With the royalist army defeated , wounds were treated and oaths were sworn. The army grew to a massive 80000 men finally moving towards king landing. As Robert Baratheon was to injured to move the rebel alliance whoever decided to move towards kings landing where when they arrive tywin Lannister were waiting for them. The mad king was dead, and King landing was pillage and raided by the Lannisters.
The word peace were suddenly realized by the people after a year of rebellion. Robert Baratheon the first of his name became king of the first men and the andals. The army was disbanded and the lord's were given orders to bend the knee. all soon all the lord's came and bent the knee.
Steel on the other hand were given rights as a lord in the north with his contribution were given the tittle the daimyo of the east and his words We are the daimyo were instilled in the north. He was given a choice and he bent the knee for now for he knew it was not the time to be independent with all this Lords.
Steel became close friends and allies of the boltons with a field army of 6000 men they became one of the new great houses of the north. He was given his own lands and tittle, he his castle became know. as samsara castle , in which terms wheee the dead howls.
As Steel and the Bolton's and their bannermen reach their land Roose who in turn prepared a feast when they got to dreadfort. From there he explained the history of the Bolton's who in turn steel also explained the history of his lands. They were both in line with each other history being ruthless. They in turn signed a secret pact with each other promising to help each other.
As steel landed in his lands they were greete celebration, everywhere his lands we're celebrating. He started to manage his wealthy land. He also started a trade agreement with the Bolton's helping them in their endeavor to become a more powerful house. They began trading knowledge and supplies with each other. The bolton bannermen also profited from this endeavor.
Steel looked at his lands there were farmlands and mines of every kind in his lands. He started his administrative duties and made his land filthy rich and prouperous. He also helped his Bolton alliance with trade. He started building ship wright and ships to began trading with other lord's.
years go by.... after the greyjoy rebellion.
The greyjoy rebellion was put down quickly and indiscriminately. Steel once again supported Robert Baratheon.... after that...
As the Bolton's and their banner men with Steel was prospering. The art of Bushido became part of the old gods and the seven. It became intertwined with the westeros religion. The art of Bushido the art of war was accepted by the sevens and The old goods, the citadel masters also sent one of their men to become maesters of the new House of Daimyo.
Steel was visiting his lands when a raven came and informed him of Roose Bolton's intentions and some of his bannermen might arrive at his bay of summer. He called it because even though the northern climate was harsh it did not effect his land like it was magically inclined to stay as summer even though winter come and goes it was still as summer in his lands. The little filj in his lands called it summer even though it was winter because everyone in his lands we're warriors and did not care about the weather. spring, summer fall, they were content and committed to their daimyo or lord.
Steel began trading rice wine or sake , glass, grain , food , male up and anything in between that can be traded,. He even beat white harbor in trade as the foreign materials were hard to reproduce. His lands we're wealthy and the little folks were dedicated to him making his lands the most loyal and prouperous land in the north. Trade everywhere has been going on for years and the surplus of coin he has given or started a new project in his lands.
The Bolton's who their closest ally were taught the trade of trading in which term they give discounted prices to them for trade with other lord's. The Bolton house and the steel house has grown closer throughout the years now both 18 steel and Domeric Bolton has an everlasting friendship.
Both looked at each other as equals as friends and almost family.
POV Roose Bolton
The ship landed in Bay of summer and he could see the bustling popolace of the place. It seems that the population here is unaffected by the northern climate. The Bolton's and the samurais developed a reputation during the war with the Targaryens. Hated by many envied by all they have become the second and third houses to rival the starks.
Both paid massive amount of taxes to the starks but even though they were filthy rich. The Bolton men got along with the samurai and vice versa the samurai got along with the Bolton's.
Roose Bolton got off the ship greeted by Steel and an entourage if samurais. They were warmly welcome even the little folks welcomes them with open arms shouting and throwing flowers at them. The Bolton men and the samurais developed brotherly loved for each other during the war. The Bolton's ad their bannermen with steel became a close knit group of people in the north having their own group of people.
Roose Bolton, Domeric Bolton and the bannermen that came were so warmly greatest that they all smiled. Some even waved at the commoners which in tailed the small folk got louder and soon a celebration ensued without warning
It was Roose Bolton's first time feeing accepted, the people here did not fear him but regarded him as a mighty entity. The people were loyal and dedicated to the martial arts tradition of win at any Cost, spare no enemies. The little folk were as ruthless to others as their samurai counterparts but treated allies as genuine friends.
Roose saw his allowed himself in his convenience to be pampered by the people. cold as he is the people did not mind even respected him more
Roose Bolton soon walked towards steel as they shook hands and hugged as brothers.
The celebration went on for 3 days and nights and finally in the 4th day the group moved on.
Roose Bolton's first impression was these people are loyal, the lands are rich and the house is prosperous. He was given a tour of the lands and his projects and future projects the land was self sufficient. With the trade with the eastern house daimyo the Bolton lands weee prospering and he could in turn invite more soldiers and train more men. Both houses we indeed like brothers in arms, both notoriously infamous in the north.
Roose Bolton wanted more of the trade he was getting and Steel happily supplies him with more ships and money. In turn Roose Bolton and Steel lands we're becoming one of a kind intertwined. Their small folks began moving though out the lands making new villages and towns. Roose Bolton lands also became more fertile with the help of Steel helping them introducing new ways to farm and mine. The Bolton's have mines and some farms before now it's booming,. as more and more mines were found. Silver and copper mines, some small gold mines and plenty of iron ore.
The trade between them has become so good that they opted a trading company between the houses. beating any major house in trade and economically becoming self sufficient again and more as both houses seized the opportunity to trade beyond anywhere.
Fishing villages were establish coast to coast and trade with whoever were accepted, even with pirates as long as they don't attack their vessels they were willing to trade even accept them in their army. Many pirates flocked into a wealthy house and then discplined and restrained. As they traded with whoever they discovered who where and how the others were trading and started looting their cargo as they reach the sea.
The crown in dept and the eastern side of the north becoming more prosperous were given a. heavy tax but that did not stop the wealth from flowing in. Gold, silver, copper, glass, wine, vodka , sake. everything was traded by means of honest or unjustly means. smugglers came to the land and smuggles goods throughout the land, papers were altered to pay for the heavy taxes but the popolace remained loyal to the daimyo as they were making money by any means we're allowed. The small folk paid their dues andnthere were no questions. The rest were pocketed and/or donated to the daimyo.
Steel pov
Steel made his spy network work with the Bolton's, his spy network were deeply entrench in his lands making it hard for spies to conduct their activities.
They also kept tabs on the local population and how much people were earning but they did not interfere. His lands became a den of thieves smugglers and pirates but they were loyal to him as he one joined he subjugated them and others he destroyed and made an example. Murdering and massacring whole contingency and families. His order was absolute in his lands and everyone was loyal not just out of fear but out of admiratioon