hadriel_logs | Event Log: The Hope of a Child

Who: All characters participating in the event
What: The event log for the The Hope of a Child event
Where: All over the city!
When: January 23rd-Feb 1st
Warnings: Youths

By now, the gods have probably done enough weird crap to you while you're asleep for you to be a little suspicious- but it's not like you can just not sleep, especially when there are a few supernatural forces making your eyes droopy and your body feel heavy.

And now, when you fall asleep, you'll wake up somewhere else and you'll likely have quite a different temperament- you'll be younger, maybe a little more naive and innocent, and you won't exactly remember all the wild stuff that's happened to your adult self. Maybe now you'll be a little more trusting and emotional, hm? The gods could definitely use a little boost in power, and what better way to do it than to harness the power of overemotional kiddos!

Or maybe you aren't affected at all and find yourself surrounded by youths. What are you going to do when your best friend doesn't know how to cook for themselves? Or your bitter rival is throwing a temper tantrum because they broke their favorite toy? Nobody asked for this kind of responsibility, but think about what would happen if nobody was around to take care of these babies...

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「That still doesn't make sense at al. But gigantic does!」

What's with all the houses?

They're the noble families of Westeros. Each House has land that they oversee and swear fealty to one of the Great Houses, like Tyrell.

Don't you have a king to rule over all the land?

「It sounds odd to him.」

Of course we do. King Robert Baratheon, First of His Name. He won the throne through right of conquest after the fall of the Targaryen dynasty.

[the Tyrells fought on the wrong side of that war, but were pardoned by Robert]

Won it...

「That's strange.」

Can anyone be king there were you're from?

「Sounds a little problematic.」

Yes! Prince Rhaegar Targaryen kidnapped Robert's betrothed, Lyanna Stark. Her father and eldest brother went to King's Landing to protest but Rhaegar's father, the Mad King Aerys killed them and gave the order to Jon Arryn to kill Robert Baratheon and Eddard Stark, his wards. Lord Arryn refused and Robert's Rebellion begun. Robert slew Rhaegar at the Battle of the Trident and the Kingslayer, Jaime Lannister, killed the Mad King during Tywin Lannister's sack of King's Landing.

[and thus ends your impromptu Westerosi History Lesson]

Not anyone. King Robert has a son, Prince Joffrey, who is a couple of years younger than I am, he'll be king when Robert dies.

「What a messy mess! All those names don't make any sense but it's amazing she knows them all. He just nods as if he understood, yeah, he doesn't.」

Oh... I see.

「He, not often thinks about that fact. Being a prince himself, her words reach him and make him all sorts of uncomfortable.」

I hope King Robert never dies then...

[it's all very recent history to her. Robert's Rebellion ended just before she was born.

she'd be very sorry to know that if she did]

He has to die eventually. Everybody dies. But it shouldn't be for a long time. Though, he still likes to participate in tourneys. Grandmother says that's foolish when you're a king.

「Everybody dies... She's right but-- He doesn't want to keep thinking about that.」

What are those?

「Maybe changing the topic would help.」

[blame Olenna Tyrell's education of the girl. she doesn't believe in hiding the nastier aspects of life]

Tourneys? That's when a group of knights compete against each other for prizes. There's the joust, where knights are paired up and expected to knock each other off of their horses with their lances and there's the grand melee. That's when knights on horse and on foot fight against each other in a huge group until only one knight is left standing.

「Knights... Joust... Horses, oh, he knows horses, at least. By mere chance, they weren't even part of Egypt a few thousand of years back.」

Ah... Like a contest. What is the prize?

「Sounds barbaric, there is no such thing where he comes from, their entertainment was more... mellow.」

[horses are extremely important in Westeros. the roads are often bad and it's much easier to get around on a horse than on foot]

Yes, like a contest! And usually, the prize is money but the winner of the joust gets both money and the right to crown the Queen of Love and Beauty.

[much about Westeros is barbaric, there's no denying that]

「Oh dear, that has him laughing, it sounds so silly!」

[she has said nothing amusing in her opinion]

...what are you laughing at?

「Oh, oops.」

Getting gold from knocking each other off of their horses sounds dumb.

「Not to mention the queen part, honestly.」

[she sounds indignant]

It's not dumb! What do they do in your world that's so much better?

[that queen thing is Serious Business, kicking off a rebellion that toppled the Targaryen dynasty]

We don't go around rewarding people for hurting each other for no purpose. Good soldiers don't waste their energy on that, and nonetheless, Kings wouldn't be so foolish to put themselves in danger like that.

「So much useless fighting.」

I'd rather play a good game of Senet.

[she looks angry]

They're not soldiers, they're knights. Participating in tourneys is part of the chivalric tradition. And kings have participated, to show their people their strength. Strength is respected in Westeros.

[it's not useless!]

I'm not going to make fun of your country's traditions. Also, I want my dagger back.

「Atem seems taken aback for a moment, mainly because, how dare she speak to him like that? Of course, she doesn't know who he is.

He's not about to take his words back, it's not his fault she lives in such uncivilized world. Figures she'd want the dagger back just from a little disagreement, she might be just as savage the people from her realm.

Which is why he hesitates.」

What are you going to do?

[she'll speak to him however she pleases, thank you.

and it's not her fault, either. the Tyrells are actually one of the more civilized Houses. he should be counting himself lucky he didn't encounter a Greyjoy or a Bolton or a Frey.

she holds out a hand in expectation]

Take it and leave. You can find your own food from now on!

「Okay, at least she will probably not stab in in the gut. He offers it back, from the handle, at least.」

Thanks for the peaches.

[she snatches it out of his hand and tucks it into the belt of her dress, then turns on her heel and walks away, head held high]

Event Log: The Hope of a Child

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