— following plot points 2 & 5
( WITHIN “A MARAUDER IN THE NIGHT” )
inc. @fcnghcrn, @pillowprince-florian (point 2)
mentioned. ladies caerella and daenys targaryen (point 5)
when the chaos of the ball had finally ended there was a slow, terribly sad procession of the SILENT SISTERS and their helpers descended on the various spots of tragedy to remove and prepares the bodies of the dead for burial and transport. one of the bodies moved was the murdered guard whose duties had been to protect lord fanghorn. while being transported to the small, cool, dark rooms off the sept that the silent sisters, the strangers haindmaidens, utilised to prepare the deceased — a crumpled up note falls out of his sleeve and flutters almost unnoticed to the ground. one of the expressionless, shrouded, reverent sisters following the procession picks it up; reads it without breaking her vow of silence and pockets it… continues the duties of the procession. however, before entering the private chambers only accessible to the sisters, she wordlessly gives it to a guard, before inclining her veiled head slightly in a silent goodbye, and entering as the body is laid down to be prepared for the transportation to the crownlands and the funeral.
the guard quickly reads the note and immediately hastens to find LORD FALHAR FANGHORN who is busy dealing with the tragedy befallen on his targaryen cousins, ladies caerella and daenys of dragonstone… and the murder of their own innocent people. the master of war first turns away the guard — but at goldcloak’s insistence, he takes the note and reads it with a deepening frown, and a fury, over the words written down:
❝𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧,
𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐒𝐄 𝐆𝐎𝐃𝐒,
𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐗𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐋,
𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐞 — 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐧𝐞𝐝.
𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬
𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲.❞
and much to the lord of sharp points surprise, the note is near on a DIRECT match to the note left on lady daenys targaryen’s bed, the one he has only moments ago taken a closer look at — but something about the note found on the dead guard is different. obviously positioned as to be found intact, a clever falhar finds lays both notes side by side and scrutinizes them. it only takes a few moments of comparison for the change to be realized — he notices two sections of words with that had been drawn over and over, making them stand out, emphasised by the thickness of the lettering and the deeper indent it left in the paper:
❝ 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐒𝐄 𝐆𝐎𝐃𝐒 ❞ — &
❝ 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐗𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐋 ❞
soon pieces of the puzzle fall into place; the two scenes, the multiple bodies and the almost identical notes… there had been no time for the prostitute to commit the murder of his guard and then, ALONE ?, murder and string up multiple of his cousin’s servants without anyone noticing. FLORIAN was by no means a young, small nor scrawny man, but the sheer undertaking of both those crimes could not be executed so well by a lone person and leave them still unbloodied, unbruised, unmarked. and, though lord falhar couldn’t be certain until further questioning of his cousins, florian could not have gained access to the sisters of dragonstone’s manor without raising a definite alarm as a strange face. with a great sigh, he calls a guard to release the prisoner once house martell had lifted their command of keeping everyone in a lockdown and, before the guard leaves to do so — the master of war also orders the goldcloak to inform florian of the attack that had taken place.
the likelihood it had been done by florian had now become so, so small there was no point in keeping in him in custody any longer, but that left the gaping horrible question of WHO had committed these atrocious acts… and why? it is known that florian is a prostitute; sexually immoral, and it is known that both lord and lady fanghorn are not followers of the seven, supporters of the false gods — but the ladies of dragonstone? it made no sense. for further inspection, he pockets both versions the notes with a determination to find the guilty party, or parties as it had to be, and bring them to justice.
