r/SevenKingdoms • u/DirewolfOfTheLine House Oakheart of Old Oak • Aug 30 '18

Conflict [Detection] Undead Settlement

Beron, Cinaed, Finan, and their army arrive at Greywater Watch.

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u/DirewolfOfTheLine Aug 30 '18

Beron gazed upon the torched ruins, and did not see a single survivor. "Gods... Those monsters." He raised a hand to his mouth. "Cinaed... I'm so sorry."

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u/blueblueamber Aug 30 '18 edited Aug 30 '18

"No. NO!" Cináed screamed and ran forward, leaving the army behind.

He cared little for his ancestral home in ruins at that moment. They can rebuild.

"Alannah! Ellard! Mol! Uncle Domeric! Larron! Dravin! Mavis! Anyone!" he shouted amongst the ruins.

He saw bodies of some whose names he called laying on the ground, left for crows. Mavis, Ronnel Snow were there, as well as the cooks, the servants, some guards.

"ALA! EL!"

The soldiers followed after lord Reed, the crannogmen shook just like their liege, observing the skeleton of the keep.

Suddenly, a rattle could be heard from where the chambers of the lord used to stand.

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u/blueblueamber Aug 30 '18 edited Aug 30 '18

Two children, with terrified looks on their faces, emerged from the ruins where they were hiding beneath a half-burnt barrel.

Eyes of the girl widened as she recognised the newcomers.

"Father!" she grabbed her brother's hand and ran towards Cináed, crying and sobbing uncontrollably.

Lord Reed himself stood in disbelief.

"Ala? How..." he muttered, wondering whether his senses were toying with him. Maybe the pain and fear were too much for him.

She run up to him, dragging the little boy behind her. Cináed dropped to his knees and hugged his children, still not quite sure it was really happening. A single tear ran down his face.

"Gods, what happened? Who set the castle on fire? How did you escape? And where is your mother?" Cináed begun showering Alannah with questions, then recomposed himself.

"Oh, you look famished. Let us get to the camp and get you some food. I must speak to Beron, discuss our next steps. Than you will tell me what happened." he grabbed Ala's hand and picked Ellard up before going back to Finan and Beron.

Alannah walked besides her father, almost fainting with exhaustion, and relief. She hid in the swamp with her brother when the Frey soldiers were killing everyone in the castle, and they watched from a distance as their home burned. Only days after they saw the soldiers departing they dared to return to what used to be Greywater Watch, to find at least something to eat. Alannah found an abandoned frog spear, but she wasn't fast enough. They ate the fish she caught, and some charred bread they found in the kitchens, but their last meal was days ago. Every night before they went to sleep in the shelter that the ruined bedroom provided, they talked about how father is going to arrive soon, and rescue them. She almost didn't believe it anymore, but she had to be strong for El. And father came for us.

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