No offense, Dude, but you trying to assure us there's nothing to this only makes me want to investigate this even more.The High Septon has denounced you as a Heretic, forsaking many of the great traditions of the Seven and the Seven kingdoms with your wants of fancy, and breaking of many traditions within the long history of Westeros. Nine members on the guard, eight on the Small Council. A King who is lacking in faith and in control.
- From Lord Tyrell: These are rumors, nothing more. The faith has always respected the laws of Westeros and your rule in it. Even with, radical changes that you have done during the first months of your rule. There is nothing to these rumors. I promise you that.
Not gonna lie...I actually kinda feel sorry for him.Balon Greyjoy is, by the words of the few servants that see him, unwell. What little hair he clings to is wiry and white, he is barely eating, and his mind seems farther afield with each day; he is said to fall silent for hours, staring out into the bay, then without prompting or incidence begin to scream at his father, or his brothers, or his sons, or simply put forth incoherent frothing while rushing about the ruins of Pyke; other times, he is said to be found scrabbling for bugs in the stonework or noisily slurping at standing water. It is quickly becoming a question of when, not if, someone new will sit on the Seastone Chair.
You are going down posthaste. I'm already conjuring up the Spirit of Meagor for Advice.Septons in the Starry Sept have taken to giving sermons about the coming end times, with the Magic of the World returning, and how the Faith needs its strength to face this great trouble, and defeat it with fire and steel. The Inquisition of the seven, an institution that was outlawed during Maegor the Cruels reign has reformed again, with its inquisitors, acting without your authorization, to act as judge jury, and executioner to any they consider "Cursed."
It is beginning...From the Master of Ships: Your Grace, I must state that the men of Lonely Light have seen the same light on the horizon. And while we know next to nothing about the lands further west of Westeros, I must say something of a rumor, an old tale that has been told by Ironmen since the beginning of time immemorial. The Great Ones put up a barrier to prevent us from going further west. And it has been broken, according to those same legends. And something horrible lies beyond it. But they are just stories, and stories are not what I take stock in.
- Men of Fair Isle have claimed to be seeing lights near the horizon of the Sunset Sea in the dark of night. However, no ships have come from the direction of these lights, and no ships sailing forth have found anything or anyone when they look. The Ironborn have been accused of some kind of shenanigans, but Lord Harlaw swears that no Ironborn are in that area, and none have any interest in harassing House Farman anyhow.
I'm fine with this. Let's hope Olyvar can repair the Reputation of his Family.House Frey is ascendant! Despite entering the war on the wrong side, somehow the ever-present house has turned its fortunes around. There are now six Freys in contention for lordship of keeps across the Riverlands, with young Olyvar Frey taking lordship of the Twins, supported by the younger generation of Freys against the other heirs and claimants. Called Olly the Unlikely by the local smallfolk, the rise of Walder Frey's eighteenth son (and 50th in line!) was as unexpected as it was bloody: after their elders wrought destruction upon themselves, the youngest Freys took to arms and raised Olyvar to the lordship, putting down any that stood against them and hoped to continue fighting against the Dragon and his allies.
My BOI getting a Chance to really shine! His Father really was an Idiot to never see what good he got with him.Samwell Tarly, of the Citidel, an acolyte that has been a prodigy in many of the subjects of his choosing, had invented something that may change the world. He had seen stamps from Yi-Ti, stamps that would print single words onto a page or scroll. He started making a few letters for Westerosi Common, and then, using a wine press, modified for his usage then he made a page on the Seven-Pointed Star. Than another. And Another. In less than a week, he finished the Book of Angels. Two weeks the Letters of the Saints. Four Weeks, the entire book. He has invented something that can, with time, print books.
- From Maester Bill: He is the most brilliant man who has ever graced the citadel. That is All I can say. And if we can recreate his invention, there will be more books than the world will know what to do with.
Well, well...isn't THAT ominous?
- On Tarth, Lady Brienne of Tarth is said to have battled the shadows that sprung against her Father and her stepmother, attacking the pregnant woman with dreams and deadly poisons not of this world. But Brienne had been blessed by the Light of the Seven and with the armor of light and steel from the Smith itself, she battled the evil and purged it from the lands. The Seven have blessed their champion on this world it seems, and it is the ugly Daughter of Tarth.
- Another Ship crashed into ship breaker bay, but no survivors were found. But there have been reports of the plant life in and around the castle, are being drained of life. The Smallfolk are fearful that darkness has been summoned, with the Iron Throne being destroyed.
*fights down urge to go all General Sherman on these Assholes* We promised we'd stay out of Essos for now, we promised we'd stay out of Essos for now...!!
- In Slavers Bay, there is talk of an influx of tens of thousands of slaves. Alesander's conquest and destruction of the Dothraki were as complete as the destruction of the Sarnor, thousands of years ago. The only ones who survived were in chains. This was no war. This was Genocide. And it was complete in less than a year.
Yup. This is awesome.Lord Edric Dayne, of Starfall, has taken Dawn, and has become the Sword of the Morning. This comes after an unknown person attempted to steal the blade from the Vault of the Stars. The Blade then began to fly through the air, and towards the North, and the Dornish Marshes. Before being etched into the Stone outside the keep of the Lightning Lord. Many men tried to claim it, but the Boy Lord pulled the sword from the Stone and felt the power within him that only Dawn could give. And the Blade spoke to him, "The Dark is coming. So Bring the Dawn."
- From Maester BIll: I have no idea what happened, but it seems that Dawn is more powerful than any believed. It may be wise to investigate before things get stranger.
Oh, Stannis, Words cannot express how much I LOVE you.New hope rises for House Baratheon! After finding its future on a knife's edge with only a greyscaled daughter (and countless bastard nieces and nephews) to Lord Stannis' name, Lady Selyse has sent word that the blessings of R'hllor shine upon her house – she is pregnant. Rumors fly around, most being variations on themes of Lady Selyse being a witch who has gotten with dark powers for her new baby, but no rumor is quite so wild as the one that says upon receiving the news, a smile came to the infamously stony Lord Stannis' face.
- From Stannis: Any man who claimed that I smiled will earn Twenty Five Lashes. Except for Ser Davos.
Let's hope we can come to Terms with the Dragon-Man sooner or later.In King's Landing, the Man who could be safely called "The Dragon Knight" Continues to evade capture, with many of the Guards thinking he is less a man and more a myth, a spirit of the great knights who lived in the city. Some even think he's Aemon the Dragon Knight come again. Others think he's Daemon Blackfyre, taking revenge on the city that should be his.
- From Chatya: I have seen a great number of rumors in my life, but none of them have ever struck me as odd, like this. A Man beating up criminals for no reason other than that they are scum. And need to be brought to justice, and your Watch is utterly incompetent to anything about it? Madness. But I can't say I don't approve of this Knights's actions. My girls feel safe walking the streets at night, and that is something I have never heard before in this city.
The Ironborn, finally becoming the Vikings they were always meant to be instead of clinging to Raiding and being Stupid Evil.
- Maybe it's the return of the old dynasty. Maybe it's because King Viserys took down Robert, the bloody butcher of Pyke. Or maybe it's because he took down Tywin Lannister, and to their minds he did it "like an Ironborn", paying the Iron Price rather than with gold or with words. Regardless, the Iron Islands sit as firmly by the new king's side as any dragonseed. Calls for independence or renewed rebellion now are not quietly whispered at taverns or bantered between lords, but thoroughly beaten out of whoever was stupid enough to voice aloud the idea of turning on their now-beloved "Stormbreaker."
- The Iron Fleet, once destroyed by the Baratheons, is now reborn and sailing the seas alongside mainlander ships instead of hunting them. Under Lord Harlaw, many of the Ironborn have become privateers rather than raiders, accompanying mainlander ships as paid protection through pirate-haunted waters. Some at home might grumble about the Gold Price replacing the Iron Price and the Old Ways being waylaid once again by old Lord Quellon's ideals, but any captain asked seems thrilled. Baelor Blacktyde is claimed to have said, "We get as much gold to shield these Greenlanders as we would from boarding them, and we get to practice the Old Ways on any pirate stupid enough to cross us! Iron and Gold do us better together than either did alone."
*glares* You'll get what's coming to you, Littlefinger, just you wait...!!
- An unnamed keep on the smallest of the Fingers was said to have been burned to the ground by a party of twenty cloaked men. Lord Royce Coldwater led his men to apprehend this party, but found none of the arsonists. Upon returning to Coldwater Burn, however, he had in his company some dozen wandering orphaned children. Lord Royce fed and housed them for the night, saying he wished to "question the little birds" about who or what they might have seen in the morning. He claims to be deeply embarrassed that they all somehow slipped his grasp before the following dawn and could not be recovered.
Hooo boy, that ain't good.
- Jon Arryn returned home from King's Landing a broken man, and was not improved by sending his only son to King's Landing. This act, along with Ser Brynden's departure for the Kingsguard, led to such a fight between Lord Arryn and his wife that even the normally taciturn and insular highborn have remarked on its ferocity and cruelty from both parties. Many say it only ended because Lord Arryn struck her with enough force to separate her jaw. A heavy silence has since reigned in the Eyrie, some suspect only because of the bandages keeping the lady's jaw in place and mouth closed.
- Hill clansmen have been making a greater nuisance of themselves than usual, some even daring to attack the Bloody Gate. This has left many highborn of the Vale on edge, none more so than Lady Lysa. Whispers about the apparent weakness of Lord Arryn in the face of such brazen raids cannot be traced back to her, for obvious reasons, but suspicion lies squarely on her nonetheless.
All very interesting. Let's see how the North will fare in years to come.
- House Stark has marshalled the North to pride of place in the King's allies, and Lord Eddard now serves as Master of Laws in the Small Council, with rumours abounding that either of his eldest children may wed one (or even both!) of the spare Targaryen heirs. Apart from the (expected and unregarded) bitter grumblings of Barbrey Dustin, the lords of the North are proud to have taken part in the Restoration, though some second sons and younger brothers have (very quietly) groused about feeling as turncoats against the Usurper, Robert Baratheon. Under the leadership of Lord Stark, the North has become an economic powerhouse to rival the Reach, and the Northern lords are making the most of this newfound largesse, as they all know well, "Winter is Coming."
- Lord Gerion Lannister of Long Lake, "The Lion in Winter", has welcomed his second child and first son, Jacen Lannister. Work has now begun in earnest on his keep with the end of the war and his return to the North, and he hopes to have his little family out of Winterfell, and the Starks' hair, by next year's end. It is said that young Lady Sansa thinks of young Lady Joy to be like a sister to her, and is displeased at the idea of the Lannisters departing.
- Domeric Bolton is said to have come down with terrible sickness after returning home from the war. Lady Dacey has managed the Dreadfort in her lord husband's stead, apparently causing some uproar in the town by dismissing many of the old lord's favored servants and burning old heirlooms and keepsakes in a bonfire far from the castle's walls. The smell is said to have been repellent, and to have lingered for days.
- Jon Snow, the Bastard of Winterfell, has made great waves within the North as a warrior. In the Winterfell Melee that happened earlier this year, held by his brother, Robb Stark, in honor of all the men and women who fought in the Restoration. In over 2 hours of bloody combat, a marathon of fighting of over three hundred men and women, the melee went to a bloody conclusion, as Jon Snow, beat Great Jon Umbar as the last man standing, winning the victors purse of 50,000 dragons.
- Lord Theon Greyjoy has requested to return home, and Lord Stark did not feel the need to say no. He is already one of Lord Starks most loyal Captians in the Sunset sea, and with the great change that has come to Westeros, the threat of violence to keep them in line is no longer needed. Balon cannot even control the men and women in Pyke, those that are still alive rebuilding the keep, and preparing for his return.
- More news from Winterfell, as the crippled yet intelligent Lord Brandon Stark, seemed to be having prophetic dreams. In his dreams, he claims that he is flying, not on the back of a dragon, but within a crow. And that beyond the Wall, someone is calling for him to come North. His mother refuses to allow him to do so, but there is a lot of Talks throughout the North, that Brandon Stark is the Next Greenseer of the North. The Prophet of the Old Gods.
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