Chapter 26: Back to Westeros and Preparing for War.

3rd pov

Carn Dûm, the city that surrounded the Dreadfort, a city that became a symbol of House Bolton's power, was always busy and safe, guards could be seen passing by, children playing, merchants selling their wares or the Temples of Sauron, which were always crowded with the praying faithful.

But today the city was busier than usual, for the Lord of House Bolton, Domeric Bolton, was returning from his long journey from Essos, bringing with him the glory and riches of Astapor, his aunt, Barbrey Dustin, was waiting at the docks. along with some soldiers as an escort.

Hundreds of people could be seen on the docks, waiting for the ship carrying Domeric to dock, and to see their Lord in all his glory.

Soon Domeric's ship docked and the sailors and soldiers began to leave, everyone went to hug their families or unload their cargo, and soon our dear protagonist left, receiving applause and cheers from the people who were on the docks, he could not help but see that and smile while waving to people.

Soon Domeric got off the ship next to Missandei and Grayworm, he then hugged his aunt and introduced his 2 new subordinates, after all the presentation was done, Domeric and the entourage went to Dreadfort, where a meeting with the most important people would take place. important of the Bolon Lands.

TimeSkip no Jutsu

Inside a large hall, which was decorated, having a table in the center that had the map of Westeros, we can see several people around that table, all representing the ''Factions'' that exist within the Bolton Lands.

The first to stand out was the Overlords of the Strongholds who were in the Bolton Lands and helped to control the territory, after them there was the group that consisted of the Cult of Sauron, among them were several Priests, Asha was the Leader of this group.

After that, a man was wearing fancy clothes, and next to him others were wearing the most expensive clothes possible, these were the Merchants who were under the command of House Bolton and represented commercial and economic interests.

The next group involved the Minor Houses who were Vassals of House Bolton, both wearing aristocratic clothing to stand out from the rest, the group consisting of men and women who displayed an air of superiority.

The last group was Domeric's inner circle, consisting of Barbrey Dustin, Grayworm, and Missandei for the time being, meanwhile on a chair could be seen Domeric sitting, looking at everyone seriously.

"Ladies and gentlemen, everyone should know why we're all gathered here, right?" Domeric asked as he looked at each group who nodded their heads to say "yes".

"Then we will not waste time, the War against House Greyjoy will soon arrive, we will need to prepare our entire Fleet, in addition to gathering enough forces to effectively occupy all the Iron Islands" Said Domeric as he got up from his chair, and went to the map then kept pointing to the Iron Islands.

He picked up some miniature ships that were painted Black to represent House Bolton and moved a staff close to the ships in Blue, which represented the Ironborn as a whole.

"We will start by sending part of our Fleet to attack Pyke directly, while the rest will split up to take the other Islands" Domeric would say as he took some miniature soldiers this time and placed them in the Iron Islands.

Some miniature soldiers were different from others, for example, there was a miniature soldier that looked like the Gondorian Tower Guards, which represented the soldiers under the command of the Cult of Sauron.

The miniature soldier was on the Isle of Orkmont, which owns Houses Orkwood and Tawney, as well as the Cadet Branch of House Goodbrother, Asha who saw this was happy, as she understood the meaning.

This meant that Domeric was giving the Isle of Orkmont to the Cult of Sauron to administer, Asha was clearly in ecstasy along with the rest of her group, as even a small island would be enough for them, but they weren't complaining.

Domeric decided to do this as the Cult of Sauron was very helpful, but they would still serve House Bolton as Vassals, so control of the Isle would remain over his House to some extent.

The rest of the Isles would be in the possessions of the people he promoted to Nobles, except Pyke, which would be the island controlled directly by House Bolton, as Pyke is the seat of power for all the Iron Isles.

"Are the Merchants ready for their roles?" Domeric asked as he looked at the leader of the group representing the Merchants.

"Yes my Lord, we will quickly begin to stabilize the financial situation there, in addition to securing the Monopoly on Trade in the Iron Islands" Said the representative while showing a sly smile full of teeth.

Domeric nodded, the Iron Islands would need to stabilize financially or it could have nasty problems, besides dealing with The Faith of the Drowned God, which would be a serious problem for Domeric.

Our protagonist would not take away from the Ironborn the Piracy custom, as he would need this custom from them for The Corsairs of Umbar he will create, but he would need to ensure that those Ironborn who decided to commit to him were loyal.

In addition to that he needs to decide what to do with all the Greyjoy, most would be killed, but Theon was a problem, as he was under the protection of House Stark, and because of that he will need to put up with the little bastard until he reached the War of the Five Kings, to finally end the Greyjoy Bloodline for good.

Other than that, all he needed to do was conquer the Iron Islands and kill all the Ironborn Noble Houses, so that he could put loyal people to run the Islands for him, without having to worry about having to pay ''The Iron Price. '.

Soon everyone began to make the last preparations for the War against House Greyjoy, from the number of troops that will be used to how much will be spent after the War, in addition to the expenses that will be when starting to reform the Iron Islands.

While this was happening, outside Dreadfort and Carn Dûm, the troops of House Bolton prepared for the War to come, Uruks sharpened their swords and spears, and the Goblins poisoned their arrows or practiced climbing walls.

Trolls also fought among themselves to show who among them was the strongest, this was their way of training, as for the Giants, some Westerosi Giants have seen training with the sword, while others trained with arrow shooting.

Already the Mountain Giants trained stone-throwing, some soldiers made bets among themselves to see which Mountain Giant would throw the stone the furthest possible.

Meanwhile elsewhere, we can see the Cult of Sauron forces gathering and listening to their commander's speech.

"Arise, Brothers and Sisters! Together we will end the Heresy that is rampant in the Iron Islands and bring the power of Civilization to those Barbarians! Together we will ensure that the Glory of Sauron and our Messiah and Lord, Domeric Bolton, be brought to that place!" Said the Commander as he raised his fist, causing all the soldiers to start screaming in euphoria, their eyes carrying nothing but pure fanaticism.

War will break out and House Greyjoy will once again feel the power of House Bolton.