Arthur had never seen a tree in braavos, but here there were hundreds "What is this place maester" said Arthur.
the maester gave him a confused look, "Have you never heard of the sealords menagerie child?" Arthur didn't even know such a thing existed "No said arthur" The maester frowned "do you know anything about braavos?" said the old maester.
"My m.." Arthur stopped for a moment.
A few weeks ago nymera and meralyn were arguing about something and nymera said that he isn't her son and that he was supposed to be in Westeros with the Targaryens but his mother said they would put his head on a pike after what the blackfyres did.
was she his real mother? he hated not knowing 'π΄ππππ π ππππππ ππππππππ πππ; " It's alright if you don't want to speak," the old maester said, "Do you know how braavos came to be ?"
Arthur always wanted to know the history of braavos "could you tell me good maester?"
The maester smiled "Braavos was founded by escaped Β slaves fleeing the grasp of the valyrian Freehold. The slaves rebelled on their way from Valyria to a new colony inΒ sothoryos, they took control of the ships, and turned north instead of south, traveling as far as they could, you see a group of slave women from the lands ofΒ jogos nhai or the moon singers, predicted where shelter could be found Thus the slaves traveled to a distant lagoon hidden from the dragon lords by the wall of hills covered with pine trees and the fog covering the lagoon"
Arthur was amazed he wanted more "Can you teach me everything you know maester?" he said
the maester had his fingers around his shaved chin "Child you speak more clearly than faro and already smarter than him, Of course, I'll teach you, a blind man could see you have potential, it'd be a waste not to" said the old man
"which part of the city do you live in?
Arthur hesitated for a moment and said " the happy port brothel near ragmans harbor, can you come there maester?"
the maester nodded "I'll come by once a week if you can learn quickly then I'll come more often, but if you don't..."
Arthur knew what he meant "Do you see that child" the maester was pointing at a creature its body was spotted with yellow and black dots and the head was as long as stilts and behind it was its babe "W-what is that?" arthur said.
"A giraffe," said the maester "they come from the summer isles". . .
Arthur saw many animals in the menagerie but the ones that stood out to him were the white tigers, elephants, zorses, And aurochs without fur and horns on their heads, and small tigers with pouches...
finally, they reached the end of the menagerie the cage of the creature was massive, the walls were twenty feet tall with walkways on top and it had holes as big as Arthur's head,
he tried looking inside but before he could see the maester grabbed him by the shoulder and said "this one is. . .dangerous, best not get too close"
a guard came and said something to the maester
"stay here child ill be back" the maester went off with the guard.
Arthur looked back trying to see what was inside but he couldn't see anything except trees and vines, he looked around the walls trying to see where the animal was until he saw a ladder,
He climbed the ladder and got onto the walkway there was a guard on his right a few yards away but he didn't notice him
Arthur was looking down at the pit when The guard noticed him, he yelled at arthur, startling him. arthur took a step back and lost his footing and fell into the pit right under a tree.
The guard was yelling something, he grabbed a rope that was attached to the wall and threw it down, and took out a bow
Arthur was there on the ground 'π°π πππππ, ππ πππππ; arthur was trying to get up until he saw something in the trees,
It's skin was dark green and it stood seven feet tall,, It was standing on two thick branches with its hind legs. its hands were small with four claws like scythes, it had bones sticking up on it's back, making it look like a small sail
arthur was so scared he couldn't move and he wetted himself, soon after the guard found out what Arthur was looking at, he tried grabbing an arrow but before he could the lizard jumped on Arthur, the claws on its hind legs penetrated his biceps,
The lizard slashed arthur on the top left of his chest to the bottom right, after that Arthur fainted and the last thing he saw was an arrow piercing the lizard's eyes. . .