Essos freikrops

Remember that you can give me ideas and if it is possible to apply them in the story I will do it.

Warning: there is a lot of hate in this chapter.

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Lothar Von Ruppin POV

Lothar my friend.... Please, promise me... that you will always... take care of my son...I know I was not a good king, but...my son will be different...I know...God has told me so.... please protect him''my dying friend was telling me.

it was one of the nightmares that haunted me the most, the death of my friend and former king Friedrich III when he was in my arms mortally wounded on the battlefield.

every day since I was removed from the position of captain general I remember this moment reminding me every time that I am not fulfilling the promise, the king is alone surrounded by faithless Protestants, while he has to make deals with the heathens and I am here rotting in a crummy garrison protecting a couple of warships.

I have felt so much anger, I have not been able to get the king's pardon, the opportunity has not presented itself and every time I hear how my king has to do things to please the heathens like participate in jousts and banquets in order to stay in power.

I know I have been negligent with my faith and god has abandoned me, for every time I ask the almighty for help there is no answer everything stays the same, I am stuck here while the king must be doing all he can to control the pagans.

''Lothar the king has sent for you'' said Charles, the grand master of the Teutonic order.

''What has happened now, another heathen problem?'', I said without spirit.

''Worse yet, a couple of envoys from the free cities have just insulted and humiliated the king,'' said Charles angrily.

''WHAT? how dare those scum, the figure of the king cannot be questioned, his rule is divine'' I said angrily.

''yes, I was there those bastards..., the king didn't want to do anything to the envoys, but he will seek to return the humiliation, he has sworn it by god'' said Charles while clenching his fists hard

''what does the king plan to do'' I said as I took my armor and put it on.

''I don't know yet, but he said that your time has come, you have your chance to return to your old position, so prepare yourself as you will probably have to make a journey'' said Charles as he turned to go back.

GOD HAS HEARD MY PRAYERS, THE KING HAS OPENED HIS EYES.

Quickly, I put on my plate armor and ran as fast as I could to see my divine king.

When I arrived at his hall, my king was sitting in his seat while looking at a map.

''LOTHAR, it seems that this is your lucky day, I have a mission for you, you see today I had a very unpleasant meeting with the envoys of the free city of Myr, they tried to extort money from us and they insulted me in their language thinking that I did not understand Latin'' said the king while looking me in the eye.

''yes, I was informed of this offense against your person my king, I will make sure that this offense does not go unpunished'' I said clenching my fists.

''yes we will repay this humiliation, but not in a direct way, the free cities of Myr, Tyrosh and Lys are in a constant war over the disputed lands, it is not uncommon for new mercenary companies to constantly arrive looking to fight their war for gold, that is where you come in, I don't want to tarnish the image of the Prussians by adding that we are warmongers, we are, but I don't want to associate us with that way of life, so you will offer your services to any free city that is in conflict with Myr, your duty will be to give an exemplary punishment against that free city'' said the king while pointing to the map of the free cities.

''but my king, if a Prussian nobleman directly connected to you and bound by a vassalage contract delivers mercenary services they will associate it as a direct action of us'' said Friedrich von roon.

''I know that's why I will make sure whoever is the leader of this mercenary company has no ties to me'' said the king as he turned to me.

''lothar von ruppin, I Friedrich Wilhelm II by the grace of god, king in Prussia, paramount lord of the reach, Margrave of Brandenburg, titles, titles, for the crimes of rebellion, insubordination and sedition,i expel you from the army as well as your military rank, i revoke your contract of vassalage as well as revoke your titles as count of ruppin'' said the king as he signed his decree.

''my king...but...but...but...'' I could not say anything, anger was consuming me.

''listen well Lothar, this time you will follow my orders perfectly, I will give you the most fanatic soldiers of our army for your new mercenary company and I will send you supplies every month; however, it will be your duty to maintain the military operation, so remember well and don't forget it MYR DELENDA EST'' said my king while staring at me in the eyes.

I was furious I had lost everything, but fulfilling my promise was more important.

''that anger that grows in you use it against our enemies, return with victory and everything you lost today will be returned if you are defeated, do not bother to return, leave now'' said my king pointing to the door.

After leaving the fortress many emotions went through my head, but finally I could think clearly, God gives the most difficult battles to his best soldiers and this was a test which I would fulfill, there will be no mercy with the pagans, in something that if he found reason to my king is that against the pagans should not show any kind of chivalry only give death for believing in a false god.

during the next 5 days I was contacting former Prussian officers to have some officers in which I could trust, I managed to recruit 800 officers between captains and sergeants.

I was on my way to the port where Friedrich von roon was waiting for me with my new mercenary company.

''Lothar is all ready for your journey to essos, 6 tercios, 3 heavy cavalry regiments and a Finnish regiment as well as 1000 Teutonic knights, 23000 men take good care of them because the reinforcements that will arrive month by month will be few, don't count that if you lose too many they can be replaced, the fleet will take you to lys or tyrosh depending on who you contract with, the king has given you the best he has in equipment, as well as several barrels to make the Greek fire mixture'' said von roon as he handed me the report.

''Thank you, Friedrich, I will make sure the king's humiliation is punished'' I said with a voice full of determination.

''yes I know, I have a favor to ask of you, this is a portrait of the envoy who insulted the king I know it is a bit crude, but it is the best I could get, I want him to suffer a slow and painful death, to suffer for moons he cannot die quickly he must suffer'' said Friedrich with eyes full of hatred, as he handed me a painting and a dagger.

''he will suffer, if he comes into my hands I will make sure he suffers, our physicians will keep him alive while we torture him''I said with the same anger, looking at the painting.

MYR DELENDA EST was constantly chanting in my head as I made my way to one of the 5 galleons that the king had given me for this operation.

Almost, 24000 men will accompany me on this campaign, the sailors will leave us and return home to bring more supplies, but I will have to get them in essos as I don't expect them to deliver everything I need.

Finally, we set sail, and we started to navigate towards the coasts of essos

our trip lasted almost 15 days without any setback, sometimes some pirate ships appeared, but seeing how big our force was they simply continued on their way, luckily there were no storms either, the trip was calm, as if God had guided us.

At first, I did not like the idea of bringing recently converted locals to this campaign, but spending some time with them some were even more devoted than the Prussians themselves, it seems that the king has given me the most devoted and therefore the best for this important mission.

''commander we will arrive at the ports of lys in 15 minutes the rest of the fleet will drop anchor while waiting for you to negotiate terms with the locals'' one of the Teutonic knights said

''I will be ready to disembark'' I said as I stood up to prepare for negotiations with the Lyss conclave.

I have read some books about the culture of the free cities and god seems to have punished them twice, pagans that practice the terrible crime, slavery, even worse they use their slaves to promote prostitution in their brothels, of all the cities we could serve this was the worst of all, a city of decadents, but my mission obliged me to work with this pagan scum.

When we disembarked I could see how many stopped to observe the grandeur of the Prussian shipbuilding being amazed by the enormity of our ship, I with about 20 knights would seek audience with the conclave, the rest would remain guarding the ship with the valuable Prussian tables.

''remember well this city is a destroyer of men, Under no circumstances must the heathen be trusted. It will lie, it will cheat, and it will do anything in its power to undermine the efforts of those, who in truth, are its superiors'' I said as a warning to all.

as we walked through the city I could observe the disgusting practices of these heathens, auctioning women and men as sex slaves in the street, the women showing their breasts in the air to attract the attention of the weak willed.

Finally, we arrived to where I believe the conclave of the city is concentrated, after trying to talk to the guards I managed to get them to give my message to the leaders of the city.

I had to control myself as never before so as not to kill those pagans who were dirtying the language of God with their disgusting accents where they almost tried to sing while speaking Latin.

In a short time, they gave me the answer I was looking for, but I had to wait 4 days to get an audience with the conclave.

I can't waste my king's opportunity so I restrained my anger and decided to wait in an inn for the time needed for the meeting.

even the damn coins contain their decay, showing a goddess of love, finally I paid for accommodation in an inn near the building where the conclave is holding its meeting, for obvious reasons I decided to lock myself in until the time was up.

after 4 days I went to the conclave, they kept me waiting for almost 2 hours before they finally let me in, to my surprise it was very similar to a roman senate with 30 members sitting around looking at me.

''ser lothar, you must feel honored to get a meeting so soon with the conclave, can you tell us to what we owe your presence in our city'' said the magister sitting in the middle.

Calm down lothar, think about God and the King.

''honorable conclave, I have come to your city seeking to offer my sword for gold, my conflict with the king in Prussia has forced me into exile and many of my men have followed me, the reason I requested this audience is to serve as a mercenary in your wars against Tyrosh and Myr'' I said trying to imitate his pathetic accent.

''how many men have you brought because as far as I can see you are wasting our time since you should have joined another mercenary company already under our services'' said the magister looking at me in a contemptuous manner.

''Almost 24,000 men, all perfectly trained and many veterans, honorable conclave'' I said looking him in the eye.

There was a lot of murmuring when I said how many men I brought.

''why such a large force, you said you were exiled'' said the magister a bit nervously.

''I was exiled yes, they took away my titles and my land, but many thought like me and had problems with the king in Prussia, so we decided to look for greener pastures in essos'' I said serenely.

The conclave members stared at each other, and then the apparent leader spoke to me again.

The conclave needs time to discuss your offer, but in the meantime you will be our guest of honor, you can rest in the house of one of the members of the conclave'' said the magister while he pointed me to the exit.

After leaving, some servants or slaves asked me to follow him where they took me to a mansion near the conclave, where one of the 30 members of the leaders of the city lived.

The number of slaves that these pagans managed was impressive, during the night they invited me to eat with the magister, the food was too spicy for my taste, but finally the damn day was over, I was tired of having to endure the looks of this pagan scum.

I was thinking about sleeping with my chain mail in case they tried to assassinate me when someone knocked on my door, since I had no guards it could be anyone.

I was preparing my dagger when a beautiful lady with silver hair and amethyst colored eyes and light clothing came in.

''What do you need women'' I said cautiously.

She looked at me with a flirtatious face,''oh ser lothar, my intentions are not obvious ji ji,I am a gift from the magister to you,I was ordered to please all of your desires''she said this with a smile as she used her hands to highlight her breasts

''I have no need for your services, go away'' I said without interest.

''oh ser lothar I am now your property,I am an expert in the lovemaking arts and I am still a virgin,I can dance,sing,I can do anything you desire''she said as she removed her robe revealing her pale naked body,taking a pose that highlighted her hips and showed off her large breasts

''Anything?'' I said with a questioning tone.

''yes whatever it is I am your property now, a gift from the magister'' she said while almost sticking to my body.

I ran my hand over her face, reaching her fleshy lips and slowly moving down to her neck, finally lifting her by the neck as I choked her''do you think I'm going to be tempted by a filthy whore''I said with a combination of disgust and anger.

I had no answer, as the prostitute was fighting for her life, trying to hit my arms, kicking to free herself from my grip, for the next 2 minutes she fought with all her might, but slowly she was turning purple as the life left her body, until finally the glow left her beautiful eyes, and she stopped fighting.

I threw her body to the ground and went to sleep, with a clear conscience that there is one less heathen in this world.

I woke up with the scream of a servant who came to wake me up and saw the lifeless body of the prostitute, after having breakfast with the magister, who all the time thought that I liked rough sex because of the information given to him by the servants, apparently the life of a slave is of little importance, we arrived back at the conclave, since they had a resolution to my request to serve under their banner

''ser lothar, the conclave has deliberated and is pleased to accept your proposal to work with us, we expect your men to fight just as well as they did in the seven kingdoms, but we must make your terms clear'' said the magister.

''you will see the payment for your services will be the sum of the similar value to one hundred thousand golden dragons a year, the contract will be renewed every year, the cities that surrender should be spared, as you will see that without the presence of troops in the area the small walled cities open their gates to avoid conflict, but if they do not surrender, you can raze them and do what you like with the population, sell them as slaves or whatever you consider best, you will have to answer to our general, but you will be quite autonomous, as we know your skill on the battlefield, your main enemy will be the free city of Myr and the golden company, do you have a problem with the terms'' said the magister with open arms.

''The small towns can I raze them too?'', I asked seriously.

''yes you can do whatever you see fit with them'' said the magister with a nervous tone.

''I think those are great terms'', I said with a big smile.

after that, I spent almost 1 week being invited non-stop by the magisters trying to give me gifts all the time, I finally understand what the king has to suffer with those heathens, but I managed to escape to my ships to sail to the conflict zone.

all will know what happens when the Representative of God on earth is insulted MYR DELENDA EST