Negotiation dinner

Marie Most Devout Marie Posts: 13,209	Negotiation dinner Jul 21, 2009 18:33:23 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Marie on Jul 21, 2009 18:33:23 GMT -5 Dinner with Lord Greyjoy and Maekar Blackfyre's party from Kings Landing

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Negotiation dinner Jul 21, 2009 19:15:03 GMT -5

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The table is set sumptuously with Arborian wines and foods. Ragnor sits at one end of a long table, and many of his captains are also present, having left spaces between them for Maekar's men. A seat is empty to Ragnor's right, plainly for Blackfyre himself.

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.

Marie Most Devout Marie Posts: 13,209	Negotiation dinner Jul 22, 2009 2:17:00 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Marie on Jul 22, 2009 2:17:00 GMT -5 Maekar arrived and promptly took his seat. He nodded to Ragnor. "Good evening, Geryjoy."

Erik Most Devout is Erik. But you could probably figure that one out. Posts: 4,841	Negotiation dinner Jul 22, 2009 17:34:21 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Erik on Jul 22, 2009 17:34:21 GMT -5 "Evening, Blackfyre." Ragnor replies, as a thrall fills Maekar's glass. "Now, we didn't get to touch on personal matters much, earlier. Was Ganieda yet with child, when you left King's Landing?"
	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.

Marie Most Devout Marie Posts: 13,209	Negotiation dinner Jul 22, 2009 17:45:42 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Marie on Jul 22, 2009 17:45:42 GMT -5 "I don't know," Maekar said. "She didn't confide in me. IUt's not the sort of thing a lady tells a knight to whom she is not related. She certainly didn#t look as if she were with child."

Erik Most Devout is Erik. But you could probably figure that one out. Posts: 4,841	Negotiation dinner Jul 22, 2009 17:55:09 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Erik on Jul 22, 2009 17:55:09 GMT -5 "Of course. And no trouble? I know how some of those Dornishmen and Reachmen can get, no regard whatsoever for a marriage."
	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.

Marie Most Devout Marie Posts: 13,209	Negotiation dinner Jul 22, 2009 18:09:53 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Marie on Jul 22, 2009 18:09:53 GMT -5 "No trouble at all," Maekar said. "The queen thinks very highly of Lady Greyjoy."

Erik Most Devout is Erik. But you could probably figure that one out. Posts: 4,841	Negotiation dinner Jul 22, 2009 18:18:02 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Erik on Jul 22, 2009 18:18:02 GMT -5 "Yes, I've noticed. I only hope I can tear Ganieda away before too long, and bring her home." Ragnor smirks and takes a sip of his wine. "So, would you like our terms for the Arbor?"
	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.

Marie Most Devout Marie Posts: 13,209	Negotiation dinner Jul 22, 2009 18:32:20 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Marie on Jul 22, 2009 18:32:20 GMT -5 Maeakar doubted Rhaenys would want to lose her new friend but he only shrugged. "I would. I've no taste for small talk anyway. Naem your terms."

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Negotiation dinner Jul 22, 2009 18:36:14 GMT -5

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Ragnor snaps his fingers and a thrall carries out a large, unadorned parchment scroll which he unfurls and holds for Maekar's approval. The terms are short, straightforward, and as such:

This being an agreement between the Iron Throne of Westeros and the Lord of the Iron Islands:

All Ironborn shall, within the month, leave The Arbor. They shall never again lay claim to it, nor make war against its people.

The four islands known as The Shields shall henceforth and forevermore be recognized as legitimite possessions of their respective Ironborn lords.

The Iron Throne shall accept Ironborn expansion within the chain of islands known as the Stepstones. It is understood that the Ironborn will not work against any forces of the Seven Kingdoms in these efforts.

"We have another copy, as well. The two of us sign them, you take one back to the Queen, and one returns to Pyke. Fair deal?"

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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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Negotiation dinner Jul 22, 2009 19:07:07 GMT -5

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"I can't sign it," Maekar said. "The Queen promised to consider returning the Shields to the Mander lords, if they were willing to make some other sort of concession to you for the return. Would you have Her Grace break her promise?"

Erik Most Devout is Erik. But you could probably figure that one out. Posts: 4,841	Negotiation dinner Jul 22, 2009 19:10:15 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Erik on Jul 22, 2009 19:10:15 GMT -5 "If she must. Queens are not bound to their word as others are." Ragnor answers with a shrug. "The concession is that we leave the Arbor, at any rate. Mandermen, Far Reachmen, what's the difference, truly?"
	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.

Marie Most Devout Marie Posts: 13,209	Negotiation dinner Jul 22, 2009 19:19:55 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Marie on Jul 22, 2009 19:19:55 GMT -5 "They don't see it that way," Maekar said. "The Mandermen won't care for the Arbor. Is there nothing esle yu'd accept?"

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Negotiation dinner Jul 22, 2009 19:23:17 GMT -5

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"I'll need to discuss it with Farwynd. I was planning on sailing to King's Landing anyway, to collect my wife and child, so I shall speak with the Queen then." Ragnor replies, apparently not worried about the terms. He waves a hand, and the thrall rerolls the treaty and carries it out of the tent.

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.

Marie Most Devout Marie Posts: 13,209	Negotiation dinner Jul 22, 2009 19:26:01 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Marie on Jul 22, 2009 19:26:01 GMT -5 "But we must have some agreement initially," Maekar said. "Farwynd must be made to leave the Arbor and I beleive the matter of the Stepstones will give no problems whatsoever. It's on ly the Shields that are at issue."