Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2014 22:25:04 GMT -5
"It must be one of her moods again," Aegon mutters. He loved all his sisters, but Daenya was the one he understood the least. "I just hope she hasn't angered anyone important." "Oh, hmm? It was only a compliment, it would be vain of me to repeat it." Aegon frowned suddenly, his gaze looking out somewhere beyond Elseyris. "Who is that your sister is talking to?" She turned to look in the same direction, surveying the dark-haired man, holding her sister's hand. "I have no idea, I have never seen him before. Would it be rude to investigate?" |
|
Horas
Westeros 
is Horas.
Posts: 1,146
|
Post by Horas on Jan 1, 2014 22:32:29 GMT -5
Aegon considered a moment. "I think not. We are at a feast, and what else does a person do at a feast but socialize?"
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2014 22:49:03 GMT -5
Aegon considered a moment. "I think not. We are at a feast, and what else does a person do at a feast but socialize?" "You are quite right, let's go and find out who this mysterious fellow is then." Elseyris strolled over towards her sister, a little ahead of Aegon. |
|
|
|
Post by Lady Visenya Targaryen on Jan 1, 2014 23:26:43 GMT -5
Visenya pulled her hand slowly from his grasp, not altogether displeased by the way his hand felt on hers. "You are very forward, Blackwood," she said, "I don't think I said it would be my dragon that you would be riding. Though maybe..."
She heard footsteps and turned to see her sister and cousin approaching just behind her. "Hello again, Elsey, and good day to you, cousin." She bobbed a brief curtsey to him, blushing faintly and wondering exactly what they had heard this insolent yet charming young riverlander say to her.
|
|
Horas
Westeros
is Horas.
Posts: 1,146
|
Post by Horas on Jan 1, 2014 23:49:24 GMT -5
"Hello Visenya," Aegon said warmly, before fixing the riverlander with an unfriendly gaze. "Is this man bothering you?"
|
|
|
|
Post by Lady Visenya Targaryen on Jan 2, 2014 0:09:54 GMT -5
"Oh, no, he was merely being friendly. He is not, however, well versed in the etiquette of court as of yet. We will teach him, though, will we not, cousin?" She gave Aegon a genuine smile. "This is Axell Blackwood, from the Riverlands. Do you know of Raventree?"
|
|
Horas
Westeros
is Horas.
Posts: 1,146
|
Post by Horas on Jan 2, 2014 1:18:01 GMT -5
"Of course. I lifted a siege around it once." Aegon did not much like the look of the man, for reasons that did not readily spring to the tip of his tongue. "I'm sure Axell will have a good evening." The Crown Prince's look strongly suggested Blackwood find his entertainment elsewhere.
|
|
|
|
Post by Lord Baelor Targaryen on Jan 2, 2014 2:05:26 GMT -5
"Oh?" Aemon says somewhat surprised, "My job is to punish those who have broken the laws of the land and those who our king feels no longer need to be alive. It isn't that much of a profitable area. But no, I have not heard of this Prisoner's Carnival concept." Aemon states. "All executions are to be made public, correct?" Baelor asks, making sure that he and his nephew were on the same page. "And the heads of the deceased put on display for all to see as a warning, yes?" |
|
|
|
Post by Foo Foo Cuddly-poops on Jan 2, 2014 2:08:19 GMT -5
"Of, course. Everyone is able to come see an execution unless it is to be done privately, or unless the executed is not within the city limits so that our Goldcloaks are unable to arrest them." Aemon answers.
|
|
|
|
Post by Lord Baelor Targaryen on Jan 2, 2014 2:12:17 GMT -5
"Of, course. Everyone is able to come see an execution unless it is to be done privately, or unless the executed is not within the city limits so that our Goldcloaks are unable to arrest them." Aemon answers. "Now, here's the idea behind a prisoner's carnival. True, for the execution of people committing high treason, much as your Uncle Aenar did, you have them beheaded for all to see. That shall not change," Baelor's mouth curls into a wicked grin, "But the minor crimes... those, we give a price of admission. We hold the trial right then and there at the Prisoner's Carnival. Torture them for all to see in order to elicit a confession. If they confess, their death is quick. If they don't... well, we give the audience a show." |
|
|
|
Post by Foo Foo Cuddly-poops on Jan 2, 2014 2:17:55 GMT -5
"We could talk to the King about this, but I am not sure how he will feel about it. I am the King's Justice, I do not execute those who have committed minor crimes that the King does not pass sentence on, nor do I perform acts of torture on those who are imprisoned in the dungeon." Aemon remarks, leaving out that he has various underlings that do in fact torture prisoners in the dungeons if they have earned that suffering.
|
|
|
|
Post by Lord Baelor Targaryen on Jan 2, 2014 2:19:18 GMT -5
"We could talk to the King about this, but I am not sure how he will feel about it. I am the King's Justice, I do not execute those who have committed minor crimes that the King does not pass sentence on, nor do I perform acts of torture on those who are imprisoned in the dungeon." Aemon remarks, leaving out that he has various underlings that do in fact torture prisoners in the dungeons if they have earned that suffering. "Are you familiar with economics at all, Nephew?" Baelor asks, finishing off his wine and looking up at the much taller man. |
|
|
|
Post by Foo Foo Cuddly-poops on Jan 2, 2014 2:24:37 GMT -5
"I kill people for a living cousin. my training in numbers extends as far that of how much the Maesters were able to teach me. And that was not much." He says blankly staring at his cousin.
|
|
|
|
Post by Lord Baelor Targaryen on Jan 2, 2014 2:30:16 GMT -5
"I kill people for a living cousin. my training in numbers extends as far that of how much the Maesters were able to teach me. And that was not much." He says blankly staring at his cousin. "Then allow me to illuminate the possibilities for you. We are in a rut, financially speaking, that is no secret. Otherwise, why would we have a representative from the Iron Bank of Braavos standing in the Red Keep? We are in the middle of a war, and need funds from within instead of without. Circulation of currency, cousin. We need to get money out of the smallfolk through a way other than taxes," Baelor gets another goblet of wine and drinks deep. "Here is what we do. There is a hill currently out of use in King's Landing. We set up a rudimentary stone structure with one entrance, and set up a simple stage, a gallows, instruments of torture, and so on." His eyes are beginning to gleam. "We leave enough space for a couple hundred smallfolk. We even buy all the rotten produce from the various vendors down in the town and sell it to the smallfolk at double the price so they can throw it at the condemned. Five coppers gets one person in to watch a condemned man get tormented to death. We do this once a tenday. That's easy revenue for us, easy revenue for doing something that we do anyway." |
|
|
|
Post by Foo Foo Cuddly-poops on Jan 2, 2014 2:40:23 GMT -5
Aemon thinks about the idea and weighs the benefits and drawbacks if any within his head for a minute. "Public executions are just that, Public. To charge admittance would make them not public. And how would we get the means to build this structure, we are at a war with our money going towards the war effort."
|
|
|
|
Post by Lord Baelor Targaryen on Jan 2, 2014 2:42:17 GMT -5
Aemon thinks about the idea and weighs the benefits and drawbacks if any within his head for a minute. "Public executions are just that, Public. To charge admittance would make them not public. And how would we get the means to build this structure, we are at a war with our money going towards the war effort." "Who says we even need a pavilion?" Baelor says, pausing briefly to drink deep of his wine. "The situation in its entirety will pay itself off in a short matter of time, six months at most if we do two showings a tenday. And in comparison to the length of the war, I would say that's a rather short amount of time indeed." |
|
|
|
Post by Foo Foo Cuddly-poops on Jan 2, 2014 2:58:07 GMT -5
"That does not leave the fact that all executions are public and to rid the populace of that might have some dire consequences in their morale. Plus, the unoccupied hill is not as unoccupied as you might think, given that Balerion has made it his home in the city." Aemon points out.
|
|
|
|
Post by Lord Baelor Targaryen on Jan 2, 2014 3:04:03 GMT -5
"That does not leave the fact that all executions are public and to rid the populace of that might have some dire consequences in their morale. Plus, the unoccupied hill is not as unoccupied as you might think, given that Balerion has made it his home in the city." Aemon points out. "Well, leave it to the sober man to shoot holes in my plan," Baelor says with a shrug. "It was a thought. Maybe I should run it by the Master of Coin so he could refine the plan into something much more workable." |
|
|
|
Post by Foo Foo Cuddly-poops on Jan 2, 2014 3:06:15 GMT -5
"I would highly suggest that you approach the Master of Coin, the Master of Law and the rest of the small council on your plan before approaching the King and asking his approval. If they support this plan then some of my men can indeed run the show if need be." Aemon states.
|
|
|
|
Post by Lord Baelor Targaryen on Jan 2, 2014 3:11:34 GMT -5
"I would highly suggest that you approach the Master of Coin, the Master of Law and the rest of the small council on your plan before approaching the King and asking his approval. If they support this plan then some of my men can indeed run the show if need be." Aemon states. "And hell, maybe I could learn a thing or two about interrogation," Baelor says with a laugh, "thank you for indulging me, cousin. It's much appreciated." |
|
|
|
Post by Foo Foo Cuddly-poops on Jan 2, 2014 3:43:12 GMT -5
"No worries, if it helps persuade those you need to convince feel free to tell them that my men are up to this task, provided that they are paid for their time." Aemon says again.
|
|
|
|
Post by The Gambler on Jan 2, 2014 4:28:33 GMT -5
The following NPCs are also now available for RP:
Ser Trajan Waters, Knight Inquisitor
Lord Lyonel Harroway, Master of Laws
Lord Edric Velaryon, Master of Ships
Willem Darklyn, Lord of Duskendale and Master of Whisperers
Tycho Plutoris, Representative of the Iron Bank of Braavos and King Maegor II are currently in a meeting and shall be arriving shortly
|
|
|
|
Post by Vhagar on Jan 2, 2014 6:20:02 GMT -5
"Of course. I lifted a siege around it once." Aegon did not much like the look of the man, for reasons that did not readily spring to the tip of his tongue. "I'm sure Axell will have a good evening." The Crown Prince's look strongly suggested Blackwood find his entertainment elsewhere. The young Riverlander smiled politely at Aegon. "My prince, I am having a very good evening already. I was merely discussing the dragons with the Lady Visenya. I know so little about them, you see. I should like to see a dragon at close quarters. I thought the lady might oblige me." |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2014 10:26:28 GMT -5
"Greetings, Axell Blackwood," said Elseyris, congenially, but guardedly. "What brings you to our little gathering?"
|
|
|
|
Post by Vhagar on Jan 2, 2014 10:30:51 GMT -5
"Duty, of course. And beauty." He bowed to Elseyris. "I was telling the Lady Visenya that is very beautiful. And I see that she is not the only one. I am very lucky to be in the presence of such beauties, my lady." Ser Axell grinned.
|
|
all alone and also really bored 
Hopefully going to kickstart the festival too