Post by Horas on Dec 11, 2008 17:05:00 GMT -5
Baldwin enjoyed the fact that he was a lord. And not just any lord, but a rich one of Lannister blood. He liked his new seat and enjoyed all his privileges, but he needed to learn about duties. He was advised by the maester, by his sworn swords, but none of these advices seemed right. The knights wanted him to too strict, the maester wanted him to be too good. He wasn’t sure how to act, until one day the gods sent him an adviser.
Ser Lyn Payne rode to Lannisport to return to his wife when he stopped at the Golden Tooth to congratulate Baldwin on his new lordship. When he arrived he went straight to the great hall where the young lord, obviously a Lannister, greeted him and told him to join him for lunch. Lyn did so and saw potential in the young lord and also the possibility to stay in the Tooth and swear his sword there.
“So, Ser Lyn, you were a good friend of my grandfather?” Asked Lord Baldwin at the table as the servants brought the food.
“I was, even though it wouldn’t be clever for anyone to say that these days. He did try to kill the king.” Lyn frowned
“He wasn’t himself in the end. I am sorry for him, but he shouldn’t have done that.” Baldwin stared at his plate and then looked up to Lyn “Ser Lyn, I am in need of good men here. If you want, swear your sword to me and you will have a lot of things here in the Golden Tooth.”
”Why, my lord, you are so generous. I will do as you say, only I will need to send for my wife in Lannisport.” Lyn smiled
“Do so, Ser Lyn. I will tell my servants to show you to your room and the rookery so you can send a letter to your wife.” Baldwin smiled and the two continued eating in peace
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A few weeks passed and Lyn continued living in the Golden Tooth with his wife. He got a solar in the castle and the young lord was very good to him. Lyn also became Baldwin’s adviser when it came to espionage and anything else connected with ruling that didn’t have anything to do with economy and gold. One day, the lord called Lyn to his solar.
“My lord, you asked to see me.” Lyn said and bowed his head when he entered
“Indeed. Lyn, I am planning to create a network in these parts. Not only in the Golden Tooth, but over the River Road as well. I want to know exactly when someone enters or exits my lands.” The lord explained
“I have an idea. I will go to take care of the River Road, but you take care of the surroundings of this castle, my lord. There is a small town under the hill and you should start there. Bribe innkeepers, whores and such. You will get your own ideas, my lord.”
“Good.” Baldwin took a piece of parchment and wrote something swiftly “This is a bond with which you will go to my steward and get enough gold to pay for a few informers on the road. Will it be enough?”
“It will, my lord” Lyn smiled
“Fine. Go now, ser, and come when you have done your task.” Baldwin waved his hand dismissively
“As you say, my lord.” Lyn bowed and left the solar
Baldwin thought about what Lyn said and called the chiefs of his guard. The men came to his solar after a couple of minutes. First he will tell them to watch more carefully on the castle and everything around it and then about the town.
“My lord.” The knights bowed and muttered
“You called for us, my lord” Said the commander of his castle guard
“I did. My grandfather paid you to do your job well. So do I. What you must do is watch out and report every rumor, however trivial it may be, to me. Everything. I also want you to go downhill to the small town at the beginning of the road to the castle. There, you will bribe innkeepers and whores to inform me of everything they can.”
”As you say, my lord.” Said the commanders
”Go now.” Baldwin was tired of all the lordly business
He thought he did just enough for the day and he left for the castle library and told the maester to give him the book he read a few days ago. It was a historical book about the pre conquest Westeros. Reading consumed him for most of the evening and in the morning he woke up in the same armchair where he read the day before.
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Lord Baldwin Lannister moves to Expert Finances
Lord Baldwin Lannister moves to Noteworthy Intrigue
Ser Lyn Payne moves towards Grandmaster Intrigue
Ser Lyn Payne joins Lord Baldwin at the Golden Tooth
Lord Baldwin Lannister gains a spy network in his new lands
Ser Lyn Payne rode to Lannisport to return to his wife when he stopped at the Golden Tooth to congratulate Baldwin on his new lordship. When he arrived he went straight to the great hall where the young lord, obviously a Lannister, greeted him and told him to join him for lunch. Lyn did so and saw potential in the young lord and also the possibility to stay in the Tooth and swear his sword there.
“So, Ser Lyn, you were a good friend of my grandfather?” Asked Lord Baldwin at the table as the servants brought the food.
“I was, even though it wouldn’t be clever for anyone to say that these days. He did try to kill the king.” Lyn frowned
“He wasn’t himself in the end. I am sorry for him, but he shouldn’t have done that.” Baldwin stared at his plate and then looked up to Lyn “Ser Lyn, I am in need of good men here. If you want, swear your sword to me and you will have a lot of things here in the Golden Tooth.”
”Why, my lord, you are so generous. I will do as you say, only I will need to send for my wife in Lannisport.” Lyn smiled
“Do so, Ser Lyn. I will tell my servants to show you to your room and the rookery so you can send a letter to your wife.” Baldwin smiled and the two continued eating in peace
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A few weeks passed and Lyn continued living in the Golden Tooth with his wife. He got a solar in the castle and the young lord was very good to him. Lyn also became Baldwin’s adviser when it came to espionage and anything else connected with ruling that didn’t have anything to do with economy and gold. One day, the lord called Lyn to his solar.
“My lord, you asked to see me.” Lyn said and bowed his head when he entered
“Indeed. Lyn, I am planning to create a network in these parts. Not only in the Golden Tooth, but over the River Road as well. I want to know exactly when someone enters or exits my lands.” The lord explained
“I have an idea. I will go to take care of the River Road, but you take care of the surroundings of this castle, my lord. There is a small town under the hill and you should start there. Bribe innkeepers, whores and such. You will get your own ideas, my lord.”
“Good.” Baldwin took a piece of parchment and wrote something swiftly “This is a bond with which you will go to my steward and get enough gold to pay for a few informers on the road. Will it be enough?”
“It will, my lord” Lyn smiled
“Fine. Go now, ser, and come when you have done your task.” Baldwin waved his hand dismissively
“As you say, my lord.” Lyn bowed and left the solar
Baldwin thought about what Lyn said and called the chiefs of his guard. The men came to his solar after a couple of minutes. First he will tell them to watch more carefully on the castle and everything around it and then about the town.
“My lord.” The knights bowed and muttered
“You called for us, my lord” Said the commander of his castle guard
“I did. My grandfather paid you to do your job well. So do I. What you must do is watch out and report every rumor, however trivial it may be, to me. Everything. I also want you to go downhill to the small town at the beginning of the road to the castle. There, you will bribe innkeepers and whores to inform me of everything they can.”
”As you say, my lord.” Said the commanders
”Go now.” Baldwin was tired of all the lordly business
He thought he did just enough for the day and he left for the castle library and told the maester to give him the book he read a few days ago. It was a historical book about the pre conquest Westeros. Reading consumed him for most of the evening and in the morning he woke up in the same armchair where he read the day before.
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Lord Baldwin Lannister moves to Expert Finances
Lord Baldwin Lannister moves to Noteworthy Intrigue
Ser Lyn Payne moves towards Grandmaster Intrigue
Ser Lyn Payne joins Lord Baldwin at the Golden Tooth
Lord Baldwin Lannister gains a spy network in his new lands