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Chapter 134 Dragon Owner

The Stormlands, Summerhall.

Hundreds of elite cavalry wearing plate armor and plate chain armor were scattered around the huge ruins.

From the golden tree flags on a white background, the hunting hunter flags on a vigorous walk, the golden and green standing lion flags, the bull skull flags on a red background, and the golden crane flags on a blue background, you can guess which families these cavalrymen belong to:

The Rowan family of Golden Tree City, the Tully family of Hornhill, the Osgrey family of Fort Steadfast, the Bulwei family of Blackcrown City, and the Clenn family of Red Lake City.

If you are a little familiar with the River Bend, you will know that these are the real second-tier and lower families of the River Bend.

With the exception of Rowan and Tarly, the rest of the families may just make up the numbers.

Seven or eight nobles in beautiful plate armor and cloaks made of precious fabrics stood silently in front of a big fire.

The appearance of dragons in Harrenhal made Duke Mace very worried. In the towns and villages of the Riverlands, it was even rumored that "Dragon Bearer" Arthur was Rhaegar's illegitimate son. He wondered if it was true that the Targaryen had returned with the dragon.

So Lando Tarly, who challenged Lord Inflatable Fish's military power, was sent to investigate the dragon, and Earl Matus Rowan, who was related to the three alliances of Tyrell, got the task of supervising Earl Tarly.

A few other minor nobles and the two earls went together to make this investigation more formal.

According to rumors, dragons first appeared in the vast forest of the King's Forest.

So Earl Tully began to investigate the whereabouts of Arthur Bracken from there, and then tracked down to the ruins of Midsummer Hall.

Here, they found this huge fire that looked unusual.

The two earls have always thought that there may be a mystery here. After all, there was a fire here 40 years ago, and a king was burned to death at that time.

Some cavalry were sent out, looking for possible witnesses.

Not long after, several cavalry drove a dozen farmers to arrive.

"My lord, according to what they said, someone was hired to search for something here." The leading rider reported to the nobles.

Count Matus Rowan turned around, and without looking at his cavalry, he waved them away.

His eyes remained fixed on the peasants being brought in.

"If you say something useful, I will reward you a lot."

The master's words moved the peasants very much, and one of them boldly told about the fact that he was hired to find stones before.

"A relatively round stone, that's what those two were looking for. They've been looking for it for two or three months."

The bald Lando Tully asked carefully again: "What are the characteristics of these two people?"

The farmer scratched his head, "One is a very ordinary soldier, and the other, how should I put it, is wearing a gentleman's iron armor, but has the face of a wandering mercenary."

Matus Rowan asked several times, trying to find out more details.

Several peasants brought a large group of cavalry from the west, and then sent them away, completing the story of the raging fire that ignited here that night.

"By the way, the team that came from behind wore strange clothes, not like those from our side. The giant horse and golden vest of the leader are also very impressive." A farmer finally remembered this.

Earl Tully's hawk-like sharp eyes immediately fixed on this person, "Are they wearing strange black armor, and many of them are wearing shofar braids?"

The farmer nodded, "Yes, yes, I just said that I feel something is wrong with them, but I can't tell what's wrong. It's their braids that are different from ours."

The hairstyles of the nobles in Westeros are very characteristic. The ladies in the south often wear their hair in a bun, while the gentlemen have their hair loose or directly bald.

Soldiers don't wear long hair, let alone braid it, for the convenience of wearing helmets.

Except for the mercenaries from the Essos continent in the east, who else can have such a hairstyle?
Lando Tully already had the answer in his heart, so he stopped asking.

Matus Rowan asked again and again, and after confirming that nothing was missed, he sent the cavalry to lead the peasants away.

Of course, the farmers each got a silver deer before they left.

The two big nobles called the little nobles who were traveling with them, and began to communicate.

"I should know the man with the face of a mercenary." A young knight from the Bulwe family said to everyone.

Earl Rowan waved for the young man to continue talking.

"During that tourney match, Ser Loras once invited Bracken to lunch. At that time, Sir Loras was in a bad mood because of the Magic Mountain, so the rest of the people ate in silence. I was concerned about the sudden intrusion into us. Bracken in the circle was very curious, so he specially observed their uncle and nephew. If there is no accident, the guy with a mercenary face but wearing plate armor is the uncle of the dragon bearer, Jules Bracken."

The young knight put this matter in a better way. He would never admit that he kept staring at the uncle and nephew because he was jealous that the noble from the river could squeeze into the Knight of Flowers.

Randyll Tarly nodded, thinking that this should be no problem.

Although he was only supervising Landau's work, Earl Matus Rowan was very concerned. He concluded:
"After robbing Joffrey, this Arthur came here with the king a thousand miles away, and his uncle searched for the round stone here two or three months before that, after which a fire was kindled , When Arthur returned to the north and passed through the royal forest, a black dragon appeared in front of the world."

"It should be like this. Although there are many doubts, it can still be used by the Duke. It is unlikely that the dragon bearer is Rhaegar's illegitimate son. He just got a dragon by chance." Lando Tarly said perfunctorily.

He doesn't care about the origin of the dragon, how to deal with the relationship with the dragon owner is the key point.

But Matus refused to let go, "Hey, old man, don't think about your Bright Water City, and use your brain to think about whether the dragon bearer is Rhaegar's illegitimate son."

Florent of Brightwater City is one of the most powerful families among the second-tier nobles in the Reach, comparable in strength to the Rowan family. The entire family has about four to five thousand soldiers.

Outside Storm's End, the entire force of the Florent family has turned to Stannis, because Erlu's wife, Selyse Florent, is the niece of Lord Alister Florent.

Thus, from the perspective of King Tommen, the Florens family became traitors.

And the Reach is now supporting Tommen I.

Considering that Lando Tully's wife is the eldest daughter of Alister Florent, the Tully family has the right to claim Brightwater City.

Therefore, Count Matus Rowan thought that Landau was thinking about how to get Brightwater City, and did not seriously consider the fact that the dragon bearer was Rhaegar's illegitimate son.

Earl Tully glanced at Earl Rowan, and waved his hand to keep the little nobles away.

The inquisitive junior lords walked away.

The two earls began to discuss business.

"According to that plausible rumor, the dragon bearer is most likely Rhaegar's illegitimate son." Randyll Tarly motioned Lord Rowan closer, "But you and I both know that dragons have been around for a while. However, the rumors of the dragon bearer and the illegitimate child have only been circulating for less than a month, and it has spread rapidly throughout the river, so someone must be building momentum."

In the past half a month, rumors of the dragon bearer Arthur and his dragon spread throughout the riverlands, which also attracted the attention of some top nobles.

Matus lowered his voice, "Of course I know, but even if you want to create momentum, you must have momentum. There have been no dragons in the world for more than 100 years. From Aegon III, to Baelor I, to Aegon V, Several kings tried to hatch dragons, but they all failed. Now that the dragon is back among men, even if he is only a dragon bastard, the dragon bearer is ahead of Robert's line in the line of succession to the Iron Throne."

Even if there is no dragon, the usurper still chooses Robert whose grandmother is the dragon family as the leader, which shows that the nobles recognize the dragon's blood.

The Long family with dragons is another concept.

Earl Tarly habitually supported the Valyrian steel sword "Broken Heart" at his waist, but suddenly remembered that Broken Heart was taken away by his son, so he took his hand back after touching the substitute, Holding his chin, he began to meditate.

After a while, he said to Earl Rowan: "The Targaryens have tried hatching dragons several times, and maybe they have figured out the trick. Prince Rhaegar must also know a lot about his family's private affairs, so let someone of his It is not impossible for the bastard to know where the eggs are hidden and teach him how to hatch them."

"That's right." Matus Rowan slapped his palms together. "This is what I want to express. The dragon bearer learned about the dragon eggs hidden in Midsummer Hall through his real father, and hatched a dragon with a king. In addition That Rega passed through the Hejian land and left behind rumors of an illegitimate child, I think the credibility of the dragon family is still very high, but the hair color and pupil color do not match."

Valyrians have a fixed eye and hair color.

Earl Tarly said: "Hair color and eye color are trivial matters. Aegor Rivers, born of Miss Bracken and King Aegon IV, has black hair and black eyes. This Dragonbearer has black eyes and dark eyes. Blonde hair color, this change in hair color and eye color is not impossible."

The two reached a consensus that the Dragonbearer was most likely Rhaegar's illegitimate son.

Then, the two earls began to discuss how to deal with the relationship with the dragon owner.

"We supported the Dragon family 15 years ago. At that time, the Targaryens didn't even have a single dragon. Now that the giant dragon is alive, it doesn't make sense for us to still support the Lu family." Earl Rowan said.

Randyll Tarly looked serious, "But now the Duke of Mace has signed an alliance with the Lannisters. Miss Margaery and Knight Loras will marry King Tommen and Queen Cersei respectively. , how can you change your face?"

Although the Rose family did not clearly state the price of the alliance between the Lion Family and the Rose Family, some nobles with higher status still heard the news.

Cersei will marry Loras, and her son will marry Loras' sister as queen.

In other words, the Knight of Flowers and Margaery will upgrade from brother-sister relationship to father-in-law and mother-in-law relationship.

Luo Wan waved his hands, expressing his disdain: "What kind of agreement is this? Marriage doesn't completely tie us to the chariot of the Lion family. What's more, the two couples haven't sworn to get married yet. As far as I know, the dragon bearer is also single. , and tall, handsome, and brave, he is more worthy of Miss Margery than the child Tommen."

Earl Tully shook his head and said, "I still think it's better to maintain a covenant relationship with the Lion family first. After all, the Hejian land is too untouched, and the dragon has only just reached its infancy. Of course, you and I are just for the Duke of Metz. Investigating the matter of the dragon will not determine the movement of the entire Reach. Let's go back to Storm's End on business!"

Earl Tarly beckoned to his squire to lead his mount over.

Matus Rowan thought of another thing, "Hey hey hey, you put your son on the side of the dragon bearer, but persuaded us to hang out with the lion family."

It was no secret that Lord Tarly's heir, Dickon Tarly, was at Harrenhal.

When Earl Rowan heard this rumor a month ago, he felt very incredible.

After all, Randall Tully has spent a lot of thought to make his sons qualified military nobles. In order to make his cowardly eldest son braver, Earl Tully invited two wizards from the continent of Essos to smear his whole body with blood. The blood magic performed a witchcraft.

After this did not work, Earl Tarly expelled the wizard, and formally decided to train his second son Dickon to be his heir. In order to make Dickon's inheritance right unquestionable, Landau also sent his eldest son Samwell to the Great Wall of Immortality. night guard.

The nobles of the entire Reach knew how much Earl Tarly cared about his carefully cultivated heir. According to rumors, Dickon even had to ask his father's permission to leave the castle, and he would not go out until Randyau confirmed that the destination was safe.

Under such circumstances, Dickon could still appear in Harrenhal, his father Randall must have agreed.

It was even possible that Earl Tully himself had arranged for his son to go.

Matus felt that something was wrong when he first heard the gossip, but now that he thinks about it, it's nothing more than normal.

Everything that happens must have a reason.

It would be unreasonable if Dickon was following a minor nobleman from Hejian, but if this minor nobleman was actually a descendant of the royal family and was very likely to regain the throne, then Dickon's following would change the fate of the family. of great significance.

Earl Rowan knew that the nobles other than Landau must have not grasped certain information, which caused them to fail to understand Earl Tarly's move to send his son to follow that Bracken.

After Randall Tully got on his mount, he replied, "This is just your imagination. Dickon ran away to become a monk secretly. I have always been a loyal minister of Highgarden."

After speaking, regardless of Earl Rowan's expression, the people leading him left first.

Matus, who was clean and beardless, also got on the horse. He looked at Earl Tarly's back and curled his lips in disdain.

You're hedging your bets and thinking about letting us go the same way.

Earl Rowan made up his mind to pay attention, and sent someone to greet the dragon bearers first when he returned. When the time was right, he would raise troops to support Targaryen and the dragon.

At this time, Matus has already thought about it.

It was the black dragon that grew to one-tenth the size of Balerion, the Black Death.

The Black Death is one of the largest dragons that have ever appeared on the continent of Westeros. Its mouth can swallow an entire mammoth, and its skull is bigger than a luxury carriage.

According to rumors, Balerion's head was at least ten meters long. When Aegon I was still alive, the Black Death had already grown to an exaggerated figure of more than 70 meters in length and a wingspan of nearly 200 meters.

More than 60 years after the death of Aegon I, the black death continued to grow until it died of old age in 96 A.D. of Conquest.

It is said that at that time, Bellerion's wingspan reached more than [-] meters, and his body length was nearly [-] meters.

In the era when the three peerless dragons, Balerion, Vagarhar, and Meraxes, survived, the biggest expense of the royal family was the food for the dragons.

It is rumored that each dragon eats nearly ten thousand sheep every year.

Cattle and horses are the labor force for farming, and they are generally not used to feed dragons.

Later, the royal family was overwhelmed and began to adopt the method of raising giant dragons in captivity to reduce the size of newborn dragons.

This method does work, but it works too well.

The last generation of dragons had a skull no bigger than a goat.

If it had one-tenth the size of the Black Death, it would also be a giant with a length of seven or eight meters and a wingspan of 30 meters.

According to the fact that Balerion lived for 200 years on Dragonstone Island and Westeros, the dragons should live for hundreds of years.

With such a long-lived and deadly weapon in hand, it is not difficult for the "dragon bearer" to rebuild the rule of the dragon family.

It is even possible that the re-established Targaryen dynasty will outlive its predecessors.

After Matus made up his mind, he rushed to Earl Tully and walked with him.

Their destination was the Reach Barracks outside Storm's End.

……

Harrenhal, Burning King Tower, Hall of Hundred Furnaces.

Except for the two castles, basically all the lords and governors of the Riverlands are present: Mrs. He'an, Lyman Darry, William Mutton, Karel Vance, Norbert Vance, Clay Monte Pepper, Ennis Frey, Tristan Legge, Jason Mallister and more.

The families whose names are listed are earls or former earls, and there are a large number of families that are not listed, such as Hay, the vassal of the Frey family, Smallwood, the vassal of Vance in Traveling Rest, Fairy Bazaar Dozens of small families including Ward, the owner of Earl Harroway, and Root, the town lord of Earl Harroway.

These lower-level lords also responded to the call of several earls from Harrenhal to participate in the so-called founding ceremony of the Riverland Alliance.

It can be said that the group of talents is complete, and the young and long are gathered together.

These people had already heard about the black dragon in Harrenhal. Although Alduin was still in his infancy, he was indeed a fire-breathing dragon.

For humans, Alduin, with a wingspan of nearly two meters, was not too small.

What's more, the juvenile magic dragon is in the period of rapid growth. It only needs one or two years to have a terrifying body several meters in length.

Before the "Dragon Bearer" had time to speak, the lord of Maiden Springs, William Mooton, began to express his views:

"A man who owns a dragon must be a Targaryen. Therefore, the dragon owner has the legal right to inherit the Iron Throne. I propose that the princes of the rivers collectively support the righteous, brave, ruler of Harrenhal, and the owner of the dragon. Arthur Targaryen the Dragon became king, and then retook the Iron Throne, bringing the feud of the Seven Kingdoms to an end."

Arthur yelled that he was unlucky. He knew that William Mooton was a member of the Dragon Party, but he didn't expect him to mention the "Dragon Family"'s claim to the Iron Throne as soon as he came up.

If he really claims to be a Targaryen, then the riverland will inevitably be attacked by Stannis and the Lion Flower Alliance.

Without him, it is only because the Lu family's inheritance right to the Iron Throne was obtained after the Long family died.

Arthur didn't dare to let Earl Mooton disturb the water like this.

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(End of this chapter)