You awake to the laughter of children. From the rays of bright sunlight seeping in through the softly billowing curtains of cotton lace you realise you must have slept in. Used to sleeping roughly from your days squiring for Ser Arlen Rivers, at times no better than a common hedge knight, you find the goose-feather mattress and otterskin covers to be intoxicatingly comfortable. So much so that you worry it’s starting to make you soft.
Rubbing your bleary eyes you rise and look out the window into the courtyard. You can see Lisa and Beryl Gauthier laughing as Alan chases Aprille with a stick. Your momentary worry that this might be some sibling quarrel is dashed by Aprille’s shriek of glee as she manages to wrest the stick from your young brother and chase him in turn. A smile tugs at the corner of your lip.
It’s good to be home. -------------------------------------------------------------------
Welcome to House Gauthier Quest, a tale revolving around the heir of a House famed for the beauty of its daughters and gallantry of its sons. Set in the Riverlands 297AL, one year before the events of Game of Thrones, our land is one rich in food and farmland. Our family lives comfortably, our home closer to a mansion than a fort, our town more concerned with this health of this years lambs than whether bandits threaten to raze their homes. Our people are happy, hearty and in good health, having escaped the worst of the conflicts in Westeros so far.
All good things must come to an end. War is coming, and it falls to us to determine the fate of our our people, our family and our House.
1) No trips or names, posts from those other than Anonymous will not be counted. Plasma did the same in House Harrock Quest and I believe that worked quite well.
2) While I will post suggestions in greentext, making your own original or writing up a mixture is always possible, and indeed may work better than the options suggested. A post that ends with > Is one where a write-up response is required without prompting.
3) Choices that require rolls will be voted on first, then rolled. I will be taking the first three votes and discarding the lowest.
>Visit Maester Danan, he should be tending to your sister Susanna now. She had fallen sick but was apparently on the road to recovery. You could wait until he’s free later to talk about the House Finances and the Woolington accounts or you could go now and visit Susanna as well.
>Your eldest sister Genna has had her head buried in scrolls concerning the outlay of Gauthier holdings for the past two days, and it probably doesn't concern in-depth planning of the latest picnic with your other female relatives. Best see what she’s up to in the Father's old study.
>Your cousin and friend Ser Karles Gauthier has been hinting at a rematch between the two of you for sometime. Not blades, you could ask that of any of the 100 Gauntlets, you and Ser Karles are the ones that have occasionally indulged in that peasant pastime of sparring. He should be somewhere down by the Gatehouse.
>Henri Redbrook, heir to your bannermen the Redbrooks, wanted to talk to you on a matter of some importance. Probably about some trouble with his father. You can meet him at his townhouse in Woolington or invite him to talk with you at Maidenhall.
Noah Russell
>>Your eldest sister Genna has had her head buried in scrolls concerning the outlay of Gauthier holdings for the past two days, and it probably doesn't concern in-depth planning of the latest picnic with your other female relatives. Best see what she’s up to in the Father's old study.
Ethan Martinez
>>Henri Redbrook, heir to your bannermen the Redbrooks, wanted to talk to you on a matter of some importance. Probably about some trouble with his father. You can meet him at his townhouse in Woolington or invite him to talk with you at Maidenhall.
Alexander Young
>Your eldest sister Genna has had her head buried in scrolls concerning the outlay of Gauthier holdings for the past two days, and it probably doesn't concern in-depth planning of the latest picnic with your other female relatives. Best see what she’s up to in the Father's old study.
Our silly sister should not burden herself with such things. She should go back to her sewing circle and let us handle it.
Cooper Green
>Henri Redbrook, heir to your bannermen the Redbrooks, wanted to talk to you on a matter of some importance. Probably about some trouble with his father. You can meet him at his townhouse in Woolington or invite him to talk with you at Maidenhall.
Tyler Gomez
>Henri Redbrook, heir to your bannermen the Redbrooks, wanted to talk to you on a matter of some importance. Probably about some trouble with his father. You can meet him at his townhouse in Woolington or invite him to talk with you at Maidenhall.
