Five days later, in the Council Chamber of Astapor.
The lavish room that had once belonged to the Good Masters had been rearranged. Most of the Harpy carvings had been scraped away, leaving only the murals depicting scenes of ancient Valyria.
Viserys sat at the long table alongside Ser Arthur Dayne and Ser Alliser Thorne, as well as the three most senior captains of the Unsullied and two representatives of the Free Folk army.
A detailed map of all Slaver's Bay lay spread before Viserys, marked with the locations of the Three Cities of Slaver's Bay, the main roads, and the distribution of each city's key industries.
"Ser Arthur's intelligence has been confirmed." Viserys tapped Yunkai on the map. "The Wise Masters of Yunkai have hired two sellsword companies, the Second Sons and the Stormcrows. Roughly four thousand sellswords in total, to help defend the city."
In truth, the men Ser Arthur had sent out had gathered only limited intelligence, enough for a general picture. The confirmed information had actually come from Viserys himself, through his skinchanging ability.
He paused before continuing, "Together with Yunkai's own slave soldiers and free men, nearly twenty thousand troops have already assembled outside the city. They're waiting for reinforcements from Meereen."
He moved his finger to Meereen. "The Great Masters of Meereen have prepared a hundred warships and a main force of nearly thirty thousand men. Part of that force is traveling overland to Yunkai. Once the two armies join, they'll advance on Astapor together and attack us by land and sea."
"Then we cannot sit here and wait for them to unite," Ser Alliser said gravely. "We should defeat one of them before they can join forces."
"Exactly. That is why I called this council." Viserys tapped Yunkai again. "We will take the