

Braavos with the help of sell sword companies and sell ships. Worst case scenario - The North gets invaded and colonized by a richer, more technologically advanced society e.g. Either way Tywin probably ends up benefiting at the expense of the North because he's Tywin Lannister.Ĥ. They come either with strings attached to Tywin Lannister or secretly working for Tywin Lannister. Gold is hard to mine scenario - I don't think there are any mines or expert miners in the North? As such Ned sends to the Westerlands for some professionals to help them mine the gold.

Any benefit Ned and the mountain clans get from the gold is negated by the trouble it causesģ. Ned allows this, not realising until its too late that the Mountains will be overwhelmed by lawlessness, cultural tensions, claim conflict, religious differences that result in a violent conflicts popping up all over the place. Thousands of peasants flock there to get rich. Gold is easy to mine scenario - word spreads that there's gold going in the Northern Mountains. End result: Robb Stark easily wins the War of the Five Kings and rules over a new Golden age in the north.Ģ. Meanwhile Ned Stark uses the extra tax revenue to resettle the Gift, invest in roads, improved agriculture, a navy, a Northern Citadel and strengthen the Northern army defences. Fantasy scenario - the mountain clansmen share the wealth, invest in schools, art, poetry, public health and create a Northern utopia.
