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    Castamere Castle


    The Reynes, masters of Castamere for over two thousand years, hold court in their great thousand-and-a-half year-old castle. The large castle, built on a sloping hill overlooking the actual town of Castamere, boasts double mighty stone walls, one to enclose the town and the other the keep, with formidable battlements and guard towers overlooking the surrounding forest.

    House Reyne information
    Family coat of arms

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    'Our Claws Are Sharp'

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    Family history
    The Reynes claim descent from Robert Reyne, a knight who invaded Westeros six thousand years ago alongside his fellow Andals and who distinguished himself sufficiently in battle against the Mountain Men, the Vale's original inhabitants, to be granted estates and titles in the Vale, in the vicinity of today's Strongsong. These original Vale Reynes never got further than the rank of knight, and lived the lives of middling Vale nobility for four thousand years until they were slaughtered at a feast by their host, a knightly rival of theirs whose name has been lost to history, and their lands invaded by said rival. The sole surviving Reyne, Ser Robb Reyne, avenged his family by slaying his hated rival while disguised as a traveling bard, but as the man he just killed had the ear of the Arryn King of Mountain & Vale at the time, he was soon forced to flee to the Westerlands.

    There, he entered the service of the reigning Lannister King of the Rock, fighting by his side in many wars with the Gardener Kings of the Reach and the Ironborn. He eventually became known as the 'Red Lion', especially after killing a River Lord in Ironborn service with the family's ancestral Valyrian sword 'Red Rain', for which he received the lands around Castamere and the hand of a Lannister princess. Unfortunately, it was not to last - in a later battle with the Ironborn on Fair Isle, he was slain and his sword 'Red Rain' taken by the Ironborn warrior Hilmar Drumm, who (being lightly armored) outmaneuvered him and bashed his head in with a wooden cudgel. His son and successor, also named Robb, attempted to give chase but was slowed down by his own armor, and to this day the Reynes harbor a grudge against the Drumms.

    For two thousand years the Reynes served as bannermen to the Lannisters, performing many heroic deeds even without Red Rain to prove their loyalty to the Kings of the Rock, while covertly ascending the power ladder of the Westerlands to become the second most powerful house in the land, coming only after the Lannisters themselves. By 1 AL, Lord Ronnel Reyne, Fourth of his Name, had already built up alliances with the Tarbecks, Leffords and Westerlings and was preparing to overthrow King Loren Lannister, when an unforeseen disaster struck in the form of the Targaryen invasion. Reyne and his allies agreed to answer their overlord's summons, intent on betraying the Lannisters on the battlefield, only to be roasted by Aegon's dragons before they could carry out their plans. Following the deaths of so many Reyne troops and King Loren's submission, Ronnel's heirs largely forgot his plan, and the house alternated between ascents and declines throughout history like so many other houses.

    A member of House Reyne, one Ser Robb Reyne, fought for the Blackfyres during the Blackfyre Rebellion and was promptly disowned by the rest of the family, which remained loyal to the Targaryens.

    In 260 AL, Lord Rolland Reyne, an accomplished warrior nicknamed 'the Red Lion', revolted against the Lannisters with House Tarbeck. Despite his ally Lord Tarbeck's inexperience, Lord Reyne was a seasoned warrior bearing the scars of a hundred battles, and felt confident that he could succeed in realizing his ancestor Ronnel's plan. Unfortunately, it was not to be, as he was killed by an arrow to the throat in battle with the Lannisters and his host scattered. His ally, Lord Tarbeck, was captured and executed in a separate engagement. His son, the present Lord Raymun, bent the knee as part of a joint agreement with Lord Tarbeck's own successor, and the two houses were heavily fined for their audacity.

    Since then, the Reynes have spent their time licking their wounds, and by the time of the War of the Usurper they had nearly recovered at least their pre-rebellion wealth, if not quite their influence and demographics. During the war the Reynes were content to sit back and continue rebuilding (unlike their old Tarbeck allies, who hurried to the aid of the Targaryens and were crushed at the Trident for their trouble), only mobilizing when summoned out of fear that the Lannisters would 'finish the job' so to speak, and proceeding to horribly bungle their already limited role in the war anyway.

    Now, more than thirty years after the failed rebellion, the Reynes have fully rebuilt their strength. Lord Raymun, a slothful and war-weary man in his late forties, is in no mood to repeat his father's disastrous rebellion, and of his children, none really have their grandfather's ambition. Still, that does not mean the Red Lions will remain idle if the chance for greater glory presents itself...

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    Raymun Reyne, Third of His Name, Lord of Castamere

    Lord Reyne presides over a council of war...or an order for more wine, it's hard to tell

    Age: 51 (born 249 AL)
    Gender: Male
    Married? Yes (to Lia Serrett)

    Skills: +4 Land Battle rolls, +2 Escape rolls, +2 Survival rolls, +2 Dueling rolls, +2 Siege Battles

    Physical appearance: Very tall (6'5") and lean in build, having kept fit after years of drinking and eating through military drills. Dark-haired, dark-eyed and unlike his children, proudly wears a beard in the style of his father. His arms, chest and the left side of his face all bear scars from his battles with pirates and bandits.

    Biography: Born the oldest son of Rolland Reyne, Fourth of his Name and the previous Lord of Castamere. Lord Reyne had an easy childhood, surrounded by the splendor of the Castamere court, and with fawning courtiers to look after his every need - until his father was killed in rebellion against the Lannisters, making him Lord of Castamere and head of House Reyne at the age of eleven. His first act as lord, at the behest of his terrified mother, was to bend the knee to the Lannisters, saving the house from utter destruction.

    He changed little from the easygoing youth he was before his father's death, and if anything the years have turned him into even more of a sot who cares only for drinking, whoring, hunting and feasting, happy to sit in his castle and be forgotten by the rest of the realm. The War of the Usurper was one of the last times where he actually got blood on his hands, and even then he (in his capacity as the Westerman commander in charge of rounding up Royalist stragglers in the Riverlands, rather than one of those lords with the more glamorous role of sacking King's Landing) performed in a less than stellar fashion, letting many Royalist troops slip through his fingers and in one case marching in exactly the opposite direction of a large force of Reach and Dorne Royalists clearly making their way back to Ashford - to the point where his loyalty to the Baratheons and Lannisters was seriously questioned, though his half-naked and heavily inebriated appearance at his own camp led these rumors to die down in favor of blaming his apparent, but decidedly not maliciously intended, staggering incompetence instead.

    Personality: Laid back and cool-minded, Lord Reyne is not quick to anger, instead preferring to solve disputes with negotiations or (even after getting over his gambling addiction five years ago) luck, in the form of rolling dice, flipping coins or having the accused and accusers play a game of cyvasse in his presence. Unlike his sons, he is not particularly reverent, especially given his long history of excessive consumption, whoring and (previously) gambling. However, he does understand that the Faith of the Seven is a useful tool to motivate his people into conflict when needed, and is more than happy to use it in this manner. Furthermore, he maintains a court-septon as needed and has allowed his sons' religious fervor to burn unabated.

    A cautious politician, Lord Reyne is slow to make moves and reach decisions, but once he does he will stick to his chosen course to the bitter end or at least, until he himself can no longer sustain it no matter what he does. He prefers to wait for opportunities to present themselves rather than actively constructing them. He is similarly cautious when it comes to fighting, preferring to muster his might and the full strength of his allies behind him before striking; when he does however, he falls upon his enemies like a pride of starved lions, or at least he would like to say he does...in any case, politically or militarily, he is not one to shirk away from opportunities that present themselves to him. He does have a tendency to play up his supposed incompetence to hide his plans, and to try to make sure that he will come out on the winning side of any conflict by keeping a foot in both camps.

    Lady Lia Serrett
    Age: 46 (born 252 AL)

    Wife of Lord Raymun Reyne, mother to Ser Robb Reyne, Ronnet Reyne, Ser Ryman Reyne and Lady Rylene Reyne, mother-in-law to Lady Senelle Tarbeck

    Septon Ronnet Reyne


    Age: 24 (born 276 AL)
    Gender: Male
    Married? No (Septon)

    Skills: +2 Devoted Member of the Faith, Denouncer, Fate, +2 Capture, +2 Assassinations

    Appearance: Short for his house (5'6") and squat. Chubby, ham-fisted and ungainly, but with a much kinder face than his brother. Inherited his father's dark hair and eyes, though not the traditional Reyne beard.

    Biography: Like his siblings, Ronnet grew up under the tutelage of his mother, Lia Serrett, owing to his father's sloth and boorish ways. He was later packed off as a fosterling to the Hightowers of Oldtown, while his older brother Robb was sent to the Tarbecks of Tarbeck Hall. At Oldtown, he immediately fell in love with the vast libraries of the city, with books dating back thousands of years, and awestruck by the beauty of the Starry Sept that used to house the Faith of the Seven's leadership until Baelor the Blessed constructed his Great Sept in King's Landing. It was here that he decided to become a septon, peacefully spreading the reach of the Faith unlike his warmongering, fanatical brother. His relaxed father, who already had his preferred heir in Robb, saw no problem with this.

    Personality: More open than his brother, Ronnet rarely drops the genial smile he usually wears on his face. He is generous and kind, at least to those of the Faith of the Seven - he has a tendency to preach to those who do not, and to spurn them if they refuse to listen to him. However, this should not be taken as a sign of weakness; while Ronnet is far more peaceful than his brother, he is similarly capable of excusing sufficiently evil deeds as long as he can find something in the framework of the Faith of the Seven to justify them, and he is just as stubborn when it comes to clinging to his faith.

    Unlike his brother, he does not enjoy gardening, though he most certainly does enjoy reading books. Though his father has dismissed this as unmanly, Ronnet has nevertheless seen allowed to keep a small library of religious texts and historical books in Castamere.

    Ser Ryman Reyne

    The closest to a flattering portrayal Ryman Reyne will ever get

    Age:
    22 (born 278 AL)
    Gender: Male
    Married? No

    Skills: +2 Field Battle rolls, +1 Jousting, +1 Survival, +1 Assassination, +1 Escape rolls

    Physical appearance: Fairly tall (6'2") and extremely spindly in build. Has a long face that led his brothers to mock him as 'Rider' (as in, 'of a (long-faced, obviously) horse', usually wearing a frown, and framed by straggly neck-length dark hair, matching his beady eyes. He is already growing the traditional Reyne beard.

    Biography: The third son of Lord Reyne, and the one to resemble him most in appearance. Since an early age, his life has been a long chain of bitter failures and personal losses, from his older brother Samwell accidentally breaking his favorite toy when he was four by sitting on it, to his brothers poking fun at him as 'Rider' Reyne owing to his literal long face, to his best friend dying in an accident involving explosive watermelons when they were nine, to a lance splinter embedding itself in his groin during his first practice joust when he was fifteen, to being publicly rejected by a Lannisport prostitute when he was sixteen, among many other personal disasters and humiliations. Nevertheless, at 19, Ser Ryman is still holding on to the idea that his life can, in fact, improve despite his last sixteen years being nothing but one massive downward spiral.

    Personality: Cynical, miserly and needlessly sarcastic, Ser Ryman is not a fun person to be around. He does, however, love to rant about his countless misfortunes whenever he is given the opportunity, and can have the occasional burst of passion when his luck turns up for a change or a sufficiently evil deed is committed in his presence.

    Lady Rylene Reyne

    A more flattering portrait of Lady Reyne

    Age:
    19 (born 281 AL)
    Gender: Female
    Married? No

    Skills: +1 Birth rolls, +1 Survival rolls, +1 Escape, +1 Assassination, +1 Loyalty, +1 Capture

    Physical appearance: A fair young lady with long red-gold hair like her mother and oldest brother, blue eyes, a pretty face and an attractive, full figure, though nothing to lose a kingdom over as her father and even she herself admits.

    Biography: Youngest daughter (and indeed, youngest child period) of Lord Reyne, Lady Reyne grew up in a constricting environment, surrounded by fairytales and septas telling her she should not aspire to be greater than some lord's loving, doting wife. The one time she dared engage her oldest brother Robb in a mock swordfight, their septa broke them up and had them both punished. By now, she is grimly looking toward a dull future as some lord's wife, masking her frustration with the situation behind a facade of acceptance and even happiness.

    Personality: While on the surface she has done her best to imitate the princesses and ladies of fairytales, always wearing a smile on her face and pretending to nod & go along with whatever the men of her family say, inside Lady Reyne is immensely frustrated with her situation. She most certainly does not look forward to becoming a toy of any lord, which unfortunately is the very role she has been told to accept from an early age, and has covertly been trying to frustrate her father's attempts to marry her off. Above all, she wants to be free and to marry whomever she loves, not to be forced into a marriage with a distant lord her father has arranged for her.

    Tarbeck Hall


    A modest castle set on a limestone cliff overlooking the Tarbecks' castle town. It has served as the seat of House Tarbeck for centuries, though soon it will be inherited by House Reyne given Lady Senelle Tarbeck's marriage to Lord Robb Reyne.

    Tarbeck coat of arms

    Family motto
    'Faith, Family, Fate'

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    Ser Robb Reyne, heir to Castamere, jure uxoris Lord of Tarbeck Hall

    Pictured: Flaming sword, imminent slaughter of pirates. Not pictured: Pyrotechnical failure, third-degree burns (and the right CoA )

    Age:
    25 (born 275 AL)
    Gender: Male
    Married? Yes (to Senelle Tarbeck)

    Skills: +4 Dueling, +2 Jousting, +2 Field Battles, +1 Survival rolls, +1 Escape rolls, +1 Assassination rolls

    Physical appearance: Fairly tall (6'1") and lean in build with long limbs, more like a sprinter than a wrestler or fistfighter. Inherited his mother's neck-length dark red-gold hair and blue eyes, and unlike his father makes a point of always staying clean-shaven. Has marks on his neck from the time a pirate chained him there and attempted to drown him by throwing him into the ocean, and burn marks on his hands from the time he fought off said pirate with a burning sword.

    Biography: Born the second child but oldest son of Lord Raymun Reyne, Third of His Name, Lord of Castamere and Lia Serrett, his lawfully wedded wife. Ser Robb's early childhood was mostly spent under the tutelage of the family septon and his mother, as his father was far too busy drinking, whoring and eating to actually properly care for him and his siblings. At the age of seven, he was shunted off to Tarbeck Hall as a fosterling to his grandfather's old allies. It was there that he met his future wife, Lady Senelle Tarbeck, then his playmate; where he learned the arts of war from his foster-father, the new Lord Tarbeck; and where, most importantly, he acquired a deeper (albeit harsher) understanding of the Faith of the Seven from the strict and dogmatic court-septon of Tarbeck Hall. At age sixteen he returned home for his knighting, a quiet man with a flair for gardening but a religious fanatic with a distaste for other faiths.

    In his seventeenth year, Robb was captured by pirates off the coast of Fair Isle. While the pirates' captain, an exiled Ironborn reaver who had hidden out in the Stepstones for most of his life, decided to sacrifice him to the Drowned God by wrapping a heavy chain around his neck and throwing him overboard, a Westerland fleet sailed forth to engage the pirates at night and promptly smashed them to bits. In the chaos, Robb was able to overcome the sole pirate left to guard him, steal his sword and light it on fire using one of the captains' torches, killing three men (the captain included) before he accidentally burnt himself and dropped the weapon, (possibly not so accidentally) setting fire to the pirate flagship as well. Upon his rescue, he was commended by his family for his bravery and use of the flaming sword, earning the moniker 'the Little Lion', though he spent the next year recovering from severe burns to his hands and arms and still bears their scars today. On a personal level though, the incident has done little more than to deepen his dislike of the Drowned God.

    Personality: Highly introverted, Robb largely keeps to himself and his religious texts. While he is perfectly capable of carrying a conversation to the finish, he is not the type to start the talk, instead preferring to bury his head in religious books such as 'The Seven-Pointed Star'. When he does speak, he always does so in a polite, formal and quiet tone, and refrains from cursing. However, beneath his civil exterior he is a religious fanatic unswervingly committed to the Faith of the Seven, and is often barely capable of repressing his distaste for Westeros's other religions, holding the Old Gods of the North in disdain as a backward superstition and the faith of R'hollor as a dangerous infidel religion from outside the continent. He is not unkind to most, but his fanaticism has a tendency to drive him to less than pleasant behavior toward those not of the Faith.

    On a completely unrelated note, Ser Robb enjoys gardening more than hunting or falconry and almost as much as reading religious texts, and has made the greatest contributions toward Castamere's lordly gardens. He also has a habit of sending out doves in place of ravens, a habit borne of his religious zealotry and with more than a little inspiration from the works of Baelor the Blessed.

    Senelle Tarbeck, Lady of Tarbeck Hall

    Lady Tarbeck, looking genuinely happy for a change

    Age:
    25 (born 275 AL)
    Gender: Female
    Married? Yes (to Robb Reyne)

    Skills: +2 Birth rolls, +2 Loyalty, +2 Survival rolls, +2 Assassination, +2 Escape

    Physical appearance: A pretty young lady with light red hair, the porcelain skin attributed to the nobility, dark grey eyes and a lithe figure. Her fair face often wears a smile, which unfortunately rarely extends to her dark eyes.

    Biography: The youngest daughter of the late Lord Theodan Tarbeck, granddaughter of the very same Lord Tristifer Tarbeck who was killed in a failed rebellion against his Lannister overlord, and older sister to the late Lord Tytos Tarbeck. Outshone by her older sister and younger brother from an early age, the future Lady Senelle Tarbeck found solace only with her playmate Robb Reyne, a fosterling packed off to Tarbeck Hall by his uncaring father at the age of seven. Lady Tarbeck saw the rest of her family die off or be made irrelevant before her - her father died acting independently of the Lannisters, recklessly coming to the aid of the Targaryens in the War of the Usurper only to be cut down on the Trident, her older sister married a Brax of Hornvale but died giving birth to a stillborn son, and her brother Tytos died playing with wildfire. All this has left her, once the most overlooked of the Tarbeck children, mistress of Tarbeck Hall, and a rising player in the Westerlands with her marriage to her old friend Robb Reyne, now heir to Castamere.

    Personality: While outwardly projecting a cheerful and courteous (though quite frank) persona, inside Lady Tarbeck practically shakes with frustration and anger, all of it directed at her Lannister overlords. She holds the Lannisters responsible for the sorry state of her family, their devastation of the Tarbeck lands in the rebellion, and the death of her father (in a 'you-could-have-done-something-to-prevent-it' manner), and has already revived her grandfather's desire to oust them in her heart. Still, it is a matter she has only discussed with her husband Robb, who has sworn under the Seven never to reveal it, and who has declined to rebel against the Lannisters anytime soon (or at least until they offend the Seven) anyway. Having grown skilled in the act of concealing her true emotions and desires under a false smile over her years as a neglected daughter of House Tarbeck, Lady Tarbeck is now just biding her time for a chance to unseat the Lannisters. Though she loves her husband, him being one of the few people to pay her genuine attention when they were children, she knows she can also manipulate him through said love and his own religious fanaticism into revolting when the opportunity manifests itself - the question comes down to whether she can bring herself to do such a thing.

    Rowena Reyne
    Age: 2 (born 298 AL)
    Gender: Female
    Married? No

    Skills: None

    Physical appearance: A baby, obviously. Inherited her father's blue eyes and red-gold hair.

    Biography: Firstborn child of Robb Reyne and Senelle Tarbeck.

    Rolland Reyne
    Age: 0 (born 300 AL)
    Gender: Male
    Married? No

    Skills: None

    Physical appearance: A baby, obviously. Inherited his mother's red hair and the father's blue eyes.

    Biography: Second child, first son of Robb Reyne and Senelle Tarbeck.
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    OOC: Everything updated, finalized, and a bunch of pics added to make this less thread bland

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    A royal message arrives to the head of the family, Lord Raymun Reyne of Castamere

    To the Honorable and Dutiful Lord Raymun Reyne, Third of His Name, of Castamere,

    His Grace, Maeglor I the Storm Caller, King of Westeros requests your presence in the King's Landing. Please do not delay this request nor test the patience of His Grace.

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    The Night's Watch has arrived to collect your prisoner's for transport to the Wall

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    Men-at-arms in the Reyne colors roughly shove and bully seventeen prisoners into line, while others secure the locks around a cage containing Castamere's most dangerous prisoner, a gaunt and wild-eyed man whose mane of filthy and matted hair fell all around what might have once been a handsome face. The jailor of Castamere points at him and grimly mutters to the Night's Watchman, "That there's the blackest prisoner we've got, a serial rapist, killer and devourer of children. I wouldn't blame ya if you try to turn him into crow food 'fore you even get to the wall, in fact I wouldn't mind parting with a dragon if ya do, and I'd advise ya to aim for his head, 'cause he 'as no heart."

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    The recruiter, Longjim, looks at the prisoners, including the special one

    We'll whip this lot into shape, rest assured. The new Lord Commander is a hard ass. He prefers swine like this. These are often the best kind, they are merciless, which is what we need in the heat of a battle with the wildlings. We thank you for your Lord's assistance. Longjim points to the prisoner's

    The watchmen grab the men in shackles and begin to load them into the wagons

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    The Reyne troops assist in forcing the prisoners to remain in a line, smacking the occasional errant future Crow with the butts of their spears or the flats of their swords. From his cage, Castamere's most reviled prisoner says nothing, only occasionally throwing hostile glances about or spitting at the feet of his new keepers.

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    A feisty bunch indeed. Sitting in a dank dungeon all day is going to be a longing for this lot. Once their sitting on that wall for a night Longjim smiles

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    "Yup." The jailer replied in his flat tone, a vacant and indeed rather simple smile on his face. "I'm gonna miss kickin' 'em around, that much's for sure."

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    "Lord Robb, Lady Senelle, it is with great pleasure that I announce the coming of a new, hale and hearty baby girl to this world." The physician they'd hired, a 'half-maester' by the name of Hallyne, had not disappointed, and indeed had proven to be worth every last dragon. The sharp-eyed old man, his never-trembling hands still bloody, handed the child over to the shaking Senelle, who nonetheless held her as carefully and precisely as one would a priceless dragon egg.

    "Thank the gods,"
    Robb murmured, massaging his hand. Senelle had crushed it, repeatedly, over the last several minutes while she was delivering, but at last the deed was done, their first (and hopefully far from last) child had been born unto the world, and she had stopped squeezing his sword hand with the force of a raging bull. Noticing her ragged breathing had relaxed somewhat, he leaned over to plant a kiss on her forehead, to which she pulled (with great effort, given how much she felt like screaming at this moment) a small, true smile. "I believe the arrangement was that you'd get to name her if it was a girl, and I would have that honor if it were a boy."

    When Senelle spoke, her voice was so much more strained than usual, quieter than even she had expected. "Thank the gods, indeed. What should she be called?..."

    "Perhaps Ellyn, after your grandmother? Or another Tarbeck lady, perhaps even a second Senelle. She's certainly as fair as both her mother."

    "No - she's no Tarbeck, but a Reyne. Not just in name, either. Look at her red-gold hair, and those eyes of hers, they're as blue as yours. How about Rowena instead? That was your grandmother's name, if I recall."

    "It was, yes."
    Robb nodded at his infant daughter, and lightly slid a finger across her forehead. "Very well, if that's what you wish dear, Rowena Reyne she'll be. A cub who'll grow into a fierce new red lioness, and gods willing only the first of many."

    Gods willing, there won't be many new red lions. I don't want to have to go through this again.
    Senelle thought exasperatedly. Still, the thought, the weight and the quieting cries of the infant in her arms (Maybe not even a stone, just like mother told me I was at birth, she thought), and sheer relief at the end of her ordeal led her to begin laughing, soon joined by her husband whose normally stony expression cracked, and eventually (to both their surprise) even the child.

    OOC: Senelle Tarbeck's survival roll was counted, so she did in fact survive the birthing roll. Anyway, adding a new character to Tarbeck Hall, Rowena Reyne.

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    A caravan is noticed in the distance, as it draws closer, the standard slung from above the front wagon of the convoy bares the lavendar field with a fallen star crossing a sword, the sigil of House Dayne. An odd sight to see in the Westerlands

    Excuse me, good man, might I have direction to the Holdfast of Lord Raymun Castamere? I have just journeyed from Casterly Rock, and I would greatly wish to speak with him if at all possible. I have a trade proposition that may interest him.

    The man whom arrived could only be described as a merchant. He wore a gorilla skin coat over a golden woolen vest (golden wool of the sort from the expensive wool shaved from the rare and exotic Lhazareen Golden sheep herd. A symbol of which any man possesses materials from these sheep is, or was at one time, a very wealthy man), which appears loosely slung over a long, golden silk robe. There are 10 rings on 10 fingers noticeably, the man looks as though he is a walking jewellery store. With him are nearly two dozen guards of House Dayne

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    The Reyne guard stirred from his slumber and looked down from the watchtower to find the queer sight of the Dayne merchant across from him. His employers made no secret of their possession of the second-greatest gold mines in the Westerlands, true, but they hadn't flaunted it quite as much as this man had in recent history, and he only knew women and Tarbecks to wear such gaudy jewelry. Probably just some merchant trying to show off in front'a Lord Reyne, he thought. This'd better be worth interrupting my nap for, seriously...

    "Uh, well first, I dunno about any 'Lord Castamere', or any House Castamere at that. Ya mean Lord Raymun Reyne of Castamere, don't ya?" The guard gestured toward the red lion on silver of Reyne flying over his tower and yawned before continuing, still rubbing his eyes with one hand and only maintaining a loose grip on his spear with the other, "Anyway, who might ya be?"

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    Oh but of course, my good man, of course, Lord Raymun Reyne. I tried to hide my nervousness only to blunder my speech with malarchy. It is the mighty Lord Reyne I wish to speak with, second wealthiest man in the Westerlands or so I've heard. Which would most likely put him in the top few wealthiest Lords in Westeros, if I am not mistaken.

    I seek an audience with your fine Lord, good man. If you could be so kind as to direct me to his Castle, I would be forever grateful of your assistance.
    The merchant is mildly embarassed, but attempts to hide it with a smile

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    Arianne Martell arrives in Castamere with an escort of the prince guard and a number of her cousins.


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    "Yeah? Hah, keep that up and maybe Lord Reyne''l hear you out. Or respond in kind and bore you to death. The only thing he likes hearing more than people talking about how great his fortunes are is his own voice." The guard barks a short laugh.

    "Anyways, as for Castamere, you should - ah, nevermind." The sentry waves over to an advancing party of riders flying the Reyne lion and Tarbeck star quartered. "I f'got, Lord Robb and Lady S'nelle got invited to lunch at Castamere by his lord father today. You might as well ride with them, then."

    It isn't long before the mixed party makes their way to the base of the tower. Robb Reyne, leading the procession in a high-collared doublet, hails the sentry before turning to Dayne. Not one to dance around the point with courtesies, he began frankly, "Hail! Your standard is not a familiar sight around these parts. Are you a Dayne of Starfall? What's brought you so far from home?" Lady Senelle, still fussing over their baby Rowena, looks up just briefly enough to throw him a disapproving look that he completely missed.

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    The Martell party is welcomed into Castamere with all the expected pomp for a Great House's arrival. The castle guard asks, "Princess Arianne Martell? How can we be of service, m'lady?"

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    Arianne as beautiful as ever walks toward the hard, she is wearing large amounts of jewlery, rubies, sapphires, silver, and gold, much of which must come from the mines of Castamere seeing as trade with the Lannisters is non-existent. She nods to the guard and in a soft voice answers.

    I come here at my fathers request, he plans to reopen Dorne to the rest of Westeros.. well most of Westeros. So if you would, may I speak with Lord Reyne?
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    The guard makes a sweeping bow. "But of course, Princess Arianne. Lord Reyne is currently busy in the kitchens I believe, but I also believe he can make some time to meet with you. This way, if you please."

    The guard leads Arianne to the kitchens, where Lord Reyne personally presided over the roasting of a freshly killed boar, a pair of large meat pies cooking, and an enormous boil of steaming fish stew. He turned at the guard's call and hurried up to meet with Arianne. "Princess Arianne of Dorne! Do forgive me, I am trying to ensure that my cooks get all the food right in time for my lordly son, my lady daughter-in-law and most importantly, my granddaughter." He wipes some sweat from his brow, the heat radiating from the great kitchens of Castamere could still be felt past the doorway. "I take it, however, that this is more than a simple friendly visit? Well in any case, this hallway and the blazing kitchen are no place for a Westerman Lord and a Princess of Dorne to have even a friendly chat. Shall we ascend to the solar?"

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    Arianne nods and give a warm grin

    The way you all are acting you would think none of you have seen a Princess before. But of course lead the way to the solar lord Reyne.


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    "Oh, we have. Or at least, I have." Lord Reyne shrugged his great shoulders and began walking up to his solar, "It's almost been too long since I witnessed her wedding to Prince Rhaegar Targaryen, but such a joyous occasion is not something I forget easily."

    In the Castamere solar, Lord Reyne seated himself in front of a great tapestry displaying the first Reynes' coming to Westeros with the Andals, and motioned for Arianne to sit opposite to him. "Take a seat Princess Arianne, make yourself comfortable. My servant informed me your lord father wishes to reopen Dorne's connections with Westeros? My ears are, of course, open. Oh, but where are my manners - the journey from Sunspear to Castamere must have been quite dessicating. Some Arbor gold?" He motioned for a servant to bring them two cups of the fine golden wine.

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    She follows his instruction and sits opposite to him, she takes the glass clsoer to her and takes a small measured sip

    Why thank you, the trip was long and some Arbor gold is just what I need. But as for why I'm here yes. as you know Dorne has taken a very isolationist stance for the past, well since Elia died.. but my father has thought long and hard on Dornes future and he wishes to reopen Dorne, to any house that did not wrong us.

    She takes a second sip

    So he sent me to the house of the Red Lions for not only is there much for our houses to gain from trade, but you are a noble house when compared to any in Westeros, but even more so when compared to other Westerland houses.


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