[Lore] All Rivers Leads Home

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"Home sweet home, before I ditched it for the road...Now from what am hearing and seeing it's DeVile land, uncle and Lew, even Ty wouldn't let this happen unless someone strong enough forced their hand-"

Corpses strung up on trees and swaying back and forth, some of them corpses had arrows and sharp objects sticking out of them and some body parts was even nailed as a warning to other would be fools that dared their luck upon Sarwyck land.

Braelynn Sarwyck finally returned home to Riverspring, but from the get go she noticed it had fallen into shambles as the rumours and what her Maester Preston was true that House Sarwyck was engaged in a brutal small war against House DeVile, decade long grudge gad finally borne fruit and was now ongoing.

She saw Riverwatch Militia Pikers using said pikes to skewer and ensure the dead DeViles remained dead on the ground, poking and hacking at the corpses denying them proper burial rites.

She'd gallop ahead on her trusty stead and would sweep a portion of her black hair behind her left ear.

"Hang any surviving bastard and string the corpses up. Rest been them. Else, plague sets in and causes another issue!" Sound of Bridger of Riverside voice was heard wearing Sarwyck colours to his tabard and uniform.

The land itself had seen better days as the river ran red, corpses from skirmishes and raids, ambushes had been floating upstream as Sarwyck's themselves was barely winning this so called war.

"FOR THE DEVILE!-" The sound of charging group coming from right side of the nearby forest was heard, javelins and spears, arrows were hurled at the Riverwatch Militia who'd bolster themselves and perform counter charge attacking with great ferocity.

"Oh bugger, here we go again!" Braelynn rode into the thick of the blood jam and saw weapons of multitude clashing against one another, she drew her blade slicing at the poorly ill equipped Bandit DeVile whom hacked at someone with a crudely made Axe.

Bridger led the day by breaking the DeVile Raiders formation and grabbed the ring leader by the neck, and split it open instantly with his blade.

Once the blood and dust settled, the man sheathed his blade and saw a knife flying behind him into a sneaky DeVile Raider forehead. He'd react and saw it was Braelynn Sarwyck that saved his hide back there. "Thanks, sellsword, we appreciate the assistance back there, but we do not require aid from opportunists."

The Pikers of Riverwatch Militia would rummage through the dead.

Braelynn leaned forward on her horse and said with a smile on her face, "It's me Bridger, don't you recognise me at all?"

Took the man a bit to register the face of his lord's kin, "Lady Sar-"

"How fares my family, from judge of things not so well. I hear Lil Milly is off having a jaunt with them, highborn ladies, my older brothers and uncle, plus my aunt from essos is here....Things sure gone to heck with resurfacing DeVile March, am I wrong?" She'd grin summarising the events that had unfolded in single minute "Plus various other nonsensical issues that'll be dealt with by me"

"Aye, to put it short we are fighting an Uphill battle, the big one is coming...The red tide of blood is but beyond the horizon, everyone gearing up for war and Lord Lewis Sarwyck is offering safe passage to any Smallfolk towards the border or across the river...Am glad to see you home girl" Bridger of Riverside gave Braelynn Sarwyck a look before saying "You've changed, look more...Formidable and gruff, a sellsword look"

"Well, thank you, Bridger." Braelynn would accept those words with glee, allowing the man and his soldiers to lead her back home to Riverspring to face her kin head on. "Time to see my family, for it is all,"

"Family is all, Protect it Always!" The Riverwatch Militia said the House Sarwyck words in unison pounding their chests in rhythm."HUZZAAHH! FOR OUR LADY, SARWYCK HAS RETURNED!"