Chapter 21. Lord of the Vale

Petyr Balish was an ambitious who often imagined himself sitting on the Iron Throne dealing out judgment on all those who had looked down on him. As a reward Petyr for negotiating the deal that brought the Lannisters and Tyrells together Petyr was made husband of Lysa Aryn and Lord of the Vale. Three months later Petyr smothered Lysa with a pillow while she slept. He had his own men hide Robin Arryn and told the Banners that if they ever wished to see their liege alive again that they would obey him.

Over the past ten years Petyr has taxed the people of his domain heavily. He also levied their wood, gold, cattle, livestock, grain and other things to build an army that could march north and south to make war on the other houses. It was apart of his master plan to become King of the seven Kingdoms. A year after he murdered Lysa Petyr took a noble woman as his wife-her name Evelyn Myer. She bore him six children 5 boys and 1 girl the youngest he named Catelyn in honor of his undying feelings for Catelyn Stark.

Despite all his cunning Petyr was unaware of the fact that the Lannisters were dead and their was a war raging in the west. It was the middle of the week and he awoke to an empty bed. As usual his wife got up before he did. He went down to the dining hall to find a strange and frightening sight. His family was at the table but their were men standing behind them with daggers at their throats

"Whoever you are release my family or suffer..." Petyr gasped as he felt the point of a dagger at his back.

"Walk to the table." He did and sat at the head of the table.

The first person he noticed was the Hound, "Can I take this thing off now?" Sandor asked to the person behind Petyr.

"Sure!"

"By the gods! Have mercy!" Evelyn said as Sandor set Joffrey on the table.

Petyr watched the shadowy hooded figure as she walked around the table and took a seat at the other end. She propped her feet up on the table and slowly removed her gloves. "There was a man who once told me the tail of how a little boy was playing with his brother's favorite toy-A knight I think it was-The boy's brother got so angry that he held the boy face down in the fire place-True story." She removed her hood and cowl.

Petyr's stared dumbfounded, "Arya Stark!" He whispered.

She leaned forward into the light and Petyr could see the eyes of Eddard Stark staring at him through Catelyn Stark's face. "Y...our...al...ive." He managed to say staying in between her and a disfigured Joffrey Baratheon who was missing his legs, arms, and from the dry blood on his crouch Petyr guessed his cock.

Arya took an apple and started cutting pieces off it, "Yes I'm alive-Can't say the same for the rest of Joffrey's Family-Their all dead!" Petyr started breathing heavy, "Tell me something-When my father came to you about the truth of this fucker's parents-what did you do?" Sandor walked around the table and stood behind Petyr. Arya waved her hand, "Never mind I have a better question-My aunt Lysa! Where is she?"

"What you must understand is..."

Arya threw a knife across the table and it stuck in Petyr's chair, "The next one I throw into your arm and believe me I won't miss-That was a warning so don't lie to me and say that the Lannisters paid you-You killed my aunt! You betrayed my father-Lusted after my mother and whispered into my sister's ear. Have I forgotten anything?"

Sandor was eating a piece of chicken leg, "The army don't forget the army!"

Arya shook her head, "Oh yeah the army you have been building on mount Torgh-They are all dead I poisoned all their food supplies and water." Arya was flipping a dagger in her hand ready to throw it. "Okay you can speak now."

Petyr smiled, "You have become quit the woman-A warrior-but the men of Vale won't help you so long as I have Robin Arryn."

Arya stood up, "Your right! Bring him in!" Lords Linderly, Hunter, Royce, Egen, and Voleman who is now Lord of the Fingers. Walk in with Robin. "You were saying!"

"My wife and children are innocent!"

Arya starts laughing and so do the men in the hall, "Do you know how many times I have heard that and from countless Lannisters. But it is not my decision to pronounce judgment on you-That falls to my cousin Robin."

Robin walks up to Petyr and spits on him, "Death for his family! Let him watch! And then take this bastard to a sky cell and let him rot for the rest of his miserable days." Sandor grabs Petyr while a Knight of the Vale punches him in the gut.

"No please don't!"

He is forced to watch as the throats of his wife and children are slit ear to ear. Then they take him to a sky cell and place their mounted heads in his cell to watch. Overcome with grief and past mistakes, lost love-Petyr jumps from the sky cell to his death.