Game of Thrones: Battle Royale Game

Ian Corru stayed in Sunspear for a week, and learned all the latest news that Westeros had reached Dorne.

To be honest, Ian was quite surprised when he learned that Westeros is still in a state of chaos and that few players have become popular. But after he thought about it carefully, he felt that it was not difficult to understand.

First of all, the players are too familiar with Westeros, and everyone has clear information about important families and characters. Therefore, when any group of players wants to come up with any big plan that can make huge profits, other players can always By destroying some of the key links, in the end no one has developed.

Secondly, the player's auxiliary system is not strictly a qualified cheat. Except for a few players who successfully rolled the snowball in the early stage, the benefits that others can get through the system are really limited, even before the assassination mechanism in the standings is cancelled. , in order not to be at the bottom in terms of points, they had to do some exhausting and useless work, which seriously interfered with their development.

Affected by these factors, players who develop in Westeros will feel particularly uncomfortable compared to players who are active in Essos.

After collecting information about Westeros in detail, Ian thought about the problem of players in Westeros. Players who have reached this point have either already revealed their cards, or they can immediately gain huge benefits as soon as they reveal their cards. Their sphere of influence is enough for them to compete head-on with those veteran players who have been famous for a long time.

After all, the system's main mission three and bounty mission three are open to the development of forces, and players without a clear name can only complete the main mission two at most. If they had been able to stay dormant until now, they would have either completely given up on the game, or they were confident that they could reveal their cards in a short period of time and complete almost the entire three main lines in one fell swoop.

Based on this, Ian made a preliminary analysis of the possible range of activities for players in Westeros.

1. Queen Shireen Baratheon’s sphere of influence:

First, the Crownlands, Dragonstone, and the Stormlands, which are currently controlled by Shireen's acting Hand of the King, Lord Lorraine. Lorraine's player alliance has been revealed, and its members are Lord Lorraine himself, the fake Lyanna and two wildling skinchangers. Ian felt that there was basically no possibility of other players lurking in this area.

Next is the Northern Territory. Ed Stark has already sent his troops south and maintains a very high reputation among the princes of the Northern Territory. There is a possibility of players hiding with him, but it is not high. After all, even if he can plot, Without Eddard, there is no feasible way to inherit Eddard Stark's influence.

Then there's the Vale, and now that Petyr Baelish 'Littlefinger' has married Lady Lysa, he's either succeeded in gaining control of the Vale or is still trying. If there are players dormant in the valley and cooperating with Littlefinger, it sounds like they are seeking skin from a tiger, but the possibility is not low.

The scariest thing about Littlefinger is his hidden motives and shady methods, but in front of players, he is like a transparent person. If some players choose to invest in Littlefinger and stay dormant until now, Ian can understand it.

Finally, there’s the Riverlands. They’ve all been beaten to pieces, and there’s not much to say.

2: Queen Myrcella Baratheon’s sphere of influence:

The first is the West. There is too little information here for Ian to make a judgement. He only knows that at the beginning, a wildling ally of Lord Lorraine came to Kay after rescuing Jaime Lannister from the North. Iwaki and Tywin worked together for a while. But when Sir Arthur, a player from the Reach, challenged him, Duke Tywin expelled him, and this man returned to Lorraine, and their entire player alliance was completely exposed.

Then there is the Reach. Ian is almost certain that Sir Arthur's allies are still in the Reach, but judging from the information on the surface, they don't seem to have gained much influence. Either they have a big plan behind their backs, or they have given up.

Three: Other neutral forces

There are only two neutral forces in Westeros. The first is the Iron Islands, where Ian failed to get any information, but considering that the monster Euron Greyjoy has been killed by himself in Astapor, if the current Iron Islands are suddenly declared to be Ian would not be surprised if a certain player's sphere of influence was reached.

The second one is Dorne. Ian has been here for two weeks. At least from the news that Ian has received, there is a high probability that there are no players here. Not to mention the nobles, even those who have played in Dorne in the past one or two years There is no businessman who has achieved great fame.

It is understandable for Ian that players are unwilling to invest in Dorne. Although the Dornish people have good defensive capabilities relying on terrain, the Dornish army has poor equipment, backward technology, and the land is relatively barren, without large-scale grain production areas. , even if the player controls Dorne, it is unrealistic to conduct the Northern Expedition.

In addition, the chaos in the six northern kingdoms does not affect Dorne. Prince Doran Martell's rule over Dorne is very strong, and it is too difficult for players to usurp Dorne. It is normal for players to look down on such a high-cost and low-return goal.

After completing this analysis, Ian found himself in a dilemma. Should he contact Prince Doran immediately and seek an alliance with the Martell family?

A very important issue is that the Martell family and the Lannister family are mortal enemies. If you reach an alliance with the Martell family now, you will lose the possibility of wooing the Lannister family in the future.

At the same time, Dorne and the Reach are also feuding. The two sides have had deep grudges over the years. Even the leg of Willas Tyrell, the heir of Highgarden, was killed by the Prince of Dorne, the Red Viper Oberyn Martell. The interruption was unintentional. Although Willas himself did not hold any grudge against Oberyn, this incident undoubtedly deepened the hostility between the Tyrell and Martell families.

Now that the King's Territory and the Stormlands are in the hands of Earl Lorraine's player forces, the possibility of Ed in the North turning to him is negligible, while there is a high possibility that there are dormant players in the valley.

The most likely places for Ian to get help are the Westerlands, the Reach and Dorne, and compared to the forces in the Westerlands and the Reach, the help Dorne can bring to Ian in conquering Westeros is really very limited.

Ian has two important criteria for conquering Westeros, one is to pass quickly, and the other is to retain the vitality of Westeros as much as possible to fight against the Night King's army of corpses.

If possible, Ian would not want to give up the West and the Riverlands for Dorne.

However, Ian does not have the confidence to let the fleet enter the Narrow Sea and confront the Braavos head-on. The fleet he sent from Slaver's Bay is about to arrive at the port of Volantis. After resting in Volantis, they soon arrived. Will march to Westeros with the Golden Company.

Ian didn't dare to let them enter the Narrow Sea, so landing in Sunspear City was their best choice. Although it is not difficult to capture Sunspear City, it will inevitably take a lot of effort to capture the entire Dorne with a harsh environment. He didn't want to waste time on conquering Dorne.

Soon, an idea appeared in Ian's mind. It was the Martell family that had a mortal feud with the West and the River Bend, not the entire Dorne.

If I could find a way to replace Dorne with a ruler, wouldn't this contradiction disappear?

So who in Dorne is most qualified to replace the rule of House Martell?

The first person that Ian thought of was Earl Anders Yronwood. He is the head of the Yronwood family in Dorne and the most powerful vassal under the Martell family. He has the 'Noble of Blood' and The title of 'Guardian of the Stone Road'. They were once the most powerful lords of Dorne, and historically called themselves the 'Lords of Green Hills' and the 'High King of Dorne'.

Had it not been for the Rhoynar's 'Warrior Queen' Nymeria, who had led the remaining Rhoynar who had escaped from the wrath of the Valyrian people, across thousands of ships, came to Dorne and married Morse, the lord of Sandship Castle. ·Martell, the final ruling power of Dorne did not fall on the Martell family.

Although the Yronwood family surrendered to the Martell family after their defeat, they never gave up the idea of ​​replacing the Martell family. During the Blackfire Rebellion, they sided with the Cold Iron three times and fought against the feudal clan. The Jun Martell family confronts each other.

Although the Blackfire Rebellion ultimately failed, the Yronwood family was not punished. The location of their family's fiefdom destined that neither the Martell family nor the Targaryen family could do anything to them.

To this day, House Yronwood is still the second most powerful house in Dorne and has a huge influence in the Dorne Marches.

As long as it has Ian's support, it shouldn't be too difficult for the Yronwood family to replace the Martell family in ruling Dorne. Even if Dorne still has some die-hard Martell families who resist, Ian can also All the work of countering the rebellion is left to the Yronwood family, and I will not waste energy on it.

But Ian immediately remembered some new information.

Although the Yronwood family has historically been at odds with the Martell family, this generation of Earl Anders of Yronwood seems to be a close associate of Prince Doran Martell.

The story begins when Oberyn Martell was 16 years old. At that time, Oberyn had an affair with the mistress of Lord Edgar Yronwood. After hearing this, Lord Edgar challenged Prince Oberyn. Both sides were injured in the duel, and soon the count's wound festered and died. There were rumors that Oberyn had poisoned his sword and murdered Count Edgar.

In order to repair the relationship with the Yronwood family, Prince Doran Martell personally exiled Oberyn and gave his young son Quentin to the new Lord Anders of Yronwood to raise.

I don’t know if he was moved by the prince’s sincerity. Since then, Earl Anders has become a confidant of Prince Doran, and later actively participated in Prince Doran’s plan to restore the Targaryen Dynasty.

Given the current relationship between Anders and Doran, Ian can't help but feel pessimistic about the prospect of turning against Lord Anders and allowing House Yronwood to replace House Martell.

Do you want to replace someone? Ian then thought of the second person, Count Franklin Fowler, the ‘Falcon’ of Tianji City, the guardian of the Guard Pass and the third largest lord of Dorne. Their family's strength is also ranked among the best in Dorne, but it is still inferior to the Yronwood family.

After thinking about it, Ian directly gave up the idea of ​​supporting Earl Franklin Fowler to ascend to power. Their family and the Yronwood family have always been at odds. This grudge can be traced back to the Dorne Unification War, when the Fowler family betrayed Their original lord, the Yronwood family, sided with the Martell family. Although it was impossible to say that this directly determined the outcome of the war, it made the two families enmity against each other.

Because of the strength and status of both parties, if Ian elects Anders Yronwood to become the new prince after defeating the Martell family, then Franklin may surrender to Anders due to the situation. After all, hundreds of years ago, the Fowler family was the vassal of the Yronwood family.

On the other hand, if Ian elects Count Franklin Fowler to become the new prince, Count Anders will definitely not be able to accept that his family's former vassal has climbed on top of him, and he will inevitably launch a rebellion. At that time, the Fowler family did not have the ability to suppress the Yronwood family, and Ian would inevitably be dragged into the long-term Dornish civil war.

Overall, Anders Yronwood was his only choice at this time. Ian frowned deeply when he thought of this.

We must drive a wedge between Count Anders and Prince Doran! How do we do this?

Ian thought hard for a while, but couldn't come up with any good solution.

The friendship that has lasted for decades in the human world is probably not that easy to destroy. Even the interests of the 'Prince of Dorne' may not be able to impress Earl Anders.

But what if something happens to Prince Doran and he is gone?

Suddenly, an idea occurred to Ian.

Lord Anders Yronwood is the adoptive father of Quentin Martell, the eldest son of Prince Doran, but Quentin also has a sister, Arianne Martell.

Dorne uses the law of the Rhoynar. That is, female descendants and male descendants have equal inheritance qualifications. Therefore, according to the law, the title of Prince Doran should be passed to Princess Arianne instead of Prince Quentin.

Ian wanted Anders to directly oppose Prince Doran. It was not easy to usurp the prince's position. However, after Prince Doran's death, he managed to get Count Anders to send troops to help Prince Quentin and his sister Princess Arianne compete for the prince's position. It's very simple.

As for whether Prince Quentin, Princess Arianne, or even Prince Doran's youngest son, Prince Trystane, would unfortunately have any accidents during the war, no one can say clearly.

At that time, Lord Anders Yronwood could only face two choices, either sit back and watch the throne of Dorne fall to their family's mortal enemy, Prince Doran's brother Oberyn Martell. , or accept Ian's olive branch, replace the Martell family on their own, and gain the right to rule Dorne.

After the preliminary plan was drawn up, Ian Corlu, as the Valyrian Emperor's envoy, handed over the Emperor's personal letter to the guards at the Triple Gate, asking it to be delivered to Prince Doran, and expressing his willingness to meet with the Prince.