Survivor: Westeros Edition [OT- SPOILER WARNING]

[ArtoriusRex]

Alright, here's the scenario.

You were walking down a street on your way to some kind of extended excursion- you have a backpack with a change of clothes, and supplies based upon your excursion (Please be realistic about what you were going to go do). In your pockets are a few chocolate bars, your wallet, a smartphone, and a Swiss Army Knife. Suddenly, you drop down in the Kingswood near the Kingsroad a couple of miles away from Felwood.

What would your first thoughts be? How long do you think you would survive? What skills do you have which would be useful? What would be your plan of action to survive in Westeros?

For simplicity Common is the same as your first language, and you are aware that you are in Westeros. As for timeline; ADWD has just started- more or less.

I'm just curious to see what some of you would do.

[Pinkie Pie]

Are we allowed to use knowledge from the books? If not I fear the Stone Crows will catch me very quickly and I hear their leader has a fondness for chopping of manhoods and feeding them to goats.

[ArtoriusRex]

Yes- you're allowed to know about the books. What would you do from there? Assuming you can get away from Shagga

[Pinkie Pie]

Assuming Shagga does not remove my manhood, I will have to head south-east toweards Storm's End while living off whatever starts growing betwixt my toes.

[ArtoriusRex]

Any particular reason why Storm's End? Besides, you have a whole load of equipment with you in your backpack and such- perhaps you need to think this through a bit more before consigning yourself to Shagga breakfast and your manhood to Shagga's goat's breakfast.

[Pinkie Pie]

Storm's End is a safe place to plan my next move and as for the crap in my pocket, most of it is usefull only for trading.

[Noobio]

i'd be heading for the neck..

they say frog tastes like chicken once fried

and i'd just love to meat howland reed and find out what actually happened at the tower..then i think i'd be heading for the quite isle and chill out till the war will have settled down

ps..you should put a spoiler alert, in the title

[Murfmurf]

Straight to Skagos.

In my bag I also have some fava beans, and a nice chianti.

[Skizbot]

With winter(and Targaryens) coming to Westeros, I'd probably sell what I could to buy passage to one of the free cities. Somewhere south.

[ArtoriusRex]

Nice first replies! Why Skagos Murfmurf? You know, other than Rickon and potentially unicorns.

[Murfmurf]

Nice first replies! Why Skagos Murfmurf? You know, other than Rickon and potentially unicorns.

Skagos is full cannibals (alledgedly), so I made a Silence of the Lambs jibe

In reality though, I'd probably follow Zoran's approach!

PS, there's probably spoilers in this topic, so whack a spoiler warning in the OP and thread title to avoid complaints

[ArtoriusRex]

There is a spoiler warning in the title now. At least for me there is.

I happen to be quite lucky. In my scenario I was heading off with some buddies for a Renaissance fair, or a reenactment type event. As such, I have a tunic, belt, pouch, and simple mail hauberk in my backpack along with enough food for at the very least lunch on the drive there.

First thing I'd do is try to make it to a settlement of some kind, after changing into my reenactment gear, and spin some story about getting robbed by highwaymen or escaping the Stone Crows. I would probably sell my food using a ruse by saying it came from beyond the Jade Sea; the people of Westeros seem to accept strange things if they came from beyond the Jade Sea - and use that money to buy a sword. I happen to- luckily -in real life be a practicing swordsmen (I make a study of the German and Italian schools) as well as a red belt in Tae Kwon Do. In Westeros, along with my basic armour, these skills could get me far. I'd then make it to King's Landing and join the nearest melee tourney, hopefully I'd made enough money and have gained enough notice in the tournament to have some lord snap me up. (I would avoid the Lannisters and Freys at all costs, of course.) If not, I'll make a big show of handing over the Swiss Army Knife to Tommen- using the same story which I used on the food and present it as a gift.

From there I'd probably stay in King's Landing for a while, earning enough money to pay for passage to one of the Free Cities. Personally, I'm heading to Mereen- hurray! Dragon sight-seeing! *Ahem*. But, beyond that, I'd probably try to get into the companies of the Brazen Beasts (Dany's soldiers). From there, well who knows... the dragon does need three heads... And why not? I've got as much chance as most of the other suitors, probably more, considering some of my skills. If this whole swordsman thing doesn't work out, its maesterhood for me- literacy goes far .

It seems that a lot of people are planning on ditching the smartphone- anyone planning on setting themselves up as a wizard? (It probably wouldn't work- but still)

[mAIOR]

A nuclear warhead strapped to my forehead. Then I'd show Shagga who's the men!


Cheers...

[ArtoriusRex]

I just realized something- isn't Shagga north of King's Landing in the Arryn territory? The nuclear warhead isn't realistic. Read the first and third posts.

[jacb547]

I would use my smarthphone to light my path(and use creepy sounds to scare the stonecrowns) I would run in the first village I found and sell not importants things and if I gained a few dragons buy a ride for Dorne and there try making some money,buy a sword,some food.Then I would take a ride to the Reach(not very good with deserts) and try putting myself in some lord service as a freerider.

[Captain Zoran]

I'd have my backpack filled to the bursting point with beers and hotdogs. The first thing I'd do was to sit down, light a fire, crack up a few beers and wonder just where on god's green earth Ive ended up. When someone comes along (assuming I'm not completly drunk), I'll try to follow them, to whatever place theyre going. Once there, I'll propaby be stabbed and robbed, since Im an peaceful sort, and Westeros doesn't seem to appreciate these kind of people

[lebeast]

For the sake of "realism" I'm going to replace my starting items with a small dagger (to replace swiss army knife), some salted beef (replaces chocolate bars), a torch (smartphone?), and a few silver stags in a small pouch (my wallet). I'm going to assume I have no allegiances as of yet, so I am free to come and go where I please. I'd first head to King's Landing as from there I could buy/barter passage via ship to almost anywhere else in westeros/essos. I would try and buy a sword and some light armor before heading off to Volantis where I would sign on with the Golden Company. This way I would join Aegon and Connington in their invasion of Westeros Feel free to throw me some curveballs during my journey.

[MachoKing]

Id call AAA and see if they have service in the area......

In all seriousness, id use my cell phone to convince people I am all powerful. How you ask? Its a smart phone, I will show them the magic of Youtube. bow you , I can control people with my little box!

So basically it would be like the Wizard of Oz, except I wont have a balloon. Bow before the all powerful OZ via Icloud!

[Toho]

well if i happen to know what happened in the books and arrive before RD then i would only need a flashlight and a gun to convince the starks of my super powers. tell them about the freys and go to Kingslanding and put 42 rounds in the er's head and his of a mother.

[ArtoriusRex]

Sorry, no internet access or cell phone coverage in alternate dimensions. You've arrived just after the beginning of A Dance with Dragons and the only weapon you have is a Swiss Army Knife. If you were going on a hunting trip (As I assume that's how you'd have the gun) could you fit it into a average sized backpack?

Great replies! I can already see your misadventures and/or adventures happening. Feel free to go over what you'd want to do in the specific boundaries in more detail. Also, don't be shy to comment on my, or anyone else's scenarios.

MachoKing- what will you do when the phone goes dead?

Lebeast- Alright, how's this for a curveball. Your ship is attacked by Yunkai pirates, and you are sold into slavery. You have three options for your new 'home'- Volantis, Meereen, or Pentos. Remember that Illyrio is in Pentos, and probably Tyrion as well. If you've read the story, you know where Tyrion is going next.