Chapter 2

Eshan rode for days until he could see the Eyrie towering above him in the clouds covered in mist, as they rode along the road they were greeted by knights of the Vale, "who goes there?" one of them asked

"I am Eshan council of King Robb Stark, I am here to speak to Lady Lysa Arryn"

"we received the rider you sent ahead she is expecting you" the knights turned and escorted the group to the Eyrie

Eshan marched in to the great hall with his men close behind, he looked up at Lysa Arryn sitting on her throne with Robin on her lap looking down at them, "did my nephew send you to gain the support of the Vale"

Eshan stepped forward stopping just before the moon door, "I am here to get the knights of the Vale for my King and I will not leave without them" he declared looking Lysa dead in the eyes

"well then you will be here until the war ends" Lysa said as she held Robin close, "I will not leave my sweet Robin defenceless against those monsters"

"Robb Stark is fighting to kill those monsters, send your knights to aid him"

"I WILL NOT LET THEM DO TO MY SON WHAT THEY DID TO MY HUSBAND" she screamed but that didn't deter Eshan

"mummy can we make the man fly" Robin spoke up as he got bored

"what do you mean by fly?" Eshan asked not understanding

"it's how we execute our prisoners, we throw them through that door" Lysa pointed to the moon door in front of Eshan, "and if you don't want to leave through that door leave through the other immediately"

When Lysa had finished Eshan burst in to laughter as he doubled over and almost fell to the floor, "what is so funny?" Lysa asked

Eshan straightened himself and looked at Lysa, "it just occurred to me I don't need to convince you I just need to convince him" Eshan's gaze fell on Robin, "you are the Lord of the Vale so it is your decision"

"mummy what is the man talking about?" Robin looked to his mother

"don't listen sweet Robin" Lysa held her son closer

"Lord Robin Arryn of the Vale if you commit your knights to my Kings cause and declare him King of the Vale then I shall bring you a King you can make fly" Eshan declared to the boy as he saw his eyes light up

"can you really bring me a King and I can make him fly?" the boy jumped out of the throne in excitement

"yes if you commit your knights and name Robb Stark King of the Vale" a smile spread across Eshans face as he realised he had won

"don't liste…" Lysa tried to speak by Robin interrupted

"KNGHTS FOLLOW ROBB STARK KING OF THE VALE TO WAR AND BRING ME BACK A KING I CAN MAKE FLY" Robin shouted and that was all the vale lords needed

"leave a few hundred in the vale to protect your lands my Lord" Eshan said as he turned and walked out

Eshan left the Eyrie with the knights of the Vale and the Vale lords behind him, it took them much longer to return to the norther camp but after a few weeks Eshan rode in to camp triumphant enjoying the look on the Lords faces as they watched him lead the Vales army in to camp, Robb Stark walked out to meet him and the kings smirked as he saw the new army, "so you got the Vale to fight for me" Robb said as he looked at the thousands of men

"not only that your grace King Robb Stark of the North, the Trident and the Vale" as Eshan said it he handed the king a letter

The king opened the letter that was sealed with the Arryn sigil and tried to read through the terrible hand writing, although Robb couldn't read it all it basically said the Vale commits its men this cause and name him King of the Vale and it was signed the Lord of the Vale, "well you did say you would make me King of the Vale" Robb joked as folded the letter, "how did you get my aunt to give in?"

"I didn't I gave the real Lord of the Vale what he wanted"

"and what was that?" Robb asked fearing that one of his sisters might have to marry Robin

"once this war is over and we have King Joffery in custody I promised he will be tried and executed in the Vale along with the rest of the Lannisters" Eshan revealed slightly fearing consequences

"it is fine as long as we win and I get to throw him through that stupid door I'm fine with it" Robb then turned and ordered Eshan to follow him in to his tent, the king showed him his war plan

"so you plan to invade the Westerlands" Eshan said after studying the map

"yes I believe we can take the Westerlands and show them we are a force to be reckoned with"

"we shouldn't try to hold the Westerlands it will give the Lannisters a home advantage" Eshan kept studying the map like he was looking for something

"most of the Lord want to invade the Westerlands what would you suggest?"

"we go in fast split our force and attack the Golden tooth then on to Casterly rock and Lannisport after we commandeer the ships there we move to Deep den and in to the Reach all the while harassing the Lannisters in the Westerlands by the time we get out Tywin would have dispatched an army to try take advantage of our divided force once the force in the Riverlands engages him then the force from the Westerlands will come round and attack the rear"

"he'll be trapped and we can crush him" Robb Stark said laying his hands on the map, "then we march on Kings landing giving the ships we commandeered time to attack the city from the sea"

"there is one big flaw" Eshan admitted, "if the Tyrells are given a reason to attack us while we are engaging the Lannisters then the army at the back will be destroyed and you will lose half your force"

"hopefully my mother can make peace with Renly"

"what was your plan your grace?" Eshan asked to keep Robb from thinking about his mother

"I want to use our full force and crush the Lannisters in the Westerlands and draw the rest of the army to us then once Stannis see the opportunity he will take Kings landing and we can negotiate with him"

"your plan does have less risks and with the added force of the Vale we do slightly outnumber the Lannisters" Eshan stroked his chin as he looked at the map, "we only need to keep them in the Westerlands for your plan to work so there will be no need for open conflict"

"I knew I was right to trust you" Robb said as he slid in to his chair, "for giving me the Vale I'll give you your hundred men"

"thank you your grace" Eshan bowed slightly as gave his leave

"if we destroy the Lannisters will there be peace" Robb wondered out loud

"before this war there was Roberts rebellion before that you had a string of mad kings before that you had the dance of dragons and before that you had Aegons conquest and before that you had seven kingdoms fighting each other and you can go back to when the people here were fucking in caves" Eshan told the king, "this land won't be peaceful as long as there are people here and even then it's debatable"

Robb laughed a little at the comment, "so the peace we're fighting for doesn't exist"

"fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity, even if you win in another hundred year someone will rebel against someone else and there will be another war" Eshan turned and before he left the tent, "I'm not saying give up just don't fight for peace that is achieved through talk; fight for vengeance, fight to destroy your enemies, fight for the rage and anger you feel just don't fight for peace that is a hopeless cause"

Eshan left the tent and the king alone to think on what he had said.

End of chapter 2