Chapter 7: welcoming the King
I ended up staying up pretty late with all the planning for tommorows event. I didn't have to worry about the prize money as it was just a friendly competition and I would probably make money off of it if I set up a betting platform. But so that someone who wins does have something to show for it and brag about I had a few gold laurel leaf crowns made. I also made it so they can't be faked by placing my own unique hidden mark in it that you would have to know what you are looking for to find in this world. Obviously other than the mark the laurel was made by a blacksmith of mine which is an advantage our area holds over a decent chunk of Westeros for now. Valyria is still around and we have some of that knowledge on making some of the stuff they made but not the Valyrian steel as that needs dragon fire. But we still have the rest and with my blacksmith being from Valyria we can craft stuff pretty well. Most of the first men are still using bronze swords and armor but I imagine it will change from any of the players in Essos and Valyria realizing the profitability in trading it over here.
It's why after the wedding one of my first acts will be to try and make my lands into a harbor for this area. It wouldn't be too hard and would make trade a lot easier and give me a lot more power in the realm. Having more player vassals can be beneficial too by taking over the entire whir harbor area but I'm getting ahead of myself. The main reason is the trade it would allow because my family hasn't even thought of selling the weapons otherwise we would be a lot more famous and could have gotten more power. Most other lords should take a while to even get ports up too be able to trade with Westeros as Essos has very little intrest in us and doesn't see the profibility.
...Next morning
After telling the lords there will be competitions I got the response I was looking for. They all were pretty excited about it but it would have to wait too later as I had to greet te other lords that will be arriving. The AI lords already knew to come to the wedding as it has been the talk of the kingdom with our closeness to the king and the fact that I'm the grandson of a king(Durrandon) and the great grandson of another(Aquils). The durrandons won't be showing up personally but will be sending a messenger with gifts. Same for the Aquils while a lot of the AI lords will be showing up same with the knights.
That's why it was a major surprise to see my great uncle Brandon Aquil the current king show up after a ton of lords with more behind him. "My king Goldport is yours" I said hurriedly getting on a knee with all the lords that arrived befor him doing the same. "Nephew it would seem you have grown up nicely" he said proudly as like mentioned before we have been a very close family for a while now. "Had to to be able to fight for you my lord" I said proudly while he mentioned for me to rise. "So what's this I hear about some sort of event? I hope I have arrived on time I have been wanting some action it's why I have a raiding getting set up to start a nameday(year) from now. We're going to attack a few lords too the west in a nameday I hope you will be joining us?" He asked. He knows we would never say no to this but has to ask as it's not a war and more of a few battles for some land not everyone has to participate but those that do get some sort of reward usually. Our family has been in a few of them or at least all the ones we were invited too usually when there are a few to the north east we aren't invited as much. Same is also true for the lords over their though they don't really go on the western campaigns though. It works out nicely we always have a fully staffed army while the other goes to fight. "Of course my lord, it would be an honor for my realm to join you in the battles" I said proudly while my vassals put their hands on their chest in agreement with my words.
"That's very good, now nephew let's start these competitions shall we I wanna see some fun" he said happily. "Of course my lord follow me to the arena" I said. The arena I'm talking about is an arena that was set up for fights between slaves as the winner would join the military and be able to work their slavery off for them and the women of their family. The men in the family would have to do the same. It gave us the best of the best and incentivized the slaves and made them loyal. It was also good entertainment for everyone and brought in quite a bit of money from the bets.
Once the thousands of lords were in the arena(ya a lot I know but once again size) a few thousand people from my lands filled up the rest. They weren't commoners they were mainly the families of nobles but are way to removed to be technically considered nobles but are seen as acceptable company for nobles. "We have many events planned each lord and knight will have their thirty guards they brought with them who are usually the best of the best. Those that got into it threw other means will have a harder time but it will be very entertaining" I told the king who was grinning like a mad man like most houses in Westeros they are a military house so these events would gain the favor of most of Westeros sadly I'm not important enough for people to take so long out of their way to go to the events. Maybe in the future I will be but the events would have to be spaced out or as soon as they got back they would have to be on their way from managing their lands again.
Once everyone was seated I stood up and walked to the end of the box(think platform for the important people in coliseums) "Today we begin the first of the Myriad games" I said loudly. It was followed by clapping and hollering and cheers. "Bring out the weapons" I once again said loudly. The gates opened up and out came servants carrying table and chests filled with blunted steel weapons a lot better than the bronze. "All of the blades and weapons are blunted. For a person to surrender he must either loudly announces he yields, or put up to fingers. Getting knocked out is also a surrender as is any major injury like a broken bone. If it seems you can't go on the judges which will be me, the king and lord goldscore my uncle" I announced.
"Now bring in the fighters!" I said loudly and happily followed by the crowd.
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