Highgarden courtyard

[Tallahar]

"I know that but if he does not back down measures must be taken so the Lords know that you are the Lord of the Mander. I and all my brothers shall support in all that you do."

[House Lefford]

"I know you will, but if Oakheart does not obey my will then he will no longer be family and he will have to be removed."

[Tallahar]

"I'm sure if he is removed his brother or son will be able to see that support his Lord is much more honourable."

[House Lefford]

"Indeed, now we must deal with Oakheart and the rest of the Kingdom later."

[Tallahar]

"Agreed." Callen bowed then left to go get the army ready to march.

[Tallahar]

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William with the other Knights and Lords at Highgarden wait for Lord Derick Rowan to enter the Courtyard to talk to him.

[House Lefford]

Lord Craych Tyrell returns to Highgarden with Daruis Storm following him like a shadow.

[Tallahar]

William ignores the silent Darius Storm and hugs his cousin, "You damn damn fool. I'm just happy your alive. It seems like you return here when your whole region is falling apart."

[House Lefford]

"Indeed and to think I tried to stay out of this war."

[Tallahar]

"Well that has failed. The Gods must not of wanted it so there is no point in fighting it. Me and your brother have spoken and we agreed that though we may not like it we must fight for the King with our full strength." William glances at Storm.

[House Lefford]

"Aye, so we better get on to smashing those slimy Far reachers, have we had any reports of attacks from them so far?"

[Tallahar]

"Raids across the boarder. But no movement of any large force across onto our land. I do know Lord Hightower and Varner along with many other great generals of the Far Reach are at Horn Hill with an army numbering in the mid twenty thousands."

[House Lefford]

"Hmm and only 15,000 here we need to get all the army in one place so we can deal with the Far reachers more effectively call all the lords to Highgarden expect the ones on the shields we'll probably need our fleet to guard the Mander from raids."

[Tallahar]

"We need an army in the North at Old Oaks to defend against the West. We must keep that army at Grassy Vale so Breck may not cross another boarder. We are in the middle and we must defend all our sides. It would be better to rally more men to here instead of summoning them."

[House Lefford]

"We don't have to many left to muster cousin if we get all the men together we can crush the far reach then worry about the other two we cant fight a war on three fronts so we have to pick one and I say its the Far Reach."