An: Hey guys. I got the bug to write so I'm gonna try to make it happen while I have some free time to do so. Here is the start of the shit. Hope you enjoy. Don't know how long this will be. Just gonna write until I feel I got all I needed to out and set up for the future.
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Greywater Watch, The Neck, 3rd moon 129 AC
It is about to begin. My dreams lastnight show dragons dancing about the sky. I make my way towards the courtyard where large tents for our guests are set up to accommodate them in the rather small greywater keep.
Senju is on his backside looking at the fire in the early morning dawn. I approach and sit next to him. ""Good morning senju."" I say as a way to break the ice.
His rumbling voice answers me In kind, ""Goodmorning Karl.""
I decided to be blunt. Many northern folk prefer such attitudes. My interactions with the giants on the way from Whiteharbor to the Neck allowed me to understand the giants were the same way, ""It's about to begin. The sparks of war have been ignited. Soon they will turn into a bonfire no amount of water will be able to douse.""
Senju gives a solem nod and pulls out an arrow with a beautiful purple/blue pattern that looks like Valyrian steel but distinctly different as well.
(AN: I'm using the titanium Damascus metal to envision this.)
Seeing the metal made me remember the weapon Harald showed us before we parted ways a few moons ago.
Flashback
We were all tired from a full day of plotting agaisnt the enemy both to the north and south when Harald spoke up.
""I've been rather vague about the material known as Ice-stone. In truth the only things I know forsure are: it's the ice volcano's version of dragon glass, it's magically conductive, Brandon the Builder used it to make the Wall, and lastly it can be made to make incredible weapons with the right ingredients added to it.
Then he pulls a cloth off a handle that'd been sitting in the room inconspicuously the entire time to reveal a beautiful one sided axe. The handle was curved and flowed down into a metal bit that looked like a dragon. The beautiful gold etchings on the blade are a marvelous sight to behold. Harald spoke breaking the silence, ""This is Leviathan. The weapon my descendants shall carry for all time. Only those of my get can even lift it.""
As he spoke, Ice began to cover the blade reinforcing the already strong looking weapon.
End flashback
Harald had explained such a blade was different than the ones in the hands of the giants. By his words the axe was, ""a true marvel that couldn't be replicated.""
He was right. I'd seen the thing with my own eyes. As had Senju. I had no doubt it would cut into a dragon of ice or fire like it was butter.
I begin to ready my men for the inevitable war. My father will also need to be informed. Though he is old and won't be leading the troops, he deserves enough respect for me to inform him of the happenings of his keep.
As I make my way past the outside of the keepin see my friend sobek. A huge lizard lion that I can warg into. He is truly my greatest friend. Should anyone be fool enough to attack me in the neck, they would soon find him their number one enemy. After a few pats I departed toward my fathers chambers.
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Athens, Castle Silverfrost Harald pov
It's coming. The new year has been here for 2 moons now. I'm waiting and ready. My men are fed and trained. My dragon is large and unwavering. His mate has children ready to hatch and begin growing for my own children to bond to. It feels like I'm on the very tip top of a hill on a roller coaster at the front just waiting to fall.
I begin thinking of what will be the opportune time to make my entrance into the war. My men and fortress are ready. Hells I even built the giants a keep not far from my own city that's nearly done. Truly the dwarves craftsmanship mixed with the dragons ability to provide so much material was so incredible. It was as if the dwarves were fitting right into home. Although we can't procreate with them I have a feeling the ibenese will be able to. I've already sent word to my friend who reminds me of the baggins family from lord of the rings to send any unwanted sons and ships my way.
In order to get their leaders to agree to this I sent a proposal of giving them exclusive glass selling right in essos while my family got the exclusive to westeros. Not only would they drop to their knees at this offer from the insane amount of money they'll make, but they'll also be outcompeting the myrish.
Thanks to my travels around the world, using old rivalries to keep attention away from me and let the ibenese deal with the myrish is just one of the many sublte plots I plan to use to influence the war from the shadows.
This means that soon I'll be able to build a port town that the dwarves and ibenese will be inhabiting to make a super sailor and ship builder. I honestly can't wait to see what their future offspring look like. Strength of a dwarf and the intelligence about the sea from the ibenese will be invaluable in whaling operations.
I go to visit Athena and Fafnir inside the largest ice volcano surrounding us at the end of the valley where my keep is nestled.
Inside I see them with their necks locked together like two newly weds. It grosses me out. In truth I'm scared of marriage in this world just like I was in my last. It's even worse now because by all standards I should be getting married right now. Such a thing seems insane to me at the moment.
I can't imagine being around someone constantly. Especially the ladies I've had the displeasure of meeting on my travels. They just seem….. dull? They're all schemers who use their bodies rather than their swords to get ahead. That kind of attitude scares me in such a time where blood is crucial to keeping magic alive.
This is why I put a rune into the axe that when my blood was dripped onto it made it impossible for anyone not of my seed to lift it. Call it a game of thrones paternity test if you will. I will not be cucked in any life. Especially not one where I can kill the guy for it.
Those thoughts get me thinking about possible options for marriage. I honestly don't know. Cregan is set to marry Gages' sister soon if I remember correctly. But I know nearly nothing about the women of the North and beyond in this time. Most of them I do know are married with children that are as old if not older than I am.
Whatever. I'll think about that later. I send a servant out to inform Edris, Torrent, Turin, and Groot to meet me now. The young man's face showed his anxiety. I laughed him off and told him this is what we've been preparing for. At that he straightened up and then bowed before going to do as I'd told him.
I lean back and begin to ponder when and where to strike while looking at the map of westeros and going over the knowledge of the timeline from my last life.
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Dragonstone, The Narrow Sea, 129 AC
Rhaenyra Pov
I've just sent my sons on their first outing in the name of the crown. My fathers death coupled with the loss of my child when such news was delivered to me has cast a veil over me that my sons and I must overcome.
Daemon curses the gods and drinks wine every waking moment. That was until Rhaenys returned informing us of the greens Treachery. I'd always suspected Alicent would stop such things. That maybe she'd remember the people we used to be before the world tore us apart. I'd been wrong apparently.
War it is then. My sons have been gone for some time now. The north is a crucial ally to have. While corlys repeatedly told me this I didn't see the same thing. I saw a starving kingdom with not enough people for the amount of land they had. I didn't understand why he preached their import. This is why I sent Jace. I knew he'd be diplomatic enough to get past the initial stage of ice the Starks are known for.
Lucerys was sent to family. Where it should all be smooth....
That hope turned to ash in my mouth upon learning what happened to my sweet joy and beautiful arrax. The war has now truly begun.
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An: hey guys. Hope you enjoy. Two chapters in one day! Ha! See ya!