A Surer Binding
Twenty Fourth Day of the Eleventh Month 293 AC
In the end you decide against empowering the Godswood with ritual and sacrifice, useful as it would no doubt be the tree's very age and size would make the changes practically impossible to hide. Unlike a godswood hidden away in the barren corners of the Iron Islands from whence news arrives little and late you have no doubt the Lord Paramount of the Riverlands and perhaps even the Usurper would take note of the change. "I fear I have not precisely been subtle about growing Godswoods," you conclude.
Lord Tytos shares a smile at the jest and even adds that he would like to see Sorcerer's Deep with his own eyes one day soon. Alas that the other matter is not as easily solved. Understandably he wants the mad warg dead sooner rather than later, not just for vengeance but safety's sake. The revelation that Rickard had been poisoning his wife is almost enough for him to charge into her rooms at once to rid her of the powders until your mother gently reminded him that it would be better to send a trusted servant with word so as not to arouse suspicion.
"I can't say I will sleep easily, Your Grace, knowing that he is still walking on the ridge of the world no matter now many manacles you put on his legs," the lord says grimly.
"Well then it is a good thing he will not be having legs to flee with," you note, reaching out to the still enchanted warg with a
spell upon your lips. The body twists and contorts in on itself until all that is left is a book seemingly bound in dirty white leather with a clasp of wolf fur and iron chains.
For a long moment silence reigns, then the Lord of Raventree finds his voice. "Can't he move his mind out of that?"
You consider what you had read of the Bronze Book. "He will have no awareness of the passage of time giving us all the time necessary to trasncribe any useful lore or other secrets he may hold."
"And how long would it take to do so?" Ser Brynden asks a touch uneasy at the display of magic.
"A moon-turn, perhaps two, there are far more pages than is readily apparent," you explain. "It should give your brother plenty of time to return home without arousing either suspicion or the ire of Lord Malister."
"Excellent," Lord Tytos proclaims sincerely, though you think he glares at the book for a moment longer until it vanishes in the folds of your cloak.
What do you do next?
[] There is no reason not to give Lord Blackwood his visit to Sorcerer's Deep right away, you can spare a few hours
[] Being so close at hand already it might be worth visiting the supposed 'Ghost of High Heart'. Though you know she was not behind Hoster's visions she might still be worth meeting. Jenny's ghost confirmed that she was a mage before magic returned to the world in full and such sorcerers are likely to be strong in power now as well as deep in lore
[] Perform a minor action
-[] Write in which
[] Write in
OOC: Really short update, but that's the nature of these bridging parts and we have been having really long diplomacy parts recently.