Baelor:
Stark Camp: The Twins:
Robb Stark had arrived at the Twins some time ago. The Twins was built by a man who had been granted lands. This man had a dream of building a great Bridge than went over the Green Fork of the River Trident. The plan was finished by his Grandson and is now one of the most powerful of the Frey Bannermen with a strength of 1000 knights and 3000 foot soldiers. In earlier days, House Frey had obeyed the orders of their liege lords of House Tully and had been involved in the Dance of the Dragon, the great Targaryen Civil war between Aegon II and his cousin Rhaenyra Targaryen where Lord Forrest Frey was killed during the battle by the Lakeshore. But they were still looked down by most houses as their quick rising to lordship made them look like upstarts. Lord Walder Frey was now in his 90's and because he suffered from gout, he cannot stand without help. He was nicknamed the late Lord Frey since he didn't join house Tully's forces until after the Battle of the Trident. His was also related to Tywin Lannister since his second son Emmon Frey is married to Tywin's sister Genna. But he is looked down by most lords as Lord Hoster Tully refused a Frey bride for his son Edmure and Lord Jon Arryn refused to foster his grandchildren. But House Frey has still grown in wealth and power as they charged tolls for crossing over the bridge.
Since the Stark men had set up camp near the Twins, they had ordered all ravens being sent from the twins to be shot down in case there was a warning. Robb's mother had chosen to go and talk to Lord Walder Frey despite protests from GreatJon who claimed that Walder could keep her as a prisoner and hand her to the Lannisters but she had thankfully returned with good news. The Northern lords were happy when Prince Martin and some of his Legions arrived with the Blades. Robb Stark and the most powerful Northern Lords greeted him as he arrived.
"Your Grace" Robb greeted when Martin came up and all of the Northern lords knelt down.
Martin sighed as he got off his horse "Don't kneel Robb" Martin said "And don't call me your Grace yet, I'm not a King yet and I won't be until I take King's Landing."
"We're glad that you are here" GreatJon said "We could use some planning in order to learn what we are going to do to rescue Lord Eddard Stark."
"Well right now the Lannisters have two armies." Martin said "Jaime leads the siege of Riverrun with his army split into three camps. That is an advantage for us as it will be difficult for all three camps to come together as they are separated by the Tumblestone and Red Fork so each camp can be taken out one by one. But Tywin Lannister has a large host of men camped at the town of Dragon Bridge over the River Karth."
"Can't you go around the river?" Roose Bolton suggested
Martin shook his head "The River Karth may only be a shallow stream but it is located in a Gorge that goes through the Vale so we can't go across the gorge. Even if we relieve the siege of Riverrun, we cannot leave Tywin Lannister at Dragon Bridge because he could take us from behind."
"How many men do you have?" Robb asked
"I have the strength of the Sixth Legion and the Forth Legion as well as the Vale Lords who have joined us." Martin said "We have about 10,000 legionnaire soldiers and 20,000 Vale soldiers with me. We can't force Tywin to attack us, Tywin is too smart for that, he will not fall into a trap."
"We can relieve Jaime's siege of Riverrun and get the Riverlords on your side but Tywin Lannister poses a problem." Robb said
"There is one advantage we have." Martin revealed and the lords looked at him "The Second Legion and Lord Randyll Tarly have declared their support for me and are marching here. They can hit Tywin's army in the back while we attack from the North over the Bridge."
"That's good then" Robb smirked "Does that mean that the Reach have joined our side as well."
Martin sighed and looked down and then he shook his head "I'm not the only contender for Joffrey's throne, my uncle Renly has declared himself King and has the strength of the Stormlands and Reach with him. I do have supporters in the Stormlands but all the houses that support me are in the South and they are trapped south of Bronzegate along with the Fifth Legion and the Third Legion is trapped in the Westerlands. I have a lot of supporters by they are all separated."
"Fucking cunt!" Lord Rickard Karstark yelled "How could Renly betray his own blood for a throne where he has the weakest claim." Lord Karstark had a point, After Martin, Tommen was next in line and then it was Stannis since he was older. Renly had the weakest claim to the Iron Throne of all the Baratheons.
"Well we can relieve Jaime's siege of Riverrun" Robb said "My mother has negotiated a Deal with Lord Frey to cross the Bridge. The men of house Frey are here as well apart from 400 he is keeping to hold the crossing."
"And what did Lord Frey want in return?" Martin asked
"His son Olyvar will be my squire while two younger Freys will be fostered at Winterfell. Robb said and then he sighed "I am also to marry a Frey daughter or granddaughter of my choice when the fighting is over."
Martin stared at Robb with a raised eye "So you are appeasing Lord Frey?" he asked "I would have just taken the Twins by Force if Lord Frey refused to let us cross."
"We need that Bridge" Robb said "Taking the Twins was possible as I had enough men but it would have taken time, which we don't have. My father and Sansa are still being held prisoner. I had to appease Lord Frey."
Appease him?" Martin questioned "Lord Frey is nothing but an Oathbreaker who has refused to obey his liege lord's commands. That can get him accused of Treason. Be careful around the Frey Lords."
"I had a look at the Freys" GreatJon said "Some seems good people like the Frey heir, Stevron though his son Ryman is not nice at all. Same with Ryman's sons Edwyn and Black Walder. They're good fighters but are cruel and wicked. And most others are just cowards like Aneys, Rhaegar, Jared, Tytos, Lothar and Symond. Though some are good like Robb's squire Olyvar and his older brother Perwyn. But most look like cowards so we best keep an eye on them"
"I agree" Roose Bolton agreed as did Lord Rickard Karstark.
"There was one more condition" Robb added "Arya is to marry Waldon Frey when they both come of age."
Martin sighed "You know she will refuse to do that. She may even just run away. She will do whatever it takes to avoid marriage. When you see each other again you may expect an argument."
"She will obey the commands of her mother" Catalyn replied
"Don't be so sure." Martin said "Arya seems a lot like her Aunt Lyanna, she will refuse to marry and won't care what you say. But anyway, we should carry on with our planning" Martin said and he unrolled a map onto the table. "We know where the Lannister armies are, one at Riverrun and the other at Dragon Bridge. But there is a worry that they could reinforce these armies from men in the Westerlands as there are sure to be men still in the Westerlands. I believe the best action would be to exchange our forces a bit to make it look like we have combined our forces to attack Tywin Lannister, that would leave Riverrun open to you to take. The Lannisters have three separate camps so you should take each one by one. The Northern Camp north of Tumblestone is the main one where Jaime Lannister is."
"That would leave you to take Tywin Lannister with whatever men you can gather." Robb claimed "Are you sure you can do it?"
"Well the main problem is that we can't cross the bridge head on as Tywin's army has set up camp blocking the end of the Bridge. The only way is to hold Tywin off until Randyll Tarly arrives with the Second Legion. They can strike from behind. I'm sending a few Blades with you in order to capture my uncle Jaime alive, he is more useful to us alive than dead."
"I can send about 2000 Northmen with you to make it look like we have combined our forces." Robb said
Roose Bolton then gave a suggestion "The best option would be to use men for each house, it would make it more convincing that we have joined our forces."
"Good point" Robb said "Lord Bolton will take some of his men along with Harrion Karstark and Robett Glover. They will march with Prince William to help him defeat Tywin Lannister. Let's just hope that it's enough."
King's Landing, Red Keep:
In the Red Keep, Queen mother Cersei Lannister was with what was left of the Small Council which included Grand Maester Pycelle and Master of Whispers Varys.
"We can't keep the remaining seats on the Council unoccupied" Pycelle said "The Master of Ships is needed to help keep our royal fleet, the Master of Laws is needed in order to keep order in the city and the Master of Coin is needed in order to gather coin for the war. Wars are expensive and we can't rely on Tywin Lannister forever, he will order payment, it is his gold even if his grandson sits on the Iron Throne. And we still need our Hand of the King."
"My son has chosen my father Tywin Lannister to be Hand of the King" Cersei claimed "And uncle Kevan is the Master of laws."
"Tywin is unable to do his duty as Hand of the King as he is fighting your son Martin in the Riverlands." Varys said "And there is still the so called King in Highgarden Renly who has nearly 80,000 men under his command."
"We will sort these issues out in time." Cersei said and then he looked at Andens "What is the situation of the city?" she asked
"There have been a few riots" Andens claimed "The people are all saying that Martin is the rightful King and there have been a few attacks by armed peasants around the city on the patrols, mainly around Flea Bottom, Martin was quite popular there."
"Can't you put the Riot down?" she asked
"I have reason to believe that some of the Peasants are arming themselves and creating a guerrilla army." Andens replied "Some of the officers who were loyal to Martin have deserted and are now in hiding. Captain Burd was among them along with Adamus' former second in command Giovanni and Lex's second in command Servatius. Our men are still looking for the missing Barristan Selmy but he too had vanished, two of my men were found dead in the White Sword tower. Barristan must have killed them and then he left."
Cersei looked at Varys, Varys had suggested that someone was needed to blame for Robert's death. Varys suggested Barristan and she agreed because this gave her the chance to name her brother as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. Joffrey had Barristan dismissed as Lord Commander and named Jaime as Lord Commander and his Sworn Shield, Sandor Clegane would take Barristan's place. They said that Barristan was too old to protect Joffrey and they offered him a place to retire. Barristan had taken his dismissal as an insult as he saw Sandor and Jaime as dishonourable and none of them were worthy to be part of the Kingsguard. Barristan had spoken treason about how Martin would take the throne and then he threw his sword on the floor and stormed out. Joffrey had ordered him to be brought in and questioned.
"There has been no sign of Barristan in the city." Varys claimed "It is likely that he left the city after he killed those guards."
After the meeting, Cersei decided that she needed a rest but then she heard someone call her. "Mother?" a voice came and Cersei turned to see her youngest children, Myrcella and Tommen walking towards her with their Jaguars, Midnight and Ser Pounce. All of the Jaguars had started to get larger now. Joffrey's and Martins were still the biggest but all of them were the size of fully grown hunting hound and before Alessia fled, her Jaguar, Aylied, had grown larger.
"Yes my sweets" Cersei cooed "Is everything all right."
"Why is there fighting?" Tommen asked
"Why are Martin and Joffrey fighting?" Myrcella added
Cersei knew that she had to make something up, she knew that Martin was close with his youngest siblings. "Your brother Martin has been deceived, people say that he was named heir to the Throne when Joffrey is in truth the rightful king."
"But father told us that Martin was going to be his heir?" Tommen said confused
"What?" Cersei gasped
"Before he died, father asked to see me, Tommen and Alessia" Myrcella said "He said that he was naming Martin as his heir claiming that Joffrey was unfit to rule."
"Your father was just delusional" Cersei claimed as she made a story up "Joffrey will be the greatest king this world has ever known" He then kissed her youngest children's foreheads. "Now off to bed, it's getting late." Cersei then walked off.
As soon as Cersei was out of sight, Tommen and Myrcella were alone with their Jaguars. "What are we going to do?" Tommen asked "Mother is lying, she's never cared for us much. She never even tried to stop Joffrey's bullying, it was Martin who did that. I don't want him to die."
"He won't" Myrcella claimed "We may be young but Martin is our true brother and I won't see the Kingdoms fall apart while Joffrey rules. Father was a drunk and Martin kept the kingdoms together. I don't know how but we will do whatever it takes to help Martin take his throne."
The Sewers:
Unknown to everyone, Barristan Selmy had not left the city, he was in the sewers, not a place he wanted to be. But he knew that this was the best place for him to do what was needed to make sure Martin could become King. He had word that Martin had supporters here and he was going to be needed here to help these supporters fight the Lannisters.
Barristan had been approached by a black haired man who named himself as Maul. He claimed that he could help Barristan find Princess Alessia. Barristan had been reluctant to agree but the city Guard was looking for him and he needed to find a way to help Martin. So Barristan had agreed to go with Maul and he soon found himself in the old sewer tunnels where they met up with Maul's brother Dirge along with two other thugs called Garthar and Thrynn. They had taken Barristan to another separate room where Barristan saw a large meeting table where he saw a red haired man, a bald man, a white haired woman and a hooded woman sitting around a table along with the people he had been looking for.
"Do we have any plans?" former master of coin Willas asked
"We can get into the Black cells easily thanks to Cynric but getting out is a problem." Delvin said
"Well we have to come up with something soon" Alessia claimed
"The Lannisters could kill my father at any time!" Arya protested "We have to save him"
"And we will little lady" Brynjolf replied "But it is not that easy even for our master thieves. Most of them just steal trinkets, not rescue hostages. But we will make sure that your father is saved and your sister too."
"Grandmaster" Thrynn interrupted "We have someone here who has been looking for our Princess."
Barristan stepped forward and smiled at Alessia "It is good to see that you're all right Princess." He said
"It is good to see you too Ser Barristan." Alessia greeted
Vaes Dothrak:
After about a week of travelling, Daenerys and the Khalasar had returned to Vaes Dothrak. The prisoners were taken to be questioned and make sure that they gave up the location of Baelish. Daenerys herself decided that she needed to have a little talk with Farengar so she went over to his tent where she found Farengar looking at his Dragon Priest mask and staff. Farengar put his work down when he saw Daenerys.
"Daenerys" Farengar greeted "Is there something you needed?"
"Well I just needed someone to talk to" Daenerys claimed "Drogo and his Bloodriders are feasting with the other Khals and are making plans to find Baelish.
"Well this is the worst part of Dothraki." Farengar claimed "It is likely that they will start sacking villages to find Baelish and there will be horrific scenes."
"Can't I stop them?" Daenerys asked "Can I change the Dothraki."
"The Dothraki have lived this way since the Century of Blood" Farengar said "After the fall of Valyria, the Dothraki cut across central Essos destroying many petty Kingdoms and cities. They cannot be changed to give up their customs, the Dothraki have only known this way of life."
Daenerys needed to talk to Farengar and know him a bit better "We have been travelling together for a while now and I've realised that I don't know much about you."
"So you want to know a bit about my life?" Farengar said
"I don't mean to sound rude but I think that I need to know a bit more about you." Daenerys claimed
"Well I will tell you a bit more about my life." Farengar said "Many years ago I was an Apprentice at the Citadel training to become a Maester. The knowledge was good but a good bit of it was just made by the Faith of the Seven to suit their beliefs. I didn't like that and I became interested in the old study of Magic. Most Maester's disprove of magic and only one Maester in a hundred has the Valyrian steel ring of the Maester chain. One day I met with Archmaester Marwyn who is the Archmaester of Magic and the occult. He taught me a good bit about magic but when he taught me all I knew, we parted ways and I left the Citadel so I could carry on my own research. I travelled across Essos where I met a fellow Scholar known as Calcelmo. We both did some studying together and we learnt a great deal about ancient magic. When we both decided on what we wanted to look at, we parted ways. I went on to study ancient Dragons while Calcelmo wanted to study the ancient Dwemer."
"The Dwemer?" Daenerys asked
"The Dwemer were also known as Dwarves or deep elves. They built great Underground cities and used Steam to power these cities. They even could create magical weapons like spiders made of metal and other metal monsters. To Calcelmo, these creatures were something that fascinated him. The Dwemer are now believed to be extinct now, the Septim Empire went to war with them and most of their cities were wiped out and are now nothing but crumbling ruins."
"So what happened to Calcelmo?" Daenerys asked
"Well the last time I heard of him, he was doing some kind of research in an old ruin not too far from here. He claimed that he may have found a big clue in Dwemer history." Daenerys and Farengar continued to talk about Farengar's past. Though for some reason, Farengar had a feeling that they were being watched.
Unknown to the two of them, they had been watched by a Mythic Dawn agent who was listening to their conversation. He quickly fled and he round masters Raven and Runa waiting for him.
"So what did you find?" Raven asked
"Most of the fighters are feasting. They are all distracted" The Agent claimed
"And what of our new friend's sister?" Runa asked
"She is talking with some kind of Scholar and they were talking about some guy named Calcelmo and Dragon priests."
"Dragon Priests?" Raven asked
"This Scholar claims to have a mask and staff belonging to something known as an Ancient Dragon Priest." The Agent added
Runa and Raven looked at each other "Now we have another objective here." Raven said "We must take that mask and Staff. They will come in handy for our master and Dagon's plan."
"Agreed" Runa agreed "We strike tonight."
Lannister Camp: Dragon Bridge.
Tyrion Lannister walked along the many tents of the Lannister camp. So far his mission had gone as planned. No one knew his true intentions though he did believe that his father, Tywin Lannister may know something. Tyrion found his father along with uncle Kevan and several other Westerland lords such as Lewys Lydden lord of Deep Den, Harys Swyft Knight of Cornfield and the father in law of Kevan since he was married to Harys' daughter Dorna. And also one of his father's strongest supporters, Roland Crakehall and his son Lyle known as the Strongboar. These men were all talking about what their plans for the war were. The Crakehalls were loyal to Tywin so Tyrion knew that approaching them was not an option. Tyrion knew that the best option to find support for Martin was aprroching the lesser houses such as the Westerlings but they were with his brother Jaime at Riverrun. Jaime was Tyrion's main worry, most of his family members never cared for Tyrion and the only one who loved him really was his brother Jaime. His uncle Kevan and Aunt Genna did not mind Tyrion much and Tyrion got his jokes from Tywin's youngest brother Gerion who vanished several years ago. Tyrion knew that Martin would not just kill Jaime as he knew that Jaime was more valuable alive and he was Martin's uncle.
Tyrion sat inside the tent with his father and the other lords. "Do we know if the Northmen are marching with my Grandson or are they crossing at the Twins?" Tywin asked
"We do not know fully yet." Lord Lydden claimed
"Many of our scouts have gone missing" Kevan added "It is likely that the Legionnaire rangers have killed them. They are trained to know the terrain."
"Some of our supply waggons have been attacked as well." Roland Crakehall added "The Rangers must be tracking them."
"Why don't we just try to find where the Rangers operate, they must have some kind of camp." His son Lyle suggested.
"Or why don't we just march across the Bridge and meet Martin's forces, we have more than enough men." Harys Swyft suggested
"Not if he has the Northmen with him." Tywin shouted at Harys "We have about 30,000 men and my Grandson has 3 legions with him plus the Vale lords. Those alone give him nearly 25,000 men and if the Northmen and Riverlords join him, then he have nearly 50,000. We have an advantage here, Martin cannot cross the bridge as we are blocking him. We have him trapped in the Northern Riverlands and so our best option is for him to come and get us. This meeting is over for now, leave us, all but my son."
All of the lords left the tent except for Tyrion and Tywin and Tyrion looked at his father "So what did you want to speak to me about?" he asked
"I know you don't support my decision to support Joffrey but there is no choice for me now" Tywin claimed "Because of Clegane's actions in the Riverlands earlier and my daughter's actions in King's Landing, we have a full scale Civil war. And with Renly declaring himself king in Highgarden, then we may be surrounded on two fronts. So I must do something to deal with Martin fast enough. It is a shame, he would have made a great King, better than Joffrey at least."
"You believe Martin is a better King?" Tyrion asked shocked
"The rumours say that Robert named Martin as his heir while my daughter claims that the will was forged. But I know Robert, I didn't really like him much, he used to pat me on the back a lot. And he has built up a huge debt, a debt that will only increase thanks to the war. But it is too late for me to change sides now. This war has already begun and if I changed sides now, it will make me look like an Oath breaker and the Lannister name shamed. My father brought House Lannister down and I don't want to see this house fall apart."
After his talk, Tyrion went back to his tent where he found Bronn waiting for him with a girl that he had asked Bronn to find. Tyrion needed someone to pleasure him at night so he sent Bronn to search for someone to pleasure him. "Where did you find one this pretty at this hour?"
"I took her." Bronn answered
"Oh did you?" Tyrion joked "From who?"
"From Ser... what's his name?" Bronn tried to think "I don't know, ginger cunt, three tents down."
"And he didn't have anything to say about it?" Tyrion asked
Bronn looked at him "He said something. I might as well go get my own girl."
"Oh but before you do take that letter on the table, you remember what you are meant to do with it." Tyrion said. Bronn took the letter from the table and then he went off to find his own girl to pleasure.
Tyrion turned to the woman in his chambers "And what might your name be?" Tyrion asked
"Shae if it pleases you" the woman replied with a foreign accent. It was clear that she was not from Westeros "What did your mother call you."
"My mother died giving birth to me." Tyrion replied, that was one thing that many in his family hated him for. Tyrion's mother Joanna died giving birth to Tyrion, they say that she was the only person who made Tywin happy.
"Is that why I am here?" Shae asked "So we can talk about our mothers."
Tyrion laughed at Shae's joke "What do I want from me. I want you to share my tent with me. I want you to pour me my wine, laugh at my jokes, rub my legs when they are sore from a day of riding. I want you to take no other man as long as we are together. And finally, I want you to fuck me like it is my last night in this world which it very well may be at some point."
Shae looked at him "And what do I get."
"For one Safety" Tyrion replied, in times of war it was usually the woman who suffered as they were targets for raids "No one will hurt you for as long I am with you. Two the pleasure of my company which I've heard is spectacular."
"Who told you this, women you paid?" Shae asked
"And three, more gold than you can spend if you lived a thousand years, do you accept my proposal?" Tyrion asked
Shae simply replied by removing her cloak and clothes and then he sat on Tyrion's lap as he was sitting on a hair where the two started kissing and pleasuring each other.
Meanwhile, Bronn had taken the letter to a nearby forest where he found the right location. He gave a small whistle and then a lone figure dressed in a dark cloak emerged "I believe this is yours" Bronn said, the hooded man took the letter and handed Bronn a small pouch of coins before vanishing. Bronn threw the bag into the air as he grinned and went off to find his own girl to spend his gold on.
…
Later, Tyrion sat with Shae and Bronn in Tyrion's tent while they played a game. He game was that Shae and Tyrion held their arms together with a lit candle resting on their arm. The first one who groaned in pain loses.
"Are you in Agony my lion?" Shae asked
"No" Tyrion answered
"You look like you are in agony" Shae replied "The fire is burning your pretty soft skin."
Just like Shae believed, Tyrion skin was burnt by the candle and he groaned in pain removing his arm and the candle fell to the floor. Shae and Bronn chuckled "Damn you woman, are you immune to pain?" Tyrion joked
"Just used to it" Shae replied
Tyrion sighed "Let's play another game."
"There's a Bravossi knife game I could teach you." Bronn said as he stood up and poured himself a drink.
"Does it involve the potential for losing fingers?" Tyrion asked
"Not if you win" Bronn replied
"No!" Tyrion snapped "No fire games, no knife games, let's play something I'm good at."
"Like what?" Shae asked
"There's this drinking game" Tyrion said "I make a statement, if I'm right you drink, if I'm wrong I drink."
"I don't want to play this game." Shae said
"All right, me and Bronn can play." Tyrion said and then Bronn sat across from Tyrion and they had a jug of wine between them and two goblets. Tyrion started the game "Your father beat you." Tyrion said
Bronn shrugged his shoulders and then he drank from his goblet "But my mother hit harder"
Tyrion's next statement was "You killed your first man before you were 12" The Hound claimed he had done that.
"It was a woman" Bronn replied and so Tyrion was wrong and he drank from his goblet. Bronn noticed Shae's look "She swung an Axe at me."
Tyrion's next one was a guess but he guessed it from what Bronn had said before about a woman being his first kill "You've been North of the Wall."
Tyrion was right and Bronn drank from his goblet "What brought you up there?" Shae asked
"Work" Bronn answered
Tyrion's final statement "You once loved a woman but it turned out badly so you've never let yourself love anyone again." Bronn and Shae looked at him "Oh wait that's me" Tyrion drank from his goblet again. "You try" Tyrion said to Shae
"I don't want to play" Shae protested
"One question" Tyrion asked
"All right, who was this woman?" Shae asked
Tyrion didn't want to talk about this incident years ago "That's not how the game works."
"Who was this woman?" Shae demanded
Tyrion sighed, he had no choice now but to talk about the woman he loved "It was a common born girl, her name was Tysha. I met her with my brother Jaime when we were travelling. She ran screaming from the woods with her clothes half torn and two drunken men chasing after her. Jaime took care of the Drunks while I took the Tysha to a nearby inn when I gave her food and a bed. She claimed that she was a crofter's daughter whose father had died when she was a children from illness. We spent time together and we soon fell in love, some pigs and a drunken Septon later, there we have it, man and wife." But then Tyrion remembered what happened "Two weeks later my father found out. He was not too happy. Jaime told me that the whole thing was a setup, that the girl was a whore who my father paid to make me a man. My father took her to the Guard house and let the guards have their way with her. He gave her a silver for each one. Made me watch." Tyrion wanted to end this now, he really didn't like having to talk about this.
Vaes Dothrak:
Farengar stepped out of his tent with his mage robes on and holding his magic staff. He had a bad feeling that something was going on. He found Ser Jorah wearing his armour "You've got your armour on, you feel something too?"
"Yes something is wrong" Jorah said "I feel like we are not alone, I need to find the Khaleesi."
"Last I heard of her, she was with Khal Drogo in their tent." Farengar said "You need to be careful, we're not meant to have weapons in Vaes Dothrak."
But then there was a loud rumble and the ground shook, "What the hell was that?" Jorah demanded.
Farengar turned and then to his horror, he saw what looked like a portal of some kind forming near the large mountain that overlooked Vaes Dothrak, the mother of Mountains as the Dothraki called it.
…
Near the Mountain, the Mythic Dawn leader, Mankar Cameron stood as he had a large magic tome with white leather coverings. This was the remade Mysterium Xarxes, the holy book of the Mythic Dawn. It was destroyed after the Oblivion Crisis that destroyed the Septim Empire but a few fragments of it remained. Mankar remember when remains of the Mythic Dawn attacked the Blades stronghold in Essos before they swore service to Martin and stole the remains of it. The Mythic Dawn had performed a ritual that restored the Xarxes and revived Mankar and his children. This book was what was needed to reopen the Oblivion Gates to Mehrunes Dagon and bring his Daedric armies back to the mortal worlds. They needed a test and Vaes Dothrak seemed like the perfect place as they could eliminate Viserys' sister at the same time. Mankar opened the tome and he spoke in Daedric tongue which caused a huge amount of magic to form near Vaes Dothrak.
…
The Rumble was felt all across the city; Drogo's Bloodriders all went off to see what was going on. Drogo was in his tent in bed with his wife. Drogo was awoken by the rumble.
"What is going on my sun and stars?" Daenerys asked her husband in Dothraki
"Stay her Moon of my Life." Drogo replied and he got his riding gear on and went off with the rest of the Dothraki to see what was going on. Soon most of the Dothraki had gathered at one area of the city and they watched. It was dark so it was hard to see but a bright red light was forming near the Mother of Mountains. Drogo's Bloodriders, Haggo, Qotho and Mago were with him. Jorah and Farengar watched and then it happened.
The red light exploded which sent a shockwave that threw many Dothraki back. Farengar watched as a large beam of light shot up and a rock formation formed to form a large shape. A red portal opened and Farengar watched in horror as creatures began marching through the portal.
"By the Gods!" Farengar gasped "It's an Oblivion Gate."
No one was listening to him as they were all watching the different creatures emerge from the portal. There were small red creatures with scraped skin and pointy ears, Farengar recognised these as Scamps, easy to kill but deadly when they attack in swarms. There were creatures that Farengar recognised from his books as Clannfears, small creatures with a large body with sharp claws. The most common were creatures with black and red skin and wearing think black armour, these were the common Dremora and there were also creatures that Farengar recognised as Atronachs. Flame, Frost and Storm. Then one of the Storm Atronachs fired a bolt of lightning which destroyed one of the hunts. Shouts of panic flew around and soon all of the Slaves and Dothraki who could not fight began to flee. Then the army of Daedra charged towards Vaes Dothraki. Drogo and his Bloodriders knew that it was forbidden to use weapons in Vaes Dothrak but now they had no choice as they were being attack. Drogo ordered all the Dothraki to arm themselves and fight these monsters. Soon the Dothraki were all trying to fight the monsters but they stood no chance against the Dremora's thick armour. The Dothraki were overwhelmed and many of them were falling. Mago was the first Bloodrider to fall when he came into contact with two Dremora lords. Mago was a skilled fighter and he was able to kill one of them but he was stabbed in the chest by the second and his head was torn from his body by the Dremora which was then eaten by a hungry Clannfear
"Find my Moon of my Life!" Drogo ordered when he saw another one of his Bloodriders, Qotho get burnt by Fire Atronachs and then Qotho was killed as well "Protect her." Farengar and Jorah went off to find Daenerys. Vaes Dothrak was burning, there were fires everywhere and the Horse statues had been reduced to rubble by a Storm Atronach. Drogo tried to fight these monsters off but there were too many of them. By now most of the Dothraki had fled or had been killed. Drogo and his last Bloodrider Haggo stood alone as they were surrounded by all different kinds of creatures.
They heard a laugh and soon the two of them saw a man with golden skin and wearing a blood coloured robe come from the monsters.
"Who are you?" Drogo demanded "This place is sacred!"
The man laughed "Well I have no idea what you are saying and I'm not sure you know what I'm saying but the name is Raven Cameron. This attack is just a test, to see how far our magic has become. And by the looks of it, we are ready to open more of these Gates of Oblivion. Soon our God Mehrunes Dagon shall walk this world again. You people were just a target for us. Oh and your wife's brother sends his regards." Raven looked at his Dremora "Kill them, and then make sure that this man's Moon of his Life is dead." Haggo charged at the monsters but a swarm of Scamps and Clannfears surrounded him and he was dragged down. His screams of agony could be heard as then his body was torn to pieces by the claws and teeth of the Scamps and Clannfears. Drogo then swung his curved Arakh and tried to kill the attacking Dremora. Raven just sneered at the sight before he walked away as Drogo tried to fight the Dremora. Drogo tried his best but there were too many Dremora and their armour was too strong for his Arakh. One of the Dremora grabbed hold of his blade as another Dremora stabbed him in the back followed by a stab in his chest through his chest. Drogo fell to his knees as the blades withdrew. The lead Dremora positioned his sword and then he swung his sword in order to slice Drogo's head, but then a blast of fire magic threw the Dremora back. Farengar along with Jorah and the Dothraki warrior Rakharo attacked and Farengar's magic allowed the two warriors to throw the Dremora back.
"My Khal!" Rakharo yelled and he went to help Drogo "Are you okay?"
Drogo gave a few deep breaths "Find the Moon of my Life, those cultists are after her. Save her, look after her." Then Drogo's eyes rolled back in his head and his body fell sideways.
Jorah sighed, "We have to find the Khaleesi, she is in danger." He said
...
Dragon's Bridge:
The Village of Dragon Bridge wasn't very large. It was just a small woodcutting village with a few woodcutters and their families as well as a few local hunters. The Karth River ran along the village near the edge before the River fell down a waterfall into a gorge. The Water was also too deep to cross. There was a small inn where travellers would sometimes come and stay for the night. But the main feature of the village was the large bridge that crossed the Gorge. The bridge was old and dated back to the time of the First men, in the middle of the Bridge was a large statue of a Dragon Head hanging over the Bridge along with stone dragon claws. This Bridge was a huge strategic location as it was the only way to cross the river which was why Tywin Lannister had camped his army on the other side of the bridge.
Prince Martin himself had come into the Village along with Legate Ulfric and Lord Roose Bolton along with Ser Wylis Manderley and Harrion Karstark. They had come pretenting to be travellers who were now needing a place to rest so they could plan their next step to avoid the war. They stayed at the Inn known as the Four Shields Tavern. Right now, Martin was talking with one of the villagers and one of the main families of the village itself known as Azzada Lylvieve.
"So is this about mean folk coming into town?" Martin asked
"Ever since the Lannisters came to the Riverlands we have had scouts come from the Lannister army." Azzada said "The scouts are sent to scout out the surrounding hills and valleys. They stay at the inn here but don't pay, they say that Soldiers don't need to pay because they're risking their lives to protect us. And they haven't been doing that at all as we've heard the rumours from refugees before the Lannister army camped across the bridge about this big man who has been massacring villages across the Riverlands. And that's not all the scouts have done, they also took a heap of our lumber and food without paying and one tried to have his way with my daughter, they think they can do whatever they want!"
Martin sighed, some people in an army would cause trouble claiming that they are better than the villagers and take things without paying for the war effort. Martin an Tullius had forbidden this type of action in the Legions.
Later, Martin was outside with Ulfric and Lord Roose, Harrion and Wylis were still in the Inn. They were at the edge of the Gorge looking at the Lannister camp. They kept low so they wouldn't be seen by the sentries.
"This will not be easy" Martin said "The Camp has completely blocked the bridge so we can't cross the bridge."
"That Gorge is too high to climb and we will be spotted" Ulfric added
"Can't a few men sneak into the camp and sabotage the camp?" Roose suggested
"That won't be easy" Martin replied "The Sentries patrol the Camp and they will spoke anyone crossing the bridge. The Locals say that no one is to cross the bridge due to the Lannister orders."
"And we can't charge across the bridge because the Lannisters will just create a shield wall around the end of the bridge and cut us off." Ulfric added
"Well we have to do something" Roose claimed
Martin then had a look at the sky and the sun was starting to set. It would be harder to see them at night. "I think I have an idea but it is risky."
"What do you plan?" Roose asked
"If we take out the sentries, we can send a small group to spread chaos around the camp." Martin said "Then when the Camp is set aflame, our archers can send flaming arrows over the camp and we can cross the bridge easier."
"Well I think I know an archer who is up to the task." Ulfric
"Well got our Archer, our attack begins at sunset." Martin finished
"I hope Robb Stark and the rest of the Northmen are having a better time than we are." Roose finished
Whispering Woods:
Jaime Lannister had been with a force of 1500 men as he went after a force of Tully soldiers led by Ser Brynden Blackwood, the oldest son of Lord Tytos Blackwood. It had been a small force so Jaime didn't take all of his men. But he had walked right into a trap. These Tully Soldiers had been a decoy and then all of a sudden, thousands of Northmen soldiers had appeared from all sides and Jaime and his force found themselves surrounded. But then he spotted Lord Eddard Stark's son Robb nearby on foot. Jaime believed that he could weaken the North's moral by killing the Stark heir but his horse was then shot by an arrow and killed.
Still Jaime was able to get up and tried to reach the Stark boy. He killed a Northman who looked liked the son of a lord who had a Moose on his shield and crest and he wounded another Lord Son with a White Sunburst on his armour. But he was then ambushed by several warriors who wore strange armour that looked like many plates sewn together and this armour looked weak but Jaime found out that the armour was tough as his sword didn't even hurt the warriors. When Jaime saw the strange curved swords these warriors were wielding, he realised that these were Martin's Blades and his bodyguards. The leader of this force quickly disarmed Jaime and Jaime was thrown to the ground where all of the Blades surrounded him. Jaime now had no sword and no way to fight, seeing no choice, Jaime surrendered.
Vaes Dothrak:
Raven Cameron smirked as he entered the tent of the strange person he had seen talking to Viserys sister. He smiled when he saw the Dragon Priest mask and staff lying on the desk of this Mage. With no one around he picked both items up and placed them in his bag "Father will be proud that I have taken something powerful for the Mythic Dawn." He sneered to himself.
Meanwhile Daenerys had done off to try and find a safe place to hide. There was chaos all around Vaes Dothrak. The Dosh Khaleen where the wives of all the dead Dothraki Khals were after their husband's death had been slaughtered and most of the city was on fire. Daenerys could hear people screaming as monsters cut them down with large black swords or tore them to pieces with teeth and claws.
"My lady over here!" A woman screamed and Daenerys turned to see the priestess woman from the Red Wastes calling her "Over here! We must hide!"
Daenerys knew that she had no choice but to hide as she didn't know how to fight and she was also pregnant. So Daenerys went with the woman into a tent which hadn't been set on fire.
"My lady, I am Mirri Maz Duur" the woman said "I needed to get you to safety."
"Well we should be safe in here for now" Daenerys replied
Then a woman cackled "Oh no you are not safe." Daenerys turned to see a golden skinned woman with pointy ears and wearing a blood red robe smirking at her "The name is Runa Cameron and we have attack your camp for a reason."
"Why!" Daenerys screeched "What did we do to you, and what do you want."
"This was just a test for us" Runa smirked "It's wasn't anything personal. Well maybe a bit personal for someone. Someone who you humiliated and wants you to pay for that. But that doesn't matter, for soon Mehrunes Dagon, the lord of change shall walk among the lands of the mortal world. Oh and by the way, your brother sends you his regards."
Daenerys gasped when Runa said this and Daenerys realised that Viserys was involved with this attack. But before she could respond, Runa sent a blast of lightning at her which knocked her off her feet. Then Runa smirked as she walked up to her and kneeled down to her. Then she stabbed her with a dagger that was made of purple light.
"Oh you are wondering what this is?" Runa sneered "This is an old spell known as Bound Dagger to summon a spiritual dagger. It also has the power to suck the life force from its victims. The woman here was more than willing to help me bring you to me as she wanted the Dothraki wiped out for all the raids that these savages have done in the lands." Daenerys chocked and then she stared at Mirri who sneered at her.
But then Jorah and Farengar entered the tent and then Farengar glared at Runa "Keep away from her Mythic Dawn!" Farengar roared at Runa and she sent a powerful Fireball spell which exploded and sent both Runa and Mirri flying backwards. Jorah quickly kicked Mirri in the head and knocked her out. Runa then got up and she fired a fire bolt at Farengar who blocked it with a ward spell much to Runa's shock. Runa knew that this was a powerful Mage and that she would have no chance against him if he knew ancient ward spells. So Runa created a portal and she vanished through it.
"Khaleesi!" Jorah shouted and he helped a wounded Daenerys who was coughing and chocking. "What's wrong with her?"
Farengar noticed the stab wound and the darkness around it "She has been stabbed by a Bound Dagger spell." He said grimly "Get her back to my tent, I can hopefully cure her there."
Jorah then picked up the wounded Daenerys bridal style and followed Farengar out of the tent while Rakharo grabbed hold of Mirri.
King's Landing Sewers:
Princess Alessia, Brynjolf, Ser Barristan and Willas Tyrell had arranged a meeting with the leaders of the Militia. The Militia were a rebel group who had declared for Prince Martin and had arranged a guerrilla fighting force across the city and around the Crownlands. The four of them sat across a table and then two armoured people wearing the armour of the City Watch Captains sat at the table. Things were a bit tense but it calmed down when the two warriors removed their helmets and revealed themselves to be Itius Hayn and Carmalo Truiand, two of the city watchmen who were loyal to Martin.
"Itius" Alessia spoke "It is good to see that you are safe."
"Well it was close" Itius said "I was not too surprised about Andens' betrayal. I never trusted that bastard. I had reports of him doing false accruements of theft but I wasn't able to gather any witnesses as everyone was too afraid of him and he covered his tracks well. There was no way I was going to serve him so we decided that I would create a militia to fight in Prince Martin's name. We have small hideouts across the Crownlands and we stage raids of the supply line. We also help commoners to help them fight."
"So how strong are you?" Willas asked
"We are about a few thousand strong but we are spread out" Carmalo claimed "And the City Watch still have some other smart soldiers. Andens is now in charge of the City Watch while he has his top soldiers. Ulrich is now in command of taxes and fines and he had placed huge taxes on the people of Kings Landing and huge fines. Andens top three thugs, Janos Slynt, Sinmir and Tyrellius Logellus are being used to force the riots down and many people have been killed by them."
"Well we asked to see you because we need your help" Alessia revealed "We know that Lord Stark needs to be rescued but the only problem is that it is impossible to get into the Red Keep and rescue him so we need a distraction."
Itius was about to replay but the meeting was interrupted when one of the Thieves Guild members, Vipir entered the meeting room along with Rune and Niruin.
"Grandmaster" Vipir said "We have just been around the Red Keep looking for information"
Rune then spoke up "Joffrey and Cersei have decided on a time to execute Eddard Stark." He said "We heard it from a few of the guards.
Arya, Alessia and Willas widened their eyes "When?" Brynjolf asked simply.
"Just under a week's time" Niruin revealed "Cersei has given Lord Stark a chance to 'confess' that he forged the King's will and name Joffrey as the True Heir to the throne. Then Lord Stark will be allowed to join the Night's Watch and live in exile."
"No!" Arya gasped
Itius looked at Alessia "Princess, you have my full support, we will not allow Lord Stark to be killed for a crime he did not commit."
"All right" Alessia said "Then we have our plan, I just hope that our plan goes well."
Vaes Dothrak, Mother of Mountains:
Mankar Cameron smirked as he looked at the city of Vaes Dothrak as the city was put to the torch. The fact that this city was nothing more than a bunch of huts and tents made the city much easier to put to the torch. Mankar smirked as now the magic used during the Great Oblivion Crisis which saw the downfall of the Septim Empire had been reborn. Of course the magic was not perfect yet as they still couldn't open the Great Oblivion Gates which destroyed the Ancient city of Kvatch. But now Mankar could see that their deed was done. With a wave of his hand, Mankar used his magic to begin closing the Oblivion Gate as the Daedric forces began going back in. Then Mankar entered a portal he made and soon he ended up back at the Mythic Dawn's secret location. Though Mankar was shocked to see his daughter Runa being treated with Salve for the burns on her body.
"My daughter, what happened to you?" Mankar demanded
"I got the Targaryen girl with my bound dagger spell but I was attacked by another Mage, this wasn't a weak mage as he cast a Fireball spell and he knew the ancient magic of wards." Runa claimed
Mankar widened his eyes, how could someone use spell like that, there was only one man who could cast a spell like that "Did you two find anything about this Mage?" he asked
"Well we don't know his name but we did find out a bit about him" Raven reavealed and he held out the Dragon Priest Mask and Staff "He was talking to the Targaryen girl about Dragons and about the ancient Dragon cult. I recovered these from his tent so we may use them."
Mankar looked at the Mask and Staff, he knew that by the make of the mask that this was the mask of Otar the Mad. An ancient Dragon Priest from the time before the Septim Empire. There was only one man who could have knowledge of this "This mage must be Farengar Secret Fire." Mankar said
"You know this man?" Viserys asked
"Farengar Secret Fire was an apprentice at the Citadel until he became the student of Archmaester Marvin. He knows a lot about ancient history and has travelled the known world doing his research, he could be a threat to our operations."
"So why don't we send some of our Agents after him?" Runa suggested "I want payback for what he did."
"No!" Mankar hissed "He may still be of use to us, he knows other Mages who also have knowledge that can help us. He may lead us to other powerful artefacts that can help us in our war effort. Let him live for now and we'll keep an eye on him, Farengar will be more useful to us alive."
Back at Vaes Dothrak:
"She's fading fast!" Jorah yelled as he entered Farengar's tent as Jorah carried the barely alive Daenerys.
"Keep her breathing under control and her fever down, I have to get something." Farengar said as he quickly left the tent. Jorah noticed that Farengar had set up some kind of equipment on a small table with included several strangely shaped bottles. Farengar returned and to Jorah's shock and disgust, he was carrying a heart.
"This is a Daedric Heart from one of those Dremora" Farengar revealed "The only way to save Daenerys would be to make a potion that can cure the dark magic. Unfortunately we have no way of knowing if this will work but I don't see any other option. Just keep her fever down while I make the potion." Farengar then got a small flower out of a small case as well as something known as a Mortar and Pestle which allowed Farengar to crush the flower into a powder which he then put into a small bottle known as a Retort which he placed over a small fire and poured in the blood from the Daedric Heart which he then squashed in his hand and he placed it into the Retort. Then the red liquid in the Retort began to bubble and Farengar took the bottle off the flame and poured the potion into a small red bottle and added some water to cool it down. Then he took the bottle to Daenerys and he looked at Jorah.
"Hold her nose" he ordered Jorah "She needs to swallow all of this and we can't risk her spitting it out." Jorah did as he was told and then Farengar looked at Daenerys "Listen my lady, you must drink this potion because this may be the only way to help you live." Daenerys didn't look like she heard as she was still groaning in pain as she clutched her stomach in pain and her breathing seemed like she was chocking. Farengar was able to help Daenerys drink the potion.
"Farengar, Jorah" Daenerys said weakly after she drank the potion "Please, help my son." Then her eyes closed and Jorah gasped and he widened her eyes but Farengar checked her pulse.
"She's alive, she's breathing" Farengar said and Jorah sighed in relief, the potion had worked "She's sleeping and she needs some rest." But then Farengar sighed when he looked at his desk and saw that his Dragon Priest Mask and Staff were gone "They took them, those cultists took my Mask and Staff."
"Who had the power to do this?" Jorah asked
Farengar looked at him "I think it is best until we wait until Daenerys woke up so I can explain to her then."
Castle Black, the Wall:
Jon walked around the courtyard of Castle Black looking depressed. He had heard the news that his father had been arrested and now his brother was marching south to free him. Jon felt like he should be with him but Grandmaster Isran and Lord Commander Mormont said that he was needed at the Wall. They claimed that if there is something coming from beyond the wall then Lord Eddard Stark would have wanted Jon to remain at the Wall. Right now he was on his way to the Lord Commander's chambers as Mormont wanted a word with him. He entered the Lord Commander's chambers to see Mormont and Isran waiting for him.
"Ah it is good to see you are here Jon" Isran said
"I asked to see you because there is something I wanted to give you." Mormont spoke "I know that this choice wasn't easy for you to make but I am glad you are staying. We need a man like you on the Wall. So I wanted to give you this." Mormont then showed Jon a large sword "This Blade has been in my family for nearly 500 years. It's called Longclaw. It was my father's blade, and his father before him. It was mine for a time when I rode alongside your father during the Rebellion against the Targaryen Kings. It was my sons for a time until he brought shame to my family by selling poachers to slavers to make money to make his wife happy. He was exile but he left the sword but it only remained me of his shame so I placed it aside. I had a new pommel made as I though a wolf was better for you than a bear."
Jon looked at the white wolf head pommel and then he pulled the sword from the scabbard and he widened his eyes at the metal that the sword was made from "This is Valyrian Steel" he gasped
"That sword has been wielded by the Mormonts for generation but I could use it, not after my son's shame." Mormont spoke
"My Lord, I'm honoured" Jon spoke "But I can't take this, I'm not worthy of such a blade."
"Oh yes you are." Isran and Mormont said at the same time.
"Jon, you are one of our best fighters" Isran said "I can think of no better person to wield this blade, I prefer to use axes instead of swords."
"I know that this Blade will serve you well and it may just save your life one day." Mormont said and then he patted Jon on the Shoulder, "now you should go and see the other members, they will want to see the sword."
Jon then left the Lord Commander Chambers and he went over to the Great Hall of Castle Black where Grenn, Pyp and Agmaer were waiting for him along with many other Night Watch members.
"Gone on then show us the sword" Pyp cheered
"Yeah we want to see it" Grenn added
"You best show them Jon" Agmaer agreed "They won't stop."
"Sword, Sword, Sword" The Watch members cheered and Jon pulled the Longclaw from the scabbard and showed it to the members who cheered. Then Pyp began showing it around and then Jon sat next to Agmaer.
"So what happens now?" Jon asked
"Well I heard Sorine and Gunnar talking with Isran and Mormont" Agmaer said "It seems that the Lord Commander is planning a Great Ranging beyond the wall and plans to bring many members of the Night's Watch and Dawnguard. He says that we need to find evidence of the White Walkers and if we can, find your Uncle Benjen, we need him."
Jon looked at him and then back to the Night Watch members who were laughing as they messed around with Longclaw. Jon wondered how his brother was doing in his war to fight for Prince Martin.
Battle of Dragon Bridge:
The Battle of Dragon Bridge began at night at the Town of Dragon Bridge. Along with the Legions, the Companions of the North had come with the Legions. Not every member as right now, Farkas, Skjor, Vilkas and Aela had come with the Second Legion. Their harbinger, Kodlak White Mane had stayed behind to look after the members that stayed behind. At night, Aela was the archer who Ulfric had chosen to be the archer to take out the sentries. Aela had taken one shot and had taken out the Sentry watching over the Bridge. The Companions along with the Legionnaire Rangers and a small force of Northmen had been able to cross the bridge under cover of darkness and they took out the other sentries. Martin's plan did have risks. Earlier he had received a raven from Brynden Tully leading the Vale forces that he had found a secret passage through the Mountains and past the Bloody Gate so he could be here earlier and hit the Lannisters from the East. Martin also sent a raven to Lord Randyll and he would march on the Lannisters from the West. The companion's job was to spread chaos through the Lannister camp by sabotaging their supply wagons and food supplies and cause Chaos around the camp.
So Aela led the Companions which also included Farkas, Skjor and Vilkas along with Ria and Torvar as well as the rangers where they managed to sneak into the Lannister Camp. They soon found the food wagons as well as wagons which had weapons and armour. Aela smirked as she and the companions grabbed hold of some oil that the Rangers had brought and they soon destroyed the supply wagons and they didn't stop there, they set some of the tents on fire and then they moved to another part of camp and they did the same thing as before. After they finished their operation, they quickly went across the bridge and back to Martin's forces.
The next morning:
Tyrion was snuggled up in bed with a naked Shae lying next to him. But he was woken when Bronn marched into his tent "Your father has call for you now!" he hissed and he woke Tyrion up.
"Did he say what for?" Tyrion asked
"Only that there was an attack during the night." Bronn said "You best get your armour on."
"Fetch my squire" Tyrion ordered
"You don't have a squire!" Bronn yelled back as he left the tent.
Later, Tyrion now wearing his armour found his father as well as Uncle Kevan and other Westerlands lords all looking at the chaos that the Companions brought. Many tents had been set on fire and the supply wagons had been destroyed meaning that there had lost their food and most of the weapons and armour.
"What happened here?" Tywin Lannister demanded
"It seems that we've had some visitors during the night" Lord Crakehall said
"What do we do now?" Lord Lydden asked
Tywin looked at the camp's devastation, it was clear that this was done by supporters of Martin but he didn't know where they came from, they could have been spies hidden inside his camp or they could have come from outside the camp. At first he thought that the second was impossible because of the sentries patrolling the camp but Tywin had found many of the sentries missing as unknown to Tywin, the Companions had dumped the bodies of the sentries into the gorge so they would not be found. Tywin then glared at the damage "I want to know who did this, I want their names and I want their heads." Tywin ordered
Lord Swyft looked concerned "My lord, that won't be easy, it could have been anyone and we can't question everyone in the camp and whoever did this may already be gone."
Tywin was about to replay but he was then interrupted by the arrival of a couple of scouts "Lord Lannister, we have big news. It's not good."
"Well what could be worse than having part of the camp destroyed?" Tyrion joked which earned him a glare from his father
"What is the report?" Tywin demanded
"It's the forces of Prince Martin" the scout said "They have been spotted in the Village, a huge force of Legions and Northmen, we saw multiply banners of the Northern Houses, the Northmen have joined them."
"When will they be here?" Tywin asked
"They are already here" The Scout claimed "Their army is across the gorge with many archers."
Tywin and his Bannermen looked shocked and then they went over to the Gorge to see the Legionnaire soldiers and Northern Soldiers all across the Gorge banging their weapons against their shields. Prince Martin himself was leading them from horseback. Tywin then order the army to prepare for a fight.
...
Martin sat on his horse as he watched as the Lannister gathered their forces across the Gorge; Martin was now ready to put his plan into action. This was Martin's first ever proper battle that he would be leading. There were risks involved with this battle but every battle had risks and Martin could not look soft. He looked to Tullius and he gave the order, "It is time, send the signal."
Tullius and Legate Rikke gave the signal and then all of the archers which were most of the men that Martin had were "Archers!" Tullius shouted "Knock bows" and then all of the archers placed their arrows into their bows "Draw. Lose!" Then all of the archers fired their arrows at the Lannister forces who found it hard to defend themselves without their shields as many of them had been destroyed by the Companions. Then the archers fired wave after wave of arrows at the enemy troops. Martin then gave Ulfric his order and Ulfric began leading his force across the bridge which was many heavy shield soldiers. This was Martin's first risky part of his plan but if it played out then Lord Bolton would have an easier time in his part of the plan.
Ulfric led his force of men across the bridge in a tortoise formation with large shields protecting the front and sides with shields overhead to protect them from arrows from above. They soon made it across the bridge where undid the tortoise formation to form a horseshoe shield wall around the bridge. The front of the Lannister forced met the Legions head on. Despite the Legionnaire soldiers being brave, they were outnumbered and began taking casualties so Ulfric order them to retreat, but that was all part of the plan, now it was time to see if the Lannisters took the bait.
Tywin watched as the soldiers in Martin's army began to fall back across the bridge. Tywin knew that it would be hard for Martin's forces to cross the gorge but something felt wrong. And then it happened, Lord Garrison Prester who led the men of house Prester chose to charge at the retreating Legions and other minor lords and soldiers, all eager for glory followed him.
"No!" Tywin shouted "Come back! That's an order!"
Martin smirked when he saw the Westerland men fall into his trap "It is time, send the signal." He ordered and then an archer sent a flaming arrow which was the message to Lord Bolton. During the night, Lord Bolton had found a short area of the gorge and had built a bridge to allow his men to cross the Gorge. The signal was for his men to charge and cut the Lannisters off.
When Lord Roose Bolton saw the arrow, he charged with the Northmen into the Lannister army from the side. The army was so distracted that the attack came by supprised and they had no chance to defend themselves. Soon the men had cut trapped many Westerlands on the bridge or at the edge of the Gorge. Martin then gave the order for all of the infantry to join him as he dismounted his horse and the rest of the foot soldiers charged across the bridge and they quickly killed the remaining Lannister soldiers on the Bridge. Lord Garrison Prester was thrown from the bridge to his death during the fight. Now Martin had a huge force on the Lannister side of the Gorge, enough to hold the Lannister army off.
Tywin was not very happy, because of Garrison Prester's foolishness, now Prince Martin had a large force across the Gorge and he was still being attacked by arrows from Martin's archers. Then a loud horn was heard and things got worse for Tywin and the Lannister army. The thunder of hoofs was heard and many Lannisters turned east and saw thousands of horses charging at the Lannisters from the East. The men of the horses were carrying the sigil of House Arryn and Tywin could only watch in horror as the Arryn Calvary smashed through the east side of his army. But Tywin still held his ground and did whatever he could to hold his enemies off and some brave Lannister Knights were able to inflict a few casualties on the Arryn horsemen using the spears to impale the horses as they charged. The battle had been raging for most of the day and right now it seemed to be a stalemate as neither force could defeat the other. But the battle ended with the sound of another horn. Tywin now looked west and saw men marching over the hill and he was shocked by what it saw. It was the men of the Second Legion being led by Adventus Caesennis. But what shocked him more were about 5000 more soldiers wearing armour with a red archer with a bow drawn on green. Tywin realised that it was the sigil of house Tarly and he saw Randyll Tarly himself leading his men on horseback. Tywin knew that Randyll Tarly was just as much of a ruthless man as he was and an expert battle commander and he had been the only person who defeated Robert Baratheon. Randyll had defeated Robert at the battle of Ashford, the only Targaryen victory during Robert's Rebellion.
Tywin now knew that he was in trouble as how he was being surrounded on 3 fronts, the legions and northmen from the North, the Valemen from the East and the Second Legion and Tarly men from the West. So Tywin was left with no choice and he turned to his brother Kevan "Sound the retreat, we have to go now, if we stay now we will be trapped, we must withdraw to Harrenhal." So Tywin and Kevan gave the order and the Lannister army then began to turn away and flee, the Battle of Dragon Bridge had ended with a victory for Martin Baratheon.
After the battle, Martin looked at the casualties. He did take quiet heavy loses as most of the Northmen that had come with Lord Roose had been killed and Lord Halys Hornwood had been badly injured. The Valemen had taken some loses with many horses being killed or injured by Lannister spears. Only the Second Legion and the Tarly force hadn't taken any loses. Though the Tarly men were disappoint that they were unable to have any part in the battle.
Martin then had a meeting with his main commanders in the remains of the Lannister camp. His main commanders were General Tullius, Legate Rikke and Legate Adventus of the Legions. Lord Roose Bolton and Harrion Karstark of the North. Brynden 'Blackfish' Tully who led the Valemen and Lord Randyll Tarly.
"We may have defeated Tywin Lannister at this battle but the war is far from over" Martin spoke "For now I must ride back and meet with Robb and the remaining Northmen will come with me. Tullius will take command of the remaining forces here but not the Tarly's or the Valemen."
"What of my men?" Lord Tarly asked
"Tywin Lannister has most likely withdrawn to Harrenhal, it is the most defendable castle in the Riverlands even if it is a ruin, so for now we must retake the castles that Tywin took in his invasion starting with Darry and Stone Hedge. Lord Tarly will retake Darry while Brynden Tully will retake Stone Hedge then we will wait for my next plan. Also I may need lord Tarly and his men later for if I am forced to fight my uncle Renly. But that will have to wait."
"I just wonder if Robb Stark had a victory as well." Tullius said
Stark Camp, Whispering Woods:
Lady Catelyn Stark sat on top of her horse alongside Rodrik Cassel and they waited for her son to return back to camp after he went after Jaime Lannister.
"My lady we should probably go back to camp" Rodrik suggested
"No not yet" Catelyn protested "I must see my boy."
And then he saw them, the Northmen came from the woods with her son Robb Stark on horseback. The men soon arrived back at camp and the Blades that Martin sent threw the tied up Jaime Lannister on the floor. The Blades that were sent to the Whispering Woods were led by Captain Steffan who was one of the higher ranked Blades.
"It took a hard fight but we caught him" Steffan said and the Northmen laughed at Jaime "Although he did manage to injure Eddard Karstark and kill Ser Daryn Hornwood."
"Place him in irons for now and get Eddard Karstark's wounds treated." Robb ordered "Prince Martin wants his uncle alive. Jaime Lannister is more useful to us alive than dead, he is a valuable hostage."
Catelyn turned to her son "Robb, are you hurt?" she asked
Robb shook her head and then he turned to the Northmen "One victory does not make us conquerors yet!" He shouted over the Northmen "Did we free my father, did we rescue my sisters from the queen? No we haven't yet, this was just our first battle but there will be more. Without Jaime Lannister the North Camp of his Army at Riverrun is weakened with no leadership, this is our chance to liberate Riverrun but we mustn't be arrogant, that will make us more likely to make a mistake. We have defeated and captured Jaime Lannister, now we march to liberate Riverrun."
As soon as Robb finished his speech, the remaining Northmen cheered and started chanting "The Young Wolf, hail the Young wolf."
GreatJon looked at Robb "That was a good speech my lord" he said
"We still have a long way to go, my father is still in irons and who knows what's going to happen." Robb said
King's Landing, Great Sept of Baelor:
The Great Sept of Baelor was the headquarters of the faith of the Seven. It was where the most devout stayed and where the High Septon resigned. The Sept was built by Baelor the blessed as a headquarters for the faith and a statue of King Baelor himself stood outside the Sept. The Sept of Baelor replaced the Starry sept in Oldtown as the Headquarters of the Faith. The Sept was also where the Kings would marry their queens and where the Kings of the Targaryen King after Baelor the Blessed and other Targaryen family members were buried. King Robert wasn't buried here as he wanted to be buried in the place of his birth, Storm's End.
The bells of the sept began ringing which signalled that everyone was to come to the Sept. King Joffrey stood in front of the sept, dressed in finely rich golden robes. His mother stood next to him in a deep red dress. His remaining Small Council were with him along with the High Septon wearing finely dressed robes with fur and jewels and wearing the crystal crown of the high Septon. Lady Sansa Stark dressed in a blue dress stood next to Joffrey along with the Kingsguard watching over them with Sandor Clegane taking a place on the Kingsguard.
The crowd watch as two city watchmen dragged out the former Hand of the King, Eddard Stark in irons. A few people jeered but others watched in silence as they wondered the truth of what was going on. Eddard was dragged to the Sept in front of Joffrey and then he was told to confess his crime.
"My name is Eddard Stark" Eddard spoke "Lord of Winterfell, Warden of the North and former hand of the King. I have been brought here to confess my crimes. I confess… that Joffrey is not the rightful King!" he yelled out the last part which shocked everyone
"Father!" Sansa gasped
"On his deathbed King Robert named his second son Prince Martin as his heir claiming Joffrey unfit to rule!" Eddard hissed "I tell all those loyal to Martin, Joffrey is no Baratheon, he is no son of Robert Baratheon, Martin is the true King and the rightful ruler of the Seven Kingdoms."
"You Liar!" Joffrey snarled "I am the King here! Not Martin, me! You are liar and this is what happens to Liars and traitors! Ser Ilyn, bring me his Head!"
The crowd all booed at Joffrey and some started throwing things at the crowd but were blocked by the City Guard and two watchmen forced Eddard to his knees.
"No please stop!" Sansa begged as she was held by the Kingsgiard Meryn Trant.
Eddard could do nothing but close his eyes and say a silent prayer as the King's Justice Ser Ilyn Payne dew the Stark Valyrian Steel sword Ice from its scabbard and the carry it over to Eddard. Eddard gave one last look at Sansa as he closed his eyes whispering "I'm sorry Martin." Ser Ilyn raised the sword but before it could fall to chop Eddard's head off, there was a loud roar.
Everyone turned as a large Black spotted Jaguar jumped from the crowd and onto the Kingsguard Preston Greenfield who screamed in agony as he Jaguar bit her jaws into Greenfield's neck. Every jumped in shock and then armed men came flooding into the Sept as the smallfolk of King's Landing fled. Archers from the rooftops all fired arrows at the Watch men and Ulrich was hit by an arrow in his leg and had to be dragged back to the Red Keep.
The archers included Karliah and Niruin of the Thieves Guild and Eddard saw his daughter Arya among them as they fired arrows at the City Guard. The armed men included the Militia that fought for Martin and Ser Barristan was among them along with Princess Alessia who was wearing leather armour and she had her bow in her hands.
"Fight my people!" Alessia yelled as he fired her bow "Fight for my brother!" The Militia all began fighting the City Watch and Itius Hayn killed Janos Slynt during the fight. Alessia's Jaguar Aylied finally killed Preston Greenfield and was about to attack another unsuspecting soldier but was then attacked by Joffrey's Jaguar Hearteater and the two Jaguars began fighting each other. Barristan Selmy and Alessia all went to stay and help Eddard from the stage when Barristan was stopped by another Kingsguard, Boros Blount.
"You fucking traitor!" Blount snarled
"The only traitors here are those who fight for a usurper!" Barristan hissed
"I am a loyal Kingsguard sworn to King Joffrey and defend him!" Blount hissed "You betrayed your King."
"Joffrey dismissed me!" Barristan hissed back "He is no King of mine and you are not worthy of begin a Kingsguard." The two then engaged in a Duel. Despite Barristan begin old, he could still fight and Blount was a poor fighter and Barristan quickly killed him by slashing him across the chest.
Barristan then got to Lord Eddard and quickly untied him. "My lord we must go now!" Barristan told him.
"Agreed" Eddard said "We must get out of the city n…" Eddard was cut off when a crossbow bolt slammed into his back. He fell to his knees in pain as a second bolt followed and Barristan looked to see a smug looking Joffrey holding his now reloaded crossbow and pointing it at Lord Eddard.
"And now you die traitor!" Joffrey snarled and then he prepared to fire again
"NO!" Alessia yelled and then without thinking, she loaded and arrow into her bow and fired it at Joffrey. The arrow didn't hit him directly but the arrow grazed his face and scrapped past his right eye and Joffrey howled in pain and he fired his crossbow which went up into the air. Alessia stood in shock at what she had just done but was knocked back into his senses by Barristan who was now carrying the wounded Eddard.
"My Princess we must go now, more Watchmen are coming!" Barristan yelled
Alessia nodded and then all of the Militia began to fall back to their hideouts with an injured Joffrey yelling after them. Aylied managed to knock Hearteater back and then she ran after her master while Hearteater managed to kill one of the Militia soldiers.
Later, the sewers:
Arya sat on a chair next to her father as he lay on a bed with Brynjolf, Alessia and Willas next to her. There were too many Watchmen to be able to save Sansa, she was still a prisoner of the Lannisters. Eddard was breathing heavy and his back hand been bandaged.
"Please there must be something you can do for him!" Arya begged with tears in her eyes
Brynjolf looked sad "I'm sorry little lady, but there is no healer around here and none of us have any skills in medical use. I don't think there is anything we can do for him."
Arya continued to cry but Eddard held her hand "Shhh it's all right little cub" Eddard said with a soft voice "Everything is going to be all right."
"Father please you can't die!" Arya begged "We need you, Bran needs you, Rickon needs you, we all need you!"
"Lord Stark don't give up!" Willas insisted "We can heal you, we can get you to Prince Martin's Camp, the healers there can save you."
"There's not enough time" Eddard coughed "I'm not going to make it, promise me that you will bring Ice back to my son." Alessia nodded, before they had fled, Barristan had grabbed Ice which had fallen onto the floor when Ilyn dropped it. Eddard sighed "Fight for your Prince, Fight for Prince Martin" Eddard countined saying "At least I die knowing I did what I could for the rightful son of Robert Baratheon. But there is one more thing I must say, a secret I have kept for so long, the truth about someone I have known since he was born. Eddard managed to lean up and whisper something in Alessia's ear and when he was finished, Alessia was wide eyes. Though she was the only one who heard what Eddard said "You may tell your brother, but don't tell anyone else until the time is right, but he could play a major role in the future of Westeros, cold winds are indeed rising in the North and he must be the one to help stop the demons of the North from coming." Eddard gave one last smile at his daughter but then his hand fell from Arya's and his head fell back and was silent.
"Father!" Arya gasped and he grabbed hold of her father "Father no please. Father Please come back! Come back" now tears were flowing from Arya's eyes as now Lord Eddard Stark had died.
"Arya, I'm so sorry!" Alessia gasped and she too had tears in her eyes. Arya then hugged Arya and Willas closed Eddard's eyes and Aylied cuddled next to Arya. Alessia then helped calm Arya down and then Alessia narrowed her eyes "I promise you that this will not go unpunished, the Lannisters and Joffrey will pay for this. The words of the Baratheons are Ours is the Fury, and Joffrey has just woken the fury of his sister, I will do whatever it takes to make sure that Joffrey does not remain King for long." Willas and Arya looked at Alessia and they too looked determined to help Prince Martin win the war.
Chapter End:
Author's note: Well this was my longest chapter written at 14000 words. I just want to say that after Season two, things will be going my own way with the Civil War taking up most of season two and a few parts from Season 3 will be in my Season 2 so Season 2 of this story may be longer than originally. Now there is one more chapter until season 1 ends. This was also my first time writing a battle and I will try to place a few more battles into my story but I can make no promises but I do have plans for the Civil War which will have a good amount of fighting in. Also my Poll for future stories is up and I have added a new story to the choice which will be about a female Stark.