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Chapter 4 - 04

Ramsay Snow the bastard son of Roose Bolton, the last person with the blood of the Bolton family, in the North he was known in various ways, the last bastard, the bastard of Bolton, the bastard of strong terror. Nobody knew where he was, it was only known that he was alive, a family loyal to the Boltons rescued him and was taking care of him and then took up arms before Lord Stark and avenged his father's death, and finally took what always belonged to him... to the Boltons, the leadership of the North. Ramsay was born as a result of rape using in practice a tradition that very few homes did, the first night. The First Night or Right of the Lord is an almost extinct tradition in Westeros that supposed the right of the lord or king to claim the first night of any marriage, noble or commoner. Tradition led some peasants to marry secretly or not inform the lords of the marriage, as the men did not want to share their girlfriends, nor were the brides willing to accept this situation. In Westeros, it was practiced for centuries until the reign of Jaehaerys I who, advised by Queen Alysanne, banned the tradition. Causing Alysanne to be loved by the entire town, although some lords resisted the order in the first instance.

Roose Bolton hanged the man from a tree for not informing him of his marriage and raped the woman under that same tree where her husband was hanging, a year after the woman arrived at Dreadfort with a newborn named Ramsay. Roose almost killed the woman and the baby, but when he saw that the child had his eyes, he spared his life. The woman claimed that the miller's brother had robbed the mill and thrown her out onto the street. Roose had the man's tongue cut out so he could not tell stories about him to Lord Rickard Stark at the time ruler of the North. He gave the woman the windmill, a pig, several chickens, and a bag of copper stars each year on the condition that she never reveal his true identity to Ramsay. But a few years later the same woman returned to ask for help raising Ramsay, who had become wild and impossible to control. Roose sent a servant named Reek, which was a cruel gesture by Roose who became Ramsay's inseparable companion. But what did that matter, Ramsay was currently alone.

He was 23 years old, two years younger than Lord Stark, but he did not have a castle, much less an army, his best friend Reek, which was his nickname, since he was known for his cruelty and for raping the people he killed, either woman or men, adding that there was that nauseating smell that surrounded him, that man defended him in his last chase, 5 Persians found his camp and followed them, Reek tried to confront the five Persians who cut him bit by bit making the suffering of the poor man a thousand times worse, since he did not die because his head was cut off, he died from immense pain and blood loss. Roose was tired, he hadn't eaten for two days, and he didn't know where his mother was. After a while he disappeared completely, he was sure that she was the one who betrayed him, Reek told him that he was a bastard, but even a bastard can be a lord if he is the last in the lineage of said house. The last Bolton, capable of that, was the only thing that kept her alive, trying to fight Harry Stark and put the North under his feet, accomplishing what his pathetic father could not do.

-"I was looking for him for a long time," - Ramsay was startled when he heard that voice, and a man came out of the bushes and bowed before him, something that undoubtedly shocked Ramsay who didn't really understand what was happening - "For years I was fighting... And at last, I was able to find Lord Bolton."-

-"Lord Bolton? Who the hell are you?" - Ramsay was intelligent, he doubted many things, and this man gave him a lot of doubt, he called him Lord Bolton, and he was supposedly looking for him, but he didn't believe that at all and he was looking for a way to power. leaving this place, although the man was on his knees and showed no signs of attacking it was impossible to trust under the circumstances.

-"I was one of the captains who defended me to the death in great terror before his father fell." - the man was still kneeling, and it didn't look like he was going to attack, which made Ramsey doubt, the guy had a sword and a bow, but he didn't. He could have attacked if he wanted him dead because he hadn't attacked him before, he had nothing to defend himself - "I can't give him an army...but I can give him the opportunity to escape from here."-

-"What do you mean, Reek said that the borders are impenetrable?" - Ramsey looked at the man who was still kneeling, he was not even able to see his face since his hair covered his face. It was normal, no one could enter or leave the North, everyone had to pass by Moat Cailin, and he did not wish to be executed.

-"King Robert came to Winterfell, which made all forces focus on Winterfell," - The man stood up and extended his hand to Ramsey, who looked doubtfully at the man, who only wanted to help - "If Harry wants revenge, he must leave the North, I can help you, the last thing I can do for your father." - Ramsey stood up accepting the offer of the happy man - "Fulfill your objective...Harry Stark has many enemies in the south, use it to your advantage."-

Winterfell

Joffrey was not happy at the moment, in every kingdom he was always treated with respect by all the people who lived in that place, he was the future king after all, but the North was different, none of those useless people prostrated themselves before him, not even the girls approached him to ask him things, it was the future king who did not want to be with them. That did not happen here, even his own uncle Tyrion, the one who was the disgrace of the Lannister house, warned him not to do something foolish, the Northerners were very different from the other kingdoms. You had to earn their respect, they were not going to respect you because you are the prince, and their respect has to be earned from you. And he had the brilliant idea of ​​thinking something very stupid: among all the heirs, the person who was most respected was Lyanna Stark, Harry Stark's sister. He thought that she was only respected because she was the younger sister of the lord of the house. Stark and nothing else, completely removed from reality. Lyanna had more freedom than her brother, she was not an heir, nor was she in charge of the North, but she had the Stark surname, even though she was a child, she knew that. Not only did she have the weight of having a brother like Harry, but she also had two sisters who were captains, a mother who was the political weapon of the north, and a sister-in-law who was a manipulator to the core, she could not be less.

Lyanna earned everyone's respect, she was 12 years old, she was thirteen years older than her brother, and she was good at practically everything, the only difference between her brother and her was that Lyanna was extremely curious about any rumor that reached her ears, when she found out that there were dragons in the Northern forest she wanted to go see them, and since she was seven years old she has tried to escape to go see the dragons. Because her brother didn't tell her that dragons didn't exist, he himself said that it could be that dragons are hidden somewhere, waiting for the moment to appear, and her brother was not someone who lied to her, he never lied to her, she saw every time his brother lied, and it was easy to discover it, he had a tick on his left eyebrow, every time he lied that tick appeared. In the North, only five people knew that tick, her mother, Margaery, herself, Mya, and Artemisia, and no one else, since no one was able to force Harry to look into the eyes of the victim of his lies except for the five of them. Lyanna was good with the sword, with the spear, with practically all weapons, she loved training, although she hated when she had to learn politics, it was horrible.

-"Brat, it's time for you to get on your horse." - Her mentor was a Viking, her name was Nilsa, a strange name, but according to Harry, it meant champion, that's why she was the most appropriate to teach Lyanna - "Come on, We don't have all the time, brat, get up off the ground."-

Nilsa did not treat Lyanna like a princess, it was what made her special for this job, Lyanna got up and got on her horse, Lyanna's horse was gray, a beautiful specimen. But before she could start running, her brother's scream was heard. Since the Southerners arrived, the discussion did not stop. King Robert wanted her to marry his son. Her brother flatly refused, and she herself did not agree to marry that thing. It made her sick just to see him, and his attitude, he was undoubtedly someone she didn't want to have around. She wasn't the only person who had those thoughts, his cousins ​​Jon and Robb did it the same way, it went without saying that they had to put up with that boy talking stupid all the way if it weren't for them he was sure that Sansa would to run after the child because she wanted to marry a prince, that was why Harry was stricter with her, he didn't want her to be a damsel in distress like many ladies in the South, and it wasn't something that was her fault, just Apparently the Southern genes were much stronger in her than in the rest of her siblings. The Northerners knew that the Southerners called them savages, the Northerners on the other hand classified the Southerners as useless.

-"Your sister will marry my son!" - It was another scream she heard, and just hearing that made Lyanna nauseous, she saw how the door to the meeting room opened, and two salties took away an unconscious Robert Baratheon who again had a broken nose, apparently tried her brother's patience.

All the lords left the room, it was obvious that they were happy about what happened, Harry had the intention of speaking calmly with Robert and his royal council, which were Jon and Tywin, but he could not speak with Robert who was trying hard to Imposing that Lyanna and Joffrey had to marry, Jon never tired of saying that it was for the good of the kingdom, the only one who said anything truly important was Tywin, the crown cannot force the North to do anything. They spent more than 4 hours arguing until Harry exploded and attacked Robert, and now only Tywin, Harry, Tyrion, and the latter's wife were in the place. You don't have to be a fortune teller to realize that the only person who was happy to see Robert being beaten was Tyrion, he didn't get along with his older sister, he wasn't going to deny it, but he didn't like the way Robert treated her. He enjoyed her being humiliated by their father, to a certain extent, but Robert disgusted him. But right now, it was time to plan how to make the kingdom work, Tyrion was sooner or later going to betray his father, he was one of the most faithful allies of the Stark house.

-"I find it very funny to see how they beat Robert, but the kingdoms are getting tired of him, and they are not going to put up with Joffrey." - Tyrion broke the ice, no one wanted Joffrey to be king, or even to have the last name Lannister. Since Tywin did not see him qualified for that, it was natural, that Tywin wanted someone who would take the Lannister house to the next level, not ruin everything he had achieved so far – "We have Myrcella or Tommen left, and if they want Robert's bastard children."-

-"I see that not even my presence in King's Landing could help the stupidity of spoiling the child," - Tywin saw how Cersei spoiled him, that's why he took Myrcella and Tommen away from her when they barely turned a year old each, and they were raised in Casterly rock, that helped a lot so that the children did not turn out the same way as their older brother, which was in their mind something they did not want to put up with – "or is it Robert the Second, is it Aerys the Third...we cannot allow that."-

-"We have to get the father and son out of the way." - Harry spoke calmly, putting Tommen as king was not going to be so easy, the boy was going to whine because he was the king, and that was going to be taken advantage of by Robert's brothers, Stannis and Renly, who wanted to rule more than anything in the world - "Robert dies, Stannis and Renly will try to overthrow Joffrey, along the way Jon may die, I'm sure he will want to control Joffrey more than anything."-

-"But for Jon to try to control Joffrey, I don't have to be in King's Landing." - Tywin looked at Harry as he understood the plan perfectly, if he was in the castle he would have more authority than Joffrey since the little deer feared the great golden lion – "But there may be some fault."-

-"Of course, we must let the little dictator reign, the boy loves his father, and I am humiliating him." - Harry knew what he wanted to do, first of all, make everyone hate Joffrey, for that he had to get Robert out of the way, second keep Tywin away from King's Landing, so that his grandson goes crazy with power, kills Jon and Robert's two brothers wage war to have the throne -"Six months of reign, I think is enough for the brat to kill Jon...but for that we must make him believe that Joffrey is not the true king."-

"-Using the rumor that Joffrey is not the legitimate son.." – Tyrion knew perfectly well that none of his sister's children were Robert's, and he knew perfectly well that his father was not going to like that rumor spreading at all, although it was a good plan, without a doubt a very good one – "Jon discovers the truth, he will try to control Cersei, which will bring him much closer to his death."-

-"That will give me time to confirm if the rumors that there are some Targaryens in Essos are true." - Harry put that on the table because it was going to be something Tywin must be interested in, Harry had not sent Jon and Daenerys to those, he was going to Waiting for his visitors to leave so they could go on their journey was a complicated plan, but he was going to have three dragons at his disposal, and three more that were about to be born – "On second thought, we have to give more reign time to Joffrey, may he earn the hatred of most kingdoms...even the west and the north."-

That will give a lot of time to several things in this place, first, it was not only going to serve to weaken the crown that he wanted, but the second option was to free himself from two heavy burdens, Tywin Lannister and Olenna Martell, he loved his wife, but His beloved grandmother was making plans against him, with the house on dark fire, apparently Varys's spider was able to corrupt the old flower. But it was too late for that, these seven years, Olenna had no contact with her granddaughter, Margaery was so busy that she could not answer her grandmother's letter, he did not use magic, but being the queen of the North she had a lot of work, just like him. After all, Margaery wanted everyone to see her as the queen of the North, which caused this distance between her family and her, of course, the game of manipulation between the two of them did not end, Margaery still did not give up trying to manipulate him, It was a fun game that made their marriage interesting since she didn't want to lose to him. The third point, makes Varys think that only the north is a danger, and try to ensure that nothing that happened in Essos reaches his ears.

Varys was dangerous, not because he was a man with a huge army or a lot of money, there was something else that could surpass that, it was information, information made it possible for you to surpass your opponents, without the need for bloodshed, if you have the correct information, if you know perfectly well and know how to use it at your disposal, any man will want to have you around, and you could manipulate him as you wish. Varys did that with Jon, helped Robert win, and caused the massacre of the Lannisters at King's Landing, because Varys whispered to the king that he opened the gates, Tywin was an ally of the Targaryens after all. That was why Harry wanted to leave him without the one thing that gave him power and advantage over others, he didn't have time for that. But I wanted to see how the deer cut the throats of the seagulls, how the lions ate the deer, how the roses poisoned the lions, how the sun withered the roses, how the trout ate the leftovers, how the squid tried to be reborn, and the dragons were reborn again. All this before the gaze of a wolf, who waited patiently, because there was nothing worse than the cold and darkness that it gave.

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