The Fall of the Red Kings

The Weeping Waters, Boltonlands, The North, 10th Moon of 278 AC

Ragnar looked at his armada; his battleships, although relatively small, were enchanted to the last nail possible; something he had to do himself as his "mages" weren't a thing once he got the ships. They were enchanted with damage resistance, weather resistance, fire resistance, and disease resistance; the ambient magic on the ocean would power the runes he used to enchant the ships, which, although not as powerful as soul gem enchantment, was more than enough in an almost mageless world like Planetos.

His ships were strong, and their crew was trained every day. They were probably the best sailors out there, so much so that the Ibbanese and Pentosi were paying skagos to sort them on their trips, which helped Skagos quite a lot in affording this Standing armada; Ragnar knew that they would cut through the Bolton Soldiers like a hot knife on butter.

" Mi'Lord, we will arrive at the Dreadfort soon; Master Davos instructed us to form a diamond formation, and once in the surroundings of the Dreadfort, we slip into two different groups, one to act as a vanguard and the other to try to an attack from the back, silently." The ship's captain said, and Ragnar smiled

" No, we will do a frontal attack; no subterfuge tactics will be used here; it's time for the people to know about my Dragons; with children on the way, I need to make people think twice before attacking Skagos; I don't want to have to walk on egg shells with some greedy Lords who wish to marry my children, the end of the Bolton line will serve as a warning to make these leeches think twice before taking actions against me for petty reasons, such as refusing to marry any daughter or son of mine to their spawns," Ragnar said, and the Capitan nodded.

" Have you found the woman? And her child? They will be irrefutable proof again, Roose." Ragnar said, and the captain nodded

" We found the Mill where they live; according to some villagers, it's a few miles east of Dreadfort. Apparently, this whole altercation was because they didn't travel 30 miles to their mill to the Dreadfort to ask permission to marry each other." The captain said, and Ragnar gritted his teeth

" Son of a whore thinks he's a god or something… it will bring me an indescribable amount of happiness when I kill him. Take 50 men with you and get the Woman and her Child." Ragnar said, and the Captain nodded

" It will be done, m'lord," He said as he turned around and began to walk towards some man

It didn't take long for Ragnar and his armada to get to The Dreadfort; the castle, like the name suggested, was dreadful. It was a blackish castle, as dull as the land surrounding it. It was like a block of stone in a boring field.

Roose Bolton got the castle ready for a siege, which was impressive considering that he had just half a day to get it done; out of the 8,000 men that came with Ragnar, 1,000 stood behind to protect the ship, and the rest marched with him on the Dreadfort. The small town in the surroundings of the castle had only women and children, terrified women and children; Roose Bolton thought it would be a good idea to leave the women behind; he thought the Dovahkiin soldiers would sack the town and rape the women, which would motivate the men on the castle to fight to last breath. It would have worked on some indisciplined army, but not on the Skagossi, where the punishment for rape was The Blood Eagle. The women were left alone, and Ragnar's army just passed by them and stopped in front of the Dreadfort. Ragnar, on his full "Valyrian Steel" armor, walked to the front of the army, on the walls, he saw Roose Bolton with a really annoyed face.

" What is the meaning of this Dovahkiin! I knew you skagossi would turn on the North as you have done before! House Stark will come to my aid. The North will not forgive your betrayal!" Lord Bolton said, and Ragnar frowned.

" I didn't betray House Stark, and I will never do so. I'm here to bring justice to those you wronged. Surrender now, and I will make your death painless, resist, and then you will know how I made Duskendale surrender." Ragnar said, and Lord Bolton just laughed.

" I'm the blood of the Red Kings; once I get my hands on you and that Mormont wife of yours, you will regret ever coming here," Lord Bolton said; Ragnar didn't seem to care about it; his soldiers, on the other hand, took the threat to their liege quite personally, so much that some began to shout obscenities to Lord Bolton, which surprised the man, as such amount of loyalty was rarely seen.

Ragnar, who watched it all, just smiled and said

" Then you are going to get past 15.000 soldiers, 200.000 proud skagossi who would defend my family with their lives… and even if you by some miracle manage to do that, then you would have to beat me, which is impossible for you, my magic is mighty, so is my strong arm. I will give you one more chance, mortal. SURRENDER NOW!" Ragnar's voice was like thunder, which emboldened his soldiers, who looked at the Bolton soldiers with pity, as they knew those men would die an excruciating death

" Fuck you, Dovahkiin… I can't wait to get my hands on your wife," Lord Bolton said, and Ragnar shook his head

" So be it then," Ragnar said and looked at the castle…

" FUS RO DAH" he shouted, and a castle wall flew apart, destroying the gate and a few things inside the wall.

" Kill all soldiers with a sword on their hands, spare those who surrender, don't kill any child and kill no servant… IF I HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT RAPE… you know what will happen; with that said, you will have a full week paid by House Dovahkiin in any of Skagos brothels if you wish so. Now go kill these m****kers," Ragnar said, and his soldiers stormed the Dreadfort. It didn't take long for things to be done; in less than 50 minutes, Lord Bolton was brought to him on chains, and his face was in a mix of unbelievability and extreme hate. Ragnar looked at him, his face blank of emotion.

" Ah, Lord Bolton… it seems the strong walls of your little castle have fallen… THE RED KINGS ARE NO MORE," Ragnar said, and his men shouted in approval.

" You see, Bolton, Lord Stark authorized me to pass your sentence… I have proof against you, and honestly, nobody likes you, so I'm sure nobody will care. Your land will probably be Ned Stark's and a Manderly girl or maybe the Karstark's first daughter. But I digress… Lord Bolton, you are charged with the crimes of murder and rape; you hanged an innocent man and raped his wife; you took the tongue of an innocent man who saw it all. How do you pledge." Ragnar said, his voice reverberating throughout the destroyed castle.

"I… pledge guilty. I will not beg for my life, and I know I have no chance in a trial by combat. Let's get this done; I don't have all day." Lord Bolton said impatiently, and Ragnar nodded.

" Lord Roos Bolton, Lord of the Dreadfort and the Boltonlands, you have broken the law of gods and man alike; through your arrogance and stupidity, you've opened this peaceful realm and innocent lives to the horror and desolation of war. I, Lord Ragnar Dovahkiin, Lord of Skagos and protector of the shivering sea, The Last Dragonborn, Archmage of College of Winterhold, in the name of Rickard Stark, Lord of Winterfell, The North; and Warden of The North, sentence you to die." Ragnar said seriously, and Lord Bolton frowned at that. Surprisingly enough, some women from the village who came to see the end of this whole affair cheered at that, which just showed Ragnar how fucked up Roose Bolton was.

" THE BLOOD EAGLE FLIES TONIGHT! Let us get everything ready. Davos go and get the Maester from this place and tell him to write a letter to House Stark, House Karstark, and Hose Manderly… I will leave 500 men here to maintain the peace, but as the Boltonlands share borders with both of them, it would be better if they send someone to command these men until House Stark finds someone to take over. Evacuate the Castle; this castle will be destroyed in Ice today!" Ragnar said as someone handed a sharp knife to him.

Ragnar performed the Blood Eagle on Roose Bolton, who screamed like a virgin fucking a Redguard, the man for all his reputation, passed out when Ragnar touched his lungs. The Maester was brought to Ragnar, who inspected the Letter he would send and nodded in approval.

" Now for the Final Act…

MID STIN UL," Ragnar shouted… it took 4 minutes for the Dragons to arrive; with two mighty roars, they descended upon the castle, breathing ice on it, eradicating it, and encasing it on ice. It was a marvelous sight to behold. The Citizens of the village and the Bolton Soldiers looked terrified and amazed at the same time. Ragnar looked at the Maester and said

" I hope this could be our little secret. I would hate for the Citadel to have the same fate as the Dreadfort. For I'm no Targaryen, you grey rats will not be able to poison my Dragons and my family. One Dragon is immortal by time… there will always be a being of magic here to bring chaos to the little magicless world you're trying to build… Please DO NOT give me this fake hurt look… I know the Boltons were important enough to have someone from the conclave to serve them… they were the only chance you had of weakening the North from inside." Ragnar said, and he knew the man would ignore everything he said and send a report to the Citadel, something Ragnar was counting on; Ragnar was planning to build a second Citadel somewhere in the North, and to do that, he needed an excuse to destroy the original citadel. He knew the old grey rats would act on it sooner rather than later.

" Yes. My lord, I will not report this to the Citadel." He said; Ragnar had to give it to him; the man was a great actor.

" Good, just as long as we're all in agreement." Ragnar said as The Ice Dragon landed near him, he mounted it and said to Davos, who was looking at him, waiting for instructions.

" Leave 500 men here; choose a good man to be in charge of them. After you done that, go back to Skagos and take a week to rest, You are in command of my fleet. Any doubt?" Ragnar asked, and Davos shook his head; Ragnar then whispered to the dragon to fly, and it did so.

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A/N: Hey guys here's today's chapter! We are almost getting to the Rebellion. There are a few more chapters before it begins.

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