![]() ![]() If some have to be sacrificed for the kingdom, then so shall be it." We are a fledgling kingdom the coming days shall be crucial for us and they shall not be easy. "They will strike at coastal villages, hundreds, perhaps thousands slaughtered and thousands more carried away into thralldom." Develop the lands before we worry about the return of the reapers." "I say we follow what the king has been doing as of late. We are neither of them." Ser Franklyn argued against. "The ironborn were only able to conquer the riverlands because our ancestors were divided and warring upon themselves. We can't keep them away from raiding our lands or even trying to conquer us once more if we have no way to turn them away upon the waters." "We might have driven out the reapers, but they will be back. "We need ships." Lyam was making his case. Now with all this money, came the problem of using it in the most effective manner. These Braavosi were very trusting with their money. I liked the number of zeros I was seeing, along with the terms of the loan. ![]() If this was some sort anime or cartoon, my eyes would be pound signs right about now. Which was why I could honestly kiss Lord Mooton right now for the good work he had done with the Iron Bank. Which was probably going to be a few generations whilst everyone had babies to make-up for the skewed demographics. It seemed I was going to be relying on that part of my new kingdom until everything had been sorted out. I mildly suspected that the area that would be the northern crownlands in canon were saved from the worst of Harren's demands due to the sheer distance away from the worst of it. I would admire the castle for the feat of Westerosi engineering that it was, but gods be good, that thing had near beggared everyone and damaged everyone in one way or another.ĭespite not having set out a census just yet, I was of the mind that there would be some places in the riverlands that would have some strange demographics from all the manpower that Harren had sucked out of all the lands. Most houses had been near beggared by Harren's constant demand for men, materiel and coin to pay for his monstrosity of a castle. They were really not as good as I wished them to be. I had already made a start to changing that and the first few reports from all my newly made bannermen told me that things were not. There was no central record keeping or any other sort of information that would tell me and let me know what I was working with. The Hoares had been negligent in building anything that remotely resembled some sort of government that ruled over their vast empire. This new union would certainly put the realm at shock whilst at the same time, keep anyone from trying something with me. To be very honest, I was mostly the one wanting the marriage to done quickly as fast and as soon as possible. Things had moved rather quickly after Argilac had accepted the betrothal of me to his daughter. Hell Edmyn and Argella might have to do face to face diplomatic meetings with the Targaryens (or Orys) sooner rather thant later.Īs for rulers, well there are precedents in the real world of royal marriages between ruler kings and rulers queens where each still retained control of their respective kingdoms. Also these united kingdoms would probably mean that the Kingdom of the Trident and Edmyn would have more interaction with the freehold due to the trade along the narrow sea, not to mention friction due to the Bar Emmons and the proximity of Dragonstone. Merchant, economic and military powerhouse that tips the scale more than the kingdom of the Trident ever could alone, more so if they can get their respective kingdoms to co-ordinate on a lower level than just the royalty. ![]() ![]() Seriously if they can draw from each other strengths to cover their respective weaknesses this can actually become a power which will only be surpassed only if all other kingdoms in Westeros unites against. That being said, like all (hopefully) good marriages the two people would find a proper balance after a few months or years. Not that I think it won’t have its bumps along the way, Argella is depicted as being stubborn and Edmyn might not have the patience to wait for her to change her mind as he drags his part of the united kingdoms into modernity. The partners in crime where the king is the good guy and the queen brings down the hammer. ![]()
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