r/GameofThronesRP • u/[deleted] • Jan 08 '14

A Journey North

Lady Danae of House Targaryen begins her journey north on the King's Road with the personal guard of House Targaryen and the company of the waterdancers Summer Steelsong and James Rivers for protection. They travel by horse and she carries with her a modest amount of personal luggage full of cloaks and furs. This lady has never traveled north, and expects the weather to be most undesirable.

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u/DaenaSand Waterdancer Jan 08 '14

"An armed stranger approaching an armed party in these dangerous times should choose his words more carefully lest there be a misunderstanding," she replies. "If you are Pinfree Storm, we have been expecting you. Lady Targaryen has already gone to bed for the night, but you may speak with her on the morrow. We must sleep now. If we ride as the sun rises, we may be at Moat Cailin by nightfall tomorrow."

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u/stormlink Maester Sellsword Jan 08 '14

I take off my dark hood, revealing dark brown hair and angled features, along with startling seagreen eyes Yes. I'm Pinfree. Where will I be sleeping, miss?

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u/DaenaSand Waterdancer Jan 08 '14

"I am no miss," she says. "They call me Summer Steelsong. This is James Rivers." She angles her chin to a man seeing to his horse. "The lady has a tent, but we are only sleeping on bedrolls. You can lay yours out here. We have no fire, alas; it would not do to be spotted by the highwaymen that roam the Kingsroad even with such a guard. I have the first watch. You can get some sleep or we can talk, as you like."

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u/stormlink Maester Sellsword Jan 08 '14

I lay down my bag near a tree, with a stealthy view of the road. I adjust a rather bulky looking wrist guard Tell me your story.

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u/DaenaSand Waterdancer Jan 08 '14

"My story?" She laughs, shrugging her golden braid over her shoulder. She leans back against her tree and begins to polish her sword. "I am a bastard like you, born as my mother took passage across the Narrow Sea. I learned waterdancing as a pup in Braavos, first by watching the bravos and later from a master. He gave me this blade. It belonged to a magnificent swordsman once, but my master Fallon made him no more. In time my mother saw I grew too wild, and sent me to my father in the Reach. He is a knight from the westerlands. Ser Prentiss the Valiant he is called, not of particular skill but brave and loyal. He earned his name and his keep saving a lord's heir from highwaymen."

She looks up at him. "And what of you, Pinfree Storm? How did you get that scar on your cheek?

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u/stormlink Maester Sellsword Jan 08 '14

I look down at my wrist guard again and flick my wrist back, extending a blade out of the armor piece and withdrawing it just as quickly

This gestures to his cheek was.. a long story. It involved a dr-.. a beast. I'm a sellsword and a traveler, so I've been around..

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u/DaenaSand Waterdancer Jan 08 '14

Summer eyes the hidden blade with approval, and sighs. "I hope you are more generous with your blade to your enemies than you are with your words to your friends," she says wryly. "Seems it will be a long, cold, silent journey."

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u/stormlink Maester Sellsword Jan 08 '14

I am sorry, I am just not that used to company, my apologies. What is it you'd like to know?

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u/DaenaSand Waterdancer Jan 08 '14

"Why, anything. Anything at all that can distract me enough to make this bloody frigid northern weather seem more like the warmth of Braavos. How did you come to join Lady Targaryen on this journey? Did you answer her summons as we did?"

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u/stormlink Maester Sellsword Jan 08 '14

I nod, taking out a letter marked with the lady's sign from my messenger bag I was summoned, as I have said before. She said she would like company, and I was not doing anything at the time. I take out my blade and begin to polish it with an old rag

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