Winterfell, dungeon.
Before the war broke out, the dungeon of Winterfell also held several criminal prisoners.
Later, when Winterfell fell, these prisoners lost their food source and all starved to death inside. To this day, no one has gone to clean up their bones.
Roose·Boton stayed with the stinking corpses for several hours, and finally waited for the belated arrival of Gary.
He stood upright in the dungeon, stern and unsmiling, not like a prisoner at all, as if he still thought he was the superior Warden of the North.
"Are you Luke·Stark? The legendary Ice Wizard?"
Gary and Roose Bolton looked at each other across the iron prison, "Hello, Bolton Earl. You probably have no impression of me, but I have known you for many years."
He smiled and said, "Every year at the North's harvest banquet, Earl from all over the country would come to Winterfell to offer food. At that time, I was just an illegitimate child and was not qualified to enter the banquet, so you nobles would not pay any attention to me. However, this does not prevent me from observing you secretly."
Roose Bolton looked at Gary's long snow-white hair and increasingly handsome face, and mocked. "You don't look like a Stark, but you look like a Targaryen."
Targaryen, which is rich in handsome men and beautiful women?
Gary touched his face in confusion, and then said with a smile, "Thank you Bolton Earl for the compliment. I didn't know I could have the appearance of House Targaryen."
Roose Bolton grabbed the iron prison with his hand, "You claim to be the son of Lyanna·Stark, then who is your father? I guess it is Rhaegar·Targaryen? Haha, I never thought that House Stark, who adheres to tradition, would also have the scandal of having a child out of wedlock."
His eyes were full of sarcasm and ridicule, "Kid, you are very lucky. You have the blood of Targaryen, and you also found Dragon in Essos. But you don't have the potential to become a king, and you are destined to become a loser like Robb."
When Gary heard Robb's name, his smile gradually disappeared, "I have no interest in the power game between your nobles. The throne is just a way for me to achieve my goal. Also, you are not qualified to evaluate Robb. He is much better than a despicable villain like you."
Roose Bolton spread his hands, "So, noble King in the North, do you want to kill me? Or do you want me to kneel down and surrender to you?"
Gary looked at Roose Bolton with indifference, as if he was looking at a domestic pig waiting to be slaughtered, "I'm not that generous, you can't leave Winterfell alive. Within a month, the North nobles from all over the country will come one after another Winterfell..."
He then showed a cruel smile, "I will bring you to the banquet hall, and then according to your House Bolton tradition, all the North nobles will shed your skin for you with one knife."
Roose·Boton is terrifyingly calm, his eyes are bright, "Your personality is not like Stark. You are interesting. You are worthy of being the grandson of Mad King Aerys. It is so in line with my heart. The North... Is it a blessing or misfortune to have a king like you?"
Before Gary left, he sneered, "The North's future has nothing to do with you. You won't survive that day anyway."
Winterfell was very lively at night, and the remaining troops of House Manderly also arrived outside Winterfell. Together with the five hundred cavalry from before, there were a total of two thousand troops, which could be said to be an overwhelming force.
White Harbor Earl, Weiman·Manderly is about sixty years old and a fat man weighing several hundred pounds.
He usually gets out of breath after taking a few steps. He cannot ride a horse when traveling, so he can only ride in a custom-made carriage or sedan.
Despite such inconvenience, he was the first to respond to Gary's call and came to Winterfell in person. This shows how loyal House Manderly is to House Stark.
Not only that, Weiman Earl also brought hundreds of carts of food, and he provided the food and wine for the banquet.
Weiman Earl's trip was originally to help Gary defeat the Bolton coalition, so he did not bring his family with him.
But who would have expected that before House Manderly's army could reach Winterfell, Gary relied on the power of Magic and Dragon to overthrow the Bolton coalition forces.
At the banquet.
The generals of House Manderly were drinking and chatting happily with more than a dozen new generals of the Stark family. Both parties were talking freely about the details of the battle of Winterfell. The whole scene was chaotic.
Gary and Weiman Earl are sitting at the long table at the innermost side of the hall, and Daenerys is also sitting here to accompany them.
The three of them drank the grape wine brewed by White Harbor, and the atmosphere gradually became harmonious.
"Your Majesty, I heard that Winterfell owns a Dragon, which helped your Majesty win this war. But I have been in the city for a long time, why didn't I get a chance to see it?"
The legend of Dragon is a story that all Westeros people have heard since childhood.
Weiman Earl naturally cannot be refined, and also has a strong interest in Dragon.
But Dragon has been extinct for more than a hundred years. Before he saw Dragon with his own eyes, "Winterfell exists Dragon" can only be regarded as a rumor.
Or, Gary, who is King in the North, personally acknowledges the existence of Dragon.
Gary drank the fruit wine in one gulp, thought for a moment, and said, "Drogon has been living in Godswood since the war. You can go with me to see it after dawn tomorrow."
Dragonpit hasn't been built yet, but Drogon can't wait. It harmed the huge Heart Tree (Weirwood) in Godswood, burned all the branches and leaves of Heart Tree, and then built a temporary nest.
Weiman Earl laughed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for allowing me, an old guy, to have the honor to see Dragon before I die."
Gary waved his hand, "It doesn't matter, you brought me so much food and troops, what's the point of just looking at Dragon?"
Weiman Earl put down the wine glass in his hand and said seriously, "Your Majesty, now that the siege of Winterfell has been lifted, only five hundred of the two thousand Manderly soldiers can stay. The remaining 1,500 people must return to White Harbor as soon as possible."
Gary nodded to express understanding. He knew that White Harbor's strategic position was very important.
White Harbor and Moat Cailin are the same as the North's gateway to the south. The only difference between the two is that Moat Cailin blocks land routes, while White Harbor blocks domestic waterways.
"Leave me five hundred cavalry."
Gary wants to use Manderly's elite cavalry to train his two thousand recruits.
When Weiman Earl saw that Gary did not rebuke him, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you for your consideration..."
He paused and then said, "Your Majesty, plus White Harbor's five hundred cavalry, Winterfell has 2,500 permanent troops. I'm afraid the food I brought will not last for a month."
Gary is also worried about this matter. Now most of the the North princes are unable to protect themselves and have no extra food to lend to Winterfell.
If he wants to obtain food, he must look beyond the North.
The Reach, the richest among Seven Kingdoms, has been married to Westerlands, and Vale is also under the control of "Littlefinger" Baelish. They are both enemies of the North, and it is impossible to sell grain to Gary.
(Even if it is sold, Gary would not dare to eat it.)
Riverlands, Stormlands and the North are equally busy with themselves. The people are displaced and ravaged by war.
The only one that might be able to sell grain to the North is Dorne at the southernmost point of Westeros.
However, Dorne is too far away from the North. When the food was shipped back from Dorne, the day lilies were cold.