The very thought of how Stannis Baratheon would react to being replaced by one of his own bannermen is enough to make your teeth hurt in sympathy for the dour but worthy Lord of Dragonstone. "What of the Master of Laws?"
"Kevan Lannister, new made just two weeks ago," she replies. "Tywin's brother and loyal to him of course, but I heard tell that he quarrels with his niece more often than he argues with the Hand. Mayhap he was sent as much to reign her in as to grow the influence of House Lannister."
"I remember him..." your mother speaks up after a moment."He was quiet, courteous, more hard-working than brilliant, and..." she wallows. "I used to think he was an honorable knight and a decent lord. I wonder if he was with his brother when the Sack happened, or just standing back in Casterly Rock, pretending evil could not exist if it wasn't under his nose."
"That just leaves the Master of Laws, then. What's he like?" Dany asks.
"Dead though not yet buried," Chataya answers, her tone making a jest of the answer. "Much like the law of the land hereabouts. Ser Jaron Mallister. He died choking on a fish bone, a poor omen for a man supposedly set in power to appease the Old Trout. There's not much I can tell you about him save the fact that he was old and expected to die soon enough, just keeping the seat warm for the next to be set there."
