Interlude DCLXXXVIII: Tales over the Narrow Sea
Tales over the Narrow Sea
Thirtieth Day of the Eleventh Month 293 AC
Rumors from Westeros
The Blackfish up the Mountain Swimming: Amid mounting raids Ser Brynden Tully, Knight of the Bloody Gate, has pledged to bring the Sons of the Mist and their witch to heel, though he has publicly proclaimed that he will take not aid from Tywin Lannister whom he has named responsible for the abandonment of the Vale Lords by the king. Though the Blackfish did not say so in as many words the implication is clear, in binding Jon Arryn to King's Landing as Hand he was forced to neglect his own vassals while attempting to stymie Lannister influence. The Vale, which is to say young Robert Arryn, will take no Lannister and no Lannister wizards as they drive back the clansmen just as they had done in ages past. A discrete message from Yohn Royce reveals more of the Brynden Tully's plans, he aims to go to Oldtown to speak to the Lantern Bearers, seeking magic with which to counter Dala and other sorcerers of the clans. According to the House of Mirrors other agents, however, may head east instead...
Tourney of the Sun: Prince Doran is holding a tourney for his vassal lords and any other knights who care to join, though given that he is out of favor with the crown and not known for lavish spending it is thought not many from beyond Dorne's borders will ride to Sunspear. The Prince of Dorne has explained in confidence that the tourney is a means by which he might personally and safely explain the changes of the age to his vassal lords and share lore of fiends and horrors with them in a way that will impress upon them the gravity of the situation.
With Book and Blade: Rodrik 'the Reader', a man disdained in many of his fellow Ironborn for his love of books and foreign ways as well as his conflicts with the Drowned Men, has put the seat of another ancient House to the torch, though this time strangely with the lady regent of the House at his side. Lady Joana Volmark was said to have sneaked into Pyke alone while carrying her young son, claiming that Volmark Keep has been overrun with monsters from the depths. What followed was a swift and brutal campaign where three of the young lord's uncles proclaimed his mother a traitor and in league with enemies of the Drowned God only to fall one by one to the Regent's men, the last by his own hand. Each was revealed in death to be not a man at all but some sort of hairless shape-shifting monster. The sight of the horrors and the implication that they might be next has shaken the faith of many still opposed to the Reader's rule and only hardened the resolve of his allies.
By brazier the Lord Regent of Pyke has contacted you with news that the happenings were both more terrible and more heartening still. Ser Harras Harlaw, Knight of Grey Garden, together with a group of trusted armsmen, a pair of Lantern Bearers and even a lone Pyromancer have slain a cabal of four Eaters of Minds, capturing what appears to be a sanctum of their magic and several children who have been experimented upon... as was the young Maron Volmark before his mother smuggled him to safety. The children do not appear to be a danger, but he requests an expert to verify this one way or another.
Rumors from Essos
Ward of the Green: The Green Prophet of Qohor has been saved from assassination by 'servants of the corrupt hierarchy' or at least so the faithful claim, as magic grows more common throughout Essos many suspect sorcery for any otherworldly happening. Regardless of the truth of the matter none can deny the assassins impaled by enormous thorns that burst through the stones of the city's main plaza.
Sky Above, Dark Below: The Bearded Priests of Norvos continue the reconstruction of their mysteriously destroyed temple though rumors abound of workers vanishing from the project, dragged down into the very pit they have been tasked to fill. A Volantene mage passing through the city claims to have been attacked by strange creatures of elemental earth which may or may not be the mysterious snatchers. Surprisingly, said mage had been sent there with messages to the local Red Priests in hiding, a token of cooperation between the Mysterium and the Red Faith. He has found the local congregations of the Lord of Light determined to endure the trials and tribulations heaped upon them, though a network to smuggle some of the most vulnerable of their number out of the city is forming.
Academy of Shadows: A Shadowbinder who has been of no small help to the Lorathi authorities in the past has asked permission to found an academy of magic where he might tech his arts. The two princes had agreed to the proposal so long as the mages follow a list of precautions and prescriptions that seems rather familiar to anyone who has even read the Scholarum Charter.
OOC: For anyone wondering what happened with the Iron Islands... well it started with a nat 100 and went on from there.
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