Europe / London (White Tower): May 6th, 1820.
My name is john benjamin snow and I was born a slave.
I was born on january 31st, 1741 in london, the capital of the united kingdom. Formerly the kingdom of britain. I served in the house of smiths where I was constantly beaten half to death. Castrated at the age of 9 for helping the young lady escape her family to run away with a man that she loved.
I was thrown out. Half dead, expecting to die like every other slave's fate for not minding my own business.
Yet I was saved by a very strange woman. Her name was margaret analee white. The wife of baron charles lionel ashford of cheshire and the daughter of the first earl of the white tower. George bartholomew white and sister to tye second current earl, augustus albert white.
January 1st, 1800. Edith beatrice white, the fourth countess of the white tower died during childbirth.
The son was very strange. His skin was too dark and he never cried. He was to smart for his age and very strangely named mordred vanderbilt white.
This family is strange.
House of white was so strange to the point that members of the family had very unique appearances, some would be born with very dark skin, some mixed race and others white and pale. Regardless if they married outside of it. The outcome Isn't guaranteed until I had witnessed it with my very own eyes. Mordred vanderbilt white.
May 5th, 1820.
This family is strange.
Edward newgate, the parasitic head of house of house white suddenly died on may 5th, 1820.
I felt nothing.
Following the same year the young lord took up the position as head of house white and solidified his position.
Cementing the start of his reign, and my vow to the honorable lady margaret.
Keep it in the family.
(John Benjamin Snow's POV)
*Pah*
A old overly chubby light skin russian woman slapped the back of a young Innocent looking girls head and say loudly "WHY DID YOU MIX THE WRONG INGREDIENTS AGAIN. YOUR GOING TO BE THE DEATH OF ME."
"I…I'm sorry ma'am, I'll do it again." Said the sctttish girl suttering meekly as she tried to start over.
"Don't be to hard on her ms pattimore. She's still new." Said john nonchalantly as he adjusted his glasses and flapped the newspaper his hands.
*PAH*
Ms pattimore slapped the scottish girls hand away from the seasonings and said with a wave of her left hand "Hurry. Go prepare the tea for the arrival of the baroness of cheshire. Get out of my way."
"Y…yes. At once ms pattimore." Said the scottish girl stuttering while hurriedly going too prepare the tea.
"Hmm…" Said john while looking up from the newspaper and seeing the scottish looking girl preparing the tea hurriedly.
A tall chocolate skinned man in a suit walked Into the kitchen and sighed while loosening his tie and sitting down into a chair at the table and saying "What are we even in a hurry f…"
"AHEM…" Said john adjusting his throat loudly. His eyes cold.
The dark skin man stood up Immediately and said with his back straightened and a serious look on his face "Mr snow. I have prepared tea and the newspaper for his lordship's utmost comfort."
The kitchen went silent for a moment. The male servants forehead's starting to sweat.
"What are you all doing. Get back to work this instant. The dowager baroness is expected to arrive soon, so I expect the food and drinks to be prepared to utmost perfection am I clear." Said an old woman sternly as she came out of a room and walked past everyone out of the kitchen with her back straight. Full of authority.
"YES MS HUGHES." Said all the female servants loudly.
The chocolate skinned man adjusted his suit Immediately and asked with confusion "Why is the baroness of cheshire coming to the white tower so suddenly."
"Ahem. Joshua we shouldn't pry into the lives of our masters, it is unbecoming of someone in your station." Said john with a sigh at the footman.
Joshua had a confused look on his face and said while looking at everyone in the kitchen who laughed "But don't you all find it strange that she is suddenly coming to london. Is it about the possible revolutionary railway that might happen or the death of mr newgate a day ago."
The kitchen was silent. Only sounds of work being done resounding throughout it.
"Joshua if you have so much free time why don't you take this upstairs. Get a move on." Said ms pattimore while shoving a bowl of baked cookies into joshua's arms.
Joshua caught the bowl of baked cookies and nodded while saying as he left "Yes ms pattimore."
"You know something don't you john." Asked ms pattimore calmly as she watched joshua leave the kitchen with the bowl of cookies in his hands.
John closed the newspaper and took off the glasses from the tip of his nose and said while getting up from the chair "Despite the death of mr newgate. The family has been getting along as of late, they appear to be taking daily walks together now."
"Ah. Oh so will we be seeing another young lady or lord anytime soon. Will his lordship marry" Asked ms pattimore curiously. Her eyes very Interested in the life of nobility.
John shook his head and said as he grabbed the tea tray from the scottish girl "He seems uninterested in marriage. Remember."
*DING* *DING* *DING*
"Ah. Sorry I've forgotten. WHAT ARE YOU DOING, GO MAKE THE SALAD" Said ms pattimore loudly as she dragged the nosey scottish girl away who smiled wryly at john who Ignored her as he left for upstairs.
(Mordred's POV)
"So your telling me that all the land that house white has previously owned have all been auctioned off by the roach ." I asked calmly as I shuffled through paperwork one by one and threw it down onto my desk.
*Pwap*
The middle aged man adjusted his throat and said stutteringly as he wiped his bringing forehead with a handkerchief "Y…yes my lord."
The study was silent. The middle aged man's forehead was full of sweat as he stared at my eyes.
"Did you bring the money and ownership document like I asked yesterday." I asked calmly as I opened the side drawer to my desk and pulled out a cigar and lit it with a match.
*Zzzt*
The middle aged man breathed a sigh of relief and said while grabbing a big grey bag off of the couch and said with a smile evile sitting the heavy bag atop my desk "This is 250,000 my lord. I got a loan from the N.M. Rothschild & sons bank."
The study was silent.
"The deadline. What is it." I asked calmly as I exhaled smoke from my nose. My eyes unmoved.
The middle aged man took a deep breath and said with a sigh "You have 2 m…"
"I'm not paying back shit. If I did pay back the money, this game would only turn into greed and accumulate more until house of white is ruined so keep getting loans until they reconsider." I said with a sudden smile on my face.
"My experience has taught me to never pay back a loan from a bank. I was fucked over in my previous life" I thought as the smile faded just as quickly as it came. The cigar making the air heavy in the study.
The middle aged man had a horrified look on his face and said Immediately "But what if the rohschild send their men."
"You misunderstand mathew. They will most definitely lend. Banks don't lend money out of kindness, they lend because I am an earl and social status matters a lot.They think they can seize my assets later, they believe I have a lot of hidden wealth and most of all they all want political Influence. From my own experience these so called rothschilds especially might have often financed people because it gave them power over them. So lending me money could be a way to control me later." I said with a chuckle as I tapped my own forehead with my left hands, pointer finger and a slight smirk forming on my face.
Mathew was silent for a moment and sighed while letting go of the bag of money while an opened his suitcase atop my desk and pulled out documents and slid tit in front of me while saying with a serious look on his face "These are the Information on the land condition of a place called bamburgh in northumberland. It is being auctioned at a very low price since the current owner believe's it's just a place full of rocks and Infertile."
The study was silent. I grabbed the ownership documents and looked over them.
"And what did you find exactly." I asked while sporting the word mining on the ownership documents.
Mathew wiped his sweaty forehead again and said with a serious look appearing on his face "Bamburgh has massive mining potential and my sources are confirmed. It is also not infertile but very fertile."
"Is it near water." I asked while rubbing my chin with creased eyebrows.
Mathew had a surprised look on his face and said stutteringly Immediately "Y…yes my lord. How'd you know."
"I guessed as much. Most land by water and is partially rocky while hilly and grassy. Offers everything the rich could dream of, they are very fertile and valuable." I said with a chuckle as I looked back down at the ownership papers.
Mathew was silent for a moment and asked with creased eyebrows "Then why do you think the owner selling it my lord."
"Either he's playing at something or just very Incompetent. My bet is the second." I said with a shrug as I Inhaled the cigar an exhaled the smoke from my nose. It hitting mathew's face.
Mathew waved his tight hand and asked with a serious look on his face "My lord. Do you Intend to purchase this land. The price is 555 dollars and it's very reasonable. Also what is your plan for rothschild bank."
"Yes. Yes and yes. I plan to purchase and my plan is for you to open different law firms and move the money through them. It's that simple." I said with a laid back chuckle as I inhaled and exhaled from the cigar again. It being some very good shit.
Mathew had widened eyes and asked "My lord. Could you be more speci…"
"If I was god. I would wipe ou Incompetence. All you need to do is open a shell law firm and open loan tabs on the firms and move money through them, it's that simple now get the fuck out of my face." I said with a sigh while grabbing the bag of money and putting it next to my chair behind the desk.
*Click*
Mathew closed his suitcase and bowed and took his leave hurriedly out of the study.
*Boom*
"This cigar is some good stuff. Hey nano is bamburgh place, the place from the famous primitive last kingdom series or something in game of thrones series that became popular again in early 55th century in my previous life" I thought while looking at the cigar in my right hand. My eyes examining it more than 5 times.
[DING!]
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[The site now occupied by bamburgh castle was previously home to a fort of the celtic britons known as Din Guarie and may have been the capital of the kingdom of bernicia, the realm of the gododdin people, from the realm's foundation in c. 420 until 547, the year of the first written reference to the castle. In that year, the citadel was captured by the anglo-saxon ruler Ida of bernicia (Beornice) and became Ida's seat.The anglo-saxons called the place Bebbanburh, meaning "Queen Bebba's stronghold"; this was later corrupted into the modern "Bamburgh". Aidan of lindisfarne came to this area from the monastery of Iona in 635 on behalf of king oswald of northumbria. Following the defeat of northumbrian forces by the viking great heathen army, at york in 867, the kingdom of northumbria disintegrated. Southern northumbria became the viking-ruled kingdom of york, while north remained under anglo-saxon control under the high reeves of bamburgh. The territory finally became part of the kingdom of england in 954. The late medieval village began to develop near the castle. During the dissolution of the monasteries the property of the friars, Including the castle, was seized on behalf of henry vIII. Late medieval british author thomas malory identified bamburgh castle with joyous gard, the mythical castle home of sir lancelot in arthurian legend. Lionel lukin's first purpose-built lifeboat was stationed here in 1786. The royal national lifeboat Institution re-established a lifeboat station here in 1882 but it closed in 1897. So master you are correct that the series, last kingdom was filmed in that very castle but are Incorrect that it has anything to do with the game of thrones series]
I read over the status screen while nodding my head and asking as I looked down at my luxerious attire "Can you turn into a nuclear weapon."
[DING!]
[That is out of my capabilities master. If you were to put a label on it. My shapeshifting is low to medium]
"Ah. Turn into a galactic launcher." I said with a smile as the mole on my arm suddenly turned into artificial cubes and started shifting into a silver giant primitive looking object with a scope
I had a frozen smile on my face as I stared at the object for a moment and thought "Nano. Are you fucking with me right now"
[DING!]
[That is out of my capabilities master, this is the most I can do]
"Then tell me what is this." I asked calmly with squinted eyes as I examined the silver primitive looking object closely more than ten times.
[DING!]
[That is a 21st century rocket launcher master]
I was absolutely silent. My eyes unmoved.
*KNOCK* *KNOCK* *KNOCK*
I glanced up at the door. The rocket launcher In my hands disappearing and turning Into a golden luxerious ring on my right finger and said while picking up the ownership documents "Come in."
The door opened with john stepping aside and saying nonchalantly "The dowager baroness has arrived my lo…."
"Ugh…for heaven's sake just stay quiet and get out of the way. I've ridden a long way in a god forsaken carriage and also climbed up to the fourth floor and now my knees and back hurt just to come to a shit filled city in the oh so great london." Said margaret with a very ugly look on her face as she waddled into the study with two canes and sat onto the couch with a sigh of relief.
I chuckled and put the documents down and asked calmly "What shall I do for you my very wise aunt."
"Hahaha. Very funny boy, I'll slap you so hard you would meet jesus's 31st once removed cousin." Said margaret while grabbing a cup of tea from john as her face changed faster than her words.
I chuckled with a closed eyed smile and said "Then be grateful that I don't bealive in such forces. What can I do for you."
"Me either. Anyways the earldom of the white tower have been Invited too prince george's masquerade ball.The family shall attend this ball at the close of the week." Said Margaret while sitting the tea down onto the table and getting back up from the sofa and making her way towards the door.
The study was silent.
"You mean friday." I asked with a frozen smile on my face.
The study was silent. Margaret stopped in place and looked back at me and asked with a confused look on her face "Freeday. What is a freeday. Hahaha…how utterly absurd can this word get. Don't you agree john."
"Yes my lady." Said john nonchalantly. His left eye opening to look at me. It shaking slightly at mine boring into his.
I looked back at margaret and asked with the smile on my face disappearing as quickly as it came "I'm not attending. You can see yourself ou…"
"Be ready at the close of the week. John have my carriage ready. I have to go see duchess the duchess of york. She keeps complaining about the balding her head." Said margaret with a sigh as she waddled out of the study will her legs shaking.
I was silent for a moment as I leaned back in the chair and muttered "A masquerade ball."
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THE END…