East meets North
The Emperor of Yi Ti doesn’t just want power—he wants legacy. In the East, magic born to an imperial child is a sign of the Mandate of Heaven: divine right to rule, blessed by the gods. And he has that sign—his daughter, Princess Ruyan, the first spiritwalker born to the imperial line in generations.
But that is not enough.
He wants the magic to pass through the male line. In Yi Ti, incest of first degree is forbidden. The Targaryen path is closed. So he looks west.
Two bloodlines still carry the old magic: Dayne and Stark. Ruyan is sent to secure the wolf-blood. Her mission: forge an alliance, birth a daughter with spirit-walking and Northern gifts, and return that child to the imperial line.
She was not bred to be a bride—she was trained to complete the mission. Diplomat. Strategist. Player. She enters their courts with silken grace and imperial steel.
She will play in the War of the Five Kings.
And she will play by their rules until she doesnt.
The dragons may have been exiled from Westeros…
…but another kind of dragon has come from the East.
I can't say all that much in great clarity and depth but I am very intrigued with this concept. The writing so far has been very good and you did well to not take things out of context or make the characters as nothing but caricatures and projections of something they aren't. I have rarely seen a fanfiction that touches on Yi Ti despite its realistically huge presence in the ancient lore. I love the world building and the philosophy of the characters. I look forward to see how it will go.