Game of Thrones: The Red Dragon Lord.

Chapter 5 Belleris
"Gavin, I want to tell you a secret. I have only told your father before. My real name is Alice Belleris, and I am also one of the bloodlines of the Dragon King left after the Doomsday Catastrophe."

Then he took out two books with torn covers from the box under the bed, handed them to Gavin and continued: "One of these two books records some of the history of the Belleris family. It was carried by the ancestor who survived the doomsday catastrophe. The other is a diary written by the ancestor after the doomsday catastrophe, which tells some family secrets. Because of these secrets, I am the only one left in the family now."

Gavin took the book and flipped through it quickly. He thought to himself, "As expected, I am also qualified to ride a dragon." He then asked Alice, "Mother, the words written in this book are the strange words you taught me! So, you taught me the words so that I can understand this book?"

Alice smiled gently, showing her tenderness, and replied softly: "Yes, Gavin. The language and writing I teach you are High Valyrian, which is also the language that everyone in our family must master. You can take a look at these contents. As for whether you want to pursue the secrets in the diary, you can make your own decision when you grow up."

Gavin was sitting by the sea, sea water was boiling in the pot in front of him. The flame was getting smaller due to lack of firewood, but Gavin's mind was not on it at all.

The secret that Alice had told him two nights ago was still lingering in his mind. He had already read the book and had a general understanding of the history of his mother's family.

Most of the books describing the history of the Bellerys family are filled with words of praise for the Bellerys family's power, and substantive key information is relatively scarce. But even so, through the content between the lines of the book, we can still understand the powerful Valyria at that time, some aspects of the Freehold, and the political situation in the Freehold Parliament. The book also emphasizes the absolute status of the Bellerys family in the Freehold of Valyria.

According to the book, forty dragon king families together form the Freehold Council of Valyria, and the entire country is ruled by the council.

The parliament is jointly managed by the three upper dragon king families who serve as the parliament president. Other dragon king families can participate in the voting, and the number of votes is linked to the strength of the family. The surviving Targaryen is one of them, but according to the description in the book, they have basically no say in the parliament.

The Belleris family is not an ordinary dragon king family, but one of the three upper families that manage the council, and even has the power of veto in the Free Fortress Council. The first and most powerful dragon owned by the family is named Belleris, which is also the origin of the family's surname.

The book describes that Bellerys lived for 800 years, and when he soared in the sky, he blocked out the sun. During dragon fights, he could even turn his flesh and blood into flames, thus protecting himself from all harm. Even the dragon rider he rode turned into flames along with the dragon. Even in Valyria at that time, this dragon was almost invincible.

In addition to the ability to control dragons, most of the Belleris family members have awakened the ability of fire magic. Even without dragons, the Belleris people who master the power of magic should not be underestimated. In contrast, the other two upper families control the abilities of blood witchcraft and prophecy respectively.

The owner recorded in another diary was named Orfus Belleris, who was also the ancestor of Gavin's bloodline.

During the Doomsday, 18-year-old Orfus happened to be in Braavos, and thus he was lucky enough to escape the Doomsday. However, his dragon was only a young dragon that could be ridden. During the Bloody Age, the slaves rioted and killed the dragon. Orfus took the opportunity to escape from Braavos, and even the family sword he carried with him was lost, and became a collection in the Sea King's treasury.

Since then, Orfus has been wandering around Essos, not even daring to admit his last name. According to his memories in his diary, the Belleris family had set up a secret underground dragon cave in their land far away from Valyria, which contained dragon eggs, much of the family's knowledge, and countless gold and silver treasures. The dragon cave was so deep underground that even the doomsday catastrophe might not be able to destroy it.

Orfus wanted to return to the ruins of Valyria to look for it, but the smoke and dust after the Doomsday obscured everything, and people could not even get close to the sea of ​​smoke surrounding Valyria.

It was not until 30 years later that the smoke and dust slowly dissipated. At the age of nearly 50, Orfus decided to explore the dragon cave of his family and retrieve the family treasure and dragon eggs. So he gave the remaining keepsakes and other things to his descendants, and went to explore the place recorded in the diary alone, but he never came back.

In the following hundreds of years, many people in the family went to Valyria, but none of them returned. Today, only Alice is left in the family. It was not until she met Morton and chose to settle down that she came to Westeros.

The fire was about to go out due to lack of firewood, which awakened Gavin's tangled thoughts. He hurriedly added firewood and fiddled with the flames to prevent it from going out. After doing all this, Gavin touched the pendant hanging on his chest.

The pendant was milky white all over, with a smooth and warm surface. Under the dim light, it seemed to have a mysterious luster.

According to the book and my mother, this pendant is a token of the Belleris family. The dragon bone that carved it is from the most powerful dragon in the family, Belleris.

Gavin touched the pendant and looked at it carefully. His mother gave it to Gavin that night. As soon as he touched the pendant, he could feel the energy contained in the pendant. However, after two days of research, he still couldn't figure it out. He could only feel the energy in the pendant flowing into his body, but it was quite slowly. Gavin was confused for a moment and could only put aside his doubts, put away today's achievements, and walked towards the town.

Soon Gavin came to the familiar tavern again. As soon as he entered the door, the proprietress Raman came up to him with a smile, stretched out her hands and pinched his face again, muttering: "Wow, Gavin, this little guy, is really getting more handsome."

The pub was extremely lively at this time, and the guests were discussing current affairs enthusiastically.

"Have you heard? Robert Baratheon smashed Prince Rhaegar's chest with a hammer, and the war is about to end." A bearded man shouted loudly.

"Your news is outdated. The war is over. Tywin Lannister tricked open the gates of King's Landing and looted the capital." Another tall and thin man continued.

(End of this chapter)