Chapter 201 [Vault]

Title - HOTD: The Hidden Empire | Chapter 1 | Female MC

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[3rd POV]

She was alone. Well, and truly alone. 

That was the realization that had hit Adreana Augustulus. She had died, she knew that much. She had been in the middle of walking across the street, towards her everyday office job in one moment, and the next she was…here, a large, wide expanse of nothing but grassy plains. 

Adreana was a tall woman, a beautiful one as well. With long dark hair, and gorgeous skin, with bright green eyes that had a tendency to look akin to Emeralds. And as she looked down at her form, she blinked as she noticed that she had some rather…interesting clothing on, old, an ornate dress or robes of some sort. Very comfortable though, much to her own surprise. 

[This was made in AI, so ignore the…well, the eyes lol. I found it on Pinterest]

Adreana remembered that she had been hit by a car, that much was certain. But she didn’t remember how she had gotten…here, wherever this even was. 

‘I died, and now I’m in some grassy plains. Is this Heaven? I somehow doubt it is with some of the things I had done in my past life. Meaning, this would have to be one of those reincarnation situations, or maybe transmigration?’ Adreana thought to herself in silence as she glanced around the expanse of green grass, with flowers of all sorts sprinkled throughout. 

As she thought this, Adreana blinked in surprise as she reached into the pocket of her ornate clothing, her eyes widening as she read it out loud. 

“Hello, if you are reading this, then it means that you have died and been reborn! Congratulations lucky gall you! With this reincarnation, this rebirth, you have been given one, singular, yet might boon. The ability to summon a maximum of 10,000 soldiers (and 500,000 citizens, for a total of 510,000) per year. These summons would come with enough food to survive for one week, and will be up to you to grow enough to cover the rest. In the case of special forces that are incredibly important, they may also come with a landmark and/or city/town. You may use these summons once a year for a period of 50 years, aka 35 more years from now on”

”You have racked up 15 years worth of summons, as you are currently in a 15 year old body. These summons will also include important figures in their history, such as immensely skilled generals, combatants, etc. This includes normal people that aren’t soldiers, such as scholars. You get a random amount of important individuals per summon, up until you have gotten all of them, or have exceeded the amount of summons”

”Finally, you are currently on a large continent that is largely unexplored, hosting various different regions and ecosystems, and many of the plants, animals, and other things from your past life. Said continent is currently hidden from the rest of the world, until you turn 35 in which it will be open completely. You may allow others to access this continent of course. This continent lies West of Westeros, by around a week of travel from the current known farthest west locations, the islands “Aegon, Rhaenys, and Visenya”. It will be up to you to figure out how to work with all of this information. But once the time comes, the continent will be revealed. You can summon your soldiers and people through will, and it will be entirely random in the beginning, but you may summon the same armies again with your will, but it will take the spot of the amounts of summon you can have. All summons are completely loyal to you, and will also include their weapons, horses, and even their ships. Oh, and it is currently 100AC, making you around 12 years older than Rhaenyra Targaryen, as she is currently 3. Enjoy your new life, Adreana!”

As she finished reading the note, Adreana looked at it, dumbfounded as it began to light up in flames, wondering what she was even going to do now. 

‘…So I’m in an unknown continent, with a power that allows me to summon armies and such from my past world and potentially from fictional worlds. And I am in the world of Game of Thrones, but in the time period of the Dance of Dragons?’ Adreana thought, wondering what God she had offended to put her into such a horrid position. 

Sure, being able to summon people and armies was neat and all, but she was in ASOIAF, where dragons existed. Things like rape, murder, slavery, and all sorts of horrid things were far too common in this world, and she was not excited at the prospect of it, not at all. 

‘…Guess I’ll just have to make the most of this then, and the first thing to do is to find out what my first fifteen summons will be. I’ll make them all random in order to get the most variety, so…let’s see what I get’ Adreana thought, as she began to concentrate, and moments later, a paper floated into her vision, with words upon it. 

[Sparta]

[Soldiers - 6,000]

[Civilians - 40,000]

[Special Members - Leonidas I, Lycurugus, Agis IV, Cynisca, Gorgo]

[Assassin Brotherhood]

[Soldiers - 3,000]

[Civilians - None | All are assassins]

[Special Members - Altair, Ezio, Edward, Bayek, Arno]

[Macedon]

[Soldiers - 10,000]

[Civilians - 500,000]

[Special Members - Alexander the Great, Philip II, Antigonus I, Aristotle, Seleucus I, Ptomely I]

[Shang Dynasty]

[Soldiers - 10,000]

[Civilians - 500,000]

[Special Members - Chung Tang, Pan Geng, Wu Ding]

[Qin Dynasty]

[Soldiers - 10,000]

[Civilians - 500,000]

[Special Members - Qin Shi Huang, Qin Er Shi, Li Si]

[Han Dynasty]

[Soldiers - 10,000]

[Civilians - 500,000]

[Special Members - Gaozu, Wu, Xuan, Lu Bu, Cao Cao, Han Xin]

[Parthian Empire]

[Soldiers - 10,000]

[Civilians - 500,000]

[Special Members - Arsaces I, Mithridates I, Mithridates II, Surena, Phraates IV, Orodes II, Vologases I]

[Mongol Empire]

[Soldiers - 10,000]

[Civilians - 500,000]

[Special Members - Genghis Khan, Batu Khan, Ogodei Khan, Mongke Khan, Kublai Khan]

[Persian Empire]

[Soldiers - 10,000]

[Civilians - 500,000]

[Special Members - Cyrus the Great, Darius the Great]

[Roman Republic]

[Soldiers - 10,000]

[Civilians - 500,000]

[Special Members - Gaius Julius Caesar, Scipio, Cicero, Sulla]

[Carthaginian Empire]

[Soldiers - 10,000]

[Civilians - 500,000]

[Special Members - Hannibal, Hamilcar, Hanno, Mago]

[Sasanian Empire]

[Soldiers - 10,000]

[Civilians - 500,000]

[Special Members - Shapur I, Khosrow I, Boran I]

[Old Kingdom of Egypt]

[Soldiers - 7,000]

[Civilians - 500,000]

[Special Members - Khufu, Khafre, Imhotep, Menkaure, Djoser, 

[Kingdom of Kush]

[Soldiers - 10,000]

[Civilians - 500,000]

[Special Members - Piye, Taharqa, Amanirenas]

[Seleucid Empire]

[Soldiers - 10,000]

[Civilians - 500,000]

[Special Members - Antiochus I, Antiochus II, Antiochus III]

‘…Can’t say I was expecting that. But…I suppose it is more than enough. Especially the Assassins Brotherhood. Not to mention all the civilians. As while I cannot summon more than 10,000 soldiers…that does not mean that I cannot simply train the civilians into soldiers’ Adreana thought, pleased with the rewards, as she gazed around the empty plains surrounding her, one thought on her mind as she did so.

’…Let us see what this place can become’

[Year 100 AC | The Beginning of the Greatest Empire in History]

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[The Growth over the next 15 Years, up until the Year of 115]

With the starting 15 groups, Adreana had found herself with a surplus of immense amounts of citizens and soldiers. And thanks to the fact that they were all absolutely loyal to her, she had decided that instead of summoning all her soldiers, she would start with her citizens, more specifically, the ones that could help her in the creation of a starting city. 

Stone masons, architects, butchers, hunters, basically everyone required to make a settlement was summoned, tens of thousands of people all working together in tandem, and in masse, in order to build the starting settlement of the Empire. 

When the starting settlement had reached a large enough size, months later, she had decided upon summoning the first army. The soldiers of Sparta. And it was with them, that the first city that she was able to summon, was gifted to her lands, to the Northwest from where she had appeared. The city had almost immediately been taken as her home until a proper capital was built, which would take years. 

Sparta had been a beautiful city, with architecture befitting that of the ancient times. With large buildings built with white pillars and statues of their Gods, and of their soldiers. It was a beautiful place, one that she had lived in for years forwards, as she had continued to grow her Empire. 

It wasn’t until she had summoned her next Empire, that she had a city that could properly house the citizens she needed in order to actually grow her Empire. The city of Rome, which was able to house around 1-1.5 million souls, and it was this city that began her rapid growth and development. 

When she had summoned the city, she had not only summoned its 10,000 soldiers, but all 500,000 citizens alongside it, more than enough to begin to truly develop what would become the capital city, as well as various others. 

During the initial growth of her Empire, Adreana had been mostly learning under the Spartans, learning to fight, learning to defend herself. She knew that she would never truly be a warrior, as that simply wasn’t the type of person she was. But she had learned to defend herself, and learned the art of combat from the best of the best. And she had grown quite skilled at it too. 

With Rome and it’s citizens summoned, what had been dubbed as “The Great Development” had begun. As in rapid succession, the lands of the Empire began to get explored and rapidly settled, and with it, cities began to get summoned throughout her lands in the next 8 years. 

And by the time it was the Year 108 AC, all 15 of her summons were completely and utterly summoned. And with the full brunt of millions of citizens, towns were built, roads were crafted, and the capital was worked on more and more. 

It was a rapid rate of growth, but it was all due to the undying loyalty of her people, and the genius of her many many many planners, all working in tandem to make the lands grow as fast as possible, while still keeping the quality required for the future. 

It was also at this point that her capital had gotten its name. Now known as “Superis” which means “Godsfall”. When she asked why that name, they said that it was due to her falling there, for she was but a God in their eyes, even if they did not worship her as such (because she did not allow it). She liked the name, but not the fact that her people had seen her as a God (even with her asking them not to, many had seen her as such). 

The province/State that the city was in, was also known simply as “Terra Imperatricis” aka the “Land of the Empress”. For it was this land that she would live upon, and it was these lands that would be the capital of the Empire. 

The Empire of Adrea. 

Not a name she chose, again. But she allowed it, for it was what her subjects had wanted. 

Over the years, and the rapid development of her Empire, she had continued to get more summons, and she ended up deciding to use 5 of them on the Assassins Brotherhood, for Assassins and Spies were immensely useful, another 5 were used on Sparta for their skilled soldiers which were the best of the best, and the last 5 were entire new, and incredibly important. 

[Roman Empire]

[Soldiers - 10,000]

[Citizens - 500,000]

[Important Members - Augustus, Constantine, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, Trajan]

[Classical Greece]

[Soldiers - 10,000]

[Citizens - 500,000]

[Important Members - Plato, Pythagoras, Hippocrates, Socrates, Thales, Pittacus, Solon, Chiron, Isocrates]

[Hellenistic Greece]

[Soldiers - 10,000]

[Citizens - 500,000]

[Important Members - Epicurus, Arichmedes]

[Thutmoside Dynasty]

[Soldiers - 10,000]

[Citizens - 500,000]

[Important Members - Thutmose III, Amenhotep III, Hatshepsut, Ahmose I, Thutmose I]

[Umayyad Empire]

[Soldiers - 10,000]

[Citizens - 500,000]

[Important Members - Abd Al-Malik, Mu’Awiyah I, Marwan II, Umar Ibn Abd Al-Aziz]

Each of the kingdoms within her Empire had soon found their own lands, and had promptly settled. There were many lands that were untouched, especially to the North, and there was also words of another large landmass to the West. But she decided that she would settle her current lands before such a thing. 

Some of the kingdoms had been absorbed into others, or merged with others. Only the Assassins Brotherhood was a special case, where it had its own special lands where they train future members of the brotherhood. Hidden from the site of others, and protected. 

With the five new kingdoms, which includes Greece, and its immensely important scholars and geniuses. This had rapidly grown her Empires growth in various sectors, and would only continue to help the Empire grow. 

During the years of the development of the Empire, Adreana had sent out spies to lands beyond the Empire, to Essos. She ordered them to create spy rings and buy out large amounts of land for their eventual reveal to the world, and the eventual conflict that will arise. 

Essos would be important for the future, for she had many plans for that. 

It was at this point that she had also decided to make an exploration group that would travel into Old Valyria, for she was interested in many of the lost techniques and knowledge held within. Made up of the best of the best sailors, as well as a small fleet and those specialized in exploring lands dangerous. 

But that would be for the future. 

Instead, she had continued to improve upon her lands. With each of her states/provinces, finding mountains of gold and other rich materials, beginning to grow all sorts of spices, vegetables, and rare goods. And creating farms for animals of all sorts. 

In terms of riches and wealth, her Empire had massively grown over the 15 years since its initial birth. And she was confident that they were richer than the Seven Kingdoms were, especially with the massive influx of wealth from Essos, thanks to her spies gaining power in the East. 

Over the years, Adreana had learned under all of her major generals, her best fighters, and many of her scholars. Through this, she had grown enough that she was able to properly rule the Empire without much aid, only needing help in regards to the more militaristic matters, and even then, she was learning much under Alexander the Great. 

While her armies grew in power, so too did her navy. Her navy had thousands of ships in it’s fleet, with many of them being used for trade and selling product, but a majority of them were specialized for war, and all of them had long since been upgraded to the bare minimum, which was better than just about any ship in Westeros or Essos. 

She had also had scorpions made for taking care of dragons should they become a threat, and was looking into taking the Free Folk from beyond the wall to her lands, so that she could also get her hands on Wargs, which would be a massive boon to her people. 

But finally, after 15 years had passed somewhat slowly, something had finally happened. Her Empire had its first visitor, one she could not have expected. The man known as…

Corlys Velaryon

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That’s the end of the chapter!

Love interest for this fic is Rhaenyra, as usual. As legitimately is the only real choice in this situation. 

I am about done with my GOT/HOTD phase (finally) but I do have a couple more chapters for this I wanna upload and then I am done. So this phase is over once those are uploaded today!

Give me vault fic ideas if you have any!

I plan on making some new vault fics on anime, as I haven’t really made many anime vault fics. Most notably I plan on doing ones on DBZ, Naruto, MHA, Frieren, and a few others. 

Anyways, have a good day!