Ghastly Scheme

House Manderly, The Main Branch of Said House were Once one of the Most Influential Figures in the Reach, Having lands Coveted By Most and a Sense for Trading and Merchant services, They were Wealthy,Respected and Feared Till their liege Became too envious and the conspiracies weaved about them by their Ancient Rivals The Peakes became successful, The Gardner Kings weren't Known for Subtlety and that's what saved the Manderlys from Extinction, so the Manderlys whom name They chose For themselves because of their location closest to Mander River (The Greates River In the Reach), Had To Flee From their Home Abandoning their Ancestral Home, Most of their Wealth and Their Trade.

At that Time The North was licking it's own wounds caused By the Greystark-Bolton Rebellion, Blood was Still Flowing because of that and because the Greystarks Chose to Kill-off their Main Branch and Cousins in a bid for power, earned themselves Extinction.

The Greystarks Castle,The WolfsDen, Was located at the Mouth of the White Knife River And The Location off which the North had Always Attacked Sisterton in the War Named By the Andals the Rape Of the Sisters, One of the Most Fertile Lands and a Strategically placed Locations in the North Earned It alot of Attention, The Manderly Lord Sent Ravens Across Westeros to plea for The Kings of Westeros for Refuge and Assailant, They Found One and Only One From King Stark at the Time ,He Awarded them The Greystarks lands on heavy conditions, Conditions they were all too happy to take and in Gratitude, House Stark had Gained one of their Most Loyal Bannermen, Bar The Mormonts offcourse, The Lords Of Said House Built Their Seat of Power at the Mouth of the White Knife River and Named It New Keep (which Would be later Known As New Castle) and The Narrow Sea but still Far Away from the Sisters.

The Manderlys used all their Connections and Experiences to boost the economy of the North and So white Harbor was Built and would later Grow To Become the Greatest Town In The North and New Castle would be Born From The Rubble of the WolfsDen and Replace Dunstonbury Castle in the Hearts of the Estranged Mermen, yet still they were being Mistrusted because of being off Andal Descent though they were First Men House in truth, Their worship of the Andal Idols and Keeping their Tradition while Becoming of the North but that didn't Stop them, The Bloody Wars with the Andals and The Andal Valemen Have soured the Relations between The North and the Andals in General and the North Had Long Memory for 'the North Remembers', Even Not being Given Daughters from Northern Houses didn't Shake the Manderlys, They Took Everything in Strides.

Today their influence Spans over most of Sheepshead Hills and The Broken Branch with their Most Known Branch Being their Cousins of Ramsgate they Have the Allegiance of a dozen Petty Lord and Hundreds of landed Knights.

Though something happened that caused a stir in the Merman Council and It started By A Raven Holding a Missive landing on the Lord's Shoulder, The Moment the Lord Read through it, his eyes can be Seen Squinting Hard then a scowl Appeared on the Lord's Face,You see, it's not Everyday you Find that your Son was Cucked and a Conspiracy was Brewing to Usurp New Castle for his Good Daughter's Maiden House, More specifically House Grafton of the Vale, The Consequences of Such unveiling would Shake the Northerners Trust in the Manderlys and worse would have Given The Lordship of his House To a bastard of another.

The Old Lord Had some suspicions,The Boy was Slimmer than any Manderly had the Right To Be, Thankfully His Foolish Son Manged to Squirt a boy in the Whore's Cunt otherwise they would be utterly Fucked,The Dowry for that Woman Had the Manderly Fleet practically Ruling The Eastern Shores Of Westeros, 'With The Girl's Father Being the Arryns Cousin and the Mother Being a Mooton, we Had Connections in Both the Gulltown and the Trident Trade', " Send for My sons to come." He Bellowed to the Guards.

An Hour later His Sons were present in his Solar and were Told To Read the Letter,His Eldest was seething as he should be about his wife infidelity, His second was Rubbing his head probably still thinking he is Drunk while the third was in deep contemplation,

" So? What to do ? We can't renegade on the agreement and can't Harm... her because of sleeping with her cousin, the only Evidence we Have is perhaps the mother's insistence on the Name Artys to point out that the lad is an Arryn Bastard, we share the eyes and Hair of the blasted House, Only our Build Differs and I won't be known for Murdering Children in my keep! So think carefully before you speak!" Said The Wizened,Old and Obese Lord Manderly.

" Are We Really Sure about Her ?! I mean it's probably a lie, the Lords of the North Have Never Hid their disdain for us! By the seven they respect our Branch in Ramsgate more than they do us only because they Worship a Tree?!" Said his Third Son Walys, " Watch your Mouth,boy! I know what you did! " To which the old lord Shouted, Walys's Eyes dilated for moments before feigning ignorance," I don't know what you're talking about." He Said in lower voice, " But I do!, Contacting the Reach septon and supplying their Spies with safe passage, Corruption in our Own ranks and allowing injustice to stand in White Harbor, Allowing Bandits and Ruffians to go rampant but the worst is Selling those who would be taken to The Wall For Slavers, Do you want me Name all your Crimes Boy!!!" The Angered lord Shouted and before the last word was said, The Eldest Son, Wyman,saw his brother's hand inching Towards his Dagger but he Quickly took his own and lodged it in the Traitor's Shoulder, Causing him to fall to the Floor in agony, He was quickly and Quitely restraind by his two brothers and sent to the Dungeons,The Three Manderlys were in somber mood because of that lame betrayal attempt, The Eldest Son was most devastated, He loved that boy(His'First' Son) as he was the light in his life till his second Son Came in, The Mere Image of what he have to tell the Boy, Was Gut wrenching and all of that Just because his mother shared some fanatic Veiws of her Andal Ancestors, they were all brainstorming till A Caw was Heard in the Solar, This Time They saw the weirdest Scene imaginable, Seven Ravens were Writing on a parchment, They Continued to watch till they saw what it wrote, it appears they weren't the only ones with Great troubles, as their distant cousins have found themselves at odds with the Flayed-Men, The More the The More Troubled they Became, According to this.... Greenseer, He Can help Turn The Tables but they Had to participate in the Fall of the Boltons from Grace, They Would Demand Nothing in Return and he would be working on Turning the Situation Around, They were pressed for options so They Agreed, also it would show them in Good Light in the eyes of the Remaining Northerners so they Had nothing to lose.

Four Months Later

Wyman was Reading a Missive and Rubbing His Eyes, It was a Summoning From Lady Grafton and The Father- Son's Dou Couldn't believe the Reason Why....

One Month Ago

A caravan was Making it's way through Waynwood Land, The Head of it is Lord Grafton,Who was Told Recently Of His Daughter's Folly but he couldn't Do a Thing, To Think she would sully herself in such Way! But his hands were Tied, The Regent And Queen Mother Shanna Arryn Had to be on the Know off this scheme, he Wouldn't put it behind her to have planned it all !, No, The Graftons were Always Snubbed and Belittled by their liege, House Arryn, Alas Thanks to the Greystarks Rebellion, That was renewed, many Houses Suffered the Discrimination of the Their Main ones across Westeros in Silence while Cursing said House to All the Hells, He was Told of this plan by the Man who Dishonored his Daughter at the Night of her wedding, Ronal Arryn, A mere distant cousin of the Arryns and not Even in the last Five Generations!, He Gritted His teeth, The Smug look on His Face every time they met was Getting on His Nerves But thankfully that Bastard was Killed in Mountain clansmen Raid, They Said that it was the Burned Men, One of the Most Vicious Clansmen, He Hoped that Bastard Suffered, The Clansmen were getting Bolder and with The 'Vision' that their king was Bestowed 'by the Seven',The Vale was Hard pressed wither to Fight the Ironborn or the Clansmen,though in his humble opinion their young King's Vision was Shit, He didn't believe in Visions or Prophecies, He believed in facts and the Clansmen were the Immediate Danger, " When Are we to Reach the Eyrie Father?" His son Asked for the Nth Time Irritating Him More, " We Will Get there when we see the Damn thing!, Now, Go Make yourself Useful! We Camp here ,Go and tell the Guards and Servants, This is as Far from the Mountain as possible." ,He Dismounted and Gave the Horse To His servant whom took Creature to tend for and Water it.

The Night came and his party was busy Eating dinner and Drinking, He Was Set to to Queen Arryn about giving him a permission to Hire a Number of Guards for Gulltown, Five Hundred to be more precise, Gulltown was the Greatest city in the Vale and He would Be Damned if He let Some wildlings burn his city because Sharra was paranoid, as he has just set aside his Armor, He Heard the Ruffling leafs of the Bushes Around Him, He turned to check for Wind and found None but before he could shout to his guards a Hail of Arrows descended upon them Killing Guards and Servants alike, He took His Sword and Sheild and Rushed at the Direction from which the attack came,

" Kill'em, Kill the Wildling Fucks!." He rallies His Men, Those Not dead or Too injured to Fight took their Swords and Shields and Attacked, His Son Was Still Fumbling with His Weapons He Noted as his Men and the Wildlings came closer a clash happened and later men's screams could be heard from both sides, He Himself was surrounded by Two Fur and Leather clad behemoths, They were Towering over him and Bashing their Mace and Club at Him, He Noted One of them Reaching for a small axe and used that to bash him with his shield and using the opportunity to focus upon the other one and He quickly Manged to slash his left leg, He Heard a scream From Behined, He spun just in time to protect himself from an attack in the Back, He retreated back quickly Noting that now he had half the Men he Charged with, That didn't look Good, They were overwhelmed and Had No Armor on which leveled the Chances with The Barbaric Clansmen even though they had no decent Arms, Another attack shook him out of his thoughts and he Quickly sidestepped and let the man go by him while attacking his neck from the Back, That was His first Kill today and Judging by the Rage Filled Scream of The Man infront of him probably would be the last, He was Getting Tired and Fatigued and Due to having No rest, He was bound to Make a mistake sooner or later, He heard a scream from a Voice he all too familiar with, His Son,

" No!,Gerold, YOU BASTARDS!!!" , He Shouted with all his might, Suddenly there was new strength found in his limps, He attacked with abandon and by the face of his adversary it was working till he felt pain spike at his back,He turned just in time to see the Ugliest Women(?) Pull the spear out of his back, She attacked again but this time he parried the spear with his shield to the side and thrust the sword in her neck, He quickly turned and Parried an attack," You be Dead fo' what you done lowlander,That be Hama Daughter of Shor, The Chieftain, He would Have Your Lowlands Burned for her!" The Man spoke Gruffly, Lord Grafton Didn't Hear, He was Barely Hanging to consciousness, a quick look told him His Son is Dead, Another Told He was one of the Last Five Still Alive off his retinue of Guards And Fighting Out of the Thirty Men Retinue, He knew he would Fall Today, perhaps that was the Gods' punishment for His Daughter's infidelity and deeds, If So He prayed The Arryns and especially Sharra would Suffer his Fate And with a Last Shout of Rallying His Men To Death," For House Grafton and The Vale!." He attacked and overwhelmed his Foe and killed him but was quickly surrounded by four Men all Wearing necklaces Made out of Human Ears and was clubbed to death , 'No Doubt Mine and My Men's would Join these' Was His last Thought.

In the hills many voices could be heard that night, Chief among them are the Screams of dieing men and Raped women, A Raven was watching from High above perched on a rock.

CAWK

It flew Away Observing the scenes for more than an hour and then flying away.

Pov Present

The old Lord Turned to His Second Son and said" You would take Artys and sail immediately to the Vale, Gulltown, He is Now the Main Heir to House Grafton due to lack of Male Heirs and the Second Daughter was Married to a minor House recently, I would Send a Letter to Lords Mooton and Royce for Support, The Arryns would probably try Usurp Gulltown for themselves but if we are successful we would turn their scheme upon them and if the Boy is told of the scheme, he would Grow to become a Thorn at the Side of the Vale,This all would please The King and Veiw Our House In a New Light!" He ordered and his son obliged, They Set to work on Everything and a Ship was prepared within the Hour, Artys, The Boy was Twelve years old and when Told Of His Mother Scheme, He Cried but the Man he thought would Hate him have been Nothing but Good To him even though he knew he was his wife's Bastard, This Ignited a Deep Love for the Man and A Great Hate towards His Kin, The Arryns, His uncle Told him that he would Go with him and take some of The Merman Guard, The Elite Force of the Manderlys to Guard and protect him, He wouldn't put behind Sharra to contact the sistermen to attack any ship from White Harbor.

Artos Snow Pov

Preparation were set and they could be seen waving their family farewell while moving away, Artys and his Uncle 'Because the Arryns weren't his family,No that would be the Manderlys who have known he is a bastard and yet still fought to secure him a right to Rule instead of throwing him away ,sending him to the Wall or Worse Killing him because he was a walking insult to them ', They Set sail and on the their first day They encountered Some Raiding Ships at both Bank's of the White Knife being Burned and sistermen killed By Brandon Snow and His Troops, It appears that Lord Manderly have pulled on some Favors to make their Journey more secure as they were Hailed by the northern Troops and waved away, He was still seething at that, Their was also a Letter From the Man who unveiled his Traitorous whore of a Mother, She would always act strangely around him and Hate him, Some times she act proud but in some moments he spies a withering glare when his name is mentioned,Thankfully she was sent to the silent sisters who took care of her, He and his father have set this sentence on her, She will Serve Her Gods and his father would be Rid of her, The Only One He was sad For was His young Brother Wyrman, The Boy Didn't understand anything and they didn't tell him, It would break the seven Named days boys Heart, He was also told of his fate by the Greenseer, Dieing By Arryn Hands when their scheme revealed and in fear of the Stark king sending for reparations, Just so they would say they had nothing to do with this, He seethed Again and with Everyday he would think and Talk to his Uncle on how to Cause Harm to the Arryns, The Most Immediate is to follow the old Gods but his uncle told him not to become to Hasty, They would play nice as they say for the moment then when the Arryns Expect it the least, they would strike and be swift and Bloody in their Attack but for now they would lay low, He will be Getting His Revenge but for Now They would destroy the Grafton Name, As he was still considered a Manderly and as such he would be naming him self New Name, Fitting, He chose House Gullton in honor of his Family and that's Just step one.

Pov End

I will be reaching White Harbor in three Days, It was a Tiring Affair, Traveling, So Far I had Managed To Cut My Travel time and Efforts and Had yet to meet and Dangers, The Vale Situation was Done in by Sending Visions to the Stone Crows Chieftain and Had him unite three other smaller Clans to his and Start Raiding, Once it was proven that the Visions i sent benefited them, they began to show Reverence to him,Shor Son of Dolf was an OK Man for a wildling and he was quite useful, him and his thousands of people strong Tribe was handy when dealing with the Most problematic, I have sent him a map with Detailed informations of the Fingers for them To Raid, More specifically The Belmores, Corbrays, Lynderlys And Arryn's Lands, This would Divide their attention somewhat, The Jewel of the Vale was without a doubt was Gulltown, Gulltown is the major port city of the Vale of Arryn. It is located in a fine natural harbor, at the northern tip of the Bay of Crabs, southeast of the Eyrie and south of nearby Runestone. It is the largest settlement in the Vale, but is much smaller than Lannisport and Oldtown and being an Equal to White Harbor and Maidenpool.

Gulltown is.... was ruled by House Grafton and also contains a cadet branch of the Vale's rulers, House Arryn of Gulltown, the reason of this Scandal,  According to semi-canon sources, there are branches of House Shett in or near the city.

It is a walled city. Gull Tower is the seat of power at Gulltown. The Motherhouse of Maris is located on a stony island in the city's harbor as a beacon.Gulltown  is an important  port and portal to the Vale, it's  sheltered harbor offering anchorage to ships traveling from Maidenpool  to Braavos or the north. Its strategic location means it never lacks for trade in many of the exotic goods making their way from across the narrow sea, keeping the Vale supplied even when the passes of the Mountains of the Moon are closed in winter.

Prior to the coming of the Andals, Gulltown was a wealthy harbor town of the First Men ruled by House Shett though Because The Shett King was threatened by King  Yorwyck VI Royce of Runestone, King Osgood III Shett allied himself with the Andal knight Gerold Grafton. Osgood was killed in battle, however, and House Grafton Usurped House Shett as the kings of Gulltown. Although a First Men rebellion had to be bloodily suppressed, Gulltown grew into the Vale's only city.

Later,The sister of King Robar II Royce   convinced the Shetts to rebel against the Graftons, allowing Robar's men to storm the city. Like most of the Vale, however, Gulltown submitted to Artys I Arryn, King of the Mountain and Vale, after the Battle of the Seven Stars. The Arryns  and Graftons through many Marriages later developed Gulltown into one of the greatest cities of Westeros.

Gulltown's harbor was the site of a naval battle between the Targaryen and Arryn  fleets during Aegon's Conquest, a draw which delayed the submission of the Vale to King Aegon I Targaryen.

To Take This City is Like Taking Over Oldtown or Lannisport in importance, The Arryns Have Given me a gold ticket by orchestrating a Cersei Situation and I pulled a Stannis & Jon without killing myself WHILE MAKING THE GREATEST UNO MOVE EVER!, one year in this world and I'm beyond any morals I used to have,

I had committed actions that would have sickened me Before, I'm sure I would be doing Much worse, I have Seen The Show Like Three Times and I Have Come into a Conclusion, Game of Thrones Series is A Song of Fire and Ice Lite, The Amount of Madness Here would Make Even Nazies sick, No One Was safe,Children killing Fathers, Mothers whoring themselves for dumbest reason and Rape, A Fucking Shit load of Rape!, Even the so called Good Guys consent to it sometimes when it's their Troops, The Lands Rife with Bandits in times of peace and War and after War new Bandits Arise from the Levies and Sellswords and Worse is personal health and Hygiene Department,Though the slavers in Essos are somewhat better, No wonder they Veiw the Westerosi as Savages because they honestly Are, Also Newsflash The shiny Armored Knights Stink The Most( I can almost hear shattering sound of reality for some girls), once an Armor is bought it was only cleaned by a cloth not washed because they fear thing becoming rusty, I have been Gaining power increasingly and pushing the limits I have stopped my Greenseeing practice obviously and concerned myself by practicing The sword and archery along the way, I had a retinue of Ten Guards, Some Books were what is buried myself in at night, I also Have been Writing Everything I can remember about the science of my old life, Which is honestly alot, Whether Numbers or Physics, Westeros is one and half Time as big as Earth, The Day is 32 Hours maximum, Westeros is the Smallest Continent and is similar in Size To South America(Not counting the Land Beyond the Wall), I have been still unable to Veiw the land of always winter beyond the Wall, Not that I would, I am a Cautious man and this world can kill you at the tiniest mistake, So I had to kill my heart by Veiwing the most heinous things on this Continent,The Book of strategies have finally changed to get the characters of this time, it Helped me Navigate the personalities of the Rulers of these Lands.

The Situation in the Western Kingdom is one of The Most Critical as they are Neighboring the Isle and Rivers Kingdom and are one of the Most Liable Targets for the Ever Expanding Reavers, It's somewhat of a stalemate right now though Fair Castle Had the Entire Might of the Lannister Fleet and have successfully repelled the Ironborn many times over and thanks To temporary Truce they Had the Might of the Reach backing them up in the Form of Oldtown's and The Arbor's Fleets which half of is situated at the Shield islands and the Rest are at Fair Castle.

The Reach Had been repelling Raiders from land through The Black Water and God's eye Though, they Share the Hate for the Ironborn it was still not Enough to forego The Thousands of years of Hate from the Stormlands, As for The sea they had an uneasy Truce with Loren Lannister on the Basis of 'The Enemy of my enemy is a Somewhat of a friend( Westeros Version cause there are no real friends here)', So they were Fine for the Moment, Though they still suffer Raids from the South from the Red Mountains and the Torentine River territory, Blackmont and High Hermitage been Main amongst them off the Dornish Raiders,They are like landbased pirates and have No honor what so Ever, They were Not Ironborn Bad But Bad nonetheless.

Dorne is ..... Dorne, Beset by slavers from the east In the form of Lys,Tyrosh and Myr, though let's not forget about the petty pirate King in the Stepstones and them being dubbed Ironborn of the East, The Dornish at their best are just Sexual Deviants and at their Worst A far cunning and as far from Honorable opponents as possible, They are the Only realistic ones in this world somewhat, and for that I respect them also somewhat, Maybe, They would be a tricky opponent, Though if I had what I wanted, The Martells opinions Won't Matter, The Dornish also Raid across the Marshes in the Stormlands and The Torentine and Red Mountains to the Reach, So there was a deep rooted hatred from the Gardners of Highgarden, HornHill ,Sunhouse And the Uplands lands in the Reach, While Nightsong, BlackHaven and Lands as far as Stonhelm suffer the Dornish in the Storm Kingdom, Especially from The Wyl's of Wyl and Kingsgrave, So the Dornish Are as Hated as The IronBorn, Though people Make excuses for them like being in the Middle of the Dessert but I don't care, They were Cunts and I would treat them as such.

The Stormlands by far is in the Most precarious situations, Raids from the blackwater by the Ironborn to their North, Raids From The Dornish to the South, Animosity from The Gardners from the west and Pirate Attacks on the Eastern Shores, Plus they Were Kings of the Riverlands Fifty Years Ago till The Ironborn pushed them out of the Region, They Barely Managed to Salvage their reputation by participating in the Fall of the Volantene Conquest as a bid to reestablish the Valyrian Freehold, Though the latter's were  No DragonLords So with that and Argillac armies and Aegon's Black Dread the Volantene Dreams Ended and Lys and what would be know as the Disputed Lands would Gain freedom from the would be Conquerors in Volantis, Argillac's Son was Killed By the Ironborn so He Hated them with passion, His only remaining Child is a Daughter, the one that would be Married Orys Baratheon, if the History Remains the same, I have asked Torrehn to contact Argillac and Marry His Brother Brandon to her, He was proven military commander for the promise of Harassing the Ironborn in the future, I know it wouldn't succeed but if Argillac Saw to Reason,Then Good and if not then I tried to Help them, I have been doing my best to inflame the infamousy of Brandon and his battle prowess,That have Halted the Ironborn Somewhat and hopefully be better in the eyes of the Old Storm king.

The Vale Was Being Beset By east and west, The Northern Fleet under the Guise of pirates Burned and looted across the Northern and eastern Shores Of The Fingers, To their South and East the Ironborn, From within are the Mountain Clans or The Highlanders as they call themselves, I have to admit that I had a direct hand in that,The Take over of Gulltown is the Crown Jewel achievement in my first year stay in here, it put Me in Great standing with the Starks and the Manderlys.

The North was on the defensive for so long they Prefected licking their wounds and prancing up at any moment,They were extremely resilient and Hardheaded, Sometimes not the best qualities but I would take it over the rest, The Take over of Gulltown put Me in Great standing in the eyes of the Starks and the Manderlys which are The most notable Houses in the North and I have already helped the Flints and Hornwoods so there is also that, the north had problems All-over,The North - wildlings, the South (whether South  Eastern or western) Andals, The West-Ironborn, East- pirates and Slavers, As well as the unforgiving weather, Some Nights the Temperature May Go as low (in my estimation) as low as -20 Celsius, The Entire Land was Frozen but it had a Beauty to it, The Nature wasn't corrupted like in the south and the Northerners barely use 7% of the Land, That's how much  unpopulated the North really is, The Land was Now As safe as possible for these lands and the Bandit activity at an all time low, The Same with Wildling attacks, The Umber,Karstark And Northern Mountain Clans would Send Shifts to help Man and Organize the Night Watch, The First Patch of Northern Men Sent beyond the Wall returned with Varying Degrees of Success, The Thenns for the Part at the beginning refused to Bend the knee but once they were told of the second Coming of the long Night Changed their Tone, House Thenn was Now set to be situated at the Stoney Shore on the west North to the Rills and west of the Wolfswood Forest, A Land could have been one of the most beneficial to the North if not for the frequent attacks on any settlement setting up there, So there is that, this was as much a test to Thenn as it was a snub, Thankfully They didn't take it that way and were quite Grateful, The Joined Forces of the Lords and Night watch managed to destroy Two Cannibal Clans, a Huge win that was shared with even the Wildlings themselves,The Giants were Told by the Thenn about the long Night and accepted the offer, The Giants looked like a yeti or Bigfoot, They can Barely speak and are Near blind but have Tremendous Strength and durability, They also are herbivores with them Raising Mammoths as beasts of burden,Though they don't build or Craft,

They Go from 12ft to 17 Ft Tall at most, They Speak the Old Tongue and can make little sentences and can be understood by any true First Men, The Earth Singers were a bust, they were unreachable for the moment so I let it rest, The Northerners Manged to bring four small Tribes to this side and joined the Gift lands, a Dream Come true for some of the FreeFolk, especially after they knew the Reason of their Evacuation from the 'true North', Though Three men Have Failed and were either killed or chased away, it was a mixed result but so far so good.

Now A new year starts with a new chapter of my life, I hope I manage to live it fully.