0545 Scheming Melisandre Shadow Jaime Lannister
(2-in-1 Update)
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Blaze and Aquamarine are the overlords of the air, and apart from dragons, griffons have no rivals in the sky or on the ground.
Intercepting ravens was also the first military knowledge that Blaze and Azurite learned.
Inspired by the tactics of experienced generals who would send scouts with the best archery skills to intercept their ravens, Will patiently taught griffons to intercept ravens at a young age.
A fierce and flying raven meets a griffin in the air like a mouse meets a lion.
As soon as the raven was spotted by the flames in the sky, it was caught and thrown down.
The content of the letter is very simple: Lord Will, come to the Five Fingers Peninsula quickly, and the signature is Robert Royce.
Robert Royce was the deputy commander of Will's Quad Coalition, and while Robb Stark was away, Robert was in charge of the entire Quad Coalition.
He is the general sent back to the Vale by Will to lead the battle, he has been to the Ghost Forest and the Fist of the Ancestors Peak, he knows about the ghosts and ghouls, and he returned to the Vale to ask the nobles of the Vale to send troops to support the Great Wall of Desperation, which is the easiest to win people's trust.
The man who left the Wall with Robert Royce and returned to his hometown to make an early appearance was Davon Lannister of the West.
The Five Fingers Peninsula is a remote and inhospitable island in the Valley, and is also the domain of Grimm (Littlefinger). It is by the sea, and it has to cross the Bloody Gate Valley Road and the entire valley plain, and then pass through the mountains that surround the plain, and then follow the rugged mountain road to enter the Wuzhi Peninsula.
The Five Fingers Peninsula is on the sea, in the easternmost part of the valley.
What did Robert Royce do on the Five Fingers Peninsula? If he wanted to recruit soldiers, there would be no soldiers on the Five Fingers Peninsula.
The Five Fingers Peninsula is the home of Littlefinger with a changed faceβand Petyr Berish's home is on the Five Fingers Peninsula.
The tributaries of the Red Fork River are thousands of miles away from the Wuzhi Peninsula.
Apparently, Robert Royce wanted Will to ride a griffin to the Five Fingers Peninsula.
Things are very strange.
Why go to the Five Fingers Peninsula?
And why didn't the letter write any reason.
But Will believed in Robert Royce, and he believed in Davon Lannister.
After spending time with the two young and brave young generals, Will believed that both of them were trustworthy in character, otherwise he would not have sent them back to their hometown to carry out propaganda and recruit troops for the Great Wall.
Blaze and Aquamarine were already able to ride one person through the air, but they couldn't fly far beyond the weight of two people.
No one understood this inexplicable letter.
But Will decides to ride a griffin with Green to the Five Fingers Peninsula.
Flame rode him alone, although Azurite was weak, but it happened that Green was very thin.
The team was handed over to Robb Stark and continued on to Riverrun.
Riverrun is where Robb Stark's mother was born and raised, and Riverrun is ready to lead 800 cavalry to join the legion, as Tywin Lannister's military genius Blackfish Brynden Tully, who became famous at a young age, and Robb's uncle Edcur Tully as the lieutenant general.
Horst Tully also saw why Will and Robb asked the nobles to send hundreds of soldiers to join the legion, Will and Robb carried out administrative affairs, in fact, they only needed to send ravens and scouts, but they not only pushed the ghoul prisoner cart, but also brought cavalry, which was an obvious military threat to the nobles who opposed their lives.
Duke Horst Tully sent the most powerful military warrior of the Tully family: Blackfish Brynden Tully. As for his son Edmu Tully, he is just a playboy who does not know how to learn, except for being lustful and playful, the only thing that makes Duke Horst a little happy is that he has a good quality: kindness. As for military talent, Duke Horst was ashamed to speak out.
But to the chagrin of Duke Horst, his precious son, Edmu Tully, did not consider himself a man of military talent. He believed that his military talent was not inferior to that of any famous military general.
So, Duke Horst simply sent his only son, who is also the heir of Riverrun, to follow the blackfish Brynden Tully to have a good experience.
The people of Riverrun also gathered in the city, and many people's tents were set up in the city square and towers, waiting to see Robb and the ghouls arrive. Before the ghouls' prison van arrived, Riverrun was overcrowded. The enthusiasm and curiosity of the people to watch the ghouls is no less than the grand festival of the New Year.
The ghouls that have been said for 8,000 years can finally be seen today. The anticipation of the people was mixed with unspeakable excitement and fear, and all kinds of rumors about ghouls flew all over the sky, and the whole of the riverlands, the ghosts and ghouls became the main topics of conversation.
Will called Melisandre aside before leaving.
After he left the Legion, Melisandre, who had been hiding her true identity, was the High Priestess of the Army and would take most of his power. Robb needs to consult with Melisandre about anything.
"Lady Melisandre, do you know something about Robert Royce?"
"Yes, Lord Will. β
"What do you see in the flames?"
"I saw the Bloodgate, the brutal slaughter in the Bloodgate, where Lord Eddard Stark and many of the royal courtiers were killed in the Valley of the Bloodgate. β
Will's eyes widened, and his mouth couldn't close. His hand tightened the keel sword at his waist, and the green tendons on the back of his hand and neck emerged.
"You resented me for seeing the truth from the flames and not revealing a word to you, you want to kill me?" Melisandre lifted her hood, revealing her beautiful snow-white face. Her eyes were as beautiful as gems, and there was a hint of scrutiny in them.
She could see that Will was so angry that he almost wanted to kill her.
"If you have seen everything in the flames, why don't you ever tell me a word?, and if you don't tell me the vision you see, what do I want you to do?" Will gritted his teeth and squeezed these words out between his teeth.
Every night, Melisandre stared at her brazier and pondered. She saw the Bloodgate Carnage in the flames, but didn't reveal a word to Will.
This was unacceptable to Will!
"My lord, I told you to no avail, you can't save Eddard Stark. β
"I've got griffins!"
"Yes, you have griffins, but you can't change the fate of Lord Eddard. β
Will was silent.
Some things are destined to be unchangeable, or for some other reason.
"Why don't you tell me the news, and if I don't ask you, you don't plan to tell it?"
"I already hinted at you when I was in Winterfell. β
"When we were in Winterfell, you saw the Bloodgate Slaughter through the flames?"
Melisandre noticed that Will was gripping the hilt of the dragonbone sword.
"Yes, I saw it. β
"Then why didn't you tell me that if I had known about the Bloodgate Massacre in Winterfell, I would have stopped the bloodshed. β
"You won't believe my flames, because I wasn't quite sure about the warnings in the flames, you know, I made many mistakes in the flames. I also saw in the flames that Eddard Stark wouldn't believe my flame warnings, he wouldn't believe them at all. β
Will was silent again.
"Lord Will, why are you pushing the ghoul prisoner cart south? Because people will not believe the ghosts and ghouls you say, and only seeing is believing can they sweep away rumors and suspicions, and arouse people's hatred and hatred. The same goes for my flame warning, only those who believe in the Red God will believe in my flame. β
Melisandre pulled up her hood and hid her face under it again.
Except for Will, no one knows that she is Eddard Stark's Wanted Melisandre in the Seven Kingdoms, a priestess of the Red God who committed the grave sin of burning children.
She pulled up her hood because Green was coming.
Green came urging Will to leave for the Five Fingers Peninsula and to Littlefinger's house. Little Finger has not been home for more than ten years, but he has always maintained close contact with his family, and often takes money home to support the poor fishermen, sheep people, and farmers on the Five Fingers Peninsula, and those fishermen, farmers, and sheep people are his people. It was only since Will ordered Bachelor Corburn to change his face that he had lost contact with the Five Fingers Peninsula.
Green couldn't wait to ride the griffon home, and couldn't wait.
Will stared at Melisandre under her hood, and when Melisandre's hood was pulled up, no matter how strong the sunlight was, it could not penetrate the darkness of her hood, and no one could see her face under her hood, not even Will. As a result, Will couldn't see Melisandre's expression under the hood.
He was reluctant, but he didn't know what to do with Melisandre.
His thoughts fluctuated, and suddenly his heart moved, and he suddenly remembered what Melisandre had said:
"Sansa wants to marry you, and I tell her I can make it happen. β
......Yes, she is very simple, but she is no longer a child. If you can marry her, you will gain the loyalty of the people of the North. Think about it, the legions of the Great Wall of Desperation plus the northern border will form the most powerful force, and marriage will do no harm. In this way, the other six countries will not dare to underestimate you, and you will have the confidence to lead the Seven Nations Legion. β
"I can't marry Sansa. β
"You can!"
"Neither Caitlyn nor Eddard Stark would agree, and it would have caused us to be at odds with each other. β
"They'll agree. β
"What do you see in your flames?"
"They'll agree, Lord Will. (The pit of this episode is dug at 0519/0520, filled in here)
............
Why would Eddard Stark agree, because Eddard Stark is dead and no longer needs his consent. And Catelyn, if Will avenges Eddard Stark, will win Catelyn's heart. Caitlin loved Ed more than her life.
Will felt like he was about to touch Melisandre's true thoughts.
It is very likely that Melisandre hoped that Will would marry Sansa Stark, so she saw this scene in the flames and kept silent, because if Will married Sansa Stark, she firmly had the blood of true nobility, because Sansa, if Sansa's mother Caitlin had another accident during the war, or Robb would be killed in battle......
Will's heart sank.
Will felt that Melisandre's methods of helping people to ascend to the throne were always like the teeth of a viper, and she assisted Stannis I in forcibly enforcing the Red God Faith, which ended in killing Stannis I.
Although her ultimate goal is to fight the cold gods, defeat the strangers and ghouls, and save the human race and other humanoid lives, she has no selfish intentions, but her methods of acting are always on the black edge of what Will considers morality and morality and character, and she has the temperament of a hero, and she has always had it. Her choice to burn eleven children in order to resurrect Stannis I is itself full of contradictions.
Could she not tell Will the truth because she wanted Will to ascend to the throne, but she saw the bloodgate tragedy in the flames? It was Will who asked for her followers and assistants, just as it was Stannis I who first followed and assisted.
As if it were just a moment, Will's mind was tumbling and he thought of all kinds of possibilities. Perhaps, Melisandre was planning something deeper, but Will couldn't see through it yet.
"Priestess Merry. Will's tone suddenly became solemn.
"Lord Will, I'm here!" Melisandre lowered her head so that Will could only see the top of her hood.
It's not humility, it's resistance.
But Will also made up his mind.
"Priestess Merry, if you still want to continue to follow me and fight against the cold god and defeat the strange spirits, then, from now on, whatever you see in the flames, you must tell me as soon as possible. β
"I'm not quite sure about some of the visions in the flames, my lord. β
"Please tell me if you are unsure, otherwise, if I find out that you are hiding something from me, I am sorry, I will ask you to leave. β
"............," Melisandre was silent.
"I don't want to follow the path of your former master, you either leave or stay and do as I say. β
Melisandre's body shook slightly.
Will specifically mentions her former auxiliary master, which naturally refers to Stannis I, who failed to save Stannis I, who was also killed by the Seven Gods because she forcibly promoted the belief in the Red God.
"Yes, Lord Will, I am willing to stay and assist you wholeheartedly. β
Since Melisandre followed Will, the visions she saw in the flames had become clearer and clearer, her thinking and judgment had become more and more accurate, and her mana had increased invisibly, which was very obvious. She knew it was Will who she had to follow, and Will was from the North, from the Wall, and the North and the Wall were Melisandre's ultimate destination.
When she assisted Stannis I, the ultimate goal of her efforts was to get Stannis I to reach the Wall.
Green looked at Will and the priest, and when he heard the words fire and vision, he looked at Melisandre's big red robe, and gradually thought of one person: Melisandre, the priest of the Red God, who was wanted by the Seven Kingdoms.
Green remained silent, lowered his eyes, and looked at the ground. His face and severed hand kept reminding him not to mess with Will, not to let Will have any suspicions about him, as long as he lived carefully, one day, he would achieve his goal.
"Priestess Merry, do you have any suggestions for us to go to the Five Fingers Peninsula this time?" asked Will.
The implication was that Will wanted Melisandre to tell her what else she had seen in the flames?Who was the murderer in the bloody case of Bloodgate Valley Road?Lysa Tully had no guts or strategy to do these things, and Will thought of someone: James Lannister.
Jaime Lannister, brave and courageous, trained in the Black and White Academy, he also has a patience and composure that ordinary people can't imagine, he is decisive in killing, never fears the gods, for love, he can push a seven-year-old child off the wreckage without blinking his eyes and look at ease.