Ravens of the Kingdoms Thread (Maelys Restart)

[Poach]

As per this decision, the "Ravens" thread is being belatedly replaced with this thread. This thread is to be used for everything that would be considered public knowledge, such as a marriage announcement, Tournament announcement, or invitations to a feast.

Please note that the following rules apply to sending ravens:

- Within your own 'Kingdom' (eg inside the Reach) = 1 hour (that is roughly 2 days ingame)

- To neighbouring Kingdoms (eg Westerlands to Riverlands or Reach) = 7 hours (2 weeks ingame)

- Over every 'Kingdom' afterwards = 7 more hours (eg Dorne to North is Dorne > Stormlands > Crownlands > Riverlands > North, or 4 'hops', so 4*7 = 28 hours, or 2 months ingame)

[The Mad Skylord]

~Royal Decree~

In order to raise gold to repel Maelys the Usurper, King Aerys II Targaryen has hereby issued a royal War Tax upon Lords Paramount and High Lords - TO LAST ONE YEAR.

Lords Paramount will be required to pay a tax of 5% , while High Lords will be required to pay a tax of 2.5% .

[TARGARYEN SEAL]
Signed by King Aerys II Targaryen
Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Defender of the Realm, Protector of the Faith and King of the Andals, the Rhonyar and the First Men

[The Mad Skylord]

~Royal Decree~

King Aerys II Targaryen summons all loyalist forces to his banner at King's Landing. A host is being mustered to march to meet Maelys the Monstrous in ooen battle.

[Oznerol]

A myriad ravens leave the ramparts of Storm's End to castles all over the kingdom, large and small, delivering the words of Blackfyre.

To the lords and ladies of the Realm:

Storm's End has fallen and Lord Steffon Baratheon has yielded and pledged fealty. The Stag has been the first to acknowledge my suzerainty, and many more shall follow, the Seven willing. The unconquerable has been subdued, the false King's armies shattered. There is no hope in supporting the so-called King at King's Landing, I am victorious. Flock to my banners, faithful lords of the realm, remember for whom you fought in the last century, raise again your banners and follow me to victory. I am as merciful in peace as powerful in war, yield and you shall be pardoned every offense against my lineage. However, all that remain staunch in their false beliefs shall incur in my wrath.

Now it is the time to amend the wrongs commited in the past.

In the Light of the Seven,

Given at Storm's End,

Maelys Blackfyre, the First of His Name, King of the Rhoynar, the Andals and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdom, Lord Protector of the Realm, King of the Stepstones and the Narrow Sea, Wielder of Blackfyre.

(SIGNED AND SEALED)

[Pontifex Maximus]

The Dowager Queen, Lady Regent of the Seven Kingdoms, sends forth the following message:

I, Shaera Targaryen, Lady Regent and Queen, do hereby make the following entreaty:

Any Lord or Lady who remain true to their oaths and loyalty, or any minor knight or individual still loyal to the crown and not otherwise engaged in the war OR related effort should present himself or herself at court and declare support for the King. This will allow you to escape any accusation of disloyalty and give you the opportunity to win fame, honor and fortune. The Dragon's Ire remains more fierce than fire.

Singed and sealed

[Pontifex Maximus]

By Order of the Dowager Queen:

In the absence of the Master of Laws from the capital, the Lady Regent of the Realm, Shaera Targaryen, hereby takes control of the City Watch until such time as the King and his full council return from operations in the field against the Crown's enemies. The Dowager Queen also declares a State of Emaergency, encouraging all folk of the Crownlands to seek shelter in the capital and to bring weapons to resist any invaders.

[Adamat]

Lord Garrett Corbray of Heart's Home sends letters to every major holdfast in the Kingdoms:

Lords and ladies of the Realm,

My beloved sister Ilsa Corbray has disappeared from Heart's Home. It is assumed that the Lady was captured by bandits, but no demands have been received yet. In my capacity as Lord as well as brother, I implore you to send word to Heart's Home if you have any information concerning the whereabouts of my sister.

Signed, Lord Garrett Corbray

Description: Twenty-four years old, blonde hair, green eyes, {etc}

[Pontifex Maximus]

Word is sent to the Riverlands, Brax, and Aerys that King's Landing is under siege

[Honors Bastion]

Word is sent to the Riverlands, Brax, and Aerys that King's Landing is under siege

The raven sent to Aerys is shot down so he does not receive it. However, the ravens to the Riverlands and Brax make it through.

[Jokern]

Ravens are sent to all of the Seven Kingdoms.

I, Lord Tytos Lannister of Casterly Rock, Lord Paramount of the Westerlands and Warden of the West, do hereby declare my loyalty to Maelys Blackfyre, First of His Name, King of the Rhoynar, the Andals and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Lord Protector of the Realm, King of the Stepstones and the Narrow Sea, and will fight for his rightful claim to the Iron Throne. All true lords of the Seven Kingdoms must cast off the shackles of the Targaryen tyrant and join the cause of the one and only King of Westeros.

[Pontifex Maximus]

Word is sent to the Camp of Aerys, Swann, Brax, Tully, Stark, and all other loyal houses that:

1. King's Landing was under siege but after negotiations, the loyalties of the besiegers has been turned
2. The north marches south to join the loyalists in the war

[Oznerol]

Ravens arrive to keeps big and small:

To the Lords and Ladies of the realm:

Victory! The usurper has been defeated for a second time, the corpses of his army cover the ground by the thousands. He has proven unable to even lead an army in battle, least bringing his host to victory. The foolish usurpation shall end and his crown toppled: I now wear the crown of Maekar, the Lord Commander Grandison is now my own and I have proven my worth at the battlefield twice. Gods must support my cause, for the unfaithful have been defeated most harshly. I struck down their commanders and now Ser Lewyn Martell is my captive, at my complete mercy.

Raise for me, Lords of the Realm!

By my own hand, in the Light of the Seven,

Maelys, the First of His Name, etc...

(SIGNED AND SEALED)

[Iron Aquilifer]

(Dispatched at large to the Reach lords)

Loyal vassals and honoured cousins,

The war has come to the doorstep of the Reach. I did not ask for this, not for the deaths to come. Yet bloodshed made for a just and ordered realm is blood well spilled. Come the end, all those leal servants will be offered great rewards, the seats of Bardshome and Torrentspeak still remain open. And the Manderford, to be rebuilt to twice its former glory, only wait on those who stand by Highgarden.

We march to war. For Blackfyre.

signed,

Luthor Tyrell,
titles etc.

[Oznerol]

Word is sent to every Blackfyre supporter by raven, horse and sail that Arryn is now supporting Maelys' rightful claim.

[Dirty Chai]

Word spreads out across Westeros from northwestern Dorne, originating from a declaration written in the hand of Beren Sand, Prince Consort of Dorne

The men and women, old and young, of Dorne declare their loyalty to only one king and one line, only one authority above that of Nymeros: the line of Aerys, Second of His Name. The Rhoynar, Andals, and First Men of Dorne will never submit to the invader who calls himself an heir to Daemon Blackfyre, for he is a monster, accursed and without honor. He tortures his captives and holds his vassals at sword-point. He sends fingers and pieces of his victims to their families to back them into a corner, to command them by fear.

Dorne does not fear you, dog of the east, spawn of the hunchback, bastard of the witch. Your lies and your evils will not win here in Dorne, and you will never be King of the Rhoynar. You are accursed, a corrupted being of filth. Dorne will not bow, Dorne will not bend, and Dorne will not break.

Bring your black steel, we do not fear it. You will burn alive in Dorne. You cannot make waste to our fields for we have none, you cannot lay rape and murder upon our women and elderly for you will not find them, and you will never find peace so long as you walk this continent.

We will fight you in the mountains, in the wastes, in the dunes, in the sea.. Dorne will sink into the sea whence it came before it submits to you, you pathetic filth.

The original letters sent across Dorne are sealed with the sun and spear of Martell, signed in the name of "Beren Sand, Prince of Dorne"

[Pontifex Maximus]

Ravens bearing the sigil of House Frey with the signature and seal of Lord Walder Frey, Lord of the Crossing, fly to all keeps in Westeros, causing a veritable blackout of the sun as swarms of thousands of ravens explode from the Twins.

The letter reads:

Commercial traffic over the bridge of the Trident must be assessed a tax, or else be refused crossing. Tax rates are set forth as follows (all percentages out of 10,000 or 20,000, whichever is your rate of return on the trade route)

Northern Trade: 5%
Riverlands Trade: 5%
Vale Trade: 25%
Reach Trade: 15%
Crownlands Trade: 10%
Dornish Trade: 10%
Westerlands Trade: 10%

Independent merchants: To be determined by Lord Frey

Lords may negotiate their individual rates upon appointment with Lord Frey at the Twins.

Martial Traffic across the Twins will be determined on a case by case basis and shall either be disallowed, permitted, or conditionally permitted.

ooc: the intent of this is that anyone going north or south with a trade route has to pay the toll.

[Lord Dread]

To the Lords of the realm,

with messages of my Lord brother's death and the defeat of King Maelys Blackfyre I. spreading, I, Ser Denys Arryn
will bow towards the rightful King Aerys II. Targaryen and his rule, accepting the Vale's defeat. As the Lord's child Jon Arryn will succeed him, I speak as the eldest remaining brother of the old Lord in his name and guide him, as he is young and had nothing to do with the conflict. He shall not fall for the same mistakes I did solely for the sake of family, as my loyalities were stuck between the crown and the demands of my own vile brother.
Many men died for the madness of my brother, many won't probably make it. All hostages shall be released, while we plead for mercy upon captured Valemen and hope for a reunion with the realm.
Once the war is over, we shall swear fealty towards our King again.

In Light of the Seven
Ser Denys Arryn
[Signed and Sealed]

Apart from the letter, send from Bronzegate, another will follow.

To the Lords of the Realm and the King,
Ser Denys Arryn has been put under arrest for the murdering of Ryker Frey and captureing by my former lord promised spouse Elenya Arryn, who was sadly kidnapped by his supporters from the Eyrie.
My condolences go for House Frey, as it seems like the madness of the Arryn family is not solely found within one single brother. Only thanks to brave men, who took a heart and moved against their self-proclaimed Protector of the Vale it was on my side to uncover the crimes of a double-tounged traitor upon the guest right.
With Ser Lyonel's Arryn's fate unclear for the moment, I'll guide the young Lord and the remaining Arryns through the crisis, while we shall speak a rightful trial upon Ser Denys soon. Since we are speaking about his child, Lord Walder Frey may propose us of how to punish the cowardly murder. Otherwise we pray for the return of the last of the Arryns, while hopeing that the Seven shall not punish this once honorful House even more.

In lights of the Seven
Ser Rodrik Egen, steward of the Eyrie
[Signed and Sealed]

[Dirty Chai]

(it's most definitely been more than 24 hours since when the Battle of Tumbleton was supposed to take place)

Word spreads across southern Westeros, first to the capital and through the Reach, of a disaster at Tumbleton, where the Golden Company and Reachmen knights routed and dissembled a Dornish host which was assembled before them, despite being greatly exhausted on their retreat from King's Landing.

It is said that several of the Dornish commanders are dead, including the Prince himself.

[Pontifex Maximus]

Lord Walder Frey releases a decree:

I, Lord Walder Frey, Lord of the Crossing, Vanquisher of Valesmen, do hereby release this decree: My leal brother, Ser Stevron Frey, shall be granted all titles and rights in the Bloody Gate from henceforth, and is hereby vested with this legal title in land granted to us by the King, Aerys II Targaryen, in his most just wisdom.

[Lord Dread]

To the Lords of the Vale,
my brother Ser Denys Arryn has been accused of wrong crimes, he never committed, as I was informed by my own sister Elenya Arryn, who saved young Ryker Frey from his supposed death by the Moon Door. Currently they are sailing towards the Riverlands under safe escort.
Ser Rodrik Egen intends to seize controll over the Eyrie and the young Lord Paramount, while our families bled in the Riverlands and for a false king due to his plottings. He manipulated my eldest brother long enough while haveing occupied the Eyrie with men, solely loyal towards his cause over the years.
Do not fall for the lies of this snake, sons of the Vale, as we intend to free the keep from its false steward - his treason shall be repayed with blood. For the Vale, for the young Lord, for my family!

In Light of the Seven
Ser Lyonel Arryn
As High as Honor
[Signed and Sealed]

Similiar letters will arrive during the next days as well, comeing directly from the Eyrie, also spreading towards the other kingdoms

To the Lords of the Vale and the Lords of the Realm,
after one mad brother being seized by me, Ser Lyonel tries to capture the Eyrie for hurting the young Lord Arryn, who is currently safe under my guidance.
I warn you to follow his mad course, as it will force me to enforce dire messures upon this conflict. Ser Denys is guilty in eyes of the Seven and shall remain a hostage until we found a common solution to this conflict - any attack upon the Eyrie will have consequences, for which solely you will be responsible.
I especially entrust King Aerys to decide wisely within this conflict as unlike the Arryns, I solely did my duty towards the family and merely protected the Eyrie, adviseing the former Lord that it was a grave mistake to marsh against the Seven Kingdoms. His grace surely understands that we can't trust a House, which dubious loyalities lead to a massacre upon innocents. For the young Lord and those, whom I have to protect.

In Light of the Seven
Ser Rodrik Egen
[Signed and Sealed]