General_warNpeace
One Thousand Club
"You wish!" Daenna shouted playfully. Her feet kicked back at his knee caps in an effort to make him loosen his grip around her. "I'll never surrender."
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Elendithas said:Vance Hart - Pentos
The sharp glow of an odd pair of eyes watched from the darkened hood of Councilman Hart, who remained seated in a tall building a fair distance away. He had stepped away from the hired men in the rush of a group of merchants on the way to the magister's home, who had likely heard of Deanna's true identity, though she didn't seem to do a good job of hiding it. This was all planned, of course, though the only one in the group of hired men to know of it was the one serving as an emissary. The less to know the reason he's there, the better.
"I am but a simple scribe for hire, princess. I've been authorized to speak on the behalf of one who speaks on behalf of the Shadow King of Ibben. A letter from the Councilman, m'lady." the scribe said as he took no more than a couple steps forward, and extended the hand with the scroll in it to Deanna.
Princess Deanna,
On behalf of the Shadow King of Ibben, I have been authorized to negotiate the terms of a potential alliance between your own house and the Shadow King. Apologies for my lack of presence, princess, but it has come to my attention that particularly dangerous men have pledged themselves to your safety, and believe me, I know how rash some Targaryens can be. I am not entirely indisposed of however. I will be overseeing the meeting from an undisclosed location if said negotiations depend solely on my presence. Now, onto the meeting.
My lord has sent me, and I this pleasant scribe to you, to make an offer. Simply put, forty thousand warriors of Ib will answer your direct call to defend the Targaryens of the Iron Throne if you so wish, and in return, my most humble lord asks only for the hand of a member of said house. That member, as my lord desires, is you, princess.
At the bottom of the letter lies the mark of the god-king of Ib. This isn't the exact seal that Desgran would like to have, but the restoration of the palace uncovered them, and no other official seal has been created as of yet.
[QUOTE="Crimson smile]
The shadow king? The name unnerved Daenna and she eyed the scribe as Dom stepped forward to take the scroll hand on his sword. Opening the scroll Dom scanned it and no emotion's crossed his face as he silently handed the scroll to Daenna. She read the contents and her expression grew formal and cold. Holding it out for Cayden to read in a silent sign of trust Daenna turned to the scribe and began the play of politics. "My sister is the current ruler of my house and the one that decide's who is given my hand. Has she been made aware of this offer? Rather or not she has I cannot give my answer until she has contacted me."
She may have plans to overthrow her sister if she needs to but she can't exactly show disrespect toward her rule until she decides to take action. Unity is a needed factor so early in the game.
[QUOTE="Crimson smile]Elendithas said:Vance Hart - Pentos
Vance sat at the window, watching tirelessly as the scribe introduced himself and handed over the scroll, at that moment choosing to reveal his special occasion dagger. It were the same one he used to kill that prisoner back at the palace, though it were only marked with the runes for assisting in keeping Desgran alive. Those were of no consequence however, as the scribe himself were marked with what was necessary. Arguably the least pleasant part of this whole situation were in fact putting the markings on the man. Still, he needed blood, which given his experience in the streets was of no consequence. Turning from the window, he looked towards a bound, gagged, and terrified young woman lying on the bed of a rented room. "Don't worry dear, I only need a little." Vance said in an attempt to calm her, approaching the girl with his sacrificial dagger slowly.
The scribe looked at the two as though he were confused by their responses. He didn't actually think he would need to do any negotiating with what the councilman said. How am I expected to know what to say?! I'm not even from Ibbe- the man thought just before the expression on his face suddenly went completely calm, a soft, almost completely unnoticeable change in the way the man's eyes... glowed? "Dear princess," he bowed, as though meeting her in person only just now. "Her majesty Kuvira was sent emissaries some time ago. I can assure you, she is very well aware of the offer." the scribe said, his tone of voice having changed from almost scared to rather confident, cocky even. He waited until the man beside her had finished reading and responding, catching the scroll thrown at him with a single hand before putting it behind his back. "Proof of the warriors? No. You'll simply have to take my word on that, though I did bring some things to, oh, well I suppose 'soften you up' would be the correct phrase." The scribe claimed as he motioned for the men behind him to leave, or rather go and retrieve something. "I'm afraid it is a large shipment, we'll have to wait for them to return. Shall we?" He asked, motioning for them all to head inside if possible. He had no idea of what local customs the Pentoshi had, but he was sure that holding a potentially incredibly important meeting out in the mud was not one of them.
Cayden walked away, not sparing a look back at the scribe. Now that he gained some distance and a large part of the fear was past he felt only rage. This mage who spoke for the shadow king would divide the seven kingdoms, the idea of letting the Ibben's solve the problems of the seven kingdoms was already hard enough to swallow, but Sorcery? The blatant threats? Soldiers from across the sea serving one who went and called himself the Shadow King? The priests of the seven against them would hail them as demons, bringing in hairy foreign men from across the sea carrying the same magic that doomed Valyaria with them under the service of the nameless one himself how could this go well? Bravos and the free cities at least, if seen slightly distasteful and disorganized at times would be considered human and many times had mercenaries from the free cities had been hired in war and Bravos had a very strong reputation even in the seven kingdoms. Gaining their support would be more then just an offer of troops but just the aid the Iron Bank could provide could float the war in their favor. This Ibbenease king was unnecessary and a dangerous unknown variable. He rounded on Deanna after he was sure they were out of range to be heard. "Tell me your not considering this?" He ask looking at her. @Crimson smileElendithas said:Vance Hart - Pentos
"If you think this intrusion is unpleasant, you probably don't want to know what my original plan for this was." The scribe stated, a soft chuckle escaping his mouth as he begun to walk inside. "By all means, go ahead. Wash up, discuss matters between yourselves. It's all the same to me. You'll come around." he added before taking a seat on one of the more extravagant chairs inside. Vance was a talented mage, sure, but a diplomat he was not. As far as he was aware, the two were only slightly suspicious of what had just occurred, but it were better this way. A sudden change in personality was much better than letting some run-of-the-mill scribe dictate potential terms for an alliance of house and nation. Vance was prepared to describe Desgran to the best of his abilities. Again, he wasn't a diplomat of any kind, but he was good at talking things up to be better than they were, though in Desgran's case, the man was already extremely impressive.
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He snorted. "Your sister," He said the word with a large amount of distaste that wasn't there before. "Would be the stupidest person in the seven kingdoms to accept. There is no doubt that the men of Ib are capable warriors but they would receive no good reception in the seven kingdoms, even is Essos slavers who are the lowest of the low see both the men and woman of Ib useless for anything but hard labor and fighting. Their story, stubby creatures that rarely stand over 5 foot but they have great big jutting jaws and have a constant presence of hair all over their body. The maesters of the citadel have gone as far to suggest that they are possibly another species. The men of Ib usually care little beyond their island and are so distrustful of outsiders they are not even allowed to leave the ports and even when they come to us they keep to themselves. They would be a strange army serving a dark king, I would not be surprised if the priest of the seven say you called down demons on our homes. And the warlock? If rumors spread the Targaryan dynasty with lose all the respect the faith gained for them after Balor the Blessed, it would turn into open war between the faith and house Targaryan and thousands will rally behind them." He looked away and his next works he spoke quieter. "Dorne is distrustful of invaders, the last to do so was the Targaryans and while that ended up all well and good in the end we suffered greatly under the dragon for the first hundred years in repeated attempts at conquest. Dorne will never let the Ibbenease on their land or fight with them and something tells me many other will see the same, the north especially where things are already sparse." He said clearing his throat. "You could isolate house Martel and Stark along with many possible others and bring their sword and spears against you as much as you gained. It would be folly." He said laying out what he believe would happen with the coming of the shadow king.WanderingJester said:Pentos, The Free Cities, Essos.
Seeing the events taking place in front of him, Nagito placed a hand on the hilt of his sword. He narrowed his eyes at the talking scribe whose eyes glowed. The Yi Ti warrior was no stranger to magic, as his time at Qarth placed him perilously to their Warlocks. Still they had never directly placed themselves in a position to or actually moved against him, so the effects of magic were still foreign to him in general. He stayed cautious though, and as the group moved away from him, the beggar swordsman gathered up the rear and followed the dragon daughter out from where they had been sparing. Nagito kept one eye to the group they departed from, just in case.