chapter 11 the dragon festival

Welcome back to house of dragon new valyria. I'll be giving you guy like two chapters today and after that we shall be thrown through time to meet asoiaf in it center or whatever may lay ahead

And although it's late still

happy new year

Now back to the story___________________

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### Location: Valyria South City, Veldora Territory

**Countdown: 2 years before the doom**

**Viston, Age 14**

It has been another two years of relentless effort, and significant accomplishments mark this time. Let's delve into the details, starting with my army – a formidable force of one hundred thousand men and women.

**Cavalry Units:**

- Forty thousand heavy cavalry

- Ten thousand mounted archers and crossbowmen: armed with short spears, light armor, helmets, and medium-sized circle shields, all marked with my house emblem for added protection.

- Ten thousand light cavalry: equipped with halberds, bastard swords, round circle shields, light armor, and helmets.

**Foot Soldiers:**

- Thirty thousand in total, comprising ten thousand spearmen with long spears and large rectangular shields for a robust shield wall.

- Another ten thousand wielding medium-sized circle shields and longswords.

- The remaining ten thousand skilled archers, who, despite seeming numerous, play a vital role with rune-enhanced arrows for devastating long-range attacks.

Teaching Aldin and his apprentices the intricacies of my runes has been a fascinating journey. While Valyria has its rune system, mine proves more potent. Their proficiency has grown, and the addition of more members to their new order, Arcion, strengthens our capabilities. All are bound to me through rune contracts, ensuring unwavering loyalty.

The army undergoes a significant transformation as they swap their current equipment for rune-enhanced armor and weapons. The color-coded system is implemented: black armor and cloaks for heavy and light cavalry, blue for mounted archers, and dark brown with red cloaks for foot soldiers. All proudly display my house symbol.

The Royal Guards, now known as Dragon Guards, don distinct black and gold armor with black cloaks adorned with my house symbol in gold. Ten commanders oversee one hundred men each, easily identified by a golden armband.

Within the Dragon Guard, not all are dragon riders. I've distributed them among the commanders, each overseeing five dragon riders. While not all possess large dragons, their size matches that of daemons, ensuring formidable protection with the added armor, yes I decked the dragons in rune armor mwahahahaha try to kill those.

Turning attention to the navy, they stand ready for war, though upgrades to their anti-ship gear and vessels are deferred until after the impending doom. Most system missions are completed, with the exploration mission focusing on the Rhoyne due to time constraints.

The next two years will be pivotal, and my commitment remains steadfast to fortify my forces and prepare for the challenges that lie ahead.

I have also acquired all the spies sent by other families to keep an eye on us and forcefully bound them in contracts as well; they now feed their former masters only what I allow. Only through this have I managed to ensure they don't think we are preparing to overthrow them. All they know is that we brought our forces together, believing we will all perish in the gods' wrath, which is absurd and only solidifies the perception that our family is eccentric. If only they knew the truth of it.

As for myself, I've grown significantly within these two years. First, my mana core is truly substantial; it has evolved twice, and the next stage is compression. To understand it correctly, I'm at a stage where I could go against Dumbledore and not lose, although maybe I could because he has more experience.

My love, Eliana, is on the level of someone like McGonagall. However, once she wields her swords, she could face Dumbledore but might not win, as she is still within human limits, which I have decided to remove. Yes, I plan to have her undergo the rune ritual with me, as well as my siblings and her sister. Regarding her brother, our relationship hasn't been that close, and I don't want him to have this power until all my dragon guards are ready, even if I'm not giving him the royal-grade runes.

Next is my sister, Selia; she excels with the bow and daggers and has chosen to join my aunt and the shadow legion, aiming to become the best sniper. Then there's my baby brother, Branton; he is more inclined to a staff, and I have been teaching him magic as Aldin has nothing on me. The boy is remarkable; it's as if he was born to wield magic, and he's also adept with daggers.

I have set the date for the ritual to be in the next two months, and we have started with our weapons and armor, which will be more powerful than any others, featuring size-change runes and ownership runes. I think I'll also implement these on my dragon guards' armor.

Amidst all this talk about runes, I haven't even shared with you the specific runes I am using for the armor—my apologies. Let's start with the royal armament, followed by the dragon guards, and lastly, the general equipment.

**Royal Armament:**

- Durability Rune

- Temperature-Regulating Runes

- Calm Mind Runes

- Unbreakable Runes( high grade)

- Deflection Runes (high grade)

- Power Runes (high grade)

- Anti-Fire, Water, and Lightning (Just in Case)

- Anti-Theft Rune

- Shock-Absorbing Runes(high grade)

- Self-Cleaning Runes

**Dragon Guard:**

- Temperature-Regulating Runes

- Calm Mind Runes

- Unbreakable Runes (mid grade)

- Shock-Absorbing Runes(mid grade)

- Anti-Theft Runes

- Sharpness Runes

- Self-Cleaning Runes

-loyalty runes

It's worth noting that both the Royal and Dragon Guards' armor will be crafted from Veldora steel.

**Normal Armament:**

- Sharpness Rune

- Loyalty Runes

- Durability Runes

- Shock-Absorbing Runes

This set of runes for the normal armament, when combined, ensures sharpness in combat, unwavering loyalty from those wielding the weapons, enhanced durability, and effective shock absorption. It adds a well-rounded and reliable dimension to the general equipment used by my forces.

If these revelations were to become known to others in Valyria, it could incite a war. Although I don't believe they could ever emerge victorious, the resulting conflict would disrupt stability. We might lose all we've built, and the continent could be swiftly plunged into an age of bloodshed, even before the inevitable one in two or three years. Still, I don't want to be the catalyst for such an event.

Now, with my army and mages prepared for what is to come, I am confident we can commence our expedition after the ritual. Perhaps a week later, once we've acclimated to the newfound strength it will provide us.

Speaking of which, I will be getting married in a year. By then, I will be fifteen or five and ten namesdays, as they say here. However, I have informed my betrothed that we will not consummate the marriage immediately. At my current age, I cannot envision engaging in such matters with a fifteen-year-old girl; it simply doesn't feel right, regardless of the circumstances. Fortunately, she understood my perspective after some explanation. I initially feared she might misinterpret my intentions, but she comprehended, likely due to her awareness of my principles, especially being in the counsel of Veldora women. It might sound amusing that such a council exists, but it's a reality. Though, it's charming until they start discussing your affairs. Trust me, those women are quite eccentric.

"Meanwhile, today is the Dragon Festival, a day when we, the people of Valyria, celebrate the wealth and property that we and our ancestors have created.

However, I personally know this day as the Day of the Young Masters; seriously, they are going to be everywhere.

With the news of our family's supposed stupidity, I shall not be shocked to see anyone trying to one-up me. Honestly, I do pity anyone who goes too far, as I don't think he or she would be mourned.

Well, I don't think I'll go that far, but you get what I mean. Currently, I am in my chambers getting ready; the festivities are about to start. But before then, it's routine that the Dragon Lords meet at the chambers.

The chambers are a place where all decisions concerning Valyria are made in the presence of the forty-three Dragon Lord families. But today has little to do with politics. Well, that was wrong to say, so let me put it this way: there won't be any debates this time. Mostly, the other families are trying to judge our worth because when the family became the heralds of doom, we slowly lost credibility and communication with the rest and became secluded in our city. So, this is the first social gathering we are attending in a long while.

Little did they know we planned it all, step by step, to be here, to gather all our wealth and army. But not to overthrow them; simply to be able to keep many of our men and wealth alive. Also, we managed to get lower Dragon Lord houses on our side, so now we don't need to think of inbreeding, like the Targaryens resorted to. But it's not like there are not other families in the Freehold not doing it. The Targaryens didn't invent it; it just so happens they picked it up.

So, anyways, I am done getting ready and I head out with my guards to wait alongside my father and brother for the ladies to come down. As even in this life, ladies do love taking their time.

"Good day, father. Any word from uncle?" I asked my father and nodded to my brother in greeting.

"Sigh~ yes, and he said he will not be attending this event as he will try to match him with noble women from different houses," father replied with a tired sigh.

You have to know we could not keep everyone in the family looking like mental people. We kept a group to look like they are the ones pushing through these trying times for our family. But that doesn't mean we showed that we are not ready to fight. There was a time when one of the Sacred Five families, as they call themselves, tried to take some of our business. Father rode out on his dragon to show them that even if they are sick, we still are not fully clouded by it and know when to show our fangs. And ever since, everyone stayed clear, trying to let the dragon's wound fester and die of it, then swoop in for its carcass."