The Glory of the Seven Gods of Ice and Fire

Chapter 247: Things in the North
The decisive battle is over. According to tradition, since this huge battle took place near the Dreadfort, it should be called the Battle of the Dreadfort, but both the people of Westeros and Essos are reluctant to associate this significant battle too much with that disturbing fortress.

Therefore, after some debate, all parties decided to name this battle the "Battle of Glory".

After all, the soldiers who fought bravely in this war were far more than believers of the Seven Gods and the Old Gods. It was a fact that the Seven Gods manifested themselves on the battlefield, but other noble wills were also watching this battlefield, and several of them objectively sent their believers to help, and their blood was also flowing on the battle line.

This was also good news for the kingdom's rule in the East. Under the glorious deeds of fighting together, the relationship between the mainstream Religion of the Seven Gods in the kingdom and these regional religions would be eased a lot. Therefore, Hugo gave up naming this decisive battle with a name that was more inclined towards the Seven Gods or Westeros, and instead named it the most neutral and universal "Glory".

After the "Battle of Glory" ended, Hugo set about disbanding the rebel army and withdrawing from the North. The resources required to maintain a huge army of 100,000 people in the North were too huge. Now that the war was over, leaving quickly became the most important thing.

As for the Night's Watch, they have returned to the Wall again. The Night's Watch will continue to guard the Wall and repair the damaged parts of the Wall.

Before the Night's Watch marched to the Wall, Hugo, as the leader of the rebels and the representative of the kingdom, gave them a reward: as an army that has guarded the northern border and fought against the White Walkers for generations, the Night's Watch has completed a mission in this war, their oath has been fulfilled, their obligations have been fulfilled, and the survivors of the Night's Watch are entitled to a privilege - they can freely choose to continue to stay in the legion or retire from the legion.

Of course, Hugo opened this loophole not only to reward the Night's Watch, he also had to open a loophole for those believers of the Seven Gods who joined the Night's Watch under his orders to leave - this was Hugo's previous promise to them.

Many people chose to retire from the Night's Watch, including Robb Stark, the heir to Winterfell, but at the same time, many people chose to stay in the Night's Watch. There were also members of the rebel army who chose to swear an oath on the spot to join the Night's Watch. These two types of people believed that the threat of the White Walkers hanging over the heads of mankind has not disappeared, and they may still make a comeback. These people are willing to devote their entire lives to continue watching in order to deal with possible counterattacks from the White Walkers. They are all people of high moral character.

Also because of this, many of the Seven Gods believers who Hugo had previously sent to the Legion also chose to remain in the Night's Watch and continue to serve for humanity in the fight against the White Walkers.

Among the volunteers who joined the Night's Watch, there was a small incident. A holy war knight wearing a visor who always followed Commander Mormont took off his mask, revealing his identity - Jorah Mormont.

Ser Jorah's life is a lamentable tragedy. He is as brave as his father. He first participated in Robert's uprising with Lord Eddard, and later followed Robert to participate in the Eastern Expedition and suppress Balon's rebellion, and was rewarded and rewarded by the Conqueror King. However, after remarrying the flashy Lady Hightower, Ser Jorah not only spent all the rewards of the kingdom, but also had to secretly communicate with hostile city-states to maintain his expenses. At first, he only smuggled ordinary goods, but the desire for money soon prompted him to sell criminals in his territory into slaves. Naturally, after the incident was exposed, Ser Jorah and his wife had to flee to the East, but the kingdom's ruling scope and control were by no means comparable to the past. Without wealth, there was no security. Lady Hightower soon abandoned him and went to Lys to hide his identity and became the mistress of a high-ranking official.

The knight was willing to break the law for his wife, but his wife abandoned him who had given everything for her. During the years of exile under an assumed name, Ser Jorah thought a lot, and finally, he chose to join the Knights Crusade under another identity. There, he converted to the Seven Gods, took the Oath of Silence, and faced the world in silence from then on.

However, Jorah never thought that he would come to the north, to the Wall, and fight with his father. After landing on the land of Eastwatch, Ser Jorah decided to stay by his father's side and silently atone for his past deeds - the tacit understanding between father and son would eventually transcend the disguise. Commander Mormont soon discovered the abnormality of the knight, but in the end, he chose to silently pay attention to his son.

Finally, after experiencing the war with the White Walkers and the cruise ship, Mormont felt that his sins had been atoned for, so he took off his helmet and spoke. At the same time, because of this period of time with his father day and night, he decided to join the Legion and continue to follow in his father's footsteps to guard the Wall.

The appearance of Sir Jorah caused some twists and turns, after all, he was a convicted criminal in the North, but after he announced that he would join the Night's Watch, no one cared about it anymore: joining the Legion was the highest punishment after the death penalty. For Sir Jorah, he had a bright future, but because of his unvirtuous wife, he was burdened with sin and exiled to a foreign land. Fortunately, through his confession and struggle, he got the opportunity to join the Rebellion and the Legion. Although he will spend the rest of his life with the Wall, everyone will not forget the glory he has won, and these deeds will also accompany him to the end of his life.

In general, the ending of wearing black clothes and guarding the Wall gloriously for a lifetime is better than being a despicable mistress and still having her identity exposed, and being captured by her family from Lys and brought back to Westeros and forced to join the Silent Sisters: Ser Jorah will go down in history with honor, while Linness can only put a sad end to the extinct main branch of Hightower.

In addition, there are some people who did not join the Legion, but chose to settle down in the donated land and provide output for the Night's Watch. Among them was the famous Red God priestess. This woman famous for witchcraft seemed to have chosen to stay here for unknown reasons. She brought a team of Red God believers to establish her own settlement in the donated land.

The Night's Watch naturally welcomes this. In previous battles against the White Walkers, Melisandre has used her magic to find the White Walkers' tracks many times, and has burned many White Walkers to death with magic. Now that the White Walkers have been repelled, no one dares to guarantee that they will not come back. Someone like Melisandre who is proficient in magic is exactly what the Wall needs.

After the war, in addition to the Great Wall, another area that the rebels needed to worry about was the territory of the Umber family. Hugo originally planned to return it to the surviving Umbers, but these Umbers' younger generations and branches did not want to accept this fiefdom: under the sweep of the White Walkers, the land inherited from generation to generation by the Umber family has become a complete ruin, and even the last hearth city, the family castle inherited from generation to generation, has been completely destroyed; although many of the family's subjects successfully fled south during the invasion, and the Umbers did not become a commander without troops, the cost of rebuilding the territory is simply not something the Umber family can afford. Therefore, the Umbers expressed their willingness to give the territory to Hugo in exchange for a chance to go to the warm land in the east.

Hugo readily agreed to their request. Northern Essos had not been controlled by the kingdom for long, and there was an urgent need to migrate the population for consolidation. Now was the perfect time to settle Amber and the others there.

As for the Umber territory in the north, Hugo would not take it over. Now that everything needs investment, it is not worthwhile to give the north an extra share. So Hugo arbitrated the ownership of the land in the name of the kingdom and the rebels: he divided the land into two parts, and gave the northern part to the Night's Watch to further strengthen the strength of the Night's Watch; while the other half in the south, including the ruins of the Last Hearth, was awarded to the Bolton family. Hugo urged them to manage the territory seriously and ensure that the Night's Watch had no worries in the rear.

The reason why Hugo awarded the wealthier part of Umber's territory to the Bolton family was very simple. On the battlefield after the end of the "Battle of Glory", Roose Bolton, the patriarch of the Bolton family, announced to the rebels that he would lead his subjects to convert to the Seven Gods. This was a groundbreaking event in the North. For thousands of years, except for the territory of Manderly, the North had always been the soil of the Old Faith. But now even a great noble like Bolton chose to convert to the Seven Gods - there is no doubt that this will have a long-term impact on the situation in the North.

As for the Bolton family's plan, everyone with a discerning eye knows that Roose is trying to please Hugo in order to get closer to him; even if he doesn't consider the long term, Roose can also strengthen the relationship with Manderly by converting to the Seven Gods and jointly guard against Stark's counterattack. This step is always beneficial to the Bolton family.

When Hugo announced the ownership of Umber's old territory, Eddard's expression was very ugly, but he knew very well that Stark's status had changed now. Facing Hugo's decision, the Stark family wanted to maintain their dignity or choose silence. After all, Hugo had also tried to get his heir to withdraw from the legion. If they expressed opposition at this time, it would seem that the family had once again ignored the "agreement".

In addition to Stark, many old nobles in the North also hated Bolton's betrayal of the old faith, but the problem was that the current situation made them openly oppose it - the rebels had not yet withdrawn. In this way, under the Dreadfort, the nobles of the rebels led by Hugo witnessed Roose Bolton and his people convert to the Seven Gods. The people of the Dreadfort did not show any opposition to Bolton's decision - at least Hugo did not see it.

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Then, with the completion of the ceremony, some northern lords who watched Bolton's conversion also had different ideas: the Seven Gods have shown their power, and the strength of the southerners is obvious to all. If they choose to convert to such a powerful god, whether the family's future development focus is within or outside the North, this will be a very tempting choice.

Therefore, they are also planning to find a copy of the Seven Star Bible to read after returning...

(End of this chapter)