Okay so we got some good questions and comments for the Q&A, so I'm answering them below. Just a few notes before we begin.

How this'll work is I'll be posting the question, with the name of the questioner in bold and the answer shall be in italics underneath it. Unfortunately, many questions were embedded within reviews, so if some of them look like they begin halfway through something, that is the reason, I didn't feel the need to paste the comments. This also may mean that some of the question has accidentally not been published for some reason. If this is the case, and I appear to be answering something that hasn't been asked, you may need to go back to the original review in the reviews section.

Now, before we begin the specific questions, there are a few things I want to say that are general. Many people asked about my next project, so I'll be giving an overview of that and my schedule and likely uploads above them all, so you can reference them and I don't need to repeat myself, and risk confusing you by revealing contradictory details each time. Another thing a few people commented on was the conclusion, specifically the blurb of A Vengeful and Just King, so I'll be doing that before we get to the main round of questions as well.

After the Q&A I'll wrap up with final comments.

Currently I plan to go through the battles and add them to the battles of V&J sidestory, take a little while to relax from this one. I am unsure about whether I'll be continuing with Harpy and Hippogriff, since I've lost much of my enthusiasm for it, who knows, I might finish it, I might not. I also have plans for some short stories set during Jasper's reign, each told from a different perspective. They are half ideas right now, and currently I plan to end there, not to go into the reign of Durran. Then I'll begin publishing the next big thing, if they go ahead at all, if you guys make it clear you want to see that sort of thing, let me know here, it will definitely influence whether I do it or not. Also, if you have anything you want to find out about Jasper's future reign, the more specific the better, then say, I may be able to incorporate that into the shorts.

So, the next story. I have had this in the works for a while now but didn't want to say anything since I hadn't known for certain whether I would ever get round to publishing it, I didn't want to make the promise then discover I was stuck with no way to go forwards.

A little back story first. I started planning out, as I think I mentioned in some A/Ns throughout the story, a story involving Robb's twin brother, and even got to writing it, but in the end abandoned it after a few chapters, it was just becoming wish fulfilment for a Stark Victory. Then I planned one for a son of Stannis, and that one I just couldn't nail the character down for. Also, for both, they reached points were the story just got stale pretty quickly and wouldn't progress. I tried with some others as well: Tywin's child, Jon Arryn's, Rhaegar's sister, Robert's daughter, just one of the minor houses like the Umbers or Brackens, but they never got past the planning stage. Then AGOVAJ progressed further and I knew I wanted to do something bigger next time, something where there would be more sense of risk since Jasper, being the only new main character, always had a certain amount of plot armour to him. (Not surprising really, it is the story of his impact on the world, even if he died, we would still be exploring the implication of his addition to the world)

So to solve these issues I decided to combine some of them, to see if, by having more than one I could eliminate some of the weaknesses of doing another story only introducing one more character. And so, I can announce that my next story will (right now) be called A Song of Three Sons.

The three sons are:

- Tristan Stark – Robb's twin brother

- Loren Lannister – Tywin's second son

- Lyonel Baratheon – Stannis' son

Also featuring heavily will be Shireen who, apart from her name, is almost entirely different from the Canon Shireen, so much so that I did consider giving her a different name, but I thought that might raise questions about where she'd gone. I was going to reference her in the title, but 'A Song of Three Sons and a Daughter', doesn't have the same ring to it.

Loren's children, he has several already before the story begins, will also be in it, though not as much as Shireen.

If someone has an idea or a title that lets me incorporate Shireen into it somehow but isn't too long, let me know and if I decide to use it I'll credit you there.

The story is progressing well, though it will still likely be a while before it begins to be published. There is only one real hitch about it, and that is that I'm not entirely sure what to do about the Others/White Walkers. At this point it's looking like I will just not include that storyline, and instead focus on the human aspect of the story. If I don't include it, then I have a strong idea of how I will end it, if not, then I'll have to do some rethinking.

This story will also draw far more from the books than this one, so I am likely to publish it in the books section on the website.

So, that's the next plan, any comments, thoughts, leave them as a review or PM, they'll all be helpful in writing it and getting it to you faster and better.

Next I'd like to ask about the blurb to A Vengeful and Just King. The reason I put that in was to show that Jasper was not regarded as the greatest king that ever sat the throne, nor would he ever be regarded as such. I knew he would not be called 'the Great' from the beginning. I knew he wouldn't have an official epithet like Richard the Lionheart by which he was known, just Jasper I.

I thought this would be the best way of showing how Jasper came to be perceived without having to do multiple flashes of history or revealing too much of his reign or the life of his son that I might want to cover in later short stories, but the reviews and messages I've received about it, which isn't many, seem to be split fifty-fifty over whether or not this was a good idea. So I'd like a greater sample, could people say what they thought about it, and if they didn't like it, why not, it would be of great help to me, thanks.

Questions and Answers

Camelizer: In regards to questions the one main thing I'm left wondering about is the Inquisition. Specifically whether you imagine any serious problems might have come up between the North and overzealous members of the Inquisition thinking that they should target all "false" gods/believers and not just followers of the Red Faith. At some point in the story that was briefly mentioned as a concern by some in regards to the Inquisition. Seems like that could have resulted in a very volatile and awkward political incident between Jasper and his good-brother Robb.

Answer: It's a possibility, but unlikely. The Inquisition has a seven year time limit to complete it's goal to eradicate the Red Priests, and there were a lot of Red Priests who came with Daenerys. The North is primarily made up of those who follow the Old Gods, so any inquisitor would be in great danger by going up there. The ones who follow the Old Gods who are in real danger are the ones like the Blackwoods, who follow the Old Gods but are south of the Neck, since they are in land where the primary worship is the Faith of the Seven. Baelor Blacktyde, the new Lord of the Iron Islands, does permit the Inquisition to come and wipe out the Drowned Men to help him secure the Iron Islands a few years down the line, but for the most part there are too many Red Men and converts in the south for them to contemplate going north and wiping out all the followers of the Old Gods there. This is also Jasper's Witch Hunt, the Inquisitors have protection against all but him, he can order them to death if he thinks that they are becoming too zealous and not persecuting the true targets he set them upon, the Red Priests and those who have converted to join them.

narutofan978: Are you going to start a new story now that you finished this one because if you did one with an older son of Jon Arryn I would read it

Answer: No plans for that story right now. I have my next project lined up, but after that... we'll see

Pyromania 101: Just 28 years? Well, here are my questions:
1. What happened to Sansa? Was she forced to marry that guy?
2. Asha Greyjoy, is she still alive, and if so, where is she?

Answer: 28 years is not a short time. If you take all kings from Aegon the Conqueror to Robert and work out the average length of their reigns it comes to 16 years (roughly), so he does better than the average. In fact, only Aegon I (37 years) and Jahaerys I (55 years) reigned longer.

Sansa: She does marry Harry Arryn not long after the end of the story. But she's the sister of the famed Young Wolf and the Queen, I suspect she would probably be treated quite well by the new Lord of the Eyrie.

Asha/Yara is still alive, she's the lady of Pyke even if she isn't lady of the Iron Islands any more, a pity really, her sort of leadership is what the Iron Islands needs.

Chronicle of Durran's life: Highly unlikely at this point, I would only write that if there was a story to tell, and I don't have one at present. As said above, I may do a series of shorts set during Jasper's reign, but I have no plans to extend that into Durran's.

Japkot: Will you do a short series on Jasper's last moments and Durran's first and most troublesome years as the king?

Answer: The shorts set during Jasper's reign will, if it goes ahead, almost certainly cover his death, but I don't intend to extend it into Durran's reign.

Naruto9tails: What is your next big thing, please tell me it is Harry Potter game of thrones crossover, I am reading several good ones but they don't update regularly like you do and you could work some serious mojo with something like that

Answer: Well thanks for the vote of confidence, but I tend to avoid crossovers, and I do already have another project lined up. I never say totally count something out, but I just don't see me writing that Crossover, sorry.

Trap3r: 1. Will their be an alliance between the Ghiscari Empire and the Westerosi Empire in later works?

2. Are you going to do something set in the far future akin to the American Revolution? (I've always been fascinated by the prospect that their is a continent beyond the sunset sea, and it would be interesting to see the events of that conflict from pro-British point of view.)

Answer: The first is a possibility, although unlikely. Westeros and Ghis are just too far apart culturally and geographically. Maybe many years (and Kings) down the line, who knows, but I have no plans to write that far in the future.

As to the second, if I was to write that, what I'd probably do is remove all references to Westeros or any of GRRM's work, simply invent the continent in a different fantasy setting and make some actual money off it.

SerGoldenhand: I also liked Jasper's characterization and how he grew as a character. I'm still not sure whether I like him or not; I think as his character became darker I did begin to dislike him, and if that was your intention, then a big well done to you. (Not a question, I know, but I have some comments here and they do link to the last Q, so bear with me)

Was there anything you regretted doing in this story that you would change if you rewrote it?
Did you ever consider killing Jasper off for good?
Did you consider killing some of the other main characters? (Beric, Arya, etc.)
Did you plan the story or did you just write it off the top of your head?
What advice would you give to someone who wants to start writing ASoIaF fanfic?

Answer: So, as to the comment on Jasper's character, I will say this, I do not try to write characters who I intend people to like or dislike; people write what they want to read, and I don't like reading stories where a character has been shoved in front of me and I'm told "here is a significant character, they're awesome, now like them, cause they do no wrong and I'm telling you that you should, whatever they do, you should like and support them and want them to win". I like it when I'm given information about a character and am treated like enough of an adult to be able to make up my own mind. I'm with this to the extent that I have gone out of my way to dislike characters who I'm effectively being told to like. I can't think of any ASOIAF characters like that, but there is the Bracken-Blackwood family feud which I find as an example: The Blackwoods are the ones we are supposed to like; they get marriages all over Westeros to all the great houses, including the Targaryens; they follow the Old Gods and are friends with the Starks, our protagonists. Meanwhile the Brackens they are on the wrong side of the wars (siding with Blackfyres), they are the ones who are the first to turn on the Blackwoods after the Red Wedding not the other way around, and looking at the Bracken and Blakwood mistresses of Aegon IV is just a microcosm about how we aren't supposed to be on their side. For that reason, I find myself with a lot of sympathy and support for the Brackens since they, effectively, have god (GRRM) working against them.

To give some examples of characters, I have to look to other sources, since ASOIAF, I find, doesn't do that. I'll use two in the hope that most have heard of them. Please note that there will be HEAVY SPOILERS for the Mass Effect and Naruto storylines coming up. This includes the Manga of Naruto as well as the Anime, which I shall be using the full Japanese with English Subtitles episodes, not just those dubbed into English. I have indicated where the spoilers end if you want to skip these sections.

Liara T'soni, Mass Effect Trilogy: The problem with Liara is that we are supposed to think that she's awesome because, she's the super-sexy alien who can sleep with men and women and she's always exactly what we need her to be. In the first game she was an expert on the Protheans, which we needed, and the daughter of one of your enemies who may have inside info on them. Now this is okay, it's the first time we're seeing Liara, so that works fine, she can be whatever the game makers want her to be. But then, in the second game, she's suddenly an information broker who knows exactly what we need to know. Her character changes between the games when we don't see it happening and from no apparent impetus. The other characters from ME1 that we see in ME2 who change in between, Garrus, Tali, Kaiden/Ashley, we are told and can see why, but I still have no idea why Liara became an info broker. It may be explained in a comic or something, but I shouldn't have to go and read extra material to learn why she changes so significantly. Also she apparently can't come with us because she's busy running her network, (despite the fact that she joins us in the third game with an even bigger information network to run). The real reason she can't join us is that she can't die in this game because she's crucial to the third. In the third, she is a Prothean expert at the beginning, when we're investigating the Crucible in the Prothean archives, but then becomes and information broker again, and, since this game is the finale, it's fine for her to be a companion again and risk death. (As a side note, given that Asari can live for a thousand years or so, it wouldn't surprise me if she has at least a cameo in Andromeda). Having said all this, there are respectable characteristics to Liara, so I still sort of like her, but not as much as I would if she wasn't being shoved in my face as amazing so much.

Okay, second character, different universe.

Hinata Hyuga - Naruto: Now, at the risk of upsetting every Hinata fan out there, as much as it is possible to "hate" a fictional character, Hinata comes pretty close to that bar for me. Characters like Ramsay and Joffrey I hate as characters but love that they are there, they add to the story. Hinata does not add to the story. She is not interesting in the slightest, she is a weak ninja and a weaker character, she has one moment of character development, when she fights Neji, at which point she is interesting, but before and after that, she isn't interesting at all. Even when she later confronts Pain, she only continues to be the person she was before, she doesn't develop further. The only difference between this time and the time with Neji is that, when Pain went for the killing blow, there was no one to stop him. The only reason we support her is that she supports Naruto (in silence, so Iruka remains the first person who actually supports him, and I will continue to maintain that stance). If she had the same attitude but towards someone else like Kiba, we probably wouldn't care in the slightest about her, but she is presented as the in universe vehicle for our support of Naruto, so we are meant to like her beyond more interesting characters like Sakura (who develops far more than Hinata does). This is to the extent that we are supposed to ignore that she is effectively a Naruto fan-girl, but because she's not a shrieking, loud and annoying one like Ino and Sakura begin as, we are supposed to not notice this. So she likes Naruto and, of the girls in his age group, she has the biggest boobs, so of course we are meant to like her. Honestly, I see almost as much development in Izumi who has been a side character in about five episodes, before she died (possibly, we haven't seen the deathblow so she may still be alive) as we see in Hinata in what is over 600 now (sure she wasn't in all of them, but she was in the first and is still, at present, alive. Also Izumi's relationship with Itachi is more realistic than Hinata's with Naruto. I felt infinitely more pain when she appeared to die than I did when Hinata supposedly got killed by Pain. But Hinata stands up for the same values that Naruto does so of course she ends up marrying him and they become the perfect couple.

SPOILERS OVER

Now obviously, in the case of Jasper, he is the selling point for the entire story, making him an utter bastard wouldn't draw any readers in, so I had to give him some respectable characteristics at the beginning, but I allowed myself room to go down a darker path later on, as you say so rightly, but I did that as an evolution of his character, not because I intended to make the reader dislike Jasper.

Well... that rant went on longer than I intended, but I think I got my views across nicely. Apologies to Hinata and Liara fans, but I maintain my right to have my opinion on them, and hopefully there are some tips for writing character in there... somewhere... anyway, on to the actual questions.

Was there anything you regretted doing in this story that you would change if you rewrote it?

So very many things. When I began this was my first big project, so I wasn't as good a writer and I didn't have things narrowed down as to what I wanted from Jasper and the other characters, so most of the stuff I would change is early on, but I'll give a roll call here as to what I would change: Not let Jasper win the tourney of the Hand. I realised that I wanted Jasper to be a good swordsman but not as good a jouster later on, and tried to remedy it by saying that Loras likely let him win because he's a prince (though this was several books later I think), but that is something I would definitely change. I wouldn't give Jasper a Valyrian Steel sword, it ended up serving no purpose, it was something I put in because I wanted to and I think, at the time, it hadn't been done, though I may be wrong there (do please point out if I am), but it certainly seems like it has become a trope of the Black Prince stories to give them a Valyrian Steel sword. Now I know that that was poor of me. It only became relevant during the war in the North, but I could have given him an obsidian sword there for little cost to the story and maybe some benefit, the feeling of not having a Valyrian Sword while Aegon did would have been great for his character. I would cut all my Victarion chapters, they served no purpose in terms of story other than being a camera to show what happened in the Iron Islands war. I would be fairer to Daenerys' character. I think I just put my own dislikes of her character at the forefront and denied her good qualities, she did genuinely make efforts for peace in Meereen, which I can respect, but didn't make nearly clear enough. I should have made her alliance with the Red Priests more about necessity than about lack of care for Westeros. I would have killed Joffrey a different way, that was just because I couldn't think of any other way to off him, so I stuck to the original and focussed the changes on the trial. For the next story I know how I'm changing it already, and it should be much better than this pitiful retelling. I would find a better way of ending the war between Robb and Jasper, but I needed it to end without a battle and I couldn't think of anything better. I think it was okay, but now I think I could probably do better. I would give Beric more of his own storyline and give him a more prominent role; I also would make him a trueborn, I don't think him being a bastard came to mean anything in the end. I would definitely cut out the prophesies, because I get ideas as I write, and so by the end none of the prophetic dreams I put in came to pass, because I had changed the story. There are likely man more things I would change as well, but I just can't think of them right now.

Did you consider Killing Jasper off for good?

When I started writing this story I was one hundred per cent certain that Jasper was not going to survive it. Not just die at the end, but die about a book and a half or more away from the end. He was essentially going to be a broken man from all the things he had done (this was with the original chapter 72), and be driven mad, so that death came as a mercy killing more than anything else. Long story short, he tried to commit suicide via poison, it doesn't work, while comatose he dreams of dragons, when he wakes up, he thinks he was spared so he can kill the dragons by the gods, so still a religious element to it. But this becomes so dominant in his mind that he ignores Aegon's invasion and the White Walkers. Finally he wants to rid himself of distractions and Arya, believing he meant kill her and more importantly, their son, murders him. Beric, wanting to protect Jasper's image, helps her stage it as an assassination by Aegon so that his memory is that of a good king, not the second Mad King, which would hang over baby Durran's reign. The original ending was that Aegon (who, got castrated somewhere down the line) marries Arya and names Durran his heir afterwards to end the feud between the families. But I think the story as it turns out is better than that.

Did I consider killing off other major characters?

I don't think it crossed my mind to do so. Aside from Tyrion, Cersei and Jaime, I didn't know of any other characters who would definitely die. Obviously Arya was meant to survive from the beginning, who died between Robb or Jon simply came down to Robb having more to contribute to the Story post White Walker/Other invasion, I only decided that when writing the battle out It was the great battle against the White Walkers, someone had to die and Aegon and Jasper were needed in the south, and so it was between Robb, Jon or both. As for Beric, well I didn't really think about it. He was originally meant to have more chapters and be a more significant character, but 90% of the time he is with Arya of Jasper, and to write a chapter from Berics POV would take one away from them. So at the beginning, I don't think the plans were there, but once I was locked into this story path, pretty much after the re-write of 72, I know I had no plans to kill them off.

Did you plan the story or did you just write it off the top of your head?

A bit of both. I didn't plan it massively, no. When I got up to a new book, I would do a brief chapter by chapter outline like this extract from my ADOS plan:

JASPER – Plans his campaigns, hopes to drive the Red Priests to extinction in the Riverlands, before seizing Harrenhal, from where the whole of the Riverlands can be brought back into the fold. His Witch Hunt has brought Aegon's rivermen back onto his side.

MYRCELLA – Brought to Harrenhal, meets Loren there. They discuss how many of the men here are knights and Westerosi who have been converted by the Red Priests. Also, the men come in telling stories of how Jasper has been pushing them hard. She hopes he will come and rescue her soon. Loren swears not to reveal her identity, and that he will protect her.

AEGON – Discusses war plans with the others, orders Oberyn and half the Dornishmen to return home to retake the holds that the Daynes and royal soldiers had captured. He decides to hold for now, and see how Daenerys and Jasper, both the closes to KL act, taking advantage of the vast food reserves in the Reach.

But these overall plans were subject to change, I added at least five chapters to ADOS as I went along and I realised I wasn't covering several events and perspectives that I had to add. Some were a few sentences long, like those above, others were a sentence, and in some summaries I made sure I noted some very specific lines, quotes or actions that I wanted to happen in them. I didn't plan too far ahead because I knew if I was to change it the ripple effect would make later plans worthless. (I couldn't even say that these chapter summaries accurately reflect what happened) I left them vague enough that I wasn't tied down so much. I did have a brief overall plan before I started writing properly, but that plan was useless by the time I was halfway through the third book.

In short, I did plan, but left it a very loose and flexible plan that allowed me to write with the flow and develop in progress rather than being so rigid that it became formulaic, that's how I write best. There were chapters which I just had to write for one reason or another, and they were the worst for me, I just got distracted by YouTube.

What advice would you give to someone who wants to start writing ASoIaF fanfic?

Remember your characters and keep them realistic and balanced. This is linked to my comments about don't try and force the readers to like them, let them make up their own minds. This is mostly an example for people writing OCs but I think it applies to all. For example, in Black Prince stories, nothing turns me off them faster than the first chapter being just a recounting of their greatness from a young age. Some try to get around it by saying they are the second best, but when I read paragraphs like: "Nearly as strong as the Mountain, nearly as good a swordsman as Ser Barristan, nearly as good an archer as Anguy, has read nearly as much as Tyrion, honourable, popular, courageous, laid back and relaxed to the point of laziness most of the time but when he needs to step up he is instantly the most diligent person you've ever come across etc etc" my mouse is already half-way to the back button. You've just made them a perfect character, and there is no room for development. This is why I said above that I would not have my character gain a special sword or win the tourney of the Hand, that's not how Jasper fights. Again, this is mostly for OCs, but characters are the heart of GoT/ASOIAF, make them balanced, don't just pick your favourites like Tyrion or Daenerys or Jon or Robb and make them perfect, keep them with flaws, make them make mistakes or do things we don't like. (Killing Tyrion always works if you can think of nothing else)

But also realism, and this is in particular for OC stories. It is linked to balance but has it's own qualities as well. Don't make them the most liberal minded person this side of Asshai, completely okay with homosexuality and incest and god knows what else, this is a medieval world, it is meant to be repugnant. Not just, 'I know Cersei and Jaime are fucking, but if I tell Robert they'll die and so will the children, and I don't want to split apart the family because I am a family man'. No, that reasoning doesn't fly, incest is repugnant to this world and, in this case, also treason, you would tell Robert and then he would kill Tommen and Myrcella, as well as Joffrey, Jaime and maybe Tywin too. All Robert has at this point is his manliness, you insult that, like the Lannisters did, you're a dead man, and Tommen and Myrcella, innocent as they are, are living embodiments of his weakness as a man who can't control his wife.

This is in especial relationship to OCs, but be realistic with character traits, don't cherry pick aspects, that's how you end up with characters as said above. If, for example, your character has been raised by Tywin Lannister, you can't just make them politically minded, they would be raised to be ruthless, amoral, homophobic, Tyrion hating bastards (Seriously, ten plus years of Anti-Tyrion sentiment will have some effect on a child). But too often people go 'raised by Tywin Lannister so politically smart, best friends with Tyrion and friendly and easygoing as well.'

That's why Jasper killed Tyrion, he was raised by Stannis and Tyrion committed, in his eyes, treason, so he had to die. You can't be raised by Stannis and ignore treason.

But character, character is the heart of ASOIAF/GOT. So don't ruin character, either those you make yourself or those already in the world.

To give more than general advice like this, and without starting another rant, that's all I can give for advice about stories. If you want more advice, contact me with an idea and I will get back to you with more specific advice.

Very deep questions there SerGoldenhand, but thanks, and congrats on recently finishing your story.

AO Black: My question is what happend the other children , Cassanna, Laena and, Myrcella and Beric's child,
And how Aegon ended up.

Answer: Well nothing happened to them at the end, they're still alive, I haven't decided about the definitive future of all of them yet, but the kids still live, for now at least. As for Aegon, he lives, he's a comfortable prisoner and has a number of children with Alys. He has no more with his wife Arianne, so whether House Targaryen continues is dependent on whether or not Jasper or Durran legitimise any of the bastards.

Guest: Loved every moment of it, my Q is did Jasper and Arya have more children? and if so what became of them.

They have at least four children, three sons and a daughter, in that order, but there may be more daughters down the line, I haven't decided yet.

Lord Asmodeus: (Comments)

Well if you were to look at Europe's Middle Ages and 21st Century ignoring everything in between you would find yourself asking the exact same thing. There are reasons why Durran calls a parliament of his lords. As I've said before, we won't see this in the near future because I'm not planning to move beyond Jasper's reign, but we may see the beginnings of these ideas forming. It's not a democracy, so to speak, but it's the beginning. And it's not without precedent, there have been Great Councils called to determine who should become the next heir. It was at the Great Council of 101 where it was determined by vote that females came behind all eligible males in the line of Targaryen succession (which Viserys I happily forgot about during his reign, despite the fact that was what got him the throne), the second got Egg the crown after the death of Maekar.

About people sitting behind a desk having no right to judge Jasper, that means I have no right to sit here, behind my laptop and say that Hitler, Stalin, Ghengis Khan, Caligula, Ivan the Terrible, Baibars and more were terrible Human beings. But they were, and I am quite happy judging them as such. That is very much with in my right, I may not know everything about them, in some cases I know very little, but they were bad men, of that I'm certain, that's me... judging. I may not be correct, but I am judging.

And as to calling it a 'mirror image', you're drawing quite a lot out of one fictional blurb of one fictional book in an entirely fictional universe in a fictional setting within this fictional universe.

gsaint413: Stannis, what happens after the story with him? Tywin was left out of the end..so i take it that Tommen would be his heir? Robb? Wheres Robb at the end of it all. How were the ironborn eradicated? Maybe I missed it. The Reach? do you think you could have had a survive...hated the way WIllas was tortured and killed...he was a good guy

Answer: Stannis continues to serve as Hand of the King, I haven't decided yet whether he outlives Jasper's reign or not, but what I will say, and this may be slightly spoilery for the possible short stories thing, but Durran's first son is named Stannis after him. Tywin goes back to the Westerlands to lead it's recovery, and continue to train Tommen, who only gets richer as he lends out money to help rebuild Westeros after the war. Robb, he has to try and rebuild the North after the White Walker/Other invasion. The Ironborn culture was destroyed when Jasper took away their right to float ships, and put a House that followed the Faith of the Seven in charge there, and, as said above, he allows the Inquisition to go as well. They weren't eradicated, just their way of life. By the Reach I assume you mean the Tyrells. There are some Tyrells who survive, but just none from Highgarden, they were all killed so those that survived were mostly distant cousins and women married into other houses, so much so that there would be men from other houses in more direct line to Highgarden from the Tyrell side (Ormund is case in point here) than these Tyrell survivors.

Guy: I only wish to know what will become of Durran's reign and his bride. Yada yada I'm just curious to see how the Baratheon Lineage holds up in coming centuries after being mixed with Targaryen blood.
Do they get overthrown? Do they live up to the modern ages? Or do they just die out? That's all nothing more beyond that.

Answer: Short of consisting of at least one Parliament, Durran's reign is, right now, a mystery, I'm not even sure that Laena will end up marrying him yet, despite being betrothed, they are both young, and much can happen, that may be a plot point for the shorts. As for the centuries after; I have to be honest, I don't know, I haven't planned his entire family line out to the end of time or anything. It's alive and well now and for the next generation, let's say that.

TheOnlyKing: I was wondering if you were going to continue your other Vengeance and Justice story?

Answer: I might, I'll be honest I've lost most of my enthusiasm for it, but I will try to get back into it and finish it before the next big project starts.

ladymay03: It would have been great however to know what happened to Robb. Because he was on his way down to Kings Landing tisane his sister, wasn't he?

Answer: He was coming to save his sister and nephew eventually, but then Jasper returned from the supposed dead and won the war, so he wasn't needed and could focus on his stuff in the North.

Okay, I believe that was all the questions, I hope I've answered them to your satisfaction, I just have a few questions and reminders for you, if you wouldn't mind.

Several people have commented that this is the first GoT or Black Prince Story they've finished to the end. Is it the first one to finish? I know there were a few out before I started writing mine, so that doesn't seem right, but I haven't found another that has finished since I got those reviews and started looking.

Would you be interested reading in my next project, what are your thoughts on it etc?

- Just a reminder that, apart from A Song of Three Sons, all the projects listed above are tentative right now, and may never come to be. If it becomes too long to wait and people want to take on a project themselves, drop me a PM and it can be discussed, or other side-stories to this one anyone may wish to write.

- Continue to review, I'll always receive and appreciate them, even now that the story is done.

- This is the last post. There'll be no update to announce my new stories emerging, and if you have follow up questions to my answers, new questions or didn't quite understand my answers, drop me a PM and I'll get back to you. But now, I'm sad to say, A Game of Vengeance and Justice will no longer be sending out alerts for updates.

And with that, I would like to thank you all one last time, thanks for following, favouriting, reviewing and just reading, I can't say how important it is to us writers. I hope you feel the story hasn't been a waste of your time to read andI hope I've made some impact in the ASOIAF/GOT Fanfiction community and that you'll continue to stay with me in my next projects.

If so, I'll see you there, if not, then it's been good writing for you. Best of luck in all your futures, and stay safe.

Psykic Ninja