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A Sword Without a Hilt: A Song of Ice and Fire/D&D 3.5 Crossover
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OK, am awake. The progress cost for this is 25, the material cost is 10,000 IM.
- Location
- Australia
BilePenguin seems most appropriate, what with Bile being an opposing Cold Humour to Blood's Warmth, and also gross to boot.
Vote closed.
- Location
- Australia
This Fowler-Dayne child might cause succession issues, better make it objectively better than it's relatives.
[] The Old Gods take magic as much as they do blood, and the Brazen Throne's generous largesse is as punctual as ever.
-[] You'll throw in something extra to ensure the child is born as healthy as they can be (the equivalent of an Advanced template)
[] The Old Gods take magic as much as they do blood, and the Brazen Throne's generous largesse is as punctual as ever.
-[] You'll throw in something extra to ensure the child is born as healthy as they can be (the equivalent of an Advanced template)
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Part MMMDXXVI: Trading Horses
Trading Horses
Twenty Second Day of the First Month 294 AC
Foresight reveals that the lord would not be free of fey eyes while out hunting and so you attempt a different path. Though you have never met the Lord of Horse Hill, that does not mean you cannot find him in the depths of the scrying glass. You feel a brief contest of magic as strange coruscating colors flow over the silver, some fey spell to guard him no doubt, then the image of the man appears before you. In many ways he seems unremarkable, a man of middling years, his beard and hair still black as coal, though the latter seems to be withdrawing somewhat from above his thick eyebrows. His armor wrought of crimson leather and delicate branch-like filigree in gold is definitely of fey make and the heavy bronze sword at his side has the look of something won from a barrow, a bane to Those from Beyond the Spheres, rooting in place all it strikes that they may not escape its edge.
"Good day Lord Leygood, I represent Viserys Targaryen. Would you be willing to meet with me discretely, without alerting your Fey guests to my presence?" you whisper the words upon ethereal paths, from your lips to distant ears.
The man in the mirror starts, looking around as though for some veiled presence, before his eyes widen in understanding and you hear his own voice, rough with many years of shouting orders upon the field of battle perhaps: "I shall be in my study alone in an hour, the highest window of the north tower."
***
The Lord of Horse Hill is as good as his word. You find him behind an oak desk solid enough to serve as a improvised barricade in a pinch though no longer wearing armor. He greets you with a gruff 'Your Grace' and is just as courteous to your companions, even the bard whose House name likely means nothing to him this far from the North. Unusually for the Reach he offers beer in lieu of Arbor Gold or any other kind of wine. It is good beer, bitter upon the tongue without being harsh or too heady, the mark of a brewing aiming to get you drunk fast like poorer sorts.
"So," Lord Rickard begins. "I won't waste your time asking what you seek from me considering the rumors going around about more and more lords swearing to you, in the Reach and elsewhere, but I'll be blunt if I may. Never really had tongue of silver, brass at the best of times."
It saves time if nothing else. You nod wordlessly for him to continue.
"I've no reason to fight you or contest your right to Aegon's throne, but there are some who owe fealty directly to the Crown who have done my House harm over the years and I would see them humbled. Lords who betrayed your father at the last, who bent knee directly to Baratheon and called King Aerys a tyrant. I ask nothing more than to see old injustices done to my House redressed while also paying back the treachery of House Byrch, House Follard and House Longwaters as it deserves."
You just catch Danar snort in well-hidden amusement, the sound likely lost to other ears. For a man who professes not to know much about courtly intrigues Rickard Leygood has certainly presented his own grudges in a flattering light.
What do you reply?
[] House Byrch and House Follard are no friends of yours, you would be willing to see to it that he gets some of his restitution from them so longas he drops all pretenses against the Longwaters
[] You have no interests in being bound by old grudges, explain what he has to gain by swearing himself to you as you did to many other lords and leave the decision to him
[] Explain in detail just what the Court of Stars would make of the Reach so that he might judge clearly if he wishes to bind his House's fortunes to them
[] Write in
OOC: You actually rolled a nat 20 on initial diplomacy here, which was a good thing because the limited word count and lack of personal interaction of a Sending reduced your natural skill bonus for the roll.
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Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
- Location
- Formerly of the Far Realm
Trading Horses
Twenty Second Day of the First Month 294 AC
Foresight reveals that the lord would not be free of fey eyes while out hunting, so you attempt a different path. Though you have never met the lord of Horse Hill, that does not mean you cannot find him in the depths of the scrying glass. You feel a brief contest of magic as strange coruscating colors flow over the silver, some fey spell to guard him no doubt, then the image of the man appears before you. In many ways he seems unremarkable, a man of middling years, his beard and hair still black as coal, though the latter seems to be withdrawing somewhat from above his thick eyebrows. His armor, wrought of crimson leather and delicate branch-like filigree in gold, is definitely of fey make and the heavy bronze sword at his side has the look of something won from a barrow, a bane to Those from Beyond the Spheres, rooting in place all it strikes so that they may not escape its edge.
"Good day, Lord Leygood, I represent Viserys Targaryen. Would you be willing to meet with me discretely, without alerting your Fey guests to my presence?" you whisper the words upon ethereal paths, from your lips to distant ears.
The man in the mirror starts, looks around as though for some veiled presence, before his eyes widen in understanding and you hear his own voice, rough with many years shouting orders upon the field of battle perhaps. "I shall be in my study alone in an hour, the highest window of the North Tower."
***
The Lord of Horse Hill is as good as his word. You find him behind an oak desk solid enough to serve as an improvised barricade in a pinch, though no longer wearing armor. He greets you with a gruff 'Your Grace' and is just as courteous to your companions, even the bard whose House name likely means nothing to him this far from the North. Unusually for the Reach, he offers beer in lieu of Arbor gold or any other kind of wine. It is good beer mind, bitter upon the tongue without being harsh or too heady, the mark of a brewer not aiming to get you drunk fast like poorer sorts.
"So," Lord Rickard begins. "I won't waste your time asking what you seek from me, considering the rumors going around about more and more lords swearing to you, in the Reach and elsewhere, but I'll be blunt if I may. Never really had tongue of silver, brass at the best of times."
It saves time if nothing else. You nod wordlessly for him to continue.
"I've no reason to fight you or contest your right to Aegon's throne, but there are some who owe fealty directly to the Crown who have done my House harm over the years and I would see them humbled, lords who betrayed your father at the last who bent knee directly to Baratheon and called king Aerys a tyrant. I ask nothing more than to see old injustices done to my House redressed while also paying back the treachery of House Byrch, House Follard, and House Longwaters as it deserves."
You just catch Danar snort in well-hidden amusement, the sound likely lost to other ears. For a man who professes not to know much about courtly intrigues, Rickard Leygood has certainly presented his own grudges in a flattering light.
What do you reply?
[] House Byrch and House Follard are no friends of yours. You would be willing to see to it that he gets some of his restitution from them so long as he drops all pretenses against the Longwaters.
[] You have no interest in being bound by old grudges. Explain what he has to gain by swearing himself to you, as you did to many other lords, and leave the decision to him.
[] Explain in detail just what the Court of Stars would make of the Reach so that he might judge clearly whether he wishes to bind his House's fortunes to them.
[] Write in
OOC: You actually rolled a nat 20 on initial diplomacy here, which was a good thing because the limited word count and lack of personal interaction of a Sending reduced your natural skill bonus for the roll. Not yet edited.
Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
- Location
- Formerly of the Far Realm
@DragonParadox, what are the general grievances Leygood has against Houses Byrch, Follard, and Longwaters? Are they recent, or are these grudges from generations past?
- Location
- United Kingdom
[X] House Byrch and House Follard are no friends of yours, you would be willing to see to it that he gets some of his restitution from them so long as he drops all pretenses against the Longwaters
A little form column A a little from column B. It's the kind of thing that flares up every decade or two.
- Location
- Australia
Sounds like the kind of thing that just needs to be buried. I bet these other Houses have their own tales of how they were wronged by Leygood.
Massgamer
Advance toward the Future
- Location
- The Future
Could we get details of these past crimes? Get a sense whether they are legit or not?
I don't really want to get too much into detail here, keep things under abstraction but from what Viserys heard of them various outrages both probable and proven did happen on both sides, from duels of dubious fairness to unusually well armed brigands to sackings of fiefs during war.
Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
- Location
- Formerly of the Far Realm
[X] A more nuanced approach
-[X] Before we take this conversation any further, explain in detail just what the Court of Stars would make of the Reach so that he might judge clearly whether he wishes to bind his House's fortunes to them.
--[X] Admit that while we are not privy to the details of his grievances against Houses Byrch, Follard, or Longwaters, we find it hard to place vengeance against them ahead of the continued well being and free will of the people of the Reach. Try to convince him to set aside his grudges. While it may sound trite, being the bigger man in this instance is the best course of action for all involved.
---[X] Although House Byrch and House Follard are no friends of yours, the same cannot be said of the Longwaters. If Leygood feels that he absolutely must pursue his agenda against Byrch and Follard, we will not make an issue of it, at least in the time remaining before we retake Westeros, but doing so will not earn himself or his House any favors in the years to come.
---[X] The Longwaters, however, are off limits. We cannot afford to have our allies fighting among themselves, not when the Court of Stars threatens to reduce entirety of the Reach to an endless puppet show.
-[X] Leygood has much to gain by swearing himself to you, as have many other lords. We hope that he will make the best decision for both himself and the people for whose safety he is responsible.
-[X] Before we take this conversation any further, explain in detail just what the Court of Stars would make of the Reach so that he might judge clearly whether he wishes to bind his House's fortunes to them.
--[X] Admit that while we are not privy to the details of his grievances against Houses Byrch, Follard, or Longwaters, we find it hard to place vengeance against them ahead of the continued well being and free will of the people of the Reach. Try to convince him to set aside his grudges. While it may sound trite, being the bigger man in this instance is the best course of action for all involved.
---[X] Although House Byrch and House Follard are no friends of yours, the same cannot be said of the Longwaters. If Leygood feels that he absolutely must pursue his agenda against Byrch and Follard, we will not make an issue of it, at least in the time remaining before we retake Westeros, but doing so will not earn himself or his House any favors in the years to come.
---[X] The Longwaters, however, are off limits. We cannot afford to have our allies fighting among themselves, not when the Court of Stars threatens to reduce entirety of the Reach to an endless puppet show.
-[X] Leygood has much to gain by swearing himself to you, as have many other lords. We hope that he will make the best decision for both himself and the people for whose safety he is responsible.
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- Location
- Germany
[X] Plan Compliance Is Expected
-[X] Explain to him that you are not blind to the acts of the Mad King, or their repercussions at the time and since then on both your own family and others. It is vital to be aware of these things to put them into their proper historic and political perspective, which in turn is vital to learning from them to facilitate your own rule. He certainly understands the importance of this.
-[X] Explain further to him that you are saddened to hear about the strife between his house and his neighbors. Such disunity and bad blood is undesirable at the best of times, and these are hardly the best of times.
-[X] Explain the thread of the Fey, the Far North, the Illithid, the Devils and so on.
-[X] Thus, it is quiet evident that these times are dire and the realm is at war with all these threats who would seek it enslaved. Or worse. Strife and disunity are dangerous in such times. They are the weapon of the enemy, seeking to weaken mankind. After all, what worth is an army when the knights and the nobles squabble among themselves instead of standing united against a common enemy.
-[X] He will certainly understand that, given the prosperity granted to clever and loyal lords through Imperial favor in the times to come will gravely outweigh the grudges of ages past. After all, unity is paramount and you will do what is necessary to ensure that unity.
-[X] Explain to him that you are not blind to the acts of the Mad King, or their repercussions at the time and since then on both your own family and others. It is vital to be aware of these things to put them into their proper historic and political perspective, which in turn is vital to learning from them to facilitate your own rule. He certainly understands the importance of this.
-[X] Explain further to him that you are saddened to hear about the strife between his house and his neighbors. Such disunity and bad blood is undesirable at the best of times, and these are hardly the best of times.
-[X] Explain the thread of the Fey, the Far North, the Illithid, the Devils and so on.
-[X] Thus, it is quiet evident that these times are dire and the realm is at war with all these threats who would seek it enslaved. Or worse. Strife and disunity are dangerous in such times. They are the weapon of the enemy, seeking to weaken mankind. After all, what worth is an army when the knights and the nobles squabble among themselves instead of standing united against a common enemy.
-[X] He will certainly understand that, given the prosperity granted to clever and loyal lords through Imperial favor in the times to come will gravely outweigh the grudges of ages past. After all, unity is paramount and you will do what is necessary to ensure that unity.
Jack vile Ripper
The swellest guy in Creation.
- Location
- Indonesia
- Pronouns
- He/Him
@Azel, your arguments is right and sound. But can you explain why Rickard would just listen our words and heed them unquestionably?
There's bad blood in these lands. Thick enough that mere pleasantries and appeal for peace will not be enough to just wash it away.
And while this lord is not as complicated and backstabbing like any other Westerosi Lords, he will still be trying to further his house goals or at least wishing to one-up his enemies.
Basically, what did he gain from this treaty?
There's bad blood in these lands. Thick enough that mere pleasantries and appeal for peace will not be enough to just wash it away.
And while this lord is not as complicated and backstabbing like any other Westerosi Lords, he will still be trying to further his house goals or at least wishing to one-up his enemies.
Basically, what did he gain from this treaty?
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Evaunit02mark1
S-s-smell the Prey, S-s-start the Hunt.
[X] Azel
Got to respect a plea for common sense in uncommon times.
Got to respect a plea for common sense in uncommon times.
"You can either be rich or you can be dead. You might survive, but what's left of you won't be rich and will wish he was dead."
- Location
- United States
Support against the many many threats of the darkness at the edge of the world, vs settling a few petty grudges. If he's blunt, hopefully he's pragmatic as well.
- Location
- Germany
This is not an appeal to reason.
The first layer is a naked appeal to fear. The big bad [out-group] is going to come and kill us all, so he has to obey.
The second layer is an appeal to greed. If he complies, he will financially rewarded for it.
The last layer is an appeal to force. He will obey. Or else.
Especially the last line is trimmed to be interpreted in one of two ways:
Either, it means that we will bury him in treasure until he forgets about those silly little grudges.
Or, it means we will bury him if he clings to those grudges. Probably in a shallow, unmarked grave.
Which interpretation he will pick depends on his character, but both are viable for our purpose.
The first layer is a naked appeal to fear. The big bad [out-group] is going to come and kill us all, so he has to obey.
The second layer is an appeal to greed. If he complies, he will financially rewarded for it.
The last layer is an appeal to force. He will obey. Or else.
Especially the last line is trimmed to be interpreted in one of two ways:
Either, it means that we will bury him in treasure until he forgets about those silly little grudges.
Or, it means we will bury him if he clings to those grudges. Probably in a shallow, unmarked grave.
Which interpretation he will pick depends on his character, but both are viable for our purpose.
Jack vile Ripper
The swellest guy in Creation.
- Location
- Indonesia
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Ah, so we're giving him material wealth. I see, I see. This works perfectly. Because if he doesn't agree to us that means that either he's a fool or he's made pact with darker things in the shadow.
And if he's still disagreeing with us, well Darwinism shall take it's proper course and rid us of his shortsighted foolhardiness so that it will never appear again in his gene pool.
[X] Azel
I love those who has ambitions.