March to the Iron IsndsPOV of Domeric Bolton

  A few days ter, the Royal Fleet and the Redwyne Fleet arrived on the shore of Seagard. From there, King Robert, the rest of his lords, and their men climbed atop the various ships and sailed toward the various isnds at the Iron Isnds.

  Once he read the mind of Robert Baratheon, he found the pn made by Robert and the other Lord Paramounts. It was decided that he and his men would go with the king as well as Lord Stark and siege the Pyke.

  And so started a bloody siege that would go on for two whole months before Pyke finally fell. The Greyjoys lost their rebellion. Balon Greyjoy lost both his older sons during the war and has now surrendered his to the Iron Throne.

  As a punishment, Balon's eldest son was to be taken as a ward so that the Ironborn would think twice about rebelling against the the ime.

  That was all the punishment that the Iron Isnders were going to get.

  He looked around and could see that all the lords standing there had disgruntled expressions. Especially, Tywin Lannister who wao make an example of the Greyjoys for having burnt the Lannister fleet.

  So as soon as Robert stopped talking, he raised his void said. "Yrace. My Lords. I know this isn’t a pe to talk. But would you listen to a suggestion of mine?"

  Everyone was now focused on him. They khat it was a bit disrespectful to speak after the king had made his decision, but they were curious as well sihey were not happy with Robert's decision.

  Robert s his words "Go on then boy. Speak your mind."

  "My Lords. The Ironborns have a history of razing, raping, and pilging our nds. They have been doing it since before Aegon arrived in the Westeros. And they won't stop no matter how many times we defeat them until we do something perma about this situation."

  He met Robert's eye and could feel the impatience building in his mind. The only thing Robert wao dht now was drink some wine and find a wench to fuck. So, he quickly cast a minor calming charm on the fool wandlessly as well as a pulsion charm so that the fool would listen to his words.

  Robert looked like he wao say something, but he visibly posed himself and said "Go ahead then. What do you propose?"

  The surrounding lords looked a bit surprised that the king would want to listen to the words of an 8-year-old, but they didn't interrupt so he tinued his little speech that would be him more than anyone else.

  "I propose three things."

  "First, is to send away all the male Greyjoys to the wall and all the female Greyjoys to the silent sisters. Exeg them would just make them a martyr for the people who follow the drowned gods. Sending them to the wall to freeze off their balls would instead make them look pathetic. After all, this is the least amount of punishment Balon, and his family should receive for the destru they have caused to Westeros. And this will also set a future pret for anyone who even thinks of rebelling against you."

  Ned looked a little worried at the prospect of sending the 8-year-old Theon Greyjoy to the wall but didn't say anything. Tywin had a little gleam in his eyes even as his face remaioic while Stannis for the first time looked a little satisfied.

  The pulsion charm that he had cast on the king as well as the loyalty charm he had been casting ever since he joihe war did their work and Robert his suggestion, so he quickly went to the sed and most important point.

  "The sed is to remove all the thralls and salt wives from the Isnds and then ban the practice of keeping them as 'thrall' and 'salt wife'. They are just another name for a sve. Without the sves to miheir iron and grow their food, the Iron Isnders would not be able to gather their strength for a long time. Who knows they might even learn to sow their own fields."

  Everyone in the room ughed at his words while Balon Greyjoy just gave him a venomous gre which he easily ignored.

  "But where do you pn to take these thralls and salt wives boy?" Robert asked "I doubt anyone else would be keen on giving them shelter in their own nds as their status as sves make them even lower than the smallfolk in the eyes of other people. Unless you are volunteering to take them to your own nds ahem yourself?"

  Some of the lords sniggered at that as it was that Northern houses were not as rich as the other Southern houses her in gold nor in food.

  But his house was not any other house.

  "I'll take them." He said and everyone in the room turned silent at once before Robert settled him with a gre.

  "Do you know what you're talking about boy?" the man asked "There would be a lot of thralls and salt wives in these Isnds. Do you have any idea how much food and resources it'll take for you to feed these men and women?"

  Well, if the fat fool is worried about him doing something reckless that meant at least the loyalty charm was w.

  He simply nodded his head and said "A lot. I have no doubt about that. But these thralls and salt wives already know how to work hard, and the North has an abundance of nds. I'm sure that iime, these people will be able to create their own farms and will be able to support themselves without my help."

  Robert's face torted for a bit before he waved his hand away at him. "Very well then. You take the thralls and salt wives away from this shit hole and thele them bato your nds. Stannis, you and Lord Redwyne will make sure to trahose men and women to Dreadfort once you nd our army ba Lannisport."

  "Yes, Yrace." Stannis bowed with a stoic face before Robert turo him once again.

  "Very well the on with the third suggestion boy."

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