Red Wedding

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On a giant map of Westeros, there are several game pieces representing different House sigils located on different parts of the map. Robb Stark and Catelyn are at a campsite, within a tent lit up by candles.

"Are you sure about this?" The woman asks her son.

"No." Is his reply.

"It's dangerous." She continues but Robb only nods in agreement before saying,

"If we take Tywin's castle from him, the lords of Westeros will realize he's not invincible. Take his home, take his gold, take his power."

"Why are you telling me?" She asks, lookimg at her oldest child.

Robb pauses then walks around his mother. "You begged me not to send Theon to negotiate with his father and I ignored your advice."

The king pours himself something to drink and continues "Now Winterfell is burned to the ground. The North is overrun with Ironborn and Bran and Rickon are gone."

"So, Casterly Rock? I'm asking your advice." He asks his mother, who pauses, staring at Robb. She looks at the map.

"We have enough men?" She asks him.

Robb grabs a House Frey piece and tells her they will have enough, but only if Walder Frey cooperates.

"If Walder Frey cooperates." His mother repeats, before continuing,
"If reinforcements arrive from King's Landing, before we take the castle, we'll be caught between Tywin's army and the sea."

Robb moves the House Frey piece to the House Stark side of the map and says,

"We'll lose the war and die the way father died. Or worse."

A flash of anger spreads across Catelyn's face, for with all the horrors that Catelyn Stark and her family have experienced,Ned Stark's execution, the destruction of Winterfell, losing Bran, Rickon, Arya and Sansa Stark, she's ready to start doling out punishment to those who have wronged her. It's now time to answer an eye for an eye.
And she tells her son "show them how it feels to lose what they love."

As they travel Robb's direwolf, Grey Wind, leads House Stark's army to The Twins castle, the ancestral seat of House Frey. Inside of The Twins, a servant walks around with a plate of bread and salt in observation of the Westerosi tradition of "Guest Right".

Robb, his wife Talisa Maegyr, his uncle Edmure Tully, his great uncle Brynden "Blackfish" Tully, Catelyn and the Stark army are in the presence of Walder Frey and his family.

Robb takes a piece of bread, dips it into the salt and eats it while looking intently at Walder.

"My honored guests, be welcome within my walls and at my table. I extend to you my hospitality and protection in the light of the Seven." The lord of the House Frey greeted.

"We thank you for your hospitality, my lord." The young wolf thanks as a servant stops in front of Walder Frey. He takes a piece of bread from the plate and eats it.

"I have come to make my apologies, my lord, and to beg your forgiveness." Robb apologises for breaking his vow to marry one of his daughters.

But the old lord does not accept the apology claiming, "Don't beg my forgiveness, your Grace. It wasn't me you spurned, it was my girls."

Walder signals for his female relatives to appear before Robb.

"One of them was supposed to be queen, now none of them are."

Walder Frey says as he calls each relative by name, they briefly look up at Robb.

"This is Arwyn, my daughter. My daughter Walda, my daughter Derwa, my daughter Waldra."

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