[Phase 4] Beneath Harren's Shadow [Roland]

Even with such a large gathering, Harrenhaal feels empty, like living in the halls of the race of giants that once roamed Westeros if old wives' tales is to be believed, or the more famous ones ofhow Ser Serwyn of the Mirror Shield saved Princess Daeryssa from giants, and according to some of the tales, she was already in their pot. There is not too much to do with oneself if not being fully occupied with discussing negotiation strategies in the inner circles of Lords Blackwood and Bracken, and where nobility is gathered with little to do, they mingle or drink, perhaps play games of chance, hardly sinful if only over coppers. Perhaps even some sparring matches, but most have sated their desire for demonstrating prowess.

And then there is this one moment of clarity, a face in the crowds that seem to perfectly fit the description given by the thug captured at Harren's Oak, perhaps it was the words that caught Roland's ear as the well groomed man clad in a velvet doublet buys a round of drink to other knights and speaks of how some "idealists" wants to make it so that highborn can be punished for having "a little fun" with smallfolk girls, what is next? That every farmer can demand a trial by combat? It stands to reason that this man thinks that the likes of Ser Simon Tarly should commit their foul deeds with impunity, for if a Tarly can be cut, there is no protection for knights of lesser pedigree that gets a little hot blooded after a battle, or so he

This man is clearly affluent enough to be some sort of noble, even carries a sword and has the head of a falcon sewed into his doublet, suggesting he is a knight, or simply pretends to be one, he is more a Lord Alliser or Florent for sure, soft in body from too much pleasures and too little exercise, maybe he had bought his knighthood? But everything about him seems wrong, Lord Walgrave had once said that you could knight a snake and it would still be a snake, an apt statement for this moment, though the original context was used to justify his treatment of knights of House Wyl he had captured.

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A little open-ended, can try direct confrontation, can try to arrest him and drag him in front of Lord Lothston, can try to follow him or have him followed, can try to "disappear him".

Can try Cunning (logic) and knowledge (education) for some suggestions that might seem wiser IC than what the narrator happens to think would be amusing to see attemted at the time of writing.