Skagos.

Frank

Being marched through gates of a castle on a spearpoint was not something in his scouting curriculum. He was goona kill his own gut for landing them in this situation. It wasn't like he couldn't escape at any given point. But the same instinct which lead him to the island was telling him to cooperate. He was starting to think some divine intervention was messing with him again. Maybe the old gods were guiding him.

What he had assumed was a small fishing village was infact only the outskirts of a town hidden within a valley of two large rocky cliffs. In his carelessness he was spotted by the guards patrolling the walls of the town. They were able to identify him as a foreigner in seconds because of his small stature , compared to there 9 to 12 feet tall Giant statures, and strange clothes. Dozens of bows were drawn and aimed at him before he could attempt to hide or escape.

He was tempted to just turn into a bee or something similarly small to escape, but something held him back. He didn't know how or why but he knew that these people were somehow important in his quest. So following his gut he had lowered his bow and surrendered.

He was greeted by the strangest site when the doors opened. Half a dozen giant man carrying long spears came riding on unicorns. Within minutes he was surrounded , stripped of all his weapons and escorted inside the town.

From the minimal interactions with the guards he was finally able to identify the name of island. He was in skagos. He should have realized that , he did see the map which annabeth had taken from mance. But his purpose was to scout the wall and report back. So he didn't concentrate on other lands.

Skagos had a real bad reputation. Even the wildlings were wary of the skagosi people. Though wuleran knew little about them , what he told was not Good. Though skagos was a territory under seven kingdoms , directly under the Starks of winterfell, it was totally isolated and had its own culture. Apparently men were known to break there fast on human flesh. Cannibals were not uncommon among wildings but wuleran told him the skagosi took it to whole different level.

Frank didn't want be eaten. He had enough monsters in his world trying to do that ,but he wanted to meet the house head before making a decision. Currently he was lead by house stane soldiers of driftwood hall.

If he remembered right there were three ruling houses in skagos. The stanes of driftwood hall , the magnar of kingshouse and the crowls of deepdown. While learning of the hierarchy's of this world he had come to know that houses meant everything here. The seven great houses under one king which had further many number of houses under them. And he was just goona meet one such house. That also meant he was now directly under the jurisdiction of seven kingdoms, even if skagosi have not been an integral part of north for decades.Through winding and criss cross pathways he was led directly to a hall with domed celling and a high chair at the end.

Sitting on the chair was a man giant around 9 feet tall, bulging muscles, scarred face, a large mustache and a healthy amount of beard. He was smiling which showed his missing side incisors on upper jaw and remaining yellowing teeths. An intimidating site for many but frank had seen monsters more hideous so he wasn't fazed that much "So we caught ourselves a little mainlander ,did we. And who are you."

"My name is frank Zhang. And I assume you must be the current head of house stane." He inquired in a strong and firm voice. He had learned that when people try to intimidate you , showing no fear throws them out of there game.

"Zhang , never heard of them , from your armour it doesn't look like you are any common peasant, which house do you serve then." He counter asked ignoring his inquiry, which showed that he was used to getting things done his way.

"I serve no one. " He replied and conjured a half truth half lie on the spot. "I am one of the general in mances army. I come from beyond the wall"

"Mance , mance rayder the king beyond the wall" he asked surprised. Wildlings had no interests in skagos. They were happy fighting amongst themselves until recently when they banded together under mance for some reason. "What is a wildling raider doing in skagos, and how did you even reach here" As far as he knew wildlings didn't possess any ships or even a boat.

Again frank cooked up a lie on spot. He was never good at lying. He wondered what changed ." We were sent on scouting mission to eastwatch by the sea. We were spotted and chased by crows. We stole a boat from the fleet of night's watch and tried to sail away. Only I survived , my Clansman's are dead and the boat destroyed by the cliffs surrounding the skagos."

He remembered seeing around 20 ships docked on the eastern most point of the wall. He hoped those were ships from nights watch fleet and not some visiting navy. He didn't know if the nights watch owned a fleet or not.

"Hmm" the stane house head pondered , stroking his beard. "Whether you a westrosi or wildling from beyond the wall, it matters not. You are still a tresspasser. And we here in skagos do not like tresspasser. " Then he stood up and smiled a really terrifying smile. "Let your fates be decided by the old gods.TO THE ARENA"

Everyone present in the hall cheered. Four messengers were sent throughout the town to inform of the event. Frank was again escorted out of the hall and led to a cell where he was kept for approximately two hours. He was thankful he didn't have ADHD other wise sitting for two hours in an empty cell with nothing to do would have been torture in itself. Eventually he was taken from there and towards a dome shaped building which resembled the small and poor intimation of gladiator arenas found in new rome. So he will have to fight to win his freedom , he assumed.

Eventually he was led inside the arena to the armory. There he was re-given his bow and arrows. Then he was pushed through a trapdoor which led to the fighting pit. The trapdoor was shut and locked behind him.

The arena was circular in shape and had stone walls on all sides with two trap doors, the one he entered from and one directly in front of him. It's roof was covered by a barbed wire which had stone seats just outside of the perimeter. Currently all the seats were occupied and some skagosi were even standing. The stane house leader, whose name he still didn't know was sitting on a high chair. Upon his arrival to the fighting pit the 9 feet small giant stood up and all talking down down.

"We have caught a tresspasser amongst ourselves. His name is Frank Zhang. For coming uninvited to our island he will face his punishment. He will fight my champion and die today in this arena." The stane leader said confidently , like he already knew the winner would be his champion.

Now frank was by no means prideful and overconfident. Up until Percy came to camp Jupiter he was just a fumbling awkward demigod who still had to lose his baby fat. But he was confident about this fight. He was demigod son of mars , more powerful in this ancient and primitive land. And he had mystical abilities. If he was somehow defeated in this fight he could always convert to a dragon or something. Wulerean had told them the importance and symbolic meaning behind a dragon. The targareyans conquered this whole continent with just three dragons.

The opposite trap door opened and a bemoth of a man stepped out. He was by far the longest skagosi with easily twelve feet tall stature, long unkept black ringlets of hair, crude armour covering his chest and shoulders with a spiked bludgeon with smudges of red splattered on it. He looked like a he could throw a man across a sea with a flick of his finger.

One thing fighting giants had taught him, is that the bigger the opponent is the slower he becomes. So to fight this bemoth of a man he will have to avoid or deflect direct hits , manevour around him and shoot him enough to cripple him. It didn't look like the chest plate or shoulders pads had any chinks and the face helmet also looked sturdy. He also wore knee and arm braces.

"This fight is till death.If you survive you will be free to ask me of anything and in the name of old gods I should grant you what you desire. " The leader began in a commanding voice " Rejoice your last living moments here while you still can frank Zhang. Because my champion, mordu has never been defeated " .The skane leader told him while laughing cruely. Then he hollered "LET THE FIGHT BEGIN"

The big brute mordu rushed forward without any caution. When feets apart he raised his buldogen high in the sky. Frank rolled under his parted legs, nocked an arrow and released it directly in his crotch area , the only unprotected part of his body. He roared in pain and lost his grip on buldogen which sailed high in the sky , a little backward. Frank again nocked another arrow and released it toward the decending buldogen , which upon impact sailed directly towards the head of his opponent and got embedded there. And just like annabeth the fight was over before it even started. Whole arena was stunned. A halfman , in there eyes anyway, defeated the champion of there king in 2 shots with excellent marksmanship.

"Since the moment I arrived on this land , I have not been granted the chance to speak. By defeating your champion I have been pardoned mercy by the old gods" Frank began. " Now I request you uphold your promise and grant me what i desire."

The skane leader looked frank directly in the eyes and smiled a truly genuine smile for the first time. " I am a men of my word , you won this fight and so I will hold my end of bargain. You are a brave man and an excellent marksman Frank Zhang. " He looked to his right and ordered the man to open the trapdoor. " I request you to dine with me tonight. We will hear your demand in my dinning hall" Then he stood up and left the arena , leaving frank behind who was wondering how this could help him and the other six in there quest.

If skagosi became an ally then this could be there chance to enter the seven kingdoms even if skagosi have been isolated for decades from the rest of the kingdom. He will have to just wait and find out.

So there another update done. Because i dont have any writting schedule i dont have a beta reader so please forgive any grammer mistake. English is my second language.

The next chapter will also we most likely in Frank's POV. We will return to wildlings shortly.

Side note : a) Skagos and it's inhabitants are a rather mystery in got universe. That makes them free for imagination. Some measters believe they decended from giants , hence large height.

b) If any one have seen the movie Warcraft then you can compare the orgs of that universe to house stane , minus the big teeth. Plus they ride unicorns instead of the large wolves.

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