The Lady's Solar

[The Gambler]

"I have certainly walked its halls longer than any man living," he replied, putting a curious inflection on the last word.

[Barley]

"Any man living?" she asked, raising an eyebrow, that seemed like a loaded question.

[The Gambler]

"You have heard the legends, I am sure. No one walks alone in Harrenhal," Ser Simon replied, though did not seem to type to pay mind to gossip and old wives tales. "Did you have a query regarding the keep?"

[Barley]

"I hardly believe in ghost stories anymore, Ser Simon," she smiled a little, and looked round. She of course believed in magic, but it was a very different thing believing in ghosts, there were too many inconsistencies. With Magic you trained very hard and got a payout, maybe. Why were there not ghosts everywhere, people had died everywhere, people had died horribly almost everywhere. Why were there no animal ghosts? Why only ghosts in castles. You would think Battlefields would be the worst place for ghosts, but no. Nothing there. It made no sense to her. "Just wondering if you could tell me any of it's secrets."

[The Gambler]

"I did not either when a first came here as a young knight. I have heard the minstrels sing that knights of old once battled demons. The older I get, the more I realize that was not mere poetic license," Simon mused, the hard lines of his face softening s bit. "Every keep has its secrets, Harrenhal perhaps more than any. I fear the few I know are just a pittance of the sum."

[Barley]

"I would still have you tell me, pittance or no, unless they clash with other oaths?" She asked, either secrets or his refusal would tell her something.

Persuasion 52

[The Gambler]

(Success. Saesha can ask of two locations in Harrenhal and will receive a fun tidbit about each.)

"You should know there is only one oath I hold sacred," he said without hesitation, not feeling the need to elaborate further on which oath that was. "However, even a pittance is an exhaustive amount in a keep this massive. Where would you know of first? I will tell you what I can."

[Barley]

"How about..." She said, tapping her fingers as she thought. This was a bit like a game, "the bathhouse?" She asked leaning forward, hoping it was not a waste.

[The Gambler]

"There is a statue in the bathhouse," Ser Simon answered. "The naked siren of Lys. Take hold of her beckoning arm if you ever need to depart the castle unseen."

[Barley]

"Good to know, and where might it... Take me to?" She asked. Nodding, smiling at the news.

[The Gambler]

"A well, a quarter mile north of the wall," he answered.

[Barley]

"Good to know, thank you Ser Simon,"she smiled, "what about... In here?" She asked, looking round the room.

[The Gambler]

"In here?" Ser Simon asked, looking about. "This solar was not used much in my time here. Lord Manfryd used it occasionally to conduct business when he was still heir, but like many rooms in this keep, it only gathered cobwebs and bats."

[Barley]

She looked a little disappointed, "how about above?" She asked looking up towards her bedroom and the lords solar.

[The Gambler]

"Lady Danelle had a secret chamber somewhere within," he revealed, as if discussing the weather, secret passages and hidden rooms apparently having become common fare to the old knight. "I do not know where, as she never entered it in my presence, but there were numerous occasions where I knew she was within her chambers and opened the door to only find it empty."