New Lhazar

I was walking slowly down the muddy street of the New Lhazar city, behind me my trusted guards accompanied by Maya and the heads of the Korsrak and Hesh city respectively and surprisingly Mirri Maz Duur!

The woman still scares the shit out off all of us, even her own people respect and fear her probably in 50/50 proportions.

"Akhorb how many came?" I looked at the forest of immeasurable number of tents just outside the ex Lhazosh City with my arms crossed, to be truthful the view was breathtaking.

Akhorb was the leader of Hesh one of the three towns to the south of our location, he was the first to arrive with part of his people to give me his life oath as per Mirri instructions.

Now, as a member of my council I needed his advice as my knowledge of his people was minuscule.

People that walked passed our group bowed to me from respect repeating "Great one".

I felt really weird, when the battle ended Mirri send word to the other two towns and people started to gather.

Just because one woman called me the Great Shepard the Lhazareen flocked without questions. That's religion for you.

It's not like I'm complaining, they have enough food supplies even to feed the entire North if they wanted to. Well maybe I'm exaggerating but still.

Yes, they did have to leave their old fields and pastures, but I really think it's better that way, at the very least like this, standing together we can protect ourselves more efficiently.

"For now about 150.000 Great one, but they are still coming in from the furthest parts of the land. We estimate this to be about half of everyone..." he lowered his head and stepped back into the mids of the Lhazareen group.

I looked at the gathering, 300.000... This is about half of King's Lading... Even now Neverwinter has about 140.000 but that's counting the villages that are on our lands.

"Will there be a problem with food?" I looked a bit disturb. When I speculated previously i didn't think about numbers like this.

"You don't have to worry Great one, we are farmers and shepherds, food is the least of our problems. The question is how will we protect ourselves... We... we don't know how to fight and I'm afraid Great one. I'm scared that with one Dothraki raid we will cease to exist..." Riqizi a female town leader from Kosrak was the last in the council.

She was still skeptical about the whole Great one deal, but that's understandable.

"Riqizi." Mirri reprimanded her with stern voice and I saw the fear and panic in her eyes.

"It's alright magi. Everyone is probably scared right now. They don't know me, they are in a new place after leaving everything they owned behind to start new life, not to mention the new culture that my soldiers brought and the Dothraki Khalassar on the other river bank." I looked into their eyes and gently smiled. "But since you placed your faith and lives in my hands I will follow through with taking responsibility for it." I came up to her and placed my small hand on hers. "Riqizi... we need to build new future together, I already know that I can't do so alone..." I looked at the other Lhazareens. "And that is a request to you all. There will be hard times, there will be good times, but we need to stand together."

My head turned to all the tents almost up to the horizon to the south of the existing City. "They need us to do our best and that's exactly what we will do."

I felt Riqizi stopped trembling and looked at me. When I concentrated from her feelings I felt reverence and dedication. Good to know I managed to convince at least one.

I looked at the armored people and asked. "Ser Arthur." he was now without his mask. "We will need more troops so what can we do about this? 8000 screamers and our cavalry is not enough to protect 300.000, we need more." I looked at one of my best commanders.

"My lord, the best option would be to start building walls, we have the Skahazadhan river as a natural barrier to the north the whole way and west, to the south and east we will expand the city, but the best option would be to prepare the defenses there just in case." Arthur explained his plan to us. "We have the timber so let's start with that and mine Khyzai Pass to the west for the stones we need. It will be time consuming, so I would advise to buy some slave builders to help with that." he pointed at the big mountains range in the distance.

"Great one." Mirri said and moved closer. "Our young ones can help with the fighting, but they will need to be train and equipped, we don't know anything about how to do that. They would die for you if needed." the thing she said was a bit scary, but the rest of her people nodded, how can you die for me when you don't know anything about me except for the new title someone gave to me.

"I don't want them to die for me magi." I rebutted her quickly. "I want them to live for me." it did sound a bit cheesy, but if I'm to be a spiritual leader as well then who cares!

"How many are we talking about?" Arthur was in his commander mode.

"About 10 thousand from the ones here, and many more when the rest arrives." she was so sure of that.

" I will take care of it My Lord. In this case I will choose light cavalry commanders and the more experienced Elites to train them. Since we will need armor and weapons the smiths in Winter Fort will have more work again. We have a lot of unused horses from the Dothraki so I will send some there with transport carts under escort to pick everything we have spare for now up and bring here. If you excuse me My Lord." I agreed, it's the best solution for now.

"Alright since we know what to do let's get to it." I said, clapped my hands and moved in the direction of the Khalassar for my next business as the group split apart each going in different direction leaving me Maya, Noya and Ser Bryce.

"Maya, can you translate when I lack words? I want to show them the progress of my language lessons." we walked pass the bridge my cavalry used to ride into the battle before up to the people moving around.

"Yes my Khal, thats a good Idea." she kept her pace a bit behind me next to Noya.