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<blockquote data-quote="Dexerion" data-source="post: 5732353" data-attributes="member: 26996">Prologue (Continued)Lady Eathyl CargyllTen years, ten long years.&nbsp; Eathyl sat alone in her Solar, brushing her long gray hair.&nbsp; Since her Husband's passing on the King's orders, she had been subject to a very hard life.&nbsp; The King did not extend his vengeance upon her family as he had the Darklyns and Hollands.&nbsp; His advisers surely consuled Aerys that spilling more blood over Duskendale was unwise.&nbsp; He choose rather to isolate them among the noble houses and tax their coffers into poverty.&nbsp; He decreed that the Lady should never remarry or name another to see to the affairs of her House.&nbsp; So it fell to Eathyl to not only raise her two newborn &quot;children&quot; alone without a father, but to also personally see to the King's dismantling of her family name.&nbsp; The vast Cargyll holdings in and around King's Landing had to be sold or outright given to other Targaryen houses over the past ten years.&nbsp; Currently the house holds title only to the Manor in which Eathyl and her two children lived in with a very small group of retainers.&nbsp; This is largely due the generosity of Eathyl's long childhood friend, Gladys Chelsted, in the form of lenient loans.Gladys, I do not know how I can manage all of this without you.&nbsp; Why do you choose now to avoid me?&nbsp; After all these years, why?&nbsp; Eathyl had not been so emotionally drained since she last looked upon Jae's charred remains.&nbsp; Even among her children, she felt nearly alone.&nbsp; King Aerys II was rumored to be mad.&nbsp; The realm was in chaos due to the rebellion of the Baratheons and their allies.&nbsp; Families faced each other in battle, and Eathyl has not seen her only remaining friend outside her own low walls in many moons.&nbsp; Not since Aerys had appointed her husband, Lord Qarlton Chelsted, Hand of the King.&nbsp; Eathyl feared Garlan bringing her news that House Chelsted was calling in its loans any day.&nbsp; If that happened, she would have to take her children and loyal retainers... and what?&nbsp; Run?&nbsp; Where would we go?&nbsp; Eathyl knew that she needed to sit with Ser Fletcher, the Captain of her House Guard, and Garlan, her House Maester to discuss a plan.&nbsp; Today.&nbsp; I will summon them after we break our fast.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dexerion, post: 5732353, member: 26996"] [b]Prologue (Continued)[/b] [B]Lady Eathyl Cargyll[/B] [COLOR="SlateGray"] [I]Ten years, ten long years.[/I][/COLOR] Eathyl sat alone in her Solar, brushing her long gray hair. Since her Husband's passing on the King's orders, she had been subject to a very hard life. The King did not extend his vengeance upon her family as he had the Darklyns and Hollands. His advisers surely consuled Aerys that spilling more blood over Duskendale was unwise. He choose rather to isolate them among the noble houses and tax their coffers into poverty. He decreed that the Lady should never remarry or name another to see to the affairs of her House. So it fell to Eathyl to not only raise her two newborn "children" alone without a father, but to also personally see to the King's dismantling of her family name. The vast Cargyll holdings in and around King's Landing had to be sold or outright given to other Targaryen houses over the past ten years. Currently the house holds title only to the Manor in which Eathyl and her two children lived in with a very small group of retainers. This is largely due the generosity of Eathyl's long childhood friend, Gladys Chelsted, in the form of lenient loans. [I][COLOR="SlateGray"]Gladys, I do not know how I can manage all of this without you. Why do you choose now to avoid me? After all these years, why?[/COLOR][/I] Eathyl had not been so emotionally drained since she last looked upon Jae's charred remains. Even among her children, she felt nearly alone. King Aerys II was rumored to be mad. The realm was in chaos due to the rebellion of the Baratheons and their allies. Families faced each other in battle, and Eathyl has not seen her only remaining friend outside her own low walls in many moons. Not since Aerys had appointed her husband, Lord Qarlton Chelsted, Hand of the King. Eathyl feared Garlan bringing her news that House Chelsted was calling in its loans any day. If that happened, she would have to take her children and loyal retainers... [I][COLOR="SlateGray"]and what? Run? Where would we go?[/COLOR][/I] Eathyl knew that she needed to sit with Ser Fletcher, the Captain of her House Guard, and Garlan, her House Maester to discuss a plan. [I][COLOR="SlateGray"]Today. I will summon them after we break our fast.[/COLOR][/I] [/QUOTE]

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