Chapter 14. Yara's Army

Braavos 300 miles out to sea

The sky is filled with stars and the moon is full, but the sea is red with blood dripping from the deck of the ship Golden Scale, a ship of the Iron Bank of Braavos. The two escort ships are on fire as Yara's men shot arrows at the men in the water. Yara walks across the deck and down into the hold where 30 of her men are being held back by twenty men.

"Surrender!"

"The great harpy take you bitch!" A man said.

"Kill them!" Yara coldly orders and she watches as her men fire arrows into the remaining guards.

Caven Blacktyde along with four men drag the Captain into the hold, "We found him milady…He was hiding in the galley…"

"Open it!"

The Captain stares at the vault, "I can't ya need two keys…"

Yara holds up a silver key, "I have one and you must have the other…"

"I threw it away!"

Yara walks up to him and stares him down, "I think ya lying to me…" She stabs him in the gut and spills his intestines out. She searches through his stomach and pulls up the key. "Clean that up!" Yara and Caven walk up to the vault and open it. Inside are fifty heavy iron chests of gold. "Take half and put it on the Cracken and the rest on the Black Widow…You men scuttle this dingy…"

As the Golden Scale sinks Yara and Caven watch, "Take that gold and sail to Pentos…Find us sell swords…I am off to Astapor…We will meet off the coast of the Summer Isles…"

"Aye I'll be there! May the drowned god be with you milady…"

Astapor

Yara follows her first mate up the docks into the city, "The man is named Krazyns…He speaks through his slave girl…Her name is Missandei…She speaks the common tongue and Old Valarian…"

They meet Master Krazyns at the Unsullied Fortress. "My Master…Krazyns the Great welcomes the Lady of the Iron Isles…Would you like some wine?"

Yara waves her off, 'Ask your Master how many Unsullied do he has…"

Missandei turns to Krazyns and repeats her words in Valaryian. As she speaks Yara's first mate stares lustfully at her, "4,000 Unsullied have completed their training and are ready for battle…"

"I was told he had 8,000 unsullied…"

Again Missandei translates and looks back at Yara, "My Master says that the other 4,000 have not completed their training…" She pauses as Krazyns speaks again, "He also says that you will not find better trained warriors in the world…They do not fear death and take your commands without question…"

"Tell your Master I wish to purchase them all…"

When Missandei translates Krazyns insults Yara, "My Master wishes to know how you will pay for all the unsullied?"

Yara snaps her finger and two men bring forward a chest of gold bars. Before landing in Astapor Yara had the gold coins melted into bars and the emblems of the Iron Bank removed from the chests. They now had Crackens on the chests. "Tell your Master I will bring the rest tomorrow when we conclude the deal…"

Krazyns was on his knees admiring the gold bars, "My Master says that will be fine…" Missandei says as he rises from the chest.

'One more thing tell your Master that I am pleased with you and that I wish to purchase you as well…"

Yara waits as Missandei translates, then she turns to Yara, "My Master will give as a gift to you I am now yours to command…" Yara bows to Krazyns and leaves the fortress. "Can you wield a sword?" Yara asks looking over her shoulder.

"No Mistress! Slaves aren't allowed weapons…"

"You seem well educated…"

"House slaves are taught to speak, read, and write in several languages Mistress…"

They walk towards the docks and up the plank of the Cracken as Yara lives on her ship while in port. "Gustauve!"

"Yes milady!"

"Spread the word to the men that sail tomorrow…"

"How many languages can you speak?" Edgar asks standing too close to Missandei.

"I speak seven including Dothraki and the ancient language of the Amazon warriors…"

Edgar grabs her ass, "Well your the prettiest interpreter I have ever seen…Maybe later you can teach me some tongue…"

"Edgar!" Yara yells from the bow of the ship.

"Yes milady!"

"Go find Haully and see how many ships he bought…" As he walks off Yara waves to Missandei, "Here take it…He tries something jab him in the thigh…The men on this boat will respect you if you fight back…"

"I don't know how to fight mistress…"

"Well you better learn and fast…"

The next day Yara went to meet Krazyns along with Missandei and five men. Edgar Botley had to oversee the loading of the ships purchased to carry the Unsullied across the sea. When the deal was done Yara marched her army to the beach up the coast where they loaded onto the boats.

"Missandei!" She rushed up to Yara and bowed, 'Tell the Unsullied to choose a captain from among them. A man who will take orders from you…"

Pentos

The Warlord Mace Kaulbor had a mansion in the city. His army also lived with him in a barracks. It was the largest mansion in Pentos with over two thousand slaves and eight hundred servants. Once Prince Viserys Taragaryen offered Mace promises in exchange for his army, he laughed him away calling Viserys the beggar Prince. Mace made his gold by escorting caravans, protecting ships, and training sell sword armies.

"How many men do you have?" Caven asks after sipping wine from the goblet offered to him.

"Twenty-five thousand men…I charge one flat rate and my men get to keep any spoils they can carry off the battle field…This includes castles, ships, villages, and towns…"

"Do you have ships for we sail to the Iron Isles…"

"Ah yes…Home of the Iron Born…We do not sow…"

"We do not sow!"

"Then how will pay me the gold?"

With a gesture the men Caven brought with him place an Iron chest at Mace's feet. He leans forward and opens it, "Ah gold bars! No golden Crackens? The Iron Bank will send their mercenaries and hunters to find the people that stole their gold…"

"Sir I…"

Mace interrupts him, "Please I don't care how I get paid, but if the Iron Bank sends an army after you I will fight, but that will cost you extra…"

The Summer Isles

With the deal done Yara had an army of 8,000 Unsullied and 25,000 Sell Swords. She also had to purchase ships to transport the Unsullied and the food to feed them. Mace had his own ships and food for his army of sell swords. After introductions were made scout ships were sent ahead and a fleet of fifty-five ships launched from the Summer Isles.

Missandei had her own cabin and she had just gotten out of a tub of water. She was drying herself off when Edgar entered. "Look at those tits!" She gasped covering herself, 'I could suck on them all day amd night!"

Missandei grabbed the dagger Yara gave her from off a table, "Stay away from me!"

"Oh come on don't be that way…I know ya had it before…or have you…Oh shit you're a virgin…A house slave…They don't treat house slaves like that do they?" He started walking towards her and Missandei kept the knife pointed out. Edgar closed in and she swung scratching her face. "You bitch!" He grabs her wrist and forces her to drop the dagger. Then he rips the towel from her and grabs her right breast.

"Get off me!"

He throws her down on the floor and that is when Yara kicks him in the groin from behind. 'Are you alright?"

"Yes mistress I am now!" Yara had Edgar tied to the main mast of the Cracken, "Any man under my command who acts like a pig will get treated like one…How many lashes?" Yara asks looking at Missandei.

"Twenty!" Missandei says in disgust.

The next morning after eating breakfast with Mace, Caven, Regina Sparr, Missandei, and Grey Worm the Unsullied chosen to be captain of the Unsullied, Edgar had been demoted by Yara for his actions. Yara took Missandei up on the main deck. "I don't have the time to teach you the sword…So I will teach the bow…" She hands Missandei a bow and arrow. For the entire day and every day after She shoots arrows at a padded target. She became very good at it.