Journey to the Wall?

The time has come for me to deal with Andar, before I wanted to solve it together with Lord Grafton after Jon Arryn's death, but I'd better take care of him now and cleanse Runestone of the conspirators.

So he went to his father's office with his witnesses and evidence in hand and placed them on the Lord's desk, who was busy reviewing various reports. Yohn looked at his son with a confused expression and asked.

"What is this?"

Artys didn't beat around the bush; he quickly and efficiently explained his case against Andar while his father went through the materials.

"Over the past few months, I have been compiling evidence against Andar and his treacherous activities. On several occasions, he has made attempts on my life. He has been aided by Lord Grafton and others. Linde, Lord Grafton's daughter, can witness the schemes." of your father with Andar* to exact revenge on my grandfather Jon Arryn by eliminating me, and strengthen Andar as the future Lord by forming an alliance with him to grant privileges in purchasing our family's vast resources from Lord Grafton!"

Yohn was shocked when he saw such information, but the evidence didn't lie; eventually, after processing this information for several minutes, he came to the conclusion that Andar was guilty, even his own fiancée had turned on him and his father. The only problem was that he couldn't understand why. As such, he had to clarify with the young girl why she would betray her own family for the sake of Artys. Lord Yohn glared at Linde as he suspected she was plotting against him and his family; there was a high possibility that this was all Gerold Grafton's plan, or so he thought until he asked her the reasons behind her actions and heard her answer.

"What do you have to gain by betraying your father and your fiancé?"

The young woman instantly blushed when Artys' father cornered her; she looked at Artys to confirm she was allowed to speak before exhaling deeply and revealing to her heart's content.

"To gain the safety of my true love, my lover, your son Artys..."

Lord Yohn felt a headache at all this information; two of his sons were plotting against each other behind his back all this time. One had tried to murder his younger brother out of jealousy and distrust, and the other had betrayed his older brother and slept with his fiancée. At least as far as Lord Yohn was concerned, Artys' actions were far more forgivable, considering what the boy had suffered at Andar's hands. Eventually, he looked at Artys, thinking about how to handle this awkward situation that had been imposed on him.

After much deliberation, Yohn took a deep breath as he gave his decree.

"Bring the boy to me..."

***

Andar was in his room as he read a letter for yet another assassination plot. Just as he was about to light the evidence in his hands with a candle, the door to his room opened, and the castle guards pointed their weapons at him.

Immediately Andar reacted by trying to finish the job of destroying the evidence. When the guards saw his action of potentially destroying evidence, they quickly arrested him before he could succeed. Thus obtaining the letter as further evidence of his crimes.

"Lord Yohn has ordered us to carry out your arrest on suspicion of attempted fratricide and treason against House Royce!"

Andar's heart sank into an endless abyss at these words. He realized in that moment that Artys was one step ahead of him.

***

After the guards forced him to kneel in front of his father, who gave him a disgusted look, the boy desperately tried to explain his way out of the precarious situation he found himself in.

"Father, what is the meaning of this?"

Lord Yohn looked at his second son; the boy was still faking it, even after all the evidence that had accumulated.

"Would you bring outsider power over my house? My son? Your brother!?! Why? Because you are jealous of him and his achievements?! Do you have any remorse for your actions!?!"

By this time, Andar was putting on a convincing display of crocodile tears, which he choked back as he tried to plead with his father about his innocence.

"I'm being accused! It's Artys who's to blame! He stole my fiancée and now plans to have the Royce heir for himself."

Suddenly, a loud noise echoed through the hall; it was the sound of Yohn furiously slamming his fist into the arm of his power chair before declaring his verdict.

"Enough! Andar, after seeing the evidence for myself, I Lord Yohn of House Royce find you guilty on all counts and sentence you to attempted fratricide and treason. You will go to the Night's Watch. redeem himself in the eyes of gods and men, spending the rest of his life defending the realms! Guards, take this wicked child to a vessel that will take him to the Night's Watch!"

With that decree, the guards grabbed Andar and dragged him away, kicking and screaming. The last words spoken by the boy before he was forced out of the great hall were a plea for mercy.

"Father! Please let me have at least one trial by combat!"

Unfortunately for the young man, Lord Yohn was very displeased with his actions and ruthlessly responded to this request.

"You are not my son, and you are not even worthy of a trial by combat!"

***

The very next day, the boat carrying Andar left Runestone harbor with an escort of guards.

As for the family, they dealt with the consequences in different ways.

Lord Yohn turned to the bottle as a way of consoling himself for the mistakes he had made as a father; with the emergence of spirits coming from the distillery that Artys opened, it was much easier to spend the day drinking your grievances. He really blamed himself for the way things had turned out. As such, he left the rule of House Royce almost entirely in Artys' hands; after all, the boy was a much more capable leader than he could ever be.

Artys, on the other hand, was happy now that Runestone was cleared of enemies and he was basically in charge. He had also already planned a 'glorious' death for Andar on the Wall, not being foolish to let him live.

(Just to clarify, at this point in the fic of the brothers of mc Waymar is already on the Wall, Robar is wandering around Westeros participating in tournaments and Ysilla is married)