Game of Dragonborn. [BOOK 1/2]

Chapter 194 - The Sentence for the North 04.

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Third Person POV.

Winterfell.

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After announcing the sudden marriage, Daemon interrupted the conversations that were beginning to gather there by raising his hand.

He looked at each of them, searching for any dissatisfaction about his union with the daughter of the mad king, since it was a prejudice that still lingered among the north. In fact, there were some who showed an unconscious glimmer regarding his decision, but they soon averted their gaze, not wanting to attract his wrath.

No one spoke. So he no longer needed to worry about it.

"I want to speak now about the north. You know we have some regions that will be left unoccupied. The Boltons will no longer exist in the north, so their lands will be stripped of the titles of the Bolton name. Bolton will be marked as a traitor and the last of the red kings in the north. None of his descendants will have any right to any goods that Roose Bolton once possessed. That is, of course, if I'm not able to kill Lord Bolton before he sires some children out there. I heard he married a Frey..." Daemon began.

"Yes. The damned Bolton is sleeping with a Frey after they joined at the Twins." Maege spat on the ground as she said it.

"That will be resolved later." Daemon said. Pausing before continuing. "It's not just the Bolton territory that we have to discuss, the Hornwood was considered a land without a name and I intended to divide it, giving a part to the Cerwyn who joined us." Daemon looked at the boy beside his mother, seeming proud of that statement, but soon returned to Lord Glover.

Beside the Lord, there was a young man, looking nervous at Daemon. "It seems the Hornwood bloodline has not ended after all, since Halys Hornwood left a son, Snow or not, Larence Snow carries his father's lineage. Step forward, Larence Snow." Daemon requested, and the boy nodded, approaching Daemon cautiously.

Daemon saw the boy kneeling and nodded. "You knelt as Larence Snow in this moment, but now I legitimize you as Larence Hornwood, you will have all the rights to the land your father left behind, the castle and its titles. I reduced a few of the castle's servants as you have heard, but I am sure you will be able to find others to replace them. You may rise, as a Hornwood and no longer a Snow." The king declared.

"Thank you, your majesty!" Larence—now Hornwood—thanked.

"You may return to your place, Larence Hornwood. We have other lands to discuss. The seat of House Dustin is without someone to succeed it... As well as Moat Cailin which I want to reactivate as a fortress. Also the regions in the west, but I want more information and will announce later what to do there." Daemon said.

"And House Stark... could you first say your plans for your mother's family?" Maege spoke again, while Daemon raised an eyebrow and looked toward the members of House Stark. They all naturally turned their gaze to him, evaluating his next words intensely—Lord Stark and his children, of course, but even his uncle Benjen and Daemon's own mother, invisible floating above them, stared at him.

"I will not take the Starks' rights over the north, I will not remove their titles or land, Winterfell belongs to the Starks and no one else; my mother was a Stark and I am sure she would not want me to punish Lord Stark's children for his and his wife Lady Catelyn's mistakes and cruelties. Therefore all rights return to the hands of Rob Stark until his father's trial is over." With these words, the people nodded in agreement. The north seemed to agree. Even with Rob's mistakes, his vassals still wanted him in power and naturally believed Daemon would do this — after all, he is part Stark.