Chapter 131
Southwesterly winds bring a breath of salty sea to the east coast of Slaver's Bay, and the smell of blood and fire from the battlefield below the White Poplar Slope has been diluted a lot.
The noon sun reflected a dazzling white glow on the snow white sword with seven or eight gaps, causing Barristan and the others who were watching from the side to narrow their eyes slightly.
Seven wooden stakes stand behind Dany, and the upper half of the stakes has seven freshly carved faces: a large bearded man (Father) holding a scale, a smiling woman (Mother), equipped with a long sword A young man (Warrior), a tulle Maiden (Maiden), a man with a hammer (Smith), a hunchbacked old woman (Crone) with a lamp, and a faceless man (Stranger) without a face.
The sword ridge tapped the excited bearded shoulder three times, and Dany said aloud: "Braavos and the illegal child of the North, Jon Snow, in the presence of The Seven, will you swear to me? Allegiance, for the rest of your life, be my loyal Knight, serve me with your courage, martial power, and wisdom?"
She took off her helmet, and the silver hair that fell to her shoulders, on the gray and black shoulder armor, was Glittering in the sun, her palm-sized white face is full of solemnity and solemnity, and her purplish eyes only make people feel sincere and majestic, while ignoring her beautiful face.
The bearded Jon one-knee kneels, shouting excitedly: "I, the illegitimate child of the Braavos and the North, Jon Snow, swear allegiance to my lord Daenerys Targaryen.
"I accept your allegiance." Dany smiled slightly, like a hundred flowers blooming, "I swear, you will always have a place by my fireplace, you will drink and eat meat at the same table with me. .I swear that your service will never be stigmatized. In the name of The Seven, I, Daenerys Targaryen, solemnly swear."
Then she retracted her sword, looked around, and finally Looking back at Jon's head on the bridge, he said softly, "I announce as Jon Snow's monarch and Queen that Jon Snow is the son of Roose Bolton and will inherit the mother's surname from today."
"Jon . ......Bolton, thank my lord!" The bearded voice trembled.
Uh, the little brother, the protagonist of the cottage that I just received, is gone.
Dany took two more lateral steps, came to another one-knee kneels bearded man, tapped the spine of his sword three times on his shoulder, and said, "Descendant of the North exile, Brus. Wayn, under the witness of old and new Gods, are you willing to swear allegiance to me, to be my most loyal Knight for the rest of your life, and to serve me with your courage, martial power and wisdom?"
Um , Brus, like many Westeros, not only believes in the Old Gods of the North tradition, but also maintains awe and devotion to The Seven.
In fact, Jorah Mormont is like this. He is a North person who accepts The Seven ceremony baptism and becomes a real Knight.
There is a slight change in the oath to Brus, Dany.
Brus took the oath, followed by Lyra Umber, a tall, red-haired woman, and Helman Tallhart, a black hair middle age person.
This is not over. When the four new Knights get up excitedly, 25 Warriors, including Symon Stripeback, fatty Mollono, black Tal, horse men Quaro, etc., lined up in two rows, kneeling on the statue of The Seven and Dany forward.
This is a reward for meritorious deeds. The 25 people in front of them have made great achievements in today's battle and will be conferred by Dany as Knight together.
Well, they can have other beliefs, but still accept The Seven baptism and become the most orthodox Knight - although many of them are not qualified Knight skills at all.
Watching Quaro swore his oath aloud to Dany with a flushed face, Aggo said to Rakharo with some unpleasantness: "I want to be a Knight too."
"I want to too. "Rakharo muttered.
Haggo was stunned, shook his head and shouted: "No, Khaleesi said, our Bloodrider is her 'blood of my blood', the degree of closeness and loyalty is far better than Knight and Fengjun, can't neglect the root and pursue the tip!"
"That's right, Khaleesi father's kingdom was overthrown by his bannermen, and the Great Grass Sea never had a Bloodridder who betrayed Khal." Aggo came back to his senses, said excitedly.
"Well, we are Khaleesi's last barrier!"
In addition to canonizing 25 Warriors as Knights, Dany then awarded each of them a Ser title one by one.
Ser is not necessarily a Knight, but Knight only steps on the threshold of aristocracy, but Ser is a real aristocrat.
Although it is the lowest noble.
Dany's reward and punishment are clear.
After the canonization of Ser, today's ceremony is not over, Dany also conferred oneself as Knight.
Well, Knight does not coincide with the title, a Knight canonized by King can be called "Ser", but he is not actually a real Ser.
And even if Dany has the title of Queen, she is still not a Knight. She has not gone through Knight's ritual baptism, smeared holy anointing, and has not served the real Knight.
How can the King of all the Knights not be a Knight?
Whitebeard Barristan, as the White Cloak Commander, is entitled to conferred anyone as Knight if he is willing to vouch for the reputation of oneself.
Except for King.
If Mad King Aerys was still around, and even Dany's cheap second brother was still alive, Barristan could have made her a Knight, as a princess.
Both the Princess and the Crown Prince can kneel to the Kingsguard Commander, but not the Queen or King.
It's not that Queen can't become Knight, if there is Church of The Seven's Most Devout at this time, he can designate Dany as Knight on behalf of The Seven.
But now there is not even a single lowest Septon.
But...
Dany had all the Knights, including Barristan, line up below her, announcing loudly: "Slaver's Bay doesn't have The Seven Septon, much less. Most Devout. So, I decided to follow the example and be the Astapor Most Devout."
She didn't really say much, Saint Baelor the Blessed, who locked the three sisters of oneself in Maidenvault and buried them. Baelor I, who ignited the Blackfyre rebellion, hold the positions of King and Most Devout at the same time.
If Dany's character can be maintained until the moment of death without breaking down, then she will be praised as "Saint Dany" by future generations.
The historical status in Church of The Seven is higher than that of Saint Baelor, probably similar to "St. Peter", "St. John" and "St. Paul" in Christianity.
At this time, Saint Dany, as Most Devout, conferred Queen Daenerys I as Knight.
Knight Queen Dany's sharp sword is unsheathed, inserted beside her, facing the one-knee kneels of The Seven stake, dozens of Knights behind her draw out oneself's long sword or machete in unison, learning to learn Dany, kneeling behind her with a solemn expression.
"I swear to be kind to the weak!" Dany said loudly.
"I swear to be kind to the weak!" the Knight shouted in unison behind her.
"I swear to be brave against rape!"
"I swear to fight against all wrongs and injustices!"
"I swear to serve the world with my sword The people fight!"
"I swear not to harm little children and babies!"
"I swear to help my Knight brother!"
"I swear Be honest and trustworthy!"
"I swear to abide by the Basic Law and folk customs!"
"I swear to be ashamed of ignorance, ashamed of pleasure and dislike of labor, ashamed of arrogance and lust!"
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Dany read a word, and her Knight swears together, the scene is simple but sacred, and the atmosphere is even more solemn.
The surrounding soldiers quietly witnessed all this happening, both in awe and worship, and with infinite yearning.
However, Dany's newly "invented" Knight declaration is a bit...cough cough, there are too many private goods, and in the end, it's almost just shouting "eight honors and eight shames".
Well, the eight honors and eight shames are undoubtedly more progressive than the real Knight manifesto... well, the thinking.
Master Knight of Westeros regards the law as nothing, all ignorant, ignorant and incompetent, arrogant and greedy, it is time to accept the baptism of the advanced thinking of the Great Heavenly Dynasty!
Dany said aloud the last oath to conclude: "At the moment of the strong enemy, don't be afraid, be brave and loyal, be honest and upright, rather die than submit, protect the weak, and do nothing against the law!"
As a feudal Knight King, she certainly can't let her little brother forget "loyalty and bravery".
Don't preach loyalty, do you encourage Knights to rebel?
And now that war is going on, bravery is even more important.
Ending the canonization of ceremony, Dany stood up and looked around, and found that the soldiers' imposing manner and mental outlook were much improved than before. Obviously, they not only saw the glory, but also felt the real leadership of the military. Interests.
Military heart is available!
Dany sighed with emotion, and then ordered Min Pi to prepare drinks and meat. After winning a big battle and conferring so many Knight Ser, of course there will be a celebration next!
This afternoon's festivities are arranged, and Dany gathers all the new Knights to wrap up the battle.
Unsullied was in charge of leading the Minbi to clean up the post-war battlefield. Grey Worm first stood up to report the result of the battle: "Your Majesty, we killed 127 Knights and injured 206 Knights, so we can't join the next battle immediately. Fight."
Dany brows frowned, under such an advantageous battle situation, the casualties also exceeded 10%, this ratio...
In addition, in Red Wedding, House When Frey (about two or three thousand troops) and Bolton (about three thousand infantry) joined forces to kill Robb's mixed team of four thousand elite foot soldiers, Frey only lost more than fifty people, of which ten were still killed by Robb's Direwolf Grey Wind. Bitten to death.
Well, in the "Game of Thrones" television drama, Grey Wind died tragically in a beast cage, a poor life, a useless death: in the original "Ice and Fire", Grey Wind was released by Raynald Westerling , Killing and killing, the death is extremely heroic.
Raynald Westerling is Robb's eldest brother, Crag Jenny's big brother, Lady Sybell's eldest son.
It's a pity that Sybell didn't tell his children about the collusion between oneself and Tywin at all, which is called the first undercover agent in "Ice and Fire".
She also made a deal with Tywin to find a Lannister wife for Raynald.
As a result, the traitor's mother, loyal son, Raynald committed suicide by jumping into the river in Red Wedding that night.
Well, he was outnumbered and unwilling to surrender to House Frey, who violated the guest right, and his loyalty was a mess.
One more thing to mention, Robb's Direwolf is several times more sensitive to the danger of his master than Dany's dragon. It bites and yells at Sybell siblings in Robb's face many times, trying to remind the oneself owner, but is very close to Sybell's son Raynald.
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"How come so many people died?" Dany asked, looking towards Barristan.
She took Little Green and 500 Knights to clear the stubborn stronghold, and only 20 people died. Whitebeard led a large army to charge in the empty camp, and no one should be able to stop it. After all, the camp has been completely destroyed. The horse trampled once.
"We didn't lose many people in the southern camp, but when we changed horses to sweep the northern camp, we encountered a lot of resistance." The veteran sighed.
Dany nods and says nothing more.
Ghis slave-master as it should be by rights put the mercenary group at the front of the camp, and after seeing the enemy camp through Black Dragon, Dany accurately intercepted the Ghis alliance camp in the middle.
To the north are mostly traders and slave soldiers, the threat is small, so you can put it aside for now.
And the mercenary group was all at the southern end, and she ended up taking it all in one pot.
After the two thousand cavalrymen of Whitebeard swept the mercenary camp several times, they changed to a piece of energetic mounts and swept to the north.
At the cost of hundreds of casualties, capturing tens of thousands of slaves and traders is totally worth it.