A.N. set after game of thrones series and possible lemon in the future
Years have passed since the war of five kings. New families and houses have risen to power. A new family have since claimed the iron throne, the Baylithain's; who ensured peace between all the houses of Westeros. Our story begins in the snowy North. Where the house of the Lunarians have now come to power with Lord George Lunarian commanding the brave house.
A message from Kings Landing
"But why mother do I need to learn this pointless stuff?" wined the Rohan Lunarian, the youngest of the two brothers.
"Because you have to know the main houses of Westeros, so you may understand the world better" explained his mother Lady Elizabeth Lunarian. All over the Westeros the people would talk about the kindness of Lady Elizabeth and her patience with her two sons.
"I don't need to know the stupid houses Mother if I can wield a sword or even a mace like my Father and Brother"
"Rohan, knowledge is more powerful than any mace or sword. Knowledge is what gives us strength to use a sword as it shows us that we are doing the right thing when serving justice. Even the sharpest blade needs the support of an even sharper mind" replied his mother.
"Fine" Rohan sighed and crossed his arms preparing his childish fit.
"How about this ill make you a trade, you get all the houses correct and then you can go to training with your brother" said his mother smiling, knowing that Rohan adores training with his older brother Cameron. "What house is this?" she asked as she pointed to a map on the table between them.
"ummm… that's the Graven house" replied Rohan with a confident smile on his face.
"Yes well done and what's their Sigel"
"It's the rearing stallion isn't it?" answered Rohan.
"Yes well done" answered his Mother "How about this one?"
"That's easy that's Kings Landing which is controlled by the Baylithain's" Rohan said eagerly.
"Is that your favourite one?" asked his Mother, although she already knew the answer.
"Yes I want to go there one day if Father will allow me to" His mind wandered to the visions of what he would do if he was allowed to visit Kings Landing.
"Ok how about the Sigel of the Kings house?"
"It's the phoenix and its saying is "novae vitae emergere ex cinere" which means, out of ashes new life emerges".
"Well done Rohan, ok last one its easy one" as she points to a northern castle.
"That's our house Mother, Lunarian, our Sigel is the howling wolf at the moon, and our home is called The Crescent Keep"
Our saying is?"
"It's "quamvis obscura nocte luna non simper" which means no matter how dark the night, the moon is always there"
"Well done now go get your training armour on, I'll get Cameron to meet you in the training yard" shouted his mother as Rohan sprinted off to the keep to get his training gear.
o.O.o
As Rohan stepped onto the dirt floor of the training area, it had been nicknamed by the two boys as the pit where a young Lunarian makes his mark.
"Nice to see you little brother" said the oldest brother of the Lunarian family, Cameron. Cameron was one of those boys you would describe as a typical solider, you could tell that when he married his wife would be cherished and protected. His huge muscles and deep chocolate brown eyes were the envy of every man in the kingdom. Women would dream of having him as a husband, but sadly at the age of 16 he was still not engaged, it seemed like his parents would only accept the best.
"Shut it and teach me to fight like you do" shouted Rohan. The boys would start every training session with a fight; if you did not know them you would think they were sworn enemies however it was obvious that by the time Rohan turned 16 he would be as strong and as feared as his brother.
"Fine" said Cameron as he raised the blunted training sword and pointed it at his younger brother, who followed suite and lifted his smaller sword. "Ready?"
Rohan nodded and lunged, the sound of the two swords crashing together echoed through the courtyard, as Cameron parried the lunge to the side. This caused Rohan to lose his balance and fall into the mud.
"Your stance is all wrong" snapped Cameron as he helped his brother back up and prepared for another attack.
"Shut up, I know what I'm doing" said Rohan.
"Fine, again!"
Rohan swung his sword towards his brother as hard as his eight year old arms could, but it was pointless. Cameron side stepped letting Rohan follow through with the swing and stumble forward once again. In one swift movement Cameron used the flat of the blade to hit Rohan on the backside, much to the amusement of the crowd, causing him to whelp like little puppy who had got his tail stood on.
"I barely hit you, how can you ever be a true Lunarian warrior if you get hurt that easily. What would you have done if that was a real sword and I was trying to kill you with that blow?" Cameron said as he paced around Rohan, who was rubbing his sore backside.
A young lad just older than Rohan came sprinting into the Pit, clearly out of breath from running from the castle.
"Lord Cameron…" he said in between long deep breaths.
"Wait catch your breath lad, what is it?" Cameron was slightly confused he was only sent for when he was in trouble with his Mother or there was something seriously wrong.
As the lad caught his breath he replied "Your Father is requesting your presence in the great hall Sir".
"Why?" Cameron asked, growing slightly impatient with the lack of information the boy was giving him.
"I don't know m'Lord all I know is that there was a raven from Kings Landing only minutes ago" replied the boy.
"Ok enough training today with me Rohan, boy go and get Sir Jory to train Rohan about his stance, I'll go see what Father wants" said Cameron before walking in the direction of the Great Keep that stood in the middle of the castle grounds.
o.O.o
"You called for me Father?" asked a nervous Cameron, as he entered the great hall of Crescent Castle.
"Yes son come here" pointing at the floor at the bottom of the steps near the great chairs.
Cameron strode across the room and knelt in front of his Father.
"A raven came from Kings Landing earlier today, the message it carried concerned you" his voice echoing in the Great hall.
"What did the messa…" began Cameron growing suspicious to what business from Kings Landing would concern him
"Quiet boy, the message was signed by the King himself. His grace has requested that we unite our houses through marriage, as he only has only one daughter left you are to marry her do you understand?" said Lord George, warden of the north.
"Do I get to learn the name of my bride to be?" asked Cameron knowing that it was useless to question or argue with his Father, who was known to be as stubborn as a mule.
"Your bride to be is the Princess Lady Robyn Baylithain I hear she is a beauty, with her mahogany hair, you should consider yourself lucky boy" said Lord George, his tone was one more ordering than fatherly.
"Goes mother know?" Cameron asked.
"Yes she is the one who read the letter; you are to leave tonight so you will need to pack you stuff and head to Kings Landing. You can take six men with you though I doubt you will need them because you are the best fighter in the kingdom".
Cameron left the great hall in silence wondering what his future would be like with this girl, he had heard of her beauty and kindness but had never had the chance to experience it himself.
o.O.o
"Robyn?" said King Peter Baylithain: first of his name, king of the seven houses and protector of the realm.
"Yes father" replied the young beautiful girl with the mahogany hair.
"Your betrothed Cameron the Lunarian will be here by week's end, are you happy about your marriage to him?" asked her father, the King was a harsh stern man but he was known to bend to his daughters every wish, whatever they wanted they could have even if it meant going beyond the seven kingdoms to fetch.
"Yes Father I'm happy with your choice, they say that he is the best warrior in Westeros and he is apparently good looking" said Robyn blushing, trying to hide her embarrassment behind her hair.
"He will come here for a week and you two will get to know each other, then we shall send for his house and hold the marriage ceremony at the next full moon as per their customs" Came a voice from the other end of the table, it was none other than Robyn's mother Gayle Baylithain the mother to the realm and the queen of the seven houses. They continued to eat and make small talk about the young Lunarain's arrival to Kings landing. The whole time Robyn's mind wandered as she pictured her future with the young wolf.
A.N. please review with thoughts and suggestions on how I may improve many thanks