After the second bill we stop and rested, when word of king Oulu march through the night to try and met up with the dead king, caught many of us by surprise. Now they know our movements and preparing, we will let them come to us. No need to charge in while we are exhausted.
Cregan took the middle, frode went on the boats that at 50 yards to cregan left, Leif took the right flank, and we waited. Many of the men sat down to rest and drink the water that was being handed to them. Dryed food or bread to eat. By the time the sun was at highest we seen no sight of the enemy or it's banners. But than we heard it all of us did, we look to the south.
Thud sounds can be heard moving closer toward us. Many of the men started to stand and grab their weapons ready for battle. They did not show any fear after the two victory's we had, we have a high moral. We watched as they appear from the tree line, the field is filled with bushes and natural small holes, tall and short grass.
Banners of king Oulu and luleå are shown, green for luleå and red for Oulu. The river we can see ships coming up the river maybe a bit more than ours. The sun shining down, clouds blocking the sun showed the field how beautiful it look before it becomes distoryed by blood, bodies and the dead.
Everyone on each side look at each other with anticipation, many are anxious and shuffling their feet. The winters army just stood still like a unmovable wall. The stark banner flapping in the wind than it stops, no wind, the trees don't rustle in againts the wind, the river is ever so calm.
Cregan slowly reaches for something on his waist, he grabs it and everyone sees a horn coming to his lips. Many started to hit the blunt spears on the ground or their shields. The sounds of thuds and wood hitting wood, the sound was heard across the feild making the enemy slightly tremble. A sudden horn can be heard across the field then they see it the stark army slowly moves forward, on the river the long boats done move just watched their brother and sister or arms are going to battle.
The enemy ships didn't know what the do they watch as the army slowly moves forward, they look and see their men's moves quickly across to meet the stark army. They look across and see they didn't move with their men and just watches them waiting for them to make a move. The jarls on the boats quickly order them to attack without the order of their king. What they didn't know was that they were waiting to make a rash decision and it work.
King Oulu orderd his men to march forward to quickly engage but he knew something was amiss they are moving slowly to him. He knows what happen to king luleå and his army. His army is exhausted from a nights march with little rest they had, when they thought the winter king will march on them on the crossing but they were wrong. He stayed on a hill not far from them and waited, Oulu got impatient and forced his men to march to meet the king of winter.
Soon shield hit shield, horses flanking on the sides only to get intercepted by the stark cavalry. Arrows flying over head to hit the men in the back. The ground became muddy, the air filled with iron, blood started to cover the ground. Men being trampled on when they fell. Spears pointed forward. Sword and axes swinging wildly. The war in the water is just as brutal, the river ran red, bodies started tp float down the river. Bodies piled on some ships, men climbing over their fellow countrymen. Screams can be heard throughout the field, metal hitting metal. Cregan was in the thick of it with blood dripping from his sword and his clothes. He used his shield blocking a axe swing and quickly manoeuvred around him and struck true by decepting him from his lower half. He moves on to another and another till he meet king Oulu on the field. Both drenched with blood but more on cregan, face and teeth have blood on him making him more menacing.
Both circled each other and studied each other movements, king oulu is older with grey hairs on his head already. Both stop and looked at each other, one had a look of furiousity while the other had a look of ice on him. Both change at each other delivering strong blows to on another, everyone around them formed a circle around their kings and watched on. The battle around still wage on but if you can see clearly that king Oulu men are slowly losing ground and moral. Small amount of men ran away knowing that they are losing to the Starks.
King Oulu is panting heavily trying to rest while king Stark didn't the same but not much winded thanks to the rest from earlier. King Oulu takes a quick scan of the surrounding and sees his army is getting pushed back. He let out a roar and attack with more furiousity with his blows thinking he his not losing today. King Oulu had more fighting experience but cregan is young and strong. Both are evenly match till king Oulu slipped and overextended himself and king stark to advantage and cut kings Oulu arm off. Oulu screamed bloody murder after seeing his arm fall to the ground, he swung his arm trying to hit cregan on the face only to be blocked. He felt something enter him till he looks down.
He sees the Starks blade in his chest and blood starts to sweep out the blade. He looks up at king stark and sees him bring him push the blade in more, he can feel the blade going through his body. When he was about to close his eyes and sleep he heard the stark king spoke. "Sleep well king. Valhalla is now open to you." Oulu gives a small smile and spoke softly. "Odin"
The battle stop and look up the hill and sees king stark slowly puts the dead king on the ground, they see the king grabs his sword and puts it on the dead kings hand for Valhalla. A horn was heard throughout the field and river and alll look towards the hill and sees king of winter standing up with his banner next to him while they see kings Oulu banner fall to the ground. Many started to knel down to surrender, many throw there weapons on the ground hoping to live. The once beautiful field is now a graveyard for the dead and grass in now mud and the river is filled with bodies and blood.
-timeskip- three days.
After the battle word has spread of what happened, cregan moved his army south to conquer both kings lands. He knows that late king luleå had a newphew and Oulu had no living hairs only cousins. He needs to kill them for control over the land or there will be consequences. Most of the army took the boats since there kingdoms are near the water. Frode took half the fleet to Oulu land while Leif came with me to luleå land.
After a couples days he made it to king luleå castle, it's looking over the sea, high wall mayhaps 15 to 20 ft high. A horn can be heard from were cregan is maybe warning that the enemy has come. We sailed as close to the walls but a bit aways so no arrows hit us. We marched towards the castle passing the village outside the keep and meeting any of Oulu men to surrender or die. Many gods the knife. About 20 yards from the keep we called out anyone to come speak.
The gates open and sees a woman and a child may far maybe it's mother. She walking gracefully towards us, she's a 5 yards out and stops and speaks. "What message do you have for new king luleå." She held he head high.
Many of the men laugh and sniggered. She was about to yell out but than she sees the king step forward and the laughing stop. She whispered "giants blood" But no one heard her but cregan did. "Tell me hom do I speak to."
Woman: "I am the older sister to the new king of luleå. Niece to the late king. My name is vår."
Cregan: "good… tell your brother he has to come knel to save his kingdom and his house and." He looks to his left a sees Leif. "You girl shall marry Leif one of my jarls."
Vår with a shocked expression. "What! I won't…"
She was cut off by cregan voice. "Enough! You either knel and obey or die with the rest of your house and line."
She look definitely hit cregan but she soon knelt with her head bowed. Everyone in the keep watched her knel soon everyone look at the young king and knelt to. Many fallowed after while some stayed standing and ready to draw their weapons. Till many were forced or bind to the ground till execution.
-timeskip- 1 week later.
After conquering king Oulu and luleå lands word has spread throughout the north of what happen. King luleå and Oulu were formidable bond by blood now there gone wiped from the earth from the Winters king. When frode came back he told me Oulu cousins fought each other for power only to last one day before frode arrived and only one of his cousin stand and helpless to do anything after the infighting. I granted Leif and forde to new jarls of the dead kings keep, Leif with a new bride and frode moving his family to his new keep. King luleå line still lives but now are vessel to jarl Leif now.
Outside the boarders of the winters kingdom many of petty kings don't know what to think. Luleå and Oulu were strong kings and knew about the Stark kingdom but thought there were weak. But after the war many stayed out their lands while some thought differently.
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Done hope you guys like it story, if any miss spelling occurred I'm sorry. I'll be updating the map adding some more mountains around stark lands or is everything good and not change anything.
I got a secret when the oc was making his land, adding mountains and extending the river to be bigger he made his…. Nah nvm I'll tell y'all in the next couple chapters or in to comments what every y'all pefer.
Talking = "hello there"
Thinking= 'hello there'
Gestures= *fist in the air*, *nods*, *ting*, *steel hitting steel*
Timeskip= - -
Yelling= "AAHHHHH"
Moans= ~ah~