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Harry was commonly meditating on the current situation of the seven kingdoms, Jon Arryn had been executed, and this had caused some anger with some of the houses from the valley that had many benefits from Jon being the right-hand man of the King, and those houses were not very powerful from either the economic side nor the military side, which in these moments were of vast importance. The Valley has a total of 24 Noble houses that were in disagreement because some of the houses wished to join the rebellion for the death of lord Jon Arryn, on the other side, some had no desire for trouble with the crown. They understood that he had been assassinated for his betrayal since this was information that had been running around in the kingdom. The rest remained neutral; this neutral section was what Harry was interested in because they were the most powerful houses in the valley. The Noble houses were not the only ones living in that Valley, there were four houses better known as the houses of the three sisters since they were the vassals of the noble houses, the four houses were in neutral stand, this was a benefit since vassal houses were always the first ones to join the battlefield.

Finally, there were six cavalry houses, in total there were 34 houses that were completely divided sides as they were on different political beliefs, those who were in favor of jumping and helping the revolutionaries like Stannis Baratheon at this moment were only doing so because, in the long run, they would lose the political power that they possess at the moment, those who did not wish for armed conflict against the crown, where the people looking to benefit from the crown on the long-term, and by not having Jon Arryn as the guard of the Valley, were concerned the crown could force lady Arryn to take someone as her husband, regardless of whether she agreed or not, her life would be dependent on that decision. Lastly, in regards to a neutral fraction, the smartest decision to take at the moment, would not support a revolution, without knowing who would win since punishment would be worse than death, they would only support an attack against the crown if people like Tywin Lannister, Oberyn Martell, or Harry Stark were on the list of people who wish to remove Joffrey Baratheon from the iron throne, something that was not going to happen. Therefore, they would remain on the edge at the moment. 

Smart decision without a doubt, while Stannis could be an excellent fighter, he lacked the capacity to conduct soldiers, he wasn't a strategist, and he didn't care about sending his men to die if that meant winning the battle. Harry was a true believer in quality being better than quantity but quality would become tired sooner or later. What was the point of having one man capable of fighting against 10 people at the same time, if sooner or later that person would grow tired, in big contrast with Stannis, Harry would give that man nine more that way they would fight to stay alive, even if they had never fought with swords before, the human brain worked 10,000 times better when their life depends on it. Something quite deceptive, he was aware, but that gave him the possibility of winning, and in this case, would bring the least amount of casualties possible. When they attacked the Iron Islands, they only lost 50 men, and they had many injured, but nothing out of the ordinary, which shows the capability Lord Stark had to direct and lead his troops when they had only lost 50 men on foreign lands. 

What would happen in case they had to fight on their turf, where they knew the land, the best places to attack, and how to use their land to their advantage, the only way for Stannis to enter the North was through sea. And only if they also were not found by the boats that surrounded the entire Northern coast in search of any unidentified ships that wished to touch Northern land, through land the only way to enter was through Foso Cailin and he strongly doubted somebody would be able to pass that place with their various defenses that would only attract death. But Stannis is a stubborn man, one who didn't care what happened as long as he had his revenge, this was something that Harry didn't worry about. Stannis had insulted his family, and the faceless assassins hadn't taken him threatening their master kindly either, and of course, who was Harry to deny them their revenge? The only thing he had prohibited was to kill Stannis.

Flashback 

Dragonstone (a week ago)

Dragonstone was the fortress on the island of Dragonstone. It was the ancestral fortress of House Targaryen until the Usurpador War when King Robert the First, gifted it to his brother Stannis Baratheon. Now known as Lord of Dragonstone, the title was given to the noble sitting on the fortress of Dragonstone on the Crown lands. The title had been used by the members of House Targaryen until the Conquista war, when the control of Dragonstone fell to the heir to the throne the title of prince of Dragonstone, thanks to Robert's rebellion was used once again. The last Targaryen were forced to flee before the assault on Dragonstone, and the castle was captured by Stannis Baratheon, the younger brother of the new King Robert the First. Robert granted Stannis Dragonstone as his seat, making Stannis the first Lord of Dragonstone in nearly 300 years. The set title was not favored by Stannis, but he had accepted it and the job required to like it was expected, of course, this was only until Robert passed away, his older brother was now dead and the throne would be given to a bastard that didn't even have Baratheon blood running through his veins, an insult he was definitely going to fix.

After Robert's death, knowing that Joffrey had been the result of an incestuous relationship between Jamie Lannister and Cersei Lannister, he started searching for allies to begin a rebellion once again, but this time with a much bigger result. Before he had tried rebelling against Robert because he saw his reign as indigent, but he received a message from the Starks of Invernalia that made him rethink before acting on it. With Robert no longer the king, Stannis sent a letter to the Starks, a letter that in his opinion had to be accepted since it was something they couldn't refuse. By taking the crown he would also take Ashara Stark as his wife, this obviously meant eliminating his current wife and defective daughter. It was a sacrifice he would take for the betterment of their kingdom, unfortunately, for Stannis, his younger brother Renly had also thought of gathering troops to take control over the seven kingdoms, something unforgivable. He respects him in the same way he hadn't respected Robert at the time, Renly was the head of the Baratheon at this moment, a leader that wasn't well-liked by the other houses under the command of House Baratheon.

Stannis was going to remind Renly of his place and show him that he was the future of Baratheon, his walk was interrupted when someone attacked him from behind, and the world surrounding him transformed into darkness. He only woke up once something passed by his nostrils with a disgusting smell, when he opened his eyes, he noticed he was in the Dragonstone Hall, it was nighttime because the room was being illuminated by moonlight. Stannis was angry because somebody had attacked him from behind, the pain he felt in his head was intense, but he couldn't see anybody in the room because the moonlight entering the room was dimmed and he couldn't see clearly yet. This was the case until the torches in the hall began to light up one after another, illuminating the room. Stannis' eyes open widely to see on the walls the phrase "winter is coming" written with blood, each corner in the room was stained with blood, and how was he sure about it, because some of the body parts of the guards that patrol the castle were surrounding him, knowing that the next person to die would be him he tried grabbing his sword, but he was disarmed. 

-"Where is your god now?" - That voice froze his body for a moment, he looked everywhere, but couldn't find anybody, it was a feminine voice, he was sure of it, but none that he had heard before or maybe at some point he couldn't remember - "Winter is coming."-

End of flashback

From that moment on Stannis declared war against House Stark, it wasn't something that worried Harry, but there was something that did make him curious, a woman known as Melisandre of Asshai asked to speak to him later after that small declaration of war. The red priestess was now up North, it was a little suspicious as she was in the service of the supposed Stannis Baratheon, and had become one of his most important influences. This made him curious, why would someone like her come asking to speak with him up North, knowing that her life would be at risk? But apparently, that hadn't dissuaded her, which gave her two different reasons. She was an extremely stupid woman, or she trusted him to follow his word about not doing anything to her. But here she was a beautiful woman with a heart-shaped face and red eyes. She had long copper-colored hair and a pale complexion. She was seen as elegant and taller than most knights. Full breasts and a narrow waist. Her harmonic voice with an exotic accent, similar to the voice of Veela, was capable of controlling anyone, something that had never affected him.

Apparently, Melisandre had prophetic powers that gave her partial knowledge of future events, although compared to other people with the same prophetic capabilities, Melisandre showed complete trust towards her interpretations. She's careful to present herself as mysterious, serene, and powerful. And while she might be a little skillful with magic, in reality, her powers were various gasses and powders she hid in her clothing, mainly on her sleeves. Melisandre was born in an unknown place, as a slave named Melony, she was sold to the Red Temples during her childhood. Afterward, once she showed signs of magic, she traveled to Asshai, which is why she's more commonly known in the West. And now here she was, a 25-year-old young woman in front of the most important person in the entire West, and maybe the world. Looking at her calmly, she was sure he was analyzing her, while she saw everything in their surroundings, they were the only ones there accompanied by four wolves, she wasn't intimidated by the four wolves, or by the amount of men and women the Lord had under his disposal. But her curiosity about the young man that was in front of her was so great that she had ended up coming here to speak with him personally.

-"There is no need for introductions, I know perfectly who you are, so let's get straight to the point," - Harry looked at the priestess who was staring at him, he was sure anybody would be intimate with by a look like that, well, he wasn't anybody after all - "Are you going to speak or are you gonna keep staring?"-

-"How did you do it?" - Melisandre looked at Harry, searching for answers, when Stannis told her what happened, she didn't believe him until she saw with her own eyes, something that Stannis hadn't noticed was a specific area where a message was left for her saying "Where is the Lord of light", that was what made her come here - "I'm unable to understand… I wasn't able to predict that… I predicted that you would accept the proposal… I saw it."- 

-"And when you came here, what did you see in the fire, that you seduced me and I fell for it, then my wife would arrive and would see us having sex, and that would provoke a war between the Tyrells and the Starks,"- Harry could almost read Melisandre's mind, apparently she had a small plan made, but it wouldn't have worked with somebody like Harry, especially because he could see her memory like an open book. - "I know what your true form is… I know what you're hiding behind that beauty… well, let's not talk about the details, as long as you don't remove that collar nobody's gonna see your true self."-

-"How do you know that?" - Melisandre was trying to remain calm, but internally, she was a little freaked out, this was something Harry wasn't worried about, his goal was to puzzle the priestess enough for her to make a mistake, mistakes that would inevitably lead to her suicide - "Only the higher-ups of my congregation know about that… they would die before talking about it."-

-"They are already dead," - The easiness with which Harry talked on some occasions was scary, Harry was someone who could massacre an entire city with no problem sending a message or benefit from it, after all, none of those people would be northerners or have a relation with the north - "And don't worry in a while Stannis will be dead as well… and if you keep being a bother you shall join him."-

-"Stannis is the chosen one, there is no way that he… "- Melisandre stopped, not because she wished to, but because something stopped her, her breath was frozen, her voice disappearing and the cause of all this was no other than Harry that was calmly observing her.

-"Magic is fascinating don't you think?" - Harry said pointing the elder wand towards Melisandre who at this moment was holding onto the chair, unable to move, if he had to explain what was happening, it looked to be similar to somebody drowning in a horrible death - "Do you feel that, the desperation of trying to breathe… how your body is looking for any possible way to breathe… and is unable to fulfill such necessity?" - Harry moved his wand once again, allowing the priestess to regain composure, while breathing quickly - "Do you still think that Stannis is the chosen one… do you still believe that the lord of Light will come to save him… I told you… the only god that exists is death… and nobody is safe from them… enjoy the rest of your stay in the North… because you will be leaving… not alive if you wish to leave."-

Essos

Yi Ti is a region of Essos located on the west of Qarth and the Mountains of Bones and to the Northeast of Asshai with coasts washed by the Jade Sea. The region was under the domain of the Golden Empire of Yi Ti, which was, according to the legend, preceded by the Great Empire of the Dawn. Yi Ti is a region covered in dense jungles in which, according to rumors, basilisk can be found there. A big river runs towards the south coming from the Bloody Sea through Yi Ti to the Jade Sea. No other place in the world can brag about having so many giant cities, like Tiqui, Yin, Jinqi, Asabhad, or Bazar. The country is interconnected by a great network of stone Coastway built during the rule of the nine eunuchs that made traveling the great country something fast and safe, and it's said to be of such quality that only valyrian roads can rival them. But peace in such a region was meant to end after all, Yin, the coastal city of Yi Ti located by the edges of the Jade Sea had the bad luck of being attacked by an unknown enemy, men and women dressed in black with a silver mask that invokes fear had attacked during the night, accompanied by two dragon-esque creatures who had previously believed extinct caused chaos and destruction. 

Mya Stark was the one directing this ground attack, Artemisia riding her dragon was in charge of the air strike and was being helped by the other dragon, which corresponded to Mya accompanied by six Guivernos, ferocious creatures with a similar look to dragons, without the ability of breathing fire, the fierceness of the Guivernos was greater. And thanks to the armor each creature had, they had become docile, the magic inside those armor had a big role in it, since it allowed the creatures to be obedient towards the person riding them at this moment. While Mya attacked through the ground, Artemisia did it on the air, Barbossa bombed the city from the sea, a complete attack, this strategy had been planned two days prior, to prevent anybody from warning, the other cities of Yi Ti, including everyone from Essos from learning that they were under possible invasion from the West. Artemisia and Mya had studied Yin, they had learned everything, which noble families were supposed to die without leaving an heir, and which should be kept alive. Invading Essos was not something Harry had thought of lightly, it took time to study, deciding which city to attack first and what were the weakest points, they were chosen for this assignment because they were adaptable to what Lord Stark would ask. 

-"Captain… the taking of Yin was a success." - A person came close to Mya who had just killed one of the many soldiers trying to defend the city being conquered, Mya removed her spear from the mouth of the soldier - "We are waiting for your orders…"-

-"The sun is rising… I want you to gather all the survivors." - Mya ordered, and with the order received the Persa left the area to spread the order, she looked to the sky to see Ana flying over to the city as if they were sisters by blood, she understood what her adoptive sister was thinking at this moment - "Winters is here Essos."-

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