Pyke

[Erik]

Helya is all smiles. "Wouldn't expect anything else, cousin. I'll let Jhorgo know you'd like to see him. This arrangement will work out splendidly, I'm sure. An excellent opportunity to keep some of your potential problems an arm's reach away, as well. Just send any would-be pirates out East, where there's no Lords Paramount to piss their breeches over a few little raids. You'll be sent your share of the profits as well, of course."

[Fel]

Qhored nodded, "go then, I have stomached a Greyjoy for long enough."

[Erik]

"Of course, cousin. Pleasure making your acquaintance and all that."

Helya turns and walks briskly out of the chamber, and then makes her way from the keep. Her troops are quickly gathered up into what passes among them for a formation, and march off toward Lordsport.

[Lord Balon Harlaw]

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Finally arriving, at a leisurely pace sometime later that day, Balon boomed out to the gate-post stating his presence.

[Fel]

The guards wave him in, and he is told Lord Qhored is holding council in the Sea Tower.

[Erik]

The Greyjoys arrive and and announce their presence.

[Fel]

Jhorgo and his brother and sister are brought before Harran Farwynd, who sits drinking in the main hall with a few oher men.

"Coldiron's whelps, eh?" he says, when they introduce themselves."Harlaw said there was a chance you might be showing up. As it happens he's gone north, to take back your father's island. But if your knees are ao keen to hit the ground early it might be that I'll let you swear yourself to me first."

[Erik]

"To take our birthright? Good to hear." Jhorgo says, smiling. "Why don't we just sail North ourselves, get some fighting in and see Qhored personally?"

"Would like to see home again." Helya says in agreement.

"Wait," Octavion adds, "Why in the hell are we sailing against the North? Shouldn't we be fighting the crown?"

[Fel]

Harran looked to one of the men he was with and chuckled, then looked back at the Greyjoys. "If I were you I'd hold back on all that birthright talk around the Harlaw. Don't think anyone's planning on giving the island back to you. You're welcome to try and catch up to them, but they set sail a few weeks ago."

He looked at Octavion and shrugged, "there's wrongs that need righting before we get to the stag. The Stark has crowned himself, so he's fair game now, and Harlaw was't going to let an opportunity to take back Bear Island slip through his fingers."

[Erik]

"Didn't mean anything by it." Jhorgo says with a shrug. "I'll buy my land with iron, same as anyone, not expect it to be handed to me. But as you said yourself, it was my father's island. But not matter, if we're to catch Qhored, then we had best head back to Lordsport and set sail now, before the tide falls."

[Fel]

Farwynd waved him off and raised his mug to his lips and drank deeply.

[Erik]

The Greyjoys head back for Lordsport quickly.

[Creyon Harlaw]

Creyon arrives from the Shields.

[Fel]

Once he arrives at Castle Pyke and explains his business, he is shown to the Sea Tower to meet with the Harlaw.

[Lord Balon Harlaw]

Balon Harlaw arrives at Pyke, heading to his brother's solar.