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.

23. The Shrouded Pass

The Shrouded Pass:

Beyond the Wall: Near the Fist:

When the Horn sounded three times, the Night's Watch had gone into chaos. They panicked as they had no idea what was going on. Then hundreds of Wights had appeared and attacked the First. They were swarmed around the Fist and attacked wave after wave. The Night's Watch stood no chance at all and many of them were quickly killed since the wights could not be killed by normal weapons. Lord Commander Jeor Mormont had ordered the use of flaming arrows but there were still too many for the Watch to deal with.

It was only the effort of the Dawnguard that anyone had been able to escape the chaos at the Fist. The Dawnguard Healer Florentius Baenius had done some research and found several unique weapons that the Old Dawnguard used to have which included an axe, hammer and shield. These weapons used ancient magic and used the powers of the Sunlight. These powers did not destroy the Wights but it did help create distractions. Sorine had also developed exploding bolts for crossbows which cleared a path and allowed the people at the Fist to escape. But the loses had been huge, 300 Night's Watchmen had been at the Fist and over 200 of them had died. The Dawnguard took fewer loses thanks to their skill but now they knew that they had to get back to the Wall.

After the battle, a major snowstorm had arrived which made it difficult to see and now everyone was worried that they could encounter the army of the dead again. If they did then there was no hope of escaping this time. Agmaer had been separated from the others and was now running for his life through the snowstorm, desperately trying to find the rest of the survivors. As Agmaer was running, he could feel that something was behind him chasing him but didn't look back in chase he fell. Then he tripped on a rock and fell to the floor. Agmear looked and saw something approaching him through the snow. He closed his eyes, this was it, this was the end of him.

But then there was the sound of a gruff voice "Hey, it's Agmaer, I found him" the voice called and Agmear looked to see the red hair and beard of Gunmar who helped him to his feet "We thought we lost you there"

"I've never seen anything like this ever" Agmaer stated "All I saw was Chaos"

"No one expected any of this to happen" Gunmar stated "But now we have to get back to the Wall, we have to warn everyone of what's coming"

They soon made it back to the rest of the group and thankfully, the snowstorm began to clear making it easier to see again. Lord Commander Mormont was standing in the middle alongside Grandmaster Isran "Is everyone here?" he asked

Isran sighed "Jon's not back yet, but I'm afraid we can't wait any longer" he stated "We have to get back to the Wall now while we still can"

"Agreed" Mormont stated "But we must stick together, we cannot afford to lose anyone else"

But then the Dawnguard Second in Command Celann arrived "Grandmaster" he stated "We have a problem"

"What kind of problem?" Isran asked

"I don't think we're going to make it back to the Wall" Celann stated "The army of the dead are back"

Isran and Mormont looked where Celann was pointed and saw another group of wights which included undead bears and wolves. But what was worse was that there were two White Walkers sitting on top of undead horses. Isran sighed as everyone drew their weapons and many members of the Watch looked like there were ready to run. Then one of the White Walkers let out an inhuman screech and the Wights charged at them. The Undead Bear was the first and the fastest and everyone tensed as the Wights got closer. But just as the Bear got near them, there was another roar and something charged into the undead bear. The Watch looked to see that it was another Snow Bear; only this one was alive and started attacking the undead bear. The live bear slashed its claws and cut one of the legs off the undead bear. Then they all heard the sound of a horn though it wasn't the Night's Watch horn. Everyone turned at the sound of yelling and were shocked when they saw hundreds of Wildlings charging from the Hills at the Undead army. Now the Wights were divided between attacking the Wildlings and the Watch. But surprisingly, the Wildlings were able to kill some of the Wights without the use of fire; they used some kind of oily back stone as weapons which seemed to kill the Wights. But there were still too many Wights to deal with.

Lord Commander Mormont was knocked to the ground by one of the undead wolves which tried to bite his throat out. Jeor got his sword wedged into the mouth of the Wolf and was able to hold it back but it used up all his strength and there was nothing else he could do, he couldn't hold this forever. Then the wolf hissed as someone stabbed it in the neck with a black dagger. The Wolf was thrown off him and Jeor looked to see a member of the Dawnguard but it was not who he was expecting as Leor didn't think he was still alive. "Jon Snow?" he gasped "You're still alive"

Jon placed the Dragonglass dagger that Tormund had given him and helped Jeor to his feet "Yes I'm still alive" he stated "I made a few friends while I was gone, I'll explain later" Jon drew Longclaw and then began to help the others alongside Mormont. Serena was using her lightning magic to blast the Wights back and was able to reduce a few of them to ash. But there were still so many Wights. Then the air got colder and everyone looked to see the two White Walkers walking towards them with their ice weapons draw. Wildlings and Watch members charged at them but their weapons were shattered by the ice and then they were killed by the Walkers. These White Walkers seemed unstoppable but they were not prepared to give up yet.

Agmaer had been knocked aside by one of the undead bears and looked to see one of the White Walkers was near him with his back turned towards him. Agmaer had lost his axe though it wouldn't be much use to him anyway since the ice would shatter it when he attacked. But he still had an axe made of that oily black stone that he found with the others at the Fist. He had seen Wildlings been able to destroy Wights with weapons like that so he decided to try it with the White Walker. So Agmaer got up and then charged though he didn't yell as he didn't want the Walker to be alert to him. Then he slammed the Axe down into the Walker's shoulder and the Walker let out a loud screech. Everyone turned to see the Walker screeching with the axe in its back. The Walker turned to look at Agmaer and he backed away slowly. But then the Walker fell to its hands and knees before shattering to many ice particles. Some of the people around them stopped and looked in shock as Agmear killed the White Walker and then they were even more shocked when some of the Wights suddenly crumpled into piles of bones.

Agmaer was shocked that his axe had been able to kill a White Walker; he was the first person to kill a White Walker since the Long Night ended thousands of years ago. "Agmaer, look out!" Jon's voice yelled and Agmaer turned to see the other White Walker standing right behind him. He ducked just as the ice blade was swung which missed him by inches. But then Agmaer was knocked aside by the blade. Several Wildlings charged at the White Walker but were knocked aside and then the Walker approached the fallen Agmear. Agmear was in pain from his fall and struggled to move. Then he saw the White Walker above him which raised his ice sword above him. Agmaer closed his eyes as he waited from the blade to fall.

But it never did hit Agmear as something else struck the ice blade. Agmear opened his eyes and saw Jon standing next to him with Longclaw preventing the ice blade from falling. Jon had a shocked look on his face, he didn't expect Longclaw to be able to hold off the ice blade but he wanted to save his friend. Now filled with determination, Jon swung Longclaw which threw the ice blade to the side and then Jon swung again and struck the White Walker at the waist and the Walker also shattered into ice particles just like the other one. Then the rest of the Wights collapsed into piles of bones.

Everyone looked around the battle; the survivors of the Fist were still alive after the second encounter with the army of the dead. But they had only survived thanks to the Wildlings which the Night's Watch fought often. Some of the members of the Watch then pointed their weapons at the Wildings "What should we do Lord Commander?" they asked

"We just saved your life and now you want to kill us!" Tormund spat

"You're savages!" Rast, a Night's Watch member spat "You should all be put down"

Tormund looked ready to gut the man but Jon held him back "Not now Tormund" he stated "They're the only ones who can allow you past the wall"

"Why should we!" Rast spat "Those savages have been killing us for years"

"And we've killed even more of them!" Jon hissed "You've seen the army of the dead, if we don't work together then we're never going to survive this"

"Snow's right" Mance Rayder stated as he approached and then he nodded to Mormont "Lord Commander Mormont, it's been some time since we've last met"

"And then you broke your vows" Mormont stated

"The Watch betrayed me" Mance stated "The point is that we can't fight each other, many of these people would kill you all but we have a bigger enemy to fight."

"The King Beyond the Wall is right" Isran stated "If we fight each other then we've never be able to fight the White Walkers and their army of wights"

"An army which might get bigger" Mance stated "There's more than just Wights, Jon might be able to explain more."

Then they heard the growling of a Wight and everyone turned to see there was one Wight left that did not crumpled when the rest did. Several Wildlings were surrounding it and were ready to destroy it when Jon called out "No wait, don't destroy that one, we need to take it with us?"

Everyone looked at Jon in disbelief "Take it with us?" Mormont questioned "Why?"

Jon looked at Mormont "You said it yourself, the lords in the South won't believe us about the White Walkers, but this Wight will prove that they're real, we need to show them"

Isran agreed "He's right" he said and then several members of the Dawnguard knocked the Wight to the ground and tried to tie it us which was difficult since it kept struggling and slashing sharp claws but they soon had it tied us and then had a bag over it. But then everyone stopped and stared when they saw the Orc leader King Kurog and the Dark Elf leader, Aranea Ienith "What the.." Celann gasped

...

Duskendale:

The town of Duskendale was once the seat of petty Kings during the Age of Heroes. House Darklyn ruled from the Dun Fort and their power reached the Mouth of the Blackwater Rush though they have never been able to consolidate control. Duskendale had also been a place that conquers would attack, the Storm King Monfryd I Durrandon seized Duskendale and Maidenpool after defeating the petty Kings. During the Andal invasion, the Darklyn King forced House Bar Emmon to abandon the Northern Blackwater for Massey's Hook and the Andal King Benedict II Justman would add Duskendale to his Kingdom though House Justman would be destroyed by the Ironborn. Then King Arlan III Durrandon would control all the Riverlands until Duskendale would be taken by the Ironborn and part of the Kingdom of the Rivers and Hills where they would be ruled by House Hoare.

At the start of Aegon's Conquest, Lords Darklyn and Mooton would be slain battling Aegon and Orys Barathon and then Lord Darklyn's son would surrender Duskendale. Queen Visenya took much of the town's worth but left it undamaged. After the conquest, Duskendale would become part of the Crownlands which swore fealty directly to the Kings. During the Dance of the Dragons, House Darklyn sided with the Blacks and allowed Queen Rhaenyra stay in Duskendale. The town would be sacked by King Aegon II's forces and the Darklyn lord beheaded.

But the town was most remembered today for the famous Defiance of Duskendale during the rule of King Aerys II. Trade with Duskendale had been falling because of King's Landing so Lord Denys Darklyn asked for a town charter which would give him similar rights like Dorne. But Hand of the King, Tywin Lannister rejected the proposal so Denys made a new plan which would have disastrous consequences for House Darklyn. Some say that Lord Denys was influenced by his Myrish Wife.

In 277 AC, Lord Darklyn refused to pay his taxes to demonstrate him anger and he invited King Aerys to come to Duskendale to hear him knowing about the strained relationship between the King and Hand. Tywin Lannister told Aerys not to go since he believed it was a trap but King Aerys was determined to show that he was the King so he went to Duskendale with a small escort led by the Kingsguard Knight Ser Gwayne Gaunt. But like Tywin had said, it was a trap and Aerys was ambushed and his escort was killed including Ser Gaunt. Aerys was imprisoned in Duskendale for half a year while Lord Tywin besieged the city though Lord Denys said that if they assaulted the city then the King would be killed.

Lord Denys believed that Lord Tywin would offer better terms but Tywin refused to give in and eventually, Tywin gave his last offer to surrender the King or he would assault Duskendale and kill everyone. Ser Barristan Selmy was given a chance to rescue the King and he scaled the walls and was able to avenge Ser Gaunt by killing his killer Ser Symond Hollard. Barristan was able to rescue the King and escape Duskendale. With his hostage gone, Lord Darklyn surrendered.

After the Defiance, Aerys' vengeance was terrible and Lord Darklyn and all his family were executed along with anyone who had the name Darklyn or similar names. House Hollard was also executed except for Ser Symond's young nephew Dontos Hollard. House Hollard's lands were taken away with their castle torn down and villages burnt while Duskendale would be given to House Rykker. But the Defiance of Duskendale would be what caused Aerys to become the Mad King.

Now, House Rykker and Duskendale were one of the biggest supporters of the Resistance and had even given them the support of their ships and army which had been mostly destroyed at Anvil but now the rest of the Resistance had come to Duskendale to plan out what they were going to do next.

The town of Duskendale spread around the harbour and had cobbled streets, the gatehouse went into the market. The town was filled with septs and inns, the largest was the Seven Swords. The harbour is sheltered from storms by a rocky headland to the south of the town and there are chalk cliffs to the north of the town. The main road from Duskendale is the Rosby Road which connected the town to King's Landing. The lands around Duskendale had many small fishing villages which helped make Duskendale a great trade hub though not as big as King's Landing. The seat of House Rykker was the Dun Fort, a squat square stone castle with big drum towers and the town was protected by strong stone walls.

Arya Stark looked at what remained of the Resistance in Duskendale, very few soldiers had survived the attack at Anvil and now most of the fleet was gone. The Resistance only had a few ships left which included the King Robert's Hammer. Arya's sister Sansa then sat down next to her "You and the Resistance are very brave" she stated "Fighting Joffrey like that"

"But, Sansa we've lost almost everything at Anvil" Arya stated "The Resistance has lost most of its fighting force and navy. And most of our leadership is gone. Hayn, Civello and Servatius are dead."

"Even if most of the leadership are gone, the Resistance is still able to fight" Sansa stated "I never thought I would ever say this Arya, but I'm proud of what you are doing, I never would have been able to do what you are doing"

"And I doubt I would have been able to survive in King's Landing like you did" Arya stated

It was then that Arya spotted a few familiar faces; it was the Resistance cell she encountered at Maidenpool, the brotherhood. She spotted Beric Dondarrion along with Thoros of Myr talking and Thoros smiled when he saw Arya "Arya Stark" he stated "It's good to see you here, when we heard about Anvil, we were worried that you had died."

"I didn't expect to see you here" Arya stated "I thought you would still be at Maidenpool"

"We were but then Tywin Lannister marched from the Harrenhal with his entire army. He went straight for Maidenpool so we got everyone out of the town and fled here so that Tywin wouldn't get anything"

"I got killed and revived again as well" Beric added "Axe in the side" he lifted his shirt to reveal a scar in the side of his waist. "I heard about what happened at Anvil, I'm sorry but it sounds like there was nothing that could be done. Admiral Travis had you all where he wanted, he wanted to wipe the Resistance out in one fight"

"Of course some of you have made it out so the Resistance still lives on" Thoros stated

Arya sighed "We were so close, we were ready to strike at Sharp Point which would allow Stannis to sail into Blackwater Bay undetected but now there's a risk that he could get trapped from behind."

"I'm not so sure" Beric stated "Remember that Sandor stated that there were tensions developing between Travis and the King, so Travis' failure to destroy the Resistance may convince him to abandon the King"

Arya looked at the two of them and saw that the Resistance along with the Brotherhood were preparing the defences of the city so that they would be ready for a fight, they knew it wouldn't be long before Joffrey's forces came to Duskendale and they needed to be ready for a fight.

Inside the Dun Fort, Lord Renfred Rykker stood with Commander Carmalo Truiand and Captain Gepard Montrose; they were the only commanders of the Resistance left after Anvil where Itius Hayn and Giovanni Civello had died. Lord Monford Velaryon and his brother Aurane Waters were also in the meeting as they discussed what they would do next. After the defeat at Anvil, the rest of the Resistance had stayed in Duskendale to recover, Lord Rykker was loyal and refused to even think about handing the Resistance over to Joffrey, he even imprisoned his Maester for even suggesting it.

"We may have lost at Anvil but the Resistance is not destroyed yet" Carmalo stated

"We only have a few thousand soldiers left plus what Velaryon and Rykker have" Gepard stated "That is not enough to hold off an assault by the King's forces."

"The Dun Fort is a strong keep" Renfred stated "Duskendale has strong walls that have stood since the Age of Heroes, we can hold off an assault"

"We may be lucky" Carmalo stated "Most of the Wildfire along with siege equipment was used at Anvil so they may just try to blockade us in. And Martin is at Harrenhal, we'll just have to hope that he arrives to help us."

Then the door opened and Vierra Lerus, the leader of the scouts walked in "Apologizes but I have grave news" she stated "The Tyrell army is not far from Duskendale and they will be here within the day"

Carmalo looked at her "Do they have siege equipment with them?" he asked "Any catapults or trebuchets?"

"Not that the scouts could see" Vierra stated "We didn't get a good look, we were discovered, only a few of us made it out."

Gepard sighed "What do we do now?" he asked "We barely have any supplies and most of our ships are still damaged from Anvil."

"There is no way I'm surrendering" Renfred stated "If I'm going to die then I'll go down fighting"

Carmalo looked at Renfred "We have to get help" he stated "Send a Raven to Martin at Harrenhal, tell him that we're trapped here and we need help and you best tell him that the Stark Girls are here as well"

Lord Renfred nodded and he left the room to write the message himself, with his Maester imprisoned, he had to write the message himself.

King's Landing:

It had been many years since Tywin Lannister had set foot in King's Landing. The last time he had been in the city was when he had sacked the city at the end of Robert's Rebellion. This was to show his loyalty to King Robert and he intended to hand the Targaryen children to him, but instead they had been murdered which he did not like as it made him look like a murderer but there was little he could do. But Tywin was appalled by the sight of the city, even when King Aerys II ruled the city had some sort of cleanness, now there was filth all over the city and dead bodies rotting all over the floor. Heads were on spikes and the streets were almost empty with only the city Watch patrolling. He had never seen the city like this before but he knew that the city should not look like this, if there was an outbreak of disease then it would spread through the city fast because of the filth.

He soon made it to the Red Keep and entered the throne room where King Joffrey along with his small council stood next to the throne. Joffrey smirked as his grandfather entered

"Lord Tywin" Joffrey greeted "It is good that you have finally come to my city"

Tywin now had his first look at his grandson which he had only seen when Cersei brought him to Casterly Rock and back then, Joffrey was just a child. Now Tywin was concerned for the realm as he could see the same madness that King Aerys had in Joffrey's lone eye, he had heard that Joffrey had lost one of his eyes and it was now covered in a patch. Standing in front of the throne was another man who Tywin did not know; he seemed to be some kind of military leader but not a lord. He seemed to be in some kind of argument with the King.

"I will not give you my ships!" he hissed "That was never part of our deal!"

"You failed to destroy the Resistance!" Joffrey shouted "And now a good chunk of my fleet is gone so now you must make up for it Admiral Travis"

"And how was that my fault" Travis hissed "It was not my order for the wildfire to be used on the Resistance, it was your orders."

"How dare you speak to the King like that!" Meryn Trant snarled and began to remove his sword only for a few of Admiral Travis' men to place their hands on their swords.

"He is not my King!" Travis hissed "I'm not a citizen of Westeros, you invited me to deal with the Resistance and in return you would grant me the resources for my war against Slavery. But now I've come to question my decision, you act just as bad as the Slavers which I have fought for years. You insult me and now try to steal my fleet so now I see that you have just used me for your own game. Well I've decided that I'm withdrawing my aid, you can finish off this war without me, I'm going back to Essos to finish my war, if you follow me or try and stop me then I will kill those men, I've had years of training" And with that Travis Thresh left the throne room in anger with his men following him.

Joffrey turned to Andens "I don't care what he says" he stated "Take the men and seize the ships in the name of the King" he ordered

"As you command your Grace" Andens stated and then he left.

It was then that Cersei spotted her father "Father" she greeted "I heard that you had returned but my son was too busy at the moment"

"Too busy insulting our allies?" Tywin questioned "I know that man was Travis Thresh and now you've just cost us a valuable ally. We're losing this war and we need all the allies we can get"

"With your men along with Lord Tyrell's, we'll be able to defeat my traitor brother when he arrives at the city" Joffrey boasted

"Well we better get ready to start planning" Tywin stated "Martin is now at Harrenhal"

"And why did you let him take Harrenhal?" Cersei demanded

"Swyft lost a chunk of my army when he got captured when scouting" Tywin answered "And I did not fancy getting burnt alive by dragon fire like Harren the Black"

"Dragon fire!" snorted Joffrey "I've heard those ridiculous rumours, my brother can't have dragons"

"I'm afraid those rumours are true" Tywin answered "Somehow and I don't know how, Martin has hatch 5 dragons just like the Targaryens of old did, I saw them when I left Harrenhal"

Cersei, Joffrey, Tyrion and many others had looks of shock on their faces

Harrenhal:

Martin and his army stayed at Harrenhal in order to rest the men for the final march to King's Landing, Martin hoped that this march would be the final march towards King's Landing and then along with Stannis and Garlen, they would surround the city on every side and take the city and end the civil war. Martin now looked around the old ruined castle of Harrenhal, despite the castle sill being lived in over half the castle had fallen into ruin and every house that Harrenhal had been ruled by had died out since lady Whent had died during the war. 7 families had ruled Harrenhal in the 300 years the castle had been standing and all had died out and many considered the castle to be cursed. Even when there were families ruling they lacked the funds to run the castle and it was too costly to maintain a garrison which the castle held so half the castle was never used. Martin had plans for Harrenhal after the war, some said that the castle should just be torn down but the castle still had an important strategic location so Martin knew what he should do.

King Harren the Black had been fond of using bears to tear apart his enemies and there had been a large bear pit built in Harrenhal. When Martin had arrived there had been a large bear in the pit and the bear had been killed on Martin's orders since it was too dangerous to keep around. But now Martin watched as his five dragons all feasted on the bear corpse. The dragons had grown and were getting bigger and bigger, soon they would reach the size of houses just like the Targaryen dragons. This bear would be enough to feed the dragons for at least a week.

As Martin watched his dragons, his sister Alessia arrived along with Willas Tyrell, General Tullius and Randyl Tarly "Your Grace" Tullius greeted "We need to start talking about our next move"

"I'll meet you in the war room" Martin stated and then Tarly and Tullius left leaving Willas and Alessia with him as they watched the dragons feast on the bear

"Those dragons are such amazing creatures" Willas stated "Many stories were said about the Targaryen Dragons, many see them as beasts for war"

"Well I see them as great creatures" Alessia stated "Though if father was still alive he would hate us right now, he hated the Targaryens for what they did"

"Aerys II was mad" Martin stated "But history is never written in a way to defend those who were hated. History is written by the victors. Aerys II just went deeper and deeper into madness, I'm sure there were many more Kings just like Aerys II."

"And what about Rhaegar?" Willas asked "They said he was a great man, loved by the people but your father hated him"

"It's because he abducted Lyanna Stark" Martin stated "Though that may not be true, there are rumours that she eloped with Rhaegar, Eddard told me that she hated Robert, she saw him as a drunken pig"

"Well mother thought the same thing" Alessia stated "But I heard that Lyanna was a wild child and refused to be a lady. A bit like me and Arya."

Martin chuckled "I wonder what history may have been if the rebellion never happened?" he said

"That's a question we'll never know the answer to" Willas stated "Now we should plan our next move"

"You two go ahead" Alessia stated "I'll stay and keep an eye on the dragons"

Martin went back inside where he met with General Tullius along with Randyl Tarly and Ulfric Stormcloak.

"Now that we have Harrenhal, we just need to march along the Kingsroad to reach King's Landing" Ulfric stated

"This war is nearly over" Tullius stated "We attack King's Landing from the North, Stannis sails through the Blackwater and attacks from the south and east while Garlen and Loras lead their forces through the Kingswood and attack from the west."

"We'll surround King's Landing from all sides and we should hopefully take the city quick, I don't want a long siege" Martin stated

Randyl looked at the plan "We can do it but there is one thing we're forgetting, Loras and Garlen may have joined us but the main Tyrell army has joined Joffrey with Mace Tyrell and there army is somewhere in the Crownlands"

"And there is also the Sellswords that Tyrion warned us about" Martin stated "Stannis hates sellswords, they're loyal to nothing but gold but the Company of the Cat is one of the strongest companies out here"

But then Legate Rikke came in with a message "Your Grace" she stated "A raven has just come in from Duskendale, there's bad news"

Martin looked at his commanders and then he took the letter and read it, then his eyes widened in shock "The Resistance have failed in their mission to retake Sharp Point" he stated "It's still in the hands of my brother's forces"

"That means that Stannis will be detected when he comes into the Blackwater" Willas stated

"And there's more, the Resistance were ambushed at Anvil, they have mostly been destroyed, Commander Itius was among the deaths" Martin stated and sighed at the memory of Itius Hayn, he had been one of the best commanders that he had assigned as a captain of the city watch at King's Landing and one of the more popular amongst the people which was why he was the Resistance commander "And now the rest of the Resistance are trapped at Duskendale with the Tyrell army attacking"

"Well now we know where the Tyrell army is" Tullius stated "We can't risk marching to King's Landing as we risk an attack from behind"

"So we'll have to go and lift the siege of Duskendale" Randyl stated

"We will" Martin stated "And send word to Stannis and inform him of what's happened, he's going to have to retake Sharp Point before he sails into the Blackwater. And inform Garlen and tell him to wait, we need to arrive at King's Landing at the same time so we can surround the city"

The lords nodded and they went to get the messages ready to Stannis and Garlen while Martin's army got ready to march towards Duskendale.

Westerlands:

Robb Stark along with his army of Northern Lords were approaching Lannisport. Some of the lords had been sent back to Kayce to prepare the ships to attack Lannisport by sea while the other lords would attack by land. They were joined by the Third Legion and Daven Lannister's army. Some of the Northern were suspicious of Daven but he wanted to avenge his father which made him an ally against Reginald."

"I grew up in Lannisport" Daven stated to the Northern Lords present "I know what the city is like. Taking the city will not be easy, while the Lannister fleet has still not recovered from the Greyjoy Rebellion, the city watch of Lannisport is well trained and almost like a small army and Reginald will have them under his thumb, years of Ironborn raids have made the city have strong defensive walls which will be difficult to breach"

"Daven Lannister is right" Legate Constantius Tituleius, leader of the Third Legion stated "Those city walls are strong and won't fall easily"

"And there is something else" Roose Bolton stated "Even if we do take the city we still need to capture Reginald and he could always flee to Casterly Rock"

"I think I know a way to deal with that" Daven stated "Though it might not work, the staff of Casterly Rock still don't know that I've joined you and they know of Reginald's ambitions. I can tell the staff not to let him in"

"How do we know you won't just give information to them?" Rickard Karstark snarled

"Easy Karstark" Robb stated and looked at Reginald "But he does have a point, many of these lords still don't trust you"

"Well you can look at the message before I send it" Daven stated "I know that I'm a Lannister but Reginald murdered my father and he has to pay for it. He's also a traitor to the Lannister family, if he becomes Lord of Casterly Rock he could murder the others members of the true Lannister family to take over and that included my sisters Cerenna and Myrielle"

"Well we have to prepare" Robb stated "Soon Martin will be laying siege to King's Landing and this war will be over, we march to Lannisport and we better prepare for this battle, in all the other Battles we had we've had the element of surprise, but we don't have that here, they know we're coming and they will be prepared, when we get close we need to build a battering ram and catapults to attack the city, we need to take down those walls but remember, we're here to capture the city and capture Reginald, we are not here to sack the city so we will not be burning the city"

"Understood" the Northern lords stated, unlike other armies, the Northerns were honourable lords and did not agree to rape and slaughtering the populations of the places they captured

Northern Rivenspire:

After the Liberation of Northpoint, the forces of Countess Tamrith and Baron Dorell had marched west from Northpoint and captured the Lands of House Montclair, it had been a tough battle as just like at Northpoint, the soldiers had been mutilated and turned into dark creatures. Daenerys Targaryen along with Farengar and Jorah were in the command tent along with Baron Dorell and Countess Tamrith as they discussed their plans for the end of the war.

"Montclair stands not far from us now" Dorel stated angrily "But we are blocked and cannot get to him"

Daenerys looked at the two nobles "So what is blocking our way?" she asked "I'm not from here"

Tamrith looked at her "Montclair has barricaded himself inside the Doomcrag and to get to him, we need to go through the Shrouded Pass"

"The Doomcrag" Verandis groaned "I should have known he'll come here, this is where this all began"

"So this is where the relic is?" Farengar asked "The relic that cursed the Montclairs"

"It is" Verandis stated "My research tells me that this is an old Aylied Relic known as the Light of Life, stories say that it helped plants grow and healed illnesses. After the incident with the Montclairs, I discovered that the Relic had become tainted after a war between the Aylieds and the original settlers of the land and became the Lightless Remnant, a beacon of death."

"So what is this Doomcrag?" Jorah asked

"The Doomcrag is an old Aylied tower built during the time of the Aylieds before the Septim Empire" Countess Tamrith stated "The tower was part of the ancient Aylied city of Erokii, the largest Aylied city in the entire area ruled by Emeric. The tower was the site of their magic where all their magical experiments were done. Now like the rest of the city, the tower has fallen into ruins after the Fall of the Aylied Empire, the Shrouded pass fills with mist which makes everyone think the area is cursed."

"But to stop Montclair, we have to get into the tower" Dorell stated "But the way is blocked by traps which we need to disable to get through the tower"

"I might be able to disable the traps" Farengar stated "I know a lot about these magical traps"

"So it" Daenerys stated "We'll meet back here when we're ready"

Farengar bowed and left the tent while Jorah looked at Daenerys "So this is it then" he stated "This war is nearly over"

"And I might finally have a home to settle" Daenerys stated "All m life all I ever wanted was a place to call home. After Wilhelm Darry died, we lost everything, our money was stolen and we were kicked out of our home. We wandered from place to place being hunted from the assassins that the Usurper sent after us. We could never stay in one place for very long and when I did get a home among the Dothraki, I lost it."

"And I've heard that the remaining Dothraki are fighting each other." Jorah stated "Many of the Khals were killed at Vaes Dothrak and the Free Cities are even raising armies to take land from the Dothraki. This could be the end of the Dothraki as a threat"

"Well all I hope is to have a home here" Daenerys stated "And then I can finally live in peace without fear of being murdered"

Jorah nodded at her.

Meanwhile, the Dothraki members who had come with Daenerys were staying in a different part of the camp. Daenerys' 3 baby dragons were being cared by her handmaidens Irri and Jhiqui. Many of the Rivenspire soldiers were wary of the Dothraki as they knew their history but Rakharo was good at talking to the soldiers and had begun chatting with the soldiers. He also kept an eye of two of the older warriors, Malakho and Kovarro to prevent them from causing trouble.

But none of them had noticed that Doreah had wandered off to another part of the camp. To an area where no one would see her. Doreah waited and then a red robbed man stepped in front of her "Took you long enough Raven" she stated

"I had to wait for the right time" Raven Cameron stated "Daenerys was on the move a lot"

"And the foolish girl has no idea that she has a Mythic Dawn cultist with her this entire time" Doreah sneered "And I'm very good at getting information, these soldiers are no different from the people I met during my years as a bed slave, they talk when they see my breasts. And I'm good at my job, I just love the feeling of someone's hands on my breasts"

"Well maybe we'll have time for that" Raven smirked "But first, tell me how guarded the dragons are?"

"Irri and Jhiqui keep an eye on them when Daenerys is not around" Doreah stated "And Daenerys is often busy discussing with the other lords about their plans. Jorah is with her while Farengar is currently investigating the passage to find a way through the passage which will lead them to the Doomcrag.

"Well with Farengar gone, this is the perfect time to take the dragons" Raven stated "I'll be hiding in the camp and you give the order when you're ready"

"Oh I will" Doreah sneered and then grabbed Raven's hand and rubbed it against her breast "But first, maybe we should spend some time together, I haven't had anyone with me ever since Vaes Dothrak"

Raven smirked and then grabbed Doreah and took her to another part of the camp so they could have fun together.

The Vale: The Eyrie:

It was night time at the Eyrie and most of the guards had gone to sleep. Only a few were on guard and now Mychel Redfort along with the group he brought were ready to take the gates and open them for Yohn Royce's army. They first had to take out the patrolling guard with Mya quickly took care of by hitting his throat with an arrow and he was dragged out of sight. Then they had quickly taken care of the other guards and ordered Andar Royce and Harrold Hardyng were ordered to stand watch in case anyone else came. Symond and Mychel had then opened the gates into the Eyrie.

"It's done" Symond stated and looked at Mychel "Now give Royce the signal"

Mychel nodded and he took a flaming torch and waved it around in the air.

At the bottom of the Mountain:

Lord Yohn Royce along with Lady Anya Waynwood and Horton Redfort stood with their army at the base of the mountain. They knew that the Eyrie was built to be impregnable but hopefully Mychel and his group could open the gates to allow them in but they would still have to hold the gates long enough to allow his army to get in. Then Yohn could see a flaming torch being waved around in the distance. Since it was night time it was easier to see. Yohn smiled as now it was time to march and he turned to Lady Anya "It's time"

"It sure is" Lady Anya smiled "Soon this madness will be over and we will control the Vale again. But who will rule the Vale after we remove Baelish and Lysa?"

"I think we will let the King decide that when the war is over" Yohn stated "But now we must take the city"

"Then let's get a move on" Ser Brynden Tully stated as he arrived. Brynden Tully along with the Fourth Legion had been sent by Martin to help deal with the Civil War. He had also ordered Baelish and Lysa to be captured so they could face trial for their crimes. Then the armies of the Vale loyal to Martin marched up the Mountain road to the Gates of the Eyrie.

Winterfell:

Brandon Stark sat with Luwin and Dancia as they talked more about the history of the Septim Empire as Bran had developed a keen interest in that.

"The War of the Red Diamond was one of the bloodiest conflicts in the Empire's history" Dancia stated "It is very similar to the Dance of the Dragons civil war."

"So how did this War of the Red Diamond start?" Luwin asked "And why is it called that?"

"The war takes its name from the Amulet of Kings, the sacred Symbol of the Empire" Dancia stated "And it had a large red diamond in the centre. It is said that the story started when Kintyra II was crowned Empress. She became Empress at the age of 15 after her father Emperor Antiochus died. But Antiochus' sister Potema wanted the throne for herself and was banished from court after she called Kintyra a bastard child. She schemed with her son Uriel Septim III and gathered men loyal to them and attacked regions across the Empire. Kintyra was abducted and murdered early on when she was tricked into leading an army to the city of Glenpoint and was captured by rebel forces where she was then executed. Uriel then seized the Imperial city and crowned himself Emperor. But not everyone refused to bow and so the Civil war carried on. The loyalist forces were led by Kintyra's uncles, Magnus and Cephorus Septim. They led the forces loyal to Kintyra even though she was dead but they still had a better claim than Uriel Septim III. 7 years after the war began, 2 major battles took place, the Battle of Falconstar and the Battle of Ichidag. At Ichidag, Uriel's forces were defeated by Cephorus as his army was outnumbered; Uriel was captured and later killed by an angry mob while being transported for trial. But this outraged Potema who led the forces and defeated Magnus at Falconstar. Cephorus became emperor but his rule was filled with constant war, Potema wasn't yet defeated and was a powerful necromancer so she raised armies of undead to attack the Empire, eventually, 10 years after Uriel's defeat, Potema was killed at the Siege of Solitude, Cephorus died 3 years later and all his children died in the war, so Magnus became Emperor but the arrests that were made for criminals stressed him out and he died 5 years later. Then his son Pelagius III became Emperor and became known as Pelagius the Mad."

"The Mad Emperor!" Bran gasped "Was he has bad as the Mad King?"

Dancia shook her head "No" she answered "The Mad King suffered from paranoia which meant he saw enemies everywhere. Pelagius' madness was different as he often began to see things and act strangely. Eventually after he tried to bite a diplomat, he was sent to a mental asylum where he would die of a fever. His wife Katariah would rule until their son would become Emperor.

"That's quite a story" Osha the wildling woman stated

"Many books on the Septim Empire have been lost but there are a few that remain" Dancia stated "The temple of Kynareth here in the North has some books that we've kept since the Empire, protected them from the Faith of the Seven who would burn them to destroy the history they held."

"Do you think I could have a look at them?" Bran asked

"I can try" Dancia stated "But you must promise to look after them, these books have ancient magic used on them to preserve them, they are thousands of years old and could get damaged if they aren't handled properly."

Bran's mother Catelyn watched from nearby as she watched the talk between Bran and Dancia, Catelyn was very religious towards the Faith of the Seven but Bran was taking a bigger interest in the Faith of the Nine Divines. Her other children took more interest in the Faith of the Old Gods which were similar to the Nine Divines since Kynareth was viewed as one of these Old Gods since she was the goddess of nature. Only Sansa was interested in the Faith of the Seven but she couldn't force her children to worship the Seven, in the North, the Faith of the Seven was only a minority religion and only House Manderly worshipped the Seven. The Faith was looked down on by many houses such as Umber and Karstark so Catelyn couldn't do much. She was also worried as she had received a message from Harrenhal which said that her daughters were in danger. Sansa had escaped King's Landing and was now at Duskendale but the Tyrell army had laid siege to Duskendale. Martin had written that he was marching to Duskendale to save her daughters but when this war was over, Catelyn wanted both her daughters back home. Her family had been separated for far too long now and it was time for them to be reunited.

"My lady" came the voice of the Master of Arms Rodrik Cassel as he approached her and then he went on to greet Bran as well

"Ser Rodrik" Bran asked "What's wrong?"

"Guardsmen just rode in from the hills" Rodrik stated "There's an army approaching"

"Are we under attack?" Bran gasped in horror

"No" Rodrik stated and everyone sighed in relief "It's Theon and the First Legion, they seem to be marching to Winterfell with a few prisoners"

Bran looked at Luwin "Make sure the castle is ready for their arrival" he ordered "I want the castle to be organised when the Legion arrives"

"I'll get right to it" Luwin stated as he left the table to get the servants to sort the Great Hall out.

Beyond the Wall:

After surviving the Battle at the Fist, the Night's Watch and Dawnguard wanted to get back to the Wall. Many weren't too happy about having to bring the Wildlings with them but there was little choice as they had an army of nearly 100,000 while the Night's Watch only had a small force. Besides with the threat of the White Walkers real, they had to fight together in order to survive and the captured Wight would prove that the threat was real. The captured Wight kept flaying around and trying to scratch everyone so they had throw it into a large cloth bag.

Commander Mormont looked at Jon "Well I see that you, Serena and the Dawnguard Ollrod have returned" he said "But what about the Watchmen I set with you and those other Dawnguard members Lynoit and Haker?"

Jon sighed and he shook his head "They didn't make it, we were ambushed by one of those undead bears that killed Haker, Hark, Stonesnake and Barber." He said "Then to gain the Wildlings trust, we had to find the Horn of Winter where we were ambushed by the dead again. Qhorin and Lynoit died in the fighting"

"But you survived" Mance Rayder stated as he approached them "It shows that you have a role to play in the Wars to Come"

Isran looked at Mance "You've been fighting these White Walkers for some time" he stated "We saw that Valyrian Steel and Dragonglass can kill them. But how come those Wights collapsed when we destroyed the Walkers"

"There may be a connection between the Walkers and Wights" Mance suggested "Maybe those Walkers raised those Wights and since we destroyed the Walker, the connection was also destroyed."

"Well that is useful information" Mormont stated and then looked at King Kurog and Arenea "Strange, in all my years of being in the Night's Watch, I've never seen people like that"

"That's because we stay isolated" Kurog stated "We had our home in the Frostfangs but didn't get involved with the Watch, we spent most of our time fighting each other."

"And my people are very secretive" Arenea stated "We can discuss more when we return"

"Well we should hurry up" Mormont stated "At least our Wounded are better thanks to Florentius"

Sharp Point: Narrow Sea:

Stannis Baratheon stood at the helm of his flagship the Fury as it sailed towards Sharp Point. The rest of the royal fleet he had gathered sailed behind him. Stannis had received word that the attack on King's Landing had been delayed because the Resistance had been ambushed at Anvil and was now almost completely destroyed. With Sharp Point still in the Lannister Hands, Stannis had been ordered to capture the town in order to prevent an attack from behind and then he would sail into the Blackwater Bay and attack the city.

The Fury was a large three decked War Galley that had been Stannis' personal ship for years. The three decks had three hundred ores and a deck filled with Scorpions and catapults at the bow and stern. The ship had golden sails with the Baratheon Stag on, the only ship that Stannis had that was just as big was Martin's personal ship the Thunderstorm which Martin had given Stannis for the battle as was just as strong as the Fury. This ship had been Stannis' flagship ever since Robert's Rebellion, he had led the Siege of Dragonstone with this ship at the end of the war and it had been Stannis' flagship when he engaged Victorian Greyjoy and the Iron Fleet during the Battle off Fair Island during the Greyjoy Rebellion.

Davos Seaworth stood next to him as they approached Sharp Point "You really think we're ready for this?" he asked his lord

"We have to be" Stannis replied "Soon the war will be over and the rightful King will take his place on the Iron Throne. I just hope I can do my part and be remembered for it this time"

"What do you mean?" Davos asked

"During my brother's Rebellion, I held Storm's End for a year and would have died if it wasn't for you" Stannis replied "Ser Gawen Wylde and three other Knights tried to surrender and I had them imprisoned for it. And I never got any thanks for it and I failed to stop the Targaryen's escaping during the Siege of Dragonstone. Then during the Greyjoy Rebellion, I defeat the Iron Fleet but never got any thanks for it, the invasion went quickly because I defeated their fleet so they didn't have many ships to defend themselves with. And now I've been rewarded Storm's End and I never did anything"

"Martin always said that you deserve more than what you were given" Davos stated "That's why he gave you Storm's End, with Renly now dead, you are the rightful ruler of Storm's End."

The Royal fleet continued to sail towards Sharp Point and soon they saw the castle ahead but they saw a fleet waiting for them in the harbour and the lead ship had a golden hull "The Justice Stannis said grimly "Travis Thresh is here"

"Why aren't they getting ready to attack?" Davos questioned "Those ships should have been ready to attack by now"

Then Stannis saw one of the smaller ships sail forwards but it had the white Flag of Surrender "They're surrendering?" Stannis gasped "What's going on here, why are they surrendering?"

"I guess we're about to find out" Davos stated as the Fury sailed towards Sharp Point with the scorpions and catapults armed in case it turned out to be a trap.

Westerlands: Near Lannisport:

Robb Stark wandered around the camp, in just a few days they would be at the walls of Lannisport. If the plan worked, they would surround the city and capture it along with Reginald Lannister, even though Tywin was secretly on Martin's side, Reginald was not and they had been ordered to capture him since he had been plotting to overthrow Tywin and become Warden of the West. Knowing Tywin's past actions, Robb knew it was a bad idea to anger Tywin Lannister, they may not be able to capture Casterly Rock but they could capture Lannisport. Robb met up with his commanders to make sure that everything was ready and the siege equipment was being built so they were ready to attack the city. Greatjon Umber and his son Smalljon was eager for a fight along with Rickard Karstark and his men. The men of House Westerling were here as well while Tytos Brax had been sent back to Kayce to help lead the troops by sea alongside Roose Bolton and his son Domeric.

As Robb wandered around, his attention turned to the Healer's tent where he saw young Jeyne Westerling helping the sick and injured soldiers though since there hadn't been a battle for some time, there weren't many. Robb couldn't help but stare at Jeyne, she was quite pretty but Robb knew that he was meant to marry a lady of House Frey but he just couldn't stop thinking about Jeyne. He entered the tent and Jeyne didn't notice him as he began preparing some Healing supplies. Then she jumped in shock when she saw Robb "Forgive me Lord Stark" she stated "I didn't notice you were there"

"There's nothing to forgive" Robb stated "I was seeing if you were okay"

"Well I'm fine right now" Jeyne stated "Soon this war will be over and we will be able to go home"

Robb noticed that there was a bit of fear in her words "You sound like you don't want to go home?" he questioned

Jeyne sighed "My family is not in the best of positions" she stated "I don't have the best relationship with my mother as other people do"

"You don't like your mother?" Robb questioned

Jeyne nodded "M mother sees me as nothing but a tool she can use to gain power. She married into a noble family so she could lift her position and is one of the reasons why my family is looked down upon by others"

Robb looked at her "Tell me about your family?" he asked

Jeyne sat down on a chair and looked at Robb "House Westerling is an old family, we were petty Kings once during the Age of Heroes and a wealthy family, members have been in the Kingsguard for a few of the Targaryen Kings. We have remained loyal vassals of House Lannister for years but now most of our wealth and power is gone"

"How has it gone?" Robb asked

"Some of my ancestors haven't made the best choices" Jeyne admitted "Like many nobles families in the Westerlands, our families fortune comes from the mines but we mined our gold quickly and our mines were already drying up for years. As a result we ended up falling into debt and being forced to sell some of our working mines to pay off our debts. But during the rule of Baelor the Blessed, we faced fines for refusing to convert"

"You don't worship the Seven?" Robb questioned

"Our family has ties to ancient families from the ancient Septim Empire" Jeyne stated "As a result we worshipped the Nine Divines and have for years and refused to give up our traditions."

Robb smiled at her "It takes a lot of courage to defy others" Robb stated

"My father has been determined to regain the power he has lost" Jeyne stated "My mother just wants to use me to gain more power while father hopes to fix the damage. King Martin has agreed to return some of our land to us so we can rebuilt and give is protection from fanatics"

"Martin has always been one for Religious freedom" Robb smiled and then his smile fell "I just wish I could follow my heart but I'm promised to another"

"And who does your heart follow?" Jeyne asked

Robb smiled at her and before he could stop himself, Robb's lips were pressed against Jeyne's. Jeyne was shocked at that but then she melted into it.

"Lord Stark" a voice boomed and the two broke the kiss to see Greatjon Umber staring at them and then he smirked "I'll leave you two alone" then he walked away and then Robb and Jeyne stared at each other again and smiled before they kissed again.

The Vale: The Eyrie

Yohn Royce's army had entered the Eyrie undetected along with Brynden Tully and the Fourth Legion. With the main gate open, the army quickly advanced through the courtyard and caught the forces unexpected. But Baelish's forces had quickly sounded the alarm and been ordered to protect Baelish and Lysa. A small force of 2000 men led by Vardis Egen had remained to try and hold the army off but they were no match for Yohn Royce's army, Baelish's army had been reduced after the defeats at Gulltown and Strongsong so now Baelish only had around 10000 soldiers at the Eyrie but he could have held them off but he would no longer be able to since they had entered the Eyrie.

During the fight, Vardis engaged Brynden "I cannot believe you" Vardis hissed "Your forgetting your family's words, you're going against your family, Lady Lysa is your niece" he stated as the two of them locked swords together

"Lysa has betrayed her family and sided with a criminal" Brynden snarled "She is been declared a traitor for the murder of her husband, that means she is no longer family and by helping her, you are also a traitor"

"I swore an Oath of Lady Lysa" Vardis snarled "I will serve her" the two of them carried on fighting as the courtyard was filled with fighting as the soldiers fought each other. Vardis didn't notice his men being killed and then he swung too hard and Brynden stabbed him through the chest. Vardis looked at the blade in shock before he fell to his knees and his eyes rolled to the back of his head as he fell face first to the ground. As Vardis died, the rest of his men lost courage and ran, some of them surrendered and saw that the battle was over.

"Come" Yohn Royce spoke "We have to get to the throne room and all this madness will come to an end."

Meanwhile:

In the Throne room of the Eyrie, Lady Lysa sat on her throne breast feeding Robin as Baelish stood in front of her with Lyn Corbray next to her.

"They have breached the gates my Lord" Lyn stated "The army is inside the castle"

"How did they get inside?" Lysa demanded "The Eyrie is impregnable"

"They may have found a secret tunnel to open the gates" Lyn suggested "Our army is falling apart, we have to escape, we cannot stay here"

"But there is no other way out of here" Baelish stated "There is only one way in or out of the Eyrie, but I'm not surrendering"

"I wasn't suggesting that" Lyn smiled "I was suggesting that we fight and find another way out of here, we still have a few guards left."

But then there was banging on the door which then slammed open and Lord Yohn Royce entered along with the other Lords Decelerate and the Commanders of the Fourth Legion with Ser Brynden Tully. Lyn sneered when he saw his former Squire Ser Michel with them.

"So, the little boy survived" he sneered "I was wondering what happened when my men didn't return"

"I saved him" Mya stated as she revealed herself "I saw Mychel from your men and brought him to Royce."

"Well, I see you've gained yourself a lover" Lyn mocked "It's a shame no one will accept her"

Mychel didn't answer but then Yohn spoke up "Enough!" he snapped "It is over, Lady Lysa, Ser Lyn and Baelish, in the name of the Rightful King Martin Baratheon, I place you under arrest for your crimes against the realm and treason, now surrender"

"I will not!" Lysa snapped "I will not let you take my son's birthright"

"Lysa please" Brynden begged "End this madness, it's over, your armies have been defeated, your son will be allowed to remain Lord of the Vale"

"No!" Lysa snapped "They'll use him, they'll take my son's birthright, kill them, kill them!" I command it!"

It was clear that Lysa had snapped and gone completely insane but even so, her men drew their swords and then began fighting them, but they stood no chance against a much bigger force though Lyn Corbray was still an expert fighter and was able to kill several of his enemies until he came against his former squire Ser Mychel and then the two of them began fighting each other.

"I've trained you well boy!" Lyn mocked "But you are still no match for me" they fought against each other for some time until Mychel was backed dangerously close to the moon door which had been opened before the fight. Then Lyn knocked Mychel's sword aside and knocked Mychel down and stood above him with his sword raised "Goodbye boy, you were a good squire but your use has come to an end" but as he brought the sword down, Mychel managed to kick him in the arm which made him drop his sword. Lyn instead drew a dagger and prepared to stab him but then he was struck in the arm with an arrow which made him drop the dagger which Mychel grabbed and shoved it straight into Lyn's chest. Lyn gasped at this but then Mychel placed his hand of Lyn's waist and threw him off him which sent Lyn falling out of the Moon door. Mychel watched as his former trainer fell towards the ground and out of sight as he couldn't see him hitting the ground.

"Mychel" a voice called and he looked towards Mya who helped him up "It's over, we've won"

Mychel watched as the guards grabbed Baelish and threw him to his knees, he was more corporative since he knew it was over. But Lysa tried to fight the men that grabbed her and took Robin from her "No, give him to me!" she screamed "Give me back my Sweetrobin, he needs his milk" the guards took no notice from her as they looked at Royce for their commands.

"Throw Lysa and Baelish in the Sky cells" he ordered "As for the boy, keep him safe, their fate will be decided by the King when the war is over."

Mychel watched as the men dragged the prisoners away and he smiled as now the Civil War in the Vale was over for now as they defeated their leader and the remaining Houses that swore to Baelish would surrender. Mychel smiled as Mya wrapped her arm around him and leaned into his shoulder.

Crownlands: Sharp Point:

Stannis Baratheon along with Davos Seaworth walked through Sharp Point along with some of their soldiers. The soldiers at Sharp Point had stood down and surrendered as soon as they walked by which confused Stannis.

"Why have these soldiers surrendered?" Stannis questioned "I thought they would have been ordered to defend this place"

"I guess when we meet the leader we will find out" Davos stated

Soon the entered a room which seemed to be some kind of meeting room and a man who looked like he was the leader here looked at them "Ah, Lord Stannis" he greeted "I see you have arrived"

"Who are you?" Stannis demanded "And why did you surrender so quickly?"

The man looked at them "I am Admiral Travis Thresh, former assistant to Joffrey, but now I've had enough of him and his tyrannical ways so I've decided to change sides"

"This late into the war?" Stannis questioned "I've heard that you were responsible for the near destruction of the Resistance, how can we trust you"

"I'm not asking you to trust me" Travis stated "I just want to help the right side, as long as I get what I was promised, assistance for my war against the Slavers, Assistance that was promised to me but now I realised that they never planned to give me it. And there is someone here you can trust, someone who has been helping you, the man who passed messages onto the Resistance"

Davos and Stannis looked as another man entered the room and were shocked to see the Scared face of Sandor Clegane.

Duskendale:

The Tyrell army had surrounded Duskendale and had begun to attack the city. Lord Rykker had called all his men to the walls along with the remaining Resistance and they had begun to fire at the enemy soldiers. But even though a good chunk of the army had left with Lord Tyrell after he had been called back to King's Landing, the Tyrell's still had a larger army. The civilians had been evacuated to the centre parts of town to protect them while the archers defended the walls. Thankfully, the Resistance had been able to detach the Scorpions from the King Robert's Hammer and bring them to the walls along with some small catapults and they had taken care of the battering ram that the Tyrells had with them. Arya along with Anguy from the Brotherhood were helping the archers out. But despite what they were able to do, they knew they did not have long, Duskendale had a large population and there weren't many supplies left and soon they would run out of food. They also couldn't send a force out of the gates to attack because they would be outnumbered so the only option was to wait until help arrived.

Arya stood on the walls alongside Camarlo, Beric and Thoros "How long do you think we can last here?" Arya asked

"If the Tyrell army breaks through the walls then not long" Camarlo stated "The Southern Wall has taken damage from the rocks that hit earlier, if we're not careful then the wall could collapse and we'll be slaughtered.

"Can't we use the ships to escape?" Arya asked

"There's not enough space" Camarlo stated "Not enough for everyone here, there's too many Civilians who will be slaughtered for this, we can't leave them behind"

Thoros looked at them "I've looked into the flames for the answers" he stated "They told me that help would come for us"

"With luck Prince Martin will arrive" Beric stated "He was at Harrenhal before"

"But can he arrive in time?" Arya questioned "If the wall breaks before he gets here then there is no way we can survive."

Then what they feared happened, another rock from a catapult hit the wall near the bottom which created a hole and then a whole section of the wall collapsed leaving a gateway into the city. Lord Rykker saw then and yelled out to his men "All men, get to that breech, hold the walls at all costs"

Arya watched as the men from the city began running to the Southern Wall to defend the area where the hole had formed. Arya looked back at the Dun Fort "I'm sorry Sansa" she said to herself "I tried."

Arya looked at the Tyrell army which looked like they were ready to charge at the area where the wall had collapsed, but before they could, there was the sound of a faint war horn which got everyone's attention and they looked to the forest, then thousands of horse came charging from the woods. They charged at the disordered Tyrell forces and then foot soldiers followed, Arya smiled when she saw these new soldiers displaying the black dragon in a diamond shape on a red field, it was Martin and the Legions, they had arrived in time to save them.

King's Landing:

Tywin Lannister had been restored to his position as Hand of the King and he had called the Small Council to discuss the War. Tywin was in the small council chambers along with the King, Cersei, Commander Andens, Gyles Rosby, Varys and Bennard Brune had gathered in the Small Council chambers. Tyrion was also in the council chambers as well along with Lord Mace Tyrell AND Tywin's brother Kevan. Mace had been ordered to return to King's Landing with some of his men to defend the city, Mace had brought 25,000 of his men back and left another 15,000 left to attack Duskendale under the command of Lord Mathias Rowan.

"When Martin takes Duskendale he will come here" Tywin stated "We need every man we can get to defend the city."

"We have more than enough men" Joffrey stated "We have the Tyrells and Lannisters behind me"

"But not our full forces" Tywin argued "The Tyrells have brought 25,000 men while my forces only have 20,000, then we have the Crownlands forces of around 8,000 and our sellswords of about 5,000. That gives us 58,000 men."

"And how many does Martin have?" Cersei asked

"Martin has both the Second and Fifth Legions as well as half of the First Legion" Tyrion stated "That's 25,000 men alone. And he has at least 30,000 men from the Reach who sided with Garlen and Loras and maybe 25,000 men from the Stormlands under Stannis' command"

Tywin then looked at the map of the city on the table "Knowing Martin he will surround the city with his armies. What is the status of our fleet"

"Not good at all" Gyles stated "We hardly have any ships to take on Stannis' fleet, we lost a few when we tried to take Travis' fleet"

"And there's more" Varys stated "My little birds have told me that Travis was at Sharp Point and has handed the castle over to Stannis and has no sided with him in return for the aid we had promised him"

"And now they have another great commander" Tyrion stated though inside he was smirking, he had been the one to free Sandor and sneak him to Travis and help convince him to side with Martin.

Kevan looked at the map "Martin will be able to defeat Mathias' army at Duskendale and then he will march on the city" he stated "We will surrounded on three sides, Martin to the North, Stannis to the south and Garlen to the west. And we have no other reinforcements we can call upon, ravens from the West tell us that Lannisport is under attack so they are unable to reinforce us. Whatever happens, this will be the battle that decided the ending of the war."

"We still have some Wildfire in the city" Cersei stated "We can fire it at the armies"

This made some of the others groan in annoyance "That is a shit idea" Tyrion stated

"Tyrion is right" Tywin admitted though he hated to agree with his dwarf son "Our men will just panic and set fire to the walls, that is too risky, we'll have to find another plan"

Soon the entire council as arguing with each other on what to do though Tywin was happy, he had intended to hand the city over to Martin and end the war, even if he wasn't secretly supporting Martin, even he could see that this war was unwinnable for Joffrey, he had lost most of his support and now was about to be attacked by a large army. Tywin was prepared for the ending of the war which would come soon.

Winterfell: The North:

Bran sat in the Great Hall of Winterfell with Maester Luwin and Rodrik Cassel sitting next to him. Catelyn had gone to take Rickon to bed as it was now getting late. The three of them watched as Bran's friend Theon entered the Great Hall with a couple of Legion soldiers and three prisoners in chains.

"Theon" Bran greeted "It's good to see you here"

"It's good to see you too little lord" Theon greeted back "I'm here of Legion business, some of the men of the First Legion who remained here are stationed at Moat Cailin and Deepwood Motte to prevent them from being captured but the rest of them have returned to Fort Snowhawke, on my way I decided to stop off here in deliver a few prisoners we captured at Deepwood Motte."

Bran looked at the three people in chains "And who are these prisoners?" he asked

"Two of them are Highborn hostages" Theon stated "May I introduce Tristifer Botley along with my former Sister Yara Greyjoy. The other is one of my sister's lovers Qarl the Maid"

Bran was shocked that Theon was so willing to deliver his own sister as a prisoner "And why have you done this to your own sister?" he asked

"We are only related by blood" Theon replied "I haven't seen her since the Rebellion and the only time was when I returned to the islands. But it was clear that my father raised her to replace me and she supported father in his planned invasion. It makes it very clear that she is no alley of mine, we may be related by blood but I was raised by your father and I will follow in his ways, not the ways of the Ironborn which only bring death"

"So why did you bring them here?" Rodrik asked

"I thought it would be wiser to have them imprisoned here at Winterfell" Theon replied "Fort Snowhawke is still not fully complete and the dungeons still need repairing, it's too risky in case they escape and Fort Snowhawke is located near the coast so I didn't want them to escape."

"We'll imprison them here in Winterfell and have them under guard" Bran stated "But what will happen to the Iron Islands?"

"That will depend on what Martin orders" Theon stated "Most likely he will order the crush the Rebellion but be harsher to prevent further Rebellions. I don't really care what, that place is not my home anymore"

Then the Legion soldiers took the three prisoners to the dungeons where they would be kept until the war's end. Then Theon left with his men to go back to Fort Snowhawke and wait for further orders.

Rivenspire:

Daenerys had joined Dorell and Tamrith in the leader's tent after Farengar had returned from his mission. Jorah along with Skordo and Janeve were with them as the Farengar discussed his plans along with Verandis and Gwendis

"I have managed to unseal the doors using the runes in the chamber" Farengar explained "The runes showed the symbols of the 13 ancient standing stones and they had to be activated in a certain order according to a riddle that was etched in a tablet. It easy when you know what you're doing"

"So the way through is clear?" Dorell asked

Farengar nodded "Our army can march through, but there is a problem, Montclair along with his new friend have summoned an army of Daedra to fight including a Bone Colossus, that thing will tear us apart if we go at it alone"

"So we'll have to fight it together?" Tamrith stated

"It seems that way" Farengar answered

Daenerys looked at Farengar "Have you learnt anything about this new friend Montclair has?"

Farengar nodded "There was a bit of a journal left which explains that this new friend happens to be someone who we've encountered before, it was Raven Cameron, one of the Mythic Dawn's higher ranked members."

"This fight isn't going to be that easy is it?" Daenerys questioned

Farengar shook his head "I doubt it" he answered "We'll have to stick together if we're going to win this."

But then someone rushed into the tent and Daenerys turned to see it was Rakharo who had a look of shock on her face "Khaleesi" he said in Dothraki "There's been an incident at your tent"

Daenerys looked shocked and fearful "What kind of incident?" she asked back in Dothraki

Rakharo looked at her "You better come and see" he then left the tent and they went back to her section of the camp where it looked like there had been a fight "We were attacked" Rakharo stated "Some stranger wearing a Red Robe attacked us and killed several of your followers including Malakho and Kovarro. Then he entered your tent."

Daenerys had a look of fear on her face as her dragons were in there and she rushed into the tent where she saw Irri and Jhiqui lying on the ground. Irri had been strangled but was still alive along with Jhiqui though they both had bruises on their heads.

"Where are they?" Daenerys gasped when she saw that the rest of her tent had been smashed and her 3 dragons were gone "Where are my Dragons!"

Then a soft gasp came and Daenerys looked at Irri who was rest in her lap "Dorea" she said softly "She took them, she was working for them the whole time" then Irri fell unconscious again and Daenerys looked at Farengar and Jorah shocked

Duskendale:

Martin's attack on the Tyrell force attacking Duskendale came by surprise and the force had been completely overrun. Many soldiers panicked when the horses charged from the woods as they did not have time to form a defensive spear line and this allowed the horses to charged all around the Tyrells. When the battle was over, 8000 Tyrell soldiers were killed with another 3,000 captured. The remaining 4,000 had managed to flee south but their leader Lord Mathias Rowan was among those who were captured. Martin suffered less than 2,000 casualties in the battle.

Now that the battle was over, the bodies were being cleared up and burned while Martin and his leaders went entered the tent which had been the Tyrell leader's camp. They were joined by Lord Rykker, Camarlo, Beric, Thoros and Arya Stark.

"It's good to see that you're alright Arya" Martin stated

"It's good to see you too" Arya greeted back "Sansa's over in the city, alive but scared."

"Then we'll take her to Harrenhal where she'll be protected" Alessia stated "And now we can begin the march to King's Landing"

"We're about 3 days march from the city" Tullius stated "Stannis is at Sharp Point and will be able to sail into the Blackwater in 3 days, 2 if he has the wind."

"Make sure he does it in three days" Martin ordered "We have to arrive at the same time"

"Garlen and his forces are at Wendwater and it will take him three days to make it to the city as well" Randyl Tarly stated

"Well then, send the raven" Martin ordered "It's time for this war to end"

Tullius then looked at Martin "The army has gathered outside" he stated "I think you need to give them a speech"

"Our morale is high" Ulfric stated "But a speech never hurts"

Martin nodded and then he left the tent and saw his army had gathered. The forces of the Legions that were with him along with what remained of the Resistance and some of the Crownlands that had sworn to him "Men!" Martin called out "The time has come, the final battle awaits us, the battle that will decide the end of this war." He then looked at what was left of the Resistance "We haven't gotten this far without loses, the brave Resistance of the Crownlands fought bravely, their numbers may have been reduced but they still fight on. But even if we take loses we can still win this fight. We have three armies to surround the city and the enemy has nowhere to go, we have men on the inside that can help us." Martin saw that all of his soldiers were paying attention "Now this is our chance to end this war and end the rule of my tyrannical brother who is just as bad as the Mad King that my father defeat. Are you with me?" the men yelled in response to say yes "Will you fight" the men cheered again "Will we triumph" the men cheered loudly in response.

Then Beric smiled as he came into view and drew his sword "Long live King Martin Baratheon"" he yelled "The rightful King!"

All of the men began to cheer and chant his name, their morale was high and Martin smiled that his men were ready and they respected him and they didn't follow him because they feared him. When the cheering had died down, Martin's forces including the Legions, the remaining Resistance, Beric's brotherhood, Rykker's men and Randyl Tarly's forces all began to march south toward King's Landing, soon the war would be over and the Tyrant Joffrey would be replaced by a better King"

Lannisport:

Lord Reginald Lannister sat in his office in the Lannister manor house in Lannisport. This house was the largest building in Lannisport but it paled in comparison to Casterly Rock. This manor house was the seat of House Lannister of Lannisport and it was where they ruled the city. But they had to obey the orders of the main Lannister family of Casterly Rock, something which Reginald wanted to change. As a boy he had grown up in the shadow of Tywin Lannister. Everyone in the Westerlands feared him but also respected him in some way. Reginald knew that Tywin had a bad relationship with his younger brothers Tygett and Gerion but they wouldn't do anything against him. Reginald secretly conspired with other lords who wanted to see Tywin fall, many of them were the younger brothers of the ruling families and his plan to take over Casterly Rock had worked and he killed Stafford Lannister at Oxcross who was Tywin's brother in law. But then his army had been overrun and his companion Rupert Brax was killed. Rupert had desired to take over Hornvale from his nephew Tytos Brax. But now everything was falling apart and now he was surrounded at Lannisport by both land and sea. Daven Lannister had also told everyone that Reginald was plotting to take over Casterly Rock and now many other lords in the Westerlands had joined him. But that news hadn't reached inside Lannisport so Reginald's men still didn't know his plans.

Reginald was now talking to a man in red armour, this was Captain Vylarr, the captain of the city watch of Lannisport, just like the proper city watch at King's Landing that Martin had trained, these city guards were well trained fighters and were nicknamed the Red Cloaks due to their red cloaks of House Lannister "We hold the city at all costs" Reginald hissed at Vylarr "I don't care what it takes, I will not allow them to take the city"

"My lord" Vylarr stated "My men are brave but some are thinking about deserting, I've already hanged several of my men who were plotting to open the gates, there's talk that the war will soon be over and King Joffrey will lose"

"All treasonous rumours!" Reginald snapped "Hang anyone who even speaks of them, install Marshall Law, no one leaves their house while the city is under attack"

"Yes my lord" Vylarr sighed as he left

Reginald was all alone and he sighed, his plans were all falling apart as he knew that this war was over and his side would lose, Tywin knew what he had done and it was likely that he would lose his head and his family would lose control of Lannisport. Reginald remembered the Reynes of Castermere and how they had been wiped out and the same will probably happen to his family and he refused to just flee and live as an outlaw. But then he felt something strange and he drew his sword as he felt there was someone in the room and he turned and pointed his sword at a black robed figure.

"It's been a while Reginald" the man spoke. This man had a very pale, almost white face with long white hair that was wearing a crown made from bones. His robes had a red skull stitched on and he held a large staff made from bones with a skull at the tip.

Reginald sighed as he put his sword away "I haven't seen you for some time Worm King" he said "Is there a reason why you are here?"

The worm king smirked "You may be in luck, my Worm Cult are ready to reveal themselves, the Mythic Dawn revealed themselves when they destroyed Vaes Dothrak but they are nowhere near ready. Our attack will take out their armies and their king in one attack and we will use the chaos to start our invasion. The Lord of Domination demands it"

"And I will help however I can" Reginald replied

"Just make sure you keep up your bargain" The Worm King ruled "The Lord could just take your soul instead if you fail" and then the Worm King vanished into a portal leaving Reginald alone.

Chapter end:

Another chapter finished and now we're getting close to the end of season 2, just 2 chapters left. The next one will be the big battle of King's Landing which will be the main part of the chapter but there will be other little things. We will also learn more of the Dark Elves and some of Travis Thresh's past in the next chapter. This chapter took so long because of my exams and I'm sorry that it took so long to write but you hopefully won't have to wait as long for the next one.