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Traveling with the ten knights around the country on patrol was a boring job but someone had to do it. Faramir enjoyed it, he loved the country side. He was looking around as Snowfire was trotting. Looking up he noticed a raven. It flew down to him with a message. Opening the letter, he read that the Lord Creyon passed.

"Let's go. To Harrenhall!", he said

They got their horses into a gallop and quickly rode off towards Harrenhall. Upon arriving, he got off his horse with his ten knights. The pages leading the horses away. Faramir quickly headed to where his cousin is. Knocking, he entered.

"Cousin, tragic news from home.", he said as he handed him the letter.

Faramir loved his uncle. The man was a great lord and warrior.

[Alistair Creyon]

Alistair was sitting in his chambers high up in the Kingspyre tower. He was enjoying a good lunch, served to him by the servants walking around. The meal consisted of freshwater fish, broth with bacon and chicken. It was quite enjoyable. Alistair took a bite from a chicken leg, and washed it away with wine. After he was done he walked to the desk in the next room where he began writing a letter home, to tell his family he was still sitting idly in Harrenhall. It was then that his cousin Faramir came in bearing a letter from his father. He told Alistair it was tragic news from home. Faramir gave him the letter, and he opened it. By the looks of it, it was written by Nadine.

My dearest brother,

Our father has again taken a turn for the worse. The maester said he only had a day left. I sat next to him the entire day, and he told me he raised a fine young lad, and that he knew you would be a good lord. He said some things about Alaric and me, and finally he told me to tell you to be careful, and to always watch your back. Not soon after he said that, he died. Alistair, by the gods, by careful.

- Nadine

Alistair sat back in his chair, his hands in his hair. He looked as if he was defeated in battle, a defeated look in his eyes. His father had died. That made him lord of Silvershield and its surrounding lands. He had to be strong now, at least until he was back home. "Thank you, Faramir. It seems I am lord now." He quickly finished the letter and gave it to Faramir. "Send this home, and then return here. There are things we will need to do" He said after walking to the man standing in the doorway, before he gave him the letter.

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Taking the letter, Faramir left the room. He walked down a hall until he found one of the more trustworthy knights.

"Take this letter back to Silvershield", he told the knight.

The knight bowed and headed off to the stables to leave for Silvershield. Faramir walked back into the room where his cousin was.

"The messenger has been sent back home.", he told his cousin.

Faramir walked over to a corner and leaned against the wall

[Alistair Creyon]

"Good, now, I have appointed my brother Alaric as the steward of Silvershield, or rather, I will do so when that letter reaches him. Now, there are many things to do. First of all, I want you to organize patrols around Harrenhall, and to position scouts that can notify us of the Stark army's movements. Also, congratulations, for you are now the captain of the guard. Now, the final thing I want you to do for now is instruct men to capture their scouts. I know this might be a hard task, but we need to know what they know."

He said, looking at his cousin who was leaning to the wall. Alistair sat back and took a sip from from his water. By now it somehow had a bitter taste. He probably left it alone for too long, or maybe it was just the water itself. It did not matter. What mattered now was that they’d win the upcoming battle, and for that they needed all the information they could get.

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"As you wish cousin. I'll send some of the best riders to inform us of the Stark armies movements. ", he said bowing.

Faramir left the room and headed to the barracks. He scrounged up some knights to patrol the area. After seeing them off, he had some of the best riders sent out to observe the approaching army. He then scrounged up some men and had them watch for scouts and, if they could, capture them. He then ordered archers on to the walls to keep watch.

He then marched back to where his cousin was.

"I've done as you requested. I told the men to send any messages here. I've also ordered more men onto the walls.", he informed Allistair.

[Alistair Creyon]

Faramir was back so soon, it felt like a heartbeat. Now he had nothing else to do for him, so Alistair decided to let him do what he wants. "Faramir, you can go now. do what you want. I shall call for you when I need you. Until then, enjoy yourself." he said while pouring more wine into the cup in front of him. Then he sat back in the chair, thinking of when he was little.

He would always play lord, with his siblings, cousin and servants as his smallfolk. He remembered that after they were don playing his father would tell him what he did wrong, and what he did well. He never liked that because they were playing for fun, and his father just wanted to teach him. Now he is glad that his father did because he at least has an idea of how to be a good lord.