Chapter 35

"Lord Commander Jeor Mormont." He said with a stoic voice.

"Lord Bolton." The leader of the Nights Watch replied back in an equally stoic manner "I see that you've prepared well for you expedition North of the Wall."

"That I have. And I also brought gifts for you."

"Gifts?" Jeor Mormont asked.

"Yes." He said and gave an order to the men as they started bringing forth carts upon carts filled with food, weapons, furs and gold.

"200 swords made of Froststeel. A new type of steel this is sharper and more durable than Castle Forged Steel." He said as he removed the cloth from the first cart and showed the swords to the old man whose eyes gleamed with surprise as he picked up one of the sword and swung it around a few times.

"It's a good sword." Jeor Mormont admitted long moment "A very good sword. Ser Alliser. Have the recruits take these swords to the Armory." He commanded and a disgruntled looking middle aged man started ordering some young recruits to do as was ordered by the Lord Commander.

"Next is Furs and blankets for the men of the Night's Watch." He said as more carts came forward that were filled with 500 fur coats and 100 blankets.

"That is… too much. Thank you for the contribution my lord." Jeor Mormont said as he looked at all the black furcoats and the blankets in shock.

"We're not finished yet." He said as the men led 70 more carts inside the gates of Castle Black "I heard that you have a thousand men in all the Wall. These carts have enough grain to last you for 2 whole years. After which my house will continue to send you the food that you require each year."

"You'll do that for us. Why?" Jeor Mormont asked with shock as he had no idea about the bumper harvest in the Bolton lands.

"Because I could." He replied simply. And it was the truth. With the large amount of food that the Bolton lands were generating, he now had enough food in his disposal that sparing enough food for the Night's Watch was like chump change for him "And last but not the least."

He gave a motion and Baka came forward with a giant chest on her shoulder before she carefully put it down on the ground in front of him.

He could already hear the men from the Night's Watch murmuring about Baka's height and he tuned them out easily.

After all, with her height, Baka would pull the attention of people anywhere she goes. There was no denying that fact so it was better for them to get used to such unwanted attention.

"Ahem." He coughed and Lord Commander Jeor Mormont who was also looking at Baka in shock (and making her uncomfortable), looked back at him and then rubbed his eyes before going back to his stoic expression.

"Last but not the least." He said and opened the chest to show gleaming gold to the old man whose jaw opened once again at the sight of so much gold "10,000 gold dragons for any and all supplies that I was not able to bring to you."

By now he realized that the entire Castle had gone silent and everyone was looking at him with shock, admiration and awe.

After all, he doubted that they had ever received such large donations from anyone in living memory.

"That… is…" Jeor Mormont rubbed his eyes which had become a little wet from happiness "Thank you my lord. Thank you very much." The old man took his hands and bowed in front of him. "The Nights Watch thanks you for your contribution."

And that was how he introduced himself to the men of the Nights Watch.

From there on, persuading them to open the gates so that his 1,000 men could pass through and go on their expedition was a simple task.

He might not have needed to donate so much gold to these men to get them to open the gates but if he found what he wanted in the North, then he would definitely need their goodwill or they'll not allow him to enter back in through the Wall.