Night is often a time when intrigues and intrigues occur most frequently.
Arthur looked at the two earls who visited his residence late at night and felt that he should be careful.
After all, he was really unfamiliar with these two people.
After he asked Podrick to go out with the footwashing water, he asked in a deep voice: "Is something wrong?"
There were only two chairs in the room, one was occupied by Arthur, and the older Clemont took the other and sat on it. Tristan had to stand.
In order to cover up the embarrassment of not having a seat, Earl Legg spoke first: "The people from the north are gone, but the lion is still to the west of us. We have to guard against it."
"Why are there so many twists and turns!" Clemont first glared at his companion, then turned to Arthur, "To put it bluntly, Tywin and Stannis are not good choices. We want to have Lord Arthur with a dragon.
Be the king."
Earl Piper's home castle, Pink City, was burned down, and his carefully cultivated son also passed away, so he acted in a haphazard manner without even laying out the foreshadowing that the two of them had agreed upon in advance.
Tristan smiled and said, "That's right. Once the Northerners leave, we Riverlanders will be isolated and helpless. Both the Tullys are lying on the bed, and Blackfish is only a general and can't control the entire Riverlands.
If no measures are taken, it will be torn apart from Tengshi River to Crab Bay, and the south bank will become a veritable foot wrap of the Seven Kingdoms, and anyone can step on it."
"Moreover, Tywin and Stannis are each more strict than the other. Compared with them, Lord Arthur is simply too wise and has the demeanor of Prince Rhaegar back then." Claremont added.
In terms of behavior and appearance, the "dragon family" in front of them is a replica of Rhaegar. In terms of temperament and weapons, they are somewhat similar to Robert.
Lord Piper even secretly guessed whether Arthur was Rhaegar and Robert's child.
Of course this is impossible, two grown men cannot have children.
Arthur took the candlestick over, looked at their faces carefully, and at the same time seriously thought about the real needs of these two families.
After Edmure's manipulation, the Piper family should be less loyal to the Tully family.
Tristan's Leger family and Willow City have always supported the Targaryen family.
The two of them supported themselves probably to avoid possible punishment from Tywin and Erlu.
After all, the examples of the Darry family and Maidenpool are there, and even worse, the Clinton family of Storm Land has changed from a family of earls to wealthy knights, and the family governor fled to the Essos continent for refuge.
"Actually, I also want to make myself king, but I don't know if anyone is willing to recognize me." Since these two people are sincere, Arthur can no longer hide it.
Adding the two earls of these two families, as well as the territories of Harrenhal, Stonehedge City, Darry City and other places, it is enough to make it happen.
Not to mention the support of the Frey family's four thousand soldiers and money and food in the north.
Tristan and Clement were overjoyed, and they began to express their loyalty to the Targaryen family.
"You also know me. We in Willow City have always supported the Targaryen family. Now that the true dragon has appeared, we should walk on a bright and smooth path again."
"What the Tully family did was not to protect the family at all. People like you should rule this land."
The words of the two earls made Arthur a little confused, but he soon understood that they regarded him as a "dragon family member".
There is no need to refute this point. Bracken has been a vassal for thousands of years and has no king title to inherit.
Ed, Jon Arryn, Robert and others have personally demonstrated their rebellion experiences, which shows how passionately the Westeros nobles pursue the law of inheritance.
Even if the four alliances captured King's Landing and got the Iron Throne, even if Robert was the one who had the most right to inherit the Iron Throne besides the Targaryen family, even if the merciful Robert only punished three or four nobles and left most of them with him
The enemy Dragon Party family was pardoned.
But in the towns, streets and alleys, there are still a large number of people who call him and the Wolf Eagle and other families usurpers.
So Arthur really needs to rely on having a dragon to make the world misunderstand that he is a "dragon family", in order to reduce some worldly resistance.
"There is no need to say more about these words. I want to know how many families support me and to what extent? Do they want me to reunite the Riverlands or support me in taking back the Iron Throne?"
If he wants others to believe that Arthur is a "dragon family member", he must first believe it himself.
So Arthur also used words like "recapture".
In fact, the Brackens have never owned the Iron Throne, let alone regaining it.
The two earls looked at each other, and the older Clermont concluded: "Basically all the nobles on the south bank support you. As for the extent of support, we can only temporarily guarantee that we will support you in restoring the glory of the river and guarding the Lord and us.
territory."
Although only the two earls expressed their attitude, Clermont still boasted that all the nobles on the south coast would support Arthur.
Earl Piper planned to pull the "Dragon Family" on board first, and then consider whether the ship was leaky.
Tristan nodded, indicating that this was also his attitude.
In the current situation, the largest force in the mainland is naturally the Lion Flower Alliance after the merger.
With an army of 60,000 from the Reach and more than 10,000 from the West, they looked down upon all other kings.
If Arthur claims that he has the right to inherit the Iron Throne, the Lion Alliance and Stannis will first turn to deal with Arthur who has a dragon.
After all, by killing the Targaryens in Westeros, the Baratheon family can have the legal authority of the Iron Throne.
Tommen and Erlu currently consider themselves Robert's heirs.
"I have the same attitude as you. I still use the surname Bracken. My king's title is King of Three Rivers or King of the Rivers. My territory is the princes of the rivers who support me. Let the lion and the two deer fight for the iron chair.
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If he does not claim the title of king, he will only have the noble title of Earl of Shili City and will not be able to command the princes on the south bank of the river.
Seeing that their demands had been fulfilled, the two earls were greatly relieved and began to discuss with the new king how to contact the nobles on the south coast and when and where to proclaim themselves king.
Arthur himself also had his own ideas. Several counties near Harrenhal had a strong support for the Long family, so he decided to use the Divine Eye Lake as a base and start to develop slowly.
Of course, Harrenhal cannot be the capital of the New River Kingdom. The curse there is magical, and any owner who moves in will slowly decline.
As far as Arthur knows, the power of this curse probably comes from the "Original King" in the north, and Black-Hearted Heron imitated the practices of the Night's Watch and mixed some unspeakable blood into the materials for building the wall, which further strengthened it.
The power of blood magic in the castle.
Moreover, there are weirwood trees in the city. Anyone familiar with these trees knows that this is the source of power for the old gods.
The amazing thing is that weirwoods generally cannot be transplanted, but Harrenhal was able to move a bunch of weirwoods after it was established. This shows how much the old gods value this place.
This leaves basically no way to break the curse other than tearing down Harrenhal and cutting down the weirwood trees.
In addition to the curse of the castle, there is also a ghostly place called Thousand Faces Island that needs Arthur's attention.
This is the only place in the south where the power of the old gods is still strong. Green men suspected of being the "sons of the forest" are still active on Thousand Faces Island, guarding the "forbidden areas" of the old gods.
Several kinds of magic may also have been recorded on this island in the middle of the lake.
A certain owner of Harrenhal, the Rothstein family, was just an ordinary knight family before they became prosperous, but after taking possession of Harrenhal, they quickly learned strange magic from somewhere.
The Rostams even bathed in human blood in an attempt to gain abilities beyond ordinary people.
All kinds of strange things made Arthur determined to discover the secrets of these two places in his spare time to prevent the gods from messing with him.
The three people discussed the future of the freshly baked River Kingdom eagerly until dawn.
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Riverlands, near Stone Hall Town.
It was almost early morning, and like the Hedge Knight, the two men were wrapping their bodies in cloaks and lying on the ground to sleep. Their mounts "Stranger" and "Coward" were tied aside.
Arya woke up from the nightmare she had been having at night for months.
In the dream, she became a wolf, and a large group of gray wolves followed her, led by her, running in the wilderness. The fur kept her warm, and the food hunted by her brothers and sisters filled her stomach.
If this was always the case in the dream, then Arya would be willing to dream forever and never wake up.
But last night's dream made me unhappy.
After turning into a wolf this time, she smelled her mother's scent.
This was the first time she encountered anything related to her relatives since she was separated from her sister outside King's Landing.
So she led her wolf pack without hesitation and ran in the direction of the smell. As a result, she encountered something she didn't want to remember in her life.
Mother Caitlin floated quietly on the Blackwater River. The stench of corpses mixed with the stench of the Blackwater River itself made her wolf stomach feel sick.
But this was her mother. She opened her four paws, rushed into the river without hesitation, took the body in her mouth, and used all her strength to pull it up.
She looked at her mother carefully with wolf eyes, and then she was so sad that she could not speak.
Oh, yes, she was a wolf at that time, so she should be unable to howl in grief.
Not long after, a large group of riders came up along the Blackwater River. The leader she knew was the Lightning King who had convicted the hounds a few days ago, Beric Dondarrion.
Because the wolves behind her were frightened by the group of humans and scattered away, and Arya herself didn't want to see her mother's body, let alone the followers of the Lord of Light who let go of the hunting dogs, so she ran away.
Ran to her favorite wilderness.
Running with four paws allowed her to temporarily forget her mother's misery, but she couldn't forget it forever.
The surrounding scenery was receding rapidly, and the smooth and smooth fur was blown by the strong wind. The dream of leaving home for adventure since childhood was realized by the wolf dream, but the sadness in the sky surged into my heart.
She doesn't know why, but she misses her mother who asked her to learn embroidery and be more ladylike.
"If you wake up, go feed the horse." At this moment, the rough voice of the hunting dog sounded, interrupting Arya's sadness.
This was the second time she was caught by hounds. The first time was not far outside King's Landing. At that time, the direwolf Nymeria was eager to reunite with her wolf cubs, so she ignored Arya and let her
It fell into the hands of the dog.
Later, the Brotherhood Without Banners captured the two of them. After the Lord of Light's trial, the Hound was released, but she was left behind. Lord Beric prepared to send her to Riverrun.
When the Lord of Light failed to get his new followers' wishes, a band of Lannister cavalry was rumored to be searching along the Blackwater, so the Brotherhood went south to "hunt for lions."
Dissatisfied with the hunting dog being released, she took advantage of the chaos to escape from the Brotherhood, but was caught by the hunting dog again.
Coincidentally, Sandor Clegane also wanted to send her to Riverrun in exchange for a sum of money.
Because the butcher's brother Mikai was killed by a dog, she hated the rider whose half of his face was burned.
Although she vowed several times to kill this man while he was sleeping, she never put it into practice.
Arya opened her cloak, stood up slowly, and prepared to feed the horse.
"Oh, the little wolf girl is crying." The hunting dog sat up quietly, with a mocking tone in his tone, "Is it possible that you are homesick?"
"I don't. I think you are homesick and miss your brother." Arya glared like a dog, turned around and walked towards the "coward".
"I miss my brother very much and wonder why he didn't die in my hands."
The hunting dog found a cold chicken leg in the package and gnawed it directly.
After finishing a few bites, he shouted to Arya, who was still lingering to feed the horse: "Hurry up, and we can reach Riverrun early. There are your sister and uncle there, and they will accompany you.
You won’t miss home.”
After saying this, Sandor Clegane drew his sword and began to grind it with a millstone.
Arya took advantage of the hound's attention and spat at him.
"Riverrun, Riverrun, you will never take me to Riverrun." She cursed softly.
Although it might only be a month or two, she felt like she had been on the road to Riverrun for several years.
The two men and two horses quickly prepared and started their journey before the sun rose.
…
Thoros, the red-robed monk, looked at Lord Berry, who was blind in one eye, and advised: "My close friend, your fire of life is already very weak, and you cannot use it to resurrect Lady Stark, who has been dead for several days.
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Not far from them, there was Catelyn's body dragged up by Nymeria, controlled by Arya after her alienation.
Mrs. Stark's previously smooth hair was tangled together, and her skin was white and swollen from the river water, like curdled milk.
What's even more terrifying are the wounds on the corpse. Caitlin's dignified and generous face is covered with gaps, some of which have rotted, and some of which expose the skull underneath. There is an extremely obvious long wound on her throat, which runs through the entire neck, like
No surprise, this was the cause of her death.
Dozens of members of the Brotherhood Without Banners were on alert. They followed the Lightning King to hunt lions, but only found a pack of wolves and a corpse.
It is also the remains of Duchess Ed, whom Earl Berry admired most.
The Earl of the Stormlands shook his head, "If I can exchange for Mrs. Stark's life, it doesn't matter if I die? What's more, I have died five or six times, and I can't even remember it clearly."
In the process of protecting the farmers of the Riverlands, the Lightning King was killed several times by the Lion family's food collection team, but he was resurrected with the blessing of his close friend Thoros.
The most recent resurrection occurred after the trial of Sandor Clegane.
The red-robed monk touched the bun on his head in embarrassment, "If you can't do it, you can't do it. You are the leader of our brotherhood. If you die, who will uphold justice for the farmers in the Riverlands?"
Earl Berry, whose memory was no longer clear, begged his close friend: "Just change it. I can no longer remember what my fiancée looked like, but I can still recall Duke Eddard's appearance. He was in the throne room.
Let me uphold justice for him in front of the world. For such a noble man like an eagle in the sky, his wife should not die in such an ignominy..."
The only thing he could remember in full detail was the scene where Eddard ordered him to arrest the Mountain and protect the farmers on the river in Robert's name.
This is also the reason why he has repeatedly lost his memory, but can still lead the Brotherhood Without Banners on the right path.
Unable to bear the pleading of his companions, the red-robed monk turned around and left.
Lord Berry saw that begging didn't work, so he decided to try it himself.
He recalled Thoros's prayer, slowly walked to Caitlin's body, and began to try to cast a spell.
After a few breaths, after reciting the prayer, he knelt on the ground and kissed her lips gently, trying to pass on the fire of his life to Mrs. Stark.
Most of the members of the Brotherhood are farmers, blacksmiths, carpenters, and shepherds from the Riverlands. These people have little education and quietly watch the actions of their leaders.
It might have been a blink of an eye, or it might have been a long time, but the members of the Brotherhood saw another scene that was comparable to the Lightning King's resurrection several times.
The body that had been dead for three days was also resurrected.
Thoroston, who was attracted by everyone's exclamations and turned around to watch, felt something bad. He rushed to Lord Beric's side, ignoring Mrs. Stark who slowly stood up. He hugged his close friend's head tightly and began to recite it over and over again.
Prayer to the Lord of Light.
But this time his god didn't respond. The Lightning King completely left this world and went to meet his idol, Duke Eddard.
The resurrected Mrs. Stark made a "ho ho" sound, and when she sensed something, she closed her throat, and then vaguely uttered the first words after her death:
"Kill all the Lannisters!"
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