Chapter 3: The Beginning

"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles." These were the words of Sun Tzu, one of the most renowned people that came out of Ancient China.

Do I know my enemy as of yet? No I do not. I mean honestly, why should I care right now which house to go for, when none of them have done anything to me yet, and also why should I? I could build a far greater nation than any of them could, and one day they will be the ones begging at more doorstep. I'm not going to be the guy who tries to save all the main characters because I liked them in my past life. Not unless it benefits me somehow. They're not my people and are all my enemies as far as I'm concerned, there's no one who would hesitate to slip a dagger in between my ribs if they could get rich or something. Trust simply didn't happen. If only I had something like Karna's Discernment of the Poor... *Sigh*.

And about knowing myself? I do have a lot more on this due to my past, but this is a whole new world and my goal here is completely different. Well despite what I said, I could see possible ways to conquer the rest of the kingdoms even if I had no experience in this whatsoever. Civilisation VI has taught me about cultural, science and military victories. I think I'll group cultural with science victories under the heading: bribe the smallfolk, cause them to rebel when they witness the superior lives we have. And military should also be obvious. Also I think we can drive the kingdoms and the world in financial ruin, an economic victory if you will. But alas, these days are far from happening. I was still 7, and residing in a no-name orphanage.

But to set out the framework for my future empire, I had already loudly began proclaiming I was going to be Aegon the Conqueror and this, combined with my cute kid looks, basically allowed me to fish up a lot of information, being that Essos is a no go, as it's quite developed and a new kingdom would struggle to survive, at least mine in my earlier stages would, not to mention all the weird sects, etc. North was also a no go, as I had no intention of killing my self by challenging the Ice King/Night King.

So I think I'll follow the path of Christopher Columbas, a.k.a go look for an America, going west, far west into the Sunset Sea. Then, I'll establish my kingdom and grow to be the strongest force this world has ever seen, sending up orbital bombardment cannons and ICBMs against the spears of the Westrosi. Hopefully there would be no problems until then, like that Brandon guy who I think had tried to sail there (being killed/lost). But how would I be able to get a ship? It's not as if anybody would want to sail too far west. If my plan fails I'll just go to a random Island, hopefully, ironborns won't trouble me and if they do, I'll kill them later, with guns and germs.

But this life in the orphanage is pretty good, even if we don't receive much love or food. Mainly, it's probably the awesome 3D forge of empires simul. I spend most of my time in it, so most people just think I'm crazy or daydreaming, not that I really care about their opinions. But it was peaceful and that was all that-

*Crash*. And with that my peaceful life just ended. With the clanging of armour and the clashing of swords.