Chapter 29: Arthur X

It was the end of the year 291 AC when the money began to flow properly. Still, summer of course, as it likely would be for another six and a half years, but then the cosmology of Westeros, and likely the entire planet, was very odd. At any rate, there were now two Galleons at sea, the Great Stag, and the Dragonstone Keeper, and while they didn't make as many voyages as the cutters each one was worth ten or fifteen times what one of their smaller brethren could provide. It didn't take all that long at all for me to start paying back my loan as it turned out, and I was glad for that at least. Relations with Bravo were a necessity, especially as I began trading further afield, with the Galleons going as far as the Westerlands and Skagos, though I wanted more marines trained up before I started making a play in the Stepstones. Interestingly one of my sloops made a trip down from the Northern route to Pentos. The Targaryen's weren't in the city at the time, having been last spotted in Volantis, but the trio was informative nonetheless. The three sisters seemed to be hiring mercenaries for something, apparently rumors of another war breaking out in the disputed lands.