Game of Dragonborn.

Chapter 125 - The First Target, the Ironborn.

[Chapter Size: 1900 Words.]

Third Person POV.
The Gift.

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The pack of wolves coming from the south easily announced Jon's return, as he approached the camp once again with blood-soaked hands.

He had just taken a bath in his tent without speaking to anyone yet, washing some of the sweat from his body while Daenerys bathed him, and then called for a meeting.

He said he had exterminated all 400 men and hadn't left a single one alive, affirming that he had also taken the soul of Barr, the one who had provoked all that confusion.

People swallowed hard upon hearing this, as everyone watched a white dragon also return and fly over the tent, its winds making it tremble. Winter ended up landing somewhere outside the camp.

Obviously, there was no doubt that he had really managed to kill 400 men, with so many wolves and a dragon.

He then continued and turned to Mance, asking him to begin placing scouts throughout the region, in search of anyone else who tried to rebel, to protect the villages and people of the North, or even to assist patrols like those the Umbers were already sending to the North.

"There is also a place where I want to establish a permanent base for the free folk, not far from here and from the areas Barr's men attacked." Jon began, still speaking with Mance, while opening a map showing Queen's Crown, a very old structure that had been abandoned a long time ago, despite having a village in the area.

"You want to keep our people here?" Mance asked. Jon had never exactly said where they would settle after all the chaos and war they would wage.

"It will be right here, at Queen's Crown. The entire Gift will belong to the free folk, it's the best land in the North. Here you can farm, start your own businesses, and support not only yourselves but the whole North. I also want to undo this mistake, because thanks to the good queen over 200 years ago, while she was able to support the whole North, this land was given to the Watch and that was a mistake. Now it has become desolate." Jon explained.

Jon wanted to make this kingdom even more independent from the South now and unlink it from the trade with the Riverlands, and also from the Reach, which currently held a monopoly on food for the North.

The North, more than anything, lacked people to expand it, and placing the free folk there would be a challenge, but also very beneficial.

He would just have to ensure that there were no more madmen trying to plunder the very lands they were going to live in and govern—after all, they were no longer on the other side of the Wall.

"I understand... I won't complain about that." Mance commented, knowing very well the value that land had.

"Either way, let's start moving there, while we wait for our enemies to approach." Jon said. He wanted, at the very least, to place the men and women along with a group to guard them in a protected location while they organized everything, before finally heading south in search of war.

In the following days, the free folk began moving directly to Queen's Crown, with Jon leaving the logistics to Mance, while he stayed at the Wall taking care of things.

Daenerys still accompanied him, staying and speaking with Maester Aemon.

It took a few days, but soon Jeor Mormont was already returning to his duties, with Jon leaving the Wall with him, while making one last request in the middle of the Night's Watch hall, with some members of the free folk keeping the place secure, walking through the castle.