capital

after the starks visit to the capital it was in an uproar because of various reasons one of them being the stark ship called titanic, it was gargantuan, magnificent. many merchants around kings landing had wanted to know that how did the starks managed to make a ship like this, and that was expected you see the titanic was not a merchant's vessel, it was a militaristic one fitted with many cannons and no on knew about them many stark ships were on business around the world and they were better than the already existing lines of best ships everywhere but many just concluded this was because of the bravossi partnership the starks had with the iron bank. many nobles who wanted to show their discontent towards the starks were now unable to do so because of the large feast the king threw for torhen and Sansa there were rumors that debt will only rise in numbers during the feast in the large halls of kings landing the king wanted the king's guard to have a mock battle with the guards of the starks though only sir Suzaku kururugi accepted the challenge against the entire king's guard and bested them in a matter of minutes. it was also said that lord torhen showed his own discontent towards the stench of the capital and asked to leave the guest royal quarters by the crown to shift in a mansion owned by the starks near the sea, that place was also the port base for the stark ships who come to the capital for business. many nobles speculated that to be a good strategy because it will allow them to leave the capital at a moments notice if they wanted to, considering that the titanic was also moored there, while these actions were incredibly discourteous the king simply said that they are free to do wanted to do but they will need to participate in the Kingscourt and the many assemblies attended by the ladies of the capital for lord torhen and Sansa respectively. it has been two days since then and the capital has witnessed the arrival of many new guests one of them being lord tywin Lannister the man entered the capital with 2 thousand soldiers of his own, probably a show of power for the starks who came with 1300 of their own. the dronish led by prince oberyn Martell and his 1200 mounted companions lady olenna Tyrell came with 1600 of her own. the entire capital was in an uproar and many unsettling rumors were flying around the capital one of them being a rebellion or a war which is why many great lords were coming with so many soldiers just the great houses alone had a combined strength of 7600 soldiers considering the 500 arryn knights and the already stationed 1000 lannisters.

the queen's chambers ( red keep)

the queen of the seven kingdoms Cersei Lannister Baratheon was what many considered to be a poor woman or just a sacrifice for her own house it was widely popular that she had a bad relation with her husband the king, the king was known as a large spender which brought the realm to the debt he was also an alcoholic and like bed as many whores as possible, as that mans wife the queen had the sympathy of many because what was the point of being the daughter of the most powerful and richest man in Westeros if she could not be happy, many speculated it was her father's fault who committed many crimes and she was suffering because of the god's anger on her father she lost her mother at an early age in replacement she got an imp of a brother, the man she was destined to marry fled with the daughter of a different lord, and even though she became a queen her husband didn't love her, many thoughts like these were going through cercies mind as she was in her chambers waiting for her father and brother to arrive, soon a knock came on the door and her lord father and both brothers entered the room she stood expressionless upon seeing her father she was happy to see jaime and she was disgusted to see tyrion.

Tyrion sniggered at cercie and her face which she was making upon seeing him, ignoring Tyrion cercei went to her father and kissed her on her cheek as tradition dictates, without wasting any more time tywin commanded all of them to sit telling them that he had matters to discuss with them regarding the future of house Lannister. he told them about the trade problems around the world and how little he knew about the starks development and their total power but after seeing their ships and their well-organized army which accompanied their lord he would much rather have them allies than enemies as a result of which he suggested a marriage with the starks, cercei though immediately refused the idea because she knew it meant getting Sansa married to Joffrey. tywin simply replied that in such a situation they should get tommen married to Arya stark the second daughter of lord stark, no one knew much about her but after seeing her elder sister Sansa stark it was believed that she will be far from a typical meek lady. though tyrion objected to that saying that he sees tommen as a rightful owner of the position of the hand of the king getting him married to a stark girl with such a large alliance backing her it can create a rift between the brothers as Joffrey may seem him a potential threat to the throne. though Jamie and cercie wanted to deny this speculation they could not because they knew what Joffrey was like even though he was a child. tywin admired tyrion for his discerning outlook while he knew tommen marrying Arya will bring them immediate benefits in the long run it may turn against them. seeing the lack of options tywin suggested the last weapon in his arsenal and that was that jamie should get married and return to his own home casterly rock and produce an heir, tywin was considering the idea that Catelyn stark may give birth to future children and an heir from Jamie can be a candidate for marriage and if nothing worked he could just get Marcella married to one of the stark boys though he did not broach that subject because he wanted Jamie to get married and become a lord than being a glorious bodyguard for the fool of a king. at this point tyrion laughed at the other three when asked why he was laughing he simply explained that it was their fault for not taking a direct approach with the stark while an alliance with them through marriage may be difficult both of them are the supporters of Roberts reign and also follow the same gods an alliance just on mutual benefit was the quite the possibility. while cercei considered tyrions idea to be foolish and Jamie was sceptical of it tywin most certainly agreed with it wanted to meet with torhen stark

olenna Tyrell gardens of red keep

pov olenna

it seems my trip to the capital will go to waste after all seeing the starks arrival many great lords came as well the red viper of dorne and stepstons the lion of the rock and here I am the golden rose of the gardens truly idiotic, my oaf of a son has no idea what he is thinking that idiot wants to go to was with the starks while he is losing the support of his own lords ever since Randall tarly became the masters of the war the reach lords have divided into factions with house Hightower supporting them while house Hightower is against the Tyrell rule he is against my son's idiotic ways and methods, ever since the starks rose in power we have been losing resources while the venture with the tullys has been successful it would have been completely useless it sarnor had not opened its borders for trade it was astonishing to no doubt that a kingdom that hid behind large walls for 400 years would come back one day.

I have this inkling that something large will happen someday soon I must stay though thinking of the starks son my granddaughter Margery most certainly will help in that regard