Vote tally - A Sword Without a Hilt: A Song of Ice and Fire/D&D 3.5 Crossover
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[X] Plan The Truth, From A Certain Perspective
-[X] Greet him politely and thank him for granting you an audience. Play the nervous low-born and lay on a light Valeman accent.
-[X] Tell him that you have heard about the ambush on him and that you know that it was a trap for both sides. An attempt to enrage him into lashing out and causing senseless slaughter against his neighbors.
-[X] Give him some of the Mammon coins, tell him that they are tainted Devil work, and that you found them among the possessions of those responsible for the attack.
-[X] Ask him for mercy for those he took prisoner, or at least to not lash out at the clans, who were deceived into this act.
-[X] When he asks why you care about the clansfolk, make a half-assed evasion before caving in and spilling the beans.
-[X] Admit that you were in their villages and have seen how they live. Trying to survive in the barren mountains, for these inhospitable ranges are the only place where they are not hunted down like animals. You will not try to defend their actions, but you can't find it in your heart to damn them for what desperation has driven them to. They wish nothing more then to survive the next winter and their greatest fear are knights and zealots, coming to destroy with sword and fire what little they have.
-[X] "The Maiden calls for mercy upon all, but these people were never shown any. Instead we reward those who are said to do the Fathers and the Warriors work by slaying them wherever they are found. And now, in these dark days, vile things walk among us, their hearts forged from hatred and their will bent only on ruin. The true enemy walks among us unseen, fanning the flames of senseless hatred and the Seven watch silently as we tear each other apart."
-[X] Play contrite for blurting out the last part, then humbly ask again that Grafton promises not to strike at the Hill Folk or, if he brought them up, the Royces. You know more and can help him to find the true culprits, but you can't in good conscience tell him more without knowing that you bring no ruin to those undeserving of it.
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[x] Warn Lord Royce of the brewing trouble, the man is competent in games of court, though he dislikes playing them.
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