- POV Stannis Baratheon
"My lord the trap worked they are trapped between us and lord paxter's fleet." Says ser davos as he breathes in a sigh of relief
"Good then have no mercy and burn them all and if they find the Greyjoy brothers kill them ." I ordered as the fight entered its first phase
"as you wish my lord." He said as he left and gave the orders
".Tell me ser davos what do you think of this so called rebellion do you think that they will surrender? And surely balon is not stupid Enough to think that the Crown would stay on his head." I asked him as he walked back to my side
"Well my lord the ironborn are bunch of odd fellows I doubt they would think of Surrendering as much as we do because frankly speaking they are not the kind to be negotiated with words but swords and Axes and as for balon and his Crown he is not smart enough to keep it even if he destroyed the seven kingdoms combined." He laid out his thoughts as I listened to him
"I see what about the glass eyed do you think that he had a hand in this." I questioned him as the thoughts of the night on dragonstone came to me
"I do not know my lord to be frank with you I do see it as a possibility though a very small possibility I still see it and I would be very concerned if it is true because if he can use the lord of the Iron islands to such a degree I would be very worried when he decides that he wents the throne back."his answer does ease the knot in my stomach but not as much as I would like to
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Half a moon later Lannisport 289 AC
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- POV Robert Baratheon
"Your grace I have destroyed the Ironborn fleet with the help of lord paxter Redwyne and we have recovered most of the stolen goods and hostages from them." said Stannis as the other lords in the command tent started to cheer for him as if it's a great achievement fools what is destroying a fleet when you have allowed their leaders escape
"And what of their leaders Euron and Victorion greyjoy? did you let them escape like you let the dragonspawn?." I asked mockingly as the other lords quieted and his face contorted into some sort of anger but answered without any of it as he looked at me
"They escaped using all of their strength your grace and won't be able to muster any strength before we attack pyke and the other Islands."
He said as the other lords nodded at his words
"I don't care about whether they can or cannot muster any strength against us Stannis I care whether they are dead or not!!! Look around this city!! look what they have done to it!! They are the reason for all of this destruction and you allowed them to escape from you!! Go get out of my face!!before I do something that I regret!." I Shouted at him as the lords looked at him with a small amount of pity as he looked at me one last time and left
"Robert Was it necessary? He did his best surely destroying the entire enemy fle..." renly questioned me as I interrupted him with a shout
"His best wasn't enough!!!! now I have to endure hundreds of petitions for their executions and he allowed them to escape!! And loo....." I was shouting as a messenger entered the command tent and came to the middle of the tent to speak
"Well get on with it what is it?!." I shouted at him as he was taking too long to speak
"your grace lord stark has arrived and is on his way to here" he announced and it gave me a smile as he bowed and left as I walked out of the tent to welcome him
-POV Edard stark
"Ned!! Gods Ned your here!! Where have you been for so long?!!." Robert bear hugs me as he asks me and as he lets go of me
"guarding the north for you your grace." I answer him with a smile as we enter the command tent
"Bah! none of that now Ned! come on let's have a drink like the old times." He asks as we settle down on the high table
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same time Location town of Volon Therys the tunnels -------------------------------------
- POV Oberyn martell
"Viserys This is a great opportunity for us to attack the capital and take it why are you wasting it?!." I asked him angrily as he was calmly reading the book that he asked me to bring it with me
"Patient My friend patient if we do attack the capital and if we take it as you said who would help us keep it? your brother certainly won't be able to help us to keep it and the lords of the crownlands... sure some of them may help us but the rest who won't will attack the lands of the ones who do and besi...." I interrupted him as he was explaining with a gentle smile and falling to do so with that crooked eye of his
"We will have leverages over them! the usurper's oldest son is in the capital along with his whore of a queen who is with child if we take her and her children then they won't!....." he interrupted me with the cold face that he uses when he is interrupted by anyone
and his eye Gods his crooked eye I thought to myself as I looked away
"The next time you have an enlightening idea share it with a calm mind or I will make you calm with means that I find barbaric." He Threatened with a cold tone
"as for the so called leverages that we will have when we take the capital tell me did it work when my father had your sister as hostage in all but name Tell me did it convince your older brother to send all of his army?" He questioned me with a calm face as he opened old wounds
"Doran sent ten thousand man it was all we had at the ti.." I answered as he scoffed at me
"Even that stupid cunt jon connington could muster five thousand man in matter of days are you telling me that someone as stupid as him has greater military capabilities than all of dorne combined? Admit it that your brother wanted to have Aegon as a puppet king that's why he didn't send his entire army to aid rhaegar." He Accused as he stood up and walked to the door at the end of the tunnel
"Tell your brother it's not the time for it but when it's I promise you that I will turn Casterly rock into the greatest brothel the world has seen ." He promised as he left me to my thoughts and my anger