Harry Potter: A Wizard in Westeros

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Author's Note:

I uploaded the first draft for this chapter, sorry guys, the error has now been corrected. I used the medieval gold coins as my basis for how many grams o gold a dragon has. Most medieval coins contained about 3 to 4 grams of gold per coin so I used 5 per dragon for a nice round number. This is all make believe anyway so please just go with it.

Chapter 3 - Harry's Marauders

The company of two hundred men left Castle Darry three days after Harry's arrival. Lord Jon had been true to his word, the men were all veterans wearing armors, shields and weapons that Harry made; about a quarter of them were also capable archers. They marched on foot, none of the men had horses; they were reserved for the knights. Harry was able to buy four horses from the other knights for Clark and Greer so the two of them along with Harry and Bill acted as their scouts since they were the only ones with horses.

On their fifth day of marching, Harry and Bill saw a small company of enemy soldiers about an hour's ride away from their position. The opposing side had numbered slightly less than their force but the enemy camp had more than a hundred horses, if Harry fought them head on, many of his men would be slaughtered by the cavalry. The enemy was resting on the foot of a small hill. Harry sent Bill to get Clark and Greer; he was able to procure horses for the two captains.

"Bill and I were able to see a small enemy camp on the foot of a small hill lying in the direction we are going. The way I see it, we can give them I wide berth so that we can pass undetected or we can ambush their camp. They have cavalry so if we have to fight them, we must attack tonight. What do you think?" Harry asked his two captains.

"It does not sit well with me to let them be. I say we attack tonight, if we don't, we will have to worry about our flank all the way to Stoney Sept," said Greer.

"I agree with Jim. How do you plan to proceed?" asked Clark.

"I want to place the archers on the hill while your two companies split up and flank them. Bill and I are competent archers so we'll be on the hill. The archers would use fire arrows. After we fire our third volley, I want you both to lead your men and attack them from opposing sides. We should be able to fire two more volleys safely without endangering you or your men. After the fifth volley, we would charge downhill and help you finish off the camp. What do you think?"

"It is a sound plan, Ser Harry, surprise will be the key to this battle," commented Clark.

"I like the plan, but I think we need someone to check that they do not have scouts hidden in the hills," suggested Greer.

"Don't worry, Hedwig and I will go to the hill first to scout it. If all goes well, I will send Hedwig to the archers so that we can proceed," said Harry.

"Ser Harry, I do not think you should be the one to scout the hill. We can ask for two of the men to check the hill," said Greer who was now regretting his suggestion.

"Stealth is my specialty. Don't worry about me. They will not know I'm there."

"I hope so, Ser Harry. I do not want to be the one to tell the villagers that we got you killed," said Clark.

Greer's suggestion was a good one. Harry was able to stun, bind and gag five men who were standing guard on the hill. He sent Hedwig to Bill, telling the others to proceed with the plan. The surprise and the rain of fire arrows on the camp cut down almost a hundred of the enemy numbers so they were able to easily overcome the camp.

"How many did we lose?" Harry asked his two bloody and dirty captains.

"We did not lose a single man, Harry. Sure, some are wounded but none of them life threatening. We were able to capture almost all their horses, some died due to the arrows. It was a supply caravan so we were able to hurt the royalists more than we expected. They had plenty of food and weapons that we can use the horses to carry with us to Stoney Sept," reported Greer.

"Good! What about prisoners?"

"We were able to capture twenty men, five of them knights. They tried to fight but once they saw that they were heavily outnumbered, they threw down their weapons and raised their hands behind their heads in surrender. About thirty did not want to surrender so we had no choice but to kill them. My men have stripped them of their weapons and armors and have them bound in ropes," said Clark.

"Did we get any intelligence on the enemy positions?"

"We were able to interrogate the knights and they sang very well. The reports that Lord Arryn had about Lord Connington leading a force against Lord Robert is true. They say the force will meet Lord Robert's army in about a month and the maps we got from the command tent give evidence to this," said Clark.

"I see. I want to see these maps, and I will be send copies to Lords Arryn and Baratheon via Hedwig. Please have the men set up camp on the hill, the enemy were lazy so they paid the price, we will not make that same mistake. Please set up the watch before you eat and rest, thank you, for the job well done."

Harry and the men encountered two more supply caravans on their way to Stoney Sept and they able to surprise them just like they did the first one. Harry lost twelve men, mostly on the last caravan because the enemy outnumbered them by a hundred men. All of his men were now on horseback with quite a few more horses used for carrying the supplies they captured from the three camps. The men were all proud of their accomplishments and Harry has earned their trust and respect. His willingness to be the first to undertake dangerous missions instead of using his men as pawns went a very long way in earning the men's loyalty. It was after the third camp that they started calling themselves Ser Harry and his Marauders. They arrived at Stoney Sept three weeks after they left Castle Darry.

"Well, Ser Harry, your Marauders certainly did a number on the royalists and the maps you recovered were a great help to us in conducting this war. Lord Jon and I give you operational command of your cohort. Your victories along with the food and weapons you captured increased the morale of the troops," said Robert as he welcomed Harry to his command tent.

"My men and I were only doing our duty, Lord Robert, but I agree, the men performed their duty admirably."

"I certainly agree that they were very valiant which is why I am authorizing you to dispense one of the treasure chests however you see fit while the other two will be used to fund the war effort. There should be around two to three thousand gold dragons inside the chest. They also get one horse per soldier from the many that your Marauders captured."

"Thank you, Robert. What will become of them? And the prisoners?"

"I want you and your men to garrison the part of town where the smithy is located; it is the only smithy within a few days' ride so it is very important. Use the prisoners to fortify it, the forty knights you captured will be sent to Riverrun as prisoners and hostages until the end of the war. Some of them are influential and rich, we may be able to use them to get their families to stay neutral if they do not change allegiance to support us."

"I see. Is there any news?"

"The only bad news we received from King's landing is that our victories have caused Connington's forces to become bigger, it seems the king initially underestimated us. He originally planned to send a medium sized army but that has now increased. It is not as bad as you think, Harry, the increase in the army's size caused them to delay their advance by as much as a month. It maybe just enough time for Eddard and his men to reinforce us in time."

"I hope so too. What caused Lord Stark's delay?"

"He was here a month ago. My brother Stannis is under siege in Storm's End; so much of my forces are tied up. Ned left me most of his men and sent a thousand to reinforce Jon at Darry. He too only five hundred back to the North to raise more men, he should be back in another few weeks.

"I hope Lord Stark arrives soon with his men. Your men here are between the Lannisters and the royalists that Lord Connington is bringing. We are doomed if Casterly Rock attacks us and the North is not here to reinforce us. I am sure only the threat of force keeps those Lannisters from joining the war."

"Harry, what you say is true. Rhaegar Targaryen is, by now, amassing enough troops to face Jon's troops at The Trident. We must break Connington's force here at Stoney Sept so that we can reinforce Jon at Darry. It is rumored that Rhaegar will be bringing a large army."

Harry was introduced to the captains after his private discussion with Robert; they all congratulated him for his leadership and the foresight in sending the maps on the enemy locations.

The weeks passed by quickly for Harry. He trained the smith and the four apprentices on his process for forging weapons and armors. In his spare time, he drilled his Marauders on small unit tactics he learned from the ancient Spartan army on maximizing the use of their large shields in tandem with their sword and spear along with the phalanx formations the ancient Greeks used. The men were initially skeptical of the additional training they were receiving but when its purpose was explained by Harry using diagrams drawn on the ground, they quickly saw the advantages of fighting in a phalanx instead of attacking pell mell into the enemy. They also fortified their garrison using large spike wood to act as a deterrent for mounted cavalry and foot soldiers. Harry had their almost one hundred prisoners dig deep traps filled with spikes around the main fortification so that the enemy forces would be forced to use only one avenue of entry where he planned to have his men use the new phalanx formation to their maximum advantage. During the evenings, Harry would subtly reinforce the spikes to become hard as steel. Without the overt use of magic, this was as good as the defenses could be.

The attack on Robert's army came after almost a month of waiting. The royalists smashed upon the frontal formations as soon as the sun rose to the sky. Robert an extremely capable fighter brashly led the army on the front lines, refusing the advice of his captains to remain behind and being the commander, they could do nothing. Harry shadowed Robert as a disguised as a common soldier to keep the lord from getting killed, he just used his time turner to be at two places at one time.

As the fighting got desperate between the two evenly matched armies and the front became such a dangerous place, Harry allowed the lord to become wounded on the shoulder. He could have deflected the spear thrust but Harry chose to let it go unimpeded. It allowed him to evacuate the wounded lord to the fortified encampment. It was not life threatening so Harry let the maesters to treat him, he would check him on later.

A large group of enemy knights and soldiers saw the retreat and pressed the advantage. They followed the group escorting Robert to the camp. Harry hose this moment to call on the Marauders.

They defended the narrow passage into the fortification with a vengeance and they were still valiantly defending it thirty minutes later when the dire wolf banners of Lord Stark appeared on the horizon, which caused a rapid withdrawal of the enemy.

Harry checked on his men as the fighting gradually tapered off and he was thankful no one died but there were almost seventy men were so severely wounded that he had to subtly use magic to get them out of danger. He was attending to Lord Robert's wounds when Lord Stark entered the command tent.

"Connington is in full retreat and my cavalry is in pursuit. I ordered them to chase the royalists but to not press the attack too much. It is a victory, Robert," said Stark.

"Good because I was forcibly taken back here when I got wounded by a spear. Some soldier took it upon himself to evacuate me. I do not know whether to thank him or punish him, I was not even able to get his name," replied Robert.

"Well, milord, I think you should thank that soldier. A large group of men detached from the enemy formation when they say you retreat, it seems that they had a whole company dedicated to killing you," said Harry as he finished dressing the wound. "They numbered almost three hundred."

"The captains said your men defended the entryway to this camp valiantly from those knights and soldiers, they said you personally fought off many men," said Stark. "Your men was a sight to behold as they fought as according to those who saw you and the Marauders fighting."

"I am extremely proud to be their commander, the formation really helped a lot. While more than a not a single one of my men died, about a third will have to face a long recovery. I hope to bring them to the Vale so they can be with their families while they recover."

"We will soon be moving to the Trident to merge with Jon's forces at Castle Darry. Your Marauders can depart from there to escort the severely wounded," said Robert. "I think you and your men can lay your traps again and guard that gate for us. The fighting at the Trident will be fierce but some might try and divide our forces by attacking the Vale."

Robert and Eddard's forces started their march to the Trident three days after the Battle of the Bells, a reference to the many ringing bells of the town when the enemy tried to get inside the fortification, to allow the men to rest for the journey. The Marauders' were happy at the prospect of seeing their loved ones again as they rode their horses back to Darry to report to their lord before returning to the Vale to guard the Bloody Gates.

"Well, Robert, I see that you are recovering well from your wounds as led at the head of the army like a good knight," said Lord Jon as he greeted Harry and the two lords.

"Of course I did!" said Lord Robert.

"I did not mean it as a compliment, you could have been killed! May the gods bless that soldier who had a mind to carry you off."

"The past is dust, milords, all that matters is that we won the battle and Ned's forces broke Connington," said Harry. "The coming battle of the Trident will be the deciding point of the war, everything after that is just the details."

"What you say is true, Harry, we have arrived at the turning point of the war. Prince Rhaegar himself will be leading the Targaryen host," said Eddard.

"I have reports that they will field men. Both sides are evenly matched in my estimates," said Lord Arryn.

"I want Rhaegar for myself! I will have vengeance for my betrothed, his host will not hinder me," said Robert heatedly.

"He will be there, Robert. How many men will the Tully's send us?" asked Lord Stark.

"The raven I received from Lord Horster says that aside from the three thousand men dispersed to guard his domain, he is sending his entire muster," replied Arryn. "Harry, Robert mentioned that you and your men are to be sent to guard the Gate?"

"Yes, Jon, if you have no objections. Many of them are unable to fight because of injuries sustained from Stoney Sept, I will send the seventy men to recuperate from their injuries while the rest will be at the Bloody Gate. How many soldiers are stationed there?"

"Five hundred men are on rotating shifts to guard it. It would be enough to bottleneck any who wish to invade and another thousand at the other end of the Vale to watch for invaders from the sea. Gulltown has been subdued by Robert and another thousand are garrisoned there."

"I know the possibility of any army trying to gain the Vale is slim but it is better to be ready. Harry's men would be ideal to guard the Gate," said Robert.

"Very well. Let the men rest then in two days you can go to the Gate," said Jon.

On the day that Rhaegar and Robert met at the Trident, a force of two thousand men attacked the Gate. Harry and his men, supported by two hundred archers on the two towers of the Bloody Gate held them off until they surrendered. All but ten of his Marauders were severely wounded, a few even lost their arm or leg. If not for Harry's potions that was administered by Bill at the towers, many would have died.

A rider from Lord Jon woke Harry, after a few hours of sleep. Robert was severely wounded by Rhaegar and he is asking for Harry. Harry immediately called for John Clark and Jim Greer along with Bill and told them about the situation. He and Bill would be going alone with ten other horsemen. All the Marauders were left by Harry to recuperate.

The dozen men rode at a fast pace, fresh horses were waiting for them at Palisades Village. It was just after noon when they reached Castle Darry.

"I got here as soon as I can. What happened?" Harry asked as Bill and him entered the room where Robert was being attended by a maester, Jon and Eddard were standing vigil. "I just can't leave you alone can I? Will you always get wounded at every battle?" Harry tried to lighten their moods, he saw the serious wound on Robert's stomach.

"Seven hells, Harry, don't make me laugh!" said the wounded man as he laughed weakly.

"Lord Robert received a grievous wound from Prince Rhaegar as his lordship ended the prince's life," said the maester who looked at Harry disapprovingly.

Harry looked at Lord Arryn and asked with his eyes to make the maester leave. "Maester Henio, thank you for your help. Ser Harry will be taking over Robert's care," said Jon.

"I mean no disrespect, milord, but he is a blacksmith, an excellent one to be sure, but he is not a healer. His lordship needs my expert care."

"I am a qualified healer, maester. I promise no further harm will happen to Lord Robert," said Harry.

"I hope you know what you are doing, Ser Harry," said the doubtful man who left in a huff.

"I need your solemn oaths, gentlemen. What I am about to reveal and what I need to do to heal Robert has to be kept secret." Harry said to the four men gravely. He will tell them his secret, it was protected anyway by a modified fidelius charm. The oaths were just a formality. "I am sorry to that I have to require an oath, it is very important to me."

"We understand, Harry, of course you will have our oaths," said Eddard. One by one, the four men gave their oaths.

"Thank you. The gist of it is that I can wield magic and I can use it for quite a few things. I'll tell all of you later, I need to heal Robert first." A wave of his hand over Robert's body gave them a floating image of the inner workings of the human body.

Harry walked them through what he was doing. When he told finished healing Robert, he began his tale. "I will leave the external injury to heal by itself, healing them fully will lead to many questions. Now, my family has been able to manipulate magic for as long as we can remember..." He conjured a table then brought out food from his small bag so that they can eat while he told his story.

Harry gave them a prepared story, giving nothing about the fact that he came from a different world. He just said that just as the Targaryens came from there, so too did his family. The Potters were originally a rich family of powerful mages named Peverell but they changed it as soon as they left Valyria and settled in Volantis. The four men readily believed his story, Valyria was famous for its magic and sorcerers along with their dragons and steel. He gave them a demonstration of a few benign charms, he had no plans to reveal the more powerful spells he knew.

"That is a remarkable story, Harry. You are right to keep it secret, while magic is not really a secret, many would likely try and use you for their own ends," said Jon.

"There are also the maesters, they have long tried to gain the secrets of sorcery and so they are envious of those who wield it. They may try to poison Westeros for you, remember that they have a maester in every castle," said Eddard.

"Nevertheless, thank you for sharing your secrets with us and using it to heal me. I ask that you help Eddard chase the remains of Rhaegar's forces. We will follow as soon as I can," said Robert.

"I agree, Robert and I would worry less if you were with him. The war is all but over, it would be foolish any of us to die now that the end is near," said Jon.

They rode on fresh horses the next day to make sure that the remaining royalists are scattered, and to lay siege to the capital, King's Landing. They made good time and they were able to stop the remnants of Rhaegar's army from reforming. They arrived at the capital to lay siege but they saw that the city had been sacked by the Lannisters in Robert's name.

The two men with their host saw the gold and red lion banners of the Lannisters of Casterly Rock flying on the ramparts. They entered the Red Keep on their horses only to see Ser Jaime Lannister seated on the throne.

"Don't worry Lord Stark, I am only keeping it warm for our friend Robert," the knight said with a laugh.

"Welcome to King's Landing, Lord Stark," said a thin balding man with blond hair and saturnine face.

"Thank you, Lord Tywin, this is Ser Harry Potter." The two lords plainly distrusted one another.

"Ah, the famous knight who rescued Lord Robert and yourself from the king's assassins. Your reputation precedes you, Ser Harry. I see that you also bear the sigil of a lion, are you by some chance a distant relative if my family?"

"My family hails from Valyria originally though they settled in Volantis after the Doom of Valyria. I'm afraid I am not related to your illustrious family, milord."

"That is a pity. My forces have already subdued the royalists, Lord Stark. The city is ready to receive her new king."

"I can see that. My men expected to face a prolonged siege, how did you gain the city without much of a fight?" Lord Stark asked the other lord.

"I was able to persuade the king that we have come to reinforce him," Tywin answered succinctly.

"I see. Subterfuge has never been the way of the North. What of the royal family?" Harry could see Ned was barely able to contain his distrust of the men and Harry was glad of the large army they had should it come to blows.

"There are many ways to skin a cat, Lord Stark. I am sorry to say that the king along with Princess Elia and her two offsprings. My son, Ser Jaime, was forced to kill the king himself because the mad king ordered the Hand to burn the city and all its inhabitants. The princess and her children resisted so my men were forced to kill them." Harry and Eddard could plainly see that Lord Lannister was sorry nor was his son who had a mocking smile on his face.

"How noble of you to put the people above your sworn oath to protect and obey Aerys, Kingslayer," said Eddard.

"Kingslayer? I think I like the sound of that," answered the young knight. "It has a nice ominous ring to it."

"The Queen and her remaining children are in Dragonstone, they were ordered to flee there by Aerys after your win at the Battle of the Bells," said Tywin, plainly irritated at the name given to his son.

Harry and Eddard left soon to survey the city. Lord Stark has ordered the pyromancers to remove the wildfire from their locations in the city and burn them at the huge pit he had the citizens dig outside the city at Harry's suggestion. When they finished with the day's work, they moved to the tent outside the city. Harry was to stay with Lord Stark in the lord's tent.

"I would bet my armor that the princess was raped by the Lannister men before being killed. What could frail sickly woman and two children do to an armored knight?" said Harry. "I mistrust them, I can see the avarice and duplicity on their eyes."

"I too mistrust their motives, too late do they join our cause just like the Freys. If it were up to me, many men would be joining the Night's Watch before this is all over," said Ned.

"I doubt your allies would agree to that. While the Watch is a sensible and prudent solution, they will argue that too much change will cause more problems and they may well be right," replied Harry.

Lords Jon and Robert arrived a few days later. A huge disagreement occurred between Stark and Robert about the murder of the noncombatants like the princess and her children. Harry accompanied Stark to finish the rest of the battles in the south, though they do not expect any more large battles. They lifted the siege of Storm's End so that Robert's brother, Stannis, a dour man, can follow through with building a navy to conquer the last bastion of the Targaryens, Dragonstone.

Harry, along with a few companions of Eddard, entered the Tower of Joy to retrieve Lyanna Stark. They left the army to encirle and guard the tower. Harry faced and Ser Arthur Dayne alone in a duel to the death while the others fought the two other knights of the Kingsguard guarding the tower. In the end only Stark, Harry and Howland Reed survived the encounter. Harry and Stark entered the chambers of Lyanna who has just finished giving birth to a young boy.

"Help my sister as you helped Robert, Harry. Please help her," pleaded Ned.

"I will do all I can, Ned, but even my powers has its limits," replied Harry.

He tried to heal the dying woman but even a full vial of phoenix tears was unable to help her.

"Promise me, Ned. Promise me," said Lyanna.

"I promise," replied the young Lord of the North.

Harry swore an oath to Ned about the baby's parentage and Harry obliviated Reed of the memory. Harry placed an extremely strong notice me not charm so that no one would ever find out that Lyanna had a son with Rhaegar Targaryen and that they married one another in secret, Valyrian customs allowed for multiple wives for important men. Harry's secrecy charm on the baby was so strong that even its cries were not noticed by the army. It would later be announced that Ned, a deeply moral man, fathered a bastard son, Jon Snow. Tower of Joy was torn down to provide cairns for those who died there.

Harry and Ned, along with the army, went on to Starfall where Ser Arthur Dayne's family lived to return the knight's ancestral sword, Dawn. Lady Ashara Dayne committed suicide at her brother's death.

The return to King's Landing was a slow and melancholy for Harry and Ned, because of the death of Lyanna. Robert and Nee made peace again over their disagreement; their shared grief at Lyanna's death bonded their fractured friendship.

Harry remained at King's Landing only for a short time. He gave Robert a few gifts like jewelry during the man's coronation. Try as he might to ask Harry to stay with him at King's Landing, but the wizard chose to take Lord Arryn's offer of a large plot of land halfway between House Hunter of Longbow Hall and House Corbray of Heart's Home.

He remembered the conversation he had with Lord Arryn.

"Lord Arryn, I would like to settle in your lands, the people of the Vale have become dear to me during my short stay there. Please allow me my one condition for settling there.

"What condition would that be, Ser Harry?"

"How much land did you plan to give me?"

"I will grant you 200 acres of land between the lands of House Hunter and House Corbray. It is rich black soil that would allow you to grow almost any crop you want. I know that it is half the size of the land Robert and Eddard are willing to grant you but the Vale is one of the most well protected lands in Westeros."

"It is actually one of the main reasons I have for wishing to settle there. However, I would like a large amount of land, twice the size of land that Eddard and Robert wanted to grant me, but I do not want free land, I want to buy my land. A land grant can be taken away in the future, milord. Please understand that I do not mean that you will take the land back. I mean the future generations of our families. This is why I propose buy six hundred acres of land from you in the middle of the Vale."

"Harry, I know that you are rich but an acre of land would be expensive and I am unsure if I can part with that large a tract of land. The land will be sold to you and your heirs in perpetuity so I have to think about the long term this has on my descendants."

"I do understand that so I am willing to be generous. How much does an acre of land in the Vale cost?"

"An acre of land with rich soil costs five bars of pure gold weighing a kilo each. If you buy that much land at the current price, it would mean three tons of pure gold!," said an incredulous Lord Arryn. "Since a dragon has five grams of gold, it would be worth six hundred thousand gold dragons!"

1 kilo of gold = 1,000 grams of gold / 5 grams per gold dragon piece = 200 gold dragon pieces per 1 kilo of gold

1 Acre - 5 pcs of 1 kilo gold bars

600 Acres - 3,000 pcs of 1 kilo gold bars (600 Acres x 5 kilos)

3,000 kilos of gold = 3 tons of gold

3,000 kilos x 1,000 grams = 3,000,000 grams of gold

3,000,000 grams of gold / 5 grams per gold dragon piece = 600,000 gold dragon pieces

"I see. I offer you three and a quarter tons of pure gold for the six hundred acres of land," said Harry. "Seven hundred thousand gold dragons."

Jon Arryn stood and looked out of the window of his study, he was silent for a few minutes as he considered the offer of Harry. "I agree to your terms, Harry. We need to inform Robert of this sale, he has to approve of it in order for you to own such a large area."

Robert had no problem with the sale, and even offered the services the Royal Mint to turn the gold bars into coins of the realm for a small fee which was paid by Harry, copper is needed to be mixed with the gold for it to be sufficiently hardened for it to be circulated as currency, along with the salary for the mint employees.

The purchase caused quite a stir among the lords of Westeros, a man able to spend that much money on a single purchase would of course interest many people. He used a ship from Braavos trips to carry all the gold to the capital and it took small army from the Vale to protect the caravan of newly minted coins back to the Eyrie.

It took two months for the property to be surveyed and its boundaries marked. Large stone boulders were quarried from the mountains to be used as borders for the land. Harry had ordered his workers to lay the fifty foot tall and ten foot thick border walls as soon as possible, it was an enormous expense which might take as long as the castle to be built but a necessary one in Harry's opinion.

The foundations of the castle were laid two months after the borders were marked. Harry spent it traveling all over Westeros and across the Narrow Sea on his broom or carpet, making contacts, arranging for building supplies and hiring builders. Harry asked Ser George, who had extensive contacts all over Westeros, to be the overall foreman for the massive construction project with Bill as his deputy.

Thick white granite was used for the castle's sixty foot high by ten foot thick walls while white marble and seasoned oak was used for much the castles interior. Hundreds of skilled stone masons and wood workers were hired from all over Westeros and the Free Cities. As a token of thanks from Lord Arryn, Harry was given a five acre square of beach front property where he had a dock made for ships that made deliveries of building materials faster and more economical. The two hundred Marauders were given leave to move their families to their commander's land and formed the core of a burgeoning new town.

It took five years for White Castle to be built on a hill in the middle of his six hundred acre land at a cost of almost a million dragons.

It had four towers, one was for storage, another for the armory and smithy along with barracks for a thousand men at arms, the third tower was for the servant's quarters with adjoining stables and the last was for use as the Steward's tower which shall also hold extra rooms for guests. The main castle had five stories with high ceilings and a dungeon. It also has a private rooftop garden and an indoor luxurious marble heated swimming pool big enough for thirty people along with a wet bar and small kitchen. The top most floor was reserved for Harry's personal use. The ground floor had a large hall for banquets capable of seating five hundred guests comfortably along with a large kitchen. The second and third floors were for guests with hotel room like suites while the fourth floor had apartments for important guests and Harry's important retainers.

High quality and expensive furnishings like Myrish carpets, tapestries and beautifully carved wooden furnitures with the Potter crest were specially commissioned for the castle. Black marble bath tubs, sinks countertops and toilets were designed by Harry made by his stone masons for his castle, the only one in Westeros with indoor plumbing and hot water. He has had enough of having to go to his trunk or tent to shower or to take a dump so while the builders were busy with the castle, Harry was busy designing the pumps, heaters and water filtration system for the castle.

Harry got a very welcome and unexpected surprise when he found someone he thought he was never going to see again when he accepted the king's request to accompany Lord Arryn to Dorne. The nobles of Dorne were rumored to be fanning the flames for a rebellion against Robert for the death of Princess Elia of Dorne which made delicate maneuvering by the Hand of the King. To finalize the peace, Lord Arryn and Harry were going to Dorne.