The control
Good morning guys! Here's today's chapter, in which we get a bit of a picture of what's to come in the next few years. Including not only canonical things from the TV series, but some hints from the books as well. Obviously the authors have messed up a lot in the last few seasons and for reasons of time and budget have cut out a lot of interesting stories! I read the first 3 books a few years ago, with the 4th started but not finished.... Now I'll have to get my hands on to get some ideas for the future!!!
Leave lots of comments and if you want stones, so that many people read my story and so I will also have more opinions.
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I wake up at the crack of dawn, look in my bed and see the two women who had kept me occupied for most of the night. It was liberating! After all this time spent hoping not to be killed in my sleep, in some master's game, in some stupid war.... In my past life I was never popular with the girls, every conquest was sweaty! A thank you to Tinder is in order.
Getting out of bed I already feel lighter and with a fresher mind. Now it is time to work.
The first item on my list is the formation of my mini army of super soldiers. There are 50 guards in the villa who are already 'converted' and now it is the turn of the servants who will act as if they were normal people, I have to start rotating the guards to convert the other 100 who guard my properties in the city.
After calling Daario I tell him to move the 50 guards from the house with the others over the next few days, in small batches to look like a normal replacement action. Today I will have to convert at least 30/50 servants and so over the next few days, I will also bring in some slaves from my warehouses to continue to the 300 I wish to have at this time. I have to finish all this before Qoohr arrives to continue my plans.
The days passed and the routine became interesting! In addition to converting slaves into warriors ready to kill at my command, I set my day with a wake-up call at dawn followed by a 2-hour training session with Leonidas and other warriors to get used to combat and I must say my power is really broken! After the training a nice bath and breakfast, followed by warrior farming and after that I read all the books I can in Daario's library. Then my favourite activity... A bit of training between the sheets with two girls, who after a couple of days I decided to change both in appearance and the usual loyalty package and upgrades that don't detract from their aesthetics.
Getting out of bed I see Diana and Natasha on either side of me sleeping, yes you guys can envy me!!! I take Wonder Woman and Black Widow to bed. Maybe I'll create the Avengers? As a secret organisation? A mix with the Justice League LOL.
INSERT PHOTO [ ] DIANA
INSERT PHOTO [ ] NATASHA
Ignoring my delusions!
One interesting thing I've noticed as the days go by is that the people I control are not robots with no capacity for thought, they are subservient to me without the ability to disobey me. But they continue to learn and live normally. This is an important thing, having rigid people who cannot perform tasks without me ordering something could be difficult in the long run! They follow my guidelines, operating internally with the decisions they think best.
We are now two days away from Qoohr's arrival, preparations have been completed. I have managed to build my army of 300 super-soldiers, I have got my hands on some very well-educated slaves from whom I can draw important knowledge in the world I am in. The mercenary company Sparta has found its home in one of my warehouses, it has already started its recruitment campaign by buying slaves from masters Hidzaarh and Reemus, starting to train them and removing any spies placed by the masters. Leaving some who were promptly 'converted' as my spies.
I sent one of my merchants to Astapor to purchase 10 Unsullied so that I could further improve my army with the undisputed skills of these legendary warriors.
Some of the converted warriors I have sent to some of the most famous and strongest mercenary companies, with their combat and troop leadership skills I am sure they will be able to quickly climb the ranks and find leadership positions. By doing this, I will be able to infiltrate and in the future command the strongest mercenary companies and turn them into money-making machines and above all into my own personal army.
The mercenary companies I have focused on are:
- The Golden Company: which consists of 10,000 men and is led by Harry Strickland known as Homeless Harry, the company's current commander. In addition to being the largest company and above all the strongest, the most interesting thing about them is their connection to the Targaryens, having been founded by Ser Aegor Rivers , called 'Bittersteel', a legitimate bastard of King Aegon IV Targaryen . Aegor had fled Westeros with the younger sons of Daemon I Blackfyre at the end of the First Blackfyre Rebellion . Bittersteel saw the support of House Blackfyre dwindle when exiled lords and knights joined mercenary companies, such as the Ragged Banner or the Maiden's Men, and decided to create their own mercenary company in 212 AC to bind the exiles together. So they definitely have some secrets that were not explored in the TV series, and unfortunately the good George had not yet finished the books when I died in the previous world. From what I remember of the books it was claimed that Aegon Targaryen was still alive and had joined with Jon Connington in the company making a pact with the BlackFyre descendants to regain the throne from the usurper Robert Baratheon.
-The Cat Company: is a mercenary company consisting of 3,000 infantry units and founded in the Free Cities commanded by Bloody Beard. It is well known that there is bad blood between the Company of the Cat and the Company of the Wind: it all started in one of the many wars between the various Free Cities, lined up on opposite sides during yet another conflict in the Disputed Lands, the mutual animosity is still strong between the two.
- The Wind Company: is a mercenary company founded in the Free Cities and led by the captain of Pentos known as Prince Raggedy and consists of 2,000 men. Prince Raggedy founded the Wind Company about 30 years before the beginning of the events narrated in the saga. When he was 23 years old, the prince was chosen by the magistrates of Pentos as the new Prince of Pentos, shortly after beheading his predecessor. Instead of accepting the position, the boy fled to the Disputed Lands and never returned to Pentos. During his years of wandering, he joined the Second Sons, the Iron Shields and the Maiden's Men and finally founded his own mercenary company 'the Wind Company' together with five other companions. Of the six founders, the Prince is the only one alive.
- The Second Sons: The Second Sons are a mercenary company founded in the Free Cities commanded by their captain Ben Plumm who leads 500 mercenaries. The name of every man who serves in the Second Sons is marked in a leather-covered book, along with information about when they joined the ranks of the company, where they fought, how long they served and how they died. The tradition is also to sign using red ink: at one time one had to sign with one's own blood, but the custom was later abandoned as blood was considered a bad ink.
- Storm Ravens: they are a mercenary company founded in the Free Cities. The three captains are Prendahl na Ghezn, Sallor the Bald and Daario Naharis and command 500 men. (What did the scriptwriters smoke to change so much I've always wondered).
- The Good Comrades: also known as the Bloody Guitti, are a mercenary company of ill repute comprising criminals and outcasts from various nations made up of 300 mercenaries.
Led by Vargo Hoat, a tall, skinny man with a lisp and originally from Qohor, the group is often nicknamed the 'Bloody Guitti' by the inhabitants of Westeros, due to the brutality of its members and their extravagant appearance, or the Mutilators, due to Vargo's habit of cutting off prisoners' hands and feet. On their banner is a black goat with red horns, symbolising the Black Goat of Qohor. From my recollection they are a group that appeared in Westeros during the barbarism of the five kings, and some of them amputated Jaime Lannister's hand.
The plans on the mercenary companies have begun, now it is up to my information network to expand between the various important cities on Essos and to King's Landing, which is the key place to always know the general outline of the story. In King's Landing I can invest heavily after the rebellion or I will lose money and people because of what the Lannister soldiers will do. While on this side of the continent Astapor, Yunkai, Meerem and Myr will be the first targets because the first 3 provide large quantities of slaves and thus warriors while Myr is the most futuristic city on the continent. It produces glass, carpets and lace and can be said to be among the largest port cities on the continent along with Qaarth. Take over brothels, taverns and get into the good books of the masters and then take over. That is the plan over the next few years. But now the focal point is the taking of New Ghis and I may have a date with the tower of Joy to claim some bodies with interesting skills and knowledge....
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See you next time guys!