Song of Ice and Fire: Dragons at War (Inactive)

Game Master Deiros

Darne was a bit...annoyed that she ran away so aggressively but all the same it seemed that she understood that he was indeed someone to be respected and that he was worthy of the position at this point.

He sighed and tapped his chin, at least he had gotten her agreement to help out in the hunt. He thought for a bit, after perhaps talking to Marcus and seeing where he sat on the idea he would speak to his sister. He bore her no ill will and to be honest if he could get her vote, then that would look quite favorably in his father's eyes. With him in position as heir he could offer her a better situation then his father was currently.

Once current Intrigues are done, we shall start DAY 1 of the tourney

Ophelia makes her way to Cassondria to discuss the morning's odd occurrences.

NB: Cassondria went to see her father, did he have any comment?

Garran chooses out 10 guardsmen to accompany himself, Darne, and Cassondria (should she choose to come along) into the wood for training the next morning. He then goes to bed.

lord Domeric has ALWAYS something to say >:)

Cassondria

Cassondira

Assuming that early afternoon was spent talking to father, Mid afternoon was spent with the small interaction between Darne, his sister, Garrin, and then the actual event with Ophelia. Around Late Early Evening before dinner Darne shall attempt to speak to with his sister. If you want you can push forwards ahead and we can do that part in spoilers

Darne would wait till early evening, he knew that his father loved to spend time with his sister and that she preferred a bit of privacy after talking to him. He was sure that part of it had to do with Father's urgency at her getting married off to a good family. He knew that she wasn't eager for it but respected her father well enough that she would be seen as trying.

Darne saw her and smiled before stepping up and talking to her when she seemed alone for a moment.

Alrighty then DAY 1

Early afternoon: The Queen Arrives
Mid afternoon: Little birds
Late afternoon: Princess Rhaenyra arrives
Early evening: Salt & Bread
Early night: A Bold Arrival!

Day 1 - Early Morning
It's Early Morning and there is already an uproar in the pavilions, lord Domeric is dressed in his vest clothes and barking command, looking regal and imposing, his orders are iron clad ultimatums that might as well carry a death sentence attach to them, once his pavilion was in order he decides to go back into his tent for refreshment allowing his men to rest.

Lord Oslyn Deddings stops by and he is announced by a Naelareon Gurd

"Lord Oslyn of House Deddings to see lord Domeric"

The somewhat overweight and old man begins to walk in smiling and rather happy.

For those in the camp early morning you are more than welcome to speak and guide the visitor to lord Domeric, of course we can just fast forward to the even. Your neighbors are your allies. House Paege and Deddings. Beyond them you have some other Houses around you, that you all need an Education TN 9/12 to recognize them, and you can visit them at your own peril.

Darne knew that this day was perhaps just as important if not more so then the others socially as this was the first impression that most of the houses would get with each other. He stayed by his father's side, ready to offer any aid he could to the man.
When he went in for refreshment, he went into the tent as well and actually poured the drink for him himself. Hearing more then seeing Lord Oslyn show up, he lifted his head and smiled. "Good morning to you Lord Oslyn, how does this day treat you so far? Would you care for a drink as well?" he said politely.
If the Lord accepts the offer he will pour him a drink as well and serve them both.

I was intending to take Darne and Cassondria to hunt training for the morning - showing Darne how to use a boar spear and tracking animals.

Early morning?, Darne would wake early for that and go to bed early to be well rested for how the day would go. Then go to help his father with preparing for the grand opening of the celebration

Garran can still do it, Darne is just literally dropping off lord Oslyn to his father, not talking to him or intrigue him, unless he wants to skip training and think his father won't notice >:)

Bah, like I would sneak away from anything and stand under father's nose...terrible terrible idea

As I had it my head that Matthias is an early riser, he would make himself available for the grand opening. Ideally, he's hoping to start learning a thing or two about the intracacies of inter house dealings, allies or otherwise.

Just in case, Knowledge: 2d6 ⇒ (2, 1) = 3
It would seem the role of village idiot has made himself known.

That is what is consider critical failure, oh yes... this should be fun

Matthias takes an eye out of the pavilions and exchanges pleasantries with a knight passing by of House Mallister, to which for some reason the man looked not entirely happy about it, but didn't say anything of it.

Yes, problem brewing in da Horizon for Matthias... hmm... yes player story driven side stories are the best

Waking early, Garran laid out his gear and ensured the honor guard was ready. He then went in search of Darne, and, upon finding him with Lord Deddings, waited off to the side until he was finished.

"Well Darne, you have grown into a fine man, are you ever going to be a knight?"

He just makes small conversation with you until you drop him off in the tent

Knowledge: 5d6 ⇒ (4, 5, 3, 2, 4) = 18

As he watches the other houses setup their camps, Maester Lucen relays to any that are near what families they are as well as their alliances.

Weyland wakes up with Kritus and as he walks him to Ophelia notices the banners.

Attempts to see if he recognizes any
Knowledge 2d6 ⇒ (3, 2) = 5

Shrugging his lack of knowledge on banners, he heads to Ophelia and drops off Kritus to her tender care.

"That you again for the assistance my Lady".

Weyland then seeks out Cassondria.

Maester Lucen
[Houses: Swann, Mallister, Bracken, Orell, Baratheon, Cox, Charlton, and Bartheld. You also saw Matthias offend a knight of house Mallister, confusing him with a Swann. There is not much to save the insult, good thing the knight didn't take action, or at least not yet. House Bracken and Orell are allies, and everyone enjoys the company of the Bartheld as they are famous for their parties. Rest seem rather neutral, but that just means their enemies are on the other side of the pavilions.[/ooc]

Common Ser Weyland CRITICAL FAIL lol, get you in some trouble

Is that a critical fail? I did not roll any 1's. Is it either complete failure or complete success? Not that I mind, trouble seems to be his middle name...

Darne smiled a bit "I don't know honestly if I have the makings of a knight. I wouldn't mind the honor and I have trained awful hard in the ways of combat and riding along with my other duties...I will do my best to at least have the bravado and the honor of knight even if such a title is never bestowed upon me" he said as they were nearing the tent. "I hope you will do me the honor of cheering for me as well as your own family in the coming events, I'll leave you to your discussions with father. I have to go see the Huntsmaster about our strategy for the upcoming hunt." he said as he pulled the tent aside and gave him a bow. Once he had entered, he would let the tent flap fall and turn about to go find Garrin.

Any time danger is involved and you fail the test by 5 or more, you may suffer a Critical failure: additional consequences in the form of damage, injury, or some other drawback usually spelled out in the action attempted.

"Darne, you always had a good way with words, we shall see how well you do, I will gladly cheers for you, I might bet against you if you have the misfortune to face a famed tourney knight like Ser Corrad Daerros, than I will cheer him and my money too" he let's go a long honest laugh as he waves you good bye and enters the tent.

Education: 4d6 ⇒ (1, 2, 2, 4) = 9 k3: 8, bah, luckily Lucen is on hand to rectify gaps in my education

Knowledge: 3d6 ⇒ (3, 2, 6) = 11

Marcus waking up each day early in the morning walks around to secure the duties of guards and other household servants is well done. During his tour Marcus looks around to notice outlying House.

Grapping something small to eat and sitting in his tent as he reads his favorite book about Warfare Marcus soon hears the bellowing of guard, mentioning of the Lord of House Deddings

Leaving his food and book on his small bed and walking outside to meet with Lord Deddings "Goodday Lord Deddings, I hope you are feeling all well and good speaking politely to the one of the House Lords in a good relationships with House Naelareon

Knowledge: 2d6 ⇒ (2, 5) = 7

Garran comes upon Darran as he parts from Lord Deddings and says, "Good morning, Lord Darran. Are you ready to learn a bit about the hunt?"

Seeing Garran and speaking with Darne Marcus motions at Garren to wait a bit as he was busy with Lord Deddings.

Matthias, puzzled over the knights unpleasant expression during their exchange, heads to the yard...deciding it might be best to train for the Grand Melee and Joust and hopefully prevent himself from causing any more possible repercussions.

I will have to talk to Maester Lucen about my knowledge, or if the Knights reaction is any indication, my lack thereof.

The Maester visits the camps of his House's allies, speaking with their Maesters as he brings greetings from his own lord. He nods and smiles to the many knights he passes, addressing them by their proper house.

You making small talk and just introducing yourself, or are you targeting a specific NPC from a house?

Darne smiles at Garrin and pulls him along with him as the flap closes. "Ah yes the hunt, I would like to find something a bit heavier for the hunt then my normal spear. What all might we be able to hunt in these parts? I talked to Ophelia and I think between the two of us we might be able to take down something a bit heavier then boar or deer and well, father is indeed watching after all...not to mention a few of the ladies' fathers." he said chuckling a bit and smiling.

Lord Oslyn stops and shakes Marcus hand [b]"A yes, I've heard of your capable hand in shaping the Naelareon family soldiers and keeping things neat, I might steal you some time so you could show my men how things are done" a compliment or maybe just lip service, either or he says it with an honest smile [b]"I'm in my best mood and health, it's a tournament and now I need to speak with Domeric so if you excuse me, he is not very patient that old stiff bastard" he laughs and waves you good bye finally making it into the tent were you can hear both men roaring laughter as they exchange insults like they were boys and good friends.

"In these parts, my lord, mostly deer and boar. Wolves will avoid a large group, and I doubt we'll see a trace of a shadowcat. I agree with you about the choice of spear - something more like this," he said, hefting the boar spear, "would be suitable. I'll take some time trying to find one for you this morning. Shall we see if your sister would care to accompany us?"

Garran heads towards Cassondria's tent.

Seeing as Lord Dressings moves to meet with Lord Naelareon, Marcus quickly move towards Garran "Garran, I do have a question for you. I noticed and heard from my subordinates that you have taken 10 soldiers to accompany you and young lord Darne & lady Cassandria. I just wanted to make sure how long it would take approximately since I do need to make some changes to the schedules of watches and other paperwork" Marcus notes as looks at the surroundings

"Also make sure that those lazy bastards do their job or I will be whipping them for not doing their job properly of protecting both Lady Cassandria and Lord Darne. We are not excatly inside our lands and no one knows what might happen outside. I trust you in this Garran" Marcus adds at the end as he mentally underlines the names of soldiers not needing to make their shift later in the evening

Darne would nod at the sight of the boar spear, he had worked with one a little bit but really only for the hunt. They were awkward to handle and slow to boot but nothing was better set for equipment then when facing a charging animal. "A shadowcat you say...well that might be a bit outside my range I am afraid, but what a story that one would be. However, wolves...tell me how would you stack them in the ranking of the hunt?" he said getting rather curious of the later two that Garran had mentioned.

"Ser Marcus, I took care to select men who were not scheduled on duty, and we will only be the morning. We won't be traveling far either. These are the ones I asked to accompany us." Garran tells Marcus the names of the guardsmen he selected.

Turning to Darne, Garran said, "Deer are skittish and spook easily, a boar or a bear will charge you if you come upon it, but wolves you have to watch out for. They hunt in packs, and they're cunning. They isolate the weakest member of a group, and take down their victim. They avoid large groups unless they can isolate a weak member and eliminate it. Don't set your eyes too high. Land a deer, and be satisfied in that."

Daren stopped and thought for a moment. "I will take your advice on the wolves, I don't think I'd like to be taken upon by a pack. However, I would like to see our house at least out perform those of similar status and with my ability at ranged play...well I think a deer might be rough unless I set upon it when it's sleeping. A boar though, that should be easily managed yes?" he said before starting to walk again. When they reached Cassondria's tent he stopped outside of it.

As they walked, Garran said, "If you pay attention, I'll teach you some tricks to hunt them."

Stopping outside Cassondria's tent, he said, "Lady Cassondria, it is Garran Fain. Will you be accompanying your brother and I to the wood to learn some hunting techniques?"

Marcus a bit surprised and mildly glad about the foresight of Garran "Well, that does my job a lot easier. How I wish there was more people like you Garran, especially among soldiers. Everything would go smoothly and no need to check after them everytime. Ever considered of military position? There could be a huge improvement if I were to have you under me and to teach greenhorns about art of archery Marcus asks curiously as a blink of cunningness appeared in his eyes

"These things we can discuss later. I do see you are getting busy with the training. Lord Darne, I wish you a most pleasant morning and successful hunt along with your sister" Marcus bows and takes off back to his tent