Dragonstone, 282 AC
POV: Stannis Baratheon
I should have listened to Daxter
I was stupid for letting the royal fleet come to our center and now I am paying for my stupidity
With the lives of innocent men
"My lord!we should retreat!!"
"the wildfire will spread all over us if we stay, my lord my lord!"
Davos's voice pulled me out of my thoughts
As I looked at him and contemplated whether I should ordered him to retreat or to continue the attack
"Tell them to retreat" in the end my duty will be my undoing
3 days after the Battle of Dragonstone
- POV: Viserys Targaryen
"My prince about one thousand seven hundred of our men have died n the battle and about a thousand of them were with you"
"And some seven hundred were burned to death on the fleet with the Usurpers fleet And about five thousand of the Usurpers men died and a hundred of them surrendered"
"And our wounded?"I asked the maester while he was stitching up some of my wounds.
"A hundred and forty wounded about eighty of whom will not make it And about twenty were crippled in the battle The rest of them will get better with time"
"How many of our men are left?"
"Around seven hundred men my prince"
We cannot defend the island when the Usurper's fleet is finished" I said my voice not cold nor sad just the truth
"OF COURSE YOU CANNOT DEFEND THE ISLAND WITH THIS-SO CALLED MASTERPIECE! YOU FOOL!!"
"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!!"
"BURNING THE WHOLE FLEET WITH YOUR MEN?!!"
"GO TO BRAAVOS WITH THE GOLD YOU STOLE FROM THE ROYAL TREASURE YOU CAN HIRE THE GOLDEN COMPANY AND SOME OTHER MERCENARY GROUPS TO RECLAIM THE IRON THRONE."
"ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?!!"
"ANSWER ME, YOU FOOL!!!"
"DON'T IGNORE ME!"
"It's done, my prince," said the maester as he did the last stitch.
"Good leave," I said to the maester.
As he was about to leave, he acted like he had just remembered something
"what is it?." I asked him As I was getting some clothes on
"My prince what of the prisoners and the dead bodies?"
"Give our dead a proper burial"
"As for the prisoners—kill them all and put their heads on spikes with the rest of the dead and leave them on the shores."
"My prince! You can't!!"
"do it." I interrupted him and he looked at me like he wanted to argue about it but thought better
"As you wish, my prince," the maester said after some hesitation As he closed the door,
I looked at Rhaegar. And Answered him
"I didn't steal the gold from the royal treasury," I said my voice barely restrained
" I convinced Father to give it to me to take it to dragonstone and he agreed to it"
"And I didn't use all of the fleet there's still about ten warships and twenty vessels and about thirteen more from the Redwyne fleet that remain intact."
"AND WHAT ABOUT THE WILDFIRE WHERE DID YOU GET IT?"
"That I did stole" I said without any hesitation
"Father wouldn't need it. He had enough to burn down the whole of King's Landing "
and burn some sorry shits too" I added with a chuckle
"And no I won't go to Braavos those cunts would have me in chains and send me to that animal on the throne" I said to him
WHAT ABOUT THE GOLDEN COMPANY? YOU SH..."
"No I won't hire the Golden Company what do you think of me a fool? those animals have been fighting with our line for centuries they would likely have me killed and put my name on some blackfire bastard that they have pulled out of their arss"
"THEN WHAT WILL YOU DO?!! BEG THE USURPER NOT TO KILL YOU WHEN HE GETS HIS FLEET FINISHED?"
"No I answered your questions Now answer mine"
"why are you not under the ground?"
"I DON'T KNOW, FOOL! YOU GOT HIT ON YOUR HEAD PRETTY BADLY PERHAPS YOU HAVE GONE MAD LIKE THE REST OF US" he said in a mocking tone
" great fucking great" I said to myself as I looked at anything else but him
"HOW MUCH GOLD DRAGONS DID YOU STEAL FROM THE ROYAL TREASURE?"
"I didn't steal it you fucking cunt! I asked for it unlike you who stole four millions from our own coffers in this very Island unlike you who used his to start a fucking tourney to steal my father's throne!!"
I said to him and his shame has never given me more pleasure
"SO YOU KNEW" he said after he recovered from his shame
You stupid cunt!! Who didn't know?! Are you stupid? Taking four million gold dragons from our personal coffers to start a tourney and thanking that nobody would notice it?"
"And unlike you I asked father for the gold and he said take as much as you need Now leave me alone."
"FINE, HOW MUCH DID YOU TAKE FROM THE ROYAL TREASURE?"
"Three and a half million gold dragons."
"THREE AND HALF A MILLION!"
"Yes."
"THAT'S HALF OF THE TREASURY!!"
"I know."
"WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH ALL OF THAT GOLD DRAGON?"
"I don't know, probably give some of it to William to make me a sellsword company and use the rest to build some connections with some powerful cunts in Essos."
"AND WHAT MAKES YOU TRUST THIS WILLAM SO MUCH THAT YOU ARE PLANNING TO GIVE HIM ALL THAT GOLD? WHAT MAKES YOU SO SURE THAT HE WON'T JUST TAKE THE GOLD AND RUN OFF?"
"He is more loyal to our family than you ever were, so watch your words."
"ANYWAY WHERE DO YOU PLAN TO GO NOW YOU DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO DEFEND THE ISLAND?"
"Volantis."