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❝IT IS ONE THING TO HEAR ABOUT DRAGONS... IT'S ANOTHER TO SEE THEM FOR YOURSELF❞
GAME OF THRONES
SEASONS 1-AU 8 & beyond
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THE Walk of Punishment was a seaside wall that was one of the most gruesome and saddening things Vaegon had ever seen.
He could hardly force himself to look upon the many, many slaves that were nailed to a cross and left to die, many dead already and others scarily close to it. Many were horribly beaten, with broken limbs and open wounds that had festered. The slaves kept their gazes trained to the ground, not even acknowledging the Targaryen's or their colleagues' presence.
Vaegon mentally thanked himself for choosing not to bring Daenerys, for she would have wept at the sight. It was hard enough for Vaegon to see; he could only imagine how she might react.
"Why are they here?" Vaegon asked Jorah and Selmy, who followed him close behind.
"When a slave shows any form of insubordination, they are brought here to die," Jorah informed Vaegon. "It is a warning to all other slaves to obey their masters."
He decided he would try to ease at least one of their sufferings, so he asked for Selmy's canteen. The king offered water to a dying man by bringing it to his cracked lips, but the man turned his head in rejection.
"Nyke sepār jaelagon naejot morghūljagon," the man uttered in low Valyrian, saying he wished only to die.
Vaegon frowned as he turned to leave the man where he was, solemnly handing Selmy back his canteen. They continued their walk down the seawall, Jorah and Selmy continuing to disagree over whether it would be wise to bring a slave army to Westeros, weighing the pros and cons.
Jorah insists that their only chance to get an army was with the Unsullied, yet Selmy argues that it was dishonorable and abhorred in the Seven Kingdoms and that Vaegon would only find a war with the Faith if he were to bring them to the Realm. After seeing the Walk of Punishment, Vaegon couldn't help but wish there was another option for acquiring an army, but he knew there wasn't one.
"They would be treated better in His Grace's service," Jorah argued. "Innocent people will also be spared in war; they only do as they are ordered. With no human or masculine urges in their bodies, we have no worry of them killing or raping women, unlike most soldiers would succumb to in the heat of battle."
"When I fought under his brother Rhaegar at the battle of the Trident, men fought and died for him because they believed in him," Selmy retorted. "Because they loved him—not because they'd been bought as slave soldiers whose free will and humanity had been stripped away."
Vaegon continued to listen to their conversation, considering what he wanted to do after seeing the Walk of Punishment. He was conflicted, to say the least.
Jorah sighed. "Rhaegar indeed fought honorably and nobly, but in the end, he died."
Once they had made their way off of the sea wall, Vaegon turned to them both. After weighing his options, he decided and was ready to share with his advisors. Clearing his throat, he spoke.
