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Chapter 16

Theon

Winterfell felt like a different place once all the people have left. Theon was left to shore up the defenses to the Wolfswood while Robb was busy playing the Lord of Winterfell. Lady Catelyn recovered from her stupor to resume duties as Lady of Winterfell. Sansa played the perfect little lady and started helping her mother with storing supplies needed for a long winter. Rickon is playing with his direwolf and running around in the Godswood.

Lord stark and several other Lords visited the Wall. Even the dwarf Tyrion Lannister went to visit the wall. Theon was left to his own devices. Recently he have write a letter to his sister Asha , she mocked him by calling him a GreenLander. He was enraged and spent the better part of the day in the Brothel. He was angry that his life had became dull whereas even Jon the bastard was made a STARK and went to the capital. Theon heard Sansa say that Jon has become a Knight , the very first Stark to do so.

Today Theon and Robb are riding in the Wolfswood along with two of Winterfell's guards. When they suddenly heard a voice nearby. "Their ain't no white walkers in Dorne" somebody said. Theon nooked an arrow and saw that a group of Six Wildlings are converging at a place. Upon seeing them all Six of them attacked them at once with axes and swords. Theon could not believe it Wildlings in the Wolfswood. How did they get here ?.

Theon shot a wildling in the chest while the guards killed another brute who wielded an axe. Robb killed a man with a strike to his neck and whistled hard and Greywind flew past a tree and tore the throat of a wildling . The other Three wildlings panicked and one threw down his arms and started weeping but the other two tried to run. One of them is attacked by Greywind and he shot the other wildling in the leg. The wildling let out a cry and fell to the ground and pleaded "Please Mi'lord spare me life , I'll do anything, mercy mercy".

That is when Theon realized it is a woman. The other wildling was tied and led by the guards. Robb walked to the wildling woman and hesitantly asked "Are you Osha ?". The savage woman looked surprised and asked "Aye it is . How do you know me name mi'lord ?". "Did you cross the wall to go south because of the White Walkers ?" Robb asked her in a serious tone "Yes mi'lord , we are attacked by the White Devils . They killed me mate and he rose again to attack us" she sobbed and looked frightened and continued "we tried to escape to Dorne mi'lord , we meant no harm to anyone".

Robb looked scared for a moment and composed himself "Take the man to the dungeons. The woman will work in the kitchens" he said and looked at Theon with a nod. The woman started praying to the gods happily. "What was that about ? How do you know the wildling's name?" he asked Robb when they started their journey back to Winterfell. "Theon there are things you should know" robb said hesitantly. They went to a secluded part of the Wolfswood and robb explained to him Bran's powers and visions, which shocked hm to the core. Theon was left bamboozled by the things Robb had said about his own future. He went straight to his room and locked himself up. Theon prided on being Ironborn but knowing his father disowning him and raising his sister as an Heir instead made him question his beliefs.

From what Robb told him from Bran's visions of a possible future Balon Greyjoy attacked the North when all the men are at war. Theon himself attacked Winterfell and caught by the Boltons and castrated. Theon shivered without his cock and his father's support, he was just another greenlander.
He thought and realized how Lord Stark has been his true father for all these years. He has a place in Winterfell and a brother in Robb Stark where as only humiliation awaited him at Pyke.

Theon was determined to make something out of his life than skulking around winterfell and visiting whores. Robb has told him about the great war that sounded impossible to believe 'WhiteWalkers' overtaking Westeros ?. But then again he remembered that day in the godswood where the Heart Tree radiated with power and moved. He thought what strange times he is living in but vowed to write to Bran in the morning to get some questions answered.

Tyrion Lannister

Tyrion had been freezing his balls off at the wall for the past two weeks. He had marvelled at the size of the wall and pissed off the top of the wall. Ned Stark and Benjen Stark are regularly have meetings with the Lord Commander Mormont and the old maester. He was about to leave for the trip back to King's Landing after receiving a raven from his father to attend the 'Annual Meeting' of the lords when he saw Ned and Benjen Stark going towards the Haunted forest with a party of four men. They returned after several hours with some kind of a long package wrapped in a cloth and both brothers looked shaken.

Tyrion wanted to inform the Starks and Lord Commander of his departure and went to Mormont's solar when he heard loud voices coming from the door. "Are you certain it's him ?" he heard Mormont ask. "Aye, the letter from Bran confirmed it. The sword was delivered by a cold handed ranger who seems half dead " he heard Ned Stark's voice reply. "Last I spoke to Brynden was before he went beyond the wall for answers and took 'Dark Sister' with him" he heard the old Maester say. 'Brynden' ? 'Dark Sister'? What are these people talking about.

He decided to surprise them and knocked on the door and without waiting for an answer, he pushed his way into the Lord Commander's Solar. The Four men were shocked to see him and the Old Maester tried to hide a long sword he was inspecting. Tyrion could see the smoky Grey colour of the blade with Red ripples . "My apologies for intruding my Lords, I come to let the Lord Commander know of my departure" he said innocently. The Stark brothers glared at him while Mormont gathered his wits "It's alright Lord Tyrion. Do let his Grace know of the troubles the Night's watch face as we have discussed" he said. "Of course Lord Commander, Lord Stark , Brother Benjen and Maester 'Have a Good Day'" he smiled cheekily at them and left the room. He needs to inform his father of these new developments at the wall.

The Hound

The Little shit was upto his old antics again. He was happy when the 'Brown Prince' was hiding in his chambers all day drunk on the portions sent by Pycelle. Now that the nightmares have stopped the idiot was back to his cruel self. He was following the Prince who is walking in the godswood when they saw the boy hand and King Robert talking near the heart tree. The king was clean shaved and lost atleast Eight Stones since he returned from winterfell. "Father" said the boy, "Joffrey it is good to see you walking about the castle again" said the king.

"My Prince , it is good to see you healthy again" said the boy hand. The little shit looked at theboy with an expression full of malice before quickly composing himself by adding "Good to see you too Lord Hand" with a smile. The little shit left the godswood andwent back to his mother's room. He asked the Hound to stand outside and make sure no one interrupt them.

He could hear the little shit throwing a Tantrum inside complaining about filthy Northeners and savage wolves. The queen coddled him as always. There would be a Melee competition in the coming week to fill a spot on the Kingsguard. Meryn Trant of the Kingsgaurd was found fornicating with a Ten Year old girl in Little Fingers brothel. He was beaten by the smallfolk and thrown into a dungeon. The brothel was destroyed by the mob for following such perverse practices. The Little shit wanted him to compete and win the tournament. He will not lose his sleep over it though, he suddenly saaw movement and looked to find a rat running from a hole in the wall. The keep was infested with these filthy pests these days..

"Come Dog" the Prince shouted after coming outside , he looked sullen and angry. " I will teach those damn savages a lesson" the boy whined. He himself was looking to avoid the melee as his monster of a brother will be accompanying Tywin Lannister to the 'Annual Meeting'. Everyone in the Red Keep are on edge as all the lords Paramounts and their retinues have arrived to attend the meeting. He heard there was already an altercation between the Dornish Prince and some Lannister soldiers in a brothel and a coule of Ironborn scum are arrested for chopping fingers of some Hedge Knight. He has a feeling that something bad is about to happen.

Brienne of Tarth

Brienne sat in her small room in KingsLanding and started polishing her armour again. She had come in a disguise and used her cloak to hide her face. Her father had only agreed for her to compete under the condition that she will choose a man to marry from among theknights and lords who will be coming to the capital. She was sure no one will accept her as a wife once they see her face and her passion for fighting. She ate her supper and went outside for some fresh air.

She walked through the streets leading to the 'Great Sept of Baelor'. She felt the need to pray to the gods before the Melee. She entered the sept which was strangely empty as it was not yet Midnight. There she saw a strange looking group garbed as 'Stark Soldiers'. She slowly followed them from afar. The men opened a sack and dropped a dead wolf on one corner and beheaded it. They spayed it's blood everywhere and some of them started going down a stairway.

Brienne felt unease in her chest and followed them. She is unarmed and there are a total of Six Men going downwards. The men blowed out all the candles and stopped before a huge room where three devout guards are stationed. "Hold. Who goes there ?" asked one of the guards. The six men suddenly attacked the unsuspecting guards and killed them. She could hear their shouts being muffled.

She heard the attackers trying to force open the door. She quickly used the darkness as a cover and followed the men without making any noise. The door was opened and she heard shouting from the inside . She quickly went inside to see one of the septons throat being cut by a man. Another man held a Septon and closed his mouth and another man stabbed him in the heart. She saw three men running after a man who seems to be 'The High Septon'. "Die you fat wretch. The Old Gods rise tonight" shouted a man as he tackled the high septon to the ground, another man shouted "Long Live Brandon Stark the champion of the Old Gods".

Brienne did not believe these men are Northmen based on their appearance and voice. She quickly picked up a cudgel and used it to smash a man in the face knocking him out. Before the other man recovered she kicked his shins and pulled his own sword to cut him in the thigh before using the pommel to knock him out as well. The rest of the four men were alerted and two of them ran towards her. She parried a blow from a man and sidestepped the other's slash . Suddenly a flock of ravens entered the room and started pecking one of the men in the face. She used the distraction to slash the other man's chest killing him.

The other men recovered and tried to kill the high septon when another set of raven pecked their hands giving the High Septon a chance to Run. She pushed the men aside and ran after the high septon and shouted "Your Holiness get behind me, I will protect you". The High Septon turned around and looked at her "The Gods are good , they themselves have sent you child to defend the faith. You are the champion I have dreamt about". He went around a table and pulled out a long sword out of it's scabbard , she can see the Smoky Dark colour and Green ripples in the light and knew that this is a Valyrian Steel Sword.

"Take it Child, defend the Faith with 'SALVATION' as the Gods intended you to do"the high septon said passing the sword to her. She was too stunned as she inspected the long sword which is very light. Suddenly one of the attackers charged her and she blocked his sword and swung 'SALVATION' in around arc and decapitated the man without any effort. The Sword cutting through Bone and Sinew like butter .

The last man standing was large and tall, he looked like he was about to run away but he changed his mind and drew his sword. "Bitch , you will pay for killing my men. I always wanted a Valyrian Steel Sword. I will pry it from your dead hands" he roared and lunged at her. He easily deflected her parry and started pushing her back. This one is very skilled she thought. She spun sideways and escaped a corner and the man was quickly upon her . He kicked her in the gut and she felt pain as she was not wearing armour.

The man nicked her shoulder and tried to finish her. She headbutted him and pushed him away narrowly escaping his wild swing. She lunged forward and delivered a flurry of attacks till the man blocked and sidestepped a swing and punched her face with his gauntleted fist. She felt glaring pain in her cheek before barely blocking a swing from his sword. She was disoriented and knew she have to finish this quickly. With a quick prayer to the Seven she attacked with a rage she have never had before.

The man was pushed back but he quickly dropped his sword and spat on her face . He pulled a dagger from somewhere and lunged to pierce her eye. Suddenly ravens mobbed the knife meant for her and caused the man to stumble. She swung her sword in a swift move and stabbed him in the heart . The man looked surprised and fell down bleeding and died shortly.

She stood up and looked at the High Septon who is on his knees praying. She looked at the bloody sword and saw a Raven looking at her starngely from a window and flew away.

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