What is this place?

Summary:

Arthur Lancaster is a mage- or he’s supposed to be. If he was better at it, he wouldn’t feel compelled to perform a dangerous ritual that will turn his struggle for survival in London’s soot-stained East End into one against much more personal foes than poverty. A struggle in which he’ll have to decide: Who are the monsters? And what really is the meaning of friendship, of family?

Darcy Seward has been locked in her room all her life. That’s for the best. She doesn’t know what exactly is wrong with her blood, but she knows she can’t be around other people. Ever. But when her comfortable prison is broken open, she needs to decide whether it’s better to be safe or to be herself.

Some more background information:

House of the Dragon is… a project. It was born out of a roleplaying group (yes, it’s one of those) but now it is two people letting a dozen characters run away with them and tell their stories. It is two people being entirely too in love with their characters and each other to stop writing. So it isn’t quite like regular fiction. There’s a lot of dialogue. It’s a little like impro theatre on the page, and a little like a screen play, and a lot like neither of these. It is its own thing, and we invite you to join the ride, explore our world, our multi-verse with us. (It’s free!) We hope you like it here. There’s vampires and mages, werewolves and fey. And dragons. Because dragons are cool.

Some warnings (or promises, depending on where you stand):

This work of fiction is very queer. And kinky.
We don’t strive for historical accuracy. Wikipedia is as deep as most of our research goes. If that gives you indigestion, this may not be the place for you.

Who are we?

House of the Dragon is written by Lily Hargrave and Devan Dacian.

Lily holds an M.A. in English Language Studies. She is a writer in progress who hopes one day to quit the day job and just make up stuff all day long. (Hey, maybe if this thing works out, she can!) If characters have a great fondness for horses, that’s entirely her fault. And gardening- any gardening happening is also her fault.
She lives far too far away from Devan on the otherwise lovely island of Ireland.

Devan’s aspirations are in the corporate career world, but they make a very fine stage director for ours. They bring the drama and the dancing to the writing… and any punches that aren’t being pulled.
They live across the ocean from Lily- as said, too far away.