7th Month of 298 A.C. King's Landing

Renly Baratheon

His brother was dead, Renly looks at his brother, and does not see the rise and fall of his chest. He does not know what to feel, for so long he has looked up to his brother, feared him even, and loathed him as well, and now his brother is dead. Gone, just as easily as anyone else. A strange thought really, stranger still is the fact that he is now king, by Robert's will he is the king, and as such that means he has all kinds of responsibilities. He runs a hand through his hair and sighs, or does he? He looks at Lord Stark and says. "We must let them others know."

"Yes Your Grace." Stark responds. And together they stand and walk from the room, Renly listens as Stark tells the Lannister whore and her children that the king is dead, and he watches numbly as they enter the room, two of the Kingsguard following.

There is a long silence, and then Ser Barristan comes before them and asks. "What is that in your hand Lord Stark?"

Renly looks at the paper, the will in Lord Stark's hand and listens as the man says. "It is King Robert's last will and testament Ser Barristan."

The knight nods, and then walks off. Renly looks at his retreating back and then calls out. "Ser Barristan, if you could return here please?"

Renly sees Lord Stark shoot him a warning look, but he does not care, he must make sure he has as many allies as possible. "You wished to speak with me my lord?" the knight asks standing before him.

"Give him the will Lord Stark. Let Ser Barristan see what has been written in it." Renly says.

Stark hands the knight the will, and Renly watches as the old knight opens it and then reads it, his eyes widening as he goes on, he then stops reading and looks at Renly. "You are King Robert's true heir?"

"Yes." Renly responds.

A moment's silence and then Ser Barristan bows his head. "Your Grace. What do you wish to be done?"

Renly is not surprised that it was so easy to bring Barristan around, the man is biddable as anything. "I want you to go and rally the remaining Kingsguard, make sure they are prepared for what is to come. Furthermore, I want you to make sure that Pycelle and any other Lannister men and women are taken into custody."

The knight nods his head and then asks. "And the children?"

Renly looks at Stark and then responds. "Leave them to me, I shall handle them."

The knight nods and then hands the will back to Lord Stark and walks off. Renly is therefore left with Stark, and a moment of silence falls between them, and then Stark speaks. "What do you intend to do now Your Grace?"

"Well first let us move away from this room, I do not want the woman hearing our conversation." Renly responds, they move from outside the room and walk toward the hallway, where they stop in an alcove. "I intend to place the children under house arrest of the time being, and furthermore, I shall see the Kingslayer and the Queen Whore executed for treason. Joffrey might well join them on the block."

Stark looks somewhat disconcerted by this. "Joffrey is only a boy, why should he suffer for the crimes of his true parents?"

"Because he is a threat to my rule, and he is a vicious brute who must needs be removed. And as for your niece or nephew that my brother mentioned, I want them summoned to court at once." Renly responds.

Stark remains deathly silent at this and then says. "They have not done anything, they are of no harm to you or your rule. They do not even know the truth of their parentage."

"I still want them to come to court, it is time I knew all that was going on within my realm. I shall not allow the realm to go unchecked, not like it did under Robert." Renly responds.

"What of the Tyrells? Will you marry Lady Margaery? And hurt my son?" Stark asks.

Renly hides his surprise but responds. "Truth be told, I shall think on that when the time comes. But we must act now. I suggest you get your affairs in order, protect your children and ready your men."

Stark's jaw juts out in defiance. "I will not move from here until I know you will not harm the children. They do not deserve to suffer for their parents crimes."

Renly can feel his impatience growing. "Stark, we do not have time for this. What happens now will determine what happens to those children. We must act quickly and without pain, otherwise there will be more bloodshed."

"I need your promise my king. Otherwise this is not going to work." Stark insists.

Renly groans then, his impatience growing. "Fine, I will make the damned promise Stark, on my honour as a knight and on my honour as king, the children shall not be harmed, now shall we make some damned progress through this."

Stark nods, and they walk forward, out of the alcove and into the hallway, where they are greeted by the sound of steel on steel. Renly stiffens then, what is happening, has Loras already made his move? It is too soon, but no the more they walk on they find Lannister and Stark men fighting, and then there before them is the Kingslayer. "Ah well if it isn't the two traitors. I am afraid you're going to have to come with me my lords."

Stark speaks then. "It is you who is the traitor Kingslayer. You have broken the king's peace."

"Really? Because it was the king who ordered me to do this. Now come with me or die." the Kingslayer responds.

Before either man can respond, there is the sound of feet on the floor, and Renly breathes a sigh of relief to see Loras and the Tyrell men coming toward them. "Go Your Grace, go with Ser Loras and leave now."

The Kingslayer moves towards him but is blocked by Tyrell men, Renly hurries through and calls back. "I will try and get to your children Stark." Stark merely nods and as the chaos erupts once more, Renly turns to Loras and asks. "Where is Margaery?"

"She is waiting for us. We must move quickly now Renly." Loras replies over the din, and so they move forward, Renly determined to make it out of here alive, and worrying all the while of what is going to come from this.