Reforms in King's Landing:

Martin returned from his trips to Essos as a changed man. His time away from home had made him see that the world was not a perfect place and he had seen just how far the capital city of King's Landing had fallen low and was now just a city that was full of Filth and Crime. When Martin returned to King's Landing after his first trip to Essos, he would start a series of reforms that would bring King's Landing back to being a proper city and make the Seven Kingdoms enter a period of golden years.

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After Martin returned to King's Landing after his first trip to Essos, he went straight to the Red Keep where his family were waiting. He was the first one through the courtyard gates where his parents and siblings stood. They had smiles on their faces except for Joffrey who looked board and Cersei had to poke him to make sure that he smiled for when his brother entered. King Robert was desperate and looking forward to seeing his son after being away for months. He smiled when he saw his son ride in alongside Ser Barristan. Though he looked confused when he saw Grandmaster Delphine and the Blades. But he could only embrace his son when he got off his horse.

"Oh, it's good to see you again my son" Robert smiled

"It's good to be back here" Martin replied and then he noticed Robert looking at Delphine "Father, allow me to introduce Grandmaster Delphine, the grandmaster of the ancient order of the Blades."

"The Blades?" Robert questioned "I thought they were some kind of sellsword order from Essos"

"We are" Delphine replied "Though we don't always work for money, the Blades have an oath to fight against evil."

"We ran into a little encounter with Slavers during our trip" Martin revealed which made Robert's face go red with anger

"Where are they!" he demanded "I'll smash their skulls with my hammer"

"Relax father" Martin said "They're dead now, the Blades helped deal with that. And I helped the Blades with a mission and after the mission, they swore themselves to me."

"The Blades are one of the best fighting force in the known world" Barristan added "I saw them fight in the War of the Ninepenny Kings, I have never seen such a fighting force"

"Well you're welcome here in King's Landing" Robert replied "Now I think your siblings want to see you"

Martin then turned to look at his four siblings. Mrycella and Tommen quickly ran towards him and wrapped their arms around him.

"Brother" Myrcella greeted

"We missed you" Tommen added with tears in his eyes.

Martin knelt down so he could give them a better hug "I missed you too" he said and then he looked at Myrcella and Alessia "And I've seen that you two have grown into lovely ladies, you will be just as beautiful as mother when you come of age." Then he looked at Tommen "And I hope you have been practising with a sword."

"I have" Tommen replied "Though mother doesn't want me too. She says swordfighting is not for someone my age."

"It's better to start young" Martin replied "The younger you start, the better you'll become." Then he looked at all four siblings "Now there is something I want to give you. I got all four of you something when I was in Essos"

"A present?" Alessia questioned

Martin nodded and he turned to the remaining Blades who brought four baskets over with cloths covering them. The Blades handed the baskets over to Martin's Siblings and they looked as they wanted to know what the presents were. Alessia was the first one to remove her cloth and she gasped when she saw the small black spotted female Jaguar cub lying in the basket. Alessia carefully picked the Jaguar cub up and held it up. The cub cooed before licking her face. Upon seeing Alessia's cub, Myrcella and Tommen quickly removed their cloths to reveal their Jaguar cubs. They had the male and female yellow furred Jaguar cubs.

"What in Seven Hells are those things?" Robert asked when he saw the cubs

"They're Jaguar Cubs" Martin replied "I found them on the road and I thought they would make great gifts for my Siblings"

"Gifts?" Cersei gasped "They are wild beasts, they cannot be given as pets."

"Relax woman" Robert hissed "Our children love them" Cersei could see that all of her children including her golden lion Joffrey loved their Jaguar cubs though Joffrey's black spotted male Jaguar nearly slashed him with his claws which only made Joffrey sneer.

"Though I have to admit that that Black Spotted Male cub looks quite vicious" Martin added though Joffrey looked at his cub with wicked eyes

"I'll train you to be my wild dog" Joffrey sneered "You will be loyal to me and help take out my enemies."

Myrcella held her cub in her arms as she looked at Martin "What about you?" she asked "Don't you have one of these cubs"

Martin smiled as he brought out his black furred Jaguar Cub "I have my cub here"

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And so Martin's return after his first trip had him giving his Siblings the Jaguar Cubs he found. Soon each of them would give a name to their cub. Martin named his one Storm since he had black fur which remained his of a Storm. Tommen being a little kid named his one Ser Pounce while Alessia named her one Aylied after an Ancient Race of Elves that lived in the South of Westeros thousands of years ago. Joffrey's cub was the most vicious of them and he had called his one Hearteater as he said that he would train him to tear his enemy's hearts out. Myrcella's Jaguar had the strangest name, she had names hers Midnight which confused a lot of people.

"My Jaguar's eyes remind me of the night sky" Myrcella had replied.

Each of the Jaguars had a different attitude. Tommen and Myrcella's behaved like pets and they would be with them at all times. It was clear that they loved their Cubs and would often play with them. Martin and Alessia's cubs were more like Guardians than pets. They had trained theirs to fight if they needed too but they too were friendly though they tended to growl and people who they disliked. But Joffrey's cub was the most vicious, Joffrey had given his cub meat that was filled with blood to try and make his cub bloodthirsty. But this had resulted in the Cub developing an aggressive attitude and it had started to bite the servants of the Red Keep and Joffrey only laughed in response. This eventually got out of hand when Hearteater nearly killed a young servant and bitten a young visiting noble's son. Robert had been forced to deal with the situation and had forced Joffrey to keep his Jaguar's aggression under control otherwise he would be forced to put the Jaguar down. After that, Hearteater stopped biting people at random though he would bite if Joffrey ordered him to.

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Martin's First trip had made him see that the kingdoms needed improving. The Seven Kingdoms were widely divided after Robert's Rebellion as the Tyrells and the Martells were still seen as Targaryen loyalists. The great capital city of King's Landing had become a haven for crime and poverty and Martin felt like it was time for a change in the way the Kingdoms were run.

Robert's Small council was not the best at ruling. Grand Maester Pycelle may be old but he only acted frail, he had been the Grand Maester since the days of Aegon V but Martin knew that he was a Lannister and that he reported everything to the Lannisters. He would also only work with things that were good for the Lannisters. Hand of the King, Jon Arryn was a good man but he was getting old now and since King Robert left ruling to him while he drank and slept with women, it place Jon Arryn under a lot of stress which made it hard to work. Stannis Baratheon, Robert's oldest brother was Master of Ships and was one of the few who took his duty seriously though he did not have much to do since he only handled the royal navy. Renly Baratheon, Robert's youngest brother was also on the Small Council as Master of laws but he didn't do his job propely. The Master of Laws is meant to be someone who handles the laws of King's Landing and Executions though Renly wasn't doing a great Job at that. The Master of Whisperrers was Varys who had been Arys II's spymaster. The others didn't trust him but Martin could see that he did care about the realm in his own way. The final position was the Master of Coin held by Petyr Baelish. Baelish was meant to handle taxes and the crowns funds but Martin didn't trust his smug look.

Martin had been given his father's permission to attend a Small Council Meeting and now he would be able to put his idea ahead. Martin had seen just how divided the realm was as families hated each other and could starts wars within the realm. Examples of this were the feuds between the Blackwoods and Brackens in the Riverlands and the feud between the Forresters and Whitehills in the North. Also, if one Great House slighted another, it could cause two parts of the Realm to start a war which could devastate the Seven Kingdoms as the King would be forced to take action and pick as side which could start a civil war. So Martin had an idea to put an end to that. When he had returned to King's Landing, he read more books on the Ancient Septim Empire. The Septim Empire was a massive and ancient Empire that existed thousands of years ago before most history was known. Most of its history has been lost over time but ancient records and books still exist. Martin had read that the Empire covered what is now Westeros, parts of Essos and even parts of Sorothyos. The Empire had a special army known as the Legions which would help keep the peace in each part of the Empire and would involves people from all over the Empire. Martin had seen this as an idea to help keep peace in Westeros and so he planend to bring his idea to the Small Council.

"You ready my Prince?" the voice of Tullius asked, Tullius was a man who Martin had met when he started thinking about his idea. He was a dark skinned, middle aged man from the Dornish Marches and he was quite tall and fit. He had been a soldier for most of his life and he had fought in both Robert's Rebellion in many of the battles such as Summerhall, Ashford, the Belles and the Trident. Some say that he even helped Robert during the Battle of Ashford and he helped him escape when the battle was lost. Tullius has also fought in the Greyjoy Rebellion at Pyke. But what was important was that Tullius was a committed Soldier and not someone who was power hungry, which meant that Tullius would be perfect for the role of recreating the Legions. Martin had brought the idea to Tullius and he had agreed and they had begun creating plans which included how big the Legions were and where they would be stationed. Martin now just had to get his father to agree with the idea.

Martin and Tullius entered the small council meeting chambers where the Small council were waiting along with his father. "So son" King Robert spoke up "Why did you call us here?"

"Well before I start, I would like to introduce someone" Martin said "This is Tullius, a trained soldier and he has agreed to help me with my idea"

Tullius looked at King Robert "Your Grace, you may not remember me but I fought at your side all throughout your Rebellion"

Robert got a better look at Tullius and grinned "Aye, I remember you know, you had to drag me off the field at Ashford to prevent me from charging at Tarly's men. Then you fought at the Belles where you wounded Jon Connington and then killed Ser Jonothor Darry at the Trident."

Martin then looked at the Small Council "Well as you know, the Seven Kingdoms are all ruled by the King on the Iron Throne but each part of the Kingdom except the Crownlands is ruled by a warden. And that is a problem in wars"

"How so?" Jon Arryn asked

"Well if you know that when war breaks out, the King only has the minor Houses of the Crownlands to call on as well as men from each of the Seven Kingdoms. But those areas of the Seven Kingdoms rise in Rebellion then the King will have less men to relay on" Martin replied "You've heard of the Dance of the Dragons, both sides had armies provided by their allies, they had no proper army except for their dragons. So if the whole Kingdom rises in Rebellion or if several of the bigger kingdoms such as the Reach unit with others like we saw in my father's rebellion, the other houses will be outnumbered which is why I wanted to put my idea ahead. My idea is to create a royal army sworn only to the King"

"A royal army" King Robert questioned "Where did you get such an idea from"

"From History books" Martin replied "I read about how the Septim Empire would create Legions to help keep the peace. An idea like this would help unite the Kingdoms more and prevent wars from breaking out between rival kingdoms or houses."

"But in the event of a Civil war, won't the Legions rebel?" Pycelle questioned

"We thought about that?" Tullius replied "Which is why our idea will involve new recruits from different parts of the realm. That way they will be less likely to rebel if Civil War does break out"

"An Army that is loyal to the King" Robert smiled "I like it, that will make those who call me usurper think twice before supporting a Targaryen who returns across the waters."

"That is if we can afford to pay for it" Baelish said which made everyone look at him "We simply do not have the money to pay for a royal army as we need money to pay the recruits and for the number of weapons to train them. We already owe Tywin Lannister 1.5 Million Gold Dragons plus another 1.5 Million to the Iron Bank of Braavos as well as another half a million to others."

"Wait, the crown is 3.5 Million Gold Dragons in debt?" Martin gasped "How can such a thing have happened?"

"Your father just loves his tourneys" Baelish smiled

Martin glared at him "Even the big tourneys could not have placed this realm into debt!" he hissed "And you are the Master of Coin, how could you have let this happen!"

"The Master of Coin finds the money and the Hand and King spend it" Baelish replied

Martin only glared at him "Your job is also to advise the King on money matters and prevent the crown from falling into debt. And borrowing that much money from the Iron Bank, are you out of your mind. Do you know what will happen if we can't repay the Iron Bank? They will fund our enemies, one way or another, they always get their gold back."

"Well you father also spends so much money on his wine" Baelish smirked "So I'm afraid that we can't afford this army."

Martin sighed in frustration but he knew that something was wrong here. He knew that the crown's coffins were overflowing with gold and even other Kings such as Aegon IV never let the crown fall into a large debt like that. Something was wrong and he suspected Baelish was behind it. But he needed to find proof and there was only one man who could find the proof.

Later, Martin found the man he was looking for "Varys" he called "May I have a word?"

Varys turned to look at him "My Prince" he greeted "How may I serve you?"

"Varys, I really need your help" Martin said to him "Some might call me a fool but you may be the only one who can find the information I need"

"And what information is it you desire?" Varys asked

"This debt the crown is in doesn't make sense" Martin replied "There has never been a debt this big and I think Baelish is hiding something. I was hoping you might be able to find evidence that could prove my theory"

"I never trusted the worm" Varys replied "I will look into it"

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A few days later, Varys spoke to Martin again "I found some evidence" he said "Nothing that can prove that Baelish is behind this but I did find a few suspicious things. Many of the tax collectors and coin minters are loyal to Baelish. A lot of them have a history with Baelish and there is a chance that Baelish is putting the money into his pockets. The people he uses to handle the loans are also loyal to him. But there is no proper evidence I could find. If there is, Baelish will have it locked up tight in his best Brothel and there is no way I can sneak one of my little birds in there to find the evidence. Baelish has spies as well. However, I know someone who can help you with that, they will ask for payment but they can help you. Meet me at the Godswood in a few hours.

Later, Martin went into the small Godswood of the Red Keep. This Godswood overlooked the Blackwater Rush and was an acre in size with elm, alder and black cottonwood trees. The large Weirwood Heart tree was a great oak covered in smokeberry wines and with Red Dragon's Breath flowers growing below the oak. This Godswood was more of a garden than a place for prayer. Varys was waiting for him along a bunch of hooded people, there were 4 of them.

"Ah, Prince Martin" Varys said "I see you've come"

"So what is this all about Varys?" the leader of the hooded men asked "Why did you call us here"

"The Prince here has a job for you" Varys said "My Prince, allow me to introduce Brynjolf, the leader of the Thieves Guild here in King's Landing. They sometimes provide services for me. And the other people are the higher ranks, Delvin, master of sneak, Vex, master of Lockpicking and Karliah, a master archer."

All of them but Karliah lowered their hoods, Brynjolf was man in his forties with auburn red hair and beard, Delvin looked the oldest in his fifties or early sixties and he had a wrinkled face and shaved head. Vex was in her mid thirties with long blond hair.

"Well as long as he can pay us, we can do a job for him" Delvin smiled

"I never done a job for a Prince before" Vex muttered "We've stolen trinkets from nobles and done work for them, but never royalty."

"That was the mistake Mercer made" Karliah added "After we exposed him, he went on a job to rob the vault, only to find it empty. We caught him during the escape."

Martin looked at them "Well I do have a job for you" he said "I learnt that the Crown's coffins are empty and not only that, we are in huge debt to moneylenders. I suspect that our Master of Coin, Petyr Baelish is behind this, Varys told me that many of the coin minters and tax collectors and well as the people who collect the loans work for him. I have a suspicion that Baelish is stealing the money for himself. But I need proof and I need your help"

"So what is it we can do" Brynjolf asked

"Baelish does a lot of his work at his most fancy brothel. It's where he keeps his best girls and his office is there. I need someone to sneak into his office and steal any documents from his desk that prove he is behind this."

"We've done jobs like this before" Delvin muttered

"And I've been in that establishment before" Brynjolf added "Not many guards, Baelish hires a lot of spies but no guards."

"And we can use the sewer entrance into the Brothel" Vex said "We'll be less lickly to draw attention to ourselves."

Martin looked at them "I'll meet you back here in three days, I'll bring your pay and extra if you do find evidence"

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Three days later, Martin went back to the Godswood to meet with the Thieves Guild. He found the four members waiting for him "So, did you find anything?" Martin asked

"We sure did" Delvin said "That place was a gold mine"

"You were right about Baelish" Brynjolf revealed "You were right about him stealing money from the crown. Most of the money from his loans went into his pockets while he kept some for the crown. He then invested his money in brothels, wine, girls and spies."

"And that's not all" Karliah added "We're so glad we took this job, Baelish knew about us and had plans to take us out and replace us with a guild of his own. That way he could steal from nobles."

Vex then handed Martin a stack of papers. Martin looked through them to show that they were loan sheets as well as tax shipments and coin minter papers. Most of this money was going into Baelish's own investments. What was better was that they had recovered letter to Baelish's men which said where the stolen money was kept.

"You did your job and I always pay well" Martin said and he handed them a small chest filled with gold coins "I found this chest during my trip, take it as your payment as you have done a job, not just for me but for the whole realm"

"Well since you also saved our guild, feel free to contact us any time" Brynjolf smiled.

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The next day, Martin had asked to speak to his father as well as Jon Arryn, he did not want to call the small council in case Baelish tried to flee. His father looked grumpy as he sat on the Iron Throne with Jon Arryn at his side along with the Kingsguard and Queen Cersei.

"Son, why did you ask to see us?" King Robert asked

"Because I have just found out why the crown is in so much debt" Martin said as he handed Robert the papers he had received from the Thieves Guild "I had a suspicion that Baelish was hiding something so I did some digging, and I found all of these papers." Robert looked board and he handed the papers to Jon who looked through them and his eyes widened with shock.

"By the Seven, these papers say that Baelish has been stealing money from us" he gasped which made Robert and Cersei look at him "He's been taking money from tax shipments to pay for his own investments. Most of the money from the loans also went into his pocket"

"He what?" Cersei gasped "That worn, how dare he steal money from my father!" she was angry about someone stealing money from her father but was more angry that her family had been made to look foolish.

"I can't believe it" Jon Arryn gasped "I trusted that man, I'm so sorry my King"

"That doesn't matter" The king growled "Find him, bring him here, he will pay for his crimes.

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The next day, Martin was in the throne room with his father and Jon Arryn along with the small council and the rest of the court. Martin looked at watched as the his Blades came in with several prisoners, but Baelish was not with them "Did you catch Baelish?" he asked

Delphine shook his head in disappointment "I'm sorry my Prince, we missed him by seconds, he got on a ship and left. But he left in such a hurry that he left most of his workers behind."

"With the workers here, we can find some of the missing gold" Jon Arryn said "We can now start fixing the problems that Baelish created."

"We can sell his Brothels and other establishments to the highest bidder" Martin suggested "We recovered some clues to where he stashed his stolen gold though there is a chance he's moved it so we may not get all of his money back."

"Well we also need to find a new master of coin" Jon Arryn added "That position is important and we cannot leave the spot vacant"

"I have a suggestion" Marin spoke up "We need to show unity in the Seven Kingdoms. So I was thinking about having Willas Tyrell as our new master of coin"

"You mean Mace Tyrell's son?" Robert spoke up "The Tyrells fought for the Targaryens, how can we trust him?"

"I've heard that Willas and his father don't get on very well" Martin said "And if the Targaryen's do return, then we have Willas Tyrell as a hostage, he is the heir to Highgarden and the Reach."

"Very well then." Robert said "And since we have the gold back, we can start building that royal army. Though they will need a base and someone to command them"

"I suggest Tullius" Martin said "He's an experienced leader and knows more about my ideas. And as for the headquarters, I suggest the old Ruined Fortress of Cloud Ruler, that place lies right near the Kingsroad and can be used as a strategic defence place for a royal army"

"A good idea" Robert added "Tullius will be the leader of the royal army and the royal army's headquarters will be at Cloud Ruler"

...

After that, with Baelish gone, Willas Tyrell arrived a month later to become the new Master of Coin. Willas did his job very well and as well as helping raise funds, he also advised the King when he was spending too much money. Willas also came up with a suggestion that the crown set some of their funds aside for emergency use with the Iron Bank. Martin had been able to pay back the Crown's debts with the Iron Bank as well as most of the debt with the Lannisters though Tywin forgave some of the debt since he recovered Brightroar, the Valyrian Steel Sword of House Lannister. Martin then had the fortress of Cloud Ruler rebuilt with help from the Blades. Delphine had explained that the fortress had once been their old headquarters when they were the bodyguards of the Septim Emperors. So their old vault was locked though Delphine helped open it and a huge amount of ancient knowledge was uncovered. Most of this was used to help build the Legions and soon Martin began recruiting for the royal army. He did this by having recruiters out in the cities and all over the kingdoms calling out for fresh recruits to join the royal army. Soon, a bunch of recruits signed up though some were in for the pay. Tullius trained the recruits and while it took a while, the First Legion was finished and they were sent on their first mission, to capture a small keep that was taken over by Bandits. Martin decided that every Legion will have its own fortress as their base and an old fort in the North known as Fort Snowhawke became the first fortress to be taken over by the Legions. Martin also allowed women to join the Legions though this was met by some outrage by the Faith of the Seven but Martin ignored them like he usually did. Tullius also selected the leader of each Legion known as a Legate. Legates were selected by their capability to lead troops and not just because they were nobles though the leader of the First Legion was a noble from the North known as Ulfric Stormcloak. Tullius also selected a woman known as Rikke to help him with training female recruits.

After Baelish had been exposed, it showed that Martin was determined to protect the realm and so he went along with Willas' suggestion and he made a deal with the Iron Bank and they stored away about a 100,000 dragons into a special vault that could only be opened with three keys that the King, the Hand and the Master of Coin held. Martin also began using the funds to rebuild King's Landing. This city was meant to be the capital of the Seven Kingdoms but instead it had become a city full of beggars and filth with raw sewage in the streets. So first, Martin invested to remove the sewage and improve the city's drains which helped make the city cleaner. Then he started to invest and rebuild the poor area of Flea Bottom, many people from Flea bottom joined the Legions and so Martin rebuilt the area so the people would have a better place to live. Soon he began expanding the walls of the city which allowed the city to grow. The docks also expanded which led to small business building warehouses. To help make more money, Martin also began setting up merchant Guilds to help make more money. He set up the Society of concerned Merchants in King's Landing to help keep the money flowing in King's Landing and he set up a trading guild which operated around the world known as the East Empire Company. This company traded Westerosi goods around the world and were led by Orthus Endario, a rich merchant who had a friendship with Martin after Martin had helped him.

Orthus was a simple merchant who had set up a small shipping business that traded across the West Coast of Westeros and traded goods between King's Landing, Gulltown, Saltpans, White Harbour and Duskendale. However when Martin first met him, his business was falling apart as his shipments were being raided. Orthus was close to being forced to close his business but his was suspicious that someone was funding these Pirates and he had a suspect. Captain Volf ran another small trading business but all his shipments were fine which made Orthus believe that he was involved in these Pirate Raids. So Martin hired the Thieves Guild for another Job and then they found evidence that Volf was part of a Raiding group known as the Blood Horkers. This gave Martin the right to search his ship and they found papers on board his ship, the Dainty Sload, which proved that he was helping to direct the Pirate Raids to Orthus' ships and then he sold the goods. Captain Volf was arrested not just for piracy, but also for smuggling as they also found a highly illegal substance known as Balmora Blue. Volf was thrown in the Black cells and would later be hanged while his goods and ships were seized in the crown's name. But Orthus had come to respect Martin and he agreed to work for him. Martin invested some of his money into Orthus' shipping company which allowed his trade to expand and the Dainty Sload became part of Orthus' trading fleet. The company would become known as the East Empire Company and would be responsible for a lot of trade with the free cities of Essos. As the Legions were training, they would also become soldiers to guard the trade fleets and these were led by the female Legion soldier Adelaisa Vendicci.

The other guild that Martin started was the Society of Concerned Merchants. This guild was set up in King's Landing to help keep the gold coming into the city. Martin had been put on one of his trips into the city where he went into a shop called Jensine's Good as New Merchandise. Martin then heard that there was a bit of trouble as a new Merchant known as Thoronir had set up a shop called the Copious Coinpurse and he was selling his goods cheaply so people were spending money there which may cause other shops to close. Jensine was suspicious as many of the goods Thoronir sold cost more to make than he sold them for. Once again, Martin hired the Thieves Guild to investigate and they followed Thoronir where they met up with his buyer known as Agamir. Later, they followed Agamir to his house where they would later break in and find a tome which detailed the recent dead. Martin suspected that Agamir was stealing from the dead but he needed more evidence. Then the Blades caught Agamir red handed trying to rob someone's grave and he was caught. Thoronir had no idea of what was going on so he donated his money and goods to the Temple of the Divines and started to become a better merchant. Agamir was later hanged for grave robbing which is a crime in the laws of Gods and men as grave robbing is seen as desecrating the dead.

While Martin helped rebuild the city, many small businesses began to get establish such as Fisheries and Breweries which included Black Briar Meadery and Honningbrew Meadery which made an alcoholic beverage known as mead which was less strong than wine but Martin like the taste of it, it was also something that younger people could drink.

Speaking of younger people, Martin was very fond of children. He hated seeing children suffer or being abandoned on the streets so he had set up orphanages throughout the city so that the children would have a home. The Orphanages were also guarded to avoid the children being hurt. This would lead to one Orphanage known as Honnorhall Orphanage being uncovered as a place where children were abused when the City Guard caught the Orphanage's lady known as Grelod the Kind beating the children up just for talking about adoption. Martin was angered at this and so Grelod was arrested and then flogged before being exiled from the city. Later, her body was found in a ditch where her throat had been slit. As well as the Orphanages, Martin realised that the children needed something to help get them to build a future for themselves so he set up small schools for children where they could learn how to read and learn basic number skills, this would allow the children to build a future for themselves and many could then work for the Merchant Companies.

As for the Legions headquarters of Cloud Ruler Temple, Martin soon began construction to rebuild the old keep. But as soon as they started, a large vault which belonged to the Ancient order of the Blades was uncovered. Delphine told Martin that this was the old vault that belonged to the Blades back in the days of the Septim Empire. Martin declared the Vault to be property of the Blades and no one but the Blades or Martin were allowed in unless they had permission. But the vault unearthed a massive amount of treasure which Martin used for his projects. Within a few years, Cloud Ruler Temple was rebuilt to become a great fortress. The Fort was located on top of a hill near the Mountains of the Moon at the border between the Riverlands and Vale. This made the Keep hard to capture and it would allow whoever controlled the Fort to have a major advantage in the Riverlands. But while the Keep was being built, a couple of stonemasons uncovered a vein of Silver ore while they were mining stone to build the keep walls. Martin brought in some experts known as the Silver Blood family and they discovered a horde of Silver buried in the lands around Cloud Ruler Temple. And since Martin owned this land, the Silver belonged to him and so he began to contrast a small town which would be a mining town.

As for the Blades themselves, Delphine was the leader of the order though there were other important members of the Blades. Esbern was the Order's Loremaster and a very old man. He was an expert at ancient knowledge of the Blades and also on dragons. He spent much of his time writing his knowledge onto books and scrolls so his knowledge wouldn't be lost. He had also taken young Samwell Tarly as his apprentice, Lord Randyll didn't want Sam as his heir so Martin made an offer for him to become a member of the Blades and Randyll accepted, Sam was learning a lot of history but learning a few sword skill from the Blades so he could defend himself. Another older man of the Blades was Fultheim, the Blades forgemaster and the only person who had the ability to forge the Blades legendary Blades Katana. Two of the top soldiers of the Blades were Captains Renault and Steffan, they were the more veteran fighters of the Blades. The other members were known as Fortis, Glenroy, Baurus, Ferrum, Jena, Antiochus, Pelagius and Caroline and Acilius Bolar. The final important member was Caius Cosades, he was the Blades spymaster and handled a lot of Martin's work with the Thieves Guild. Martin helped rebuild the Blades and they became his personal fighting unit which he would ride onto battle with. Martin would also learn a lot of the Blades fighting skills and soon he would become one of the deadliest swordsmen in Westeros and he had his elite group of Blades and his five Unsullied Warriors with him.

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Before Martin had left on his first trip to Essos, he had secretly converted to the Faith of the Nine Divines. This Faith was one of the oldest Faiths in the world. It had been the official Religion of the Septim Empire though many of the races called the gods different names. Martin had seen similarities between the Faith of the Nine Divines and the Faith of the Seven. However, Martin never liked the Faith of the Seven for all their ridiculous rules which the Faith of the Nine Divines didn't have. The Faith of the Seven also saw themselves as the one true Religion while other Religions were fake to them. The Nine Divines didn't share this view which was why Martin converted to them. Martin saw the Faith of the Seven as corrupt as they spoke about freedom while they were just taking money from the poor so they could build fancy Septs and buy fancy robes. The High Septon was a fat man dressed in fancy robes with fur and skill and studied with jewels while the High Priest of the Nine Divines known as Rorlund just wore a simple orange robe.

Rorlund was not the overall leader of the Faith of the Nine Divines though he was in charge of the temple in King's Landing, he was a tall man with long red hair though the top of his head was bald, unlike the Faith of the Seven, the Priests of the Nine Divines could marry, Rorlund's wife was another Priestess known as Freir, they were the highest working Priests in the temple while they had help from another Priestess known as Silana Petreia. This Temple was small and about the size of an inn but the Temple was cosy and simple. The only fancy things it had were the Shrines to each of the Nine Divines.

The Chief of the Gods was Akatosh, the dragon God of Time who was described as a fiery dragon or a man with a dragon's head. His wife was Mara, the Goddess of Love and compassion, she was described as the mother Goddess and weddings were done in a temple of Mara, these weddings were done by a Priest Dreihl who was the Priest of Mara. Another important Divine was Arkay, the God of the Cycle of Life, Death and Mortals. People buried who worshipped the Divines were protected by Arkay and the Temple of the Divines in Kings Landing had a Hall of the Dead was dedicated to Arkay. The Priest of Arkay in King's Landing was called Andurs and he prepared bodies for burial like the Silent Sisters did for the Faith of the Seven, he was helped by a woman known as Alessandra who didn't like her job but it was she'd ever known as her father was a Priest of Arkay. Kynareth, the Goddess of Air, Wind, sky and the elements was a Divine that was worshipped a lot in the North. The North had one of the largest Temples to a single Divine. The Head of this temple was known as Dancia Pure Springs who was a protector of nature. This temple also had a sacred tree known as the Gildergreen tree, this tree was sacred to Kynareth and was grown from saplings taken from it's parent tree known as the Eldergleam which was located in a small Cave in the North. Both trees are a place where pilgrims visit, Kynareth was also a patron of Sailors.

Some of the Divines weren't widely worshipped such as Julianos, the God of Wisdom and logic. There was also Dibella, the Goddess of Beauty and one who was worshipped by a lot of woman. The Head Priestess of Dibella was Hamel and her apprentice was a little girl known as Fjotra. Fjotra was the daughter of a couple of Miners who worked at Martin's Mines at Cloud Ruler Temple, she had been seeing visions and she was brought to the Temple of the Divines where she would become the next Sybil or Head Priestess of Dibella. Zenithar was the God or Work and Commerce, he was not widely worshipped but he was a patron of Merchants. Then there was Stendarr, the God of Mercy, Justice, charity and luck. There was an order dedicated to Stendarr known as the Vigilantes of Stendarr who went around hunting dark creatures who threaten people. They were a small order but they did not force their Religion onto people like the Faith of the Seven did.

The Final Divine was Martin's Favourite, Talos the Hero God of Mankind. The God of Might, Honour, State, Law, Man, War and Governance. He was said to have once been Tiber Septim, the man who founded the Septim Empire after he defeated a dark Dragon God known as Alduin. Tiber would rise to the heavens as a Divine after his death and was a patron of soldiers.

Before Martin had left for his first Journey to Essos, he converted to the Faith of the Nine Divines in secret and a Healer called Colette had joined Martin's services and had become Martin's personal healer. But after his return, he openly worshipped the Divines and it became a big thing for Martin as the Fat High Septon had tried to make him convert back to the Faith of the Seven but Martin had angrily refused and Martin remembered everything that happened.

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"I beg of you my Prince" The High Septon spoke "I beg of you to give up on these false Divines and return to the true Faith"

"The True Faith?" Martin hissed "There is no true faith, this world is full of different Religions" Martin glared more at the man "You come in here, dressed in fancy silk robes and start demanding that I follow your fucking rules! Well I will make this very clear, I don't give a shit about your Religion. The Faith of the Seven is nothing but a lie that people use to get their way"

"How dare you speak of our holy Septons and Septas like that!" The High Septon roared

"And how dare you try to force people to try and kill the Priests of the Divines!" Martin snapped back "That's right, I know that some of your Faithful have tried to kill the Priests of the Divines. Those people are now in the Cells where they belong. I will not outlaw your Religion but there will no longer be any crown funding to the Faith anymore. And that money which you use you build fancy Septs and buy fancy robes will instead go to the Faith of the Divines and the poorest sections of the people. And if you try to do anything, I will then start outlawing the most devout and your faith will lose all political power. Now get out of my sight before I call the guards." Martin's Jaguar was growling at him and the High Septon fled his room in fear of the growling Jaguar.

...

Martin smiled at the memories but was broken out of his thoughts when he saw the Great Castle of Winterfell in the distance. They had arrived at Winterfell "I'm here again" Martin said to himself as he got near his father and brother "It's good to be back here and I'm looking forward to seeing my friends again.

Chapter End:
Notes: Well here's the rewrite of Chapter 3, now I will be working on the next chapter and some of these new things will be important for the next chapter as I plan to bring in more characters from the Elder Scrolls Games.