"Okay breathe deeply and do it" I'm looking at a rock in front of me is a chunky one a little smaller than a cart and will it to rise from the ground, and it does, the rock is floating in front of my eyes, I'm moving it, side to side, with MY MIND.
"FUCK YES, BITCH." I scream.
DAMN, I'm so excited!
I needed to punch something and I did the rock, It was stupid but I was very excited.
"AHhh, shit" I scream again.
Yep, I'm not made of metal, the rock just fell by the side to the ground.
Barley two hours in Planetos defeated by a rock, and yet I'm laughing like a manic.
I start trying my other cantrips, and man does it feel wonderful, it's just incredible to create plant life like flowers with Druidcraft and set branches on fire with Firebolt the exhilarating feeling of the fire leaving your hand is just something else.
"Okay, I need to calm down a little" I feel like a 10-year-old that my parents just told me they are moving to Disneyland.
"Okay, what do I need?" I think aloud.
"I need to find where I am and when exactly I am." I look around and there is no landmark around, just woods.
And then I need a plan, where I want to plant my roots and how much I will change that place, I guess the answer is kind of obvious, the Starks in the North is the best solution, not the ideal but the best I have in Westeros at least.
Okay, what are the pros of the North, I will not have a mob trying to burn me just because I have magic, they probably treat me with some distrust and fear, being an outsider and all.
That can be fixed in the rebellion, fighting side by side with the northern lords and healing their soldiers might quell that, saving lives always gets the goodwill of people.
The WALL, I have to go there anyway to gain my boon, And beyond it, there are some interesting animals that I want to see.
The Starks, Being under Eddard Stark is a pro and con because of his honor.
This means I will not be stabbed in the back while walking in his hall and assassins ain't coming from him but he might frown on any dishonest or dishonorable methods I apply, so a degree of discretion will be necessary.
It's quite poor so any improvement I make will be quite relevant, is not a question of another loaf of bread on the table for then but do we eat this winter or not and it's fucking big as well so there probably some keep without a lord where I can turn into an arcane tower for myself, and I like the cold.
the cons of the place? Well, it is a poor place, so anything I need, even with the Stark support might take some time or I won't get it at all, after all, why would anyone need a basilisk or a wyvern,
There is the threat of the Boltons and his lot but that can be solved by removing them or making sure that the north is never vulnerable to the point that the Boltons rebel,
Is a really big place and has no infrastructure so is going to take time for anything else to move, I can fly other people no.
Ned and Robb do make some very questionable decisions, Maybe I can influence them to think a little more about the consequences of their actions and who to trust as well, and there's the problem that I'm just assuming that my knowledge is enough to help, I have an idea how a lot of things work, making them is very different.
And there's the South, everyone's hobby is scheming, and their religion is against magic so I'm expecting the Westerosi Inquisition, the Citadel, and their Maesters will be a bigger problem because they do have more influence there, especially the Reach.
I don't trust any of the great houses of the South they are too involved in the game, they are ruthless, have no mercy, and are not passive as the Starks, the worse of all they are unpredictable, if I end up in Kings Landing I will be fucked because I'm planning something that maybe will piss off Cercei.
Essos is too far away from the wall, I prefer to have a hand in the fate of the white walker, the ideal? they died before the wall fell, Im afraid if I am in Essos the people in Westeros will not be able to stop them, and if the white walkers gain too much momentum I'm afraid not even the Narrow Sea will keep me safe.
So yeah, the North with all its problems will be a safer bet than the rest, to be under the Stark roof will give me some peace of mind, even if I have to fight for that roof to keep standing above our heads.
Well, my destination is somewhat clear now I need to know where I am.
I go back to the mud path and start walking again, ten minutes into walking I smack my forehead.
"Why the fuck am I walking."
Okay, must be like any other spell I tried right?
Concentrate, will it and it happens, but what will I turn into...wait, can I turn into a dinosaur? I saw Jurassic Park so does it count as an animal I've seen? time to test it out.
I have a clear image of a pterodactyl and I imagine turning into it and I start to change but then, it flops.
Maybe it doesn't exist in planetos, or just seeing it in a movie is not enough maybe I have to see the real thing.
"Let's try something else, a mammoth, I know they exist here, and I see movies where they appear, let's try it." I think out loud.
I grow a little bigger and a lot of furs appear but it also fails. Huh, I have to go north if I want a mammoth I guess, Well let's try something more common, an owl will do.
This time I start to shrink, red feathers appear on my body and clothing, my fingers fuse and talons grow on my feet, a beak appears and my eyes become bigger and golden.
The transformation takes a minute and a half but now I am a fire-red owl, strange, not Very discreet, and not the colour I wanted but fucking beautiful all the same.
Let's hope it comes with autopilot. It kind of does, It's instinctual to flap my wings and go for the sky, and oh boy is something else, the vastness of the sky is something as exhilarating as using magic
OK focus, I need to find a place to find out where I am" An hour and a half pass until I see a small village, I go land some distance from the village and turn back into my tall self, and I start to walk to the village.
The village was what you expect of a small medieval village, shit, and I was being literal over here, shit mixed with mud outside on the "road" The houses are small and not well made.
But what is strange is that probably 100-something villagers live here, and yet there's no one working or outside their houses or going on their days, not suspicious at all.
I get a glimpse of people looking out their windows or shadows under some doors, There is one two-story building that seems quite lively, and I direct myself there.
Well, it's not like I have many choices, what I'm going to do? kick someone's door down and scream "TALK TO ME, PLEASE!".
When I hunch over the door to enter what I think is an inn, I see inside a group of six good westerosi citizens, that meaning ugly, looking mean, stupid, and of course unwashed.
They are sitting on the tables by the fireplace that has a coat of arms on it, There is a flock of ravens surrounding a black shield charged with a weirwood, on a scarlet field.
I am far from a specialist on the game of Thrones, so I have no idea which house is that, but it does have a weirwood so maybe a house close to the neck, on the other side of the room behind a counter there is a classic balding, bearded innkeeper complete with an apron and sweating like he was in a dornish day, he looks quite pale as well, I'm not gonna stay here looking like an idiot so a go one of the tables and sit there.
when I entered the day was waning and giving place to the night so the inn started to darken, As I entered, the sunlight was not the only thing that darkened.
The mood of the group by the fireplace grew more serious as well, they carried some weapons with them, three clubs a spear resting on the wall behind one of them, and the other two were carrying daggers.
Now that I am analyzing them, I see a girl around sixteen on the lap of one, with brown hair that goes to her shoulders and light brown eyes she has a common beauty to her, she doesn't look comfortable at all, and that's Westeros for you.
The innkeeper interrupts my mussing with a "W-welcome milord, what would you like this fine night" he speaks shakily.
Under the table I wave my fingers and cast detect thoughts for the first time, What I get is "Maybe he can help us with that".
The innkeeper was starting to get more nervous because I was just staring at him but I said
"Something to drink and some information would be great, my good man"
"I will bring something right away Milord" As he leaves I direct my gaze to the group on the other side of the room trying to pick something.
"Fucking lordling come here thinking he owns the pla.."
"That sachel of his might fetch a good price if I...
"Where are his bootlickers a lord travelling with no servants..." This one seems less moronic.
"I will look great with that cloak on me..."
"Hurry up fucking idiot I want my turn with her..."
The last one was filled with lust and thoughts of what he would do, The girl was thinking about a meadow filled with flowers and a black-haired boy with blue eyes, her sweetheart perhaps, she was in her happy place.
The innkeeper returned with a cup with some brown-yellow liquid some bread and dried meat.
"There you go Milord the best I have in here," he says cleaning his hands on the appron.
"Good, sit with me," I say
"Is not proper for me to sit with you" he answers me.
"I decide who is proper to sit on my table," I nod to the chair in front of me"Sit."
He does so, and I push the plate to him, Time to fish information.
"Eat...You have a rat problem in your inn" he almost choked and I sensed through my spell his nervousness
"Six of them to be precise and they are quite bothersome, Do your Lord simply let such a pest run around in his land?"
"No milord, the Blackwood's are good to us, smallfolk." he starts.
" When Lord Tully called the banners, after Seaguard was attacked by the Greyjoys, many of our men were called for the war,"
And when we can't protect ourselves the r-rats come," he says with a heavy breath.
That gave me some good information, The rebellion already started, Lannisport was already burned and Seaguard already repealed the Greyjoy attack.
So probably Stannis and the Redwine fleet are engaging the Greyjoys, I just need to find where they will be rallying and go there.
"The girl is..." I ask
"My daughter Milord, she's six and ten, She is to marry a man of the village but he's marching to war now, carrying the Blackwood banner."
The dude went into war literally carrying a red flag.
"Please, Milord if you have some mercy, please h...." he's interrupted by one of the men the one with his daughter in his lap.
"HEY you should be serving us, stupid fuck" he shouts across the room as the innkeeper sighs and starts to get up I say.
"I have an offer to make you, I have no coin, but I do need I room for the night, I deal with your rat problem and you deal with my accommodations sound fair?"
"There are five of them, I'm not sure milord," he says
"I am" I retort, I have use for them after all.
He looks at me and at his daughter who is being molested by one of the men and nods, By this point detect thoughts have faded but I can feel the anger the frustration, and the shame.
"We have a deal then, I will take your daughter from then, you will leave the inn with her and close the door, and when I'm done, I will call you." he swallowed and nodded.
"HEY YOU CUNT ARE FINISHED SUCKING THE GINGER CO..AGHHH"
He choked as I used telekinesis to grip his throat, as his hand went from the daughter to his throat I used telekinesis again to push her to move.
I got up and walked to them carrying the cup the innkeeper gave me, as I passed by her I said "Go to your father girl" and then louder to the group
" Friend, you seem to be choking on something, your arrogance perhaps, here Maybe a drink will help."
I throw the liquid on them, and at this point the one I'm choking passes out, I hear the door banging on my back and the group of now five got their weapons.
"Now, now there is no need for all of you to die, Just drop your weapons and leave and I will let you live."
Of course, they made the wrong choice as they started to charge me, I threw at them five blindly brilliant balls of light using dancing lights.
"AHhhA FUCK HE BLINDED ME, MY EYES!" one of them screamed as thrashed around.
As they are occupied with their eyes, I use telekinesis to pull their weapons from them and gust to push them into the wall, As they try to get up I use telekinesis once more to throw the five of them onto the ceiling and hold them there.
When I try to do the same to their pass-out friend he just flops on the floor it seems that five is my limit of creatures I can affect.
"Now that I have your attention, let's talk," I say calmly as I put dancing lights around the inn.
"We have nothin' to say to you fucking witch" one of them spat.
"I-if you kill us our group will raze this village!" said another one. the one who thought was weird that a noble had no servants, he's the smart one, so I bring him down and hold him sitting on a chair facing me.
"Why don't you tell me about that group of yours," I say as I cast detect thoughts, going deep into his mind, and there is no group, this guy was trying to bullshit a magic user, I kind of respect that.
His name is Leon, son of a farmer called Gilbert his mother was Helena and his little sister Ellen they lived on Frey territory, he left his home after some bandits killed his family, huh ironic.
His worse crime is murder but it was another bandit so fuck it really, no rape and he takes no pleasure in suffering, I guess he will do it nicely.
As I sever the connection with his mind and see blood leaking from his nose and eyes It was not supposed to happen but ok he's trembling and his eyes are looking anywhere but at me.
"Leon, look at me," I said with a dry tone.
"Don't listen to this fucke..." one of them starts but I force his jaw shut.
"Look.at.me. NOW " As I finish my sentence with a booming voice he looks at me and I see fear, but not enough, I'm going to put the fear of god on this guy.
"You see Leo, can I call you Leo, I will do that anyway, I want to build a reputation, but if I kill everybody it will be complicated to do," I see I've picked his attention.
"So this is what's gonna happen, I will let you go, so you can tell what happened here, You might exclude yourself from the group, but you will tell the tale of how this wizard used his power to help the people of this village against the terrible bandits, do you understand?" He nods but does not say anything.
"You may embellish as you wish but the tale has to reach the northern host that is coming to the Riverlands, you may use any help you see necessary." I stop and think for a moment and an idea blossoms in my mind, I got this one from a fantasy book.
I grab a dagger from the ground I cut his finger just deep enough to dirty it with his blood and use Fabricate to make a simple ring, just the right size for his finger Then I invoke one red electric-looking dancing light and make fade as it touches the ring.
"Put it on" I give the ring to him, and he looks horrified, I look him in the eyes, daring him to say something.
He trembles and puts it on his bloodied finger, As he puts I explain.
"I gave you a mission, if you try to sabotage said mission, try to give up on it, try to remove the ring, or try to fuck.me.over..." I pull his hand with telekinesis to the front of his eyes showing him his new ring.
"I will know and punish you for it." I am of course talking shit enough to fill the 7 kingdoms, but unlike me, he can't read minds.
He's trembling, crying, and nodding frenetically and I smell something running down his legs, now That's what I call putting the fear of god on someone.
"I knew you were the smart one Leo, now leave" I snap my fingers using thaumaturgy to open the door as he leaves trembling and crying I close the door once more, this pretend thing is kind of tiring, now the difficult part I turn to the others five.
"Sigh, so I was a man of peace you know, Let me tell you a secret, never took a life, barely ever been in a fight."
But now I'm in a world of violence, and it will force my hand one way or another but you guys will help me to change from a man of peace to a man who can do the necessary" My hand is trembling.
"I want you all to know, that I take no joy in this, but I can't appear weak in front of others, not in this world." I'm tearing up, but no tears fall, it's fear or excitement or all of my emotions on a fucked up cocktail, I can't say" Six people keep a secret better when five are dead.