Game of Thrones: Kings in the North

Chapter 106 The Person Abandoned by the Academy City

Maester Dost wants to tear down Winterfell and find the dragons under Winterfell, which is a crazy idea.Ordinary lords would derogate and laugh at the ideas of Bachelor Dost, but Ed would not.

In Westeros, many people think that magic has become a legend, but Ed is very clear that the era of spiritual recovery will come sooner or later.

Magic also has many practical uses. For example, when making Valyrian steel swords, blacksmiths need spells; when making wildfire, alchemists need spells; The red-robed monk can gain a great advantage.

Today, Ed's children have not met their own wolf. In the future, once Robb, Jon, Sansa, Arya, Bran and Little Rickon have their own direwolves, Ed will definitely Cherish them well, and let these direwolves play their greatest role on the battlefield.

Bachelor Dost's research on magic is a bit crazy, but Ed believes that Bachelor Dost will definitely be able to create value for Winterfell in the future.

In the light of a honey candle, Eddard said to Maester Dost: "I'm not going to tear down Winterfell to find the legendary dragon, but maybe I'll find a dragon egg and try to hatch a dragon." Dost Bachelor, I am very interested in magic and the occult, let us welcome the feast of magic together in Winterfell!"

Maester Dost bowed gratefully, turned and left.

At this time, in the library tower, there were only two people left, Ed and Maester Luwin.

"Maester Luwin, what do you think of Dost, Norman and Farmer?"

"Lord Ed, with all due respect, these three bachelors have a bad reputation in the Academy City." Maester Luwin stroked the necklace around his neck, "I received a letter from the Cardinal Council of the Academy City, and I know something about them."

"Bachelor Farmer is more like a farmer. He is obsessed with farming and minerals, but lacks the ability to serve the nobles, so no noble is willing to take him in. The cardinals will agree that if Bachelor Farmer was born in the age of Aegon V, Possibly a grand maester, for Aegon V is more of a peasant than a king."

"Scholar Norman comes from the Shett family in Seagull Town. He has a good background, but when he was in the city, he and a bachelor named Coburn participated in the research of human body anatomy."

"Cobain?" Ed was intrigued by the name.

Maester Luwin continued: "At that time, Maester Norman was in charge of the mortuary in the Academy City, and Qyburn brought the living into the mortuary, dissected and studied them. After being discovered by the Academy City, Qyburn was stripped of his necklace and expelled from the mortuary. Get out of the bachelor's organization and get out of the school city."

"Bachelor Norman insists that he has nothing to do with Coburn's research. The Cardinal of the Academy City will finally decide to keep the necklace of Bachelor Norman, but he is not allowed to continue any research. He is no different from a servant in the Academy City, and no nobleman is willing. After taking in this stained bachelor, the academy sent Bachelor Norman to Winterfell."

"As for this Bachelor of Dost, he grew up in Harrenhal. His sponsor when he went to study in the Academy City was Lady Catelyn's aunt, Countess Sheila Hean of Harrenhal."

"Although Maester Dost grew up in Harrenhal, he is a distant relative of the Banfort family from the Bane of the West. The Banfort family is the descendant of the hooded king. Legend has it that the last hooded king, Morgan Ban Forte is a necromancer, so I feel that there is some kind of madness of the hooded king in the blood of Bachelor Dost."

The castle of the Banfort family, Fortress, is located on the seaside of the West Territory, and is the closest West Territory castle to the Iron Islands.Thousands of years ago, the Lannister family, the king of Casterly Rock at that time, and the Bamfort family, the hooded king, waged a war that lasted for hundreds of years.

The last hood king, Mogan Banfort, and his dark servants, used necromancy to manipulate corpses to fight for them. It took 20 years for Kaiyan King Lorien Lannister to defeat the hood king and put Mo Gan Bamford captured.

It is said that before his death, Necromancer Morgan Banfort cast a curse on Casterly Rock King Lorien, claiming that after his death, he would resurrect and kill Lorien and his sons.Lorien cut off the Hooded King's head himself. He was afraid of the curse, so he ordered the soldiers to chop Morgan Bamford into a meat paste and feed it to the lion in the cage of Casterly Rock.

Lorien Lannister thought that this would prevent the curse of the Hooded King. Unexpectedly, a few years later, the lion that ate the Hooded King suddenly escaped from the cage and killed King Lorien and his children. devour.

The curse of the Hooded King has been widely circulated in the Western Territory.Maester Dost is a descendant of the Hooded King, no wonder he is so obsessed with magic.

"Maester Dost has done a lot of absurd things." Maester Luwin told Ed, "he once went to the raging ancient battlefield, hoping to resurrect the Gardener King and the warriors of the Reach who died here; he went to Crossing the Ruby Beach, hoping to find Prince Rhaegar's undead; he stayed in the abandoned dragon's lair in King's Landing for half a year, hoping to summon the dragon soul and resurrect the Black Death God Balerion"

Whether it is Bachelor Dorst, Bachelor Farmer, or Bachelor Norman, due to various reasons, they were unable to gain a foothold in the Academy City, so the Academy City sent them to Winterfell
In fact, it was completely understandable, the old town was warm and prosperous, under normal circumstances, any bachelor would not give up the sunny old town of school and come to the cold and gloomy city of Winterfell.

Under the candlelight, Maester Luwin held a list of assistant bachelors and apprentices, "As for these assistant bachelors and apprentices, they either committed theft in the Academy City, or they couldn't get a bachelor's position because they were not academically proficient, so they chose to come here. Winterfell."

Ed sighed, "These bachelors, assistant bachelors, and apprentices were all sent to Winterfell because the city didn't want them, but I believe they are very useful to me." Ed could only do what life could give him .

When Ed returned to the bedroom, Caitlin was waiting for her in the bedroom.

"A lot of people from the Academy City came today, Ed, do we really need so many bachelors? Maester Luwin is enough!"

Ed stroked Caitlin's red hair, "Maester Luwin has to teach children to read and write, treat people in Winterfell and Wintershelter, manage ravens, and write letters. How did he do it alone? What about so much work? There will be other bachelors to help in the future, as well as assistant bachelors and apprentices!"

Caitlin frowned, "Bachelors are advisors to the nobles. If we recruit so many strangers at once, can we trust them?"

"Trust takes time." Ed smiled, "When Maester Luwin first came to the house, he was also a stranger? Don't worry, I only discuss important matters with my family, Maester Luwin, the steward, and the financial advisor. "

"Actually, there are not all strangers here. Like Maester Dost, he grew up in Harrenhal. Your aunt, Countess Sheila Hean, sent him to study in the Academy City."

(End of this chapter)