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Post by The Gambler on Jun 11, 2016 19:26:56 GMT
A walled over twenty acres behind the sept. It has a small stream running through it. The weirwood heart tree appears to have a terrible visage full of hatred, with a twisted mouth and flaring eyes. It also has thirteen deep marks carved into it dating to 130 AC when Daemon Targaryen battled Aemond Targaryen in the Dance of the Dragons. These marks still bleed every spring.
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Post by Vex on Jun 12, 2016 18:01:54 GMT
After the smallfolk had bent their knees and the castle had finally been taken, Dacey made her way to the Godswood, looking for the heart tree and some silent reflection.
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Post by The Gambler on Jun 12, 2016 18:29:24 GMT
As Dacey approaches the weirwood heart tree,its terrible visage full of hatred with a twisted mouth and flaring eyes, the first thing she notes is the corpse hanging from its branches. It is a skeleton at this point, picked almost clean by carrion birds, bones bleached white by the sun with a few chunks of meat left on some of the harder to reach nooks and crannies. The chain around its neck marked the corpse as the former Maester of Harrenhal.
The second thing she noticed was the murder of crows roosting in the tree, putting even the great flock of ravens that called the dead weirwood at Raventree Hall to shame. A particularly large one was perched atop the skull of the dead man, staring down at Dacey, a bat clutched in its beak still squirming.
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Post by Vex on Jun 12, 2016 20:37:27 GMT
Slowly, she circled the tree, tracing its white bark with her fingers. She stopped when she reached its face, studying the curve of its twisted mouth and the deep marks on its trunk, unaware as to who had left them there or why.
The tree was as horrible as it was wondrous, she thought.
She looked up at the skeleton to see if there was a way to cut it down. Or whether it was even a good idea, given the obese crow perched atop its skull.
(40 Observation)
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Post by The Gambler on Jun 12, 2016 20:43:32 GMT
The man had been hung by his own chain, hung over a thick branch. With her keen eyes, she could see one of the links was gold. It had been sturdy enough to hold the man's weight, as was the branch it hung from, so cutting either were unlikely. However, if she climbed the tree, it was likely she would be able to slide the chain from the branch on which it hung. The large crow watched her with curious eyes, with an audible crunch as it broke the bat's neck in its beak, the creature's squirming put to an end.
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Post by Vex on Jun 12, 2016 20:56:33 GMT
She felt like climbing the heart tree would have been disrespectful and made a mental note to come back with Yoren, or a pole.
Keeping her eyes on what was most definitely the ringleader of the crows, Dacey sat on the ground, leaning her back against the tree.
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Post by The Gambler on Jun 12, 2016 20:59:59 GMT
The crow dropped the now headless bat onto her lap.
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Post by Vex on Jun 13, 2016 0:06:40 GMT
Having seen far worse, Dacey brushed the bat off her lap.
She closed her eyes and leaned her head against the tree, trying to clear her mind.
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Post by Maester Percival on Jun 13, 2016 0:09:35 GMT
Percival walked into the Godswood. He had been told that Dacey had been seen entering the Woods. He slowly moved through the wood until he reached the center. He stopped staring at the dead Maester for a moment. Well that was an unpleasant way to die. He studied the bones for a long moment and decided that this was a good lesson for him to learn. Then he saw the black birds, and his gaze moved to them. He looked through the flock looking for a raven among the crows. Percival did not immediately see Dacey where she was sitting.
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Post by The Gambler on Jun 13, 2016 0:11:28 GMT
She felt a sudden weight on her shoulder as the large crow landed upon it, probably grateful she was wearing leather armor, as the talons may have drawn blood. It turned its head curiously to stare at her, black beady eyes boring into her soul.
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Post by Vex on Jun 13, 2016 0:29:05 GMT
Dacey looked at the crow, unmoving despite the unpleasant weight. "What do you want?" she asked it, acutely aware that the bird could have very well pecked out here eye from where it was sitting.
She turned to Percival as he announced his presence with a series of twigs snapping under his feet.
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Post by Maester Percival on Jun 13, 2016 0:31:35 GMT
Percival looked down, and stepped around the tree. He opened his mouth, and then shut it with a snap when he saw the bird on her shoulder. He raised a single dark eyebrow, "I want to make a small request. One that I now think you more then suited for." He smirked at her and nodded knowingly toward the bird.
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Post by The Gambler on Jun 13, 2016 0:35:36 GMT
(I Don't Like People Touching My Stuff!- A thousand eyes, and they all hate your guts... Result: TAILS)
The carrion bird cawed directly in her face in answer, the pitch and volume eardrum split this close. The crow then launched itself into her face, pecking and clawing at her with its talons as if she were already a corpse to feast upon, tearing a ragged gash across her cheek and blood trickling from a puncture wound above her brow into her eye.
(Dacey take a Light Wound for -10)
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Post by Vex on Jun 13, 2016 0:41:12 GMT
Half of what the maester had just said had been completely lost on Dacey, as she attempted to dart away from the crow and crush it against the tree with her elbow in the process.
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Post by The Gambler on Jun 13, 2016 0:51:10 GMT
Despite the hurricane of beak and talons in her face, Dacey managed to swat the oversized bird away. (Crowzilla takes a light wound for -10) It ascended into the air, its hundreds of companions in the tree following it like a dark cloud, shrieks echoing across the acres of carefully maintained godswood. The dark cloud rose up and up, then all of a sudden turned downward, descending rapidly towards the young woman. Tora! Tora! Tora!
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