Tyrion I
A slight breeze blew through the big windows of the triangular keep, weather was changing fast after they defeated the white walkers. The winter would not be so bad after all. In the stone rimmed window to the left Daenerys sat in silence, Tyrion gazed at her with worry but he too said nothing. A day had passed since they arrived in Riverrun and the castle was already theirs, much more for his uncle's Emmon Frey lack of spine than for their own merit. Nevertheless, a meting was soon going to be held only for the sake of his dear fat aunt Genna. The blackfyre dwarf remembered how she cared for him, Cersei and Jamie like they were her own after the death of Lady Joanna. So for her kindness she had pleaded with Dany.
A dragon roared outside diverting his thoughts of duty. Once again, he looked to the window where his sister sat and caught a glimpse of Viserion diving in flight. The white dragon was always flying close and he wondered if a bit of Jon was left inside it. Sighing he says: -'Come sit by me, my queen. I reckon lord Emmon Frey and his wife will soon be here.' The Targaryen girl said nothing and remained looking to the place where the red fork and tumblestone river meet. Much like the riverlands, Dany was damaged, but nothing was beyond repair Tyrion thought. There was still some fire in her, much so that the day before when they got to the Riverrun castle she had said to him: -'I will not suffer my kingdom to be thorn apart and this stupid game of thrones to continue.'
Suddenly, there was a knock at the Keep's door and his worries for Daenerys were left aside for a moment. He nodded at Ser Baristan Selmy and the knight moved to open the door. To the right Asha sat unconcerned in the spiral starway that lead to the solar, Tyrion watched her for a bit and smirked at her. Only to have the black haired beauty frown and roll her eyes at him. It pleased him greatly to make the Greyjoy girl angry, so he blinked at her before turning to the current Lords of the Trident. Lady Genna Lannister and Ser Emmon Frey were an unusual sight to be seen; his uncle looked like a scared little rat that was scarcely fit for his big aunt strong demeanor. Well let's get this over with Tyrion thinks and says: -'The queen has had enough of this war. Lannister's are to bend knee.'
The couple had now stopped in front of his table the man looking down at the floor and his aunt staring straight at his eyes. He is surprised when she asks: -'Did you kill joffrey? Did you kill your Lord father, Tywin?' It was Tryion turn to look down, yet he did not. The small man breathed in deeply and responded the inconvenient question: -'No, yes. I did not kill Joffrey, but we are all better off without him. The fat woman nodded at him, her lips pressed together tight making her mouth a thin line. She was mad at him for Twyin's death, he could tell Genna would slap him if she could. The dragons though kept her chubby arms crossed. Tyrion sighs and says: -'Twyin was never my lord father; he hated my guts and not without reason for I am bastard.'
He watches his aunt shake her head in disappointment, whilst saying: -'My brother may not have fathered you, but he raised you as his own. I told him once that you were much more his son than Jaime, now I can see why he disliked that comment. However, in spite of Twins will and King Aerys genes, by Joanna you are still half Lannister you know.' Tyrion smiled and raised himself from his chair, he liked how aunt Genna was always smart to perceive the situation that surrounded her and get most of it. Now it was time to lay the cards down, they had received them almost friendly and now he was about to take everything they had been given. Softly, Tyrion spoke: -'You are right. I have never forgotten I am half Lannister, dear Aunt. As a matter of fact being raised by one, I would say that much more than half of me is Lannister. And that is the reason why I am sending you and your husband back to castle rock'.
In a foolish move, the weak slim Lord Emmon shouts: -'But I have a seat here, one that your brother gave it to me!' He and his aunt roll their eyes together at the Frey, while saying in unison: -'Oh, shut up.' The feeble man though does not shut his mouth and stutters: -'Bu..ut.. I.. I have a si.. sit here'. Tyrion shakes his head in resignation does this man not understand his position. The dwarf walks to the end of the table and drinks down a goblet of wine, while the Frey continues his grumbling in a stronger voice: - 'I control three hundred man in this castle, I will have you and this Targaryen whore thrown out right now. You overstayed your welcome sir yes you did!' At this point his aunt is already covering her eyes and Tyrion could sympathize. How stupid was his man?
Asha is already standing and shifting her axe from hand to hand. Preoccupied, Tyrion sighs and says: - 'If you continue talking, they will be three hundred burned men.' He fills up his goblet of wine once again, drinks it and looks once again to Dany, who is still carelessly looking out the window. At his right, the Greyjoy says: -'I could kill him right now and be done with it'. His aunt is the one to answer her: -'That will not be necessary, Emmon will no longer speak of it.' She gives her husband a killer look and holds his arm fiercely, which makes Tyrion smile a bit. The blackfyre dwarth then says: -'Ser Baristan, go and find Lord Edmure Tully won't you.' Lady Genna exchanges a knowing glance with him and speaks: -'You always have been to good with politics, Tyrion.'
The compliment is well for Tyrion, yet he jokes: -'I had to be good with something dear aunt. If you bend Knee, you and Ser Emmon - the Brave here will sit masters of Casterly Rock until Martyn Lannister comes of age. Then you will have the control of house Darry. Hell, for all I care you can have control of it right now.' His beloved aunt was beaming at him now, he knew the deal he gave them was far more then they ever expected, but he wanted no more trouble with the Lannister. The Greyjoy girl snorted: -'I rather we just killed them, no Lannisters equals no war.' Tyrion knew the black haired girl did not mean it, she was just growing bored of so much talk. Daenerys too must be tired, he spares another glance at her, but she has not moved.
Tyrion shakes his head in resignation, yet his smart aunt conceded: -'As the daughter of Tytos and the sister of Tywin Lannister, I accept your proposition. We will head for Casterly Rock on the morrow, Tyrion Blackfyre.' The small dwarf smiled at Genna, but surprisingly Daenerys spoke: -'No, you will leave right now, before sun down.' His aunt squinted her eyes at the queen's direction. She must have been filled with hatred, yet the fat woman bowed and said: -'As the queen commands.' Her stupid husband though complained: -'What of the Riverrun castle? Tyrion looked to his sister, she was still looking outside hence he sighs and says: -'Riverrun is ruled by one of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms, the Tully's. The queen wishes to give them the castle back so they can look after the people of the riverlands, if they bend knee.'
Lady Genna signaled with her head approvingly, the Blackfyre knew she had known for the start their intents. Daenerys wanted no war and alliances were being made easily with his wits as her hand. As if in cue, Ser Baristan Selmy returned with Ser Edmure Tully tagging along behind him. Tyrion spared a glimpse at the man than turned his back to fill his cup once again, whilst saying: -'My dear aunt, you and your husband are excused. Take whatever food you need. I hope you have a safe trip, if any trouble finds you please write to me immediately.' While the couple bowed and left stomping, he drank his wine and stared at their captive trout. Than sitting on his chair, Tyrion said: -'You have a beautiful castle here, Lord Edmure. Tall windows, sandstone walls, good wine, one could almost get accustomed.'
The man flinched in his spot, but remained unmoving not daring to retort. So Tyrion decided not to toy with him anymore and get to the point: -'You have failed the Starks, lost your castle, your family's lands are ruined and your people suffer… Yet now we have come to you, do you know what is happening?' Edmure looked around as if afraid to say the wrong thing, but the fish found some courage and said: -'I know that the castle was taken from the Freys with Dragons, but dragons are long dead.' Asha laughed by the right stair and Tyrion could not help to snort, the man knew nothing. Standing he said: -'Long dead, however, here you stand before Daenerys Targaryen, the righteous queen and saviour of Westeros, the Mother of Dragons, the Breaker of Chains and yada yada yada.. Why must you have so many titles, sister?'
Having thought Dany was turning into a statue, he is pleased and stunned to hear her answer: -'I do not know, at first I liked them. They served a purpose to alert people of what I was, when I was nothing yet. Now they just bore me and make me think of…' Jon, Tyrion knew she could not even say the boys name these days. Now she resumed her position looking out the window and he felt sad for her, but there was matter to resolve so he said: -'Well, it does not matter. The thing is Lord Tully that the Queen and I have come to an agreement; you will have your castle back if you swear your allegiance to the Targaryens and to take no vengeance. We have had enough of wars.'
To see Ser Edmure's goofy face was an enjoyable to Tyrion, but he thought that the Tully had won back the castle in a far too easy manner, but yet so had they. The mere sight of the dragons was enough, for them to take any castle. People were scared and for that they had not wasted a single drop of blood. It seemed like yesterday they had arrived from Essos and now they had more than half of Westeros under their wings. Content, Tyrion says: - 'Bend knee lord Tully, swear you will not fail the Targaryens as you have failed the Starks and you will have your castle back.' It was less than one second before Edmure is down to his knees crying and saying: -'Thank you. House Tully is yours my lady.' Is the man crying? The scene extracts more laughs from Asha and Tyrion snorts: -'My queen you mean!? And goddam, man grow some spine.'
The man rises himself and looks to Daenerys whilst repeating: -'House Tully is yours my queen.' The Queen nods at Ser Edmure and says: -'Riverrun is a lovely place I will miss its rivers.' So Tyrion smiles in agreement whilst saying: -'Very well then, I am glad that is settled. You are free to go and tell your people, raise a Targaryen flag alongside to the Tully flag and we will speak more on the morrow.' The man turned around to leave, but stopped as the Queen speaks once again: -'Now, I must find Arya Stark.' Edmure turns around and looks straight at the Queen, it disturbs Tyrion so he complains: -'You have anything left to say Lord Tully.' The fish looks flabbergast like its been caught, but manages to say: -'Arya is my nice, you must tell me what you want with her?'
Was this fish as damaged as its land, Tyrion frowns: - 'We must do nothing. Daenerys is your queen…' His speech is stopped by Queen, who is now walking slowly towards Ser Edmure whilst saying: -'Do you have news of the child? I made a promise to her brother to find her. You must tell me now, it is an order!?' The Tully is shaking now and Tyrion thinks the fish might pee himself as Dany impatiently lays a hand on his shoulder. The fish cracks and says: -'There has been talk that she has returned to Westeros, killed Lord Walder Frey and escaped to the Crownlands. But bear in mind they also say my sister is back from the dead and hanging every Frey man she finds in sight.' Daenerys nods, turns her back to him and says: -'You have my leave now.'
The turns fastly in his heels, but stops in front of Ser Selmy as if waiting for the old knight to escort him back to the dungeons. However, Baristan only bows to him saying: -'Farewell, my lord.' So he bows back before exiting the keep. The Greyjoy girl snorts loudly at that and says: -'Fish, have no back bone. You could have given him food and still he would bend knee.' Tyrion nodded and than responded: -'Maybe him, but not his uncle. The blackfish soon will become the true ruler of the riverlands. I hope that this move appeases him.' Taking a glass of wine from the table, Daenerys says: -'I will really miss the rivers. I leave by morning to the crownlands, I must find her.' Tyrion frowned at his sister resolve, so he rubbed his eyes and said: -'We have a kingdom to conquer…'
However, Dany was dead set on the promise and so she responded: -'I had enough of conquering. You and Lady Asha should go to Dragon Stone and lead the unsullied against Kings Landing. I gave him my word and promises are supposed to be kept brother.' The small blackfyre sees a tear slide down the queen's cheek, so he goes to his sister, holds her hand and whispers: -'Of course they are, but can it not wait? After we have rule of Westeros it will be much easier to find her.' The Targaryen girl looks lost, Tyrion knows she does not want to wait. He gives up when she says: -'You will fly with Asha back to our castle and then she will take the fleet that belong to her uncle and wage the war to kingslanding by coast. Take kings landing at once, my brother. Reach it before I do, grab a strong hold of city. For if I get there before you, every Lannister in it will be killed'.
Tyrion thought of his brother as he watched Daenerys storm off, so he asked: -'What of my brother?' The queen stopped at the doorway and without looking back answered: - 'He killed my father, there will no more mercy for Jaime Lannister. Kill him before I get there or I will have Viserion burn him alive.'