>No, you’ll throw him to Stannis to answer for his little stunt.

You’re standing over the commander of Dragonstone’s garrison, a certain Ser Waelon Waters. He just had the singularly poor fortune of being the last line of defense in the face of your onslaught. You soundly defeated him in a duel, but one of his cheeky little friends has lodged a sword in the gears of the steel gate blocking your path to the last few fleeing Dragons. You and he both know his little stunt wasn’t entirely in vain. Even with your men working to force a way through the gate, your quarry is undoubtedly far ahead of you now. Now the young Valyrian knight, this odd mirror of yourself, goads you to finish what you’ve started and send him onwards to his fallen brothers…

You see Ser Waelon’s will finally falter at the shake of your head… or he may just be losing consciousness. Either way, there’s no doubt that tossing him to the Baratheons is worse than the quick mercy of an exceedingly sharp blade. And it’s someone else to blame for any setbacks here. All the better.

“Keep this one alive,” you order to no one in particular. Someone will see to it. “There must be a maester around here.”

You note the gate beginning rattle on its hinges. Your men tied their grapples to it and formed pulling lines. A few more good heaves…

“Captain,” Hoster Rivers calls out. Or rather Sergeant Hoster. He took Torth’s place in First Cohort. The First and the Fourth were finishing up in the gardens while the Second, Third, and Fifth were getting to work on the damnable gate. Dying men make the most grating sounds.

“Finished?”

“Aye, though you might want to see this,” he replies.

You follow him out from the corridor into the gardens beyond. Never mind the frequent storms, these plants are well-watered in blood now. Just like their commander, the last few dragon knights fought to the bloody end and took a good number of the less faithful lower garrison men with them. But Hoster doesn’t care about that and neither do you…

He leads you to the rest of the First who stand guard around a section of hedges. Two bloodied highborn women lay at your men’s feet. One cradles the other in her lap, sobbing and fretting. One is definitely wounded, the cradled one. She’s awfully pale of face and looks barely conscious. Explains all the blood. Not raped, probably. Small mercy that your lads found them first. They’re paid too well to go around risking wages on damaging good hostages. Their dresses are a bit torn, but that seems to be more of some poor attempt to staunch the bleeding… ah, shit. You know these two.

>>4453901
“Goodbrook or Darry,” you ask the sobbing girl. You’d never gotten around to sorting them out at the feast. She only sobs harder.

“Goodbrook. Or Darry,” you emphasize. “My lady needs to answer.”

“Lyra. Darry. This is…” she takes a shuttering breath. “Jeyne. Lady Goodbrook. Please, you have to save her.”

Well that’s something. Would’ve been a real mood killer had Lady Selena’s niece been the one bleeding out. You kneel down beside them. You see the vague family resemblance this close up… the same honey colored hair at least. Lady Lyra’s eyes aren’t as piercing. Green, maybe. Might just be the poor lighting.

As for her friend, well you’d go as far to say she’s the prettier of the two with those cheekbones. Auburn hair if that’s not just all the blood. Right, focus… you’re no maester, but you can see plainly enough that Lady Goodbrook doesn’t look good… an arrow lodged like that in one’s back rarely bodes well. You don’t much like her odds of ever walking again. If she survives at all.

“What happened,” you lock eyes with Lady Darry.

“We… we were running. With His Grace. And. And his knights. Jeyne was struck. I couldn’t leave her… so they left me,” Lady Lyra haltingly explains. The woman’s scream you heard earlier…

“Right, sure you couldn’t. Prince Viserys. Who else was with you? The Queen? Your cousin? Willett or whatever his name is.”

“My cousin Willem was. The Queen… she…” Lady Lyra shakes her head.

“Dead. Pity, I liked her. Boy or girl? Does the child live?”

“A. A girl. She is named Daenerys. Desmera carries her…”

“Lady Desmera Gargalen? The Dornish? She’s with the little princeling too?” you ask. She nods, then goes back to stroking her friend’s hair in a daze. Well that’s all your wife’s little friends accounted for… if they’re her friends at all. You never quite got around to working out that dynamic. You were too busy working Cerelle out of her dress.

“Captain,” Sergeant Lucien of the Second Cohort pops out from the corridor. “Gate’s off. We’re pursuing.”

>Go with them. They’ve a hell of a head start on you to the ships, but you might at least be able to gather some sort of further clues to report.
>Leave that to Trios. You’ll stay up here and see if you can sort out finding a maester to prioritize patching up Lady Goodbrook and Ser Waelon Waters. Elsewise they might end up bleeding out.

>>4453905
>Go with them. They’ve a hell of a head start on you to the ships, but you might at least be able to gather some sort of further clues to report.

Hell of a head start, true, but you never know what might happen. See if something unlucky strikes them and we can catch up, never know if we don't try.

>>4453905
>Go with them. They’ve a hell of a head start on you to the ships, but you might at least be able to gather some sort of further clues to report.
>Leave Hoster Rivers to sort out the maester, promise a bonus if both survive.

>>4453909
Ditto
>>4453899
THE BUTCHERBIRD FLIES

>>4453905
>>4453911
Who are the 2nd-5th Cohorts? I thought we had only the 50 men left now. Is it divisions of 10 in that 50? Also what's the situation on the outside, did Blackberry and Stonemont live?
>Make sure at least some crossbowmen/archers follow us, if we get close enough maybe we can shoot some down.

>>4453917
I'm just fluffing them out more. I've been doing a lot of that behind the scenes the past few days. Cohorts are squads by your Essosi lingo. The Stormbringers have 5 cohorts of 10 right now, each led by a sergeant. Figured we needed a little more detail after all of this time with them.

You won't know about the situation further back until you head back that way.

>>4453905
>>Go with them. They’ve a hell of a head start on you to the ships, but you might at least be able to gather some sort of further clues to report.

>>4453905
>>Go with them. They’ve a hell of a head start on you to the ships, but you might at least be able to gather some sort of further clues to report.

>Go with them. They’ve a hell of a head start on you to the ships, but you might at least be able to gather some sort of further clue.

You spare a quick glance to Hoster Rivers. “Sergeant Hoster. You’re a Riverlander of some sorts, yeah?” you ask and continue before he can launch into the latest twist on that tale. “That makes these ladies your responsibility. Ah, and there’s a knight that damn near looks like a lady coming out. See they’re tended to by whatever passes for a maester here. If they all live, I’ll gift you and yours something nice.”

“Aye, Captain,” Hoster grins. Probably the best assignment you’ve given him.

“Careful with that one’s back,” you chide in passing as you rush to catch up to Trios and the rest. Through the broken gate, down the stairs, down the hall, out to the cliffs. Ah, there they are. Well, your men at least. You’re still only a little winded by the time you reach them, a small benefit of your lightly armored state… or you’re just in some other state entirely. This whole night has been invigorating. A pity Cerelle or someone else pretty couldn’t join you. You could go for a round or two in the Royal Chambers. Wherever that is.

Some cheeky bastard has gone and cut the far end of the rope bridge. You try to stifle your anger. Someone is going to gain a hearty appreciation for your worldliness if they think to fuck with you this much and just sail off across the sea. Your men are of a more direct mindset. Trios has them taking the grapples down a level of the cliff face to skip the bridge… which means you need to as well. It’s been a short while, but you’ve done this before. At least the hooks are well-lodged in the rocks. Best get to it.

>Can I get 3 rolls of 4d6 for Athletics? (grapples give +1D)

>>4453956

Rolled 1, 5, 3, 4 = 13 (4d6)

>>4453956

Rolled 1, 6, 2, 5 = 14 (4d6)

>>4453956

Rolled 5, 1, 4, 6 = 16 (4d6)

>>4453956

Rolled 2, 3, 2, 6 = 13 (4d6)

>>4453956

>Rolled 16 vs DC 12. 1 degree of success.

You get down the cliff face to the gravelly beach below without utterly embarrassing yourself, but your curse-laden rappelling is a testament to the general smoothness of the descent. Some of your men have already begun advancing without you… and small wonder as to why. A ship, a cog by the looks of it, is casting off. Its sister ship is aflame down the dock. Right. That’s three mischiefs now. By the gods, you are keeping a tally and mean to collect on it.

You can hardly expect to swim after the bulky bitch, but perhaps you could send them a parting gift by way of a nearby scorpion standing sentinel. Your Stormbringers are no siege engineers, but under your direction, the lads might have a halfway decent chance of feathering the cog’s stern. That, or you could wipe the blood off your Myrish Lens and see about seeking the name of the vessel before it drifts too far into the night.

>Seek the vessel’s name (Awareness)
>Send them a parting gift (Warfare)
>Do both (…both, but higher DC’s)

>>4454000
>Seek the vessel’s name (Awareness)

>>4454000
>>Do both (…both, but higher DC’s)

>>4454000
>Seek the vessel’s name (Awareness)

>>4454000
Won't there be people on the dock who know the ship's name?

>>4454000
>Do both (…both, but higher DC’s)

Go for broke.

>>4454009
Would you stand around gawking as all this goes down? I guess maybe there's a record of it somewhere though? Idk.

>>4454009
On the dock right now? Nope. It's the hour of the wolf. If you wanted to do some digging later? Maybe.

>>4454000
>Seek the vessel’s name (Awareness)

>>4454000
>>Do both (…both, but higher DC’s)
I am torn on this. I am not sure if this or getting the name by it self would be best..

>>4454000
>Do both (…both, but higher DC’s)

Looks like a Both to me. Let's roll it.

>Can I get 6 rolls of 4d6? First 3 are Awareness, last 3 are Warfare.

Rolled 6, 1, 4, 6 = 17 (4d6)

>>4454041

Rolled 6, 1, 1, 2 = 10 (4d6)

>>4454041
Dice gods let us smite the thrice damned cunt

Rolled 5, 1, 2, 5 = 13 (4d6)

>>4454041

Rolled 1, 6, 5, 2 = 14 (4d6)

>>4454041

Rolled 5, 6, 3, 5 = 19 (4d6)

>>4454041

>>4454041
wouldn't we get the bonus 1d for for command? or does it simply fall under something else?
>>4454051
man hopefully this is enough.

Rolled 3, 4, 1, 6 = 14 (4d6)

>>4454041

>>4454053
It doesn't have a specialty. It's a flat warfare test like what an engineering unit takes to man siege equipment. Closer to a knowledge/operating test than anything.

17 and 19 is actually pretty good... Fingers crossed

>>4454058
Mhm, thanks i know for the future now.

before you write the post...did we make the dc?

>>4454061
In my head the dc's became 18 and 20..fml if we missed both.

>Do both (…both, but higher DC’s)

“On the scorpion,” your order. A dozen or so men get to work in setting the beast up. You’re fairly familiar with the like of it. Your longtime flagship, the old Sea Shryke has a similar contraption mounted upon it, and you’ve used it to great effect in the past. It gets its strength from some sort of queer engineer’s art, tortion something or other. Fascinating stuff.

You pull your Myrish Lens from your belt. Still uncracked, but absolutely filthy. As you scramble to make it usable, you’re confronted with the realization that everything is filthy. You’re painted head to toe with blood and soot and the ashes of your own men. After some fruitless smudging, you remember your undershirt. It’s not as bad and will have to do.

“Hmm. Keep a good lead on it, lads. Those sails have some wind behind them… eight knots, I reckon. So that’s… three hundred, or four? Three fifty. Let’s call it. That’d be… thereabouts twelve degrees off center by our reckoning… so just, ah Trios, bloody show them.”

Right… where’s the name? You squint into the moonlight. Should be on the stern, though you’ve seen the coin clippers that frequent these fat bellied cogs paint their dull names in gaudy dyes to starboard. Some vain attempt at one-upmanship in dockside advertising…

>Rolled 17 vs DC 17 (up from base 12). Success, 1 degree.
There.

The Valyrian Spirit in fine gilded letters. Thank the bloody moon. And Cerelle. This may be the first time you’ve felt so absurdly grateful for your wife’s nagging letters lessons. You’d thought it passing cruel of her to make every lace of her bodice worth a word, but here you are. And here they are.

>Rolled 19 vs CD 10+2(visibility)+5(multitasking)=17. Success, 1 degree.

“Wait. Crank it up two notches. And… loose!”

The dockside scorpion rocks back on its poorly secured hinges as the massive bolt snaps forward at frightening speeds. You try to follow it in the darkened sky, but lose sight of it… until it strikes the stern of the ship and rips into one of the aft cabins.

“Well fucking shot lads,” you hoot as they cheer. You owe them a round for that one. It’s not going to sink them by any means, but a parting gift was in order after all of that mischief making of theirs. With any luck, you might’ve nailed some hapless highborn to a cabin wall. Either way, you have a name. The hunt will continue.

Until then, it’s time to see how the others’ luck held out. You start back up the hill to the fallen fortress…

>Alright, that’s going to be it for tonight. Thanks for playing!

I’ll have at least one post up tomorrow. Also, I’ve been updating things in the background whenever I've found the time lately. The biggest thing I’ve (mostly) gotten done are the homebrew rules/stats for the ships we have been or will be playing around with. You can find that in the drive link in the OP. It’s not completely finished, but you can get a much better idea of things now. I also added your own ship holdings to the House Resources sheet. They're all named now like proper ships should be. For your old flagship, I ran with that Sea Shryke suggestion an anon had like 6 months ago. I also made that one a Galiot because why not. Next up will be Trade Goods (mostly done) and an easy reference sheet of Houses/Personages relevant to the quest.

>>4454091
Thanks for running! Viserys will have a new name to curse and be absolutely afraid of now instead of The Usurper. And The Valyrian Spirit is such a great name for what we have been going through this night. Now to plunder Dragonstone before Stannis arrives. Maybe Lyra Darry will be recovered enough, there are plenty of dead men to blame for her loss of maidenhood now...

>>4454126
If this is the refuge for the Valyrian royal family, then they’ll probably have some...Exotic loot
>Inb4 a Valyrian Steel chestpiece

I didn't have a vote before, but that's definitely something to work with. Open until tomorrow.

>To the victor go the spoils. LOOT.
>Refrain from looting. At least one Baratheon is coming, and you don't want to risk getting on their bad side.

>>4454162
>To the victor go the spoils. LOOT.
LOOT. Also we don't want to be under Stannis anyway.

>>4454162
>>Refrain from looting. At least one Baratheon is coming, and you don't want to risk getting on their bad side.

I wonder if you can answer this, if we had gone for the Sea Dragon Tower first, did we actually have a chance of catching Viserys or some other highborn? We should ask Lyra exactly who all left, if only to give further information to Stannis.

Fuck I really don't know. This is the first time I've been this stuck on a vote. Convince me anons.

>>4454176
Because think of the LOOT. Seriously though, is there a strong reason we shouldn't? At this point neither Aurion, nor Stannis, not even Robert know who Dragonstone will be given to now. We braved the storm and fought fucking wildfire, lost our entire crew, I think we deserve this. I think we can justify it as a reasonable reaction. We'll give that extra pay and then some to the families of the sailors from the spoils.

>>4454181
>Seriously though, is there a strong reason we shouldn't?

We know Stannis is at least the rumored future lord paramount from the last kings landing thread. We are in the Dragonstone region so we at least default to him right? That's my issue. I have a feeling we will end up falling under him either by default or through some dumb overreaching by trying to be bobby's butt buddy. I feel like we are owed something, I just don't want it to come off as an even bigger overreach to pur future overlord. If it's going to be him. Idk. This is the only time I've ever been uncertain about a loot vote.

>>4454176
The bigger loot is the favor we gain in the eyes of the nobility (that matter whether anons want to admit it or not) by not acting like sellsword piratical glory hogs. Cerelle wants us to be the hero; loot, raping, and pillaging Dragonstone grows our infamy as a sellsword not as a proper heroic Lord. We have a real legitimate chance to build Aurion up here, present Dragonstone on a silver platter to the King and Lord Stannis, gain favor with the Crown, and look the striking hero in the eyes of the smallfolk, Ladies and Knights, and all those that deemed us as mad for sailing into the storm.

Ask for our payment later in the way of favor.

>>4454196
Tywin sacked King's Landing (loot, rape, pillage, the whole gamut) brutally and he was rewarded by his daughter becoming queen.

>>4454204
We're not Tywin

>>4454204
These two situations and two people are so far away and wildly different I don't even know where to begin to respond.

If you seriously think Aurion and Tywin fucking Lannister have anything in common besides a degree of cunning you're off your rocker mate.

And again, to repeat, Cerelle wants us to be the hero. You think anyone calls Tywin that for what he did to King's Landing?

>>4454162
>Refrain from looting. At least one Baratheon is coming, and you don't want to risk getting on their bad side.
anon makes a good point.

>>4454162
>>To the victor go the spoils. LOOT.
Our men fought through hellfire and lost a lot of good friends. They deserve the spoils of a fallen dynasty, far more than the royals still in port.

Not to mention we might find something nice for Cerelle or ourselves. A suit of armor made for Viserys would be a cool heirloom for our son.

We'll get some nice brownie points if we gave the king's crown or queen's jewels to the new king and queen, instead of just handing over the castle to Stannis. Sure we might piss him off a bit, but the favor we'd get would outweight it

>>4454162
>>To the victor go the spoils. LOOT
If are going to pass off staniss we may as well do it right. We are a lord in our own right whether he likes it or not.
Bobby will appreciate we won this hard fought battle. We couldn't capture them due to not having enough men.
We can blame it on Stanis's loligagging. Just means we have to double down, on not being sworn to him.
We've to get creative with that to say the least.
Even if not looting wins out, which is reasonable. We've earned a huge win. Between all the nice loot, and we also earned a huge favor pulling the heir out of literal fire. We can use the wealth to actually get started on 2 projects We've wanted to for a while.
A mill, and a green house.
The mill helps obvious with food. And the greenhouse adds tiny bit of food/spices for our alcohol. To complete our mixture to get amazing rum.
And we may even have some left over.

Once we have our shit together we should start having our armorer make shit for the church so we gain there too.

One last argument I'll make for looting is that if we find something truly valuable, we can present it to Robert as a personal gift, and he'll probably appreciate that more over not looting. Stannis will just shove all of it in the basement and forget about it. Our restraint and "nobleness" in not looting will be taken for granted by him, because it was our duty to our king anyway. It will be like casting pearls before the swine.

lmao @ anyone who thinks we're going to get favor for this. think about it, we're the reason the targ kids fled into a shit storm of a hurricane because we just HAD to b the first ones on the island. straight up aurion is the reason bobby b doesnt get to clench his targ murder thirst. stannis easily calls us on our shit and for sure is going to bring this up.

>>4454234
Honestly I think we should encourage Bobby -and fuck the court what they think, he's a shit king anyway- to pursue that ship and have a broventure with him and our finest.

We've got a lead and we know the world, they'll be found if we have to burn a few cities and hang a couple magisters in the process.

>>4454162
>>Refrain from looting. At least one Baratheon is coming, and you don't want to risk getting on their bad side.

>>4454162
>Refrain from looting. At least one Baratheon is coming, and you don't want to risk getting on their bad side.
We are professionals. We stockpile the material and ask nicely which we can keep.

>>4454162
>Refrain from looting. At least one Baratheon is coming, and you don't want to risk getting on their bad side.

>>4454162
>>Refrain from looting. At least one Baratheon is coming, and you don't want to risk getting on their bad side.

I'd rather not get on the badside of Stannis 'Teethgrinder' Baratheon.
The One True King (After Bobby-B of course!)

You know if we meet Selena Darry again (when we return her niece perhaps) we can spin this as us letting Viserys and Daenerys go while still maintaining plausible deniability with the king.

>>4454162
>>To the victor go the spoils. LOOT.

>>4454380
>>To the victor go the spoils. LOOT.
Who took motherfucking Dragonstone?
We fucking did!
Who gets the Loot we do!

>>4454162
>>4454398
>>To the victor go the spoils. LOOT.
Gah!

>>4454398
>>4454399
Did you just try to vote twice?

>>4454404
No. Proper link. ID numbers, quoting myself and sequential posting makes this quite clear that i want it linked to the voting post for ease of counting, as the first one was not.

>>4454406
Alright man, sorry for assuming things, I'm a phonefag, I didn't see which post you had linked.

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>>4454085
>To the victor go the spoils. LOOT.

Don't see anyone else here. We are the ones who took this island, not anyone else. The men may be professionals, but they're still well-paid men and they deserve something.

Behold low quality memes for the meme god

>>4454162
>Refrain from looting. At least one Baratheon is coming, and you don't want to risk getting on their bad side.

If no one has an actual practical alternative to swearing to stannis beyond "he can fuck off" then I know where we are going to end up.

>>4454429
morale of our men and reputation of our unit.
Looting is the main reward for taking a fortification.
And we did it balls to the walls crazy style.

If we do not manage to give them better pay than looting then we might as well kiss our company goodbye.

>>4454434
True, I'd like to reward them after this either way. Just not at the expense of getting told no on everything by our future liege because we didn't show restraint. Professionalism is a good look for hired swords.

>>4454434
Playing the devil's advocate here, but we did get 5 wealth on Stonedance which we can use.

>>4454437
As a rule any looting will exceed any reward for the common soldier.

Right now, considering their fucking superlative performance i am more inclined to make them happy than make grumpy Stannis who will always see us as the fucker who upstaged him and probably messed up his capture of the royals, regardless if we loot or don't.

>>4454429
This is all meta though. Aurion doesn't know that Stannis is getting Dragonstone and not Storm's End. It's actually a surprise and a perceived insult to Stannis.
and now he can blame Aurion for upstaging him

That said
>>4454162
>To the victor go the spoils. LOOT.
Aurion would loot. We have everywhere else

>>4454162
>>To the victor go the spoils. LOOT.
I've read opinions on both sides of the argument and this option offers the better outcome. We can do a lot of things with that wealth.

>>4454491
>The new Lord Paramount of Dragonstone is still unnamed. This is why you've been dealing more directly with the crown. There are several names being floated, but it traditionally goes to the King's heir. In this case, that is Lord Stannis Baratheon.
>The Lord Paramount of the Stormlands is also unnamed. At present, it is nearly universally assumed that will be Lord Stannis Baratheon again. He is the next in line there as well and by all rights it's his.

Thread 6 when we were kicking around swearing to Estermont and denying Sunglass. I hate metagaming as much as anyone.

>>4454162

>To the victor go the spoils. LOOT.

Being that we surprise attacked, I'm guessing they had to leave almost everything behind. We may never have a better looting opportunity ever again.

To me this is more valuable than brownie points with whichever Lord we are going to snuff allegiance-wise anyway.

I'm sure they have a stacked armory, in addition to wealth maybe we could reward the boys with some shiny new stuff.

>>4454533
I think our 1st company is as kitted out as possible, i can't recall if they've got castle forged steel weapons or if it's just armor

Getting some stuff for our crossbowmen or cavalry would be good though

I get that people want to curry favor with Stannis, but we have access to the greatest treasure chest in the seven kingdoms. Not letting our men take their share is denying them the spoils of braving a record breaking storm, landing on an unknown beach, taking an entire castle, and surviving wildfire. They deserve it more than stannis, no matter how much trouble it could cause. Like >>4454233 mentioned, Stannis will just give the king a list of items recovered, we'd present him the crown jewels and the man that helped the Targs escape

>>4454497
But how much would Aurion really know about the politics and lines of succession? I suppose he may have had a conversation with Cerelle at some point along these lines but nothing was written on it.

Basing the decision strictly off Stannis coming seems... Dirty

>>4454548
Maybe you're right. This'll probably bite us on the ass at some point, but in the interests of playing the character...

>>4454162
Changing >>4454429

>To the victor go the spoils. LOOT.

Ironborn Aurion.

>>4454548
Hell, since stannis didn't take Dragonstone like he does in canon, Robert might give Dragonstone to Renly or some other highborn noble.

>>4454557
He didn't take it in canon either. He showed up and the garrison surrendered or switched sides while the targ kids escaped.

>>4454559
Eh, he still took it, just not through glorious melee combat. Now that he didn't, there's no association between him and the miserable rock for Robert. Some people thought that he was given it as punishment for letting the targs escape, which isn't really his fault anymore. It'd change a lot of things, but Dragonstone could be given to someone else

Of course, there's the argument that if he'd braved the storm they could have captured the targs, so he might still get blamed for their escape

Stannis is going to be royally pissed after all the waiting for his fleet to assemble.

But what do we have to do with his issues? We're not beholden to him (yet?).

Alright, so we need to make sure we come off as competent and not impetuous when explaining why we yolo rushed though the storm instead of waiting for the rest of the fleet.

I mean we could frame it as a matter of honor and settling debts (With Manderly), but this was a bit above and beyond what was expected, no?
We might get slapped for the blame of the heirs getting away, but hey, at least we can talk about seizing the castle and putting a bolt through the cabin of their escaping ship rather than just turning up and having the garrison surrender to you and find the heirs gone.

>>4454591
>I mean we could frame it as a matter of honor and settling debts (With Manderly), but this was a bit above and beyond what was expected, no?
We seized the opportunity because we heard about the storm laying waste on the loyalist fleet.

I'm voting for looting. Our men have earned their prize.

>>4454421
Nice, I always love OC memes.

Ok, I see a clear majority for looting. Good points all around.

This is going to be a two-part test. The first is raw wealth and the second is to find something more uniquely rare. Fair warning, the awareness test for the second part has a high DC. The old royalty doesn't easily part with its secrets.

>First, can I get 3 rolls of 3d6 for the raw Wealth you manage to loot?

Rolled 1, 6, 3 = 10 (3d6)

>>4454817

Rolled 1, 1, 3 = 5 (3d6)

>>4454817

Rolled 1, 6, 2 = 9 (3d6)

>>4454817

Well we got our shit rolls out of the way

>>4454817
Can we torture someone into confessing if the second test fails?

>>4454818
>>4454824
>>4454825
10. Still enough to buy something nice for Stormgrave after all of this.

>Can I get 3 rolls of 4d6 for Awareness (Notice)?

Rolled 6, 5, 3, 3 = 17 (4d6)

>>4454834

Rolled 3, 3, 4, 4 = 14 (4d6)

>>4454834
Shame we don't have that DP still.

Rolled 4, 4, 2, 4 = 14 (4d6)

>>4454834

>>4454837
Yeah I remember Mervyn using his DP to find that hidden room in the cave where we found the evidence.

>>4454836
>>4454837
>>4454838
Damn. Off by 1.

>>4454832
You'd need to find someone who might know first, but I don't see why not.

>Can I get 3 rolls of 3d6 for Cunning to see if you can puzzle that out?

Rolled 6, 5, 2 = 13 (3d6)

>>4454842

Rolled 4, 3, 3 = 10 (3d6)

>>4454842

Rolled 1, 5, 5 = 11 (3d6)

>>4454842

Rolled 5, 2, 4 = 11 (3d6)

>>4454842
Can we burn a point of Glory for 1B on the previous test?

>>4454843
>>4454844
>>4454847
Hmm. Enough to point you in a vague direction at least. We'll have to see how far you're willing to go on this one. I'll tie all of this together and have a post up later tonight.

>>4454842
By the way, I don't know if you do this, but I was reading the rulebook and it allows extra dice when you devote more time to the task, giving one test dice per hour, up to your initial test dice, so with Knowledge 2 you can get 2 extra dice. The book gives an example of taking one more hour to research giving you an extra dice. It's a neat concept.

>>4454849
Oh, hey. Good catch. I completely forgot about that rule.

Burn 1 Glory to add 1b to >>4454836 ?
>Yes
>No

>>4454854
>Yes

>>4454854
>yes

Odds are fair enough.

>>4454854
>>Yes

>>4454854
>Yes

>>4454854
Absolutely. Yes.
Got to beat the average on that die.

>>4454853
>>4454854
Here's the part from chapter 2 pg 31:
>Taking More Time
>When you have the luxury of time on your side, you can work more slowly to ensure you complete the task, which is especially useful for high Difficulty tasks that are ordinarily beyond your ability to roll with a normal test. For each additional amount of time spent preparing for the task (say an hour of research or an extra six seconds before making an Athletics test), you gain an extra test die for the purposes of resolving your test. You can’t gain more than double your test dice in this way. So if you have 2 in an ability, you can’t gain more than two extra test dice by taking more time.

Alright, I doubt the vote is going to flip.

>Can I get 1 roll of 1d6?

Rolled 5 (1d6)

>>4454867

Rolled 1 (1d6)

>>4454867

Rolled 2 (1d6)

>>4454867

I sacrificed a lamb for this

>>4454870
Fucking clutch. Good spend.

>>4454866
It's a neat concept for how the game was originally intended, but I'm not going to use that with a best of 3 system. Might as well toss the dice out completely at that point

>>4454870
Well would you look at that... well worth the spend. Nice.

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You’re starting to feel the ache in your bones by the time you’ve finished making the trek back up the cliff to the fallen fortress. You know your men are too… but you also know their remarkably quiet demeanors have less to do with exhaustion and more to do with expectation. And their expectation isn’t of rest. Far from it.

“Only what you can carry---” you start, only to grin as they break out in a roar of approval and rush to the waiting keep. Or keeps? This place is a bit sprawling. You set off with Trios to the Sea Dragon Tower. That’s probably where First Cohort took your prisoners… and it’s where you’d keep your better tableware if you were a Royal. You’d like to think Trios accompanies you out of his great, undying loyalty, but the opportunist in you knows that he knows of your penchant for sniffing out lucrative trinkets.

“How’s the family, by-the-by?” you ask him as you neatly step around a charred corpse.

“Daughter is fat and happy. No complaints,” he shrugs.

“Good, good. Your wife?”

“Only complaints.”

“Just so,” you nod. Someone was kind enough to leave the door ajar… or off its hinges. Either way, it’s for the best. These towers get awfully clammy otherwise.

You find Ser Daeron Stonemont inside with some of his subcommanders. Subsubcommanders. They look like they’ve seen a ghost at your presence.

“You’re alive… my lord, what word?” Ser Daeron urgently asks.

“Hmm? The Royals? They’ve escaped,” you brush it off. “Are my prisoners here? A Sergeant Hoster would’ve seen to them. Talkative fellow. You could do with looking less relieved, you know. Remember, you’re Stags now.”

By the looks of him and the rest, they’d rather do anything but remember that little detail. “Is there a problem with that?” you add, letting your fingers dance upon the pommel of your sword. Let them do it. Let them challenge you now. You know they’re on their last legs and your men are as ready as ever.

“No problem at all, my lord,” Ser Daeron hastily corrects before looking at you more critically. “… are you well?”

“Never better,” you look down at yourself in the torchlight. You do suppose the question was warranted. You must look inhuman with this amount of blood and soot upon your person. “Although, the wildfire did melt my armor. Prisoners, if you recall. And a general report would do. You do recall this was a battle, yes?” you prompt again. These garrison types…

The dragonseed banner knight straightens at the reminder. “Our bowmen are largely unharmed, but at least half of our spearmen are casualties. Ser Jace fell against a Clawman. I took command afterwards. Not that you’re not in command now, my lord,” he hurriedly adds.

“Did he? Too bad, he seemed competent. And what else? Prisoners, notables, details,” you press on, growing impatient. “Is Hoster here or not? I won’t have him squirreling away the finest--- well, is he?”

>>4455944
“I do not know of a Hoster, my lord. If the prisoners are what so concern you, then I pray you turn to Stone Drum. Its great hall was better suited to triage than here. Your knights of Manderly are being treated there,” he explains.

“Ah, good. They lived, then? I knew Wylis would pull through. Strapping young lad, isn’t he? Now… where is the Queen?”

You and Trios follow Ser Daeron down a level, letting the young knight carry the torch. You won’t be the one with flame-blindness if a blade comes darting around a corner. He leads you down a spiraling staircase. And down. And down. You must be deep into the earth. The stone walls feel warm to the touch here. Odd, that. The deep earth is normally cooler. You dismiss Ser Daeron at the bottom. He will check on your prisoners.

And there she is. Queen Rhaella Targaryen lies in state upon a stone slab held aloft by the intricately carved likenesses of weeping women. She looks… peaceful. None of the sorrow you saw so plainly on her in life. She’s surrounded by roses from the gardens above and dressed in the black of her house. No jewels, though. Curious.

“You didn’t snatch her jewels, did you?” you ask the skinny, elderly man standing almost reverently nearby.

“W—I would never. The very accusation is just. It’s---” he sputters.

“Right, right. Lovely. Then what’re you doing here,” you cut off his protests.

“I was given the honor of the vigil as Her Grace’s knights took the field,” he explains.

“They may as well’ve stayed here for the good that did them. Name? Be quick about it. I’m growing exceedingly tired of asking questions.”

“Master Aerron. I am the steward of this tower,” he quickly answers at your tone.

“Then you will be opening this tower’s coffers. Do note, that one wasn’t a question,” you tell him as you walk around the resting chamber. It must be a temporary arrangement. Valyrians burn their dead. Small wonder as to why. As much as you’d like to ignore it, you can catch a hint of decay even through the cloying perfumes. You’re not sure what is more familiar, the scent of death or the perfumes themselves…

The stone-etched murals of the chambers depict battles long passed. Dragons fighting dragons. A dragon devouring a woman in a crowded square… it’s exquisite work even to your layman’s eye. The flames of the wall-mounted torches bend at your passing. You freeze.

“You know, you could’ve mentioned the coffers were already down here,” you admonish the steward. Neat trick. You’ve seen it before.

>>4455946
“My lord? They’re above in the---” the steward starts, then falls silent as you fidget with the torch mounting. You hear a click. The mounting shifts down to what looked like a natural crack a hands-breadth below. You yank it sideways along the crack. The stone mural slides along with it, revealing another passage beyond. This was only the antechamber…

The larger chamber beyond looks like some sort of shrine… or perhaps another burial chamber of something greater than a man. The massive, blackened dragon skull lodged into the stone looks malevolent in the torchlight. Other large dragon bones are arranged beneath it in what you can only deem a ritualistic fashion. Bones of this sort are prized amongst the Dothraki for the bows they can make, but these bones are much too large for such a purpose. You’d be hard-pressed to lift any of them at all. There are a few basins situated around. Offerings? You’re not sure what most of the basins contained. Remains of some sort, surely, but long turned to refuse. Whoever entombed this beast at such lengths must have loved it dearly…

One basin does catch your eye. It glitters with gold. An offering of coin? Now that is your sort of offering. You scoop a hand through, your face turning to a puzzled frown. This isn’t gold. Well, not your sort of gold. This is something else entirely. You hold one up to the light. It’s gold in color, but that’s where the similarities end. It’s both lighter and stronger than the precious metal. You’ve never seen the like of it. Scales. These are the beast’s scales, perfectly preserved after all of this time. You were in the market for some new armor, and these scales are surely better than anything natural.

The steward is on his knees, tears running down his cheeks as he gawps at the sight of it all. Honestly, it’s a little much. “Did you not know of this?” you ask.

“No one did,” he shakes his head. “This. This is Sunfyre.”

You just stare at him. “And?”

“And? Sunfyre the Golden was King Aegon II’s mount. Their bond was so close as to be seen in His Grace’s personal heraldry,” he waves a shaky hand at the gold and black banners flanking the chamber. “To recover such a relic… my lord, who are you?”

“Lord Aurion Shryke. Have you been living under a rock?” you respond as you fill your sack with the golden scales. “I will still be needing those coffers opened.”

>Gained Gold Dragonscales. They can be fashioned into Extraordinary Armor by your Master Armorsmith.

>>4455948
The Steward Aerron unlocked the coffers on the top floor of the tower with little protest. It took some doing but you and Trios managed to get all the gold and your scales into a couple of chests. Best to keep these things compact, lest someone takes issue upon your departure.

>Gained 10 Wealth

“Find the others and tell them we’re all bedding down in the tower tonight. Best not to spread too thin around this lot. They’ve already turned cloaks once before. I’ll fetch Hoster’s cohort,” you tell Trios.

True to Ser Stonemont’s word, they’re in the Stone Drum’s hall… the very same hall where you’d first met Cerelle. It’s been turned into an abattoir. Wounded and dying men of both sides are laid out on benches or bare stone. There are simply not enough healers to go around. If you weren’t so sure it’d spark another mutiny, you’d simply call for them to be given the peace. Your own group is easy enough to spot. It seems they rated their own maester even in your absence. You would’ve preferred a little more attention, but that will have to do. Ser Wylis Manderly and a handful of his father’s knights are being treated for burns of varied severity. The heir to White Harbor himself seems to have gotten away with some blisters on his feet. Not bad at all, though he’s practically drowning himself in wine over the experience.

Your prisoners are another matter. Ser Waelon Waters is in a deep sleep from milk of the poppy. The bleeding from his shoulder appears to have been mostly staunched, and his arm bound up in a sort of sling fastened from the purple cloak the knight seemed so intent on clinging onto earlier as he lost consciousness.

“Will he live?” you ask the maester, Garmon is his name.

“So long as we keep draining the lung,” he nods. “Although his chance of fever will be high with such a deep wound.”

“That won’t be a problem until long after the rest arrive. The lady?” you motion to Lady Jeyne Goodbrook, who is laid out on her stomach, her modesty questionably intact with her bodice removed for ease of access to the wound. Lady Lyra Darry watches over with her, wringing her hands and looking as pale as her wounded friend. You have a glance around the nearby benches and tables. Sergeant Hoster and his cohort are standing guard with hands on pommels for good reason. This is a very, very poor place for a young lady under tenuous protections. Let alone two. They haven’t gone unnoticed by the garrison men lingering about the hall.

>>4455951
“The arrow nicked her spine. I have seen worse, but I fear for her chances at walking. She cannot feel her legs,” Maester Garmon says.

“Will it not heal? Spines are bone last I checked, and bones heal,” you point out.

“It is not so simple a matter. There are other elements, nerves,” the maester exasperatedly explains.

“… you’re sure you are a healer, yes?”

He throws up his hands. “My lord, hope and prayer would be better healers than any mortal man against such an injury.”

Lady Darry up to him in shock, to his immediate chagrin. “The best I can do is keep her in a steady position. The more she is moved, the worse it may get,” he continues in a much quieter voice.

“All the same, you and I both know the looks these two are gathering. Can she be moved to the tower?” you ask.

“Perhaps, if your men are careful enough. There should be some smaller two-wheeled wayns by the kitchens. It would have to be a room on the bottom floor…”

“Good,” you nod to Hoster to see it done. “My ladies, we are going back to the tower.”

“I will not leave your side,” Lady Lyra assures her injured friend. The effect is ruined by her quavering voice. Lady Jeyne’s soft, placating words in return have more strength despite her infirmity.

You were considering questioning them further on all of this. Although you’re not sure what exactly they could tell you, the fact remains that they are the only members of the Royal Entourage in your possession capable of forming complete sentences.

>Speak with them both together.
>Speak with uninjured Lady Lyra Darry. She is the less calm and collected one.
>Speak with the injured Lady Jeyne Goodbrook. Despite her situation, she seems to be the more coherent of the two.
>Speak with them back to back. With everyone’s mounting exhaustion, you’re less likely to make real headway.
>Leave them in peace and catch some rest.

I'm going to be busy tonight, but I will be doing a full run tomorrow.

>>4455953
>>Speak with them both together.

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>>4455953
>>Speak with them both together.
We Ghidorah now.

>>4455953
Damn, that's a meaty update. Holy shit, golden dragonscale armor, we're going to be walking around like a video game character now. So glad we succeeded on that check. Such a shame Blackberry died.

>Speak with them both together
There are far more immediate problems for them being in this hall right now than her not being able to walk. Look around. Our men are tired and going to turn in for the night, who's going to protect you then? We'll do all we can to carry her gently.

>>4455948
>dragonscale armor
bruh we are gonna be balling. So glad we looted and spent that glory. We should gift the skull to the King, it'll be a good symbol for the destruction of the targ dynasty

>>4455953
>>Speak with them both together.

>>4456010
Eh.. Bobby B isn't fond of skulls, there are plenty in the Red Keep mounted in the throne room, including Balerion's, but he moved them all into a dusty basement.

>>4455953
>Speak with them both together.
>Despite her situation, she seems to be the more coherent of the two.
She may not have long, but will be strengthened by her friend's company.

>>4456017
true, we could just keep it at Stormgrave or leave it here

Could dragonbone be used as armor plating for a turtle ship?

>>4455953
>>Speak with them both together.
Real happy we spent the glory there.

>>4455953
>Speak with them both together.

>>4455953
>>Speak with them both together.

People on all sides and continents will want to murder us for that armor. Some to steal it, some for revenge, some for the sheer audacity of looting THE dragon tomb and then strutting around as if we had the right.

It'll be glorious

>>4456038
Nah, I’d rather see about making a crossbow/regular bow out of it or using it to make a new handle for our V-Steel Sword
Man, we’re 100% going to get some weird ass looks for all the shit we’ll be carrying

>>4456160
>Nah, I’d rather see about making a crossbow/regular bow out of it
And who's going to wield it? Ser Byron? That's a mighty big gift for him.

What good is a dragonbone hilt on an already light sword?

This looks like hoarding for the sake of hoarding. Just leave that shit for Stannis to stare at and brood.

>>4456164
>What’s the purpose of a dragonbone hilt
Idk, an extra intimidation dice?, an extra inch on our dick? I kinda don’t give a fuck, we’ve got Dragonbone to spar and unless we want to make Dragonbone Plate Armour we’ve basically got next to no uses for it

As it was stated, the dragonbone is much too large to carry. I mentioned it as backdrop for the scales. And your sword already has a dragonbone hilt.

>>4456175

Since we have enough for a suit of armor, could we spare a few scales as personal gifts to high ranking members of the Faith?

Maybe make a couple into small jewelry, one for Cerelle and Estermont to gift to his wife. Once in a lifetime gift opportunity here.

>>4456221
I could get behind that, personally, I’d be up for looking for a Talon to make into a knife seeing as we don’t have enough space to grab anything big

>>4456221
>>4456228
Sure, I can work with that.

>>4456228

I have a feeling a talon might be more the size of Havel's club, but certainly a piece of one would make a dope knife. Good idea

>>4456284
Got a mental image of Havel in ASOIAF smashing knights into the ground. Thank you for that idea.

>>4455953
>Speak with them both together.
I know we're probably coming off of an adrenaline crash, and everyone's exhausted so our charm is probably not at top performance.
Has the maester even told them that Jeyne is gonna be paralyzed? Like, if we can address the current issues of whatever immediate intel they have on where that boat, and get them to lie down somewhere.

Also all these people talking about crafting stuff from the dragonbones and scales and things reminds me of skyrim with storing tons of dragon remains in your house to level smithing later.

>>4456358
>Havel hitting knights so hard that they’re nailed into the ground
Kek
>>4456369
If you don’t have an enchanted dragon bone armour/weapon set, are you really playing?

>>4456175
Also, btw, are we closing this up and swearing this dude into secrecy about this? I’d like to make this part of our kid’s inheritance or at least keep it out of stag hands

>>4456459
We're gonna be strutting around in dragonscale armor, no way this stays a secret

Anyway, how would we get it out for him? We'd need a team of horses just to move the bones, not like you can do that secretly. Stannis is gonna be coming in a couple days, best we could do is take some wing bones and talons to make into gifts

>>4456459
Good point, I should address that in story. Short answer, you have nothing to worry about on that front.

This was a clear enough vote, so I'll close it now. Perhaps a better question would be how you want to handle them.

>Empathize with their situation as best as you can. You're on their side in all of this. (Charm)
>Lay out the facts. They need you and you're not convinced you need them. It's in their best interest to demonstrate their worth. (Convince)
>They're traitors now. Make them understand how badly this can go for them if they don't completely cooperate. (Intimidate)

>>4456464
>>Lay out the facts. They need you and you're not convinced you need them. It's in their best interest to demonstrate their worth. (Convince)

>>4456464
>>Empathize with their situation as best as you can. You're on their side in all of this. (Charm)

>>4456464
>Empathize with their situation as best as you can. You're on their side in all of this. (Charm)

I think it plays in better with the conspiring with selena darry/wendwater.

>>4456464
Where's the 'Seduce Lady Goodbrook' option, you hack fraud? Are you an ableist or something?!

Jk, I agree with anon that the Selena Darry angle works.
>Empathize with their situation as best as you can. You're on their side in all of this. (Charm)

>>4456464
>Lay out the facts. They need you and you're not convinced you need them. It's in their best interest to demonstrate their worth. (Convince)

>>4456464
>>Empathize with their situation as best as you can. You're on their side in all of this. (Charm)
the old standby. Hopefully we washed some of the blood and ash from our face for this

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>>4456482
you madman

>>4456482
I was fully prepared to pour myself a stiff drink and throw that up there had the vote been to speak with just her.

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>>4456507
Based
I didn't understand how we could talk to any of them alone, though, from what I got, we're basically in an open army medic facility, all the other soldiers are looking on, our own soldiers are looking on, how were we supposed to get them alone? and dirty

>>4456512
For Goodbrook, waiting until she was situated in a tower room. For Darry, pulling her off to the side or back at the tower again. I guess that could've been framed better for the vote. Basically, I'll come up with a way to make it sensible if it's greentexted.

>>4456464
>>Lay out the facts. They need you and you're not convinced you need them. It's in their best interest to demonstrate their worth. (Convince)

>>4456463
We close up the room, make some kind of insane series of clues leading our descendants to the room and then eventually they seduce someone who works/lives in the castle to let them in and take out pieces of bone one by one like that guy who stole an entire Cadillac over 50 years yeah, or not
>>4456464
>Lay out the facts. They need you and you're not convinced you need them. It's in their best interest to demonstrate their worth. (Convince)
Man, we’re going to be the greatest bastard this side of Yi Ti
>Inb4 Daenarys does her whole “Invade Westeros with an army of Unsullied” thing
>we manage to convince her we’re just a mercenary
>We end up a major Lord in the Court of the Mother Of Dragons

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>>4456560
>and then eventually they seduce someone who works/lives in the castle to let them in and take out pieces of bone one by one like that guy who stole an entire Cadillac over 50 years
Cerion marrying Shireen Baratheon and becoming King-Consort after Stannis when?!

>>4456575
That was actually my first thought but I went “Nah, too wacky” but here’s the opposite direction
>Inb4 shireen ends up basically being the female version of her father
>Gets a crush on the handsomest Rogue in the Seven Kingdoms (Third handsomest Rogue if you include Essos and the rest of the Free Kingdoms) Cerion Shryke
>Cerion is completely oblivious, is too focused on his Model Castles and his Wargaming habit
>Cerion finds the first clue of a treasure left to him by his Father (The former Handsomest Rogue in the Seven Kingdoms [Former Second Handsomest if you include Essos/the free Kingdoms] now Handsomest Lord in the Seven Kingdoms [fourth Handsomest Lord if you include Essos/The Free Kingdoms])
>>in High Valyrian “Where I Made The Mad Queen Moan, Shall thee find Dragon Bone” and so on and so forth each with a greater amount of Innuendo and Clues within it
>Cerion goes to Dragonstone after following the clues in his own castle
>Ends up searching for the treasure with Shireen
>Standard Romcom shenanigans ensue
>Cerion ends up a priest of the Red God
>Melisandre is just as confused as Cerion about how this happened
>Shireen gets dosed with some kind of Valyrian Aphrodisiac and chases Cerion around the castle
>Cerion thinks they’re just playing a game of tag, he’s the best at tag (1st at tag in the Seven Kingdoms, still first in Essos/The Free Kingdoms)
>They never even find the Dragonbone
>They kind a completely different stash of Valyrian Steel and Dragon bones

No way. Cerion needs a proper valyrian.

>>4456972
Aurane Waters :^)

>>4456980
That's not how babies are made anon

>>4456464
Tied vote.

>>4456464
>Lay out the facts. They need you and you're not convinced you need them. It's in their best interest to demonstrate their worth. (Convince)
How much money does your daddy have?

>>4456464
>Lay out the facts. They need you and you're not convinced you need them. It's in their best interest to demonstrate their worth. (Convince)

>>4456464
>>Empathize with their situation as best as you can. You're on their side in all of this. (Charm)

>>4456464
>>Empathize with their situation as best as you can. You're on their side in all of this. (Charm)

>>4456464
>Empathize with their situation as best as you can. You're on their side in all of this. (Charm)

>>4457055
idk if it's just me being greedy here. But I only voted charm because I don't see a time crunch here. Why wouldn't we charm, and then use that as a first step to then convince after we have made them like us more?
lowering the dc's and getting them on our side, before making the logical argument. Albeit with a touch less apathy for their plight, if we charm first.

If we absolutely had no more time I would go with just convince. But I can't see why we can't follow up.

>Empathize with their situation as best as you can. You're on their side in all of this. (Charm)

>>4457192
One looks like trying to make them think they're friends and the other looks like keeping it a business transaction.

>>4457192
Because setting a "we're in this together tone" weakens an argument of "you need to make this worth my while."

You're free to change tacts if an argument falls through, but you will be doing so at a disadvantage.

>>4456464

>Convince

sorry phone post didnt feel like scrolling to copy paste

>>4457272
>>4457221
mhm.
Yeah I think it'd kind of shity to go from charming to business.
Boggs im myself not clear on the loyalties of these woman's families. Are they loyalist, or like cerelle captured in a sense/ their families are now sworn to our newly found king.

Or more importantly does Aurion know the loyalties of the families of these woman? If charming them means we have to pull another celtigar move where we don't get a ransom in lieu favorability.

I want money for every individual who surrendered/conquered to us if possible.
I would appreciate it if anyone else could clear it up other than boggs to not waste his time.
I am just worried we charm these girls. And lose out on a ransom, cause they are our "allies" family members and it would be looked down upon. Considering the hero look Cerelle wants us to play. Selling our "allies" their families back.

>>4457488
We specifically promised Selena Darry that we'd rescue Lyra mate, I don't think we're getting a ransom here. The other woman is also a sort of hostage I think, who was being kept here against her will. Waleon Waters will be presented to Stannis and most likely executed. The other captives are low level grunts just following orders, so I think they'll be let free with some oaths. All in all, no ransom potential. But we just got 10 wealth and the dragonscale armor, man. Don't get greedy.

>>4457488
They're both from Targaryen loyalist houses, but that description doesn't really do the situation justice. We'll get to it shortly. Until then...

>Can I get 3 rolls of 8d6 for Charm and 3 rolls of 4d6 for Awareness (Empathy)?

Rolled 2, 1, 1, 3, 5, 1, 5, 1 = 19 (8d6)

>>4457805

Rolled 2, 2, 2, 4 = 10 (4d6)

Btw Boggs I was going through the drive and looked at the Ships document, and I have to say, amazing work! It will also help future QMs, I know I wanted to start a 'pirate in the Stepstones' quest but put it off because there's only one type of naval unit in the rulebook and I didn't know how to create my own. So thank you for the effort, again.

Rolled 1, 3, 1, 3, 1, 2, 3, 2 = 16 (8d6)

>>4457805

Rolled 1, 2, 3, 6, 1, 4, 1, 2 = 20 (8d6)

>>4457805

>>4457822
Glad you like it. I'm looking forward to using it all more in the future. I had a good amount of help from The Father as well. He's been doing some amazing work behind the scenes lately.

>>4457817
>>4457838
>>4457847
Huh. I think this may be the first time a Charm roll really didn't fully cut it. Interesting.

>>4457866
I blame the ash and blood mud covering our abs

Rolled 6, 4, 3, 4 = 17 (4d6)

>>4457805

Rolled 5, 6, 5, 5 = 21 (4d6)

>>4457805

>>4457894
Aurion is a good listener

>>4457822
>>4457880
>>4457894
Hah. Tossing the 21 into it makes this part practically write itself. Nice.

>>4457847
>>4457894
better role on awareness than charm

>>4457894
>>4457847
>4d6 roll bigger than 8d6 roll
Dice gods are fucking with us.

>>4457934
>>4457905
>>4457902
I'm just THAT good

The first cohort fetches a wayn from outside the kitchens for Lady Goodbrook. It takes some doing, and a great deal of maesterly chiding, but you’re able to move her into a snug enough position to wheel her back to the tower. You take your leave for the master suite on the second level while the maester settles in the Riverlands Ladies below. It would be best not to look the part of a demon out of the Seventh Hell for the sort of chat you’re envisioning. If the gods are good, and they are to you, then Lady Lyra might’ve received a letter or two from her thirsty aunt. Who knew a night of debauchery could have so many lovely ripple effects down the line?

“Might as well have more water drawn now. And some clothes would be welcomed. Can’t say I got around to packing my finer wares for this little expedition,” you tell the tower steward, Aerron.

“My lord,” he bows. He’s been more obedient since your discovery below.

“Oh, and Aerron? I’d assume it goes without saying that we were never… there, as it were,” you tell him.

“Where, my lord?” he smartly answers. You give him a lingering look all the same. “I am a historian first and foremost, my lord. I cannot think of a more disgraceful act then to allow certain histories to fall into the hands of the family of up jumped bastards responsible for the end of the greatest house these kingdoms have ever known. Such histories belong in the hands of true Valyrians, not pretenders. By your leave, my lord.”

You nod in dismissal, though that bastard comment was puzzling. You’d think he was speaking of you, you could easily be construed as such, but he doesn’t have the stones for that. Curious. You go back to washing only to frown at your reflection. Your hair is in desperate need of a trimming. It’s unsalvageable at this length with the singing it took. Can’t be helped. At least Cerelle will be pleased…

>>4458107
You enter the ladies’ quarters a while later. It’s certainly far too late for a normal social call, but circumstances are what they are. The maester looks all too relieved to take his leave of them. Goodbrook and Darry both look like they’ve shed a tear or two, Darry more so. Not surprising given the fire you saw in her aunt. They do still look surprised to see you, not that you can blame them. You look far less bestial in your well-tailored black silk undershirt and matching trousers with your gem studded belt and freshly scrubbed boots to complete the look. And neatly trimmed hair. Feels awkward, but you can’t fault the look of it. Far less awkward than the servant must’ve felt when you made a jest about him assassinating you with the clippers that caused him to drop his instruments in fear.

“My ladies, I’m sure you would both agree we have much to discuss. Wine?” you offer in greeting. You’ve already had a cup to steady your hands. They do shake overmuch after nights like these. You’re not looking forward to shutting your eyes and reliving choice parts.

They take the proffered cups with undue caution, eying you warily. It seems you’re expected to do the discussing for now. “I’d assume you at least know who I am by now. Lord Aurion Shryke, at your service,” you smile. They don’t.

“We know who you are, my lord. And we know what you have done,” Lady Lyra Darry contemptuously responds.

“If you don’t mind enlightening me? The stories do seem to change with each telling,” you say.

“Turning your cloak on the cause? Abducting Lady Constance with that traitor lioness? All of this?” Lady Lyra gestures around.

You can’t help the chuckle. “You really do remind me of your lady aunt,” you tell her.

“My… Lady Selena? You?” the Lady of Darry regards you in a new light.

“So, she did write you? Good, good. Lady Constance is quite comfortable in her brother’s manse. I count their family amongst my friends. I believe the ‘lioness’ is a badger… with perhaps a few drops of lion’s blood. She does detest my badger jests. I think they’re rather clever, but I wouldn’t dare call her taste into question what with her deigning to wed me and all of that. Aye, truly. As for my cloak… well, it burst into flames, so it’s hard to speak towards how turned it may or may not be. Suffice to say, these are awfully complicated times. Wouldn’t you agree, my lady?” your cocksure grin gets the better of her this time as she regards you in a new light. Green eyes, definitely green, and hope plainly writ upon her face.

>>4458111
Lady Jeyne Goodbrook finally cuts in. You’d half-written her off as one of the quieter types, but it seems she might’ve just been avoiding getting so sucked into it all. Aloof. She takes Lady Lyra’s hand in her own. “This man is famous for his charms, Lyra. Look to his actions. This castle fell because of him,” she councils her… friend.

“My lady aunt whom I trust most wrote to me of a lord coming. She gave no name, but she said I would know when the time came and to follow him without question. We spoke of this, I know you remember,” Lady Lyra gently reminders her. “How could he know of this if it wasn’t him?”

You watch their quiet debate with bemusement, pouring yourself a fresh cup. It’s not every day you find yourself alone in a room with two women, turn up the charm, and have them both all but ignore you as they sit together… well, one of them is prone… hand in hand. Not every day… not ever. Is this what’s had them so joined at the hip through all of this? They’ve joined at the hips before? Not that you mind in the slightest. You’ve been to a feast or three out east with such a spectacle on display for the table’s entertainment. It really does liven the air.

“In Lady Goodbrook’s defense, I’d say I know a great deal of things I really shouldn’t know, my little lovebirds,” you smirk. They quickly retrieve their hands to their respective laps. You nearly snort your wine. “It does explain all of the clinginess.”

“I am not sure what you are talking about, my lord,” Lady Jeyne cautiously ventures.

Charm is out, but you’re still in a decent place with the awareness success. How do you want to handle this?

>If they’re so attached, maybe you can convince them you’re their best hope of getting whatever it is they want.
>Threaten to separate them and make this as difficult as possible, etc.
>Do nothing. Let them stew and come to their own conclusions. Bid them a good evening and get some sleep.
>Something else.

>>4458113
>>Do nothing. Let them stew and come to their own conclusions. Bid them a good evening and get some sleep.

>>4458113
>>Do nothing. Let them stew and come to their own conclusions. Bid them a good evening and get some sleep.
it's been a long day

>>4458113
>Do nothing. Let them stew and come to their own conclusions. Bid them a good evening and get some sleep.
Perhaps we could leave them with a parting remark along the lines of how there’s a good chance we’re a better person to bargain with than Stannis

>>4458113
So Goodbrook is lesbian and Darry is bisexual? Also I don't get what we're aiming for here, we already caught them, we just have to turn them over to Stannis, what are we negotiating for here? Can they even give anything to us? Also I don't understand the first choice, is it offering to help them stay together as lovers even after this? Sorry if I'm being a bit thickheaded.

>>4458139
>So Goodbrook is lesbian and Darry is bisexual?
Backwards, actually. Not that it matters much. And yes I've had them set up this way since thread 1.
>Also I don't get what we're aiming for here, we already caught them, we just have to turn them over to Stannis, what are we negotiating for here? Can they even give anything to us?
Can they? I don't feed everything to you guys. There is room for creativity here. I can think of a few things.
>Also I don't understand the first choice, is it offering to help them stay together as lovers even after this?
I was thinking of it as a little more open-ended since it may be difficult to realize that goal. There are expectations of them after this regardless of whatever they may want.

>>4458113
>Do nothing. Let them stew and come to their own conclusions. Bid them a good evening and get some sleep.
Just walk out with something about talking more tomorrow and then trail off "I do hope I can keep my promise..."

>>4458153
Blackmail possibly, what’s their family situation like?

>>4458153
Thanks for answering. Is Jeyne closer in relation to the Lord Goodbrook than Garse Goodbrook? Because there's a wiki entry for a Jeyne Goodbrook, daughter of Garse Goodbrook, but she's born in 293 AC.

>Do nothing. Let them stew and come to their own conclusions. Bid them a good evening and get some sleep.
I'll agree with the other anon's suggestion of impressing upon them that we're willing to allow far more concessions *wink wink* than Stannis. But as soon as Stannis is here, we're releasing them into his custody if there's no deal. Throw the ball in their court if they want to negotiate or not. I can't think of what they can offer us, maybe they'll come up with something themselves.

>>4458176
Just a little background tidbit that Aurion would know:

This doesn't come with nearly the stigma that it would with two men. It could cause some minor embarrassment if it were flaunted enough, but a septon would most likely chalk it up to the wantonness of womenfolk rather than call it an abomination against the Seven.

>>4458189
I feel like you’re trying to hint at something big but I’m far too much of a brainlet to get it

>>4458228
Boggs is trying to set us up for a threesome with both Lyra and Jeyne, then mid-coitus we'll have to take a heroic level (DC 21) Agility check to avoid breaking Jeyne's spine. We'll thus be known as The Backbreaker.

>>4458252
Kek
>Inb4 we find out the dust in the Dragon chamber was actually disintegrated Dragon Bone and therefore a potent Aphrodisiac

>>4458252
>>4458265
We can now proudly tell King Robert that "You're not the only one who broke a dragon's spine". (stretching the term to include women loyal to the dragon)

>>4458113
>>Do nothing. Let them stew and come to their own conclusions. Bid them a good evening and get some sleep.
Only thing I can think of is info on her cousin/brother who helped the targ children escape. That's OOC knowledge though, so maybe they can give us something else

>>4458271
>Telling King “Kill every Targ tonight” Baratheon you fucked one of them

>>4458303
>"I'm known for my creative methods of killing, I'm sure the King will appreciate it."

“Just so. I’ll leave you two to discuss whatever I may or may not know or whoever I may or may not be. Some parting advice? From the impression I gained when last we crossed paths, I’d say I’m a great deal more sympathetic conversationalist than Lord Stannis Baratheon. As it stands, you’ve given me no reason not to wash my hands of all of this and let him sort out the rest. Food for thought,” you tell them as you depart.

Sleep embraces you nearly the moment you hit the bedding, but sleep is a fickle lover. You wake in starts throughout the night and well into the morning until you give up and find the tower’s solar to break your fast on toasted bread and a spread of varied jams. Wonderful view from these solars. You had all of the windows opened to let the sea breeze in. The skies are fairly clear. You will have company sooner rather than later… even with that Baratheon boy’s tepid approach to war. Only a complete fool wouldn’t seize the opportunity now, and your image of the gaunt young lordling presiding in judgement over Lady Bar Emmon wasn’t one of a fool. He was one of the few that didn’t bite on your rabblerousing.

“My lord, we were unable to find any of this… rum in the cellars,” your server apologetically interrupts.

“This is one of the largest bloody castles ever made and it has no rum? How? Did my men get there first?

“Unlikely, my lord as we still have this to present you. The finest Arbor Gold, Two Fifty Seven After Conquest. A good year if it pleases my lord,” the server, some minor nobleman by his mannerisms, says with a degree of smugness.

“I’d say the year pleased my father well enough as you’re now dealing with me. Go on then,” you wave for him to open the cask.

You sip at it. Indeed, this is wine. How insightful. You drain half the cup and top it off with chilled orange juice. Much better. The server looks fit to choke on his own tongue. How bothersome. You shoo him away.

>>4458107
As a side note, if we do end up elevating Vaeron as a banner house we should try to find some way to get Aerron to be our new steward. I bet he knows all sorts of shit about the royal family. We could get a lot of use out of him.

>>4458325
“You’re not my new handmaiden, are you? Come sit,” you wave over Lady Darry, who was left standing in the doorway in the wake of the scurrying server.

She sits with all the grace and poise you’d expect of one of her breeding. “This wine was supposed to impress me, so it should impress you. Drink,” you tell her.

“I come to you with a deal of sort, my lord. A deal that will benefit all of us. Jeyne, Lady Jeyne is going to need certain assurances. Guarantees as to her future. We both will,” Lady Lyra says, remaining as businesslike as she can.

“Oh? Go on,” you lean back in your chair and gently slosh your second mimosa.

“We have discussed the matter at length, and it seems clear that there is more to you than meets the eye. My lady aunt is shrewd, and I greatly respect her judgement on these matters. Further, her guarantees toward my safety put me even further in her debt than I already was… but I cannot reconcile my lord’s actions here with whatever dealings you have made with her. Neither can Lady Goodbrook, whose opinion I also greatly respect,” Lady Lyra practically recites.

You can’t help laughing at it all, even after her ladylike posture sags in the face of your amusement. “Is this how Lady Selena is with all of her house’s merchant dealings? You’re the very image of her, you know. One last round of free advice before it begins to cost you, my lady: don’t start off haggling by telling me you need me.”

She looks mortified. “That is not what I---”

“Fine, fine. On with it. You have until this cask is emptied,” you allow her.

“Whatever your allegiances are, you have made a mistake. His Grace escaped. If you are loyal and true, then you should have held back so as not to arouse too much suspicion. If you are just another traitor, then you are the traitor who lost the King. You will be blamed for this escape,” Lady Lyra tells you.

“Or I tell them the Royals were already escaping and it’s the fault of those little girls tarrying over some weather that I had to see this through with a single ship.”

“But my lord… that simply is not true,” Lady Lyra smugly leans on the palm of her hand with her elbows upon the table.

“Sure it is. Whose to say it isn’t?”

>>4458330
Yeah we should definitely snatch him up. He'll probably prefer to serve under a Lord with Valyrian heritage than a Lord Paramount who killed that heritage.

>>4458335
“Lady Jeyne and I are now the two most senior members of the Royal Entourage present upon this island. We both concur that that King Viserys and Princess Daenerys were perfectly content with waiting out the storm here. It appears, my lord, that our stories are not matching up. What a shame.”

“Is your story even true?”

“Does it matter?”

“What are your terms?”

“Lady Jeyne’s brother is the new Lord Goodbrook. They are… very much estranged. Her lord father was killed for his loyalty, and Lord Tully brought down fire and sword upon their lands. Lady Jeyne is unlikely to walk or even bear children. Her brother will not lift a finger for her ransom, or anything else for that matter. I am provided for by… someone. Either my brother Raymun, who is now head of our household, or my Aunt Selena if she is able to convince her lord husband. Neither will lodge Lady Jeyne. I have already asked, and that was before her injury. Now I turn to you, my lord. You are at least partly to blame for all of this. I blame you even if she does not. She needs your protection and patronage. If she has it, then the story we tell will sound far more… heroic.”

“Your lady aunt seemed to think you were not provided for either,” you tell her.

“That is not important. Someone will reward you in some way for my sake. Lady Jeyne is who is important here,” she responds with some of that familiar heat.

“I may just hold you to that… what do you expect her to do in my household if she can’t walk?”

“Live,” she nearly throws her hands up. “She likes libraries. She could help tutor your daughters if you have any---”

“I don’t.” You cut her off before she can argue the point any further. So, a lady raised to be a highborn wife who can no longer perform her most essential duty. A burden, in short. But her situation is possibly, slightly, a product of your actions, and the value of their words in favor of your timeliness might be undersold if anything.

Will you take Lady Jeyne Goodbrook into your household?

>Deal.
>No deal. You’ll take your chances with your word over theirs.
>Deal. (Deception)
>Something else, something to add?

That’s it for tonight. Stannis tomorrow. Thanks for playing!

>>4458340
>>Deal.
I'm sure she has uses.

>>4458340
>Deal.

Easily worth the word in our favor. Surprised she can't have kids.

>>4458360
She could in the modern era. It's more a matter of her almost certain death in childbirth if she manages to carry all the way to term. She can't deliver naturally.

>>4458340
She's too smug for her own good and the position she's in, I don't like her. And she has a mysterious benefactor. Just to clarify, what will they say if we take the deal?

>>4458371
That the Targaryens were already fleeing by the time you arrived rather than fleeing because you arrived.

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>>4458340
Hmm
>Deal
It’d be nice to know where her stats lay, but otherwise we could get to her help teaching our son the less rogueish arts or running of our household
It’s going to be... fun explaining why we’ve come back with a woman to our wife
> Inb4 “Darling, if I wanted to cheat on you I’d steal everything not nailed down and sail to Lys...was that not the right thing to say?”

>>4458414
>Shilling in a quest thread

>>4458340
>>4458374
>Deal
>Something else
>Bargain for more
Taking on an invalid lady who has no use for us for her entire lifetime is a pretty big commitment. She's a noble and will have expectations of her accomodations that standard which we'll have to satisfy for her entire life. That and our wife is a jealous one, she may resent us for bringing an unmarried lady home, fertile or not. And I'm sure she'd like to visit her some times as well. Also, our position with Robert is not as unstable as she thinks, he already showed us great favour and made us a Lord, there's no reason why he'll believe them over us when we've been so loyal and proactive for him.

So she'll have to cough up a bit more than her one-time word in our favor. Maybe her benefactor will owe us a favor, maybe he will have to loosen his pursestrings a bit more. Whatever, bargain her to give up more, I don't like letting her get away so easily.

>>4458340
>>Deal.
Their word will ensure we don't get blamed for the escape, having to deal with a crippled noble is worth the favor we'll receive because of them

What kind of lifespan would a paralyzed person have in the middle ages, considering we don't have a maester?

>>4458421
I know, my life is sad
I just wanted to play it, so I posted here since it may interest some, but my apologies for the spam

>>4458426
I'm completely lost. When did Cerelle become the jealous type and why is a cripple a threat to her? And who is this benefactor other than her family members that we know about?

Also I think you're overstating our favor with a king that barely knows our name. That and Stannis has no reason to believe us and every reason to blame us for this. I would listen to a brother over an upjumped minor lord.

>>4458427
Theoretically they could live a life as long as any other, Bran is supposed to live a fair while iirc

>>4458435
All your points are valid and we know this, but she does not. As for the benefactor I'm going by this line:
>That is not important. Someone will reward you in some way for my sake.
And
>I am provided for by… someone. Either my brother Raymun, who is now head of our household, or my Aunt Selena if she is able to convince her lord husband.
Either there is no one and she's bluffing, or there is someone. Whatever, maybe I got worked up over nothing, it's not that important.

>>4458437
That's with a broken spine instead of a cut one though, and as the son of a lord paramount. Even something as simple as not moving often can kill someone through an embolism, I can't imagine someone paralyzed from the waist down would have the same life expectancy as a healthy person

>>4458443
I’d think that a broken spine would be even worse, but it’s not like I’m a doctor or anything. Maybe she’ll die tomorrow then

>>4458366
I was just looking at library holdings at for a lordly library we need a full castle, not just a small one. We're almost there with the glory role. Are there other ways we could raise our defence so we could upgrade the castle?

>>4458456
Buy more boats? Get more men? Perhaps our Dragonscale armour will give us a boost in our Defence

>>4458426
I think it's Stannis that we have to convince here.

>>4458456
there's always house fortunes, we're due for one after returning to the island

>>4458456
Select Defense to increase in House Fortunes rolls, obviously, all in-game methods are unique and one-offs, not standard ways to raise a resource.

>>4458340
>>Deal.

>>4458456
House fortunes are every 2 months. You will have 2 to do when you get home. You can also convert Land to Defense. There is also your very low Population to consider. You'll need 10 more spare Land and a Population of 21 for a Small Town.

Oh, and you can always grab the Large Library first, which requires a Small Castle.

>>4458477
Would there be any difference/addition in cost to buy it now and upgrade it later?

>>4458340
>>Deal
Makes a good point. May even save our relationship with Lord Stannis if we play this right.

>>4458480
No, I'll subtract the cost of the lower tier holding from it either way. Same thing I do with upgrading the town. It costs 10 land instead of 20 since it's already a hamlet.

>>4458491
Cool, thanks Boggs. One more thing, can you give any answer now about Aerron coming with us or will that come up later in the thread? I asked higher up but it got stuck in between your posts so I wasn't sure if you saw it.

So seems like we have 5 wealth + the 10 we just earned. So 15 in total.
With two fortune Rolls once we've arrived back.
barring anything huge happening like Stannis being a dick or something.
I am thinking we gain the mill or smelter. Each is 5 wealth each. Smelter 1d6 and Mill also 1d6.
Smelter provides better quality iron. While also providing a +1 to population.
Mill will provide 5 foods, while adding 1 wealth. That once completed would bump us into the 4 wealth range giving us a 1d6 instead of the current 1d3.
Gain a fishery, best long term improvement. I believe it also fits with Aurion's style of life choice. Costs 5 wealth.

And lastly 1 Green house.
only adds Resource Loss Mitigation: +1 Population. But it would help us gain another rank in alcohol, making our shit higher quality and demand more money for our product.
Costs 1 land and 3 wealth. we could spend the remaining wealth here, and but left over with 2 wealth.
Or we could spend the 4 glory to buy this. And purchase both the mill and smelter along with the fishery. HUGE expansion happening.
Just thought I would point this out. Power also converts to population I believe at 1:1 So that isn't a bad idea guys, if we do roll for something other than wealth. And we gain a +3 to power.

>>4458538
>Gain a fishery, best long term improvement. I believe it also fits with Aurion's style of life choice. Costs 5 wealth.

Can't, its an estate wealth holding, which requires another Lands domain without one already attached which we don't have.

>>4458541
idk why I forgot we had the mines attached.
I remember that being up for debate. But I utterly forgot the mine was already there, and that the hamlet and the mine shared the domain.
You are right. I have always thought a solar, is pretty classy. Not much of a good gain mechanically, but based on who we want to "represent ourselves" as I think it would be a wise investment. But again terrible if you're just looking at mechanicals it does basically nothing for us. But I would vote for it.

But we could also just say fuck it. and double down on going full power mode. Gain a weaponsmith. +1 power and add the smelter. That is the full 15 wealth gone.
And we could exchange 3 glory for wealth if HF rolls require us to. and get the greenhouse too. long investment. But also long term benefits. If I am reading it correctly and we would indeed have 15 wealth with the new 10 wealth.

>>4458330
>>4458338
>>4458509
I had the exact same thoughts upon reading about Aerron's interactions with Aurion. He seems knowledgeable and competent AND left on the wrong side of the war. We do have a steward's post open, don't we?

>>4458647
Do we? I thought Janesa was our steward. Maybe he can be a backup in case Janesa decides to leave after all, or we change our mind and decide to make Vaeron a vassal. We still have to clear that situation up, because Janesa and Vaeron are at odds regarding his elevation. Anyhow, Aerron can take off her workload and be a backup.

>>4458654
For some reason I assumed that she is leaving to attend to her family business, my bad.

>>4458663
She threatened to do that if we didn't do enough for Vaeron, that's why we promised our first child to her. She still might leave if she and Vaeron have a falling out, as it seems likely.

What's Vaeron's reaction to this adventure going to be like?

>>4458509
You can recruit him if you want. I'll put a vote for it before you leave.

>>4458553
The mine was in its own domain when we first started, but I combined the holdings with the town domain months ago. Keeping them separate was too unrealistic for an island of this size and went against the spirit of what Dragonstone islands are supposed to be. Not that it matters too much; you didn't lose anything. On the bright side, you're still fine with the rum quality. You won't need a greenhouse or herb fields or any of that for quality, but they will give slight multipliers on the amount produced. You still need an artisan craftsman for Extraordinary, though. I'm excited to get into all of that when we get back. Great timing too since I think the trade rules are mostly ready. You can thank The Father from Malroy for that. I had some input, but it was mostly his work.

>>4458340
>Deal.
About landing Vaeron. He doesn't want it and his son can't be landed because he's not a knight. What we could do is land Vaeron but only in name. In practice his wife or steward would manage it and he could stay with us and adventure. We've got no one else we could land so it's a good compromise. We get a bannerman, Janesa is happy and Vaeron doesn't have to bother with ruling.

>>4455948
Wait a fucking second
>Sunfyre the Golden
>Aurion is derived from Aurelius meaning Golden one
>The Scales are probably gold
>Inb4 we’re a reincarnation of Sunfyre

>>4458779
Got it, thought I was going crazy thinking we had a third domain. Alright, that sucks but happy to be better informed now.
Knowing that, I was willing before to be fine with a hamlet, but we should definitely make a move to small town in the future.
Smelter + mill is something nice to bang out of the way.
Green house, expanding library, gaining either a vinter or a weaponsmith. Is on my list. Anything you guys have in mind?

>>4458509
I'd also wanted to check with you guys..WHY?
The whole point of marrying Cerelle was we like her and she is smart enough to keep track of our lands. And when she isn't available as she is now far away from our lands, Janesa takes over. We can only have so many personages.
We have "4" personages, but really 5 with Janesa. Meaning we only have 3 more slots available I believe. we would have 2 stewards if I am not mistaking who this guy is. And we have an EXCEPTIONAL healer.
Idk how the cripple is going to play into things but she may count as a scholar or a research archivist, which may take a slot. leaving us 2 why would we triple up on a position that gains us nothing...
I would personally rather he slip and have an accident if all we care about is him not letting it slip.

>>4458854
>implying Aurion isn't descended from Aegon II

>>4458881
I'm in agreement. Absolutely no reason to take this dude on. And I have a strong, STRONG feeling Janessa will take it as a slight if we do bring him back and play it off as a "back up". Jan is one of the best holdings in the game and already on the path of considering going back home. I'm not about to give her more reason to do so with some whelp of a man yall liked after an appearance in all of two updates.

>>4458854
It's funny how that lined up. Sunfyre was the only dragon I came across that definitely would've received a proper burial upon the island. And yes, gold scales.

>>4458881
I could be off, but I think you've mentioned purchasing dogs for units before? Someone did. Personal Kennels will allow you to store them, and Stables will allow the storage of Superior Warhorses. You'd need to purchase the upgrades separately for each unit as usual, but that's the base requirement to do so. Both are among the holdings in competition for that last lifestyle holding for the castle.

Despite his current title, Aerron fits the scholar holding better than the steward holding. He's more of a curator/historian. I'm kicking around a couple of other ideas for Lady Goodbrook, but none of them involve personage slots.

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>>4458881
I prefer myrish crossbows over the weaponsmith. Don't want our armorsmith to have competition on the iron either. Nice to know on the dogs. I'd like to grab them and go full conquistador. They can eat anyone that tries to fuck with the myrish crossbows. Too bad we invested so much power in a pointless cavalry unit that can't use them.

>>4458903
>Aerron fits the scholar holding better than the steward holding. He's more of a curator/historian. I'm kicking around a couple of other ideas for Lady Goodbrook, but none of them involve personage slots.
All of the shitting on the man for encroaching on 'their' personage slots that in 'their' headcannon must be entirely occupied by a throng of weaponsmiths and glassblowers.

Well, I had different ideas. I'd like Aurion to explore his origins. Despite being a lowborn nobody, he still does have valyrian blood. Aerron can entice him and help establish this connection.

>>4458903
Can the dogs be used aboard ships? We would still need the Dog Kennel estate holding to get the discount, right?

>>4458925
They can be, yes. You would need the estate holding for any sort of discounts and to sell dogs yourselves, but the kennels allow you to maintain dogs bought/traded for from another house. It's a cheaper holding overall at 2 defense, 3 wealth instead of 10 wealth+5 more wealth for each dog type you're concerned with.

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>>4458921
I like this for Cerion's sake too.

>>4458893
>Inb4 It turns out Aurion is actually a bastard of a bastard of the Original Ruling Family of Valyria
>>4458903
>Aurion 24/7 after he gets the GOLD SCALE ARMOUR
>https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SbCl6m4gDR0
Holy shit this is gonna be Fantastic

>>4458925
>Ship Dogs
But what about the Hounds? Or the bees? Or the hounds that shoot bees out of their mouth?