Rise of the Divines

by Fantasymaker76

This is my Elder Scrolls/ Game of Thrones crossover, Martin and Alessia Baratheon are twin brother and sister, trueborn children of Robert Baratheon now dark forces are after them. What do the gods have planned for them? Warning, this is not a copy story of RantingRhuu's Son of the Seven Kingdoms. Rated M for violence and possible sexual themes later on. Paring undecided.

19. Dark Cults

Dark Cults:

Maidenpool: the Crownlands:

Arya Stark watched as the members of the Brotherhood began to set up defences for an attacked. Some Scouts had reported that a small force of forces loyal to Joffrey were coming from the west and they were preparing to defend Maidenpool from the attack. Beric Dondarrion stood alongside Thoros of Myr and they got the Brotherhood soldiers ready for battle. Arya watched as Anguy taught a few smallfolk which had been recruited how to fire a bow. Then Arya heard someone singing and Arya walked over to another area of the town where he saw Lem Lemoncloak with other brotherhood soldiers sitting down as a small and thin man with thinning brown hair stood in the middle as he started singing and playing a musical instrument known as a lute. He wore patched faded green leathers with a woodman's axe and throwing knives ready.

Lem them saw Arya "Ah, our Resistance friend has arrived" he said "Allow me to introduce you to Tom of Sevenstreams, he's a singer and he keeps our morale up"

"Does he know of any songs about female knights?" Arya asked

Tom laughed "I don't know any songs about female knights" he said "Though I do know an old classic that has a female warrior in it"

"I would like to hear it then" Arya said

Tom got him lute ready and then he began to pluck the strings as he sung his song

"Oh there once was a hero named Ragnar the Red who came riding to Whiterun from old Rorikstead.

And the Braggart did swagger and brandished his blade as he told of bold battles and gold he had made.

But then he went quite did Ragnar the Red as he met the Shield maiden Matilda who said

Oh you talk and you lie and you drink all our mead now I think it's high time that you lie down and bleed

And so came the clashing and slashing of steal as the brave lass Matilda charged in full of zeal

And the Braggart named Ragnar was boastful no more, when his ugly read head rolled around on the floor"

Arya and Lem clapped at the song "That sounds like an old classic" Arya said

"That's an old song from the days of the Septim Empire" Tom said "The towns of Whiterun and Rorikstead no longer exist though they say that Whiterun used to be where Riverrun now is."

"Tom's job is to help keep morale up" Beric Dondarrion said as he approached them "We may be facing a host much bigger than us so we need all the morale we can get"

"Maidenpool's walls may have been damaged" Anguy said "But my archers are ready to unleash fire on the enemy"

Arya's commander Dion then approached and looked at Beric "So how long have you held Maidenpool?" he asked

"We took Maidenpool shortly after the War began" Beric explained "The town had been sacked by outlaws after the war began. Lord William Mooton chose to help the Joffrey so he could get the land he lost in the Rebellion back. But he left Maidenpool defenceless and outlaws led by the Brave Companions attacked the town but quickly left. Then my Brotherhood moved in and we chose to help defend these people. Now Lord Mooton wants his town back and had gotten a host of men to fight for his town. But we will fight when they arrived, I haven't run before, I'm not running now."

It was then that a loud horn was heard on the walls and Thoros of Myr started to listen out and then there was a second loud blast "Two blasts means that the enemy is in sight"

"Well" Beric smirked as he drew his sword "I guess it's time to fight."

King's Landing: Red Keep:

Tyrion was back at the Small Council Chambers as the small council began to talk about more problems "Our representatives have managed to hire a number of small sellsword companies though we had to pay extra for them to come here" Gyles Rosby spoke

Queen Cersei looked at them "And what companies were hired?" she asked

"We got the services of the Long Lancers, the Company of the Cat, the Stormcrows and the Bright Banners" Gyles said

"Those companies have fewer than 5000 men combined" Tyrion groaned "We need more men than that"

"We just don't have the money to pay for bigger sellswords such as the Second Sons or the Golden Company" Gyles sighed "Our treasury is nearly empty, we've spent so much money on this war and we hardly have any for food supplies"

Commander Andens looked at the small council "The city watch is being attacked in the streets" he said "The people are starting to revolt, there have been several attacks on the guards and now I've had to install a curfew but order could break down quickly"

"They're commoners" Cersei snorted "They don't matter"

"A few don't matter" Andens replied "But if the peasants revolt then our guards may not be able to stop them. They could take over the city and open the gates when Martin arrives."

"Well hire more guards" Cersei said simply

"We don't have the money for that" Andens sighed "If I'm to hire more guards then I need money to pay for armour. I fear there may still be Resistance members in the city, several shipments of weapons and armour have been going missing from the supplies. I can't find who the Resistance members are but maybe an expert could."

Varys then held out a scrolls "I have also received this" he said "It's from Travis Thresh, he says that he will be returning to King's Landing in a few days."

"He's meant to be up putting the Resistance down in Crackclaw Point" Bennard Brune said

"The message says that he has been able to wipe out several cells and has even been able to take out one of their Commanders." Varys added "Commander Servantius was killed at Claw Island and now the island is under our control along with Rook's Rest. But there have been incidents with the siege equipment and has decided to come here to find Resistance members in the city."

"Well, do we have any other things to talk about?" Cersei asked

"Well I do have a suggestion" Gyles Rosby spoke up "If we need more money then why don't we just use the money locked away in the Iron Bank."

Cersei smiled when she remembered that her son Martin had sent some money to be taken to the Iron Bank to be kept safe unless needed "An excellent idea" she said "We'll send messages to the Iron Bank"

Tyrion then looked at his sister "There is a slight problem with that idea" he said "The Iron Bank won't release the money to us without the keys to the vault"

"And don't they have the Keys?" Gyles questioned

"No" Tyrion sighed "There are three keys needed to get into that vault, the King's, the Hands and the Master of Coin's. We have 2 of the keys but we are still missing a key. Willas Tyrell still has his key with him and without it, we can't access the money. However neither can Martin so no one can use that money"

"Well it's better no one uses it than the enemy uses it" Varys added "And we may have another ally in this war. I have received news from the Vale, there is a Civil War in the Vale."

"Tell us about this civil war" Cersei ordered

"It seems that the Mockingbird had returned and saved the captured Falcon" Varys said as he read the scroll he had received "That means that Petyr Baelish has returned and rescued Lysa Arryn from Cloud Ruler. Now he has brought some Houses to his side and plans to take over the Vale and has often to swear fealty to us if we help him."

Cersei didn't look happy, she knew that Baelish had been stealing from her father but it was war and they needed allies "Send a message back and then said aid to Gulltown, there we will give them supplies to aid them in their war. Soon we will have s new lord of the Vale"

Tyrion looked shocked, father was not going to like this and he knew that he had to inform the Resistance about this.

Baratheon Camp: Parchments:

Martin Baratheon sat at a table and his uncles Stannis and Renly sat with them along with several other lords. The strange amulet that Martin had taken from Renly was on the table

"This amulet is filled with Dark Magic" Martin said "It controlled you uncle, made you try to take the throne for yourself even though you had a weak claim."

"I still can't believe what is happening here" Renly sighed "I knew that I couldn't be a King since people supported you and then I rose up in Rebellion"

"Do you know where this Amulet came from?" Stannis asked

Renly shook his head "I can't remember much of what happened" he said "The last thing I remember was some strange man coming into my room shorty after my brother was wounded in his boar hunt. After that it's all blank."

Grandmaster Delphine looked at the Amulet more "The Symbol on the Amulet details a red skull. I have looked in old tomes and asked Esbern and he said that this symbol is from the Worm Cult"

"The Worm cult?" Martin questioned "Who are they?"

"The Worm Cult is a Daedric Cult that worships the Daedric Prince Molag Bal. At some point before the rise of the Septim Empire after the Slave Rebellions, there was an incident where no ruler could take the throne and Count Varen Aqualris tried to modify the Ancient Amulet of Kings so that he could become Emperor. But his advisor known as Manimarco betrayed him and broke the link between this world and Oblivion and allowed Molag Bal to open Dark Anchors to try and merge this world with his own world. They were stopped by a group of Heroes with the Help of the Daedric Prince Meridia and fixed the link. Manimarco went into hiding, some say that he is immortal as he appeared nearly 500 years later, the leader was Tiber Septim himself and this was one of the reasons why he formed the Septim Empire."

"But what could this worm cult want to try and do?" Renly wondered

"They may have been trying to cause Chaos" Martin suggested "They tried to make everyone fight each other and then they must have a plan" Martin then sighed "Now I have two Dark Cults to deal with."

"Two?" Stannis wondered

"There's this Worm Cult and another Daedric Cult known as the Mythic Dawn" Martin said "My messenger across the Narrow Sea said that there is a Cult known as the Mythic Dawn who have destroyed the Dothraki city of Vaes Dothrak, that may not concern us but it could become a problem in the future."

"Then I must not cause further problems" Renly said as he stood up and then he knelt down "I beg you for forgiveness and I pledge my fealty to you nephew. My men are yours to command"

Martin saw that Mace Tyrell looked displeases, he still hoped that his daughter could become Queen and he could have more power. Martin then smiled at his uncle and held his hand out "There is nothing to forgive" he said "This wasn't your fault."

Renly smiled at him but then his smile faded when he heard a strange whistling noise. "What was that?" he wondered.

Martin went to the edge of the tent to see what was going on and then he felt a large shockwave which pushed him back along with everyone else in the tent. The shockwave felt like an explosion and Martin woke up to see Renly was on the ground with a hooded figure standing above him, Martin tried to get up but his body could move. Renly's guard, Brianne of Tarth was also stuck on the floor along with everyone else.

"You fell that?" the hooded man questioned "I temporary binding spell that I learnt. Only one will die here though." The man then pulled out a large ugly looking mace with spikes all over it "My Master Molag Bal sends his regards" he sneered and then Martin could only watch in horror as the man lifted the mace high into the air and then bring it down on Renly's head which knocked him to the ground. Then he hit Renly again two more times before he gave an evil laugh before vanished in a puff of Black smoke, as soon as he was gone, the binding spell wore off.

Brianne of Tarth was the first one up and she was quickly by Renly's side as she began sobbing as Renly lay motionless in Brianne's lap, his face was covered in blood and the top of his head had caved in where the mace had hit him.

Stannis and Delphine helped Martin up and they could only look in shock at the body of Renly Baratheon.

Fist of the First Men:

Beyond the wall at the Fist of the First Men, the remaining members of the Night's Watch and the Dawnguard were digging into the snow to help make some trenches for cover.

Agmaer, Grenn and Edd were working near each other, Agmaer had done work like this before when he worked at his farm house "I'm glad I've done this type of work before" Agmaer said to himself.

Edd looked at him "I can always imagine myself doing something much worse" he said

"Digging a trench at the end of the world" Grenn added "I can't imagine anything much worse"

"You lack imagination" Edd scoffed

Agmaer looked at them "So where do you think Jon has gone off too?" he asked

"He went off with the Halfhand with several other Dawnguard and that pretty woman" Edd replied "He didn't come back, a betting man will go with dead"

Agmaer looked shocked at that "Jon's not dead" he hissed "Jon's a great fighter"

Grenn chuckled "Well he's better than me, and a lot better than you. Though I will admit you are good with that axe"

"Well he's got a Valyrian Steel Sword" Agmaer added

"And so did his father" Edd snorted "That didn't save him"

Qhorin Halfhand is the greatest Ranger Alive" Agmaer added "Even with that snowstorm we saw, the Halfhand has survived much worse than that. And that Serena woman has a good eye"

"Aye she does have a good eye" Edd replied "Though those eyes creep me out sometimes when they glow. I remember when one man tried to have fun with her when she was on the wall. We found his body at the bottom of the wall in the morning. And great Rangers never get old, that's the problem, shit ones neither, it's the ones in the middle that survive the longest."

Then Grenn's spade clanged against something which sounded like stone "What in Seven's Hells is that?" he groaned and he put his spade down in the snow and went to clear up to see what he had hit.

"You've probably hit hard rock" Agmaer suggested as he went over to help and then he watched as Grenn brushed away the snow to reveal a stone slab with runic designs on "These marks were made by the First Men" Agmaer added as he looked at Grenn "Help me with it"

Agmaer and Grenn then dug around the stone slab and then they lifted the heavy slab and rolled it over to reveal that there was something buried beneath the Slab "There's something down here" Grenn said as he reached down to grab whatever it was.

Edd snorted "When you find something you're not suppose too, the best thing to do is to pretend that you've never seen it"

Agmaer then looked at what Grenn had found and saw that it was a cloak that belonged to a member of the Night's Watch. It was wrapped up "That's a Night's Watch cloak" Agmaer said

"Well it's been here for a long time" Grenn said as he saw that the cloak was worn out and then he undid the knot that tied it up and then he unrolled it to reveal a stach of weapons. The weapons were all small and were all daggers, arrow heads and spear heads, they were all made from a rocky black stone.

Agmaer had seen this material as Gunnar had shown him it before "This must be Dragonglass"

"Dragonglass?" Edd questioned as he came over

"The Maesters call it Obsidian" Agmaer explained "It is said that the Children of the Forest used to hunt with Dragonglass. Not much of Dragonglass weapons remain and they have become sacred relics to worshippers of the Old Gods."

Grenn picked up a dagger and looked at it "Why would a brother of the Night's Watch hide this here?" he questioned

"Because he wanted someone to find it" Edd suggested

"I think we need to tell Isran and Mormont about this" Agmaer said "There has to be a reason why this is here."

Meanwhile, further beyond the Wall:

It had been a day since the Jon's small force had been attacked by the undead bear. Jon had lost several good men, all of the Rangers that Qhorin had brought with him were dead and the Dawnguard Haker was also dead. Only Jon, Serena, Lynoit, Ollrod and Qhorin Halfhand were left though Qhorin was badly wounded. Jon was amazed that he hadn't died of his wounds yet.

Serena had done her best to heal his wounds but there he was still bleeding "If we don't Qhorin help soon he will die" Serena stated

"We have several healers that could help though they will be reluctant to help a crow" came the voice of Tormund Giantsbane, one of the two Wildlings that had saved them from the Bear Attack.

When the snow had cleared, Jon had gotten a better look at the Wildlings. One was male with thick ginger hair and beard. He had a broad chest and a massive belly. He clearly looked like he could give some of the warriors he had seen a good fight, he wore golden bands on his wrists which were engraved with the runes of the First Men which had been passed down from his fathers. He also wore heavy chainmail which had been taken from a dead Ranger. Tormund also said stories that he had slain a Giant and said that he had he had cut open the stomach of a Giantess and slept in it during a winter storm and the Giantess mistook him for a baby and kept him for three months. He also claimed that he had drunkenly slept with a bear.

The other Wildling was a woman who was skinny but well-muscled with a round face, small hands, a pug noise, crooked white teeth and blue grey eyes. But she had also had fiery red hair which the Wildlings considered lucky claiming that she had been kissed by fire. She was pretty to Jon but not as pretty as Serena though Jon could never say that out loud. According to Tormund, her name was Ygritte and she was a spearwife which is a Wildling Woman who is also a warrior. Ygritte was clearly skilled with a bow.

"So you're Benjen Stark's nephew?" Tormund questioned Jon

"I am" Jon replied

"Benjen Stark is one of the few Crows I like" Tormund said "He was nice to us and didn't view us as the enemy, just believed that we were born of the Wrong side of the wall. There are bigger enemies out there."

"Like the White Walkers" Jon suggested "Many don't believe they exist but they are coming. Those Wights prove it"

"The White Walkers live in the Lands of Always Winter" Ygritte said "Mance said that they were coming and that we were all going to die, he gathered every clan that will listen."

"Including the Thenns" Tormund grumbled "I fucking hate Thenns. No one likes them, they raid other tribes and eat the flesh of the dead. But they are good warriors."

"So Jon Snow, why are you beyond the Wall?" Ygritte asked

"I joined the Dawnguard because I wanted to make my place in the world." Jon answered "I was originally going to join the Night's Watch but decided on the Dawnguard instead. My Uncle Benjen vanished beyond the wall and we found the bodies of his companions and they rose up from the dead. Lord Commander Mormont and Grandmaster Isran wants us to find evidence of the White Walkers and find Benjen Stark.

"The Walkers are coming and are raising a huge army" Tormund said "They're using those Wight Bears to kill small groups to revive for their army"

Jon then looked at them "How did you kill that bear, weapons don't kill them and the only way to kill them is with fire?"

"There is another way" Ygritte replied "I don't know how they work but Dragonglass can also kill them, Tormund's dagger was made from Dragonglass which severed the link between the bear and the White Walkers."

"It's not just bears they raise" Tormund added "I've heard that the White Walkers can raise any dead creature to fight for them. There have been reports of undead Giants riding undead mammoths along with packs of undead wolves and undead birds for scouting."

Then they all stopped walking when they heard a loud roar "Fuck!" Tormund hissed "Not another Bear"

There was another roar though it sounded more like a howl "That's not a bear, it's a wolf" Jon stated

"It can't be, they travel in packs" Ygritte spoke up

"Unless it's him" Jon stated and then he turned and smiled when he saw that the howl came from his Direwolf Ghost who had just come over from the snowy hills "Well by the old Gods. Come here" Ghost approached Jon and Jon knelt down and petted the Direwolf's head "It's good to see you again boy"

"You have a Direwolf as a pet?" Tormund questioned and then laughed "That will gain you respect with the free folk, they view these wolves as great beasts."

"Well you'll get your chance soon, we're almost there" Ygritte stated.

The North: The Neck:

Theon Greyjoy hid with the rest of his men from the First Legion near the banks of the Fever River. They had hidden a few of their ships and Theon was waiting for the Ironborn to arrive. The ships Theon had were Theon's new design for ships, they were made of Ironwood, the strongest wood anywhere and Theon had made deals with House Forrester for the wood. He also had sails for the ships made silk and cloth which were used to sail long distances and long ores for sailing through narrow areas.

The Fever River was a small river in the Neck, the River was no very big and it only went on for twenty miles from the shores and most of the banks were overgrown with weeds and low trees. Theon used this as an advantage and had managed to hide his 10 ships he had brought with him. The Neck was a dense marshland and was very dangerous to travel in, the only safe path was the Kingsroad and even that road had dangers. The Neck was filled with poisonous insets as well as snakes and lizard lions. The people of the neck were known as Crannogmen and they would hunt with spears and nets. They were ruled by House Reed of Greywater Watch. Lord Howlen Reed was unable to join though the Crannogmen had joined with Theon and were preparing an ambush for the Ironborn. They were joined by House Flint of Flint's Finger led by Robin Flint who had brought a small force of 200 Flint soldiers.

Theon was waiting for the Ironborn to arrive, he knew that they would sail up the Fever River to reach Moat Calian and Theon was going to ambush the Ironborn when they arrived. His ships had large metal and wooden rams at the front and were able to turn tightly, they also had Scorpion Crossbows with piercing arrows on the deck, and Theon hoped that this would help them to overpower the Ironborn ships. Theon knew that Balon had sent the Iron Fleet to capture Moat Calian and so they would be led by Victorian Greyjoy, Balon's younger brother, Balon has commanded the Iron Fleet during the Greyjoy Rebellion along with Euron Greyjoy and they burnt the Lannister Fleet at Lannisport and Victorian had thrown the first torch at the flagship of Tywin Lannister. That was the only victory for the Ironborn during the Rebellion. Later at the Battle off Fair Island, the Iron Fleet had been ambushed by Stannis Baratheon and Aeron ship, the Golden Storm was destroyed and Aeron was captured. After the Rebellion, Victorian continued to serve as Lord Captain of the Iron Fleet on his ship, the Iron Victory. Victorian has no children as one wife died in childbed giving birth to a stillborn girl, another died of a pox and his Salt Wife was seduce by Euron. Victorian had to kill her to keep his honour and Balon was forced to exile Euron as a result.

"Commander" One of the Legion soldier called "Our scouts have spotted the Iron Fleet, they are moving into position"

"How many ships have been spotted?" Theon asked

"Around 50" the soldier replied "The Iron Victory leads them. They have more ships but only a few are warships, the rest are just longships for bringing sailors."

Theon looked at his mean and he had a plan "Get the ships ready to strike, I have a plan but we must be ready"

"Yes commander" the soldier said as he looked away.

Further Down the River:

The Iron Fleet led by the Iron Victory sailed down the river, this ship was the largest of the ships and had a ram. Other warships included the Thunderer, the ship commanded by Lord Dunstan Drumm, the Foamdrinker commanded by Dagmar Cleftjaw. House Goodbrother had also sent some ships commanded by the three Goodbrothers brothers, Greydon, Gormond and Gran. Victorian Greyjoy himself was standing at the prow of his ship. Victorian was a large and powerful man with a bull's broad chest and flat stomach, his hair is flecked with grey. He was a religious man and wore full plate armour showing that he is not afraid of drowning and he uses a crude axe and wears a helmet in the shape of a Kraken. He smirked as he thought he was going to win a great victory for the Ironborn. Though he had no idea that he was sailing into a trap as he had no idea that he was being watched.

Westerlands: Sarsfield

Robb's campaign in the Westerlands was going very well. The soldiers he had sent to secure the Northern Westerlands had returned and they had managed to capture Ashemark, the seat of House Marbrand and one of the strongest fortress in the Westerlands. Though the siege had taken longer than Robb had hoped and he had been forced to delay his planned attack on Kayce in order to help in the siege of Ashemark. They had captured Lord Damon Marbrand who was now being held hostage at Riverrun though his son Adamm was still at Harrenhal. Robb had also been able to the fortress of Sarsfield, the seat of House Sarsfield, now Lord Melwyn Sarsfield was also a hostage. The Golden Tooth was still under siege but they had the Riverlords to help with that. Now Robb was walking through the camp they had set up outside Sarsfield as he looked through the injured. They had suffered a lot of wounded at Sarsfield as they had some of the best Archers in the Westerlands and they had dealt a lot of injuries with arrows. His men that he had sent to secure the Northern Westerlands were either staying at the castles they had taken to keep hold of them while some had gone off to help with the siege of the Golden Tooth. The men of House Westerling had returned to help show their support though they numbered few.

Robb was walking alongside Roose Bolton and Ser Reynald Westerling, the heir of House Westerling and they told Robb the results from the battle "We may have captured Sarsfield and captured their lord but we have suffered quite a number of casualties" Roose Bolton said "We have nearly 1000 dead and nearly 3 times that many wounded. Sarsfield has been a hard victory."

"The men will need rest before we march onto Kayce" Robb said and then he looked at Raynald "And what is the news in the Northern Westerlands?"

"We have secured Ashemark but that too was a hard victory. Most of the men are holding the captured forts or have gone to assist Karstark at the Golden Tooth."

"There have been reports of an army gathering in the Southern Westerlands" Roose Bolton added "We better be prepared for an attack"

"Go and prepare the men for the march East to Kayce" Robb order and Roose bowed before he left and Robb looked at Raynald "Do you think we will be attacked?"

"This army gathering in the South will be gathered by Reginald Lannister" Raynald said "If he is then we will have trouble"

"I haven't heard of this Reginald" Robb said "What do you know of him?"

"He's a distant cousin of Tywin Lannister" Raynald replied "He's the head of the candidate branch of House Lannister of Lannisport. But he's ambitious and desires to become the Lord of Casterly Rock. Tywin never trusted him that's why he appointed Stafford as commander at Oxcross. Reginald hopes to expose Tywin as working for us and so he can become the new Warden of the West."

"Well that won't happen" Robb snorted "We will take Kayce and then find a way to stop him"

"You must be warned" Raynald added "Houses Crakehall, Serret and Lydden will be in that army and they are the most powerful Houses in the Southern Westerlands. Though we may have a way to spread disorder. Ser Daven Lannister, Stafford's son in in that army and believes that the Northerns killed his father, he is a capable leader and if we expose the truth that Reginald killed him then we could spread disorder in the Southern Army"

"We will have to wait for the right time to do that" Robb said and it was then that he noticed someone running up to them, it was a young woman of around 17, she had brown eyes, a heart shaped face and chestnut curls.

"Brother" the woman said to Raynald "I need more bandages" but then she gasped when she saw Robb "Oh, Lord Stark, I'm terribly sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt"

Raynald laughed "It's alright sister" he said and he looked at Robb "Lord Stark, this is my sister, Jeyne Westerling, she volunteered to come here to help with the wounded"

"Well it's nice to meet you my lady" Robb greeted "If you need bandages then go try the supplies looted from the castle" Jeyne bowed before she hurried away and Robb looked at Raynald "Is she alright, she seemed pretty scared"

Raynald looked at him "She's fine" he replied "Jeyne's just a bit shy. She also worried because she's afraid of who she will marry, our family converted to the Faith of the Nine Divines years ago and Jeyne's quite religious to them, she's worried she will be abused because of who she worships."

"How did you come to worship the Faith of the Nine Divines?" Robb asked

"It came from our uncle, Elys Westerling, our father's brother" Raynald said "He led our Houses Soldiers during the Reyne Tarbeck Rebellion to assist Tywin and he was at King's Landing during the Sack. He witness the Targaryen Children and Elia Martell being brought in dead. He was outraged at that atrocity and he began to hate the Faith of the seven saying that the Gods hadn't protected young children from being murdered by the Mountain. He converted to the Faith of the Seven and father followed afterwards. Elys taught me everything about how to be a proper knight and not a brute like the Mountain." Raynald then sighed "He died a few years ago when he went out to try and take care of some outlaws in the hills. His small force took out the outlaws but he was wounded during the fight and the wound got infected and he died. We were all really sad after that." Raynald then looked to where his sister was helping the wounded "I should probably go and help my sister, she's still quite shy"

Raynald then walked off while Robb kept staring at Raynald's sister and he was thinking something which she really shouldn't be thinking off 'She's quite pretty"

Tyrell Camp:

The death of Renly Baratheon had come at a surprise. Loras had been crying over Renly's armour for hours. He was upset that his lover was dead, murdered by some cult member. Loras and Garlen had returned to the Tyrell camp after the murder. Martin had ordered his uncle's body be prepared for proper burial at Storm's End alongside his father's grave.

"I brought you supper" a voice called from the flap of Loras' tent and Loras turned to see his sister Margaery "Did you eat today, Loras?"

"Thanks" Loras greeted and then he looked at the armour "Do you know how hard it is to drive a sword through two steel plates?"

Margaery looked at him "You can't keep his armour with you forever, you should have buried him in it"

Loras sighed "He wasn't a warrior"

"No but you are" Margaery said "We have to think of our house now the whole country is at war."

Loras started crying "This is all my fault you know" he admitted and Margaery looked at him "I put the idea into his head, he never even dreamt of being a King until I started whispering about it."

Margaery looked at it "I think he dreamt about it"

"But he wouldn't have done anything if I hadn't pushed him" Loras snapped "Martin is right, he has a stronger claim and the hearts of the people. I told him he would be a great ruler, I promised him the throne. He died because of me."

"He died because his face was crushed by a mace" Margaery said to him "Those men are likely the same cult that put him under a spell. He was a good man, a kind sweet man but he's gone now. He doesn't need you, I need you, Garlen needs you, and our family needs you Loras"

Loras sighed "I don't know what to do now. Renly was the man I believed in."

"Find a new purpose" Margaery urged "Maybe you should talk to Garlen, he might have some ideas on what to do"

Loras sighed and he got up and he went over to find his brother Garlen.

Harrenhal:

Tywin Lannister sat in the Great Hall of Harrenhal with some of his lords and he was here for a reason, to have words with one of his men. "Can you read?" he asked to one of his men known as Polliver. Polliver was one of the few members of Gregor Clegane's men to escape Cloud Ruler Temple and had now begun more smaller raids against the Riverlands. He was nearly as tall as Sandor Clegane though not as well muscled, he had a neatly trimmed think black beard and a balding head.

"My lord?" he questioned

"Can you read?" Tywin asked again this time much more loudly, this was the tone to say that Tywin was unhappy, he held up a letter that Polliver had sent a few days ago "This Letter detailing our infantry movements was meant for Lord Daemon of House Marbrand. It was sent to Lord Maryn of House Dormund"

Polliver sighed "My apologizes my lord, I must have gotten a bit confused with the names."

Tywin turned to a young boy who was in the room. This boy had been captured during one of the raids but Tywin had used him to work in Harrenhal's kitchens, Tywin could see that this boy was good at cooking. He was a plumb straw haired coloured boy called Hot Pie. He was currently getting meals set up for the lords "Boy, fetch me a copy of the History of the Greater and lesser houses, it's the book on top of the pile on the table" Hot Pie quickly grabbed the book and placed it on the table "This kitchen boy seems to be able to read better than you can" Tywin then turned the pages over until he found the right page where he turned the book to Polliver and placed the letter on it "Who does House Dormund hold allegiance to?"

Polliver looked at the book "My Lord, I…" he started to say

"TO THE STARKS OF WINTERFELLL!" Tywin yelled at him "You sent important information to the Starks who will inform the Legions of our strength here at Harrenhal! I thought you would be good at something other than brutalising peasants. But it seems I was wrong, without the Mountain you are nothing. If you ever expose us to danger like that again then I won't be as forgiving. Out, all of you" The lords began to leave but Tywin stopped Hot Pie along with his brother Kevan "Not you two" he said

Kevan then sat back down and he looked at his brother "You know the Starks would have gotten that information anyway since Ashemark has been captured" he said

"I know that" Tywin said "I just needed to make it seem that I was still working for Joffrey" he then sighed "This is getting dangerous, I think it's time we get ready to start leaving for King's Landing."

"But how do we do that without making it sound like we've just abandoned Harrenhal?" Kevan asked

Tywin looked at Hot Pie "I hope I can trust you with this" he said "I need you to take this to the remains of the Northern Tower at night" he handed him a sealed letter "It contains vital information that needs to get to the Legions, but make sure you are not seen, that information cannot fall into the hands of the men here." Hot Pie nodded and then he took the letter and went off.

Unknown location:

Viserys Targaryen smirked as he returned to the Mythic Dawn hideout. He now had fixed the Razor of Mehrunes Dagon and he was returning to get more information on how he could become the King he was meant to be. He had also returned to Dawnstar where he had stolen the Volumes of Mankar's books from the museum along with the other artefacts.

He soon arrived at the Headquarters where Mankar Cameron sat at a dinner table along with his daughter Runa though his son Raven was nowhere to be seen. Mankar looked up when Viserys entered "Ah, Viserys, I see you have returned, how was your mission?"

"It was fine" Viserys claimed "I have restored the dagger of Dagon and now I have also learnt more about the Mythic Dawn with your books"

"You found copies of father's books?" Runa gasped "They were said to have been destroyed at the end of the Oblivion Crisis and now very few remain, book four is said to have been lost"

"Well we have all four volumes now" Mankar said as he took the books from Viserys "I can use magic to produce more copies of them and it can help the Mythic Dawn grow more powerful. It can help us getting our magic back"

"Speaking of which, where's your son?" Viserys asked

"I have sent Raven on an important mission east." Mankar said "We have information on your sister"

"Daenerys that traitor!" Viserys spat

"She is in a land that was once part of the Septim Empire" Mankar claimed "She had been given an offer, she is to help restore peace in a region and she will be granted a place to stay. There is more, she has hatched three dragons from the dragon eggs she was given at her wedding."

"My sister has dragons!" Viserys spat "They should be my dragons! I am the dragon, not her!"

"That's why I sent Raven there, your magic is not ready to be used over a long distance" Mankar claimed "Raven is to help spread the Civil War and captured Daenerys alive where we can bring her here and you can do what you like with her and her dragons."

"I can't wait to see her face" Viserys sneered

Runa then looked at him "We have another problem" she admitted "We are not the only Daedric Cult trying to gain power, the Worm Cult, worshippers of Molag Bal have made their first move, they have assassinated Renly Baratheon and they may be planning their next move"

"The Worm cult are reckless" Mankar hissed "They will expose their location soon and we they'll be wiped out, but this gives us time to prepare for our big move. I'm still planning it but we will have to wait until Raven has finished his mission."

Rivenspire: Essos:

Daenerys Targaryen rode along the roads of Rivenspire surrounded by some of her Dothraki warriors led by Rakharo. Jorah and Farengar were with her and they were joined by several soldiers who fought for High King Emeric led by a man known as Darien Gautier. Darien was a fit man and a fighter, he wore a suit of armour that had a Lion engraved on.

Daenerys looked around the land of Rivenspire, this land was not beautiful like Stormhaven was. The land hardly had any green and all Daenerys could see was sharp hills and low shrubs for plants. She then looked at Darien "So, is there anything you can tell us about yourself Ser Darien?" she asked

Darien looked at her "I was born in the city of Camlorn in the lands of Glenumbra. My father was a friend of Duke Sebastian of Camlorn. When I came of age I joined the Lion Guard, the personal soldiers led by King Casimir of Daggerfall, the King of that Region. When King Ranser's war started, I fought in the battles and I saved Casimir's life at the Battle of Markwasten Moor."

"So what did happen after Markwasten Moor?" Jorah asked "Emeric stated that most of Ranser's army survived but he escaped"

"He did" Darien stated "He fled to a fort west of Shornhelm, but we laid siege to the fort. By the time the battle was over, Ranser was slain though some say that one of his own generals killed him as Ranser had gone mad. Emeric declared that the Region would be ruled by a coalition of rulers as he didn't trust any of the nobles. Though that has caused this Civil War to start"

"So who does rule this region?" Farengar asked

"The lords of the three most powerful houses rule here" Darien explained "Countess Eselde Tamrith is the lady of House Tamrith who rule over the rich farmlands in the southern regions. Baron Alard Dorell is the lord of Northpoint, the regions only port and so he has control over the shipping. Then there was Baron Wylon Montclair, he's the man who started the Civil War. He ruled the Northern Mountains and was the least most powerful of the three. But his wife died recently and now he's declared himself King of Rivenspire. He was one of Ranser's strongest supporters and believes that he should rule the region. Alard and Eselde don't get on so well with each other but they see Wylon as a threat. You'll meet both of them when we reach Shornhelm, we should be there soon"

Daenerys looked to see the walls of a large city approaching them.

Tyrell Camp:

Lord Mace Tyrell started to saddle his horse as he prepared to leave with his Tyrell army but he looked to see his son Garlen approaching "Father, what are we doing?" he asked

Mace looked at him "We're leaving this place" he stated "And we are going to form an Alliance with King Joffrey"

Garlen widened his eyes "Form and Alliance with Joffrey?" he gasped "But why, we can easily form an alliance with Martin"

"And why would I do that?" Mace hissed "That boy insults me, he doesn't see me as the great lord I am he sees me as a fool. I want Margaery to be queen and King Joffrey is unmarried"

"So is Prince Martin" Garlen hissed and then Loras approached them "We fought for Renly even though he had a weak claim to the throne, he then declared himself for Martin and so we should"

"Renly is dead!" Mace hissed "And I decide what this family does. King Joffrey is the King and he is the oldest brother. Now we must get moving"

Garlen glared at his father "Willas was right" he stated "You really do only care about yourself and power. They say that Joffrey is the mad King reborn. I won't fight for that madman, I'm done with you, I'm going to fight for Martin"

Mace glared at his son "If you do that they you're no son of mine. You will never be able to return to Highgarden"

"I don't think I want to be your son" Garlen snapped and then he walked away and Loras looked at his father

"I'm with Garlen too" Loras hissed "I will obey Renly's last wishes, let's see what happens now" Loras then left as well. Mace Tyrell just snorted as he turned to his horse as he continued putting the saddle on.

Maidenpool:

Arya Stark stood on the walls on Maidenpool as she watched the army appoche. They had the Lannister colours though the men leading the battle were led by the men of House Mooton led by Lord William Mooton who wore his armour and his shield had a the red trout of his family engraved on. William's force was about 3000 while the Brotherhood had around 1500, though they still had some great archers such as Anguy. Beric and Thoros stood on top of the walls along with Anguy and his archers which included Arya. Dion and Burd were with Lem Lemoncloak who led the warriors at a broken section of the wall. They formed a Shield Wall to defend the wall and prevent the attackers from getting through.

Lord William Mooton rode his horse close to the walls and called up "So these are the rebels who have taken my town, I want my town back" he called up to the wall.

Beric stated at the man "You abandoned this town when the war began. You let this town be sacked by outlaws which helped themselves to the gold here and they had their way with the women here. Girls aged 14 and up were raped while you did nothing to help them. We came here and put an end to that and now you decided you want this place back even though you gave it up. I don't think these people care for you" This got laughs among the Brotherhood and Arya's squad

William glared at him "This land is the property of House Mooton and we have declared for the rightful King Joffrey. Surrender and we may show you mercy"

"Your house doesn't even owe loyalty to Joffrey" Beric sneered "House Mooton's overlords are House Tully so you've deserted your House's loyalties"

Thoros then added "And we are a force of the Resistance. We right for the True King Martin Baratheon who has been chosen by the god or gods. And why would we surrender, that mad King Joffrey will murder us all anyway"

"We would rather die here in battle" Beric finished

William glared at the "So be it" he hissed and then he rode back to his men and ordered them to march.

As soon as the army began to march forward, Anguy and his archers all began to fire arrow after arrow at the force of soldiers. Lord William was clearly no war leader as he kept all of his men gathered together which made them easy to hit and quickly the men with the arrows and then it made the ones behind them trip. The brotherhood had also built a small catapult from the destroyed houses and they fired rocks which knocked them down. By the time the Lord William's force had made it to the destroyed wall, had lost 1000 men with many dead and wounded. The battle only lasted a few hours and Lord William was knocked off his horse by Pello Greenbeard and knocked to the floor. With William captured, the remaining men fled. However one of the Lannister men was a skilled archer and he got into cover and drew back his bow. He got his arrow ready and fired. The arrow struck Beric Dondarrion in the back while he was facing his men to congratulate them. Beric and many others gasped as the arrow hit him and then Beric fell face first off the wall. Anguy quickly saw who fired the arrow and quickly fired his own arrow and killed the archer.

Upon seeing their leader fall, Thoros quickly ran down the stairs up the walls and to Beric's body where he began to chant "Lord of Light, cast your light upon this man, your servant, bring him back from death and darkness. His flame has been extinguished, restore it"

Arya looked in shock at the fallen body of Beric Dondarrion and then she turned when she heard laughter and looked to see a beaten up William Mooton who was being held by Pello Greenbeard and Lem Lemoncloak "Look at that, your great leader has fallen. The days of this Rebel force are done without your leader" he received a punch on the face by Pello for that "It won't be long before the full force of the Lannisters come and end this force"

"Maybe, but not today" a voice called and everyone turned to see a still alive Beric Dondarrion. Arya, Dion, Burd along with the rest of her Resistance force stared in shock along with William Mooton while the Brotherhood didn't look surprised.

"But how..." William gasped "You were hit in the back with an arrow, you should be dead."

"The Lord of Light isn't done with me yet" Beric smirked "Just like he isn't done with you. Take him to a cell; he will be kept a prisoner." The Brotherhood then led William Mooton away while Arya looked at him in shock.

"I though he killed you?" Arya stated

"He did" Beric replied

Dion and Burd looked in shock "If you were killed then how are you still standing?" Dion asked

Beric looked at Thoros "Thoros, how many times have you brought me back?"

"It's the lord of light that brings you back" Thoros stated "I'm just the lucky drunk that says the words."

"How many times?" Beric asked again

Thoros thought for a second "This is the third time now. There was the first time, the Mountain. Show them" Thoros replied and then Beric lifted up his shirt to reveal a large scar on his chest "A lance right through the chest at the Mummer's Ford"

Beric then showed him another scar on his belly "Then I was stabbed in the belly. And now I was hit in the back with an arrow."

"When I first brought him back, I didn't expect it to work" Thoros added "I was sent here years ago to try and convert King Robert to the Lord of light. But all I was ever good at was drinking. I was the first over the walls at Pyke but I was so drunk I don't remember it. After he was killed I said the words to him. The prayer of the Lord of Light, not because I believed in them, but because Beric was my friend. It's not getting any easier you know"

"I know" Beric agreed "Every time I'm brought back, I feel like a piece of me is missing. I'm a bit less, pieces get chipped away"

Arya then looked at him "Could you bring back a man hit by a crossbow. Not three times, only once?" she asked

Thoros looked at her, he knew that he was talking about her father, Lord Eddard Stark was a good man and he didn't deserve to die "I don't think it works that way my child." He admitted, Lord Stark had been dead for some time.

Beric looked at him "He was a good man your father" he said "He's a rest now somewhere. With his father and siblings."

Dion then looked at Beric "Do you think you can still hold the town?" he asked

"As long as we don't get a full head on assault then yes" Beric replied

"Good" Dion replied and then he looked at Arya "Because we have a new mission, we're going back to King's Landing. Brynjolf and the Thieves Guild will explain our next mission.

King's Landing, Red Keep Gardens:

Sansa Stark sat at a table in the gardens. Two Lannister Guards stood near her though these were men who were loyal to Tyrion, not Joffrey and so they would not harm her. Joffrey had gotten much worse and now looked like he had gone mad. She had heard the tales of the Mad King and how he liked to burn people in Wildfire but Joffrey seemed to be just as bad. He like seeing people in pain and agony and he had been like this when he had first become King. The Mad King had only become mad later into his rule. Sansa felt like a fool, she had believed those stories of dream princes saving ladies and thought the South was full of such beauty. While the South was filled with beauty as she had seen wonderful sights which she had not seen in the cold and harsh North. But behind the colours there was a darker side. The politics of the South were not the same and now Sansa could see that the South was not what she thought it was. She felt like a fool and her foolishness had caused her family to be named traitors. Though she would never say it out loud but she hoped that Prince Martin would save the city.

"Hello Sansa" a voice called and Sansa turned to see Princess Myrcella walking up to her "How are you doing"

"I'm fine" Sansa replied "I'm just worried that I won't be able to do my duties to my beloved Joffrey"

Myrcella sighed "You don't have to lie Sansa" she said "These guards are Tyrion's not Joffrey's, they won't harm you."

Sansa sighed "I'm getting tired of this war. I just want to go home"

"And you will" Myrcella said "Soon this war will be over soon and you will see your family again. I have a favour to ask, when Travis Thresh gets back to the city, I'll be leaving to go to Dorne, I would love it if you can look after Tommen for me. He needs someone to look after him."

"I will look after him" Sansa stated "He's a sweet boy"

Up in the Red Keep, Myrcella's mother Queen Cersei watched and she listened to what Tyrion said about the news they had gotten "Renly was killed?" she gasped "By who?"

"After he and Martin fought, it was revealed that Renly was being controlled by some kind of Dark Cult known as the Worm Cult. They killed Renly then fled. This Worm Cult have been declared a threat to the Realm but no one has any idea where they have fled."

"So now we have a chance to gain a new ally in this war" Cersei smiled

Tyrion shook his head and resisted the smile he had as he knew what was happening "The Tyrells are torn apart, some support Martin while others are loyal to Mace Tyrell. There could be civil war in the Reach just like the Dance of the Dragon" During the Dance of the Dragons civil war, the Tyrells were neutral but houses supported different sides such as the Tarly's supporting the Blacks and the Hightowers supporting the Greens "But all of the Stormlands now support Martin and it won't be long until he makes his move on the city"

Cersei smirked "Well he will have a surprise waiting for him"

"If you are talking about the Wildfire then forget it" Tyrion remarked which made Cersei look shocked that Tyrion knew about the Wildfire "Yes, I have eyes and ears of my own in this city, I am aware of the Wildfire in the city and I'm telling you now, that is a foolish plan. That amount of Wildfire could burn the city down. It's a risk we cannot take. But we may have other plans to use with the Wildfire"

"You mean like shipping my daughter off to Dorne" Cersei hissed

"I told you before she will not be harmed" Tyrion sighed "Myrcella will be safe, the Martells won't harm her as they risk bringing the wraith of all of Westeros against them. And we need more allies in this war. The Martells could come in handy."

Cersei didn't look happy but she knew that they were losing this war and they needed more support.

Rivenspire: City of Shornhelm:

Daenerys Targaryen stood with her dragons along with Jorah and Farengar just at the gates into the city of Shornhelm. This city was known as the crown city of the North and the Keeper of the Crypt of Hearts. The city was built on the base of the Rivenspire Mountains and there were three gates into the city at the East, West and South. The bottom half of the city was the residents area with the markets, houses and guilds while nobles and ruling family lived in the upper district. Daenerys was shocked to see that there were fires in the streets and injured and dead people on the streets. Damien had gone off to find out what had happened. Soon he returned.

"We have a situation here" Damien said "Montclair's forces have taken over the upper part of the city"

Jorah looked at him "How has that happened?" he asked

"There are traitors in the Shornhelm guard" Damien said "They used the old tunnels and allowed the Montclair forces to occupy the city. Countess Tamrith and Baron Dorell are in the chapel discussing what to do but they could start arguing."

"Then I guess we should go and speak to them" Daenerys suggested

So Daenerys and her group went over to the great Chapel of Shornhelm. Daenerys had never seen a chapel like this as it looked very tall and clearly a place for peaceful worship. They went inside and Daenerys could see two people arguing with each other. One was a fair maiden while the other looked like a man who had seen battle. Daenerys realised that they were Countess Tamrith and Baron Dorell.

"You sent the guard west to chase a rumour!" Dorell shouted "We need those troops here to protect Shornhelm"

"Only some of them Baron" Tamrith stated "My father would have done the same. My sister will discover the truth and report back."

"Countess Baron, please" A new voice spoke and Daenerys turned and was shocked to see a golden skinned man with pointy ears. This was a high elf like those Mythic Dawn cultists "We must remain focused, as long as Montclair controls the upper city, the whole region remains at risk."

"And how can we trust you Count Ravenwatch" Dorell snorted "Your friendship with Montclair is well known. What did you offer those captains to betray us?"

Tamrith looked at him "I care for the Count even less than you Baron" she said "But he hasn't done anything to have such accusations"

Dorell snorted "We must end this debate take action. We must make an example of the traitors and retake the upper city. How can you two not see that?"

"I don't disagree Baron" Ravenwatch stated "But we need to precede with caution, there is more to this situation than meets the eye. I understand that I make you nervous. Perhaps we should finish this after our blood has cooled." Ravenwatch then began to walk away.

Countess Tamrith then noticed Daenerys and her group "Mind your tones gentlemen" she stated "We have a visitor"

Dorell then snorted and he stormed away "You both try my patience, I can see why Montclair abandoned our joint rule."

Daenerys then watched as Dorell stormed out of the building and she looked at Tamrith who sighed "I returned to Shornhelm after my father's death to find a city divided and our land in peril. Baron Dorell means well but he would rather rush forward rather than plan ahead. So who are you then?"

Daenerys looked at the woman and could see that she was king "My name is Daenerys Targaryen, High King Emeric sent me to try and help"

"So you're the one he told me about" Tamrith stated "Emeric and I have met in the past. So you're hoping to get a new hope. Well I wish you luck."

"So what is the situation here?" Farengar asked

Tamrith looked at him "Montclair forces have occupied the Upper district. They're holding the Guard barracks and Shornhelm castle. As long as they are occupied, we have no control over the city."

"So how can we help?" Daenerys asked

"Well Dorell is right, we have to retake the Upper District but we need to see what they are planning." Tamrith explained "There were rumours that the Montclair's were kidnapping people and taking them west. I sent some men led by my sister to find them and see what they were planning."

"So we just have to kill the traitors" Jorah stated

"Well the Montclairs would lose strength as we can block the tunnels at the Barracks" Tamrith stated "There is something else, one of our best men, Skordo the Knife went into the Upper District and he hasn't been seen since. He's one of our best men and we need him."

"We're try and find him" Daenerys claimed "But who was that other man with Baron Dorell?"

"Oh that's Count Verandis Ravenwatch" Tamrith answered "He's a minor noble here who rules at Castle Ravenwatch to the west. He tends to keep to himself but he was an old friend of Wylon Montclair which is why we don't trust him.

Daenerys then looked at Farengar, Jorah and Damien "Well we have two traitors to go after" she stated "Jorah and I will go for the one at the castle while Damien and Farengar will go for the one at the barracks. We will meet up at the castle afterwards."

"Well let's go" Jorah stated

Ironoaks: The Vale:

The castle of Ironoaks was a small castle west of the Eyrie and west of Old Anchor. The castle was located near a lake and a river flowed east from the lake to the narrow sea. Mychel Redfort and Mya Stone had arrived at Ironoaks in order to speak with Lady Anya Waynwood, the lady of the castle. This was where the lords loyal to Prince Martin had gathered to fight against Petyr Baelish. They could see several sigils at the keep along with the Broken Wheel of House Waynwood such as the Red fort of House Redfort, the runes of House Royce, the runes of House Hunter, the stars of House Templeton, the candles of House Waxley, the checked red sigil of House Hardyng, the winged chalice of House Hersy and the sigil of House Coldwater.

Mychel could see several people that he knew along with Lady Anya Waynwood which included Lord Gilwood Hunter who had just become the lord of Longbow Hall after his father Eon's death. Lord Royce Coldwater, Ser Symond Templeton and Ser Harrold Hardyng. Myhcel was shocked to see Lord Yohn Royce at the meeting along with his oldest brother Jasper Redfort. Though they weren't full blood brothers as their father Horton had married three times. Jasper and Mychel embraced each other.

"Brother" Jasper said "It is good to see that you are alive"

"It's good to see you too Jasper" Mychel greeted "If it wasn't for Mya then I would be dead."

Jasper looked at Mya and smiled "You have House Redfort's thanks for saving my brother"

"It was nothing" Mya replied and then he looked at Lord Yohn Royce. Lord Royce knew Mya's parentage and so he was the best man to get information "Lord Royce, I thought you were meant to be watching Lord Robin at the Eyrie?"

"I was" Yohn replied "But we were betrayed from within. Vardis Egen betrayed us and allowed Baelish's forces to take the Eyrie. Now they have taken a good chuck of the Vale and have declared for Joffrey. House Grafton have joined his side and so Gulltown is on their side so they can get the supplies from Gulltown. And it's not just House Grafton but Houses Bellmore, Corbray, Lynderly, Melcolm and Shett have joined their side. Ser Brynden Tully brought some of the men back but some have deserted and joined Baelish's side."

"So what is the plan?" Mychel asked

"That's what we are here to talk about" Lady Anya Waynwood said, she was a widow with greying hair and loose skin. She was one of Royce's biggest supporters "We are surrounded and separated. We have a force of maybe 7000 warriors but the Vale cannot be breached and they are getting supplies from the Lannisters from Gulltown"

That gave Mya an idea "Then why don't we take Gulltown" she suggested "If we take Gulltown then they can't get their supplies."

"Do we have the men?" Mychel asked

Royce looked at the map then back at Mya "I think it could be done though we will have to be careful"

"We beat House Grafton back in my father's Rebellion" Mya stated "We can do it again I'm sure" The men all cheered while Mya smiled at Mychel.

Baratheon Camp: Stormlands:

Martin Baratheon was inside his tent looking depressed. His uncle Renly had now been murdered by a Dark Cult and now his body was being taken back to Storm's End for burial alongside his father's grave. His five Dragons were with him in his tent, they were now getting larger and were now the size of full grown hounds even though they weren't that old. Martin's five dragons seemed to be growing at a much faster rate though it would still take some time before they would be ready for him to try and ride. He had also come up with a name for the final blue scaled dragon. Frostbite since this dragon breathed frost instead of fire.

Then his uncle Stannis entered the tent "Your Grace" he called "I know that you ae sad about Renly's death but we need to get ready to move. Several Houses of the Stormlands are staying here, mainly the men of Houses Swann, House Dondarrion and House Selmy will be guarding the Dornish Marches. Renly's former Bannermen have joined us and now House Buckler will be staying to guard Bronzegate and prevent an attack on us from the North. So what is our plan?"

"Well uncle" Martin said "I'm taking the Legions back to the Riverlands and join up with the other Legions and we will captured Harrenhal before marching south to attack King's Landing from the North. You will go back to Dragonstone and prepare the fleet and the Stormland's army and then you will sail into the Blackwater and attack from the South at the Mud Gate."

It was then that Delphine entered the tent "My Prince" she stated "Apologizes but you have a visitor" she moved aside and revealed Garlen and Loras.

"Ser Garlen, Ser Loras?" Martin greeted though he was a bit suspicious "I thought you would have gone back to Highgarden with your father"

"Well we have decided that we are going to fight in this war" Garlen stated "Our father has already made his plans but there is no way we are going to follow them."

"And what are your father's plans?" Stannis asked

"Father intends to go to King's Landing and form an Alliance with Joffrey. He plans to marry Margaery to Joffrey" Garlen stated "We've heard of what the boy King has done and he seems to be just as mad as the Mad King was. There is no way I'm pledging my sword to fight for some new Mad King. I even tried to convince father to join you but he wouldn't listen. Well I've decided that I want to fight on the side that's fighting for good"

Renly pledged himself to you before he died" Loras stated "I will honour his last deeds"

"But most of the Reach will still follow your father" Martin stated

"I can convince some of the Houses to join us" Willas Tyrell stated as he entered the tent where he embraced his brothers "We still are known throughout the Reach and we can get some of the Houses to join us. I may even be able to convince the Hightowers to join us."

"The Tarly's and the Hightowers are two of the most powerful houses in the Reach" Garlen added "Though the other powerful houses which are Houses Redwyne and Rowan are loyal to my father, I doubt they will join us. But my wife is from House Fossoway, I may be able to convince them to join us and maybe some other Houses"

"You do that" Martin stated "I will send Lord Tarly with you along with the Second Legion and you will attack King's Landing from the west"

"We will do our Best King Martin" Loras stated before he along with Garlen and Willas left. Stannis then looked at him.

"Are you sure you should trust them?" he asked "They may be trying to trick you"

"Willas trusts them" Martin stated "And the Second Legion will help keep an eye on them. Now we should all get ready to leave, we have a big mission ahead of us"

The North: Fever River:

As soon as the Iron Fleet were in position, Theon ambushed the Iron Fleet and had his ships attack. The attack came by surprise and very quickly, the Ironborn were losing. Scorpion Crossbow bolts penetrated the hulls of several ships including the Iron Vegence, Iron Wind, Lord Dagon, Iron Lady and Iron Kiss. These ships ended up tipping over which made it more difficult for the other ships to sail on. Theon also had some ships attack the Fleet from behind and the metal rams had managed to sink the Grief and the Shark. The others ships in the Iron Fleet had their own problems as the Crannogmen fired poisoned arrows at them which injured quite a few of the Ironmen and many fell sick because of the poison. But still, Victorian Greyjoy pushed on thinking that he could beat the Legion's small force. So he ordered the ships at the rear to engage the Legion ships at the back while he pushed on.

Eventually, Theon's ship collided with one of the Ironborn ships but its metal ram got stuck in the hull so now the two ships were stuck together. Then Theon watched as the Ironborn swarmed onto the deck and then started fighting the Legion soldiers. Theon drew his own sword and started fighting the Ironborn. The Ironborn were raiders and they couldn't fight against well trained soldiers so the fight was easily won by the Legion soldiers.

"Iron Traitor!" came a loud yell and Theon turned to see a bald bearded old man who looked like the captain of the ship. Unlike the others, this man wore heavy armour and his shield had a bony hand on. The sword that the man used had a red blade which reflected the light but Theon realised who this man was. It was Lord Dunstan Drumm, the head of House Drumm and one of the best fighters on the Iron Islands. He was a legend to the Ironborn and he had a Valyrian Steel Sword known as Red Rain which Dunstan swung around. "So the green boy chooses to side with the Greenlanders" he sneered

"At least I fight for good instead of fighting for raiders" Theon hissed "I know what the Ironborn are like, we just steal and pillage other people. That makes us the villians and I will not be seen as a traitor to the people who raised me as their family"

"You're still Theon Turncoat" Dunstan sneered "You've turned your back on your people and our culture"

"They were not my people" Theon snapped "I may have been born on those Islands but I was raised in the North and shown the true ways of our people. There is no way I will fight for a lost cause, every time we raid the mainland we just get attacked. This fight is pointless and it won't be long before the Ironborn are pushed from the North and the Iron Islands invaded again. Now I'm going to fight you like a man."

Dustan sneered "Ironmen don't fight, we attack. We pillage and we take what is ours"

"Or you steal from people who need it" Theon snapped "Now let's get on with it" He then charged at Dunstan and they started to fight each other. Dunstan may have been old but he was still skilled with a sword and he also had a better sword than Theon since Dunstan had a Valyrian Steel Sword. They also only had limited space since they were fighting on a ship. Dunstan eventually pushed Theon back to the edge of his ship but then he made his mistake. Dunstan swung his sword to hard so when Theon rolled away, it got stuck in the wood of the ship. Dunstan managed to get his sword out but now he was tired out and Theon got the upper hand. Dunstan blocked Theon's strikes until Theon knocked his sword aside and then Theon buried his sword in Dunstan's shoulder. Dunstan stared wide eyes before his eyes rolled into the back of his head and then he fell to the ground.

When Theon had defeated Dunstan Drumm, the crew managed to get the ram unstuck and they pulled back from the Thunderer and Theon watched as the Thunderer broke in two and sank after getting hit by some more Scorpion bolts. Meanwhile, on the Iron Victory, Victorian watched in horror as his fleet began to break apart. He had some victories as the Legion Ships in the rear had been captured after being surrounded but they had still lost so much for so little. Victorian was also hit in the shoulder by an arrow and the Iron Victory got hit in the hull so he reluctantly did what he never wanted to.

"Sound the Retreat" he said to his sailors "We can't carry on" Then the Iron fleet began to withdraw from the Fever River. The Legion soldiers watched as the Iron Fleet retreated and they all cheered. Theon meanwhile looked at Dunstan Drumm's dead body and he picked up his sword, Red Rain. Red Rain was one of two Valyrian Steel swords from the Iron Islands with the other being Nightfall, the sword of House Harlaw. Red Rain was taken from a fallen knight by Hilmar Drumm using nothing but his wits and a wooden cudgel, he was known as Hilmar the Cunning ever since. Red Rain is believed to have once belonged to House Reyne of Castamere since it had a red blade like the Red Lion Sigil and Rain was similar to the House's name. Theon admired the blade before he place it in his belt.

King's Landing: Docks:

The docks of King's Landing were located just outside the city walls at the River Gate. Here the remains of the royal Fleet which had not sailed to Dragonstone with Stannis Baratheon when he left the city were docked up. They were led by Robert Baratheon's prized warship, King Robert's Hammer along with the Lionstar, the personal ship of Queen Cersei. Travis Thresh's small fleet had returned to King's Landing and were now docked at the harbour. The royal court were gathered at the harbour to watch as Princess Myrcella was taken towards Dorne. Tyrion had ordered that King Robert's Hammer would help escort Myrcella along with Seaswift, Lionstar and Lady Lyanna. Tyrion had also organised the crew of King Robert's Hammer to be loyal to Martin and then they would mutiny and take over the ship and sail to Dragonstone which would give Martin his father's own ship. The Lionstar was also powerful but not as powerful as King Robert's Hammer and the Seaswift was one of the faster ships in the navy.

The royal court had gathered to say goodbye to Myrcella, she had a letter from Tyrion hidden in her dress which she would give to Prince Doran when she arrived in Dorne. Her mother gave her a motherly embrace while Tommen had tears in his eyes. Joffrey didn't really care that his sister was leaving and just snorted.

"You sound like a cat mewing for its mother" he snorted "Princes don't cry"

There was a growl and Joffrey looked to see Tommen's pet Jaguar Ser Pounce growling. Ser Pounce and Midnight, Tommen and Myrcella's pet Jaguars had grown larger and now acted like guardians of Tommen and Myrcella. Midnight would be going with Myrcella to Dorne so she would have protection. The Kingsguard Ser Arys Oakheart would be going as well. Of all of Joffrey's Kingsguard, Ser Arys was the only one who was worthy of his cloak and so Tyrion had organised him to go with Myrcella to get him out of King's Landing so he would not be harmed, he did not deserve to be hurt because of Joffrey.

Sansa gave Tommen a cloth to wipe his eyes "It will be alright" she said to him "You'll see her again one day"

Myrcella gave one last smile to her family before she boarded King Robert's Hammer with Ser Arys and Midnight. The small fleet of ships then started sailing from the harbour and then along Blackwater bay. The High Septon then began saying his words. This was the same High Septon who had been threatened by Prince Martin before. He was a fat man dressed in fine robes and jewels. He wore the crystal crown of the High Septon on his head "May the Seven guide her on her journey" he said "May the father give her health, may the warrior give her courage, may the crone give her wisdom, may the smith give her strength, may the mother give her love, may the maiden keep her fertile and may the Stranger protect her."

Cersei looked at Tyrion "One day I pray that you love someone" she stated "I pray that you love her so much that when you close your eyes you see her face. I want you to have that; I want you to know what it's like to love someone. To truly love someone before I take her from you."

Tyrion ignored his sister and began thinking about Shae, the woman who he had brought back from his father's camp. He kept her hidden from everyone and had gotten her a job as Sansa's maid.

When the ships were gone, Joffrey just snorted "Let's get back to the Keep" he snorted "I've had enough of this for today"

Joffrey then began walking back to the Red Keep along with his Kingsguard and royal court. They walked through the streets of King's Landing. The city was now overcrowded and many were sleeping in the streets. The Temple of the Divines had taken people in which had resulted in many converting to the Divines much to the anger of the High Septon. But as the royal court walked through the streets, Tyrion noticed many of them were filthy and thin. Not much food was getting to the city as the Reach had been cut off. Only Houses Stokeworth and Rosby were sending food and the Resistance had been attacking the supplies wagons. And most of the food which did get to King's Landing ended up going to the royal courts to feed the rich and the army though mainly the officers as the common soldiers hardly got anything but bread. Travis looked around the streets in shock. He had not seen this at all. The city watch were holding the people back to make sure no one got in the way.

"Hail Joffrey, hail to the King" one man called out laughing which showed that he was mocking him though no one realised it.

"Seven blessings on you your grace" another man spoke up though the tone of his voice showed that he didn't mean it.

"Murderer, bastard!" some people spat

"All hail the King" another man mocked

"He's no King, he's a bastard!" someone spat which made Joffrey turn to glare at the crowd "A mad one eyed bastard. The Mad King reborn!"

The men began shouting in agreement and then the crowd began to get worse "Please your Grace, we're hungry!" a man shouted and then there were shouts of "Food!" while they yelled more insults, Cersei got yells of "Whore" and "Brother-fucker" Joffrey got yells of "Bastard" while Tyrion got yells of "Freak and half-man"

Tyrion could see that this crowd could attack them at any point so he turned to look at Travis Thresh who was standing behind him with Tommen next to him. Tommen seemed to be fascinated with Travis' adventures and they had spent some time talking to each other when Travis was in King's Landing "Get the Prince back to the keep now!" he ordered

Travis nodded and he looked to his men "You two, take the boy prince to the Keep by an alternative rout" the men nodded and they guided Tommen away from the rest with Ser Pounce following him.

The royal court walked on and things got worse and there were cries of "Justice" and "Martin" But then a crying woman jumped in front of Joffrey carrying the dead body of a small child which had starved to death. The woman's clothes were filthy and she was underweight.

"Move scum!" Joffrey hissed at the woman "Your King has ordered you to move!" the woman did not move and she then started yelling.

"Down with this mad bastard!" she yelled "Down with the man who tears our lands apart. Down with the 2nd mad King, down with Aerys III" the crowd yelled in agreement while Joffrey turned purple with anger.

"Hearteater!" Joffrey yelled to his snarling Jaguar "Show this woman what happens when you cross your King!"

Hearteater growled and then the large male black spotted jaguar leapt at the woman, knocking her to the ground and the jaguar had her jaws around her neck. The woman screamed as she was bitten more times and blood poured onto the streets. Joffrey watched in satisfaction while others including Tyrion and Travis watched in horror.

Now the crowd really could see another mad king and then someone threw a large pie of cow dung which struck Joffrey in the face and his Kingsguard drew their swords "Who threw that?" he demanded "I want the man who threw that! Find who threw that and bring him to me!" That sparked the crowd and now the people started attacking the city watch. There was shoving and punching as the people and guards started attacking each other and some used small weapons "Just kill them!" Joffrey yelled sounding like a Mad King "Kill them all!"

Tyrion watched as a Riot started and now they were all in danger "Move!" he yelled "Move!"

The remaining Kingsguard all began charging forward with the city watch trying to hold the guard back. Sandor Clegane grabbed hold of Joffrey "What are you doing?" he demanded "I want these people executed!"

"And they want the same for you!" Sandor yelled and then he dragged the King along.

Tyrion followed the rest of the court and then he watched as the people of the city surrounded the fat high Septon who screamed as they dragged him to the ground and surrounded him. There were screams of pain and they cries of triumph as the smallfolk held the severed arm of the High Septon in the air. Tyrion then heard cries of pain and watched as the new Kingsguard Ser Lothor Brune slashed his sword around and managed to cut down several of the rioters but soon he was overcome and dragged to the ground where he was beaten time and time again. Tyrion then ordered everyone back to the Red Keep as soon as they could.

The court eventually made it back to the courtyard of the Red Keep where Tyrion looked around in horror "Where's lady Sansa?" he gasped as he had lost sights of Sansa, if any harm came to her then there would be serious problems. Tyrion then looked to see Sandor going back into the city.

Sansa had been separated from the royal court where she came face to face with a very dirty and unfriendly looking man. She turned to try and flee only to be surrounded by two other men. She screamed and then ran down an alley with the three men laughing as they followed her.

Red Keep:

The royal court made it back to the Red Keep where they were all giving deep breaths from escaping the fury of the smallfolk. "Traitors!" Joffrey spat "I'll have all their heads! I have everyone one of their heads on spikes!"

Tyrion glared at Joffrey "Oh you fucking blind bloody fool!" he yelled angrily

"You can't insult me!" Joffrey spat

Tyrion shook his head in anger "We've had vicious Kings! And we've had idiot Kings! But I don't think we've ever been cursed with a Vicious Idiot for a King!"

"You can't!" Joffrey spat

"I can am I am!" Joffrey yelled back

"They attacked me!" Joffrey shouted

"They threw a cow pie at you after you head your beast slaughter a woman like that!" Tyrion hissed "So you decided to kill them all. What did you expect them to do? They are starving you fool. And this is all because of a war you started!"

Joffrey finally lost it "You are talking to a King!" he roared

He was rewarded with a large slap in the face from Tyrion who had lost all control "And now I've just struck the King!" he snarled "Or did my hand fall from my wrist?" he then looked around "Where is the Hound? Where is Sansa?"

"Let them have her!" Joffrey snarled and Tyrion looked in horror along with Travis Thresh.

Back in the streets:

Sansa ran down an alley but she found herself in a dead end and surrounded. She slapped one of the men but they slapped her back which knocked her to the ground. One of the men then got on top of her "Have you ever been fucked girl?" he sneered and then he rolled her over. The other men then grabbed her hands and legs as they held her in place. The men then rolled her over and began to tear apart her dress. Sansa wailed and shook around to get the men off her but they laughed. The men were almost at her womanhood when a rough hand grabbed the shoulder of one man who then grabbed him by the throat and lifted her off the ground. A dagger was then shoved into the man's chest and then dragged along spilling his guts. The man who held Sansa's legs then was then stabbed in the back and the third man tried to run only to be grabbed by the strange man. The man begged for his life before a dagger ripped his throat open.

Sansa now got a better look at the man, he wore simply armour and did not look anything special but his helmet was in the shape of a growling bear. Sansa looked afraid but the man gently took hold of her and placed her over his shoulders and then he carried her into the streets. Sansa watched as people began fighting each other. But the strange man did not take her to the Red Keep and instead took her to another part of the city where the man took her inside one of the buildings.

Red Keep:

"My lord, the city is on fire" a man shouted and Tyrion looked horrified, if the fire hit the Alchemist's guild then the Wildfire would explode, he turned to Meryn Trant "Take some men, order people back into their homes and then put out these fucking fires!" he ordered

Meryn Trant glared at him "I take my orders from the King Imp!" he spat

Then a fit collided with the side of Trant's face and Tyrion looked to see Travis who looked fuming "You coward of a knight!" he spat "You will do as the Hand commands or I will throw you out to those crowds myself!" Trant looked shocked at Travis' anger and now he was too afraid to do anything.

"My lord, it's the Hound" someone called and Tyrion turned to see a bloody Sandor Clegane enter the keep giving deep breaths.

Tyrion looked relieved that he was alright but was scared when he didn't see Sansa and Tyrion walked up to him "Where is the Stark girl?" he asked

Sandor looked at him "Safe" was all he said before he walked away

'I better speak to Brynjolf about this' Tyrion thought 'Things are getting much worse' he then looked at Travis 'and our Private Admiral is having problems himself'

Shornhelm castle: Rivenspire:

Daenerys waited at Shornhelm castle. Jorah had managed to kill the traitor who led the attacks at the castle. Shornhelm Castle looked like a grand palace though the place had been wrecked by the fighting. Soon Farengar and Damien arrived with an orc who Daenerys believed was Skordo the Knife, the man who had been captured. They had also discovered some letters which detailed the Montclairs next move.

Soon, Countess Tamrith arrived with Baron Dorell and the High King himself. "High King Emeric" Daenerys greeted "I didn't expect to see you here"

"I decided that I needed to come and see the situation for myself" Emeric replied "Now that it is safe for me to come here without being killed. I see that you have already made a start by saving Shornhelm"

"The traitors are dead" Daenerys replied "But Montclair is gone, he was never in the city at all. He left General Reezal-Jul in charge"

Baron Dorell groaned "Damn, Montclair's Argonian is slippery" he hissed "I've just had word that he has kidnapped several of Shornhelm's nobles."

"Who was taken?" Farengar asked

"They took lady Aurine Tamrith, Nilthin al-Bergama and Sir Estienn Guillon." Countess Tamrith replied "Do you know where they are?"

"We found some letters in the keep" Damien stated "It seems that your rumours in the West are right, that's where they have been taken for some kind of experiment according to the letters"

"Well there's no way that we are letting them get away with that" Dorell snapped "We have to send a message to the Montclairs"

"I'll have my men try to find the captured nobles" Countess Tamrith replied

"So what do I do now then?" Daenerys asked

"Thanks to you the city is safe" Emeric smiled "I will be devoting all resources to rebuilding the city and fortifying it to prevent anymore attacks. Shornhelm may be secure but there are words that Montclair's forces are causing trouble in other parts of Shornhelm. Both Tamrith and Dorell will take some men to help secure these regions."

"So what can we do then?" Daenerys asked

"Well since you helped retake the city, I'm thinking that you may be the best one who can track down Reezal-Jul." Emeric stated "Count Ravenwatch may have some answers for that"

"Can we trust this man?" Jorah asked "My lady here hasn't had the best history with High Elves"

Emeric laughed "Verandis and I go way back, I studied with him when I was a boy. He was also one of my biggest supporters for High King" he replied "He has a habbit of making people nervous but I've always reassured people that he is loyal to Rivenspire. He was an old friend of the Montclairs but he was a childhood friend of Wylon's wife Leila. If you want to find him then he will probably be back at Castle Ravenwatch. It's located West of Shornhelm at the town of Crestshade, it's not much, just a small town at the bottom of the Mountains"

"Then we'll get going right away then" Daenerys stated

"There is one more thing" Emeric added "Ravenwatch is an old castle and the family have, well, strange traditions. But don't worry, Ravenwatch is on our side and he won't harm you, he's not the kind of man who does that. I've known him for years"

"Still we better be careful around him" Jorah stated

"If Emeric trusts him then he must be a good man" Farengar stated "But we should be cautious"

"We'll go over to Ravenwatch castle and see what's going on" Daenerys replied

And so Daenerys along with Farengar, Jorah and Damien all left Shornhelm as they went west towards the town of Crestshade.

North of the Wall:

Jon along with the Dawnguard members Ollrod and Lynoit as well as Serena journeyed along the snowy hills beyond the wall. Qhorin Halfhand gave deep breaths as he was carried. He was getting paler from his wounds and the cold weather wasn't helping him. Ygritte and Tormund guided them but they were all tired from walking all day.

Tormund and Ygritte soon stopped at the top of a hill and Jon approached them where Ygritte looked at him "Well Jon Snow, welcome to our camp"

Jon looked beyond the hill to see a whole army camped in tents made of animal skins. Ollrod and Lynoit arrived soon after and stared at the sight of the camp

Tormund then looked at Jon "Well boy, I hope you're ready to meet the King beyond the wall."

Chapter end:

Notes: Another chapter down and I'm glad to have this chapter finished for Christmas. Now the war begins to get bigger and there are some twists coming up. If you wonder who it was who saved Sansa, you will find out soon. I'll be working on Dragon X a lot to try and get that story finished in January but the next chapter may be a big one so it may take a while for the chapter to be finished. The Riot is King's Landing will have a very important consequence in the story and in the next chapter, more characters from Elder Scrolls will be introduced.