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Post by Roland Cordwayner on Apr 29, 2019 15:16:49 GMT 1
Rodrik Blackwood and Roland had less than a decade between them, but House Blackwood's young lord had been just a page when the Reachman served at Raventree. Roland's squire, Hugh Blackwood, was a daily reminder of his former service. He saluted his lordly foe and charged, attempting to dispel old fond memories and the outrage at Highgarden that saw Rodrik's late lord father slain by Otho Bracken. PR: 21 AR: 11 Health: 12/12 I/W/F: 0/0/0 [R1] Know opponent Rodrik Blackwood: 5d6k3 15 |
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Post by Father on Apr 30, 2019 10:19:13 GMT 1
Lord Rodrik is talented to be sure, but young and inexperienced. Some consider him hot headed.
AH 4D+2B
Endurance 4D
Fighting 4D+2B
Superior Destrier
Superior Full Plate
Goes noble and HiS
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Post by Roland Cordwayner on Apr 30, 2019 15:21:28 GMT 1
Despite taking an aggressive approach, Ser Roland's first two passes were solid rather than spectacular. PR: 21 AR: 11 Health: 12/12 I/W/F: 0/0/0 [R1] P1-2 N,EF, Ag1;SiS;CyB: 2#8d6k4+9 28 28 6d6k4+1 21 6d6k4 22[R1] P2 SiS;CyB: 6d6k4+1 19 6d6k4 15 |
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Post by Titus Blackbriar on May 2, 2019 12:01:50 GMT 1
Say what you will about Blackwoods - heathens, savages, sorcerers, - but they do know how to make an impression. Lord Rodrik, newly ascended to the Ravenseat, cuts a most striking figure entering the lists despite his young years. Atop an enormous black charger of Northen stock, a Ryswell breed gifted to him by his uncle Brynden Rivers, he sits draped in a deep blood red tabard. His armour is a dark gray, almost black and the pointed visor of his helm hooks downwards like the beak of a vicious bird of prey. Clasped across his shoulders is the Raven's Cloak - scores upon scores of shining black feathers fastend to heavy cloth black as midnight that billows out behind him like wings when he takes the charge. Yet the boy is young and all the youthful will and talent in the world can not make up for experience. His first pass is a disaster. Not only does he miss his mark cleanly, failing to break his lance but like a bird he is sent skywards, followed by a heavy thud as he hits the mud. A loud "NEVERMORE!!!" can be heard from somewhere in the stalls followed by laughter and what appears to be a fist fight. No one quite seemed to get it though. Maybe in a few years.
PR:19 Armour: 10 Health: 12/12 Charge 1-2 (N, HiS) v Ser Roland - F/SiS/CyB: 2#5d6k3+6 15 23 6d6k4-2 11 4d6 14 Charge 2 v Ser Roland - SiS/CyB: 6d6k4-2 18 4d6 15That's a critfail and failed SiS on first pass. |
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Post by Roland Cordwayner on May 3, 2019 15:46:07 GMT 1
Roland had not intended to humiliate House Blackwood's lord. He had enjoyed his service at Raventree Hall and retained a squire of that bloodline as a reminder of the respect between him and that storied house. Shaking his head to dispel the continued strange feeling of familiarity when fighting - perhaps a lingering reminder of his fierce bout with Ser Sandor - the origins of the "Nevermore" from the crowd suddenly came to him. While no great scholar, Roland had at least enjoyed a noble's education. Together with his service in the Riverlands this was enough to remind him of an old poem that had fallen from favour during the long peace between Bracken and Blackwood under King Jaehaerys. It told the tale of a knight of House Blackwood, his name lost to the mists of time, seeking to avenge himself on House Bracken for the loss of his beloved lady Lenore. Each stanza ended with "Nevermore", first with the Blackwood knight vowing an end to Blackwood incursions, then with the Brackens responding in kind to the knight's reprisals. Having thought he quest would free him of the torment of his lost love, the knight's war only makes it clearer to him that he and the Riverlands will never be free of the memories of those they lose in combat. The tale ended in the knight's tragic death, with the lords of both houses both declaring there would "nevermore" be peace between them. Roland trotted over to his opponent and dismounted to help him back to his feet. Lordlings could be prickly, and Lord Blackwood already had a reputation for being hot headed. "Come my lord, this is not yet your nevermore. At the very least we have yet to find you your gentle Lenore." [P2] "Nevermore" reference - Knowledge (Education): 3d6 15 - Roland remembers the obscure poemConsequences of defeat: ransom |
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