PreludeClear blue skies have covered The Reach in the time leading up to the tourney, but as the trickle of knights and noble households travelling down the Roseroad turns into a river of horses, draft animals and people converging upon Oldtown, so does sporadic white clouds gather above the Honeywine and Whispering Sound. One can only hope they do not turn dark and many.
Or perhaps, that would be the wrong thing to waste something so precious in supply on as hope. One can scarce have a gathering a tenth of this size in these troubled days without at least one untimely death.
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-It’s definitely out of a sense of justice, foolish as it might be, but this little crusade of theirs will come at a cost. Lord Tarly would never allow some lesser nobles with no armies at their back mutilate his own kin, no matter the reason, and Ser Simon has a reputation for being a vindictive bastard. Those who attempted to see Ser Simon gelded will be punished for their deeds, it’s only a matter of when and how.
-These paragons of chivalry better pray that Lord Alekyne considers his house to be so powerful that the best show of strength is to reply to these insults as if they are unworthy of any attention, until Blackfyre rises up in rebellion to force them to do so, House Tarly by not yet having picked a side will be granted considerable tolerance for any retribution.
-That would be the best outcome, but where that sour huntsman might control himself, his son is a different story entirely.
-The Reach will find that once they are done taking advantage of the rebellion to settle its myriad grudges and start thinking about joining or opposing Ser Daemon, the man will already be in The Red Keep, his head crowned or on a spike.
-The tourneys seem emptier as of late. Do you think that knights are tiring of the likes of Redtusk and Ser Roland Cordwayner taking their purses?
-Your theory isn't entirely unlikely, those two are as fearsome as they come at the lists, but all of the big names are still present. For the most part it seems like the hedge knights who round out the bottom ranks are the ones who are missing.
-Hedge knights? I guess I never realized how many of them were actually participating in tourneys. Perhaps they've already lost their horses and armor?
-Their heads more like. My cousin had a drink with a sellsword the other day, said that a score of his hedge knight friends were hired by The Peake's for Lord Walgrave's folly in the Red Mountains. Never seen any of them since.
-Please tell me this story is not going where I think it is.
-The sellsword asked around a little, visited Dunstonbury, there is a freshly tilled apple grove that wasn't there before, hastily made, too.
-Supposing that is true, why would he slay so many men in his own service?
-I suspect that he wanted their mouths shut – for good. Whatever actually happened there he didn't want getting out and was willing to go to extreme lengths to bury the evidence. Quite literally.
-I would have never suspected such deviousness from him, that snake!
-Perhaps his men, or his blood, Ser Balon is his nephew after all, forced his hand?
-Is that black and red I see on your sword's hilt?
-Keen eyes friend and you would be correct in your observation. It's how we're showing our allegiance to Ser Daemon and his righteous cause. Now that we can express ourselves in a united manner it will only be a matter of time before every true knight in the realm has black on their sword–an obvious nod to Blackfyre and his namesake blade indicating that he's our rightful king.
-Blackfyre's cause? Lord Peake's cause more like. I don't recall seeing Ser Daemon wrapping expensive silk and thread on his blade at the Redwyne's ball. Are you sure that Lord Gormon wasn't just trying to express his wealth in another way? Few knights have enough coin on hand to invest in such frivolous trinkets and I hardly see The Warrior Reborn bothering with tawdry fashion statements.
-Ser Daemon is simply too modest to be the one to set such trends so it's up to loyal supporters, like Lord Peake, to do it for him. Soon you'll see black blades everywhere and we'll have him to thank for it, even if some of us have to settle for rougher fibers.
-The Black Blades? That sounds like the sort of sellsword company The pig would hire for his dirty work.
-The Gray Ox? More like the Gray Ass given his loutish behavior at Redcross, thank the Seven that Ser Robyn was there to rebuke the man and remind him of his manners. No man with the title "Ser" should behave that way, let alone at a wedding.
-The Redwhelp? He only threw fuel to the flame by making a scene of Ser Theomore's words, everyone else was ready to let it go. Especially because most of the crowd knew them to be true. We all saw how Lady Shiera clung to Ser Daeron Waters at Highgarden at every opportune moment, there's no way that a bastard of the Unworthy allowed her to return to Redcross intact.
-Regardless of her innocence being taken before her wedding it was still inappropriate for Ser Theomore to mock her in her father's own hall.
-Then let Lord Woodwright or Lord Hunt be the ones to defend the honor of their daughter and bride. It's not the role of some green whelp to pick fights with men more than twice his age.
-Lady Falyse Blackbar might not have experience or spurs, but she handily seized power at Bandallon with the one thing she did have..
-Friends?
-You could call it that only if my jaunts down the Street of Silk could also be called "visiting friends".
-Wow, that's a savage, but accurate, insult. I understand why so many women were quick to offer their support for her, but with the way that so many knights and lords were tripping over themselves to help her I think there's some truth to your statement. I wouldn't be surprised if it was one of those over-clever men, like Lord Mullendore or Durwell that somehow convinced Ser Guyard to make an absolute arse of himself as well. The man was poised to take the reins of power before he decided to embarrass himself in front of the Hightowers. I bet she showed them her thanks in the "Dornish fashion".
-Don't forget Ser Aemon as well! He's half-Florent and married to a frigid bitch who's always trying to wear the trousers in their relationship. I'm sure that some warm thanks and proper appreciation went a long way with making him so willing to lend his sword and influence to her cause. Seven Hells, the only reason that Lord Piggy never supported her claim is because he was the only one she wasn't willing to "negotiate" with, and who can blame her.
-Now the real mystery is did she thank them one at a time or did they all get a piece of her innocence as a group?
-Tell me friend, how was your trip to Oldtown? Any juicy slander?
-You'll love this. Sandor Daverhyl has a paramour named Black Bethany at the Rainy Cat and she tends to run her mouth after she gets deep into the cups. She let is slip that he and his brother the Vulture are going to offer Sandor as a suitor to Denyse Cordwayner!
-Shut up! Hasn't that girl suffered enough with all the vile rumors about her?
-It gets better, or worse I suppose. He figures the sanctimonious Roland will end up killing Ser Quentin in their struggle for Hammerhal allowing Sandor to become Lord Protector.
-Why would the Cordwayners agree to a marriage like that?
-They're desperate. The Daverhyls will act as friends until the time is right to stab them in the back. Sandor told Bethany if the Vulture is going to usurp Mustard Hall why shouldn't he usurp Hammerhal?
-And what about Normyn and Maegelle, they seem unlikely to just let him take over? Or Ser Roland staying his blade?
-Ambushed by the same "bandits" that took the life of the Vulture's brother, I imagine.
-Wasn't a Redtusk against Roland joust supposed to be that of legend?
-Pfft, I haven't been that bored watching a tilt in a long time.
-If that's what passes for entertainment then no thank you.
-Too true, the semi final was much more better.
-Perhaps Redtusk's star fades while Roland's continues to rise?
-Redtusk won in that semi-final, you dolt!
-Ser Roland is the best jouster since a young Longthorn but he lacks smarts.
-He seems to being doing just fine by me. He crowned Lady Alysanne the queen of love and beauty.
-That's the problem.
-How is that a problem? I would've too.
-He should've crowned his betrothed Lady Alicent! He already shamed her at Whitewalls so much that she gave her favor to another and made him earn it back. She's prickly and will only take so many slights.
-Hopefully he learns to read a woman like he does his opponent at the lists.
-The melee at Appleton had a little bit of everything.
-I loved it. What was your favorite part?
-Ser Mikel defeating Lord Owen Roxton.
-Who? Ser Micah?
-No, Ser Mikel. A knight of low birth in service to House Starkwood.
-Well if he beat such an accomplished knight like Ser Owen I'll be paying closer attention next time.
-You'll like what you see, I guarantee it.
-Upjumped bastards and lowborns, I thought it was the Levalle's who were low on honor, not Starkwoods!
-Unlike The Mauler, Ser Mikel earned his spurs through valor the way I hear it.
- Ser Balon and Ser Jason are knights in name only.
- It is true, if either man ever swore his oaths they are long since forgotten.
- A shameful contrast with Ser Robyn and Ser Normyn valiantly determining where the Seven's favour lies.
- Indeed, neither man was popular before, but Ser Balon has somehow made even more enemies among the noble houses of Kingdoms than he had before.
- That dog never ceases to find new depths.
- A kindness if someone put him down in a trial by combat, or the battlefield.
- Even some among Blackfyres supporters say as much, a mad dog that has outlived its purpose and its usefulness.
- As for Ser Jason Norridge, he had little repute, but what little fame he has gained is infamy.
- Aye, there was a time was House Oakheart stood boldly against Dorne but recruited true knights.
- Now the key seems to be a hatred of Dorne rather than skill a tarms or honour.
- Ser Ormond Hightower gave Ser Davos a hell of a thrashing!
- It was good to see a Dornishman take a tumble!
- Why would you care? Your fief is in the Riverlands and you never served in the South?
- I, uh... My cousin served briefly I think. Anyway, as I was saying Ser Ormond unhorsed Ser Davos as easily as if he were riding in the yard, or against a boy.
- On that much we can agree. Or as if he were facing your cousin!
- A pox on you! I'll not claim my cousin is going to unhorse Ser Roland, whether he in Cordwayner's boots or Redwyne grapes. But he'd have given a better account of himself in the inevitable loss.
- True, no shame losing to Ser Ormond,, but shame in losing in such an abject manner.
- Lord Willem Starling is a greybeard, but experience teaches a knight many things.
- Aye, a lesson Ser Norren Wythers has learned most publicly.
- He was made to look like the greenest of squires out there against Lord Starling, not the experienced butcher that he is.
- And that may be to Lord Starling's regret some day, Ser Norren does not seem a man to forget such a shaming.
- Lord Starling threw down the challenge and lived up to it.
- What kind of Lord would let Ser Norren or Ser Rennifer joust in their tourneys, striking as they do so clearly to injure or kill?
- True, any noble knight has every right to refuse a match, or demand it be a joust of war rather than the false courtesy of tourney lances.
- House Starling Companions is replete with splendid knights, but I can see why Ser Vardis the Valiant is their captain.
- Even Blackfyre himself could not prevail against Ser Rennifer Waters.
- Indeed, yet Ser Vardis was able to dismount that beast with a well placed lance stroke.
- Unless they come at them by subterfuge, it seems House Starling's peerless champions have the better of it against Lord Merryweather's blackguards and foreign mercenaries.
- From what I hear Ser Vardis's family have served at Kingsbridge for generations.
- Perhaps Lord Starling should grant the man lands, before some wiser lord lures him away from Kingsbridge? Loyalty should not be taken for granted.
-Ser Thaddeus did surprisingly well at Crakehall, perhaps this newer generation of Levalle is turning out to be more knight and less merchant after all. Ser Imry is good evidence of this at least.
-Yeah, he did quite well, considering that he cheated.
-Cheated? That's a serious accusation Ser! I saw him ride against Lord Crane and saw nothing suspicious.
-Are you serious? He's a Levalle, you should assume that he's cheating to begin with. There were a few times where he looked like he was about to fall out of his seat only for him to bounce back just a little too quickly. Not that it helped him with Ser Lewyn of course, but he must have had some straps hidden in his stirrups.
-Well if he's a cheater then it didn't help him that much, he didn't even manage to make it to the Round of 16. What a joke.
-Blue with an ivory trim, that's what every proper Reacher noble is wearing right now. Lord Durwell made such an impression at the Arbor that the entire Reach is aspiring to emulate him. It can't hurt though that he's a conventionally attractive and confident man to begin with.
-Well all I can say is that I'm glad that someone has beat the Levalles at their own game!
-Wait? What? Are we having the same conversation right now?
-Haven't you heard? The Spongeholder sent a rider to Oldtown to corner the market on all of the fabric, only to find that someone else had snapped it all up!
-Really? See, this is why I don't trust merchants, they're always scheming to squeeze every copper out of honest landholders like ourselves. I wonder though who could have beaten them. I know that Houses Peake and Hightower have some suspiciously successful merchants who are always grubbing around.
-I strongly suspect that it was none other than Lord Marq himself. He seems to have infinite coin to spend despite his lands being barely able to sustain cattle grazing, so it must be coming from somewhere.
-If that's true then it's certainly a shame. Anointed knights shouldn't be making money from buying and upcharging, it's unbecoming of them. I fear that the Levalle's greedy ways are a disease on our lands and yet another otherwise good man has succumbed to them.
-Everywhere I look all I see anymore is red, red, red. Every lady of the Reach has decided that red is the color this year.
-Every lady? Just one if you ask me. Lady Laena's appearance at the Redwyne Ball seems to have set off the hottest fashion trend of the year, and let me tell you that she looked quite stunning in her dress.
-I never realized that she was such the trendsetter, but I suppose that I've always seen her quite done up. It's like she places an incredible amount of forethought into every aspect of her appearance and presentation.
-Likewise. I feel sorry though for those of an incarnadine complexion though. Red hair or rosy cheeks simply don't go well with such a violent shade of red, this is turning out to be a dreadful season for gingers, again.
-Every season is a dreadful one to be a ginger, but to be forced to wear something like green truly is awful. That color hasn't been in for at least two years.
-I heard that Lord Merryweather survived an attempt on his life. Although I've not heard many details it seems like it was a close call on his part. Poisoned dart or something ugly like that.
-Well it's too bad for all of us that it was simply a close call. Everyone would be better off with him dead I'd say.
-Don't say that too loudly, he's bound to be looking for the perpetrator which is tough given all of the enemies he has. The Starlings, the surviving Hastwyks, the Peakes, hell I'd even say that Highgarden might try to remove him from power in an underhanded way to put an end to his embarrassing reign. Once he decides on an enemy though who knows what he'd do to get revenge?
-You think that House Tyrell would have one of the premier lords of the Reach assassinated? I have a hard time imagining Lord Leo condoning such an action.
-Lord Leo isn't the only one who resides at Highgarden and they've always said that poison is a woman's weapon. Lady Rhonda and Lady Margaery are both shrewd women who have managed to guide Lord Tyrell though a number of difficult scenarios, they probably wouldn't lose too much sleep over removing that cancer from the Reach. The rumor I've heard that's exceptionally juicy though is that Lady Marianne might be the one behind it all.
-Lady Marianne.. Merryweather? Actually yeah, that makes a lot of sense. He's the reason why her husband is dead and if he were to die the lordship would pass onto her son, making her regent of a very wealthy and powerful house. I also can't imagine that anybody would be willing to investigate too thoroughly the circumstances of his passing either.
-Exactly! Even Lord Leo would be willing to turn a blind eye to that kind of activity if it restored peace and dignity to his domain.
-Well I just hope that Lord Piggy doesn't come to the same conclusion as us. It won't be long before he responds in kind, especially once he realizes that Ser Owen's son is a threat to his rule.
-Aye, if she's the one behind this all, she better have a follow up plan.
-It truly is unfortunate how poorly the Iron Throne has treated it's mightiest and most loyal subject. House Tyrell has been a leal subject of the Targaryens for almost two hundred years and yet not a single member has been blessed with a royal marriage, while the Martells and their vassals have already wormed their way into founding a new dynasty at the Red Keep. Hell, Lord Lyonel bled and died for the Targaryens and his murderers are rewarded with titles and honors. Where is the Father's justice!?
-Careful now. I understand your sentiment, but I suspect you're on a road to treasonous talk. What even got you started on this rant today anyway?
-I heard a rumor from a squire who was in the Stormlands who heard from his knight who heard from a maester who was attending to Daeron Wildfyre who said that Lady Amerei should be married to Aegon Blackfyre. You know what I think of that? I think that all of those blows to the head made him finally say something smart because he's right. If House Tyrell ever wants make its way into the Red Keep that's the only path available for them.
-Really? What makes you think that Lord Leo or Lady Amerei have those aspirations?
-Of course they have aspirations! You don't think that Lord Leo wouldn't want to see his grandson as Lord of the Seven Kingdoms or that Lady Amerei doesn't have dreams of being the Queen?
-She would be second to Rohanne of Tyrosh and her son would come behind the seven already born of her, sounds more like Wildfyre had a cup of wildfire and came up with reasons as to why Highgarden should do as he wishes.
-Queens can be set aside, as can princes, Tyrosh is across the narrow sea, The Tyrells can muster the largest army in the seven kingdoms by far. It is time for Highgarden to have it's rightful share of honors at the king's court.
-First he was punching dwarves, but now he's maiming and killing knights. *sighs* Lord Starling must regret the day he took that Great Bastard into his house, Ser Daeron Waters has turned out to be quite the rogue.
-Eh, I won't try to defend him on punching Butterbumps. I mean we've all wanted to put a fist through that fool's face, but he's the only one who let his anger get the better of him there. For the rest of it though, I don't think he's the scoundrel everyone is making him out to be. Sure, he maimed Ser Dennis Hightower, but it was life-or-death combat. I don't doubt for two seconds that Ser Dennis wouldn't have killed him if he had the chance, such things are what happen in wars you know and when men cross blades injuries happen. Ser Dennis is just lucky that Wildfyre escorted him to a maester rather than leaving him for dead after plucking that Valyrian blade off him.
-*sarcastically* So he behaved with basic humanity and chivalry? What a feat.
-Better than most get on the battlefield, and a sign that there wasn't any malice behind his actions. In fact it seemed like he had fairly good relations with Oldtown before all of that mess. Remember when he gave that well-received eulogy for Lord Jon at Highgarden?
-He did not mean to, but the pattern is there, it was noble combat prior to the battle being fought, and then he slaughtered Ser Byron in a duel of honor.
-Yeah, that's not a good look either. A duel of honor isn't supposed to be that bloody, but knights also need to know their own limits. I didn't see Ser Byron yielding, it seems like he was just as willing to make it a fight to the death too. What's a man supposed to do in such a circumstance? If he didn't have his head so far up his own arse, Ser Byron would have seen that he was beat and apologized for his words. If you ask me, his arrogance is just as responsible as Wildfyre's recklessness. He's also used to facing down scoundrels of greater competence too, think of all the times he's challenged blackguards like Ser Simon Tarly, the Brute of Bracken, Ser Rennifer, and the Roughneck. He's fought wickedness far more than he's participated in it, that's for sure.
*grumbling* I suppose you're right. I still don't like the man though, if nothing else green on black is not a flattering color with those Valyrian features.
-Ha! I guess that's two things we can agree on then! And people say the realm is divided these days..
-So who won at Appleton?
-Ser Normyn Flowers did.
-What, against men such as Redtusk? Come on?
-Uhm, no, no, he beat Ser Robyn Starkwood to within an inch of his life, oh wait, you mean the tourney.
-What else was there?
-So...Lord Oakheart's nephew was killed, Lord Walgrave named it murder and Lady Wenda Footly was beheaded after trial by combat.
-And what happened really?
-I suspect that she was stupid enough to accompany him unchaperoned, he took advantage, then she killed him by accident.
-I imagine a suspicion none would speak loudly in Lord Oakhearts' presence.....
-The final of old men at Nightsong, one could have been forgiven for thinking The Stormbreaker and Lord Starling finally had been outdone.
-Well, one still might be forgiven thinking such things about the latter, swept aside by Ser Aerion like everyone else if not for the semi-final.
-Yes, Redtusk himself smiled from ear to ear for the rest of the tourney despite being defeated, he loves real competition.
-And not to mention the 15 tilts between Ser Lyonel and Lord Caron, Nightsong certainly is worthy of it's name.
-Ser Marlon Westbrook's final words were unkind to his cousins who were absent for his wedding.
-That so? Anyone would be miffed if his family all went to some tourney in the Stormlands in honor of the flowering of some plain daughter of some little lordling.
-Well, true, but most knights does not rail on about the slight in drunken rage, naming his lord cousin a sycophant who would miss a family wedding for the opportunity to gain the longthorn's favor by licking his ass clean.
-Bitter, bitter last words, but did he not die to Ser Cleos hand in a duel after the Sunflower knight absconded with the pretty bride? News to me if he drank himself to death, literally speaking.
-I'm not going to buy you any more beers if you insist on being a smart-arse.
-If Wildfyre wasn't somehow family to his wife, Lord Willem would have thrown him out of his service a long time ago.
-Ser Byron Buckler?
-Aye, Ser Daeron approaches a duel of honor as if he it is Lord Eldon's thugs he is facing.
-Maybe it is the lady Lysette's influence that secures such remarkable tolerance?
-They do say that when you put a woman on a throne, they replace their compassion with cold cruelty.
-Women were never meant to have such responsibilities, too weak to bear the burdens of leadership.
-Strange rumors flow south from the Riverlands. It seems that the Ironhand is dead, by poison if Lord Blackwood is to be believed, and by Lord Bracken's hand if common sense is to be believed.
-I've heard similar things. It seems that Lord Samwell has showed his hand by summoning Lord Jon to Riverrun to answer for the Ironhand's murder. I suspect that House Tully is wary of Stone Hedge and it's allies. Rebellion, after all, rarely favors those in power.
-I'd agree with you there, plus as a lord it is his responsibility to prevent another round of bloodshed between the two houses and to keep the King's Peace. I wonder if Lord Bracken will bother showing up to Riverrun even?
-Even in these times I don't think House Bracken would dare openly defy the Lord of the Riverlands, not yet at least. He will have better luck standing trial and claiming ignorance as to how the Ironhand died-if that doesn't work then the Brute of Bracken will also prove to be an effective defense. With the Ironhand dead I don't know who in their right mind would be willing to face him on the Blackwood's behalf.
-There are no shortage of gloryseekers in The Reach, someone can be recruited at Oldtown I am sure. Some of them could be a match for the brute even.
-Poor Lady Lyanna, she seems destined for a short life full of violence and misery. First she was married off to a Levalle, then she nearly drowns, now I hear that she's been poisoned! Why anybody would want to poison such a sweet lady is beyond me, especially given her connection to a powerful family like the Florents.
-Perhaps it's her connection to such a powerful family that makes her a target? With her out of the way the Levalles could marry Ser Imry to a family that's better suited to their newfound political alignment?
-That certainly sounds like something a Levalle would do, but I don't see them daring to cross such a powerful house at this time. It would have to be someone who wields more power than the Lord of the Tear, but equally clever.. That pretty much leaves Lord Florent himself or Lord Peake..
-Lord Florent would never endanger one of his own like that, but Lord Peake on the other hand... well let's just say that he's never struck me as someone who has an excess of ethics and he's too powerful for the Florents to simply crush.
-Do you think there's some hidden vendetta between the two houses? They're both supportive of the Blackfyre camp.
-Aye, but perhaps the Peakes are concerned with the bond between Levalle and Florent? Driving a wedge between the two might be part of a plan to further radicalize House Florent or perhaps as punishment for the Levalles for daring to work against the interests of Starpike?
-Either way, I don't think I'll be taking up the Levalles on any offers of hospitality anytime soon, I would hate to be caught in the crossfire of men powerful enough to kill noblewomen with impunity.
-Were you at the Redwyne Grand Harvest ball?
-No, a pity that my husband had taken ill. Why?
-I heard the most scandalous rumor!
-Oh do tell!
-It turns out the Vulture wasn't as thorough as he claims to be.
-What do you mean?
-Apparently a witness to his kinslaying survived as has taken shelter with the Hightowers.
-If that little bird sings it'll be the end of the Dornsih Daverhyls.
-Great Bastards and their "great ideas", Daena Flowers suggested that half-Targaryens can marry half-brothers.
-Her and Lord Marq? If I was him, I'd take her, that man could probably get The High Septon to officiate the wedding.
-Some brave drunk confronted Marq about it and he just waived it away with him practically feeling like her father...and even the Targaryens haven't challenged that custom.
-I would have punched him in the face.
-Yes, you would, but Marq finds such things amusing, he once chuckled at being propositioned by some Dornishman, said he was flattered.
-I would kill such a Dornishman.
-One might think that maybe, autumn is upon us.
-No white raven from the citadel, the maesters disagree.
-My ruined crops says otherwise, damn rain.
-That Maester says it's nothing, up in the north, they have summer snows.
-Then it's just the seven disapproving about the king, and I suppose all of us, too.
-Of all things I did not expect, Ser Roland Cordwayner praising a Levalle is among them.
-Maybe she seduced him? And now he pays the price of secrecy?
-If it was her bastard cousin, I would believe it, but Roland is already claimed, would be hard to shame him into another marriage.
-Could be broken...but the Levalle's are not dumb enough to piss off the Levalle's like that.
-I guess maybe not all of them are rotten?
-A white beautiful flower must be strong and pure indeed if it can thrive unblemished among so many weeds.