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Post by Addam Velaryon on Oct 5, 2020 0:30:14 GMT 1
The confirmation of what Addam had always feared hit him harder than any lance ever could. Lord Gormon had orchestrated the kidnapping of Aladore Florent, and the man in front of him had the power to undo all of Addam's work. If the wrong people were to find the hooded man, he would be a pariah, no better than Balon Blackbriar or Simon Tarley. He could not let this happen, he could not let the man in front of him live.
Addam's hand reached for the hilt of sword, ready to tie up this loose end, but frozen as the alternative was presented to him. Kingsbridge was him home. Lord Willem had been like a father to him, Lysette a sister. Destroying Lord Piggy would not only protect them, but would also protect him from any rumors of being involved in the kidnaping of Aladore Florent. For who could believe that the man who rid the world of Lord Eldon could of been involved in such heinous crimes?
"It was Septon Roswyn who told me where you were. He is expecting me to bring you to justice. You will tell me everything, and then you will leave, spreading a tale of how you escaped mere moments before I arrived. No one can know the truth of what has transpired here tonight. If word was to get out that I let you go, I would have no other choice than to hunt you down and kill you."
Addam was thankful that he had come alone, and that no one else was in the room where it happened.
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Post by Father on Oct 9, 2020 23:40:02 GMT 1
The Hooded Man simply shrugs at the mention of Roswyn, why? That man caught a whiff of him snooping around where the most holy's skeletons are buried and thought Addam would see that problem taken care of for him, hmm? Would Addam care to know of such secrets? Though septon Roswyn is a powerful man, trying to use leverage against such powerful men might lead to one's throat slit while sleeping. And the pig already tried to kill Addam once, the assassins one hires need only succeed once. Ah, yes, Lord Abominaton, the hooded man was there at the inn that burned down, counted the bodies, asked the locals who must have died in that fire, bodies largely unrecognizable of course, asked the Hastwycks, well one of their servants and another separately just to be sure. Everyone agrees that there should have been twenty-six bodies at the inn once you put the two numbers together, but there were only twenty-five. The hooded man believes that Lady Mya happens to be alive, but she probably wishes that she is not.
Everywhere else, people talk, but those who knows what happens inside the castle walls of Longtable? Nothing. It is as if Lord Piggy has managed to find only non-talkative servants. There are rumors, whispers and the like. Of how he had a girl in the likeness of Lady Lysette found and brought to serve him, and another quite similar to Delia Blackbriar, presumably so he might to do these "substitutes" what he fantasizes about doing to the two who have insulted him so, what if he went beyond even such a thing and take out his private vengeance night after night on poor Lady Mya while everyone who might come to the rescue believes her to be dead?
The hooded man would presume that if his theory his true, the rescue of Lady Mya would not only be a great feat of heroism, but her testimony ought to send Lord Abomination to the headsman, or the wall, and he is not likely to survive for long up there, even with all that insulation.
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Post by Addam Velaryon on Oct 10, 2020 3:15:18 GMT 1
Addam tilted his back in laughter. I should of just killed the bastard. "I stumbled upon the same findings as well at the inn. If what you say is true about the servants, I wouldn't be surprise if he did take her with him to extract to vengeance. But even IF, and its a very big if, he hasn't lost his interest and done away with her or she hasn't taken her own life, I doubt he would just let a member of the Companions into his castle and wander the halls looking for her. A man might be able to keep his secrets well guarded, a castle less so. Surely there is a postern gate or other secret entrance?"
"As for the good septon, I could care less about the his secrets, though know what a man hides is always valuable. He does expect a job to be done, and he might start asking question as to why I did return with you in chains, or with your head. Questions I'm sure Gormy, and myself especially, wouldn't want asked."
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Post by Father on Oct 10, 2020 22:05:21 GMT 1
No, he would not, but he occasionally bestirs himself to be carried away for some other function. Would those remaining at the castle hinder a group of knights acting as if they are supposed to do whatever they are doing? There are others here in Oldtown that the hooded man knows certain embarrassing secrets about, lords bannermen to the Hightowers, inclined perhaps to be swayed in the Bandallon regency? Or driven to some other purpose?
Good thing theen, that sneaky fellows can be quite slippery, is it not so?
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Post by Father on Dec 1, 2020 0:07:26 GMT 1
Another companion sells his integrity in order to allow the hooded man to escape, though Addam's rewards are of considerably higher currency than some mere pieces of gold. If indeed he does work for Lord Peake, he may see it as only a minor cost of doing business, for Ser Addam is largely in alignment with his presumed master's larger goals.
Left in Addam's possession is a trove of correspondence, though much of it cannot truly be verified, presumably copies. Ser Eustace Daverhyl appears to be exchanging letters with Lord Eldon, nothing truly out of the ordinary, or useful aside from the general disdain this might cause if circulated, since the papers strongly implies that the regent of Mustard Hall has provided the pig with various favors. It may however, be more profitable to merely sell them to Ser Eustace and so inform him that there is a betrayer under his roof.
Lord Mullendore's secrets are hardly of the scandalous variety, though a collection of witty writings which presumably is from Lord Durwell's hand suggests a long conversation between two friends trying to outmaneuver the other in an endless game of japes at the expense of the other, entertaining for those who can appreciate such. If Addam ever felt a tinge of spite towards either man, he could perhaps try to piece together some of what is discussed, as they have clearly manipulated other nobles of The Reach for their sole amusement, often involving a wager of a single golden dragon as to whether or not one or the other could manage some feat. The letters are scarce on details that might identify the victims, but it seems likely that Lord Mullendore helped his friend greatly in sending Lady Joanna to the motherhouse. The real treat, however, involves some of Lord Mullendore's bannermen, an uppity landed knight making arrangements to try and shift his allegiance, a note written by the hooded man suggests that he thinks the fool knight will fail long before such schemes will ever be put in motion, but Lord Lothor might find it quite convenient to use the documents as a pretext to take away a village, maybe a mill and give it over to less truculent knights holding lands in his name.
Perhaps more interesting, if less obvious just how it can be used, it would appear that Septon Roswyn has been looking into the myths of the seven star crowned made by The Father for Hugor of the Hill, particularly on the descriptions of it in various apocryphal writings, whether he truly believes that it exists is hard to tell, but the suspicion arises that he cares not so much for the truth of it as hoping to engineer the discovery of a crown that men will believe to be the real thing. Lord Willem once told about the craze unleashed by King Baelor when a lordship was offered for any who could find it, thousands of glory hunters and charlatans scoured the places it might be, or tried to convince the most holy that the crown they had produced were the real thing, it all faded of course, no mention of such a crown exists in any records of Andal Kings that the maester's keep at the Citadel.
Various favors owed transferred to Addam's "account"
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