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~ the geography and maps of george r.r. martin's a song of ice and fire and other fantasy worlds. if you want to go to the very first post on the atlas of ice and fire, click here after much debate (and some requests) i have signed up with crowdfunding service patreon to better support future blogging. journeys of blood and fire: the voyage of the sun chaser & balerion’s trip to valyria. two of the more remarkable, if relatively minor, episodes in the history of the seven kingdoms  took place during the reign of king jaehaerys i targaryen, the conciliator, the westerosi king who sat the iron throne longer than any other. elissa fa*man was the middle child of lord marq fa*man of fair isle. born in 29 ac, she had an elder brother, franklyn, and a younger, androw. from a young age elissa loved the sea and learned to sail by the age of 14, circu*navigating fair isle to show her skill. by the age of 20, she had sailed her own ship as far north as bear island and as far south as the arbor. fair and athletic, elissa was a strong match for any noble house, but to lord marq’s regret, she seemed uninterested in marrying to strengthen the family’s fortunes. her forthright manner seemed to “scare off” potential suitors, many of whom were unwilling to indulge her interest in the sea (and many of them came from castles inland, far from the sea, to elissa’s horror). in 49 ac elissa’s younger brother androw married princess rhaena targaryen, the widow of king maegor the cruel. elissa and rhaena became close, with more fanciful maesters speculating on the nature of their relationship. lord marq died in 50 ac and franklyn became lord of faircastle, ordering rhaena to leave (as he personally disliked her and the cost of maintaining her household and her dragon had become exorbitant). elissa chose to leave with rhaena; when franklyn tried to stop her, ordering her to marry for the good of the family, he and his men were overpowered by rhaena’s supporters (not to mention fear of her dragon). elissa sailed rhaena and her household to dragonstone, a