So this is the first official chapter of my story.
My OC is based on Bill Cuttings form the movie "Gangs of New York" and Daniel Plainview from the movie "There will be blood", why I decided to write a character like that?
Because I simply love Daniel Day Lewis performances on both those movies, and since he retired form cinema this is my tribute to him.
But enough talk, let's get right into the story.
This chapter will explain a bit better on a resume way the story of Bill Stark and how he became famous.
Chapter 1- Bill Stark.
Of all the houses of all the seven kingdoms, there isn't a house in my mind as celebrated or simply respected as house Stark.
House Stark controls the north (which in itself is bigger then the seven kingdoms), it always tried to keep the balance and always followed the laws of men. The Starks also lived on one of the most impenetrable and strongest stone castle fortress on the north.
The Stark earned their great household name and respect of other houses, thanks to their honour and their oath keeping.
But the Starks did break one of their older oaths, during the rebellion against the targeryens, that nearly whipped out the entire family blood line.
In that Rebellion, four great houses joined forces to overthrow the mad king Aerys the second after he had burned the warden of the north and killed his firstborn son Brandon Stark. And it all started when Aerys firstborn son Rahegar Targeryen had apparently kidnapped Lyanna Stark when leaving harrenhall (who was meant to be betrothed to Robert Baratheon).
Rahegar had been married to Elia Martell, who she had given him two silver haired children.
As I mentioned earlier, four great houses (including some lesser great houses) joined forced to overtake the iron throne located at the red keep in Kings Landing, a throne made out of swords fused together by dragon fire.
Although one of this houses had only joined the rebellion, only for personal gain, that house was house Lannister, commanded by Tywin Lannister (who had served as hand of the king of Aerys for 20 years, plus his son Jaime Lannister was sworn shield of Aerys), who made a name for himself after he had slaughtered house Reyne when they tried to rebel (The rains of Castamere), Tywin had only joined the rebellion when he realized that the Targeryens were going to lose, so they wanted to gain something for joining the rebellion (which they eventually gain).
The Starks, Baratheons and the lords of the Vale with their Bannerman (led by Ned Stark, Robert Baratheon and Jon Arryn) on the other hand had started the rebellion for revenge purposes.
Ned wanted revenge for the death of his father, brother and also the kidnapping of his sister.
While Robert wanted revenge for the kidnapping of his betrothed. And Jon had started the rebellion when after the death of Rickon Stark and his firstborn, when Aerys had order him to bring the heads of Ned and Robert.
But during the rebellion there was a Stark that was different from the rest. A Stark that wasn't ashamed of blending in with the common people, and one that despised honour and oaths.
That Stark was Ned's twin brother Bill Stark, or what both high born and commoners alike would refer him to as "The Butcher".
He gained that title thanks to his habits of butchering meat, mostly pigs, he loved working with pigs, so much that he was able to learn the anatomy of men and he also had learn that the flesh of a pig was the nearest thing in nature to the flesh of a man.
This kind of knowledge gave him a big advance on the battlefield, for he knew exactly where to hit, he knew where the most vital organs were located (The liver, the heart, the kidneys, the stomach and the artery), he would always say to never aim for the neck unless you had no other chance, he preferred to stab the foe in the stomach then in the kidneys, he would then let him think about what he had done for a moment, before slicing his neck.
But Bill wasn't alone, Bill was also the leader of a posse the size of an army (and it kept growing stronger on both strength and numbers) the name of the posse was called "The Northern Natives".
This posse was consisted of fourth born sons or daughters of petty lords, small time lords, bastards who wanted to be known for something, or simply commoners who would join the posse, out of revenge for the murdering of loved ones by the hands of royalists, or to get a better life, or to simply feed their families, women would also be accepted and even wilding that where able to pass the wall and orphan children.
But Bill wouldn't just accept, anyone, he hated both rapists and southrens, If a rapist was found he would be stripped down to his jolly and castrated with a hot dagger (before being sent to the wall).
The southrens on the other hand, they could indeed join the posse, but they needed to work harder in order to prove themselves to be worthy of being part of Bill's posse and earn the trust of the butcher.
The posse's role was not only to show strength, but also to keep the peace and order in not only the north but the remaining kingdoms as well, and to make sure that some high born prick wouldn't step out of line. Their main targets would always be the Lannister men and the mountain's men. If any of them stepped out of line, the posse had Bill's permission to kill or at the very least main any soldier who would dare to harm the commoner without a good reason
In order to keep an eye on the loyalists, Bill created a net worth of spies across westeros, and even beyond the sea, and in Dorne. It was similar to the little birds of Varys the master of whispers. But Bill would proudly call them Big Birds. These spies were not just some background people, that could be identified eventually. These spies were the guards themselves. A selected number of posse members would join the guard and keep bill posted with information, that meant that the butcher had eyes and ears everywhere and the only way the spies could be identified, was with a golden coin with the sigil of a direwolf.
But how would one identify a member of the Butcher's posse? They were all identified by a top hat made of deer hide or leather (depending what your position was, if you were one of Bill's most important men you would wear a leather hat, and if you were a simple soldier or scout you would wear the hide one).
But how could Bill support his posse on the gold department? Let's just say that Bill was also a very successful business man, he owed a great number of businesses, from butchery, farming, mines, fishing, wine making (he created a new brand of wine, he named it "The northern grape" it was very popular), blacksmithing, cloth making, brothels and he even bought a lot of inns that he would monthly collect the income.
Bill had also created a drink, that was more popular with children but Bill loved it even more than wine, it was a drink made with iced milk, vanilla, mashed strawberry and some whipped cream, Bill called that drink Milkshake.
Bill started small, but over the years with the increase number of businesses, he also expanded them to not only the seven kingdoms, but to Essos, Dorne and Braavos.
But he would never make business on slavery, in fact if he ever saw a salve ship, he would kill the captain and half of the crew, and send them back to Essos with a message nailed on the captain's forehead.
But how could he collect the income and manage so many businesses? That was another job for his posses, was to collect half of the income (or 2/3 depending on the importance of the business), only a small amount of chosen individuals would directly manage a chosen business, they would take care of it and make sure that it did it failed.
But how would Bill make sure that no one would take advantage of him? He would use fear as his main weapon, if man would steal from him he would cut his hands off, if a man would insult him he would cut his tongue and bury it deep where the sun don't shine and if a man would arm him, his posse or his family, he would cut that said man's head off and put it on a spike with a message so that everyone could see.
Yes, you could say that Bill was known to be unpredictable and merciless to those who would arm the ones he cared about, so common folk and loyalists would always think twice on the idea of crossing and anger the butcher.
But Bill was also known to be a fair minded person, and he couldn't care where and individual came from and what status he was, all he cared about was his skills and his way of working.
And he actually cared about the poor and the homeless (especially those of flea bottom) he would send food to the people living in flea bottom, and with the income of his businesses he built orphanages and home shelters for the homeless.
He would also help the night's watch on the weapon and food department.
Bill was a rich man, some would say even more than Tywin Lannister and Mace Tyrell, but he would always make sure not to show his riches.
Unlike his twin brother, Bill care none for honour or oaths in fact Bill hated both things.
In his mind honour would only cloud judgement, and oaths were only there to limit a person's rationality and also an excuse to blindly kill anyone that a lord would order to.
Bill's weapons consisted on two valyriant steel daggers, two regular steel daggers and two butcher knifes. Bill mastered the knife throwing technique he would often do public shows were he would hit targets with his knife, sometime even blindfolded.
Another characteristic of Bill, was his glass eye on his right eye socket, he had lost that eye after a fight with Rahegar Targeryen, after he had named his sister Lyanna Stark the queen of beauty during a tourney.
But as a child Bill hadn't been the force to be reckon with like he was now as an adult.
Bill as a child was actually quite fragile, he wasn't good with neither sword or bow, during the training he would sometimes get scowled by his father and a bit picked on by his older brother.
Because of his lack of skills, Bill would often become short tempered and would get angry at the slightest bit of provocation.
Ser Rodrik would always try to help him out improving his sword skills, even Bill's twin would do the same.
But the one family member Bill was the closest to was his sister Lyanna.
As a little child, Bill would always ran towards her every time he was in trouble or if he had been hurt during the training, Lyanna would always comfort him with a big hug.
It was always thanks to her that Bill found his skill with daggers, his love for butchery and his courage.
Bill had also another friend during his childhood, that friend was a gigantic simple minded kid named Hodor, they had a sort of unusual friendship, they would often together and both enjoyed escaping winterfell and go out in secret hunts (Bill did the hunting and Hodor would carry the hunt), it was in one of this hunts that he was able to find the two valyriant steel daggers.
But growing up, Bill didn't wanted to take orders from anyone, he wanted to be free and create his own merit. So much so that at the age of 17 he was able to create a posse of 500 commoners and bastards and he had a few minor businesses.
But made Bill known across westeros and beyond that was his major role during the rebellion.
After Rahegar had supposedly kidnapped Lyanna and after the mad king killed his father and brother. Bill assembled all of his men, which was around 5000 during the rebelion, plus another 2000 volunteers who had joined his posse with the wish of revenge for the death of the warden of the north and to see the mad king overthrown.
Bill arrived at the Trident before Robert could, fought Rahegar and killed him in battle (Out of respect he gave him a quick death and took his rubies from his armour), Bill promised to bury Rahegar alongside his ancestors at the Red Keep.
Bill also arrived at King's Landing, before the Lannister army could of arrive (on which they did shortly after), a big bird had told him that the Lannisters were approaching King's Landing, Bill knew that it couldn't be good news.
But what happened in King's Landing turned Bill into a hero in the eyes of the common folk. Before the Lannisters, could sack King's, Bill had order hi posse to defend every house, every women, child or elderly from the clutches of the Lannister army.
When the sack finally began, it was like another battle after the Trident, the posse fought with fury against the Lannisters who wanted to arm the innocent, a lot of folks from flea bottom grabbed any weapon they could find and joined the fight against the Lannisters.
At the end of the sacking a lot of men were killed on both sides, but no women or child were killed or raped during the sack.
Bill found Aerys on the thorne room, alongside Jaime Lannister, the mad king kept shouting "BURN THEM ALL!"
But long story short, Bill killed Aerys, he opened his guts and smeared them all over the iron throne, he cut of his head and hands and put them on the tip of the iron throne swords, the rest of the body, he made sure that he was sit on the throne (imagine Aerys without head and hands sat on the iron throne) Jaime Lannister saw everything, but the butcher left him alive and untouched.
But one thing that Bill did that day, that no one expected was the fact that he saved Elia Martel and her children.
Bill had found Elia and her children on their room right before the Mountain and Armory Loch could get there.
When the two Lannister men found Bill with Elia, they were never going to let him get away.
It was the biggest mistake of their lives.
Bill ended up castrating the mountain and marked his face with a hot dagger, while Armory got his sword hand cut off.
Bill made sure that they both survived, the reason why he made sure of that was to make both of them live in shame.
After that he put Elia and her children on the fastest boat he could find and set them to sail towards Dorne (Bill stayed in King's Landing, for he had some work left to do).
No one knew exactly why Bill had saved them, some would say it's because of guilt over killing Rahegar, other's would say it's because he wanted the prince of Dorne to be in depth with him and others would say that he did it to expand his many businesses into dorne (which he did shortly after).
But in reality the only person who knew the reason why he did it, was no other than Bill himself.
Either way, the rescue of Elia and her children turned Bill into a hero on the eyes of the dornish people (they would refer him as "The Child Saviour").
Both Robert and Tywin were furious with Bill for saving Elia and her children, but Bill didn't give a fuck, what were they going to do muscle Bill? Bill was the muscle, and they couldn't execute him, for they both knew that if they publicly execute Bill, then most of the north would be against them, his posse and the folks at Flea bottom.
When the rebellion finally ended, Bill, Ned and a few posse members went to Dorne to the Tower of Joy, where her sister was located.
That was where Bill would experience his biggest loss, which was the loss if his sister (Bill wept that day), He was also the first one to hold his newborn nephew (Jon Snow), Bill wanted to take the newborn with him and educate him and raise him like he would his own son, but Ned wouldn't let him, so at the end of the day, Ned went back to Winterfell claiming to be Jon's father, a stupid action in Bill's eyes.
History would say that Rahegar had kidnapped Lyanna, but Bill and Ned knew the truth, the whole truth.
After the rebellion Bill moved out of Winterfell and went on to built his own castle, he named it the Seven points.
It was a big stone castle similar to Winterfell, with big barriers to protect from outside enemies.
This castle not only became Bill's home, but also became the main headquarters to his posse, most of the posse would go live there.
Bill also own the outside terrain, where peasants and farmers would peacefully grow food and where blacksmiths and tailors would do their business.
So food, weapons and clothing wasn't an issue at the Seven Points.
The following years after the rebellion, Bill's popularity and wealth grew at a drastic rate, he became at the age of 26, one of the wealthiest and respected men of the seven kingdoms.
He also had a small role on the Greyjoy rebellion, he ended up killing Euron Greyjoy firstborn and he gave Theon to Ned so he could warren him.
Season 1
The Seven Point castle
Years have passed since the rebellion and the Greyjoy rebellion.
The seven kingdoms enjoyed years of peace.
Bill was on his bedchambers eating his favourite supper.
Sirloin steak rare, with some baked potatoes and some salted mushrooms.
Bill was slowly eating his supper, when suddenly his door was opened by no other than his trustworthy steward, and maester apprentice, Samwell Tarly, who entered Bill's chambers with a small scroll in his hand.
"Lord Bill, a raven came carrying a message of great importance." Samwell said (he was brathing heavily, which meant that he had been running).
Bill stopped eating and turned to Sam sighing in frustration (but for different reasons).
"Have you forgotten the rules Sam?" Bill asked in an impatient tone.
"I... apologise for not knocking first my lord." Sam said.
"That's not what I'm talking about Sam. I understand that you have only joined us for two weeks now, but don't tell me that you have forgotten the first rule that I had discussed with you already?" Bill said in a calm voice, but his face was full of annoyance.
Sam was getting a bit nervous now "Never steal form you?"
"That's the second rule Sam." Bill said "Try again."
Sam was sweating now "Never..."
"Never call me lord, for I am not some lording shit with a giant stick up hi arse." Bill concluded Sam's phrase "Make sure to remember it Sam, if you ever want to address me, then you call me by the name my mother gave to me." He said with a serious tone now.
"Yes my lor… I mean yes Bill." Sam said.
Bill smiled "Good" he said before turning around and resumed eating "You said that you have an important message for me?"
"Yes Bill, it's from Kings Landing."
"If it's Robert asking for more gold, then do me a favour Sam, burn that message, go to maester Williams and tell him to write a raven back to them, saying that they can all fuck off until they pay me the half million they already own me in gold." Bill said not stoping eating.
Sam let put a quick chuckle "No Bill, thankfully it's nothing of sort, it's about the king's hand."
"What does good old Jon Arryn want?" Bill asked.
"He died Bill?" Sam said.
Bill stopped eating, but he didn't turn to Sam "That really is a shame, he was a nice man, a decent man, there are not many like him, there are less now." He resumed eating "How did he died?"
"According to our big bird, he was fine one day, but then he grew hill the following day." Sam explained.
"Do you thing Cersei Lannister could have had something to do with it?" Bill asked.
"Lady Tully might think so, as soon as lord Arryn died, she just ran off with her son Robin." Sam said.
"She must be on her way towards the Vale." Bill commented "Anything else?"
"Yes Bill, his grace king Robert and the rest of the royal family are riding towards winterfell." Sam said
Bill knew exactly the reason, why Robert wanted to go to Winterfell.
"Go to maester Williams and tell him to send a raven to my brother announcing my future arrival." He started "Also tell him to send a raven to Dorne, Eli, Vallon, Jack, Peter, Ellen, Dwayne and Anton, I want them all reunited here within the week, also if I were you I'd start packing, because you, me and the lads are going to Winterfell."
"Right away Bill." Sam said before leaving the chamber.
It was time for Bill to visit his brother.
So this was the end of the first chapte.
On the next chapter we are going to see some new OC's.
Here are their names and the actor playing the part (more information will be in the next chapter):
Dorne- Played by Leonardo DiCaprio.
Priest Vallon- Played by Liam Neeson.
Eli Sunday- Played by Paul Dano.
Ellen Barrett- Played by Sigorney Weaver.
Jack Mcmurphy- Played by Jack Nicholson.
Peter Belish- Played by Bill Murray.
Dwayne jon- Played by Dwayne Johnson.
Anton- Played by Javier Angel Encinas Bardem.
Maester Williams- Played by Robin Williams.
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