Game of Thrones - Myrcella Baratheon Story

Chapter 3: Family, Duty and Honour

"What are your preparations and plans for this future threat?" Hoster got up from his bed and slowly walked around before stretching his old bones and walked into his study followed by Tytos. The latter was bewildered by how extensively his liege lord had made, Hoster loudly laughs before responding towards his friend's reaction, "You didn't think I was lying on my bed doing nothing did you; I was making contingencies in-case anything took a turn for the worse." Lord Blackwood replied, " Of course not my lord but I did not expect this magnitude of preparation. 

Hoster sat down in his chair and ushered his friend to sit on the opposite chair to which, he complied. The former showed the latter that their first course of action should be without alerting the enemy presence of their actions; is to hold a national emergency council at the war room. Followed by sending of inconspicuous convoy of messengers to our allies, the North and the Vale of this up and coming threat. However, by looking at the leadership of House Stark shows that they must be aware of the situation but this is just to be on the safe side. However, there are some internal problems we face. 

"What types of internal problems?" Tytos asks. Hoster calmly responds "Most notably the Freys, then the  Mootons, Erenfords and Haighs also concerns between your house and the Brackens; I understand that you have a long feud but I ask as your liege but most importantly as your friend and brother-in arms that your families must have mutual cooperation if we are to survive whats to come and as such I have written a letter that demands his presence, immediately." 

Tytos considers the circumstances and the long-standing feud between the two families whilst scratching his head and grudgingly admits, "Although, I don't like the idea of working with the Brackens but the circumstances tell me otherwise besides this feud of ours has become ridiculous as it's been a hundred years and enough blood has been spilt." Hoster smiles and ties the letter to his owl and lets it out the window, "I'm pleased that you have come to an understanding about the situation and the feud, now let's hope that Jonos shares your sentiment."

Hoster and Tytos began discussing other plans for the upcoming threat whilst within an hour of receiving the letter, Lord Jonos Bracken road from Stone Hedge to Riverrun arriving in two hours. Soon he presented himself before his liege, "I apologise for my tardiness and for keeping you waiting for so long, my liege." Hoster responds, "That is no matter thank you for joining us as soon as you can." Jonos notices his nemesis Lord Tytos Blackwood standing near the window,

"Well well well if it isn't my long time nemesis Lord Tytos, are you ready to apologise for your family's crime," Jonos smirked. Tytos clutched his fists but then deeply sighed, 

"Jonos, my family didn't commit any crime towards yours but for once I'm not going to argue in this century-long feud because there's something bigger at stake." Lord Bracken was confused and looked to Lord Tully who then explained to him of the upcoming threat that was brewing. Lord Jonos readily accepted the decision because of his utmost trust in his liege due to him is known for being a staunch politician and strongly intuitive. 

"So how shall we spearhead the plan," Lord Jonos inquired to which, the Lord of Riverrun commanded, "We have to quietly call an emergency war council and excuses are intolerable," Hoster follows on, "before the council meeting, we must deal with our problems and find solutions." The two gentlemen take a seat on two couches opposite a leisure table while Hoster took the central seat opposite the dazzling fire area. 

Hoster says, "The first problem is the Freys, even though they have formidable fighting forces, Walder always looks for personal benefits in any conflict, thoughts?" Tytos and Jonos were recounting their experiences with the Freys and one of the facts was that Walder Frey's sons as in the many he has but a group of them were impressive commanders of their fighting force. The Freys have married into many noble houses of other regions giving them power and influence but there is a fatal flaw despite the numerous heirs of Walder Frey they are a squabbling and horrendous bunch that will do anything to be the next Lord of the Crossing. Jonos was the first to respond, 

" I have a plan its slightly ruthless but it will ensure that the Freys fall in line or deal a severe blow to their family. Here it is; because of Walder Frey's numerous trueborns and bastards that makes up the command structure of the Frey forces we start to slowly crush them by silencing their top-brass." Hoster interjects,

"Although, I prefer to avoid bloodshed if possible but the current circumstances require a strong response so do go on," Tytos nods in agreement. "To make sure our plans go unnoticed we need to start small, with his bastard sons that are field commanders. Their silencing needs to look like common accidents so we need to tread carefully," Jonos finishes. Lord Tully applauds the plan, 

"I must say Jonos that is ruthless plan quite bloody but necessary if we are going to unite the Riverlands however, we must now focus our attention towards the Frey vassals; they could be a hinderance if unaccounted for." Tytos is the next to speak,

"We have heard that Ser Leslyn Haigh is a well-reasoned individual so if we explain the situation to him, he is most likely willing to be the better man besides it is a survival game and he is one of the few true knights in existence who believes the the original values of the chivalry & honor code so practically he is code-binded to serve and protect. However its a different case with the Erenfords because of the direct relations they have with the Freys - Lord Francis's sister is married to Walder Frey so they are less than likely to be flexible with their decisions so we could 1) use hit-and-run tactics to destroy their weapons and supplies or 2) use small concentrated groups to hit-and-kill their soldiers whilst making it look like the work of bandits." Hoster Tully contemplated the ideas while nodding in approval,

"Good ideas indeed, let us see if we can do the first option; its better to solve conflicts without resorting to killing but keep the second option ready on standby," the trio nodded in agreement and Hoster continued, "Though the Mootons are a wealthy bunch, they tend to negotiate alot but the time for that has passed with the fast-emerging threat of war, I will take immediate actions as insubordination is not an option," looked seriously out the window and back. 

"Finally, the solution to the century old feud between the Brackens and Blackwoods must be solved now and forever so this problem does not arise in the future," the Lord of Riverrun said in a deep commanding voice. Tytos and Jonos looked at each other. 

"Too much blood between our families have been spilt so let us sign a blood pact, marriage pact and oath of agreement to permanently end the feud," they both say in unison much to their own surprise. Hoster smiles in response, " this matter will be arranged prior to the national emergency council." He tells the gentlemen to stay for the night and depart tomorrow to put their plans into action.

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