Game of Dragonborn.

Chapter 177 - A Letter from Daemon to the Old Lion.

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Third Person POV.

King's Landing.

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The raven landed on the perch and stayed for about an hour along with other ravens that had arrived in the last hour. The maester went to check each of the crests on the letters that had come with the animal, as with all the others throughout the day, and when Maester Pycelle saw on one of them the symbol of the three-headed dragon, he immediately opened his eyes upon seeing that sealed parchment.

He wasted no time. While finishing removing the letter from the raven's leg and holding it, he placed the bird inside one of the cages, quickly closing the door. Then, he held the letter and began to leave the place in a hurry.

It could be said that the bird had only been waiting for this. Now that it was alone, it went to the cage door and, through the nearest bar, placed its beak to reach the latch that held the door, easily unlocking it. Thus, it opened it and flew out the window, heading toward the Hand's tower.

Meanwhile, Tywin was in the Hand's tower at that very moment, working on his documents, with the same raven perched beside the window, now hiding there so as not to be noticed.

It waited for a while until finally Pycelle arrived, which was not an easy walk for the elderly man to leave one tower and climb another.

Tywin Lannister had his eyes on the papers and was signing something here and there when he heard a knock at the door that caught his attention, making him leave his reports and documents.

The conflicts in the Riverlands had not ended with what happened at the Twins, and it would not be so easy for that to happen.

He still had to deal with the Tullys, even with Edmure as a hostage at the Twins, the Blackfish still held the Tullys' main castle. That was why Tywin was gathering the Freys with the company of the Lannisters, and the Tyrells should also take part.

Tywin could see that the Blackfish and all the others were in a difficult situation. They could not keep financing the war, because, ironically enough, Daemon Targaryen had helped the Lannisters in this matter. After all, he had emptied all the Tully coffers just as he had done at Casterly Rock, leaving them without money. That would make the siege of Riverrun not last very long.

At the same time, he looked vehemently at the situation elsewhere. The Freys were frightened by what was happening in the North, while Roose Bolton's troops had returned to the Twins in recent days, at least helping with the siege with men from the North.

Walder Frey was desperate with Tywin, making the old lion call him a coward every time he read a letter asking for guarantees that he would not have to deal with a dragon at his door at any moment after what had happened.

This was not limited only to the Freys. Other lords, even from the West itself, were cautious and practically demanding guarantees that they could deal with the power that was gathering in the North.

This would leave Tywin frustrated, for such information should not have been passed along by his allies. He wanted to keep them in the dark about news disadvantageous to his cause, all the more so when his grandson was of no help whatsoever.

There were still remnants of the scandal that Joffrey might, in fact, be the son of his two children in an incestuous act and that he was a cruel king, taking each of his decisions so that some people whispered, wondering if the king was mad.

Tywin vehemently denied the incest, or at least refused to look at the truth. His own daughter had thrown it in his face, but he denied it, unwilling to believe.