Chapter 5C: The Parade of Arms and Honour
Lord Raylon was an odd looking man, with protruding nose, misshapen ears, and a wickedly cunning glint in his eye. He was well dressed, but lacked the arms and armour of a knight, preferring to take to the stands near his host, Lord Lyman. As Lord of Wendish Town he was a near neighbour of Fairmarket, and sworn to House Blackwood.
He greeted Bryn warmly enough - the feud between Bracken and Blackwood was muted in Fairmarket, where the two had briefly crossed paths before in Ser Jasper Wylde's court. Bryn knew Lord Raylon had dealt with his father, years past.
"Salutations young Blackfin. I will meet your wager on Ser Robar - two to one on making the finals, and four to one to win. It is a shrewd gamble on your part, for the man is a likely contender, but I think perhaps Ser Humphrey or the Reachman Ser Ronnel are as likely to win as he, or perhaps some unsung hero, new to his spurs," the man quipped.
"I've another wager for you as well," he fiddled with his fingers idly for a moment, before removing one of several rings. "I won this from your father some seven years ago, in a wager not so dissimilar to this, you'll see that it is beaten silver; the very best work of the Silvermark smiths of White Harbour." A quick glance reveals that it is a thing of great beauty, engraved with the marks of both House Mooton and Blackfin, with small precious gems set within the sigil. "You have a small ship within your many inherited assets, a small single-masted sloop; well made but with next to no capacity for cargo, and therefore not terribly valuable to you." Bryn knew the boat well, and knew that while expertly crafted by the shipbuilders of Blackfin Den, it was better suited to navigating treacherous waters than making his estate any profit.
"I will wager this ring against your ship, that the knights of House Blackwood - Ser Roland, Ser Beros, and Ser Malus, outshine the knights of House Bracken - Ser Naton, Ser Ramsbold, and Ser Berion, either in winning the tourney outright, or in progressing farther into the rounds of the finals.
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