After Robb captured Jaime again outside the Golden Tooth City, he took the Lannister to the city gates and asked for the door to be opened, but he was refused by the nobles in charge of the city.
The nobleman in charge is Arthur's distant cousin, Janos Bracken.
After this man sacrificed the regicide to Kevan, he has been staying with his troops in the Western Territory.
After the partial army was defeated by Robb in a night attack outside the Twins, a large number of Western nobles and knights fell into the hands of the Northerners. After Kevan retreated to the Western Realm and Jaime was captured again, Janos became the defender.
The highest-ranking nobleman in the Western Army of Golden Tooth City.
In order to show his willingness to surrender, Kevan always treated Janos the same as the earls and nobles of the West. So after Jaime was captured, he took over the command of Golden Teeth City.
As for the war between the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms, there is an unspoken rule that no captured nobles are killed. James' life is naturally not in danger. So Genos naturally refused to open the door and ensured that the Golden Tooth City was in the hands of the Western Army.
This made the Young Wolf Lord so angry that he ordered Arthur, who had outstanding military exploits, to be named Earl of Stonehedge City on the spot to make Genos sick.
At first glance, after killing the Mountain and guarding Harrenhal and Ruby Ford, there is nothing wrong with Arthur receiving this reward.
But the problem is that the serious Earl Janos of Stonehedge City is still alive, and so are his legal heir Jayne and the other five sisters, as well as the heir Hendry he cultivated so hard.
This is very embarrassing.
"From now on in the North and the River Kingdom, you will be the Earl of Bracken."
Patrick, who returned to Harrenhal with the Eastern Front Allied Forces, approached him, raised his right hand high, and patted Arthur on the shoulder.
"Don't make trouble. The sworn knights of Stonehedge City and the subordinate nobles will not recognize me. They only recognize Janos who has sworn an oath."
Genos jumped to the Western camp and received only condemnation from within the Fish and Wolf Alliance. In the eyes of the nobles of the other five countries, this was a normal act of siding with one another.
Because the great nobles are actually dual vassals, they are vassals who protect the family and vassals of the king, and they have all sworn an oath.
Therefore, after the conflict between the king and the guardian family, the great nobles in the area can fight for the king and the guardian family. They can also wait for a price like the Frey family in the early days of the War of Five Kings.
They don't break their oaths.
If it were just a war between the Riverlands and the West, Janos's behavior would definitely be looked down upon, but when Tywin led his army into the Riverlands, he had already become the King's Hand and theoretically fought on behalf of the King.
Therefore, Genos' behavior only disgusted the people of the river and did not violate the basic rules of noble behavior.
"I have an idea." The fat man Willis Manderly knocked on his huge head, "Anyway, Janos's five daughters are all in Riverrun. After we went west to Riverrun to attend Edmure's wedding,
Arthur, you can marry a beautiful woman and then inherit Shili City in a legitimate and legitimate manner."
This is also a way.
According to the rules of Westeros, daughters also have the right to inherit, but because women have no advantage in war, female governors are often uncommon.
If a certain family governor has a daughter but no children, the common approach is to select a shrewd and capable nephew to inherit the family.
If you don't have a nephew, a son-in-law who comes to your home is often fine.
A certain King of Casterly Rock was Lannister's son-in-law. He changed his surname and inherited Casterly Rock City and the Kingdom of Westerland.
In Aegon's War of Conquest, even if Orys Baratheon defeated the Storm King, he had to marry a Storm King's daughter and continue the Storm King's family crest and language in order to stabilize the Stormlands.
According to the plot in the original book, after the Battle of the Blackwater, Kevan's son Lancel obtained Darry City, but he had to marry Arielle Frey, the heir to the Darry family after the genocide, in order to securely become the Earl of Darry City.
This Arielle is the daughter of Merry Frey and Maria Darry. She was named "porter Ari" because she was willing to open her legs for every knight who came close to her. She is actually the same as the ascetic and abstinent Arielle who has become a sparrow.
Lancel is a good match.
Willis's suggestion was approved by several elders.
But someone objected to this, "I think Lord Arthur should be allowed to choose who to marry, instead of us here making the decision for him."
Sansa, who changed into a purple-gray slim-fitting robe, expressed her opinion at the right time.
After returning to the people of the North, she no longer tied her hair into a bun that was popular among southern ladies, but resumed her habit of leaving her hair untied in Winterfell.
This made Sansa's long maroon curly hair hang down to her waist and hips. Coupled with her slender and graceful figure, she looked extremely beautiful.
Arthur also said: "Yes, I am not in a hurry to get married. What Willis just said about going north to Riverrun, what about Edmure's wedding?"
He noticed this sentence, so he hoped that someone could solve his doubts.
"I forgot to explain to you." Willis slapped his huge head suddenly, "Lord Edmure has not fully healed from the arrow wound last time, so he led people to block Tywin's main force in the West. This is naturally nothing.
The effect, on the contrary, gave him a few new injuries. Now everyone is saying that he may not live long, so the Frey family wants to fulfill the engagement in advance and let Edmure marry a certain Frey."
Patrick added a little disdainfully: "After hearing that Edmure was seriously injured again, the Frey family went crazy and directly sent the dowry and Old Frey's daughter to Riverrun, and then asked the Tully family to distribute invitations widely and prepare
Hold a wedding. Lord Edmure is really unlucky. According to old Walder's appearance, how can a Frey woman be good-looking?"
Patrick is a face-conscious person, so he cares a lot about whether he looks good or not.
"The weasel's little idea!" The arrogant Robert exhaled thickly through his nose, "They just saw the shortcomings of Riverrun's succession order, that's why the appearance is so ugly."
Arthur thought for a while, what the Frey family did was indeed disgraceful.
In a normal marriage, how could one rush to send the bride and dowry over while the uncle is still seriously injured?
The reason they were so anxious was that they thought Edmure was about to die.
Except for Dorne, in the other six kingdoms, the order of inheritance of sons precedes all daughters.
Therefore, after the death of Lord Hoster, his only son Edmure became the undisputed Governor of House Tully and Warden of the River.
After Edmure, his wife, and possible children were all gone, it was his sister Catelyn and her children who inherited Riverrun, and then Lysa and her son, who was also the heir to the Vale.
Robin Ayling.
If Edmure had not had time to fight hard to leave a descendant for the Tully family after getting married, then Riverrun would have been managed by Edmure's wife just like Harrenhal now.
"When it comes to the order of succession, I suddenly thought whether the inheritance of Harrenhal is also in Edmure's hands. If so, the Frey family will really make a fortune."
Hermann Tauhar's serious face remained as serious as ever, and he raised another important question.
"That's right." Mrs. He'an is already very old, so she sits in the main seat of Bailu Hall and listens to everyone's chat. She only interrupts when topics related to her are discussed.
Duke Horst's wife comes from the He'an family.
When most of the main members of her family die, it is the married daughters and their children who have the right to inherit.
Although Old Walder also married a Heian, he came after Mrs. Hoster.
"In other words, the Weasel can get the claim to the two best castles in the Riverlands just by marrying a daughter, tsk tsk tsk!"
Robert raised his head high and made a disdainful sound from his mouth.
But everyone could hear clearly that his disdainful voice was filled with obvious envy and jealousy.
"I will never allow such a thing to happen." Mrs. He'an usually spoke softly, but this time her voice was loud.
It seemed that she was also angry at the Frey family's actions.
After all, this is really a desperate act.
"Richard, go and call the bachelor Tothmus and the monks. I want to appoint my successor in front of all your lords and the gods in heaven."
At this moment, Mrs. He'an was very heroic. With a wave of her hand, her servant went to do the work.
"Madam, what is this..." the fat man Willis blinked, puzzled.
"I will make Sansa my heir and inherit Harrenhal and the earldom after my death."
This remark caused some commotion.
Logically speaking, Mrs. Hoster's three children have the right to inherit, and usually the male is chosen, that is, the seriously injured Edmure and his unmarried Frey wife.
If Lady Riverside appoints Sansa Stark, then Harrenhal will have nothing to do with the Frey family.
It is not common to skip the normal heirs and designate someone the family governor likes to inherit the family business, but it is not impossible.
In the original book, when he was in the Westerlands, Robb made a will and named Jon Snow, who had become a night watchman, as his heir.
Sansa immediately waved her hands, "How can this be done? I'm just a woman, and the world is in chaos now. I'm afraid I won't be able to keep your family fortune."
Harrenhal is the largest castle in the Riverlands. Although its fiefdom has been reduced, if it is managed carefully, it is enough for the owner to become the overlord of the Three Rivers.
"Then I will designate a powerful and upright noble to help protect you until you come of age." Mrs. He'an seemed to have made up her mind.
She turned to Arthur, "You once led the troops to rescue me, a dying man. At that time, my nephew Edmure was hiding in Riverrun. From then on, I decided that you were worthy of my trust. Now that I will die soon, my
The heir is a weak woman, and I ask you to help manage and protect Harrenhal and the people under it until Sansa Stark gets married, or until she thinks she can handle this earldom."
These two people are quite a match, Mrs. He'an thought.
Because of some of Edmure's actions and the Frey family's weasel style, she was determined to let Catelyn's children inherit Harrenhal.
The reason why she chose Sansa was because out of the five children born to Lady Stark, only Sansa was in front of her now.
Sansa's long maroon hair reminds her of her husband and sons.
Because this hair color is one of the symbols of the He'an family.
"No problem, ma'am." Arthur agreed happily.
He needed a large territory to develop. Although the Young Wolf Lord sealed Stonehedge City to him, Arthur had no foundation there.
This is similar to the fact that Littlefinger in the original book was protected by Harrenhal and the Riverlands, but never went to the Riverlands to develop. He only developed insignificantly in the Valley and the Eyrie where he had roots.
War is currently raging in the Riverlands, so Lady Riveron allows Arthur to use Harrenhal.
But this permission also applies to all river nobles and allies.
Now that this happened, Arthur was able to manage Harrenhal with integrity and collect needed supplies and manpower from the entire earldom.
Although a large number of farmers have fled to safe places, many people still choose to stay where they are. Making good use of this group of people can be a big help.
Groups of monks such as the old maester Thothmu and the High Sparrow soon arrived.
Under the joint witness of the maesters, the Septons of the Seven Gods, and the nobles of the rivers and rivers in the north, Sansa Stark became the heir of Lady Riverside, and Arthur became the temporary administrator of Harrenhal and its territories.
"Manager" Arthur became Bracken's third title.
He had previously had two titles: "just" and "brave", but they were only passed down by word of mouth among civilians.
The title "Manager" is quite suitable for being passed down among nobles.
After the short ceremony, the old bachelor and monks left, and the nobles were still discussing when to leave for Riverrun to attend the wedding.
After Robb ordered the Eastern Front Allied Forces to fight westward against the small forces in the West who were implementing a scorched-earth policy, Willis and other three joint commanders dispersed the eight thousand troops of the Boltons, Freys, and Starks.
When they arrived in the Hudong area, Hexi area, and West Hejian, they fought with the intention of destroying the scattered troops in the western border who did not have an advantage in strength.
Robert, Hermann Tauhar and others stayed here because the soldiers who were burned by the fire needed to rest and recuperate, so they stayed for a while.
Of course, the fall of the Taoha family's Torun Square City and the Glover family's Deepwood Castle was also one of the reasons why these people stayed here.
They thought of taking more than two thousand northern soldiers to go directly north to regain their homeland.
Willis is also preparing to go north with them in order to get reinforcements from White Harbor - the famous White Harbor cavalry on the mainland have stayed in the territory of the Mandalay family.
It's just that Robb fought all the way to the depths of the West and was unable to respond to these requests in time, so they were delayed for a while.
Fortunately, Edmure's wedding will bring together most of the nobles of the Fish and Wolf Alliance, and Robb will also send people to Riverrun to congratulate him and update his orders - he is fighting with Tywin, Kevan and others in the West.
Unable to escape to Xihejian - at that time, these nobles who wanted to go north knew what to do.
"It's a pity that His Majesty Robb cannot attend this wedding." Robert shook his head.
Others don't know why he feels pity.
"He will attend the wedding." Arthur said.
It's just that this wedding is not Edmure's, but Robb's own.
"Then we will set off tomorrow, go north first, and then take a boat upstream along the Red Fork River." Herman Tauha concluded.
Everyone had no objections, and the matter was settled.
Then the last thing made them all stunned.
A young dragon was flying in from the door of Bailu Hall, fluttering its wings and flying towards Arthur among the crowd.
Mrs. He'an blinked and said, "I'm so confused. I actually thought I saw a dragon."
Robert echoed her: "Me too, I almost thought it was a dragon. Maybe I have been confused by worrying about Deepwood Castle recently."
Willis rubbed his eyes with his fat hands to confirm that the illusion was still there: "Why, my eyes are also dizzy. The illusion of the dragon is still in my eyes."
Sansa opened her alluring little mouth, and it took her a long time to spit out: "I think that's really a dragon."
The young dragon flapped its disproportionately large wings and landed accurately on Arthur's shoulders.
"Everyone, this is indeed a young dragon." Arthur carefully touched Alduin's dragon head and explained to everyone.
Then he "explained" in detail how Joffrey was killed by a wild boar after escaping to the Kingswood, as well as the baby dragon that flew out of nowhere.
"It's a coincidence that this dragon has a fate with me. It has been circling in the royal forest. Then when it saw me, it flew onto my shoulder and asked for a hug."
Bracken said to everyone.
This kind of thing does not need to be explained in detail. Let them guess the origin of the dragon on their own, which will be more convincing than Arthur himself.
Everyone was frightened by the appearance of the dragon.
Having been dominated by the Targaryen family for three hundred years, they know very well what dragons mean.
