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House Lefford Bannerlord Gold is Good. Posts: 1,029	Acorn Hill Apr 10, 2008 0:15:22 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by House Lefford on Apr 10, 2008 0:15:22 GMT -5 The Seat of House Smallwood the current lord is Daeron Smallwood
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Erik Most Devout is Erik. But you could probably figure that one out. Posts: 4,841	Acorn Hill Jul 24, 2008 21:11:44 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Erik on Jul 24, 2008 21:11:44 GMT -5 The army under Lord Coldiron's command arrives outside the keep and begins to set up camp. Erik, with 50 men as guards, approaches and asks to speak to Lord Smallwood.
	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 Stranger Most Devout Troll Hammer Posts: 12,420	Acorn Hill Jul 24, 2008 21:16:36 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Stranger on Jul 24, 2008 21:16:36 GMT -5 Lord Daeron Smallwood looked down from the parapet side by side with a number of crossbowmen. "Iron Born! I hope you don't think you can take this keep with that sorry host do you?"
	Last Edit: Jul 24, 2008 21:55:06 GMT -5 by The Stranger "History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose."

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Acorn Hill Jul 24, 2008 21:24:26 GMT -5

Post by Erik on Jul 24, 2008 21:24:26 GMT -5

"Not right away. If you didn't give up quickly, I was planning on burning every inch of land for miles around and taking every living person as a thrall. Then, with the fun out of the way, I'd take the keep. But I know you're smarter than to let something like that happen, Smallwood, so come out here and let's discuss the matter like men." Erik calls up to him.

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 Stranger Most Devout Troll Hammer Posts: 12,420	Acorn Hill Jul 24, 2008 21:26:53 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Stranger on Jul 24, 2008 21:26:53 GMT -5 Smallwood grunted, and disappeared from the top of the wall. He reappeared several mintues later, behind some men at arms, in his platemail. "Ah. it's Coldiron, you seem far from your fleet." The man said with a grunt.
	"History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose."

Erik Most Devout is Erik. But you could probably figure that one out. Posts: 4,841	Acorn Hill Jul 24, 2008 21:30:38 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Erik on Jul 24, 2008 21:30:38 GMT -5 Erik shrugs. "Wasn't my idea. But we work with what is given to us, do we not? For example, you've been given a rather hostile army on your doorstep, and must decide how to work with it, that you and your people live to see another Summer."
	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 Stranger Most Devout Troll Hammer Posts: 12,420	Acorn Hill Jul 24, 2008 21:31:34 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Stranger on Jul 24, 2008 21:31:34 GMT -5 "What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Smallwood replied.
	"History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose."

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Acorn Hill Jul 24, 2008 21:39:15 GMT -5

Post by Erik on Jul 24, 2008 21:39:15 GMT -5

"It's simple," Erik says with a smirk, "What loyalty do you owe the Baratheons? They have done nothing but drive Westeros into the ground since they took the throne, rewarding traitors more than their own loyal subjects, wasting money on frivolities, taking from their people yet never giving. So bend the knee to King Dagon Harlaw. He will reward those who come peacefully. Or, you can refuse, and your men will be butchered, your women raped, your children made thralls, and your lands given to some Ironborn scum that don't deserve it. Your choice."

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 Stranger Most Devout Troll Hammer Posts: 12,420	Acorn Hill Jul 24, 2008 21:40:37 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Stranger on Jul 24, 2008 21:40:37 GMT -5 Smallwood grunted. It was true times had been hard, still, he was a proud man. "The Ironborn serve those foreign devils, and I'll never serve some lizard-man."
	"History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose."

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Acorn Hill Jul 24, 2008 21:46:29 GMT -5

Post by Erik on Jul 24, 2008 21:46:29 GMT -5

"I have my own concerns about that. It's a marriage of convenience. Harlaw serves no one, but gladly works alongside our new allies. And why not? It's not as though anyone's come here to help you. I see no Baratheon flags here, nor Blackwood. They're holed up in their own lands, worrying about their own skins. They don't deserve your loyalty."

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.

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Acorn Hill Jul 24, 2008 21:49:59 GMT -5

Post by The Stranger on Jul 24, 2008 21:49:59 GMT -5

"I heard the Blackwood's are planning to march against the enemy soon, probably in hopes that Lord Tully is killed." Smallwood replied, "I can't in good conscious help them either. My inclination is to stay here, and sit it out. Let the Gods decide the victor, and I'll kneel to him."

"History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose."

Erik Most Devout is Erik. But you could probably figure that one out. Posts: 4,841	Acorn Hill Jul 24, 2008 21:56:40 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Erik on Jul 24, 2008 21:56:40 GMT -5 Erik chuckles. "That wasn't an option I gave you. But I can work with you. How many men can you field, Smallwood?"
	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 Stranger Most Devout Troll Hammer Posts: 12,420	Acorn Hill Jul 24, 2008 21:59:27 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Stranger on Jul 24, 2008 21:59:27 GMT -5 "maybe twenty-five hundred, if I've got time. I'll not kill Riverlanders, not for the likes of you. Northerners, Valemen, something like that, okay... mayhaps I could see the sense of it."
	"History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose."

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Acorn Hill Jul 24, 2008 22:13:21 GMT -5

Post by Erik on Jul 24, 2008 22:13:21 GMT -5

"You've got the wrong idea, Smallwood. I don't plan to kill a single Riverlander, if I can help it. I intend to head up through the Twins, make sure the Northerners stay up North. And fifteen hundred of your troops would certainly make things easier."

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 Stranger Most Devout Troll Hammer Posts: 12,420	Acorn Hill Jul 24, 2008 22:16:51 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Stranger on Jul 24, 2008 22:16:51 GMT -5 Smallwood nodded. "Others take the lot of us, we're doomed anyway. Fine. Take them. and bring them back."
	"History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose."