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The Smith Most Devout Posts: 57,758	The New Castle Sept 25, 2013 17:58:40 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Smith on Sept 25, 2013 17:58:40 GMT -5 "It fares well. People prepare for Winter. They think the signs of snows are coming closer and closer." Manderly replied.

Erik
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The New Castle Sept 25, 2013 18:07:16 GMT -5

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Post by Erik on Sept 25, 2013 18:07:16 GMT -5

"Good. And I had a proposal, Lord Manderly. Our houses were once good friends. We Starks welcomed you into the North, and in return, House Manderly supported us for generations. There has, unfortunately, been turmoil in more recent years, but I do not wish there to be any discord between us. I would have us be friends, bound by blood, once again."

We come from the land of the ice and snow,
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow.
How soft your fields so green, can whisper tales of gore,
Of how we calmed the tides of war. We are your overlords.

The Smith Most Devout Posts: 57,758	The New Castle Sept 25, 2013 18:15:31 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Smith on Sept 25, 2013 18:15:31 GMT -5 Manderly raised his eyebrow, "Indeed... go on."

Erik Most Devout is Erik. But you could probably figure that one out. Posts: 4,841	The New Castle Sept 25, 2013 18:20:28 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Erik on Sept 25, 2013 18:20:28 GMT -5 "My brother Damin needs a wife. You have daughters. And I will be naming him lord of the Stepstone we've been awarded as spoils in the war, so he'll not merely be some landless brother of mine."
	We come from the land of the ice and snow, From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow. How soft your fields so green, can whisper tales of gore, Of how we calmed the tides of war. We are your overlords.

The Smith Most Devout Posts: 57,758	The New Castle Sept 25, 2013 18:58:21 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Smith on Sept 25, 2013 18:58:21 GMT -5 "My eldest is still unmarried." Manderly replies. "I am sure she would be glad to find a husband."

Erik Most Devout is Erik. But you could probably figure that one out. Posts: 4,841	The New Castle Sept 25, 2013 19:05:17 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Erik on Sept 25, 2013 19:05:17 GMT -5 Eirek smiles at that. "Good. Damin will be pleased to hear it, as I am already. What seems to be a fitting dowry, to you?"
	We come from the land of the ice and snow, From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow. How soft your fields so green, can whisper tales of gore, Of how we calmed the tides of war. We are your overlords.

The Smith Most Devout Posts: 57,758	The New Castle Sept 25, 2013 19:07:12 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Smith on Sept 25, 2013 19:07:12 GMT -5 Manderly leans back in his chair, and runs his fingers up and down the hilt of Ice, which sits beside his chair. "Hmmmm.... that is a good question. I feel like you have some amount in mind."

Erik Most Devout is Erik. But you could probably figure that one out. Posts: 4,841	The New Castle Sept 25, 2013 19:13:24 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Erik on Sept 25, 2013 19:13:24 GMT -5 "Not an amount, per se. Your hand is on it as we speak. The blade of my forebears, returned to House Stark." Eirek spoke calmly, fighting down his concern for Manderly's reaction.
	We come from the land of the ice and snow, From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow. How soft your fields so green, can whisper tales of gore, Of how we calmed the tides of war. We are your overlords.

The Smith Most Devout Posts: 57,758	The New Castle Sept 25, 2013 19:19:27 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Smith on Sept 25, 2013 19:19:27 GMT -5 Manderly tilted back his head and laughed.

Erik Most Devout is Erik. But you could probably figure that one out. Posts: 4,841	The New Castle Sept 25, 2013 19:21:49 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Erik on Sept 25, 2013 19:21:49 GMT -5 Eirek waited silently for the man's guffawing to end.
	We come from the land of the ice and snow, From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow. How soft your fields so green, can whisper tales of gore, Of how we calmed the tides of war. We are your overlords.

The Smith Most Devout Posts: 57,758	The New Castle Sept 25, 2013 19:26:11 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Smith on Sept 25, 2013 19:26:11 GMT -5 Manderly did not laugh long, "Would you have taken the same offer?"

Erik Most Devout is Erik. But you could probably figure that one out. Posts: 4,841	The New Castle Sept 25, 2013 19:29:23 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Erik on Sept 25, 2013 19:29:23 GMT -5 "If I were an honorable man who accepted the sword had been unjustly taken by my predecessors? Yes, I would. But I will sweeten the offer, if you insist."
	We come from the land of the ice and snow, From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow. How soft your fields so green, can whisper tales of gore, Of how we calmed the tides of war. We are your overlords.

The Smith Most Devout Posts: 57,758	The New Castle Sept 25, 2013 19:30:55 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Smith on Sept 25, 2013 19:30:55 GMT -5 Manderly said nothing just looking down his nose at the Stark.

Erik
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The New Castle Sept 25, 2013 19:46:28 GMT -5

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Post by Erik on Sept 25, 2013 19:46:28 GMT -5

Eirek fought his temper down, despite his vassal's clear condescension. "There will be income from the hold in the Stepstones. Taxes on ships passing through. Half will go to you, and your descendants, forevermore, as a token of my gratitude for this match."

We come from the land of the ice and snow,
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow.
How soft your fields so green, can whisper tales of gore,
Of how we calmed the tides of war. We are your overlords.

The Smith Most Devout Posts: 57,758	The New Castle Sept 25, 2013 19:57:26 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Smith on Sept 25, 2013 19:57:26 GMT -5 Manderly picked up Ice, and laid it between the two of them on his desk, "It seems to me a house would have to be mad to allow their greatest treasure from their grasp so cheaply." He replied.