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Post by Jon Blackfort on Jun 7, 2016 0:44:15 GMT
Jon held up a hand. “Just a moment Sers. With the war over, I suspect that King Daemon wouldn’t be too pleased about the state of Harrenhal. I would suggest that time is of the essence for your victory, lest you want Fireball or Bittersteel reclaiming the castle for their own.” He stepped forward. “You say that Ser Simon and his men are still alive and at large. Why has Ser Bruce not dealt with these traitors yet?”
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Post by The Gambler on Jun 7, 2016 1:17:14 GMT
(Success)
As Ser Harrys seemed to still be in shock over the war's end, the other man that had taken up the conversation stared at Jon, testing the weight of his sword, likely wishing Harrys had decided they'd take their chances trying to kill the newcomers. He grumbled something, but relented and began to explain the situation.
"We've got more men, that's true. He can only have," he did a quick count of the corpses, "Thirty seven or so left and we've got sixty, sorry, fifty nine and a half men thanks to Thomas' mishap."
The wounded knight, who had taken off his helmet as his compatriot bandaged his leg, looked up. He was pale from blood loss, with sandy hair, and could not have been any older than Dacey.
"Go fuck yourself, Vincent!" the young knight called back. "Still enough of a man to show your sister a good time when we get back to Kingspyre." The four knights laughed, camaraderie still apparently intact despite their grim situation.
"As I was saying," the man named as Ser Vincent continued, "We've got more men in Kingspyre, but the bastard and his men have locked themselves up in Wailing Tower with all the food and coin. Each of these towers is a fortress to itself and we'd lose any numerical advantage before we even broke down the doors. So we've been killing them off on their occasional sally outside, but we've been out of food for weeks now. Had to eat the ravens in the rookery. I've had worse, truth be told."
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Post by Jon Blackfort on Jun 7, 2016 1:30:54 GMT
"A dire situation indeed, Ser Vincent. The townsfolk of Harrentown are starving too." He held a hand to his heart. "We ran in to a Ser Valarr Rivers. Do you know him? Fat man."
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Post by The Gambler on Jun 7, 2016 2:49:22 GMT
""That fat fuck is still alive?" the wounded Ser Thomas spoke up. "You'd think it'd be hard to lose a corpse that big, but in a keep this size you'd be surprised."
Ser Vincent shook his head, putting his gauntleted hand over the black skull faceplate, which would have looked comical were they not all drenched in blood.
"Think you've got your answers, more than you deserved. Now, as I said before, kindly sod off."
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Post by Sigfry Deddings on Jun 7, 2016 3:18:38 GMT
"We'll do that...and thank you." Yoren said as he looked to the others, motioning for them to leave this place. They had a hefty chunk of information. Now it was time to head back and plan things out.
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Post by The Gambler on Jun 7, 2016 3:26:21 GMT
(Curse of Harrenhal Flip: Heads)
It is dusk by the time they make it back to the Harrentown and its tavern, but they do so without further incident.
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Post by The Gambler on Jun 9, 2016 6:33:52 GMT
///// (Team Wailing my post their arrival)
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Post by Taero of Myr on Jun 9, 2016 12:14:44 GMT
Symon makes his way towards the flow stone yard. Once he arrives he can't help but survey the land and the designated training areas for Melee and archery.
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Post by Maester Percival on Jun 9, 2016 15:29:36 GMT
Percival looked about the keep and had to grudgingly admit that the keep was impressive. The keep made the Maester think of a dead dragon, a great sense of power and majesty under a harsh coating of entropy. He decided he liked the keep. Though Lord Piggy was no where near strong enough to control a place like this. Percival looked over to Saesha and hoped her will would be strong enough.
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Post by The Gambler on Jun 9, 2016 18:31:46 GMT
The corpses of the three knights from the earlier expedition remain where they fell, their armored bodies splayed on the misshapen and warped training grounds. However, they are not alone. Five knights are present, in the same black armor, inspecting their corpses.
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Post by Vex on Jun 9, 2016 20:00:49 GMT
Dacey followed her half-brother into the yard, inspecting their surroundings. After the night she'd just had, she felt worse than she looked, though not by much. The front of her leather armor had tears in it, and the few buckets of warm water at the inn had been a piss poor substitute for a bath.
"Simon Whent's men," she told Saesha helpfully, not that it was really necessary.
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Post by Barley on Jun 9, 2016 20:07:41 GMT
Saesha nodded to Dacey in thanks and walked further into the yard, keeping a fairly safe distance. She had her dagger on her, but she would rather not fight, as she had no armour, nor any real weapon to use.
"Knights of Harrenhal," she greeted, in a tone that showed both confidence and authority, "I am Saesha Seastar, wife of Lord Blackfort." she said, keeping the Lady of Harrenhal title to herself for now, if these were Simon Whent's men then they had had a loyalty to Lady Lothson, she would not want to antagonise them.
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Post by The Gambler on Jun 9, 2016 20:19:07 GMT
All five men turned and drew their swords in unison, the chorus of steel echoing its song in the yard.
"Wont matter who you are if you killed these men," the nearest said, the five knights taking a step towards the group in menacing synchronization.
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Post by Vex on Jun 9, 2016 20:25:47 GMT
Dacey promptly aimed an arrow at the head of the knight closest to Saesha, ready to shoot if necessary, ready to lower it if the situation got defused.
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Post by Barley on Jun 9, 2016 20:31:46 GMT
Saesha held her ground, and motioned for Dacey to lower the bow, confident she could raise it again if she needed to, no need to actively threaten them yet. "I had nothing to do with the deaths of these men, we have nothing to gain from killing anyone, every one of your men dead is a nail in the coffin of this great keep," she replied, not actually knowing if the others had killed them or not, but she had not at least so it was no lie. "We have come to speak to your leader, Ser Simon."
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