Preston. I love you all.

[@joefo458]

He really did it. Preston made all his dreams come true. He stands besides Kelce and Swift this week for winning it all.

[@midasderrek]

A war won with quill & raven

[@jessie4351]

insane comment

[@j946atFIVEFOUR88AA]

Who?

[@ReuvenGoldstein1]

next Taylor will date Preston.

[@BenJover]

​@@ReuvenGoldstein1 Lmao that would be a great timeline

[@OkMakuTree]

I don’t believe Quentyn is actually alive, but that’s precisely why I’m happy to see him here; it pretty much guarantees that if George ever releases TWOW the official story and fanfic will have meaningfully diverged from each other. I’m very curious to see the knock on effects of his survival!

[@ivandankob7112]

He will be impersonating Tatters

[@ceilingfanenthusiast6041]

One hundred percent! I'm shocked how much I've come to like Quentyn is alive because of the fan fiction. I'd be curious what comes next since it seems like Victarion may also get a dragon lol? Definitely drastically different from the show at the very least. It's very exciting lol! I guess I probably originally though Victarion or Euron would get one dragon, Dani would get Drogon, and the other might go to someone obvious like Jon?

[@irasac1]

​@@ceilingfanenthusiast6041 i don't want to live in a world where Tyrion doesn't ride a dragon.

[@iamsheel]

​@@ceilingfanenthusiast6041 I think it is more like for jon to warg a dragon than to ride one.

[@ceilingfanenthusiast6041]

@iamsheel maybe! He definitely has shown the most warging potential out of any of the Stark children! It almost feels comparable to Bran since he wasn't given as much of an nudge for his ability to manifest, prior to Ghost being affected by the future-Bran weirwood sapling. Plus Ive seen it argued that he sensed Ghost in the prologue.

[@lamnaa]

Unborn Hedgehogs are just the perfect gross-out Slaver's Bay delicacy.

[@fenzelian]

I love all the symbolism here of Quentyn becoming like a weirwood or post-Long Night greenseer - the whole burned red, cracked, and bleeding, giving up his own desires, seeing flashes of things happening in different places from his tower, pained by memory and so many of his friends cut down, sort of enshrined in the heart of a castle, and yet still with this potential to exert power that other people crave but that he doesn't even really seem fully aware of - and then being visited by the Child of the Forest and the Giant to plan their counterattack.

[@waterman121]

This comment broke this chapter wide open 👏

[@shinjinobrave]

Was he the rot at the root of the tree?! We must all become Preston's Preston.

[@julianweishaupt9139]

"He looked like a dead Ghiscari king, ready to weigh his heart on the Harpy's scale." nice mummy reference

[@alanpennie]

See the pyramids along The Nile, See the sunrise on a tropic isle...

[@muat1155]

I cannot wait to listen / read this…I must have watched ‘Quentyn is alive’ about 10-15 times. I can’t wait for characters to talk about furnace winds, oil and lacquered ropes. Got to wait until the children are asleep

[@donaldjgumpofficial5754]

This chapter proves it was a good idea to keep him alive.

[@dancingdragon3]

I can’t believe I haven’t seen anyone mention this in the comments yet, but I’m most excited for Quentin bonding with Viserion. I was not expecting that! I’m so excited to see him fly and I cannot wait for Dany’s reaction!

[@thecommoncliche5444]

The barrel of safron is the most fantastical part of this chapter. 1600s Europeans seething

[@alanpennie]

Worth quite a bit more than a barrel of gold, probably.

[@Nalhirrim]

The madman actually did it

[@Underdog4889]

The reveal of the tattered prince dying in Quentin's place genuinely surprised me! That was one of my big reservations about him still being alive but i think you handled it perfectly. Well done!

[@octavianusLeEmperorid6os]

I think that keeping Quentyn alive was a good choice. It parallels Sansa and Arya's stories, where they both romanticize things but then realize the harsh reality. Sansa romanticizes being a Princess and the concept of a Prince, while Arya romanticizes fighting and sword fighting, and Quentyn romanticizes being a Prince himself and the concept of adventure. Sansa realizes the harsh truth by having to deal with Joffrey and Cersei, while Arya realizes the harsh trush when Syrio Forel is killed and she's forced to kill people, while Quentyn realizes the harsh truth by his adventure and plan backfiring (no pun intended). Plus, not killing Quentyn allows for him to grow as a character, and be an actually interesting character as apposed to the dull character we got in ADwD. Plus it also plays into the theme of cripples, bastards, and broken things becoming great people, as now that Quentyn is burned and scarred, he can now learn to grow and rectify his past mistakes.

[@lonemotheo1964]

I think the irony of the Shavepat is that he’s distrusted by everyone when he’s been completely honest and upfront with his loyalty to Dany and opposition to slavery to contrast Hizdah who’s completely lying about being antislavery despite trying to reopen the fighting pits and sleeping with a slave woman when Dany leaves Mereen Plus who’s going to stay when Dany leaves for Westoros

[@MutteringCondolences]

That description of the food is just so, so GRRM.

[@AllMad111]

Should have been titled "The Tattered Prince". Maybe a future title in this fan fiction project has that chapter.

[@bram_412]

"STRONG BELWAS IS BACK!! STRONG BELWAS HAS ARC TO RESOLVE!!

[@keirangrant1607]

I feel lazy today and this is a great excuse for me to do even less. Thank you.

[@kewl0210]

Real missed opportunity not calling this chapter The Frog Reborn.

[@zeoxyman]

The Frog that was Promised

[@jackbellemare2528]

We're past George's footprints now

[@coreyander286]

I dreamed I was walking along the beach with GRRM, and across the sky flashed scenes from A Song of Ice and Fire. For each scene I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand; one belonged to me, and the other to GRRM. When the last scene of my fanfic flashed before us, I looked back at the footprints in the sand. I noticed that many times along the path of my fanfic, there was only one set of footprints. I also noticed that it happened at the very most original and reaching parts of my fanfic. This really bothered me, and I questioned GRRM about it. “George, you said that once I decided to follow you, you would walk with me all the way; but I have noticed that during the most tinfoil-hat-wearing parts of the story, there is only one set of footprints. I don’t understand why in times when I needed you the most, you should leave me." GRRM replied, “My precious, precious child. I love you, and I would never, never leave you during your times of theorizing and writer's block. "When you saw only one set of footprints, It was then that I carried you."

[@saminator3563]

By the gods, I havent even watched it yet and i need to comment. Please keep these going dude, live for these atm

[@hollin220]

The part where Quentyn is thinking to himself, Why did I live when better men died? Where is the justice?….. that hit home the existential themes George writes about. There is no justice. Only the choices and chances in our lives. Some die unjustly some live by chance. Life is precious but extraordinarily random and unfair. Great writing folks. Loved this chapter

[@hollin220]

Also loved the meet the new boss, same as the old boss with Belwas talking about the stubbles of hair and the Shavepate. If the Shavepate took over he would commit horrors in the name of the “revolution.” Strong French / Russian Revolution vibes

[@midasderrek]

Born of Salt & Smoke!

[@frdveloz]

Quentyn is alive, call the Volcryns!

[@nauryzgalizhexenov6690]

It was great to clear up some additional mysteries from the Dance, as well as establishing Missandei as a more important player. More than that, we got a second dragon rider in the story, though he got burned for that. I don't expect to become one of the main characters, I just want him to return to Dorne alive and well, with great stories under his belt.

[@chrishowland8857]

Great work Preston! Can’t wait to see your breakdown, I hope you enjoy your weekend!

[@Crazyepicman]

Missandei really said “I’m putting together a team, you in?”

[@IlyaUshar]

No, we are seven The pyramid shook Mother of Mercy What an amazing way to end the chapter. Bravo Preston

[@YimikinTheCat]

Amazing work Preston as always, we love to see it. Keeping Quentyn alive is so good gd.

[@joshhoffman5233]

You really did it… I mean there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. I just need a minutes here 😂

[@nasiknosik]

QUENTYN IS ALIVE LETS GOOOO It was a great chapter, thank you Preston, writers and editors

[@ecsocet]

Another amazing chapter, thank you to all the contributors and editors. Justice for Strong Belwas!

[@Night_Haunter]

Quentin wasnt a pov i thought i needed and dahm him bonding with viserion 10/10 he was one of my favorites in adwd man i love this. Hope to see a Baristan chapeter with him watching quent dressed up like a egyptian mummie charching in on Viserion

[@distractionsonly6419]

get Preston a publisher already … but then nobody would finish TWOW ! Excellent chapter ! !

[@migarsormrapophis2755]

Thanks for all the work you've done on these, PJ!

[@davidaviles9764]

All anger about Quentyn being alive in this should be redirected at George. It will be THIRTEEN YEARS since Dance this July.

[@cruddddddddddddddd]

This was pretty good. You've done a pretty good job capturing GRRM's voice. If YOU publish a version of Winds, I'll pay for it.

[@coreyander286]

I think that might be illegal

[@Jordan-zl4pn]

The *only* reason this project is allowed is bc no money changes hands.

[@omriex7]

Oh Doran. It looks like your disgraced son might still come back to you… with fire and blood. Thank you for another awesome read fellas. We still have a long road to walk, but your Winds of Winter will be finished, and I’m all here for it!

[@stefanfilipovits21]

I can’t wait for the first Aeron chapter we get

[@KumarAnshs]

He dead isnt he?

[@stefanfilipovits21]

@@KumarAnshs aeron damphair? No. Last we see him he’s tied to the prow of Euron’s ship next to Falia Flowers about to go into battle

[@wisdommanari6701]

I love the justice and vengeance line PJ

[@LiverpoolfanINchina]

Can’t wait for Preston some to analyse this and say Quentyn is not in Meereen say there’s no hedgehogs in Meereen

[@tomatotamale4546]

quentyn is alive confirmed

[@Fiddler1990]

SECRET TUNNELS

[@shinjinobrave]

THROUGH THE PYRAMID

[@bobbehwitchie]

THIS CHAPTER!!!!! It could be my favorite.

[@vondas1480]

Really bummed you killed Meris. How is Brienne going to deal with losing her mom?

[@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin]

Well, Quentyn only sees one half of Meris eaten, so maybe there is hope for her other half

[@shinjinobrave]

Lol is this a thing? I thought I had heard every silly theory out there :p But more importantly: is Meris a horse?

[@alanpennie]

​@@shinjinobrave She's the horse from the penultimate episode of the TV show.

[@joefo458]

@@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin So sad I missed this one. And so sad most folks didn’t realize how great this reply is. The zenith of self-aware humor.

[@JDoe-ox6ie]

Preston really does dunk on Barrister whenever he gets a chance

[@SHARKVADERS]

PJ IS BACK FOMOS

[@trippinzombiez]

*TVA portal opens up* NEW TIMELINE DETECTED

[@Pomshka]

Omg the fermented Hedgehogs 🙈🤣 I'm actually a hedgehog rehabber and I listen to this during the night shift and omg 🤣🤣🤣 I covered their ears 🙈🦔

[@wyomingptt]

I think this project is brilliant.. the only thing that prevents me from being excited for it is all the crazy Preston things that are going to be incorporated (perhaps none crazier than Quentyn is Alive), but at the same time I respect that he's doing things his own way, whether they make sense or not.

[@IlyaUshar]

Quentyn being alive is really not that crazy. I don't think he will be alive in the winds but i love prestons take

[@randomfox12245]

And to nobodies surprise Quentyn is live

[@azarishere6442]

Lmfao no maiden dreams of a burned man's kiss

[@chandlerdoeswhatifs9399]

Thanks for the chapter PJ! If youre willing to answer im curious if youve decided to revive jon in this fanfic or leave him dead?

[@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin]

Undecided

[@alanpennie]

​@@janwouter5215 Revenants don't get a pov seems to be the rule. It means we don't what they actually are.

[@j-rey-]

​@@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin He has to be alive. There is a zero percent chance George is leaving him dead. I know it is your fanfic, but at least be somewhat faithful to the basics of the story

[@TheKrostiman]

How would quentyn know the source of the pale mare? And that rainwater would be free of it?

[@alanpennie]

Medical knowledge is quite advanced in Westeros. Maybe Alleras is a penpal.

[@TheKrostiman]

@@alanpennieit’s interesting as other nobles or other people don’t appear to have this knowledge in the story.

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

the medieval Cistercian Order 100% knew that rainwater was mostly free of diseases. infact they knew alot about water sanitation, atleast as far as the what (they didn't know the why in alot of cases), even haveing the world's first water treatment plants.

[@TheKrostiman]

@@matthiuskoenig3378 Interesting, however in story I dont think anyone references it. Tyrion calls for clean water but goes back to the same water source that probably that made his master sick in the first place.

[@varamyr_]

is the barrel of safron really that valuable. I thought the whole idea behind the spice trade is that you had to travel east buy spices in cheap then travel back west and sell them for profit, the price of Safron in mereen can't that be that expensive or else it wouldn't be that much of a lucrative trade

[@_addison4772]

Hey Preston - can you tomorrow in the live stream remind everyone the low down on who is who inside Meereen and which side are they actually on - help prep for going over this chapter and to better reread Dance

[@os44881616]

Damn good stuff

[@robertdriscoll6944]

WE LOVE YOU PRESTON

[@AshwinMisra]

22:22 Saw No one? Missandei is a faceless man? 😳

[@MrFirecasters]

Based on the title alone: we are going full Preston here ladies and gentleman, let's go!

[@Jordan-zl4pn]

I officially no longer care if WoW is published. In fact, I kinda don’t want George’s version anymore 😅

[@berendboer8459]

That was excellent!

[@salehalhajri7745]

The fanfic continues let’s go 😆

[@chadsummerchild1120]

Quentyn Lives!

[@emarti3853]

So questions: How does everyone just know House of Pahl tried to murder Belwas? Missandei is just like yeah we figured that out years ago How does anyone know about Tatters being burned? I guess hes the dying one with arch and drink, but how would missandei know? He whispered im the leader of the windblown to her? Also im pretty sure he would be dead from those wounds and he would certainly be infected I really appreciate you doing this project. I'm not super onboard with the Quentin story but that's ok too

[@Mackerlee]

Quentyn figured out that it was the House of Pahl who tried to murder Belwas by comparing their "hero" family member slain by Belwas to Oberyn. He pondered what the fam (sand snakes) would do if Oberyn was killed in the ultra-humiliating the hero was (beheaded, head rolling on the dirt, Belwas taking a victory sh*t) and realized then and there that the Pahl fan would do what the Sad Snakes would do: take vengeance. Yet everyone is so hyper focused on the Queen, and secondarily the King, no one sees it at first glance. Well, in terms of this fanfic at least.

[@Mackerlee]

Well, Quentyn IS salty Dornish😂 (re: azor ahai; born in salt and smoke)

[@shinjinobrave]

Lol Quent is a bit of a roasted ham now

[@aguglie441]

Yasssssssss!

[@iainhansen1047]

Awesome work

[@Mj_Jetson]

After Tyrion III... what chapter next?

[@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin]

I think either Jaime or Aeron

[@umwha]

@@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobinwhen they coming?

[@bobbehwitchie]

Preston, you need more merch. I've bought 2 shirts, and the logos wash off. 😢

[@MrScientifictutor]

Here we go.

[@nathanburns5553]

Great stuff

[@rosstemby1347]

Best chapter yet!

[@Gropylol]

HE LIVES WTF

[@alecatnight1540]

Hell yea pls let there be malding and coping

[@Nathar45]

Honestly, this may be the storyline I'm the most invested in. I love me some Dornish, but the show dropped them like hot coals after Oberyns demise.

[@nekitamol1k242]

Wonder why. It's not like their stories didn't lead anywhere

[@vondas1480]

GRRM may as well retire

[@coreyander286]

"I thought 2023 was a terrible year. But then, 2024 came, and I read Preston Jacob's Quentyn I chapter, and I knew I was finished as a writer."

[@stephaniec9539]

Epic!

[@larochejaquelein3680]

It really makes no sense for Quentyn to survive. The whole point of his story was his death. The plain faced hero doesn‘t survive the obstacles like in those romantic stories that you read everywhere. He won‘t fly off with Dany on her dragon. He stays dead. He stays cold. It even began with his maester dying immediately after the beginning of his adventure. That is equivalent to Gandalf dying at the start of the book. ASOIAF isn‘t your typical fantasy story where the hero Quentyn just survives everything……

[@profoundpronoun4712]

Love ya guys ❤

[@filbertrocko]

The Tattered Prince wasn't there. Remember they asked and Pretty Meris said he's not here he's far away

[@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin]

She said precisely the opposite. She said "he is near."

[@shinjinobrave]

Also even if she said he's off in asshai that's how friggin' far away he is! Why couldn't she have lied? Everyone except for her was masked up!

[@sebastian3217]

I love it... Now please include R + L = D

[@Nalhirrim]

OMG

[@barrry9]

Woohooooo

[@zszechuan]

oh hell yeah

[@koryphaederinspiration9354]

nice one

[@nogodsnomasters7669]

Nooooooooo pretty Meris terrible way to go

[@fridge5790]

I saw this and I said “What the fuck do you mean Quentyn? He’s dead!”

[@TheKingOfRooks]

My reaction just now to seeing this was an audible "AW FUCK YES" before then a sense of disappointment realizing I'm sitting in the parking lot of a girl's apartment to pick her up to stay the night at my place and so I won't be able to listen to this for a whilee

[@TheKingOfRooks]

@janwouter5215 it's nit a flex I missed out on this for like 3 days and it's amazing lol

[@Lfsnsmo1n]

When you said sooner than later on the stream the other day, I thought you were being very George and this was coming out in April

[@lonemotheo1964]

27:07 That makes no sense but ok

[@PrestonJacobstheSweetrobin]

That Belwas ate poisoned locusts meant for him? Seems pretty logical.

[@6Rock6God6]

This is when the fic gets derailed because of your theories lol

[@vondas1480]

This is where it surpasses the original (though arguably it already has by merely existing). People need to understand “I don’t like it/am too stupid to understand” is not refutation of Preston’s theories, which he lays out and supports clearly, so you need to do the same if you want to dispute them, otherwise pretended you’re Illyn Payne.

[@IntermissionForBunny]

Preston: We need to cut down on side characters and subplots Also Preston:

[@QuinnTheGM]

“Somehow, Quentyn returned.”

[@dblackesquire]

Can't return when you never left.

[@CheeseCrumbs00]

hahah, Prestons reaching a bit with this ngl

[@GodKingReiss]

No one’s ever really gone.

[@yggdrasil2]

I get the joke and it's funny, but it doesn't really apply here.

[@QuinnTheGM]

@@yggdrasil2entirely intended this comment with love, I really like this chapter (as I do any chapter with Belwas, frankly)

[@OfficialRedTeamReview]

Hmmmm I dunno. This could be Leaf pretending to be Old Nan pretending to be Quentyn.

[@wisdommanari6701]

Yes but do calzones make you immune to Midwestern racism (I'm kidding carmine don't roast me)

[@jewsco]

i see what you did there john cena

[@PainCausingSamurai]

The twist is that Quentyn actually died, but in the last second before death he warged into Leaf, and so he's actually puppeting his own dead body.

[@OfficialRedTeamReview]

@@PainCausingSamurai I'll take it

[@leftofyou]

GRRM levels up his characters like a dnd game. Like being mamed, isolated in darkness, cannabilism probably, and some kind of presumed death. GRRM already did this with the pov Davos, and to lesser extents with Bran , Theon, Arya, and some non povs like Rickon, Dondarrion, and Dondarrion, and Dondarrion. Soooo, there's a chance Crispy Quentyn is a member of the club.

[@CABRALFAN27]

You actually did it, you mad lad. With how long this chapter took to come out, I almost thought you'd been talked out of it. :P

[@sschacknies]

Now it no longer matters if George finishes WoW. This is the version I want.

[@DoubleDowner]

me too

[@GenerationBright]

I came to this conclusion as soon as he resolved Dany's khalisar problem in 1 chapter. He wants to FINISH it.

[@DoubleDowner]

@@GenerationBright Sorry can you recap me what did he do with the Khalisar ?