Begin the long march home

After capturing his kingdom and fucking his wives openly, precious little remained for you to do to King Lovka. You had reduced him to a broken man. By the time you pulled him out of the bed, much to the surprise of your four new concubines, he was silent and refused to lift his gaze from the floor. You had him hung in the town square so that the peasants would know you were in charge, indisputably. You declared your father the lord of Haderslad and the Arnd that day before the crowd. Former commanders and allies of Lovka's were marked as traitors and bounties were leveled against them. Your exploits attracted dozens of mercenaries to your cause, and with the plunder you gained you could afford to pay these well-equipped soldiers handsomely.

Between a hundred of the soldiers you marched south with, and another fifty or so mercenaries, you left a capable **** in Haderslad to keep the town occupied. You appointed one of your soldiers, Vikar, as interim governor. He would handle the pacification of what little resistance remained. It was possible that, after you returned home, your father would gift this land to you and make you a proper ruler in your own right. Once you controlled lands of your own, it would be easier to attract soldiers to your cause. The incomes you collected could buy... Well, whatever you desired. They have a saying in the South, "Everything in the North is for sale." It is true enough that gold will work, but sometimes you prefer to pay in good steel.

With the rest of your ****, you began to move north. The four Sudjutyr queens would come with you as captives. To defeat a man in battle and conquer his kingdom was one thing, but to bring home is four wives as your cocksleeves would cement your victory in the eyes of the Jut court. It was a three day ride from Haderslad to Arhus.

Throughout the first day, you passed through the burnt out and raided lands that your men had plundered. Truly, war was Hell, albeit a necessary one. With King Lovka's **** smashed and his city captured, the Sudjutyr resistance - such that it was - had fragmented into minor tribes, most the size of only a village or two. Punitive raiding had pushed most every village into line and regular tributes of grain and slaves were delivered to Haderslad, as had been the order under King Lovka.