(14) A Wedding and a Gift
( POV Wyman Manderly )
I walked my daughter down to the Heart tree, his Grace was there already at the Heart tree. The moon was bright tonight, though nothing shined as bright as my little girl tonight. There was a large gathering of Lords, all the lords of the North and Riverlands there where even some from the Vale. The Direwolves and the dragons where there, sitting in silence watching the ceremony.
Thorin Stark stood in front of the Heart tree, he would be officiating in place of Ned, the Kings other brother stood a few steps behind him with my daughters new cloak and a knife on his waist. All the gathered Lords held a torch, the torches along with the moon acting as the only light in the shaded Gods wood of Riverrun. I walked my Wylla to the tree until she stood beside Robb then I took a few steps back and got ready for the wedding.
"Who comes before the Old Gods this night." Thorin's voice echoed through the Gods wood.
"Wylla of the house Manderly comes here to be wed. A woman grown true born and noble. She comes to beg the blessings of the Gods, who comes to claim her." I answered
"Robb of house Stark, The King of the Northand The Trident. Who gives her." Robb said and I saw his beaming smile when he looked at my Wylla.
"Lord Wyman of house Manderly, her father." I responded.
"Lady Wylla of house Manderly do you take this man as your own?" Thorin asked
"I take this man." Wylla responded
"King Robb of house Stark do you take this Woman as your own?" Thorin asked his brother.
"I take this woman." His grace responded
"Then place her under the cloak of your house, as you place her under your protection." Thorin said
Robb took off my daughters cloak, it had a green merman wielding a trident on a blue field proudly displayed. He then turned to his brother Jon and gave him the cloak before he took the new one. He wrapped the new one around my Wylla's shoulders, the cloak had the grey Direwolf of house Stark displayed proudly and my daughter looked radiant in the Stark colours.
"Kneel before the Heart tree and ask the Gods for their blessing." Thorin said and they both did and they preyed for a minute
"You knelt as man and woman, now rise one heart, one soul, rise as man and wife." Thorin continued then they ended the ceremony with a kiss before all the lords cheered.
After the ceremony we went to the great hall of Riverrun to have a great feast. Late into the celebrations Lord Umber rose from his seat downed his tankard and shouted 'bedding' and the rest of the Lords took up the chant. They where both carried off to their chamber.
The feast continued with the Kings brothers telling stories, Thorin told of the story when he was fostering in bear Island and he got drunk with Dacey Mormont and little Lyanna dared him to wrestle a bear, apparently the bear sits above the fire in the great hall of bear island. Though I knew all the fun was short lived, for we still had a war to win.
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( POV Thorin Stark )
I stood in Robb's solar along with Jon, we where waiting for Robb it had only been a couple of days since the wedding and I doubt Robb has gotten much sleep, though he spends a lot of time in his room. It was then I heard the door open and in walked Robb as Kingly as usual.
"Had fun brother?" I asked him as me and Jon wore matching smirks.
"And what are you two smirking about, it'll be your marriages soon enough. Jon's sooner than yours brother." He responded
"So Lord Royce convinced our cousin to bend the knee then?" I asked
"Aye brother you now sit before The King of the North, the Trident and the Vale." He responded with a smile on his face
"And when am I to marry the Royce girl?" Jon asked
"Next week, though unfortunately you'll only have a few nights with her until your to set off." Robb said
"And where are you sending our brother now?" I asked him
"He's to go out and secure the Riverlands, he will have the controll of all Rivermen aswell as some of the Northern forces." Robb said
"And you?" Jon asked him
"I'm going to speak to Renly Baratheon and his Golden rose." Robb replied
"I've had another vision brother." I spoke to them seriously
"What?" Jon asked concerned
"The Old Gods call me to the Gods Eye." I told them
"Not even Kings are above the Gods, go and when you are done you will meet up with a host going West, and you will burn the Westerlands." Robb told them and I smiled at the thought of the Old lion hearing of Casterly Rock being rubble.
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( POV Thorin Stark )
I stayed for Jon's wedding to Ysilla Royce but I left the next day, Mother and Arya would leave the day after, then a week after Jon would go to secure the Riverlands and Robb would go to meet with Renly Baratheon, soon after that the Fifteen thousand Knights pf the Vale as well as ten thousand Northmen would much West where I will meet them on the road.
I traveled by myself so I made good time, and I arrived at the Gods Eye in just a few days I hired a boat from a local fisherman and sailed to the Isle of Faces, from there I made my way to the sacred place at the centre of the isle, it was seven heart trees in a circle. In the middle of the circle there was a giant sword, bigger than any great sword I'd ever seen except for Ice.
It was stuck into a stump of a Weirwood tree. The sword had no jewels anywhere on it. The cross guard was made of bronze and shaped like wolf heads. The pommel is made of the same metal. The blade itself looks as if it was made of just iron but when the blade catches the sunlight through the branches of the trees it seemed to glow blue like it was made of ice. On the blade there was runes of the first men it said it's name. Chillrend.
As soon as I touched the hilt of the blade the wind picked up, the eyes of the Heart trees began to glow. Frost creeped its way down the blade until it was fully covered. The frost spread to the ground as I began to pull the blade from the stump, I felt a searing pain in my left eye socket where my eye once was. Then I passed out.
When I awoke I was confused I saw from my own eye but also from the eyes of hundreds of beings. From all the birds in the trees, all the stags and wolves of the Forrest and all the fish in the lake I saw from their eyes. As well as my own. But only one of my own, but I could feel that my eye had returned why could I not see from it. This must be how I am warging, I sacrificed my sight in one eye for sight from a thousand, a thousand eyes and one, like Bloodraven.
When I looked at my hands I saw they where clenched around Chillrends handle, and all around me there where winter roses growing from the light snow that fallen. I heard a noise and I turned around as Synin, Alduin and Fenrir came to my side. All the animals of the isle had come, I must have thought it with out realising, I tried to make them bow and they did. I realised that it was less me controlling them than it was me telling them what to do.
"It is time for you to go Champion." Came seven simultaneous voices from each of the Weirwoods. And so I went to the largest of them, placed my hand on the Snow White bark and thought of Riverrun when I opened my eyes I kneeled before the Riverrun Heart tree my eye patch back in place Fenrir, Alduin and Synin and my unicorn by my side but the sword was no where to be found I looked at my Weirwood arm only to see a carving of the sword in it. I willed the sword in my hand, and then I was holding it. I willed it away and it was gone.
Then I looked west, and clenched my hand into a fist, if I left now I would catch up to the host before sun down. I had a Kingdom to burn.
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{ Authors Notes }
There we have it next chap we'll see the bloody wolf go west,
He has new powers and a new sword, Chillrend
He has power over plants, he can make them grow and move
He can teleport through heart trees but only him, his direwolf, dragon, raven and unicorn.
He has a small power over frost but not really
He is the most powerful warg ever
And I think that's it
I hope you enjoyed it
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