The Wings of Dragons blocked out the light of the sun
The wind on the plain his standing was drenched with the smell of death. Each of his bannermen can feel this air that is so full of extinguish souls one would think the stranger is upon them despite believing on the Old Gods.
He tried to choose the location where he would face the infamous Imperial Prince of Tamriel but no matter what tactic or strategy he devised or did it was thwarted at all turns. He tried to ambush or delay the Imperial army to no avail for each try they were repelled and the people of Riverlands would pay the price of their attack.
He had to bring all his forces to bear including the men his uncle had at Riverrun, he did not even have a lord to leave at Harrenhal instead he chose some officer from Lord Bolton to garrison Harrenhal.
It was race against time as the Prince drowns the countryside with torrents of blood; Robb gathered his forces and any allies to meet the fifty thousand troops of the Imperial Prince.
At first he tried to ambush the enemy at Pinkmaiden but it was far too late for the Prince is already nearing High Heart. He tried more tactics but eventually fearing the Prince would kill more innocents h opted to meet the monster on the field with all his forces.
He managed to form up about sixteen thousand northmen and four thousand from the remainder of the Riverlords. But facing them is a massive army with organized disciplined and unwavering fortitude for battle numbering about fifty thousand troops.
However his army got the high ground and has no intention to change that also he knows the Prince would attack anyway despite the numbers of men that could be loss.
He now mounted his horse surrounded by his lords overlooking the massive army that is aimed to massacre them all. He had a plan but now at this moment he felt doubt creeping to his mind despite all this time he had been winning every battle he fought. This enemy before him is different from any he had faced before from the past. This army is more well organized even the Lannister army would pale in comparison also it is apparent that these soldiers had years of experience and more professional than the levies of Westeros. His troops' maybe fighting for justice and independence but his enemy is fighting for the sake of it and killing.
Nevertheless he tucked this doubt away from the corner of his mind and inhaled the deepest breath he had before his life. Then he gave the order to attack while echoes of King in the North can be heard from his army as they charged.
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The Prince sat upon a weirwood stump on the crown of the hill in High Heart contemplating his next move. Despite his customize heavy daederic armor weighing him down, it could be seen from his face that he was not physically fatigued at all instead his mind is truly getting tired from the previous battle.
The battle were complete chaos no tactics was followed properly nor could devious tricks win the battle. As the imperial army clashed to the Northmen's lines, arrows fly through the sky and spears were thrown everywhere while several cavalry from both sides continue their cycle charges against their targets. The Northmen held their ground amazingly despite the charge of the Imperial line.
The North had the advantage of high ground but the Imperial army was massive and also encircles the entire battlefield making their numbers being used at full potential.
Eventually the Imperial flanks would get attacked by cavalry that was repelled by his well-trained infantry and his mages. But the center is still at a stalemate causing him to charge it with his elite troops to break through the center.
He smashed the center with a vengeance with bodies being hacked and crushed to death by his Golden sword and mace at both hands. Comprising his elite attack force were several Blades bodyguard, some elite troops from his Bastard legion and finally mages.
The vicious attack through the lines was successful however as soon as they broke through and victory was within sight. The Enemy sprung a trap that made them surrounded by the enemy; this prompted the Prince to halt his charge and reformed his troops. He immediately formed a square with mages at the center raining fire upon the enemy causing them to waver that gave the prince to charge once more.
His attack would mean the battles fate being decided for as soon the center fell the battle is already lost despite possible counter attacks by the North's cavalry but the Prince is confident his infantry can repel such attacks.
After lines of men he killed he finally came upon the King himself surrounded by his guards who are probably sons from the major houses that serves him. Ignoring his orders given to him by his father for the sake of the Imperial ambition convinced him to attack with impunity.
He charged upon the king with the intent to kill the young wolf.
The vanguard was no match to the Prince and was overwhelmed and as if a blink of an eye it was just him and the King facing down. He threw his mace upon the last guard and proceeded to engage the King with his fiery golden katana. The king tried to match him for a short time but it was just matter of time before the king would meet his end.
The King was disarmed and the golden bran is upon his neck ready to make the King's head learn to fly. However as he prepares the last stroke a greatsword came upon him causing him to counter it to protect his own head. The attacker looked like an old man who is possibly a lord who is fiercely protecting his king.
Then suddenly soldiers who are might belong to the old man just arrived and began to escort the King. The men tried to bade their lord to retreat but refused instead he said the words of his house "Iron from ice"
One of these men who escorted the king tried once again to dissuade the old man. Their words to each other indicate they are family. The prince with his rage building up inside him for losing his prey could not help but smirk at this old man's bravery. He respected and hated such acts.
Instead of charging through the old man to get at the fleeing northmen and ending this rebellion, The Prince just guarded himself up for finally he remembered his orders from his own father and stayed his blade on killing the young wolf .
The battle is won for the center of the lines have been broken and the flanks have been exposed thus the only option left to the Northen army is to fall back. Thus the remnants of his enemy managed to charge his encirclement where it is thinnest and made their retreat with this old man before him possibly the rear guard of the North.
The prince laughed as his bodyguards caught up with him and began to encircle the old man. The old man's troops are quickly being routed but not fast enough to make a pursuit to the King in the North. He actually failed from failing is the thought that ran through him for he nearly killed Robb Stark even though his orders is just forced the King into negotiation mood.
He ordered his blades to capture the old man for he thought he might be useful later for dealing with the defeated young wolf.
He stood up from the stump looking at the carnage of the battle and from the moment he looked at his dead troops he knew that this victory was also a defeat for he lost too much troops than he was planning to.
Knowing that he must proceed at the plan of his father rather than obliterating the North's army into nothing. This irritated him for he must again follow his father's plans but he knows he can do nothing about the strength and cunning of his father not yet anyway.
He removed his helmet and handed it to his Dunmer legate and gestured her to follow him to the main tent and said "Gather my commanders we must proceed on the next phase of the plan."
The Dunmer Legate obeyed " Yes Your Imperial Highness."
When he arrived at the ten his Legates and generals surround a table with the map of the Riverland laid upon the table to plan their next move.
All present saluted him and swore their loyalty to their Prince and seated once the Prince gestured them to do so.
The Prince ordered his attendants to remove his armor while standing and said to his commanders " Where did that Young wolf ran off to?"
One of the commanders, a Bosmer in his thirties with one eye left alive pointed at the map where the Riverrun is drawn into and said "To his uncle's castle, the Riverrun where he tries to consolidate his remaining forces expecting us to pursue Your Imperial Highness."
As the attendant removed the last piece of the Prince's armor upon him, they placed his robes thus the Prince ordered them to leave the tent and continued to talk to his officers "Very good then…. Now we must place our troops at this location. "He pointed at a place between Riverun and The twins "This will prevent them to have any kind of reinforcement and make the young wolf to plead for our peace."
The commanders all nodded at the Prince's plan but the mood suddenly turned sour when a messenger arrived at the tent unannounced and quickly whispered at the ears of the Imperial Prince.
The Prince's face begun to change into somewhat akin to the most evil of daedra as he hears the message and stormed out of the tent without any word to his soldiers.
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The Emperor managed to accomplish his want and escape with great exhaustion after talking to the matriarch of the Tyrells and the soon to be queen. He may be a great planner in wars and political maneuvering but talking to both drained him of energy due to his stay at the city has been boring.
Gathering intelligence and reading histories are activities he did really enjoy but faking smiles or putting up with brash kings or lords can be done only at short duration of time for in that department is where his wife comes in. However conversing with the matriarch of the Tyrells was actually pleasant to him even the obvious acting of the soon to be queen is obvious to the Emperor's eyes but the execution of her acting is indeed great that impressed the Emperor.
Some points of their talk seemed more apparent than others like the failed attempt of the Tyrells to arrange a marriage with one of his children. The Reach may have been an important trade partner to Tamriel's colonies but that only lasted a decade for the food that the colonies needed from the Reach was longer a concern when the colonies managed to grow its own food at acceptable amount.
When the Emperor arrived at Westeros to signed the treaty of alliance and the borrowing of the gold needed to rescue the crown impending bankruptcy. This gave a window of opportunity to the Tyrells to reinvigorate trade with Tamriel which have been flooding their coffers with so much money. And the methods they used were the most common way of Westeros that have been practiced for thousands of years and that is marriage.
The matriarch may have been successful to make her granddaughter to be possible Empress not a queen but it would seem the gods had deemed it to be for naught. For it would have seemed and that the Emperor have agreed to marry Margery Tyrell to his first born son but the very next day the engagement would have been announced, the Emperor instead backed down stating that his son would not be able to marry at his command instead he arranged to double the trading network with the Reach for food and the establishment of a Tyrell Quarter in the newly Westeros district at the head colony in New Tamriel. Along with one of the cadet branch from the Tyrell would marry one of his generals.
This deal was made with Mace Tyrell not to the matriarch who would have made a better deal however before she could make any moves the Emperor headed for Dorne the last kingdom to visit before heading to King's Landing to sign the Treaty.
Months later Westeros would hear that the son would marry of the cadet branch from the Martell of Dorne thus the Reach should feel betrayed but the resurgence of trade drowned any voices of discontent with gold. Besides they achieved their goals without throwing a prize flower to an Empire so far away.
The Emperor only said that it may have been a shame he could not have been the father in law to a beautiful woman such as Margery but he allowed his son to choose his path in love.
But he tossed those thoughts for a moment to focus at the more important matters and that is the Tyrells will assert control over the seven Kingdoms and more importantly he doubted they called to Sansa for just social reasons or they pity her or even they just used her for information but they maybe planning to use her as a key to North.
He planned to foil this plan thus he altered his grand plan just a bit to lessen the Tyrells power who is soon to be his subjects by the end of the threat.
Thus the arrival of a certain ship gave him the perfect chance to enact countermeasures and obtain the key to North in another method which is one of many considering it is a place of great strategic value to combat the coming threat.
He walked at faster rate to reach the docks to wait for this ship's arrival along with his Blades but before he could reach there he spotted another flower who was sparring with another knight.
This could provide some measure of entertainment before the ship arrive plus he knew what king of man this Loras but he still preferred to judge him in person along with to release some steam being cooped up in the capital with no battles to distract him.
He approached the young man with the intent to duel him in a friendly manner. After several formal greetings the Knight of Flowers agreed to duel the Emperor.
The Emperor drew one of Blade's swords and took a stance against the Knight.
The duel is great spectacle to the untrained eyes or even the veteran's with the exception of those truly trained at the art of war. Because it may looked like both sides were evenly matched at every clash of their sword and shields despite the Emperor just used his sword.
The Emperor just felt boredom to his opponent for all his moves were predictable like all the basics of fighting were ingrained into the Knight's movement, this would have been good against untrained opponents but this made a non-fluid fighter.
Still the Emperor put up a show to preserve the honor of this boy but after getting tired of pretending he countered one of Loras' strikes and disarmed the poor boy followed with a katana pointing at the boy's neck.
Some would say the Knight of Flowers were going easy for the opponent was not wearing any armor but to the eyes of the few it was very apparent that the boy was utterly outmatched by the Emperor.
The fight was a colossal disappointment to the Emperor who after the fight jst exchanged empty praises and left. He headed to his own ship and gone to his cabin with the orders he left to his Blades to wake him to when the certain ship has arrived.
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The Northern route was freezing where one from Skyrim would call their homeland as a warm and sunny place but their journey is about to end for their destination known as the Frozen Shore Fort.
The Fleet heading to this fort is a small one that only comprised of few ships which are mostly transport ships. This fleet is not manned by the Imperial but by the Reformed Knights of the Nine under the guidance of their Divine Crusader.
This Divine Crusader is none other than the Second Imperial Prince Leredus. He donned several Relics of the Crusader and favoring the Sword while the mace was held by his Knight Commander. His features are the perfect combination of both his parents where his hair is black as night of the deepest hour like his father and his eyes with piercing green from his mother. His mouth, which suggested an iron will, was tightly shut were very similar to his father while his lips were step below thin as paper. He is the picture of the perfect knight.
He is on deck braving the cold while his destination is within sight. But this gave him time to think about his orders and his family. His orders were to provide support to the fort and wait for further instruction while few of the ships that came with him carrying the Dawnguard led by the aging Isran is to head to the Wall and provide support to the Night's watch and arm them with better weapons until the main force arrives.
He know the Frozen Shore fort would provide a great strategic value to the coming threat but the Wall must not fall before the main force arrives and eliminate the threat. It was a sound decision but he knows there would be countless casualties to his order and the Dawnguard before any reinforcement arrives.
This plan would not have been delayed if only his father forget about the ambition and place his troops at the Wall and the fort from the start. However his father would repeatedly ignore his plea and proceeded to the plan. He first thought it to be greed that his father bases his decisions of but the recent war with the Tsaesci and Kamal just a few years ago may have been the other driving force of the ambition.
He thought that his father maybe planning to get the resources and manpower of Westeros to bear down on both Tsaesci and Kamal and secure his colonies and Tamriel. This also the reason why the Empire could not mobilize its massive army to conquer Westeros for is it leaves the Tsaesci would surely attack.
The Prince knows there is no right answer but this does not make it any less painful as he looked to his Brother who would not make it alive to see Tamriel once again.
When he saw the fort signaling them to dock he resolved himself and will do what is both right and necessary for both duty and his father.
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Lady Ysolda is writing on her journal about trade records with a mixture of weariness and joy. She has been ordered by the Emperor to come at King's Landing at all haste. This made her to place all her duties to her second in command in the company stationed at Westerlands.
Along with her being the leader of the company in Westeros she is also the official mistress of the Emperor bearing him with one son whom she is also ordered to bring. One would think the Empress would show discontent to her but as a matter of fact the Empress was the one who ordered the Emperor to take Ysolda as a mistress recognizing their previous relationship and her business acumen.
One of this experience were the trade in skooma which she handled personally in Westeros raking large profits but this however made addicts in many lands rendering them dependent on skooma. She was able to cater the skooma trade with no suspicion leading to Tamriel instead this new substance would be believed came from Essos. Several laws would pass in Westeros prohibiting the substance but it only increased the underground trade with doubling profits.
Her captain knocked on her cabin and informed her that they are nearing the city. She promptly closed her books and proceeded on deck.
She found her son already waiting her at the top and greeted her.
"Good day Mother we are finally here."
"I know we can now sleep at unmoving place."
It is actually the first time she will be arriving at the capital to which she was meaning to do but this time she would arrive and be protected by her Emperor. She could truly feel safe around him and in turn she grew to love to the point she was willing to do anything for him for not only he gave her happiness by his passion but also with their passion her son was born show is her greatest treasure in whole of Nirn
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Authors Note: Sorry for being late in updating I have been busy
I am still planning what would Dany's role in the story so maybe she would appear in the next chapter
I will also give more backstory about the Emperor and Empress with more characters from the game making a cameo
Plus maybe including characters not shown in the show but in the books like Lady Dustin
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