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A Sword Without a Hilt: A Song of Ice and Fire/D&D 3.5 Crossover

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Part MMDCXX: Where Fleas Dance
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    • Where Fleas Dance ​

    Fourteenth Day of the Eighth Month 293 AC

    In the end you reach a deal satisfying to all sides, allowing you to make use of the brothel as an inconspicuous base for the Inquisition while Chataya is assured the safety of herself and her girls better than anyone else in all of King's Landing. Perhaps one might even say all of Westeros, considering the fact that help will be only a call by Whispering Brazier away and that help will be up to and including your own presence, though as in the case of the loyalist nobles you are beginning to gather in secret you dearly hope it will never come to that. The House of Mirrors is to be given the task to divine for an attack ahead of time, a fact you share with the surprised and increasingly impressed madame.

    "I had thought prophecy moved where it will, not where the prophet wishes it," she explains upon being shown a demonstration of arcane divination. "Strange to think the future so open, stranger still to think it can be bought with gold, silver, or I suppose coins of another sort."

    You should have guessed that your new coins would have traveled at least as far as this business in all of King's Landing. "Has there been any trouble accepting the coin?" you ask, curious.

    "Not much of a one, not while the Iron Back stands by you. They are known to be canny with coin and miserly with trust, so if your coin is good enough for them it holds its worth," she replies. "Mind there have been rumors floating around alehouses that you had 'bewitched the Braavosi' but those were mostly laughed at. One bold minstrel even made a short song about Tywin Lannister being afraid you are going to seduce his piles of gold away."

    "Really?" you laugh. "I'll have to get someone to track that song down, then. A limerick that lingers in the mind can be more valuable than gold in a war of words and barbs."

    Before your next meeting you seek out Mia and Anya to tell them of the base you had set up in addition to whatever hooks they have managed to sink into the thugs and scoundrels of Flea Bottom. Given the work they have been doing perhaps you should not have been surprised to find them looking down at a corpse face-down in the muck of the candidly named Pisswater Bend. If ever there has been a monument to your family's failings it is places like this, where men scramble for crusts of bread and die of nameless filth fevers within sight of the Red Keep...

    The moment's contemplation after manifesting almost posts a confrontation as weapons fly to hand and spells of warding are nearly spoken into being before you give the agreed upon sign for this mission.

    "I... Your Grace, my apologies," Anya stutters.

    "For what?" you interject. "For noticing me from the first moment, that is to commended. There may come a day when your enemies come upon you by sorcery, and it is precisely that sort of vigilance you will have need of then."

    You soon learn that their aptitude extends far beyond a sharp eye and quick wit in the face of your unexpected appearance. The man lying dead before you is part of a payment of a more unusual sort to the most successful smuggler in all of King's Landing. Wyll 'the Weasel' is getting on in years with an eye to a quiet retirement rather than looking over his shoulder for the gold cloaks to his dying day, so he had agreed to host the Inquisition in many of his safe-houses throughout the city and of course procure any supplies they may need for a price.

    "I'm assuming he is looking for a pardon as well as this..." you motion to the corpse.

    "Yes, this was a show of strength, of the willingness of 'get our hands dirty'," Mia replies with a shrug. "I don't suppose this place will miss one more gang leader."

    "Keep an eye on the gang fights," you caution them. "If they get too bloody or too obvious they can draw attention from on high." You idly wonder what they would say if they knew you had once worried about such things from the inside.

    Establish Inquisition Outpost in King's Landing: Progress 12/12 (will complete this month)

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    From the depths of Flea Bottom you again return to the perfumed Street of Silk, though to an establishment whose sensuous facade hides darker things than Chataya's brothel. "How did you introduce me to, Baelish?" you ask Maelor.

    "I just said straight up that you'd be willing to pay five hundred dragons for an hour of his time," the boy replies. "Figured I'd give you room to play any mummer's game you might like with 'im."

    "And what did you think of the esteemed master of coin?" you ask, curious. From what you had heard the Mockingbird is the sort of son of a bitch Corlys Waters would have robbed blind once upon a time and which the Lawmen would likely have tried and hanged in a fortnight in Sorcerer's Deep if even a fraction of the rumors about his businesses are true.

    "He wants to get on top every time, even if it's on top of a pile of shit or a mound of corpses," Maelor replies, spitting in disgust. "He don't seem to like his job though, he isn't prideful with it. Maybe he just can't stand the way the highborn treat him."

    You briefly think back to what you know about Baelish, the grandson of an Essosi sellsword with lands in the Fingers, if such you could call holdings on those bleak rocky peninsulas. He had been fostered at Riverrun, how or why you do not know. From there his fortunes had just kept rising, from petty lording to customs master in Gulltown to master of coin of the Seven Kingdoms. You would say that much good fortune reeks of sorcery, but for the fact that his rise precluded the strengthening of magic. Some other intrigue must lie at the root of it all.

    What do you say to Petyr Baelish?

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    OOC: After this it's a cat delivery and I think a festival interview.
     
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    The Nobility of the Riverlands
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    • The Nobility of the Riverlands

    Targaryen Loyalists:

    House Darry of Castle Darry (Impoverished) [Darry]
    Raymun Darry, Lord of Darry
    ---Ser Lyman Darry

    House Mooton of Maidenpool [Bay of Crabs]
    William Mooton, Lord of Maidenpool (Craven)
    ---Ser Raynald Mooton, heir of Maidenpool
    ---Eleanor Mooton
    ---Serwyn Mooton
    ---Tyran Mooton
    ---Desmond Mooton (Young)
    ---Marla Mooton (Infant)

    House Blanetree [South Stone]
    ***
    ---***

    House Terrick [Darry]
    ***
    ---***

    House Goodbrook (Impoverished) [The Trident]
    Lord Lyman Goodbrook

    House Frey of the Crossing (Wealthy, Lowborn) [The Crossing]
    Walder Frey, Lord of the Twins (Elderly, Ambitious, Dishonorable)
    ---Ser Stevron Frey
    ---Ser Emmon Frey
    ---Ser Aenys Frey
    ---Perriene Haigh nee Frey
    ---Ser Jared Frey
    ---Septon Luceon
    ---Ser Hosteen Frey (Strong, Dull)
    ---Lythene Vypren nee Frey
    ---Ser Symond Frey
    ---Ser Danwell Frey
    ---Merrett Frey (Luckless)
    ---Ser Geremy Frey
    ---Ser Raymund Frey
    ---"Lame" Lothar Frey (Stunted, Clever)
    ---Ser Jammos Frey
    ---Ser Whalen Frey
    ---Morya Brax nee Frey
    ---Tyta "The Maid" Frey
    ---Ser Perwyn Frey
    ---Ser Benfy Frey
    ---Maester Willamen
    ---Olyvar Frey
    ---Roslin Frey
    ---Arwen Frey (Young)
    ---Wendel Frey (Young)
    ---Colmar Frey (Young)
    ---Waltyr Frey (Young)
    ---Elmar Frey (Young)
    ---Shirei Frey (Infant)

    House Hawick [Bay of Crabs]
    ***
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    ---Bellana Frey nee Hawick
    ---Ser Harry Hawick

    House Rygar of Willow Wood [Esgaroth]
    ***
    ---Tristan Ryger, heir of Willow Wood (Gregarious)
    ---***


    Neutrals:

    House Blackwood of Raventree Hall [Blackwood]
    Tytos Blackwood, Lord of Raventree Hall
    ---Brynden Blackwood, heir of Raventree Hall
    ---Lucas Blackwood
    ---Hoster "Hos" Blackwood (Erudite)
    ---Edmund "Ben" Blackwood
    ---Alyn Blackwood
    ---Bethany Blackwood (Gentle)
    ---Robert Blackwood (Weak)

    House Bracken of Stone Hedge [South Stone]
    Jonos Bracken, Lord of Stone Hedge
    ---Barbara Bracken
    ---Jeyne Bracken
    ---Catalyn Bracken
    ---Bess Bracken
    ---Alysanne Bracken

    House Keath [The Trident]
    ***

    House Lolliston [Harrenhal]
    ***

    House Lychester of Castle Lychester (Impoverished) [Wayfarer's Rest]
    Lymond Lychester, Lord of Lychester (Elderly, Mad)

    House Roote of Lord Harroway's Town [Harrenhal]
    Ryman Roote, Lord of Harroway (Memetic Badass)
    ---***
    ---Lucas Roote (Young)

    House Shawney [The Trident]
    ***

    House Smallwood of Acorn Hall [Acorn's Ridge]
    Theomar Smallwood, Lord of Acorn Hall
    ---Carrellen Smallwood

    House Vypren [South Stone]
    Lord Lucious Vypren
    ---Elyana Vypren
    ---Ser Damon Vypren

    House Whent of Harrenhal [Harrenhal]
    Lady Shella Whent (Elderly)


    Tully Loyalists:

    House Tully of Riverrun [Riverrun]
    Hoster Tully, Lord of Riverrun, Lord-Paramount of the Riverlands (Elderly, Ambitious)
    ---Catelyn Stark nee Tully
    ---Lysa Arryn nee Tully (Mad)
    ---Ser Edmure Tully

    House Deddings [Acorn's Ridge]
    ***

    House Grell [Riverrun]
    ***

    House Mallister of Seagard [Seaguard]
    Jason Mallister, Lord of Seaguard
    ---Ser Patrek Mallister

    House Paege [Riverrun]
    Ser Halmon Paege
    ---Ser Robert Paege
    ---Garrett Paege (Young)

    House Piper of Pinkmaiden [Acorn's Ridge]
    Clement Piper, Lord of Pinkmaiden
    ---Ser Marq Piper (Brash)
    ---Lewys Piper (Young)

    House Vance of Atranta [Acorn's Ridge]
    Narbert Vance, Lord of Atranta (Blind, Elderly)
    ---Ser Ronald Vance "The Bad," heir to Atranta
    ---Ser Hugo Vance
    ---Ser Ellery Vance
    ---Kirk Vance
    ---Maester Jon

    House Vance of Wayfarer's Rest [Wayfarer's Rest]
    Miltar Vance, Lord of Wayfarer's Rest
    ---Ser Karyl Vance, heir to Wayfarer's Rest
    ---Ser Dafyn Vance

    House Wayn [Seaguard]
    ***
     
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    • DragonParadox said:
    "Mind there have been rumors floating around alehouses that you had 'bewitched the Braavosi' but those were mostly laughed at. One bold minstrel even made a short song about Tywin Lannister being afraid you are going to seduce his piles of gold away."
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    It's nice to see things like this are increasingly common as the hysteria over magic begins to die down. I imagine it's just been around long enough and too many important institutions widely use it for people to remain unexposed and ignorent to how it actually functions.
     
    fan550 said:
    When did the Frey's become targ loyalists
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    One Autumn Leaf said:
    The Freys are neutral aren't they?
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    The word 'Targaryen Loyalist' is kind of misleading here. It's better to say that the Frey's have significant reason to side with us, both in strategic terms and marriage ties.
    065tdsa said:
    The Freys are in it for themselves. Hell, 'the Freys' as a unified group only exist as long as old Walder does, then it's every Frey for him or herself in the fight over The Twins.
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    Pretty much this, although Stevron Frey will probably hold things together for a bit longer. The Frey's have no real loyalty to anyone, Walder Frey is just good at picking the winning side and hates Hoster Tully's guts.
     
    DragonParadox said:
    "I... Your Grace, my apologies," Anya stutters.
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    Considering that even continued exposure to high-nobility isn't improving Anyas reaction to Viserys at all, I'm beginning to think she has a crush.
    DragonParadox said:
    "I just said straight up that you'd be willing to pay five hundred dragons for an hour of his time," the boy replies. "Figured I'd give you room to play any mummer's game you might like with 'im."
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    Good to know that all it takes to murder Baelish is to wave a full coin pouch.

    Some people...
    DragonParadox said:
    "He wants to get on top every time, even if it's on top of a pile of shit or a mound of corpses," Maelor replies, spitting in disgust. "He don't seem to like his job, though, he isn't prideful with it. Maybe he just can't stand the way the highborn treat him."
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    Ah... curdled pride and ambition... the best way to end up as someones patsy...
     
    Azel said:
    Considering that even continued exposure to high-nobility isn't improving Anyas reaction to Viserys at all, I'm beginning to think she has a crush.
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    No! It's a good sign! It shows that our cult of personality is working! Viserys isn't just another noble: he's the Dragon Emperor! the Breaker the Chains! the Sorcerer who bargains with Gods and remakes the world in His image!

    Edit: Not sure how serious I'm being. I don't think that Viserys would intentionally start a cult of personality, but I absolutely do think that his PR efforts (and Mythic path) could lead to one easily.
     
    zxzx24 said:
    You'd have to make a replacement organ to produce literally every blood cell in his body.

    (Bones, among other things. Produce the red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets people need to be alive.)

    And distribute it.

    There's also the question of whether or not adamantium is toxic to things on a cellular level.

    And even if it's inert cramming your body full of foreign object isn't a good idea.

    Well also have to replace every ligament and tendon in their body with something that can anchor to metal, and handle the weight...

    This is a full redesign.
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    You are absolutely correct, except for applying real-world experience to a world where grafts are a thing.
     
    MTB said:
    You are absolutely correct, except for applying real-world experience to a world where grafts are a thing.
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    Worked pretty well for starfish :V

    Also real world anatomy is good. Because it means we already know easy ways to absolutely jailbreak the shit out of it.

    @Goldfish can you out starfish regeneration on the research list?

    It's not magical, but...

    Well it's not magical.
     
    DragonParadox said:
    "Not much of a one, not while the Iron Back stands by you. They are known to be canny with coin and miserly with trust, so if your coin is good enough for them it holds its worth," she replies.
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    Azel - are you fine? No broken ribs? No ripped diaphragm? Remember drinking something to replace the fluid lost to all the tears.
     
    [X] Plan Feeling Out The Ground
    -[X] Disguise yourself as a generic Free City merchant, but both in accent, looks and minor details, let a Ghiscari decent shine through. Use more then the expected amount of flattery to appear a bit unctuous, but show genuine respect to Baelish in is function as Master of Coin, a position that is much more esteemed in the east then the west.
    -[X] Introduce yourself as the representative of a few wealthy and influential people from the east, not specifying where exactly, just that your backers are worried about the Dragon at their western borders.
    -[X] Explain that after the catastrophic failure of Lys attack on the Dragon, they have decided to take action, but wanted to act in a more subtle manner. Therefore, you are quite happy that the Master of Coin of Westeros is willing to meet with you. Sadly, diplomatic relationships with the King himself have never really existed and open association might lead to... complications.
    -[X] Instead you have come to offer some advice and share a bit of information about the events in Essos. A few things that could pay great dividends if your advice is heeded.
    -[X] Strongly imply that you know about Baelish side activities and that the plans you want to share with him will cost him nothing, but open up tremendous avenues for graft.
     
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