Eagle of the Valley of Ice and Fire

In the tower of Harrenhal, Lady Hean stood alone at the window of the tower. Her neatly combed white hair was very bright in the dazzling afternoon sun. The years had carved cruel marks on the face of this lonely old man.

In the eyes of the few servants of Harrenhal, Lady Hean always sat quietly in front of the door or on the tower, staring at the white mist above the God's Eye Lake. No one knew what she was looking at. Maybe she was looking for the island in the middle of the lake that appeared from time to time, which was the Thousand Faces Island where the Children of the Forest and the First Men signed an oath in the legend.

"The gods took away her smile, and the curse took away her family." The residents of the riverland under the rule of Harrenhal spread such rumors. Although Lady Hean never governed the territory personally, she always let the scholars and stewards in the castle discuss and decide, and the wealthy knights rarely paid attention to Lady Hean, but there were many small nobles or knights who had the idea of ​​​​proposing marriage, but the legend of the curse of Harrenhal always discouraged them.

At this time, Lady He An did not stop at the south side of the castle to look at the God's Eye Lake with green rippling water, but recalled the wandering knight who visited alone before the news of the Prime Minister's serious illness came.

Lady He An politely entertained the young wandering knight. She was unwilling to refuse every knight who visited Harrenhal. It is said that refusing a knight who visited at a wedding will bring bad luck, and Lady He An did not want to suffer more bad luck at any time and place. Even if it was not a wedding, she would impose guest etiquette on every visitor.

When the wandering knight had eaten and drunk enough, he asked Lady He An to dismiss all the servants.

Lady He An naturally would not agree to this rude request until the wandering knight quietly revealed the family emblem on the inside of the cloth armor.

Crescent Falcon, House Arryn. Lady He An looked at the face of the wandering knight, estimated his age, and dismissed all the servants. He showed courtesy to the knight, "I didn't expect that the Prime Minister's heir would come to visit. I really didn't treat him well enough."

But the young and strong heir didn't waste words. He directly proposed to his family to sign an agreement, just like the peace oath between the ancestors of the Thousand Faces Island and the Children of the Forest.

"To be honest, the situation is not good, Lady Hean. I guess the war is coming soon." The Prime Minister's heir's voice was calm, but the implicit information was huge.

Lady Hean had seen bad luck and tasted sadness. She also asked calmly: "Whose war?" As a noble woman, the education she received as a noble woman was only to help her husband win over other nobles and their wives and women in the jurisdiction. As for the larger situation of the Seven Kingdoms, she did not understand it. Once upon a time, she could ask her husband, Earl Hean, for help, but now, she was the only one in the family.

The Prime Minister's heir shook his head. He did not tell himself who to fight with, but only told himself that once the war started, the Riverlands would bear the brunt, and Harrenhal would be the top priority.

He was right. Even though she was not familiar with politics and military affairs, Lady He An knew the status of Harrenhal. If she occupied Harrenhal, she could almost control the road from the Trident to the Blackwater River to the Crown and King's Landing. Moreover, the walls of Harrenhal were strong and huge. In the era without dragons, almost no army could break through the walls of Harrenhal head-on.

The premise is, Lady He An thought sadly, that there are enough garrisons.

Lady He An looked around. The wealthy knights who were loyal to the family would never get involved in the war, and few responded to the call of an old woman like her. Even if all were called, there would not be more than fifty knights. Her management was too poor in recent years. Many wealthy knights were loyal to the surrounding lords and no longer swore allegiance to the He An family.

Lady He An found herself isolated and helpless, a lonely old woman, a lonely family, and a lonely castle.

The heir put forward his own conditions. He asked Lady Hean to allow the Vale army to enter the city and place supplies when they arrived at Harrenhal, and promised to protect the Hean family and respect Lady Hean's choice of the heir to Harrenhal, and never infringe on the rights of the Hean family.

Lady Hean looked into his eyes, which revealed ambition. She knew that if she did not agree to the other party's request, the Vale army would definitely enter the city by force.

She swore an oath with the Prime Minister's heir in the main hall, signed an agreement, and pressed her handprint.

Oath, Lady Hean, who was deeply affected by the so-called curse of Harrenhal, was the best at keeping the oath. She thought helplessly that the heir of the Vale might have her information.

When leaving, Lady Hean was asked to keep the secret of the contract and not leak it. Lady Hean nodded and agreed. She could not refuse the request of the heir of the Vale. But she was also very strange. Riverrun and the Eyrie were in-laws, and the Hean family was a vassal of Riverrun. There was no reason to refuse to open the city gate.

Harrenhal soon received the news that the Prime Minister was seriously ill and died. Lady Hean even suspected that the heir Attis Arryn had murdered the Prime Minister.

However, after careful consideration, this idea was overturned. The Prime Minister was old and might pass the throne to Attis soon. Moreover, he had a good relationship with Attis Arryn. The Prime Minister, who had a son in his old age, attached great importance to his education, from military to etiquette, from politics to diplomacy, which was well-intentioned.

Attis had no reason to harm the Prime Minister. This was common sense for all people who received aristocratic education in Westeros.

Lady Hean did not believe that Attis would do this, and she laughed at her childish idea of ​​not understanding politics just now. Combined with his speculation about the war, she was afraid that there was something strange about the Prime Minister's death.

As she thought about it, the voice of the servant sounded in her ears, "Madam, Madam."

Lady Hean looked intently, and saw the king's flag fluttering on the King's Road, followed by many direwolf flags.

"There are so many people from the north." Mrs. He'an was slightly stunned and said softly.

The Lannister banner that had flown everywhere during the previous king's visits was nothing compared to the Stark banner.

Attis looked at Harrenhal, which he had visited several times before, and thought of the valley army assembled in Arryn Valley and the thousand cavalry of "wild warriors" entrenched outside the Blood Gate. If they occupied this castle and guarded the Trident River, At the strategic points between the north and south of the main stream, the army in the valley can advance, attack, retreat and defend. King's Landing is like being in the arms of an eagle, becoming a target for hunting at any time.

If Duke Tywin reacts quickly enough, he will send a powerful force all the way from the Golden Teeth, the gateway to the Riverlands and the Westerlands, to attack from above, contain the main force of the Fish Family in Riverrun, and send the main force all the way to Harrenhal to control the transportation artery north of King's Landing. , and at the same time opened a battle line on the Trident River to prevent the valley army from crossing the river.

But after all, Attis had the information gap and made an agreement with Mrs. He'an in advance. If the evidence was obtained by Ed, he could quickly take control of King's Landing. If a war really started, he would at least have the upper hand.

As for why he discussed with Mrs. Hean so early in advance, the fact was that Attis simply did not trust Riverrun, which was far away from the water, to be free to put out the fire at Harrenhal under the attack from the west.

The Tully family's control over the Riverlands is far from enough. Attis doesn't know which side Harrenhal will choose to side with, but given the distance between Harrenhal and Arryn Vale, even a contract that conforms to the etiquette of the nobility If not, the army will make Harrenhal surrender.

As before when the king went north, the team set up a tent outside Harrenhal, and Robert joined the most senior people in the team, Eddard Stark, Warden of the North, Attis Arryn, Warden of the East, and the Queen. Cersei and the princes and princesses entered Harrenhal first and visited Lady Riverside again according to etiquette.

Mrs. He'an still spoke very little. When Ed expressed his condolences to her, he just nodded slightly, waved his hand and asked the pitifully few servants to serve the dishes and prepare the banquet.

The minstrels and several harpers around Robert began to play music and sing. Sansa listened excitedly to the performance, her two little hands would beat the rhythm on the table, and Arya stared at the jester pretending to be a bear. She asked her father to customize this kind of costume for her. Ed forced out a helpless smile. He looked at Mrs. He'an apologetically, but the latter didn't show much expression. She just looked at Ed's two faces with a gloomy look. A daughter.

The banquet was very simple, and soon King Robert returned to the team, complaining to Eddard along the way: "Look at this big castle, there will be no heir in the future. Alas, I didn't realize until here that my dear Jon seemed to have given birth to I suggested it, alas! I was staring at a girl at that time, God, it’s all because of that girl’s amazing appearance, I can’t remember what Jon said at all, it seems I still have to find that girl when I return to King’s Landing! , ask her if she remembers."

Ed looked at Robert with resentment, the reproach in his eyes was clear, "I can already imagine what it would be like to be your King's Hand."

"Hahahahahaha! Ed, you are actually kidding, hahahahahaha! How rare!" Robert was very surprised, his chest shook, and his beard swayed up and down with laughter.

Ed shook his head helplessly. He felt the sunshine in the south, which was warm and comfortable, but Ed felt a hint of laziness in it. This was not a good thing for the wolves in the north. The cold made the northerners strong, and in winter Let them die tragically. This is the spirit of the ancestors, especially the people in the north. People in the south will never understand.

Attis looked at the king and prime minister in the distance. He would always leave quietly when their friends were talking. Strictly speaking, they were brothers, but after all, there was still a gap between them due to their experience and age.

Jaime is wearing white clothes and white armor. This is the first time Attis has seen this image. Before that, he had always worn golden armor that was more symbolic of Lannister.

As for when the change will occur, it seems to be after Duke Eddard joins the team.

The title "Kingslayer" was given by Lord Eddard, and I'm afraid Ser Jaime still remembers it.

Myrcella and Tommen walked carefree through the camp, while Joffrey clutched his injured arm angrily, the mark left on him by the direwolf.

When passing by Ruby Beach, Arya's direwolf "Nymeria" pounced on Joffrey, who was holding a steel sword, and bit him hard on the arm. Attis, who had been by his side, couldn't hold back his laughter. Pressing the scabbard against the direwolf's teeth, Joffrey was able to avoid the direwolf's next attack.

After a ridiculous trial in the camp, Attis sided with Arya and pointed out that it was Joffrey who hurt someone first. Robert obviously believed the Duke's statement more, and seeing that both Dukes were present in the kingdom, he really didn't want to be bothered with this matter for too long, so he scolded Joffrey, and the matter ended simply. When Joffrey saw The direwolf ran away, not even daring to leave the camp. It was only because Duke Eddard tied up the direwolves that Joffrey dared to leave the camp and looked at Attis with a look of resentment.

Harrenhal was destined not to stay long, and Attis looked eastward, waiting for news from Seagull Town.