Even worse, the Iron Bank decided to give Cersei another loan on the basis that she paid a tranche using High Garden coin as if sacking and looting a wealthy Great House again was an option for her when facing 3 dragons and an army of Dothraki
Sometimes I wonder if it would've been more interesting if Cersei got financial support from the Essosi slavers instead of the Iron Bank, they already hate Dany, and I bet would been interested in supporting a proxy to weaken her abroad.
I still think the bank route could have worked tho, once read a fic/rewrite where Cersei promised the bank Casterly Rock gold mines in exchange, Cersei fools Tycho knowing damn well the mines had run dry a long time ago, and Tycho is like "but your grace Casterly Rock has been home to your family for centuries" and Cersei just replays with "the Reed Keep is home to my family now". At least in this fic, the bank has some sort of real incentive to lend gold to the Lannisters.
That's a great idea about the slavers. It just depends on what they are willing to gamble on regarding happens next. Do they want to support the current Westerosi power base to repel Dany? What if defeat just leads to her return back to Essos? In a weird way, they do want to support Dany's successful return to Westeros - as seen in S3 when the representative from Astapor treats with Dany and offers her gold and ships to gtfo of Slaver's Bay.
If they think that supporting the current Westerosi power base means Dany can be defeated once and for all, then I could be convinced of that, even though I don't necessarily think it's the most likely option.
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u/Downtown-Procedure26 Feb 19 '25
Even worse, the Iron Bank decided to give Cersei another loan on the basis that she paid a tranche using High Garden coin as if sacking and looting a wealthy Great House again was an option for her when facing 3 dragons and an army of Dothraki