Ruler

"Wh-what do you want?"

"What do I want? Shouldn't you ask who am I first?"

"Th-then.. Who are you?"

"Well... Since your kind enough to obey me then i'll explain everything to you. First I am Arthur Godfrey, better known as Arthur the Impaler, Death's Emissary."

The Magister became more fearful than he was before when he heard Arthur's name, Arthur defeated thousands of Wildlings without even the support of other Houses. He was known to be Evil, Cunning, and Outright a Savage.

"When i first came to Braavos, my plan was to make me your Heir and then you will choke while eating, but as you know everything does not go exactly as planned. You see, Braavos was not exactly what i expected. Magister's like you, people of the Iron Bank, and The Sealord are abusing their power. And besides that, the People were suffering even though you could prevent it, they were Hungry, Have no Homes, and the Children having to resort to violence just to Live. Of course im not naive to expect everything to be Sunshine and Rainbows but those problems can be easily solved."

"Th-then what changed?"

"I decided to--How do I put this--Make myself so to say.. The Ruler of Braavos."

"That's Impossible! No one has Overthrown the Sealord since Braavos's Existence!"

"Well im not here to do possible things am i? Now, enough talk and sign the Papers."

"No! Im not signing any of your damn Papers!"

"Oh really, well then, xxxx get Her here!"

Ariana was dragged by xxxx, then Arthur took hold of Her and pointed a Dagger at her throat.

"Ariana Titan, Your Bastard, if you refuse to sign i'll Kill Her."

"Hah! Go on, she's only the daughter of a Greedy Whore that i liked to fuck."

"Hahahaha."

Arthur moved back while laughing, when they were not able to be heard by Idris, Arthur turned her around to face him while he pointed his Dagger at her neck.

"Well you were right My Lady."

"Now what do you want?"

"I have a proposition."

"What is it?"

"When I kill him and i take his Trading Company i won't have time to manage it for myself. So i offer you this, you manage the Company, along with other Businesses that i get. But of course im still gonna be the Owner of the Businesses, what i Order you to do, you do. No questions asked."

"And if i Refuse?"

"Of course you could Refuse, but that would be a bad decision hm? Think about it, you'll have to find jobs, you'll have no protection, and live a Hard Life, Of Course you could marry a Lord but why? You hold no lands, and allies. Besides being pretty they have no other reason to Marry you, you could be their Mistress though."

Silence overcame them until Ariana asked with a bit of Hesitation.

"Can i have time?"

"The death if Idris. xxxx Watch over her."

Arthur went to Idris and began the Serious Talk.

"Last chance Idris. Sign the Papers."

"Never."

"Well then, it can't be helped. You'll die... Slowly."

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"AHHHHHHHH!!"

A penetrating scream went through the halls, coming from our favorite Magister, Idris.

"Gag him, and check outside if somebody heard it."

After being gagged, Arthur punched him in the face this continued until Arthur heard Idris's muffled voice, and remove his gag.

"Speak."

"I-i'll sign it. J-just let me live."

"Good, here's the Paper."

The Magister signed the paper, after signing he was untied and he stood up shaking.

"N-now, p-please leave, you've got what you wanted."

"I didn't say i was going to let you live."

After the sentence, Arthur pierced a dagger in his heart. After Idris was dead Arthur turned around to Ariana, who had a little smile on her face watching Idris Die.

"Now, what's your decision?"

"I accept."

"Well then, Congratulations My Lady, you are now manager of Florian Trading Company. And as owner and new Magister of Braavos, i hereby declare you, Ariana Titan, to be Legitimized as Ariana Florian."

A look of shock was found in Ariana's face, this wasn't in their deal.

"Now Calisto, announce his Death and me becoming his Heir, after that cremate him."

"But won't it be suspicious that you became his Heir after he Died?"

"Yes, but because they don't have evidence and it's legal, they can't really do anything... Atleast not yet. And that's enough."

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"So, what's your goal?"

"Why so serious, Ariana? It's only been three days since you became Manager, why don't you loosen up a bit?"

"I will, if you tell me what's your goal. For Braavos that is."

"I ask you this, what is the easiest way of becoming Ruler of Braavos? By overthrowing the Ruler i mean."

After Ariana heard this she fell silent, no one have overthrown the Sealord since Braavos's existence, but here was Arthur asking her the Easiest way of overthrowing the Sealord.

"No answers? Well first, find some Allies, one that is Loyal to you, and to the People. Once you have gathered Allies, you start picking them off one by one. But of course eventually they'll suspect you, so you come out of the light and challenge all of them, and by then you are now stronger than all of them, and they can no longer stop you."

"And what do you do to them?"

"The same thing I did to your father."

"What of the people? They wont simply accept you as their new leader. I know you will do good for them, but it would be difficult and will need a lot of Time. They would expect immediate changes."

"And what do you propose?"

"A fight. A tournament to be precise, you give the Magisters and Sealord a trial by combat, and all of them have champions. The champions will fight in a tournament style, and the Strongest will face you. If you get defeated they're free and you Die, but if you defeat their Champion they die and you the new Ruler of Braavos."

"And where does the people's Loyalty come in?"

You make the tournament schedule as long as possible, perhaps one fight every sennight. The people of Essos loves a good fight, they'll be distracted and focusing on the Fight and the Festivities, and while they're distracted, you unfold your plans for Braavos with no Riots. It's funny, the People want changes, and when the Changes come wether it's good but they don't like it, they will Hate you. But that won't happen in your case because you gave them a good fight. A good trade no? A good Fight for their Loyalty."

"You're a sharp little thing aren't you?"