Mermaid Queen

Queen Oktavia Seckendorff ,current Queen of Mermaid Island, sit on the blue throne in the Mermaid Hall. She wear a breathtakingly beautiful blue dress that complementing her blue eyes and hair. Standing on her right side, a red haired woman with red dress glaring at a man kneeling in front of the throne.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY? !" the red woman name was Ophelia, the queen right hand man, yell angrily at the kneeling man.

"King Robert Baratheon, King of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men demanded that Queen Oktavia to kneel before him." The man was a messenger from King's Landing.

"AND WHAT MAKE YOU THINK WE WOULD DO THAT ? !" (Ophelia)

"He want you to prove your loyalty to the crown." (messenger)

"WE DIDN'T KNEEL TO TARGARYEN,WHY SHOULD WE KNEEL TO A BARATHEON ? !" (Ophelia)

"Ophelia ! Calm your self !" The Queen spoke.

"Tell your king I will personally come to King's Landing to meet him."(Oktavia)

"WHAT ? ! but . . ."(Ophelia)

The Queen raised her right hand, signaling she doesn't want to be interrupted.

"Make sure there is a huge banquet when I got there." The Queen said while smiling and signaling messenger to leave the throne room.

"Are you crazy ? !" Ophelia sent a bewildered look to the queen shortly after the messenger leave the room.

"Normally,you get sent to prison for calling your queen crazy, but no, I'm not crazy"(Oktavia)

"Then why?" (Ophelia)

"It's just kneelin. It won't hurt anybody."(Oktavia)

"Wha . .But we didn't even kneel to Dragon ! Why should we kneel to a Stag ? !" (Ophelia)

"Don't worry. I'm not just going to kneel to him.I've got a 'hidden agenda' for them" Oktavia said while grinning.

"(sigh). . . Whatever. Just don't get yourself into dangerous situation. I hate to clean up your mess."

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Mermaid Island. Island named after the famous mythical creature situated between Baelish keep of The Vale and Braavos,making it an ideal trade route for Essos and Westeros. House Seckendorff is the current ruling house of this Island. Surrounded by cliff, the only way to reach this island is to dock in the Mermaid Harbor situated in Mermaid Gulf north of the Island or The Red Harbor situated in Red Bay south of the Island.

This natural barrier make it easy to defend from outside attack and have a reputation of impregnable island. The people of Mermaid Island are skilled sailor. Their skill is on par with royal fleet and the iron fleet. Majority of Islander work as fisherman and trader.

Their excellent trading skill plus their expertise in sailing making the Mermaid Trader one of the best trader in Known World,which make house Seckendorff one of the richest house on Westeros.

During the Robert's Rebellion, House Seckendorff taking neutral stance despite the demand from two side to take side. The Ruling Queen at that time remains neutral and thus,garnering distrust from both the Targaryen Loyalist and Robert's Rebellion.

The current Queen, Oktavia von Seckendorff , was crowned shortly after the previous Queen,her grandmother, died of old age. Although her reign is still young,Oktavia is known as benevolent ruler to her people. Many of her policy's targeting for the betterment of her people, making her popularity higher than the previous queen.

Majority of Mermaid Islander doesn't follow the same god from the rest of Westeros. They worship the Goddess of Hope believing that the Goddess of Hope led the First Mermaid to land on the Island and giving them feet so they no longer have to fear the Kraken.

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AUTHOR'S NOTE : First of all,I'm sorry if there are any grammatical error. English isn't my first language. And if you find any grammatical error,be sure to leave a comment so I can fix it. And Secondly, it's my first time writing a fanfiction ,I don't know if you will like it or not(I hope you like it), but if you have any suggestion ,feel free to leave it in the comment.