The Chambers of the Small Council

Janos took a seat to one side of the Kings chair. He had sent servants to let the rest of the council know he had called a meeting after Grand Maester had informed him of the message from Oldtown.
He had also sent a message to the King requesting that he attend this meeting in particular.
Truth be told he was not excited for the meeting, as the news from Oldtown would likely put the King in a violent mood at best.

Once the entire Council was assembled Janos considered how to say what he had to say.
"Your Grace, we have news from Oldtown, Hektor is Dead, the Faith Militant has been effectively destroyed and the City Taken" He said, already considering how to tell the rest of the news. 

The Grand Maester sat with a cup of wine in hand, listening intently. Lord Reyne, also present, was uncharacteristically quiet.

The Grand Maester, not very surprisingly, was more concerned for the Citadel than for the Faith Militant.

"I thank the gods that the foul Dragonbane is dead, and his creature the High Septon too. But what of my former colleagues and the Citadel? It would be a great tragedy if the wisdom of the ages were lost to us. So many books..."

He looked slightly sick at the thought of harm coming to the old books.

"The Maesters in Oldtown consumed a poison before those sent to secure the Citadel arrived, they had also torched some books by the time we arrived, however most of the Library remained untouched by the fire." Janos said, glad for the relatively good news. He then considered to Answer the lord Commander's question.
"We lost around 1000 men in the fighting, this is before we take those whose wounds killed them after the battle. There were some men killed when...The faith militant set off explosives at the base of the Hightower, collapsing it on the market district." At this stage he held his breath before saying.
"As well as the troop casualties... 4 Dragons were killed in the fighting" At this stage he momentarily considered mentioning those captured, but decided against it.

"Other than Valarr, all the riders survived their Dragons deaths, albeit some with injuries" Janos said, "Also Lord Baelor Targaryen was killed, though his Dragon was not"

Lord Reyne said "This is grave news indeed. But we always knew lives would be lost. Is there anything else we need to know?"

The Grand Maester said "I shall have to send someone to supervise the protection of the library. I know the Princess Dowager is interested in preserving the books. Perhaps she might consent to go in my stead."

"Dead too, as mentioned the faith Militant is effectively destroyed" Janos said.
"I suppose it is a good thing this mess has finally been dealt with"

He had heard the grand maester say the man was dead but it sounded more official from the Hand. "Law and order will be a problem. A lot of masterless Poor Fellows scattered through the Kingdoms. Their rebellion may be broken but we may wish some code of faith constrained those who survived unless they are dealt with in some way."

"That could work, most will probably take the offer of amnesty. However Lord Reyne, should sufficient Poor fellows decide not to put down their weapons, then how do you suppose we capture them?" Janos said.

"I can only see one flaw in your plan, these men are effectively soldiers, and so having them go directly after the Poor Fellows will realistically have limited value" Janos said with much Cynicism visible on his tone.
"The way I see it the solution is far simpler, have the same men assigned to protecting the Kings peace, to making sure that travelling from Kings Landing to say....Harrenhold, is not inviting banditry. As Lord Commander Snow said, the rebellion is broken. How long are these men likely to keep resisting when there are patrols on the roads. They have no leader, no objective, and realistically those who do not take the offer of Amnesty soon will become little more than bandits, at which stage hunting for them on an organized level becomes pointless." He continued.
"If we put returning soldiers and such to the task of restoring the peace, they can actively contribute to fixing the mess the realm is currently in, as opposed to having men trained for war against a solid force stumbling around in the dark hunting for rebels, many of whom will likely hide who they really are. In the meantime we keep the amnesty offer, but any who are caught in Banditry or as active members of the Poor fellows will be either executed, or assigned to serve the crown in servitude, or serve the realm in the nights watch."

"There are no Hightowers remaining to return the land to? If not, his grace will have to award the territory to another. We can't hope to manage that land from all the way up here in King's Landing." he sighed.

"As regards the Faith, something should be done as well. It is still the religion of the majority of his grace's subjects, and now that it's back is broken, we should insure it remains a pliant and peaceful Faith. I'd propose we move any remaining religious leadership to King's Landing, where we can keep an eye on them, and let the center of their church be here. Perhaps rebuilding Prince Aegon's sept to serve as their headquarters. Somewhere they can see the Red Keep and the Dragonpit from, as they worship, lest they ever should feel a pressure to return to their old ways."

"I have to agree with the Lord Commander, whoever we grant Oldtown to will have the responsibility of keeping the peace there, as makes sense. Also on how we handle the seven, before we were ending a war, but any more than ensuring their loyalty will be kicking someone who is down and leaving nothing to lose." Janos said.