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Thrid Person POV
Yi-Ti, 296 AC.
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Yin was finally in sight that m on the horizon as the 50 Arctic ships approached. Yi-Ti was an isoted empire, bordered only by the Jade Sea, with few daring to venture beyond to the other side of Essos. This try was quite closed off, but at the same time, Jon had acquired a great deal of knowledge about it through greensight, which had greatly helped Arctic grow so quickly in such a short time.
This nd did not have the same noble system as Westeros, though it had its own hierarchy. The warriors here were called samurai, uhe so-called knights of Westeros, where even men like Gregor Clegane were sidered knights who were expected to uphold a code to protect the weak and i. Here, the samurai order follohilosophy of honor, defending what was right above all else, and fought with true honor. Jon thought that even his uncle would be sidered g pared to the honor code of this css.
The ships outside the city, mainly those of fishermen, soon noticed the 50 vessels approag from the o.
"What fg is that?" one of the men in a boat ented in his native nguage.
"I don't... it's an unknown fg... shouldn't we alert the city?" his panion asked.
The first man looked over at another fishing boat 20 meters away, with a small group of fishermen on board. He yelled and poioward the approag ships, which were still a fair distance away. The man oher boat looked at the ships in surprise, then turned back to his panion, equally baffled.
"What should we do?" his colleague asked.
"Let's go back to the city! We must inform our lord!" he replied, and the other man nodded, and they began quickly rowing back to the port of Yin.
The noble in charge of the city was versing with some other samurai when men hurriedly came to fetch him, inf him of the fifty ships approag directly toward the city.
"Is this true?" he asked, surprised.
"Yes... we don't reize their fg, and it's on all fifty ships," a guard reported.
"I see... this is a bit ing..." he muttered thoughtfully, before making a decision.
"Very well, gather the men, a's see what these ships want..." he ordered, and everyone hey assembled a rge number of guards dressed iandard armor of medieval Japan, while the noble and a few others wore samurai armor.
Quickly, his group began marg toward the pathering nearly all of the city's guards. After all, they were in the midst of a war; a fleet of ships appearing out of nowhere was highly suspicious, and it wouldn't be the first time their enemies had tried to attack Yio its importance as almost all maritime trade flowed through it. It was the sed-rgest city in the empire.
The city lord approached the port with many citizens watg the ships with suspicious gazes, as they could now see the vessels just ten minutes away. Meanwhile, the Arctis were equally curious about Yin and all of Yi-Ti, the city from a distance, which looked vastly different from anything they were aced to ieros and Essos.
As Jon gathered with the girls to see the city from the ship's edge, he couldn't help but feel excited. He had seen much of Yi-Ti through greensight when learning from some of the great merts and thinkers of these nds, but seeing this nd in person was far more impressive.
The oriental houses had distinctive structures with rge upturned roofs and cultural decorations, with kanji signs indig shops and important pces. There was no stone castle in the middle of the city, but rather a gigantision with curved roofs, much rger than all the other houses, visible even from the ships. It symbolized the graral structure of the city—an oriental mansion in pce of a castle at its heart.
"This is strange..." Arya's voice appeared beside Jon at that moment.
"What is it?" Daenerys asked, also looking toward the city.
"Look at the number of ships in the port... Jon, didn't you say this was the main ercial city of the empire? Why is it so empty?" she asked.
Indeed, it seemed that half the port was vat as they approached.
"I don't know..." Jon replied, sending his birds to scout the area and trying to uand the situation iy. He, too, felt a bit fused.
Jon said nothing further, as it wouldn't be useful, and they tinued advang. The presence of the ships stirred siderable otion in the port; the atmosphere was being increasingly hostile toward the Arctis, with many civilians running through the city, gathering their belongings. Through his eagles, Jon could see hundreds of soldiers mobilizing from all sides of the city, amassing over three thousa the port, ready to fight.
"Is this try at war or something?" Jon couldn't help but ask, curious about the people's rea, though many remai the port with the city lord's men, samurai armor, standing behind him.
The city lord had three thousand men and twenty samurai prepared for anyone who dared set foot on Yi-Ti's nd. The city typically housed five thousand soldiers, but during wartime, that number had tripled, with over ten thousand men spread across the city, prepared to fight if there was an attack.
They waited for the unknown visitors to arrive, maintaining their formation. As the Arcti ships approached the port, the samurai couldn't help but notice how different these vessels were from anything they'd seen before—far more eborately structed than any ship in Yi-Ti. It was clear that these ships weren't from the Jade Sea, but the question of where they were from and why they were here lingered sharply as they awaited their arrival.
The ships finally ehe port area, approag the vat docks left empty due to ret dangers on the Jade Sea. The city lord and the other samurai waited calmly as the ships began to touch the edge of the port and finally docked.
The lord stepped forward, standing before the rgest of the ships, assuming it to be the and vessel. He observed the activity within and thought he saw enormous people, but dismissed the idea, doubting his initial impression. Instead, he noticed the ship's prow l as small men hahe operation, w if there were many dwarves among them. Some of his men began murmuring about it, even finding some humor in the sight. Yet, the samurai hat these small meainly knew how to dress, as all of them wore armor that covered their bodies more fully thahe samurai armor did.
"My lord... there must be at least fifty men on each of those ships..." one man murmured, and the lord nodded, sharing the same thought. This meant there were at least 2,500 men with an unknown fg entering Yin, making everyone even more cautious.
As the gangpnk was lowered, a group began to advance. All could see that the men wore the same symbol on their armor, as small men carrying hammers and on-sized men with swords—unusual ons in Yi-Ti—approached, with their leader at the forefront and the uarding him.
He was a young man who looked to be aroueen, which surprised many. Still, it was not impossible; he could very well be an orphaned son of a powerful family, with no other heirs to take the reins of his household.
But he still observed the young man, noting a certain maturity that was hard to believe someone in this city would possess. Jon maintained a steady gaze, seeming unfazed by the crowd surrounding him, with thousands of guards poised to fight. Though there had been ao dog the ships, it didn't mean they couldn't be hostile. Jon stepped forward, looking directly at the man he believed to be the leader.
The city lord stepped forward, looking directly at the young man with a curious expression, standing firm. He couldn't help but notice the katana-style swords at the young man's waist, surprising him, though he quickly set this aside and focused directly on the young man.
"Hello, stranger. I am Kin'emon of the Fujiwara oble samurai and leader of this city. I demand that you state who you are and what business you have in Yin?" he said, uain if the fner would uand, as these people clearly did not resemble anyone from this part of the world.
"Greetings, Lord Samurai. I am Jon of Arctic, ruler of a kingdom north of the western nds. I am here for trade," Jon replied calmly.
At first, Kin'emon was surprised to hear the stranger speaking his nguage perfectly, though his at marked him as someone from a distant pce. Sed, he cimed to be the king of a distant nd that her Kin'emon nor the others had ever heard of. And third, he said they were merts, though given their armor and ons, Kin'emon began to seriously doubt this.
"You're here for business...? Lord Jon of Arctic..." he said, eyes narrowing slightly before tinuing. "Where exactly are you from? We've never heard of such a pce."
"I imagine so, as we are from the nds of the su, accessible only by sea, beyond Essos, though not by much," Jon expined.
"The Land of the Su?!" The city lord expressed mild surprise, knowing how rare it was to see visitors from those nds in Yi-Ti.
"Precisely. I e from a pce even farther than you might imagine; my kingdom lies ireme north," Jon tinued.
"I'm somewhat surprised by this, especially given that you say you're a king," he said, looking from Jon to his guards, who stood ready to protect him if needed.
"Yes... but, anyway, I noticed this city seems a bit different than I expected... is something happening in Yi-Ti?" Jon asked directly.
"..." The man was silent for a few seds, while the others exged gnces, a darker mood settling over them.
"We are at war... and as you see, our port has been rather empty tely. Our enemy is preventing most ships from reag our city..." he said, and Jon raised an eyebrow.
"We entered about a hundred ships at sea... we thought they were pirates..." The Arctis had been in the Jade Sea for two weeks and had entered a rge fleet advang on them, apparently preparing to attack. Well... things hadn't ended well for them.
"Then it's the Mongols... ag like cowards and bandits... all to seize our nds," the man said, spitting on the ground.
"Mongols... aren't they the people from the east?" Jon asked, having heard a bit about them through greensight, though he had never delved into their culture and didn't even know their nguage.
"Yes... Yi-Ti has been in flict with them for thousands of years, but never before in our history has there been such a massive invasion as what is happening now," the man said, and Jo surprised by this.
"So now... they're on your nds? What's the situation?" Jon couldn't help but ask.
"I don't think you o know that, fner..." one of the samurai behind Lord Kin'emon said in a harsh tone. Jon's guards, uo speak the nguage, couldn't express their thoughts but could vey their i, pg hands on their swords.
"What did you say, slit-eyes... you want a beating?!" But there was one among them who cared little for the nguage barrier and spoke his mind openly. Tormund was ready for a fight, a mog grin spreading across his face as he stared down the samurai.
They looked at each other, not uanding what he was saying, but they sehe fner's boldness.
"Calm down, Tormund..." Jon anded in the on torying to prevent a bloodbath before they had a ce to talk.
"You don't o treat a guest this way either, Lord Kuzen," Kin'emon told his man.
"I apologize for my man's behavior," Kin'emon finally said with a sigh, adding, "After all, these are difficult times, and I uand your frustration." He looked at Jon, who nodded in uanding.
"It's all right, no offeaken," Jon replied, "especially as I'm quite curious about what's happening in a nd I've always wao see." He then tinued, "In any case, we would like to know if we might be weled here, as we're ied in purchasing many local items and also io sell some of our own."
Kin'emon sidered Jon's words, debating whether or not to do business with these visitors. The situation was plicated, with erce scard the war impag both nd and, most signifitly, maritime routes. Additionally, he couldn't simply turn away fifty ships without uanding the real potential of Arctic's fleet after a journey all the way from the nds of the suo this side of the world.
"What kind of goods do you have to offer us?" Kin'emon asked, narrowing his eyes. "sidering the journey's length, I doubt you've brought food from your nds—something we're greatly in need of in these dark times." He assumed they would be dealing more with material goods.
"Food is exactly what we brought, Lord Kin'emon," Jon replied, surprising his host. "And we brought it in rge quantities. We're willing to offer it at a fair price, as long as you're open to iating with us. Additionally, I'm ied in learning more about the unique s of this nd."
Kin'emon nodded silently, impressed and pleasantly surprised, and eveher samurai showed i upon hearing of the food .
"That's excellent. If you truly have the food you cim, we're willing to iate," Kin'emon said, finally voig his s. The war was bringing famine, and the productive nds of Lord Shimura's province—which fed much of the try, produg for nearly half of the empire—had beeated by the Mongol and pirate invasions. With those nds now occupied, food was growing scarce, with shes already hittiain regions.
Trade was the only way for the people of Yi-Ti to obtain more food, but the Mongols had bee experts at blog maritime routes with pirates to weaken Yi-Ti... Kin'emohis could be a vital opportunity.
It was a risky decision. This group was unknown and could be a threat. But they appeared very different from any hidden enemy or ahe Mongols might hire to deal with the kingdom. Kin'emon then made a choice that could ge Yi-Ti forever, looking firmly at Jon.
"Very well, to the man who cims to be king of Arctic. We're ied in doing business with you. I'd like to invite you to my castle so we egotiate ahe types of goods you have to offer," the lord said, nodding his head as Jon appeared equally pleased, a friendly smile.
"That sounds perfect, Lord Kin'emon," Jon replied. "I'll anize a small group to apany you." He spoke fidently, believing these people were honorable, or at least the samurai, bound by their code of honor.
With Kin'emon agreeing to Jon's request, the Arctis returo the ship while the city lathered with the other samurai, debating the decision. Some were displeased, protesting Kin'emon's choice to irangers into his home when they might be enemies. But Kin'emon remained resolute, giving Jon a vote of trust; after all, they were merely iating first. At the very least, this way, they could evaluate whether these fruly had anything to offer.
Janized his group for the meeting, deg t Daenerys and Arya along to apany him in the initial iation, while Ygritte and Rhaenys would stay on the ships for more obvious reasons.
The initial tension at the port was beginning to ease. The soldiers started to disperse, and though still present in rge numbers, they were no longer in bat formation. Gradually, the Arctis began disembarking from the ship in their usual calm manner, bringing samples of their products. However, Jon's chosen group quickly attracted astonished looks from the inhabitants of Yi-Ti.
The moment Jon began desding the gangpnk, the onlookers' surprise grew. At the bottom of the ramp, right behind Jon, a man approximately four meters tall appeared, full armor, following closely behind him. The reason for the ship and its gangpnk's enormous size now became clear to all.
"What is this?" some of the samurai murmured, astounded as they watched the first giant advah Jon's group, followed by miants right behind.
The Arcti warriors sisted of three distinct races, so the sight was already onpce for the Arctis at every port they visited. While dwarves might attract attention, a giant was somethiirely different. Jon seemed amused by the samurais' reas as they made their way toward the city, beginning their journey in Yi-Ti.
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Ra Here: This chapter took me way too long to plete! Sorry for the dey, but I had to rethink how I wao portray Yi-Ti here and how to execute this arc with good quality. It took me almost five hours to put this together...
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