House of The Dragon-A God Amongst Men

(Third Person POV)

[Ashford]

Inside a small tavern in the market town, Drakken walked to a table, looking around as he had a coin purse in his hands. He saw that many people were sitting around conversing amongst themselves as they drank and ate. 

Drakken was the only one that stood out, wearing a strange coat. Some people were stealing glances, a bit taken aback by his other-worldly appearance. His bright red eyes caught the attention of anyone in the room. 

"Hm...." He said as he sat down, "Bunch of rowdy people." 

A woman walked up to him, setting down a cup of wine in front of him, "What would you have?" 

Drakken opened the coin purse and pulled out two gold coins, "Whatever this gets me." He said, "Asides from the wine." 

"Okay." the woman smiled as she took the coins and walked away

She was short, petite, but pretty despite her face being covered in a bit of dirt and grime. Drakken's eyes were on the woman's rear as she walked, her simple and tattered dress unable to hide what he was looking at. 

"Hm." He said simply, "The women don't look terrible. Definitely nothing compared to the Elves from my world, but they'll do." 

After who knows how long he had spent walking, he had arrived at Ashford, a pretty small town for his tastes. He was not impressed by the architecture of the market town and when he walked down the street, some Ashford soldiers were eyeing him up, taken aback by the man's appearance. 

Drakken looked around, seeing that some men were giving him nasty stares, but he paid no mind. 

The woman then walked back with a small bowl of stew and a piece of bread, "Here you go." She said with a smile, "Enjoy." 

Before she could walk away, Drakken grabbed her by the hand, "Wait." He said

She looked at him with surprise, "Eh?" 

Drakken looked at her, "I need a favor." He said as he pulled another gold coin out of the purse, "I need a map." 

"A...A map?" She asked with surprise

Drakken twirled the coin in his fingers, "That's what I said." He said, "A map of this country." 

She blinked, "I..." She said, "I wouldn't know where one would be..." 

"Is that so?" Drakken let go of her hand, "What is this place called?" 

"A-Ashford....." she said, "The Reach..." 

"The Reach?" Drakken stopped twirling the coin, "That's what the country is called?" 

"W-Well, you're not from Westeros?" She asked

"Ah, that's what the knight said back then...." Drakken said, "Westeros.....I need a map of Westeros, where would one be?" 

"I wouldn't know...honestly..." She said softly

Drakken eyed her up and down, "Hm...." He said, "How old are you?" 

The woman stepped back, taken aback by the question, "I...ten and nine....." She said

"Nineteen, huh?" Drakken said, "Hm....not bad...." 

A man walked up to the woman, "Hey." He said as he stood behind her, towering the girl, "Is there a problem, Elissa?" 

"F-Father..." She said, "W-Well....the man here says he needs a map." 

"Father?" Drakken raised an eyebrow as he looked at the man, "You don't look that much older than her....hm...unless you had her young..." 

The man looked no more than 14 or 15 years older than the woman. 

"What's it to you?" The Man said, "If you have a problem, I will have to ask you to leave." 

"You have a map of Westeros?" Drakken asked the man

"No." The Man said

"You're useless." Drakken grumbled as he placed the coin away, "Let me eat my food then." 

The man scowled, "Listen here, you are in my tavern." He said as he leaned down towards Drakken who began to eat the stew, "I will ask you to act with respect." 

Drakken ignored him, "Oh, this is not bad." He said as he doused the bread in the stew, "Not bad at all. You cooked this?" 

"Are you ignoring me?" The Man said as his eye twitched

Drakken pointed his finger at his forehead, "Yep." 

Suddenly, the man's head jerked backward violently, his entire body following as he collapsed to the ground. 

"Father!!" the woman cried as a streak of blood ran down from the man's forehead

His eyes were white as his mouth was opened and drooling. 

Several men that were around him stood up, drawing their swords as they glared at Drakken. They were sellswords and hedge knights that had stopped by to the Tavern for a quick meal. Of course, this wouldn't matter to Drakken one bit. 

Drakken ate without care, looking up, "Anyone wouldn't happen to have a map of Westeros, right?" 

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"Hm..." Drakken said as he sat on the hill, looking at a map of Westeros, "Interesting...." 

He tilted his head, seeing most of the map was worn out but he could only make out the Reach and Stormlands regions' names. 

"So, currently, I am at the border of the Reach and the Stormlands." He said, "Interesting. I'm assuming I landed not too far from here. So each region is ruled by a different Lord? I was told that the place I was at was ruled by House Baratheon....who would rule the Reach? Interesting...what of the Targaryens? Where would they be?" 

He looked at the eastern part of the map, seeing the Crownlands Region and saw the faded letters that marked "King's Landing". 

"Ah." He said with a slight smile, "Obviously, there." 

He traced a path from King's Landing to where he was at, near Ashford. 

"I can only assume that is where they keep their Dragons.....right?" He said, "Unless they keep them in the mountains and whatnot. Well, if I were them, I'd keep one dragon under the city or in a cave next to it. Slumbering, that is. What do you think, Elissa?" 

He set the map down and reached for a leather canteen that he had picked off from one of the sellswords back at the tavern.

Next to him, the same woman was on her knees, with tears in her eyes. 

"Why are you crying?" Drakken said with a bored face, "You're going to give me directions." 

"I would not know the way, ser..." She said softly, "Please, let me go." 

"You're fortunate that I didn't cut your pretty little head off." Drakken said as before chugging wine from the canteen, "Being a guide wouldn't hurt. Besides, a pretty girl like you wouldn't last that long in a place like that." 

"I have a family...please....my husband..." She said softly

"What?" Drakken said, "Does he know directions better than you? Bring him here then, I'll make use of him." 

She looked down, "Please, I beg of you..." She said as tears ran down her face, "Don't hurt me." 

"Ah." Drakken said with a smile, "I won't break my compass." 

She looked at him, "What will you do to me?" She asked shakily, "I....will you....will you rape me?" 

Drakken tilted his head, "No, why? You want me to?" 

"N-No." She said softly

"Then don't fucking worry about it." He said while waving her off, "I only care about one thing right now. Finding the Targaryens and their dragons." 

"You hear me?"