Chapter 1

Robb Stark was taking one of his late night walks outside of his camp; since the war started and his father was killed he found it hard to sleep and instead would sneak out of the camp to clear his head. The king was walking through a small wooded just outside camp with Grey wind by his side when he heard the sound of steel against wood, he drew his sword and followed the sound to a figure striking a tree with his back to the king, Robb could tell by that he wasn't a Northman but he also didn't look like a Lannister, "who are you?" Robb asked pointing his sword at the figure who just held up their hands

"shouldn't I be asking you that" he said still not turning

"I am Robb Stark king in the north now who are you?"

"you're Robb Stark?" the man asked

"aye now who are you" Robb still had his sword pointed at the man

"then I've been looking for you your grace" he said turning giving Robb a good look at him, he wasn't a man he was barely Robbs age, you could see black stubble growing on his chin and his skin had a tanned hue to it

"I don't care who you're looking for throw down your sword and come with me" Robb commanded

"I brought the sword for you as a gift so have it" he threw the sword at Robbs feet giving Robb his first good look at it

"is that Valyrian steel?" he asked now interested in who this man was and why he was here

"it is your grace I wouldn't bring you some common steel sword"

"where did you get this are you a noble?" the king asked still suspicious of this strange man even though Grey wind didn't see him as a threat

"no but my family is rich" the man told him

"doesn't matter how rich you are even the Lannisters can't buy something like this"

"if you want to hear where I got it from and why I'm here you might want to sit down it's a long story" the man sat down and rested against the tree he was cutting moments ago

"first what is your name?" Robb asked still pointing his sword at the man

"I'm Eshan, now put that sword away I'm unarmed"

"fine" Robb sat down across from the man but kept his sword out, "now why are you here Eshan, and where did you get Valyrian steel"

"I come from Volantis …."

"Volantis you're a long way from home" Robb commented interrupting the man

"as I told you my family is rich we got that way when an ancestor of mine looted Valyria for all its steel right after the doom that's how I got the sword my family has a lot of Valyrian steel artefacts"

"that explains the sword but why would you leave Volantis to come here?" Robb asked

"I'm the youngest son so I won't inherit anything so my father gave me some money a Valyrian steel sword and told me to make something greater than we have now and that's how I found my way to Westeros"

"so then why are you looking for me?"

"when I arrived I found out about the war and after listening around I decided to offer you my services"

"and what can you do?" the king asked looking Eshan dead in his eyes

"I will not claim to be a great warrior but I am the smartest man you will ever know and from what I heard you need that"

Robb looked Eshan in his eyes looking for a signs he was lying but found nothing and the king didn't feel threatened by him and his wolf seemed calm, "if you were a Lannister assassin you would have killed me already and Grey wind would have killed you so what do you want for your services?" the king relaxed a bit

"one I want you to take my council and consider it two I want compensation for my services three I want a hundred men to command and four I want to see you win this war, don't forget those"

"you really only want a hundred men?" Robb asked finding the request strange, "why don't you ask for more?"

"a hundred soldiers under me are better than a thousand under anyone else" he told the king looking him dead in the eyes

Robb smirked as he got up and sheathed his sword then bent down to pick up the Valyrian steel sword before throwing it to Eshan, "follow me back to camp" Robb turned and headed to camp

"the sword is a gift it's yours your grace" Eshan said walking behind him

"I already have a sword you keep it"

The three made it back to camp by morning and immediately Robb was informed of a war council, Eshan followed the king to his council and as soon as all the lords sat down Theon was the first to speak up, "who's your new friend your grace?"

"this is Eshan he is offering his council to me" the king explained

"we don't need a foreigner to help us win this war" Lord Umber spoke with murmurs of agreement , "he can fuck off back to where he came from"

"he's probably a spy we should cut his head off and send it to those Lannister bastards" Lord Glover suggested

"I'm not a spy so you will just be sending your enemies the head of a random man" Eshan spoke up

"my father always said action show you who your true friends are " the king silenced all the lords, "so Eshan I want you to do something for me"

"what do you want me to do your grace?" Eshan asked slightly bowing his head

"my mother once tried to get my aunt Lysa to commit her knights to my cause but she refused, I want you to get her to side with me in this war the knights of the Vale will be invaluable"

"give me ten men and some horses and I'll make you king of the vale" Eshan assured the king

"good come back with the knights of the Vale and I'll meet your demands if you return without them then you will not be able to show your face in the north again" Rob warned him before summoning a soldier, "get him ten men and some horses"

After Eshan had left Lord Bolton turned to the young king, "are you seriously sending him to negotiate with Lysa Arryn, that woman is insane she'll throw him through that moon door of hers"

"if he succeeds we gain the support of the Vale if he fails we lose nothing" Robb said before they moved on to other matters

End of chapter 1

I've had this chapter since the red wedding episode but I just now decided to clean it up and put it out there, what do ya think.