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Coast of Asgard

Ironborn Ship

"So, tell me. How did you manage to get this far without the royal navy noticing?" Robert asked the squid tied up before him, while Davos' men were securing the ship.

"They did notice him and his ship, my lord, they just didn't do anything" Davos commented from behind, checking the railings to see what parts would need repair.

"What do you mean?" Robert turned back, puzzled.

"Three Velaryon ships saw him as they were heading towards us, but something happened and they turned back"

"Heh" chuckled the pirate, suddenly deciding to make a noise.

"So you aren't mute then. Bribing three ships just to target Sweet Mary would be foolish. If you were targeting other ships then you would be chased away as soon as the Velaryons heard about it and you wouldn't get your coins worth. Tell me why did those ships turn back?" Robert did not even want to mention the fact that anyone with a navy detested the Ironborn and wouldn't take a bribe like that.

The pirate decided to shut his mouth, once more refusing to speak.

Robert sighed in frustration.

"You know if you don't give me what I want you will die, right? But if you cooperate I'll just send you to the Wall, rather than turning you to fertilizer" Robert looked the pirate directly in the eyes.

"Fertilizer?" Naturally the stupid squid focused on the wrong part.

"Yes, fertilizer, when I feed you to my dragon and he shits you out" The pirate's eyes widened, gulping, evidently understanding the implication.

"The King gave the Ironborn permission to hunt and raid your ships" The buccaneer finally spoke, deciding that the Wall was better than being eaten by a dragon.

"Really? And how exactly do you know that since I doubt they would go and just tell it to everyone?"

While the Velaryon ships turning back rather than engage the Ironborn made sense if this was true, the Ironborn would have to be really stupid to just inform everyone of it.

"My brother sails with Lord Victarion, I heard it from him" The pirate confessed.

Robert groaned, rubbing his forehead.

Did that inbred moron really think this was a good idea? The Ironborn couldn't be trusted not to raid a ship and then claim they thought it was one of his ships.

"Why did that moron even trust you? I would sooner trust a venomous snake not to bite me than you lot with anything" Robert questioned the man, wondering just what made Rhaegar think it was a good idea to employ the squids in this fashion.

"That's all I know, he didn't tell me anything else"

Useless idiot.

"Have this man secured well, he will head to the Wall as soon as possible" Robert ordered, getting up while the pirate was taken away.

"So what do you think? We already have a ship for the trade fleets" Robert commented while Davos kept inspecting the ship.

"Yes my lord, but if we or the captains who work with us run afoul of the Ironborn we won't be able to build anything" Davos was sweating the entire time the Ironborn chased them and he knew they were lucky to outrun those bastards.

Everyone knew the stories of what Ironborn did to the crew after a raid.

"We will see if they are brave enough to repeat this when they see a dragon escorting the ships" Robert grinned.

Maybe they would be generous enough to donate their ships to his cause.

With a bit of convincing of course.

Davos inspected the ship and gave him the good news. It only needed some surface repairs and would be good to sail.

The oarsmen were another problem though. They had stayed below the deck during the fight, not willing to face the dragons, and surrendered upon realizing they were outnumbered.

Which meant more Ironborn for the Wall.

Maybe he would do the world a favor one day and send all of them there to freeze their bits off.

Next order of business was the Ironborn that jumped out of the ship. If they managed to swim to the land he would have to deal with hunting them down in the forest, meaning they would have to be killed while they were in the water.

Which did not take long with a dragon.

Davos had already put a skeleton crew on the Ironborn ship to sail it closer to the coast, while Sweet Mary was busy offloading its cargo and workers, who immediately went to set up tents and fires to cook.

Fed and rested after a week in the ship, the work began in earnest. Robert helped too, taking an axe to chop down the trees to make a clearing.

They stopped before the sun went down, having taken down two dozen trees and went to dinner.

The next two days were spent like that, before it was time for Davos to depart with the newly named Prize, heading back to King's Landing to bring more workers and provisions, repair the ship and hire sailors, as well as find someone from the North willing to take the Ironborn prisoners heading to the Wall.

Robert would be escorting the ships to ensure Ironborn did not try anything again.

King's Landing

One Week Later

The ships, whether royal navy or merchant in origin, were surprised to see an Ironborn ship here, especially with the dragons escorting it.

While surprised, they weren't worried, after all, not even the Ironborn would be stupid enough to attack here, not with one ship anyway.

"AHOY THERE!" The captain of the royal navy ship called out to Sweet Mary. Davos steered the ship closer to avoid having to shout so loudly.

"Yes captain, how may I help you?" Davos leaned on the railings, locking eyes with the captain.

The gray haired man narrowed his eyes, slowly drawing his sword " I know you, you are that smuggler, Davos. And you came up to me all on your own"

"I am no smuggler Captain. I am a loyal knight serving Lord Robert Baratheon" The name made the captain hesitate, and as if Robert heard him the dragons passed over the ships.

"The Ironborn ship, why is it here then?" The captain slowly sheathed his sword, watching the dragons warily.

"It has been seized by Lord Robert"

"Have its sails changed, it makes people nervous" The captain told Davos before ordering his men to dock the ship.

"We will do that good captain" Davos replied, heading back to the helm, steering the ship to the closest empty dock.

While Davos was busy with the ships and the supplies, Robert flew back to Asgard, taking the same route back to check for any more Ironborn activity.

Landing back at the construction site, he went to check on their progress. The foreman he had left in charge was doing good work, as there was a noticeable clearing in the forest now.

Next group of workers Davos was bringing would be carpenters and builders, ready to use the trees they felled to make log cabins, and while Robert enjoyed camping, it would be nice to sleep in an actual bed again.

Davos returned with two ships full of workers, tools and provisions and most importantly, with no pirates chasing him this time.

Yay.

Interesting thing though was Davos' wife, Marya, as well as his two sons Dale and Allard were with him, coming down the ramp.

Robert was sure Davos wouldn't bring his wife and children from their relatively cozy home to a city not yet built without a good reason.

"My lord" the man bowed his head, looking quite unsure.

"Davos, what happened?" Robert asked the smuggler turned knight, though he already had an idea.

"There were men watching my house my lord, they didn't do anything but I was worried and brought my family here" Davos explained, knowing just how dangerous the Flea Bottom could be.

"You did good, but this is no place for children. Perhaps we should send them to Storm's End with your wife, where they can be safe and your boys can learn their letters from Maester Cressen" Robert offered an alternative.

If they had lodges built he would have already accepted them in, but the idea of children in a construction zone was begging for a disaster.

"Thank you my lord" Davos said, once again taken back by Robert's generosity.

"And Marya I apologise for this, it appears we got you and the children mixed up in our business"

"Think nothing of it my lord, I know the dangers that came with my husband being a smuggler, this is nothing" Marya said, gently grasping her husband's hand.

Robert smiled at this. In his opinion, these small moments were what separated a good wife from a bad one.

"All right then, let's find you and the children a place to stay while Davos and I talk business. You can head to Storm's End soon as the ships are free" Robert turned around, the family following.

"I also have some other bad news my lord. Some of the merchants are demanding higher prices for their goods or they won't sell. From what I heard someone has scared them from doing business with you."

Davos spoke to the merchants about it, but while some had confessed they had been warned, none of them gave any names.

"It's either Rhaegar or Daeron being a nuisance or Tywin Lannister getting revenge. Either way I know just what to do" Robert narrowed his eyes.

They weren't going to like his response at all.

"Anything else, Davos?"

"No my lord" replied the man, puzzled at his claim. Had King Rhaegar not given him a mountain of gold as a reward?

"Good"

Ships were emptied of cargo and were already sailing to Storm's End and then King's Landing.

Robert had written a series of letters, one to his father and family, one to the Targaryens and another one to Tywin Lannister, the Hand of the King.

Storm's End

Lord's Solar

"Come in" ordered Steffon Baratheon without lifting his eyes from the ledgers on his desk.

"Father, there are ships heading here but their sails have no marking" Stannis reported as he entered, closing the door behind him.

"Hmm, ready the men, we will meet them and see what they want" Steffon got up, wondering who they were.

While ships that needed immediate repairs or were going to sink docked near the Storm's End for help it was rare as they did not want to risk the Shipbreaker Bay.

A hundred men waited near the shore as the small ship approached while the larger one hung back.

Lord Steffon did not want to take any chance in case they had ill intentions.

Soon the ship was close enough for him to see its captain, a man with brown hair and eyes with the wear and tear of the sea evident on his face.

"Lord Steffon, I am Ser Davos and I bring letters from Lord Robert, may I land to present them?" the man said, waving a letter.

"Why did he send letters instead of coming himself?" Steffon wondered what his son was thinking.

He literally could be here on dragon back before noon if he left in the morning.

"He is busy with the city, my lord and I was heading to King's Landing, he apologizes for it" Davos explained the situation.

"You may land then Ser Davos" The Lord of Storm's End ordered the men he brought to stand down, while the ship laid down a gangplank for Davos to disembark.

Bowing before the Lord Paramount, Davos handed him the letter.

Curious as to its contents, Steffon opened it instead of waiting until he was on his solar with his family.

"Hey Dad.

I know we are closeby and I could be there really quick with the dragons, but planning and building a city is time consuming, though don't worry, I'll be back soon enough to gray your hair more.

Moving onto business, I need your help with a matter. Someone in King's Landing was targeting his family and in the interest of not wrecking the city while hunting down the ones responsible, I thought his wife and children could reside in Storm's End until Asgard can afford to house families.

Yes by the way, I named the city Asgard, I'll tell you all about it later if you are curious.

Also, if you could give Davos about a hundred thousand gold from my coffers and send him on his way to King's Landing that would be much appreciated.

Now that business is done, how are you doing?

And most importantly, have you stopped grumbling about Stannis wanting to marry a Reacher?

If not then please ignore this part.

I am sure at least mother and grandmother are pleased about seeing Stannis wed.

Speaking of mom and grandma, how are you two doing? Set up a date to marry my little brother yet ?

As for Renly, you are still too young to get a dragon, but I am sending you two friends, Dale and Allard, Davos' sons.

They are good kids and perhaps you won't be so spoiled with two humble friends like them around.

That's all from me, I'll see you guys soon.

Love you all.

P.S: Speaking of friends, can you guys make sure Dale and Allard learn from Maester Cressen? I promised their father as much and who knows how long it will be until I get a Maester here.

Steffon just groaned at his son's antics.

"Well then, bring your family in, Ser Davos" Steffon wasn't going to deny his eldest's request, and perhaps he would be right about Renly having friends.

"Many thanks, my lord" Davos gave a quick bow, hurriedly turning back to get his family. This felt like a load off his shoulders.