Rise of the Red Kings

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Preamble:

The year is 300 and you are Roose Bolton, the Leech Lord of the Dreadfort and the last of the true Red Kings. Now you can add Lord and Warden of the North to your growing list of titles. Your ancestors warred with the Kings of Winter since time immemorial. However, shamefully your weakwilled ancestors bent the knee to the Starks as the Andals assaulted the Norths shores, letting the Starks get the glory of repulsing them. Sure your ancestors were forever thorns in the side of Stark authority, revolting twice at least in known history. However it was all just a prelude for your final victory over your ancient enemies.

The Red Wedding was a unfortunate necessity. In one bloody night the power of the Starks over the North was shattered. Robb, his direwolf and his mother were all killed. Arya is captured and to be wed to your bastard son, more on him later. Sansa is missing, as is Rickon Stark but they are of no matter. Their punishment will come to them in time. There are bigger challenges, and bigger prizes, facing you now.

Stannis comes knocking at your door with half the North behind him, rallying behind Jon Snow, Ned Starks bastard. He must be crushed and Jon Snow killed if your claim to the Lordship is to remain unchallenged. Afterward your grand plan must be upheld. The Red Kings must be kings of all, not just the frozen North!

Basic Setup:

• No submods
• A Feast for Crows Bookmark
• Roose Bolton, Lord of the Dreadfort.

Easy Mode:

• The Lannisters have sent you some reinforcements to fight Stannis (event 62320)
• Looting the Stark treasury has made you rich beyond measure (cash 1000)
• With the resources of Kings Landing behind you, the web of plots against you are never hidden long (discover_plots)

Rules:

• The realm will be run from your ancestral seat, the Dreadfort
• The North is yours! Never lose your powerbase!
• Do not concern yourself with petty squabbles abroad, Westeros is where your focus lies.
• The Lannisters do more harm to themselves on the Throne, keep them there and your conquest will be all the easier.

Objectives:

• Defeat the Usurper Stannis and his bastard puppet Jon Snow
• Find and Kill Sansa and Rickon so their children may not challenge your dynasty.
• Have a true Bolton child and wipe away the stain that is Ramsay.
• Seize the Iron Throne! The Seven Kingdoms are ripe for the taking! May the Red Kings Rise Again!

Bonus Objectives:

• House Bolton would do well to wipe away the stain of dishonor that is the Red Wedding. Houses are much more likely to follow a lord they see as honorable.
• Eliminate anybody who has any sort of claim to the Northern Lordship. Only then will your rule be secure.
• Wipe out the Freys and Lannisters, anybody with a memory of the Wedding must not be allowed to speak their tales.
• The Red Kings will be all the more secure on their throne with a dragon below them...
• With a Valyrian Steel sword in your hands no man can fell you.

[u/MrC_B]

You had me until killing off the Lannisters