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EDDARD STARK POV
Northern Kingdom, Last resistance of Essos slavers, 290 AC, a few days after the eting in King's Landing
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Ned had a headache. In front of him were nearly all the major lords of the realm. Lord Jon Umber was one of the last nobles to the north, and Lord Rickard Karstark from the east of the North. They had been for many weeks in the siege to invade this small fortress mounted by the rcenaries themselves in an open field, with no one reporting for years. They didn't bother with a direct attack since Ned didn't want to sacrifice northern soldiers, and there were still hostage prisoners inside the place. While reinforcents finally arrived, Ned couldn't wait any longer. However, an unfortunate situation occurred: news arrived that a convoy with Lord Glover's youngest daughter was attacked a few days ago by wildlings passing the Wall. As a soldier ca bringing the news from the territory a few days ago, as ravens could hardly find a military camp.
This shook the plans that the Lord of Winterfell was making for the siege, as it left one of his major supporters nervous about the idea of his daughter being taken north of the Wall by damn wildlings.
"Lord Stark, I'm leaving tomorrow. I need to kill those sons of bitches. Sorry for not being able to participate more in the siege, but I intend to rescue my daughter before they can cross the Wall!" He said firmly, not willing to negotiate about it, and Lord Stark sighed.
"And I apologize for not accompanying you in this. I understand you as a father too. I can't imagine losing one of my daughters. Lord Glover, you are free to leave." Ned finally said.
"Thank you, Ned!" He said and turned to leave.
Throughout the rest of the day, they were organizing the camp, while the Glover soldiers prepared to leave the next morning.
"Unfortunately, I'll have to wait until I receive new support since I can't risk the hostages and my n with the current ones." Ned sighed.
It was night, and he and many lords who accompanied him were present, even Lord Glover, who attended to have the last al with his lord. Lord Stark was eating his stew with hunted deer and vegetables when he went to drink his cup and saw his glass with water. Since they were in the middle of a siege, it would be troubleso to drink. He noticed that the water's surface had a slight impact.
This caught his attention, putting aside the conversations between his vassals, and focused on the cup and the strange phenonon. It didn't take long for the cup to have another impact. It was subtle, but sothing was there. Another, and then another impact on the water's surface.
"Ned?!" Lord Karstark called him aside.
"Hm?! Sorry, did you say sothing, my lord?" He said a bit lost.
"What's this nonsense of my lord, Ned. Call by the na, and you were looking so focused on that cup like a midwife for a child coming out of its mother!" He made a joke, making many lords laugh.
"Sorry, it seems like it's already a tremor or sothing. I'm starting to think we're about to have an earthquake or sothing..." Ned said, with a bit of concern.
"Earthquake? I highly doubt... Hm?!" Lord Karstark was interrupted by a sudden entrance with two soldiers.
Ned stopped paying attention to the cup and looked at the n nervously, wondering what was happening.
"My lords..." He bowed quickly and tried to compose himself, but he was still hesitant.
"SPEAK, SOLDIER! YOU SEEM TO HAVE SEEN A GHOST!" Lord Glover shouted, losing his patience.
"My lord..." The Northerner still hesitated.
"Giants! There are giants approaching!" The other soldier answered for his friend.
"Hm?! What kind of fantasy is this, n!" Lord Karstark said, raising an eyebrow.
"It's true, they are approaching the camp, the n are in chaos!" Said the first man, clearly nervous.
Lord Stark quickly stood up from the main chair and left the table, thinking it was too coincidental, these n shouting about giants when he knew giants in the north could only be related to a child.
"Show the place they are coming from!" He ordered.
"Yes, Lord Stark!" They said in unison.
Ned followed the two soldiers out with all the lords, wanting to know imdiately what was happening and what these giants scaring the soldiers were.
When they finally ca out, they saw the soldiers running back and forth, shouting in fear, feeling the real chaos that they began to feel gradually as they left the main tent.
Jory quickly ca to Lord Stark and bowed.
"Lord Stark, my lords! There is a group coming from the West to the camp, there are 4-ter n among them!" He still seed hesitant about this, but quickly reported to Ned.
"What do you an, lad? n of 4 ters don't exist!" A lord spoke firmly.
"My lords, he is not lying, there are monsters coming to the camp, monsters 4 ters tall!" Another soldier arrived affirming the sa thing Jory said.
The lords were finally getting agitated now, how could they not? They might not see these monsters, but the once organized camp was a ss at the mont.
Everyone looked at the lords, waiting for their orders.
"Let's see this group first, but be prepared to attack any hostile movent!" Lord Stark thundered, even knowing it might be his missing son, the only one he knew was with giants by the latest letters, he still had to be prepared, in case these monsters, as his n described them, were hostile.
Passing through various soldiers, they headed for the western part of the camp, where there was a crowd of nervous n holding weapons.
"GET OUT OF THE WAY! WE'RE PASSING THROUGH!" Lord Glover shouted impatiently, while the crowd made space for the lords to pass.
When they reached the front of these nervous n's rows, Ned Stark heard things like.
"By the Gods!"
"Are you seeing the sa thing I am?"
"Hey, do we have to face these things?"
"Why did they co here!?"
"Are our gods dissatisfied and going to punish us!"
"I want to leave!"
"Shut up, we're Northn, even these monsters can't fight against the entire camp."
"It's Lord Stark!"
"Lord Stark! Please protect us!"
While Ned ignored the noise of the soldiers, he hurriedly saw the sight that caused all the chaos in the camp.
From a distance, a group was approaching. Ned now understood why everyone was scared.
Seeing giant beasts, giants walking among n and so carts was not a common sight in the North. Even at night, he could see the powerful group and its individuals with the torches they carried, especially the one with the armored giant leading the other pairs.
In addition to the strange group, among the n, there were so mounted n, mainly soone with his sigil, which was a scout who joined this group, and a Glover soldier was with them, but the others carried a sigil that the Lord of Winterfell was not familiar with. A flag was raised, drawn with a white wolf and red eyes, inside a black circle, not only on the flag carried by the giant but also on the armor of these 4-ter beings and on the small armors of 3 individuals, one of them being a small child in armor that fit his little body and rode a fearso black wolf as black as the night, 2.5 ters tall!
The group stopped 200 ters from the camp and the rows of Northern n along with their lords.
The boy atop the wolf advanced with his monstrous mount, showing that it was this strange child leading the group. He took a few steps and stopped between the camp and his group, a silence and, at the sa ti, a tense atmosphere covered the entire place.
The boy, sensing the atmosphere, took a deep breath and shouted to the n in front of him.
"MY NA IS JON SNOW, SON OF THE LORD OF THE NORTH, LORD EDDARD STARK, AND I DEMAND THAT YOU TAKE TO HIM!!" Jon thundered, even with a childish voice. His sound resonated through all the hundreds of soldiers present with so vocal magic. He didn't have a commanding voice like Ducken, but it was loud enough to convey his intentions here. He wanted to speak with his father, so he walked away from his group, hoping soone would authorize him to enter the camp or that his father, Lord Stark himself, would co out to greet him. Jon knew these n were nervous. His group was composed of giants in armor, and even at this distance, they could see how they had 3-ter swords on their backs, with giant bows and arrows that could be compared to more than half a man, holding spears and shields in each hand as they marched with them in a firm and organized manner. In addition to the 4-ter n, the sight of giant wolves, shadow cats, and bears that seed quite obedient around them didn't help either.
Jon patiently saw that soone quickly mounted a horse as soon as they brought it to that man, and rode in his direction with the whole camp witnessing. More horses were brought as this man approached, and more n mounted and went in his direction. The first man seed quite eager to et him, and Jon didn't need to look through his owls to know who he was, breaking into a rather happy smile as he approached the boy.
"JON!" Ned didn't waste ti. As he approached, he looked cautiously at that wolf that made Jon even larger than him mounted on his horse, and he dismounted from his saddle. The boy did the sa differently; the wolf simply crouched on the ground for his master to land more gently, and the boy walked out of the wolf to et his lord father. Initially, he wanted to show respect to his father, as he was in front of so many eyes, and it could be disrespectful, but Lord Stark simply dismounted from his horse. So Jon forgot the initial formality and joined his father on the ground. When he would have an attitude as noble etiquette requires for his lord, he was taken by surprise when Lord Stark stepped forward and embraced him in front of everyone.
Even with the sounds of more horses arriving to et other lords, Ned could wait no longer and jumped onto his proud nephew-son and hugged him right there.
"Jon, finally, after 8 moons! I am seeing my boy again!" Jon felt touched by these words and returned the hug with tears in his eyes. He might have so resentnt towards his father in Winterfell, but he could not deny that he loves him and misses him greatly. His father always showed love when he could to him, the boy.
"Look at you, Jon, already with your 9 nadays. By the gods, you're turning into a man, and the North only talks about you these days." He said with his rough voice but proudly.
"Thank you, father." Jon said timidly as any child would after a complint in front of all these people watching the interaction attentively. The other lords had already stopped at a distance from the pair but refused to approach due to Shadow's threatening presence.
Jon stepped out of his father's embrace and looked at him. The boy needed to show why he was here with his group, as he caused a commotion just upon arrival. He moved away from his father and said in a loud voice.
"Lord Stark, I am here to assist your siege with my forces!" Jon declared.
"UHHH!!!!!" Seven armored giants raised their spears and hamrs, banging against their shields and shouted.
*BOOM!*
*BOOM!*
*BOOM!*
*BOOM!*
*BOOM!*
*BOOM!*
*BOOM!*
The repetition of the movent caused a deafening noise that reached the slave traders' stronghold on the other side of the Northern military camp. All the soldiers were intimidated and, at the sa ti, amazed at the postures of the giants, creatures they never expected to see in their lives.
What surprised everyone the most was that the boy seed to command the giants, even though they were trained to follow Ducken's formations. The inhabitants on the other side of the wall did this only because Jon asked it to be so, even though it seed surreal for a boy to be in command of a force of this level. Still, no one could deny what their eyes saw in front of them.
While the lords seed open-mouthed and even a bit cautious, Ned looked at his boy with a hint of pride and admiration. He knew the boy had been doing unbelievable things, according to all reports and his own letters, so he wasn't so surprised. But he was still imnsely proud of how Lya's son beca extraordinary with each piece of news. His appearance was growing, and Ned paid close attention to the most notable change in the child: those erald halos in his eyes, like proof of the gods' blessings. Even though he already knew this, it was incredibly striking to see it in person, giving Jon a magical aspect. His eyes were completely different from 8 moons ago when the boy had a look worthy of leading this group, which, in Ned's opinion, was a force that could compare to hundreds of n, especially with those giants in giant greenish-colored armor like his son's, as beautiful or even more so with that ruby armor worn by Rhaegar Targaryen at the Battle of the Trident, displaying the symbol, which seed to be Jon's personal sigil.
'I just don't understand why a white wolf when his mount is a black wolf...' Ned debated but quickly forgot that thought.
"You have a long story to tell , son," he said with a small smile.
"Yes, Lord Stark, are you interested in accepting my force to help you in the siege?" Jon smiled. He didn't lose his etiquette, even separated from his father for almost a year; he still had to respect him in front of his n.
"You'll be welco," he said.
"Well, but first. Jart, co here, we need to notify Lord Glover about the latest news." Jon said. There was a man among the group of lords on horseback a few ters away displaying the sigil he saw on the soldiers from Deepwood. A soldier next to the giants started moving away from the group, approaching Jon and the northern nobles. He was one of the n with the 50 Glover soldiers, as there was no raven, a ssenger had to be sent in its place. Jart was the chosen one and traveled with Jon. Even quite cautious at first, he began to get comfortable over the next few days traveling alongside that entire group that massacred almost 200 wildlings alone.
"Lord Glover! My lords!" He said and spoke directly to his lord, who still didn't understand why one of his guards from Deepwood was here.
"My lord, the captain sent as a ssenger. We found Jon Snow and his group while trying to track the wildlings and ended up following them to the north as soon as we found out that his group was following the wildlings and his daughter was kidnapped!" He said, earning a worried look from his lord, and continued.
"After a few days, Jon and his group, who were advancing at night, found the camp and destroyed all the wildlings, with his daughter being saved in the process, killing more than 150 soldiers!" Even though Jon rolled his eyes at the emphasis on the last part, he still found it strange to hear people talking about things he did with a certain tone of being a hero or doing sothing amazing, even if he couldn't deny the last part.
Lord Stark, like all the lords present, raised an eyebrow to this, especially the father of the rescued child himself.
"Here, I have a letter from the captain for more details." Jart approached and handed the letter to his still incredulous lord. He opened it silently and began to read, to finally look directly at Jon with a furrowed brow. He was happy with the information, but everything written there didn't seem to be real...
'This 9-naday boy really entered a wildling camp and fought against them, saving his youngest daughter and resolving this wildling invasion before coming here?'
"Really, boy? Is everything in this letter true, and my n aren't lying?" He said in a tone of disbelief.
He would leave for ho the next day, hoping it wouldn't be too late for his little Ester, but it seems the gods favored him this ti, with Ned's boy solving the problem in his land.
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