Chapter 15. Game of Thrones. 5
There is a tense moment as all of the Lord's and a few ladies of the North pullout and point Thier swords at me as I calmly take a drag from my Cigarrilo. "AHH, you would be the boy these lot here have crowned the New King of Winter then." The lord's still hold their Swords at me and I say, "please continue to point your little metal sticks at Me if it makes you feel better. After all you are only human."
"And who might you be?" Robb asks almost well politely questioning and seems to do a good impression of a kings command.
"I, Boy am one of the last living wizards, considering I owed a favour to one of your ancestors who asked me to repay the next King of winter, well here I am boy, I have held this debt long enough."
"What do you mean wizard, and which one of my ancestors are you speaking of certainly not my Lord Father?"
"Hah, as if I'd ever deign to do Eddard Stark a Favour. No boy, the Stark I owe a favour to was Allaric, don't worry too much he was alive some what eight hundred years ago." He was indeed in Robb's Bloodline, I stole a glance or two at the Masters genealogy book.
"That ,cannot possibly be true." He says as the room grunts in approval.
"Believe what you want boy," say as I take seat which technically falls out of a portal, "I was there when Harrenhal Burned, I watched as your ancestor Torrhen Stark did his duty as a lord and Knelt and gave up his pride in the place of his people's lives, I watched as Valyria burned to the ground and I am here now to do you a favour." Each of my claims was Punctuated by a shimmery screen showing what I discovered. Divination was really overpowered when you had a shit load of magical power to back it up.
"Now of you lot don't mind, put down your pointy sticks and take your seats, I want you lot to witness your newly crowned king. Also if I wanted any of you dead you would be."
Clearly unwilling to but believing me after I pulled out actual freaking scenes as Torrhen stark Knelt, or as Aegon The first Burned down Harrenhall they put away the sword.
"Why do you owe Allaric Stark a favour master Wizard?"
"That is none of your concern bot, what you should be concerned with is why I will tell you and my offer to repay the Debt I owed Allaric."
"I am king here wizard and you will refer to me as such."
"Good, good, there is fire and intelligence in your eyes boy, something I believed the Targaryens succeeded in stamping out of the stark family in the past couple generations."
"What do you mean by that, and do not far insult my family's honour."
"Boy, I am telling things as they are, whether you choose to listen or not is not my concern. In the previous generation,your father's you have Four Starks, your Father Eddard a great soldier but a poor ruler. Instead of escaping form Kings landing that pit of vipers he decided to do the Honourable thing and try to prove that Joffreey Waters is a bastard while being surrounded by a thousand Lannister guards. Your uncle Benjen, instead of helping your family line stay solid when it was reduced to two goes off and joins the watch, your other uncle Brandon, after he heard Rhaegar kidnaped Lyanna ran to kingslanding which by that point everybody knew was ruled by the mad king Arrays. And got himself killed, his father your grandfather went willingly into the keep of the man who imprisoned his son, and who's son presumably kidnapped his daughter. Tell me it, does any of that sound particularly intelligent to you?"
As much as he wants to he really cannot deny that. So he change sthe subject. "So then, are you offering me your services in this war?"
"Good god no boy, I am giving you a choice betweeen two tasks I can complete for you. Choose one and it'll be done. I owed your ancestor a favour not a war."
"What are you offering then?"
"Well for starters a few pieces of information, and a suggestion if you will."
"Please tell me what you have then."
"Well, as we speak Cersei Lannister is plotting to have your father executed for high treason, provided he Declares himself as having attemped a usrption of the throne and Jeffrey Waters the True king his daughters will be spared."
This throws the room into silence. As they process you information.and I continue with, "and your fool of a father believe that she-witch Cersei will keep her words so he is going to make his murder completely just in the eyes of the realm'
He clearly doesn't like the fact that I am insulting his father but can't afford to fight that particular battle. "What more?"
"Well, the fact that Peter Baelish was the one who Killed Jon Arryn acting with the mother of his Son the Bastard Lord of the eyrie might be something to note."
Again gasps and shocked silence.
"Why if such news were to get out you may receive the Vales armies as well to aid you in this war." I continue.
Robb is clearly still processing while I throw another curve ball," and of course when you little kingdoms are squabbling the ironborn are preparing to raid soon, Balon Greyjoy has already started preparations.' again with the gasps.
"Now boy, I give you a choice. Five deaths name them and they shall die, if you choose well, the war will be over in a week and back to your kingdom. or you can tell me to rescue your father and Sisters like a good son but a shite ruler, by allowing the war to drag on and letting countless other people, your own citizenry suffer the same fate you wished to avoid. Choose boy a Good Man or a Good ruler. Choose and it shall be so. Oh and just In case you had any doubts about me being able to complete either task, here." And showed them a hologram of me blowing up mountains to bits in my Microverse using my usual version of the Hammer of the gods. And more gasps and Awe directed at me.
"Now choose, will you do the same thing your father's uncle and his father did or will you follow in the footsteps of your Predecessor as the Winter King? Will you be a good Ruler or a good Brother choose now or forever hold your tongue."
Ahh, I put him on a spot now. He has to make a choice now. I won't possibly do both and I'm too powerful to be forced to and he knows that. And after a couple minutes of thinking as the Room holds his breath he says, "you are right my father and his father were good men, but good men rarely make great rulers, I wish to be a gopd ruler to my kingdom, I would give you names and sacrifice my father and sisters for peace in my kingdom."
"Speak the names boy, and they shall lay dead within the week. You will have their heads. Also know this boy, for making this choice alone you have earned my respect, which is more than any Stark in the Past three centuries Apart from Cregan Stark can."
The lord's are actually dumbstruck at Robb's choice. They were probably all sure he would choose to save he family over trying to end the war. Cause you know they would all choose the same.
"Master wizard you are clearly knowledgeable, who would you suggest I name to you."
"Good. Boy, you are already learning the first facet of ruling, when you don't know enough ask for knowledge. I would suggest Tywin Lannister, Cersei Lannister, Petyr Baelish, Jaimie Lannister who incidentally is the one who pushed your brother Bran was it off that tower because he saw him fucking his sister the queen" and at that another screen showing the 'the things I do for love scene' shows up, "and the current Cunt on the Throne Jeffrey waters." And the war will be over."
"Why will it be over?" A lord asks.
"Because Tyrion Lannister is a Clever man and he wants nothing to do with this war and neither do Tommen or Myrcella waters. The current Heir to the Throne is Roberts Oldest Bastard a Blacksmith working in fleabottom. And frankly why the fuck do you care who sits on the Point thrones, I could make you one of Valyrian steel in a minute." As I say that I rest my hand on the chair and turn it first to valyrian steel and then to starforged steel and then into Actual freaking gold.
The lord's are silent as they process this. And Robb breaks the silence by saying, "lords Bolton, Karstark and Umber does he speak the truth that these five deaths will end the war soon?"
"And there you have it another facet of being a good ruler the ability to ask for advice without an unnecessary amount of Dick Measuring."
The lord's looks side-Eyed at me as they discuss things with Robb in a low tone.
"My advisors Concur Master Wizard, I name Tywin lannister, Cersei lannister, Jaimie Lannister, Petyr Baelish and Jeffrey waters." As he says this I create a portal and Drop off Edward Stark, Sands stark and Arya Stark. And the whole room looks stupified as do Eddard, Sansa and Arya Stark.
"Like I told you boy, you have my respect. You were willing to sacrifice your family in the name of your duties as king, I would suggest naming your father lord of Most Caitlin and having it rebuilt. It was built for a goddamned reason. Use it to protect yourself form the bunch of southern cunts as you lot call them. The five's heads will be delivered to you tomorrow and the world will receive a message form the Starks as well." And with a swish of my cloak I vanish into a portal.
I actually just down all of them, stannis his wife, Melisande the rest will follow soon enough. And behead them and pack The heads of the five into a nice crate. I will drop it off tomorrow. The whole show amused Me I'll have to show Daenerys it as well, her divination is good enough but the precise control I have of what I a view isn't her strong suit.
The next day as the Lords sit down for their breakfast I open up a portal and kick the crate through and walk in as well.
"Well, oh king of the Winter, Winter has indeed come for these poor bastards. Five freshly slaughtered and immensely bloody heads as ordered. I am now free of any debt that exists between me and you family Stark keep that in mind."
As a Page checks it and confirms that it is indeed heads, Robb asks Ned stark to identify the bodies. Ned does but is visibly angry at the assassination I just carried out and says so.
"Boy, stop whining, would you prefer to drag this war for another few years just so that your personal honour remains unsullied, is your honour worth the lives of your men, will you be able to look into the eye of the widows and orphans left behind and say, I'm very sorry but your husband died for my honour. Tell me boy are you capable of it. And would it be worth it, your son the New Winter King did the First truly stark thing in the last few generation, Starks are the rulers in an unyielding and harsh land and the rulers are more so, the Bullshit Honour you learnt in the vale works in the vale anywhere else it'd get you killed. Like it almost did you, and did kill your father and brother. Be better than them else winterfell will soon be occupied by the greyjoys." I say calling him boy just accentuated the point that they believed me nearly a Millenia old.
"And You King Stark I will remind you of something House Stark seems to have Forgotten, you house Words, 'winter is coming' was indeed a warning ,but unlike the idiots these days believe it wasn't a warning to the starks ,boy it was by the Starks to all that heard it." And with that I leave.