Chapter 29
Robb was awoken by the shaking of the sled, as he opened his eyes he came face to face with his little brother, "BRAN!" the king jumped in to action, ignoring the pain in his shoulder, and shook his brother but got no response
"he's alive" Robb looked up to see Eshan dragging the sled through the dark forest, "but he won't respond to anything"
"what happened?" Robb asked
"turns out that cave was where your brother was hiding but soon after we arrived we were attacked by the white walkers and their army" Eshan explained
"what was it like?" Robb asked
"it was terrifying, corpses coming for us from all directions and then a white walker appeared" Eshan told him
"and what happened?" Robb listened curious
"turns out Valyrian steel does kill them but they are still like nothing I've ever seen, skin so white it glows even in the dark and blue eyes that look in to your soul" Eshan told the king
"do you think we can beat them?" Robb asked solemnly
"whether we try or not we die" Eshan said
"so do you have a plan on where we are going to go?" Meera interrupted the conversation
"who is she?" Robb asked
"Meera Reed, her and her brother were helping Bran" Eshan said
"my father talked highly of your father" Robb said as he recognised the name, "they saved each other's lives more than once during Robert's rebellion, I thank you for helping my brother"
"I was only doing what had to be done" Meera said
"good now can we focus on getting back to our camp" Eshan said as he continued to pull the sled, "and maybe one of you could help me pull this"
"we need to be on guard for any wights they send after us" Meera said as she raised Eshan's sword
At that moment Bran came to and looked around to see his brother, "Robb?" he asked confused
"Bran" Robb enveloped his brother in a hug, "I've been searching for you for years"
"why are you here? what happened with the war?" Bran asked
"I won the war, everyone is safe but we still couldn't find you" Robb told him, "the northern kingdoms of Westeros are independent from the iron throne but we still need to ensure the future of all people"
The group trudged through the snow only stopping for a few hours to rest, they travelled for days constantly fearing attack from the undead. Eshan and Robb finally pulled the sled up to the gates of the fort at the fist of the first men before they collapsed in the snow. Robb woke up inside of a tent to find Jon standing over him.
"what happened?" the king looked around to find Bran sleeping in the bed next to him
"you collapsed right outside the gates, we brought you in and patched you up" Jon told him, "we thought you were dead, what happened out there?"
"while we were scouting we were attacking and only me and Eshan managed to escape but I got caught in my shoulder, we spent the night in a hole and then soon found a cave and I soon passed out and when I came to we were running from that cave" Robb told his brother
"so they are close" Jon mumbled to himself, "we might only have a few days before they descend on us"
Eshan walked through the cold air as he walked to a tent, "are you awake your grace?" he asked as he entered
"yes and I'll be fighting fit in a day" Robb told him as he pulled himself up
"good because we need to discuss our plan of attack" Eshan said, "get changed the other lords are waiting"
Robb pulled on his clothes as he walked through the camp and walked in to a tent filled with the noble lords of Westeros. The king took a seat and the council started, "you've seen them boy what do you think we should do?" Stannis asked Robb
"they have numbers on their side but they don't have any formation or strategy, they just rush the enemy" Robb told the lords, "we could use that to our advantage"
"and how could we do that?" Lord Karstark asked
"cavalry charges" Eshan said
"what?" Stannis looked at the Volantene
"we can crush the wights under hoof and the steel dragons will keep them from the walls" Eshan told them, "and between the charges we shoot them with flaming arrows"
"we could lace the field with wildfire" Mance Rayder suggested
"I would like to reserve as much as we can for the steel dragons but that idea is just too good" Eshan said
"but what about the white walkers?" Lord Umber asked, "they won't be affected by wild fire, will they?"
"I had many of the Valyrian steel fragments forged in to spear tips, if we give them to the cavalry then they will be able to fight the white walkers" Eshan said, "and once we thinned out the wights we can send out our main force to deal with the white walkers"
"this won't be easy but it is for the future of all people so we can't lose" Robb said
End of chapter 29
