Chapter 292 Big Change

For the people of Redemption Town, the daily routine patrols of the Stone Giant are no longer uncommon. Except for those outsiders who have just arrived in Redemption Town, they are also curious about these things. When the Stone Giant walks by, they will In addition to making various exclamations, people in Redemption Town and other cities in Summer Hall were already used to the stone giant.

However, the stone giants that appeared in the town in the past two days still attracted a lot of people's attention, because the stone giant patrols did not appear alone. There were also some three-fingered and golden eyes standing on their shoulders. , big ears, and people as short as dwarfs. Many knowledgeable people recognized these dwarfs as the children of the forest who had disappeared for a long time and were regarded as just legends.

Although there are some folk legends about stone giants in Westeros, most of them are clumsy monsters, prey hunted by knights. Their reputation is not as absolute as their size. Feeling of oppression.

But the Children of the Forest are different. The stories and legends of the Children of the Forest have always been enduring in the continent of Westeros. The types and number of legends far exceed those of stone giants and even other mysterious creatures. Folk stories involve them. There are also countless children of the forest.

For example, the most popular folktale among Westeros folktales is that a woodcutter went into the forest to chop wood. When he was about to chop down a weirwood tree, he met a child of the forest, who gave the woodcutter endless blessings. Wealth, in exchange for his promise not to cut down weirwood again. Later, after the greedy woodcutter got the money, he broke his promise and cut down a weirwood, and the scars from the ax on the weirwood appeared on his body at the same time. Died under a weirwood tree.

There are many similar legends, and even some ancient heroes are connected with the Children of the Forest in legends. For example, the founder of the Lannister family, the clever Lann, received the blessing of the Children of the Forest after completing the test of the Children of the Forest. , gained superhuman wisdom, eloquent tongue and long life.

In the past ten years, among the legends related to the Son of the Forest, the most talked about is naturally the story of Linde and the Son of the Forest. In the story, Linde met a Son of the Forest in the royal forest and passed through the forest. Through the trial of his son, he gained great strength and a mutated shadow lynx.

What's interesting is that Linde not only did not deny this legend, but actually admitted the authenticity of the story when asked about it at certain banquets and other occasions.

However, everyone just thought Linde was telling a joke, so they didn't pay too much attention to it. But now that the legendary Son of the Forest has appeared in the Summer Hall and joined Linde's armed forces, people can't help but think of that legend again. .

The Children of the Forest have always been extremely mysterious and magical creatures with powerful magical power in all relevant legends, because in the legend, the Arm of Dorne was destroyed by the Children of the Forest.

Even in the past thousands of years, the Citadel has always promoted that the Children of the Forest did not exist. The destruction of the Arm of Dorne was because the weather got hotter, the ice in the north melted, and the sea level rose, causing the low-lying areas of the Arm of Dorne to be destroyed. Submerged, turned into an ocean.

However, no matter how common sense the city's arguments are, it cannot explain why the weather has entered a long winter and the sea water in the north has frozen, but the submerged area of ​​Dorne's Arm in the south has not emerged from the water.

The Children of the Forest, which are now being promoted by the city as non-existent, have appeared in Summer Hall. This has also made many people begin to believe that the legends about the Children of the Forest in the past are true, including the legend of using magic to destroy the Arm of Dorne. .

Many people even followed the stone giant's patrol team after the Sons of the Forest appeared, making various noises to attract the attention of the Sons of the Forest. They wanted to accept the trials of the Sons of the Forest as in the legend, and obtain the powerful power or power given by the Sons of the Forest. wealth.

"Linde, you should take care of the people in your territory. They have gone too far." On the sixth day after the Sons of the Forest moved to the Summer Hall, the leader of the Sons of the Forest, Gray Stone, came to the castle angrily and complained dissatisfied. He said: "We just made strange noises when patrolling with the stone giant, but they even tried to steal our clothes, saying that these leaves have magical power. Linde, are the people in your territory all crazy?"

As a child of the forest in Jingze, Gray Stone has not had contact with humans. Although it was only a brief contact, she also knows how some humans should behave, but the people in Redemption Town are actually different from the humans she expected. It was so big that she regretted executing her plan to integrate into Summer Hall.

"It was only the first time they saw the Children of the Forest, and the legends about the Sons of the Forest in the past caused them to behave abnormally. I will issue a decree to severely punish those who harm the Children of the Forest and steal items from the Children of the Forest." Lin De handed the processed documents to the attendant, then stretched and comforted: "You don't have to worry too much. When the stone giant appeared in the town, it caused much more noise than it does now. As long as time After a while, they lose the sense of novelty and naturally they won’t behave abnormally.”

"I hope so!" Gray Stone nodded and responded.

Linde then asked: "How are your people getting along with the pterosaur cubs these days?"

"Very good, the long-winged dragons are a bit fierce, but they can be taught a lesson," Gray Stone looked a little excited and said: "When these long-winged dragon cubs grow up, the world's first group of Sons of the Forest dragoons will be Appeared."

It's no wonder that Gray Stone is so excited, because as they master the domestication and reproduction of long-winged dragons and have the skills to become dragoons, they will have one more power to protect themselves.

If they encounter any danger, even if they cannot defeat the enemy, they can still rely on the long-winged dragon to hide far away.

"I'm looking forward to it." Linde is not worried about the Children of the Forest mastering the power of the Winged Dragon, because a species like the Children of the Forest that is already on the verge of extinction will not have any impact on human society even if it masters the power of the Winged Dragon, just like The stone giants master the same techniques for forging armor as they do for weapons.

Linde then asked: "By the way, have the people who moved to Lorne been selected?"

"Not yet." Gray Stone shook his head and said, "It will take a few days. This is not something that can be decided simply."

After Linde brought the Children of the Forest back to Summer Hall, he placed them in the forest near the Black Cave, where the Chosen Sons of God patrolled, and the surrounding areas were all restricted areas, so there was no danger.

However, this is just a temporary migration place. Linde found two other suitable places for the Children of the Forest to migrate. One is the rainforest in the Stormland. There are a large number of virgin forests there and the environment is very suitable for the Children of the Forest. But that will have to wait until Only when Linde takes over the Stormlands will he be able to help them migrate.

In addition, there is the Great Forest of Kohol in the Kingdom of Lorne. As Kohol joined the Kingdom of Lorne, the Great Forest of Kohol was also incorporated into the Kingdom of Lorne. The virgin forest there is thicker than the rainforest. Larger, and because people on the continent of Essos do not particularly reject mysterious creatures such as the Children of the Forest, the Children of the Forest should have a much better life there than in Westeros.

Another more important point is that there is said to be a tribe of children of the forest living in the Great Forest of Kohol.

The Children of the Forest are also struggling with how to choose where to move. The two places have their own advantages and disadvantages. Moving to the Great Forest of Kerhor, the overall environment may be much better than in Westeros.

But once they encounter danger, it will be difficult for Linde to rescue them. The main reason why they joined the Summer Hall is that Linde's strength can protect their tribe.

However, staying in the continent of Westeros and moving to the rain forest will bring all kinds of troubles. After all, the rain forest has its own owner, and there are some lords of the Stormland there. If they move there, it will definitely not be like they are in Qohor. With such freedom in the big forest, they may even have conflicts with the lords there due to habit. Such things did not happen before in the days of the ancestors.

So after discussion, the Children of the Forest decided to divide into two groups. The old and weak Sons of the Forest stayed in the Summer Hall territory, while the other group of strong Sons of the Forest went to the Great Forest of Kohol to open up their homes.

However, there were some troubles when selecting personnel. They had not been selected for several days. It seemed that there were some internal problems. Since it was an internal matter within the Sons of the Forest, Linde did not ask any more questions and just asked them to do it as soon as possible. Select the person so that Nymeria can make arrangements.

After the Son of the Forest left, Balin hurried in from outside not long after. While he put the information he collected on the table, he couldn't wait to report: "My lord, something happened over there in King's Landing!"

Linde picked up the documents on the table and looked through them quickly. He couldn't help but have a puzzled expression on his face, because the development of King's Landing was not quite what he expected.

First, Robert was assassinated by a prostitute from Myr in a brothel. Because he was protected by the fearless Barristan, Robert was only injured on his wrist. The injury did not seem to be serious, but when he returned to the Red Keep for the first time He was bedridden and unconscious for the next two days. It turned out that the assassination dagger was poisoned with unknown poison.

However, before Robert was completely comatose, he appointed Eddard Stark as the regent of the kingdom and the guardian of the realm until he recovered. If he failed to recover and died of poison, the regent and guardian of the realm would be He held the position until Joffrey came of age.

After Eddard Stark had just assumed the role of regent of the kingdom and guardian of the realm, he had a conflict with Jaime Lannister, the regicide of the Kingsguard. The reason was that Eddard Stark's wife Catelyn secretly infiltrated Arriving at King's Landing, he kidnapped the little devil Tyrion Lannister.

The disappearance of the little devil Tyrion had caused a big fuss in King's Landing ten days ago. Jaime Lannister used all the golden robes to find the little devil. Many people were arrested on the street, and the Black Cat Brothel where Tyrion last appeared was also closed down by him. Everyone including the proprietress was arrested by him.

It was not until King Robert ordered that he had to stop this frantic search operation.

However, even such a large-scale and rigorous search failed to find the little devil. Many people thought that the little devil was probably in danger and was caught and thrown to the fish in Blackwater Bay.

It was not until Eddard Stark was appointed as the regent of the kingdom and the guardian of the whole territory that news came from Seagull Town in the valley. The ship carrying Lady Catelyn Tully and the little devil Tyrion encountered a storm at sea. , had to stop at Gulltown, and Tyrion's state looked like that of Lady Catelyn's prisoner.

There are different opinions in King's Landing as to why Lady Catelyn secretly sneaked into King's Landing to kidnap the little devil. There is no unified answer, and they are also very confused about whether Eddard Stark knows about it.

You must know that although Tyrion is discriminated against, and even most of the lords in the West look down upon him, no matter what, he has the blood of the Lannister family in his body, and he is also the legal heir of the Lannister family. , if nothing unexpected happens, he is also the future Duke of Casterly Rock.

Now the Duchess of the North has captured the heir to the Duke of the West. This looks to everyone like the North is declaring war on the West. So when the news reached King's Landing, Casterly Rock also received the news, and the old lion Duke Tywin immediately summoned the army to demand justice from the North.

On the King's Landing side, Jaime Lannister was more direct. He wanted to capture Eddard Stark in exchange for his brother. However, the fearless Barristan prevented him from succeeding and only stabbed Eddard Stark. De Stark, killed Eddard Stark's captain of the guard, and then escaped from King's Landing under the cover of Queen Cersei, while Queen Cersei and Joffrey Throne and other royal family members were under house arrest. Red Fort.

Many people think that Eddard Stark may take advantage of Robert's coma to usurp the Iron Throne. Originally, people in King's Landing didn't like the Northerners very much. They thought that the Northerners were a group of barbarians. A Northerner Being the Hand of the King made them even more disgusted. Now Ed Stark's various performances have just confirmed their views. They also hate Ed Stark even more. For a time, various arrangements of history appeared among the people. Rumors about the Tucker family.

Among the many rumors, the most interesting one is that of Lady Catelyn and the Imp.

According to rumors, Lady Catelyn kidnapped Tyrion because she had an affair with him.

Tyrion, who has been in brothels for a long time, has a way with women. When he went to Winterfell before, he seduced Lady Catelyn and had an affair with her. Afterwards, Lady Catelyn couldn't forget him, and finally couldn't bear the loneliness, quietly Sneaked into King's Landing and kidnapped Tyrion back to Winterfell as his lover.

As soon as such a rumor appeared, no less than ten versions of the story were circulated in taverns and brothels, all of which sounded very true, as if the storyteller was watching from the sidelines, and they were even made into songs.

After Ed Stark heard these rumors, he immediately punished several rumor makers. However, this did not have any effect. On the contrary, it made people feel that they were true, and the rumors spread more. The people of King's Landing are even more disgusted with Ed Stark, including the dignitaries of King's Landing.