The Private Room of Lord Saxon Cave

[The Stranger]

"I believe my lord, that the killers were spies, in the employ of an enemy of mine. And they were searching for something." Saxon replied.

[Lord Oswyn Baratheon]

"Should an information broker have enemies?" Oswyn quipped, despite the gravity of the situation. "It seems you should only have those who pay for your services and those who cannot afford to."

"Who do you believe responsibly and what was it they were seeking?" he asked.

[The Stranger]

"All businesses face competition," he replied. "I must first ask if, as heir, your lord father has informed you of three artifacts of significant value your family holds as an heirloom?"

[Lord Oswyn Baratheon]

Oswyn looked profoundly puzzled, as if Lord Saxon had just spoken gibberish. Were it any other, he would have been sure the man was mistaken.

"I am afraid he has not." he replied, uncomfortable being so out of his depth regarding information relating to his own house.

[The Stranger]

"Perhaps you should have a talk with your Lord Father then," he agreed. "But when you speak to him, tell him, that I can assist him in finding these murderers, if he is willing to be open with me about the evidence he's gathered, and some of these particulars, which I mentioned to you."

[Lord Oswyn Baratheon]

"I will inform him of your offer and intentions." Oswyn said evenly, wondering what his father would have kept from him and why. "Do you have a name for this man that so brazenly acted against us?"

[The Stranger]

"If it were but one man, he would long be in the grave," Saxon replied softly.

[Lord Oswyn Baratheon]

"A shame it is rarely that simple." Oswyn said with a sigh. "Will that be all, Lord Saxon?"

[The Stranger]

"That is all," he agreed, " Have a fine day Lord Baratheon."

[Lord Oswyn Baratheon]

"And you, my lord." he replied as his attendants were called back in to help him from the room.

[Sam]

A day after arriving in the capital, Lord Baratheon came to Lord Cave's manor to pay the man a visit. He'd arranged to meet Oswyn there a little later in the afternoon, although on a whim he'd left an hour early, seeking to speak with the information-broker alone for a moment.

[The Stranger]

Saxon was present, unattended, which was a little unusual. He was looking over some papers, apparently blank.

"how may I help you my lord?" he asked. He did not rise, nor look up from his task.

[Sam]

"I had a few questions for you, Lord Cave, if you would deign to answer them," Lord Baratheon replied. "My son told me an interesting tale, of three heirlooms supposedly kept by my house, and he grew rather cross when I had no idea what he meant. Perhaps you might enlighten me, since you seem to know more about House Baratheon's secrets than I do."

[The Stranger]

Lord Saxon looked up. Given the quality of his acting one can not trust that his look of surprise is genuine. "There had been reports." Saxon replied, "that King Damon had presented each of the Lords Paramount with three items of great potential power. Given King Damon's history I imagine you know what I mean."

"However if the Stags do not have them, it begs the question... Who does? Clearly others besides myself were convinced of this as well. Explaining the break in and murder at your abode."

[Sam]

Lord Baratheon frowned. He did remember hearing rumors, whispered by a few servants as a child, of items of great value hidden away in Storm's End, but his father had dismissed them upon learning of their words and it had been decades since Lord Baratheon had last thought of those days.

"I would wager they would be on Dragonstone, if anywhere. King Daemon had little love for my great-grandfather, and I am sure you know as well as I that he died in a Black Cell in this very city, and it seems rather unlikely that he would have given my grandfather so valuable a charge," he replied. He paused, for a moment as his own words sank in. "You don't think those madmen could truly have a cache of Dragon eggs..?"