17 Celebrations
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Jon Arryn POV
Lord Hohenzollern has returned to the capital, with good news he has managed to stabilize the situation in the reach, the rebellion only lasted a few moons and has managed to solidify his position as paramount lord.
According to the spider he is quite a rare type of person as a lord, someone who likes to rule, he can stand for hours in front of ledgers and likes to oversee everything in person, plus he knows how to sell himself to the small folks, he has been at many events where he does charity, to gain the support of the peasants, causing the faith to lose many followers, I have received many complaints from the faith about how where the Prussian garrisons are, the small folks tend to convert to foreign religion at an alarming rate, but there is nothing we can do about it, lord Hohenzollern has not broken our deal, his religion spreads naturally and does not force conversion, too bad for the supreme septon who is filling my desk with complaints about the loss of donations, the lord of the reach is the cornerstone in keeping the price of wheat low and thus almost untouchable
I was quite surprised when he asked me if he could finance a banquet in favor of the king, from what I saw of him is that he hates banquets or all kinds of social parties that lead nowhere, but here he is delivering food and gold to finance the king's tastes, I saw good reason to his request a big banquet could bring Robert good supporters who still doubt his rule, but lord Hohenzollern has to have his own hidden interests, he is not the type to do something without expecting any profit.
As stable as the reach is under his rule, it still worries me that he is unmarried, has no heir and his men would probably be uncontrollable if anything were to happen to his lord.
I thought as I looked at a mountain of letters from lords offering their daughters, sisters, even their own mothers to marry Lord Hohenzollern, they all give them to me with the intention of sending them to him, since he does not receive any letter that does not have to do with business, but he always has an ear for me or the king.
The reason very simple, a man with no heirs,they could secure a powerful ally, with the paramount lord of the reach or even better, if he were to die with no heir, they could claim the title for themselves, I will have to insist that he marries, all he has done could go with him if he were to die for any reason.
I was waiting for Varys to see if he knows anything of Lord Hohenzollern's plans.
''my lord hand, did you call for me?'' said varys with his calm tone ''yes varys have you heard anything about lord Hohenzollern's plans, as you yourself say he is not someone who likes this kind of meetings'' I said while looking at the amount of food brought by the Prussians.
''only rumors my lord, my little birds do not live long in the reach, Lord Hohenzollern's cats make sure that their life is very short, but from what I see, his plans are already germinating'' he said while pointing at the vial of perfume.
''this, but if it's just perfume, everyone can buy it'' I replied hesitantly ''there's the beauty of how subtly you were used by lord Hohenzollern, rumors say that as lord Hohenzollern is spending too much in order to build his new cities and roads he is seeking funds, and he seeks to present his products in front of all the lords with greater importance to the king that I believe is his plan, as lord Hohenzollern brought many things we don't know what they are'' the spider said with a smile
Oh wow, that's right the first thing he did was to give me this perfume when we were passing through the roads of the city and according to Robert he also gave those perfumes to his wife, well, this plan doesn't affect the crown, besides it gave us the opportunity to improve our relations with the other lords.
''I see, thank you varys, this leaves me a little more relaxed, I was quite stressed with what the Prussians were planning''I said while running my hand through my hair''yes, they have no malicious intentions, but they do have interests, I will retire my lord hand and enjoy your perfume from what I can smell it is quite good''said varys as he retired from my personal room.
Well then I must prepare everything for tomorrow, I don't think Robert will do something stupid at the banquet, besides sleeping with a servant girl, I thought as I was going to sleep.
The day of the banquet had arrived, the Prussians arrived just in time, one more day and the banquet should have been delayed, but they managed to make all the preparations so that the food and the wines were ready for distribution.
I was already in my seat in the great banquet and in front of me I had Lord Hohenzollern who was with his calm face as always, we still had to wait for the king to start the festivities, I should not have let Robert drink so much last night.
After waiting 30 minutes Robert had arrived, I quickly got up and went to talk to him.
''Robert where have you been, did you forget that today was the banquet or what, you want to insult Lord Hohenzollern with your delay'' I said whispering to Robert ''I'm sorry Jon I drank too much last night I didn't realize how much I drank'' Robert said
''Quickly start the celebration'' I said as I returned to my seat.
''my lords I am sorry for my delay I had to resolve important matters of the realm, I thank you all for being able to come and celebrate on this occasion, and thank Lord Hohenzollern for funding this great banquet, that said, please enjoy'' Robert said with dignity.
After this, Robert sat down with his wife and began to eat and drink.
''I am sorry for the tardiness of the king lord Hohenzollern'' I said in an apologetic tone ''there is nothing to apologize for, the king was attending to important matters of the realm'' said lord Hohenzollern with a calm tone.
If having a hangover and falling asleep can be called important matters of the realm.
After 20 minutes the celebration continued, the servants were bringing all kinds of delicacies, duck, beef, chicken, fish, honey cakes, cream cakes, everything was in abundance, the Prussians made sure there was plenty of everything.
The king was moving from table to table talking and drinking with all the lords present
but the only thing that bothered me was Lord Hohenzollern, he hardly touched his food and had nothing to drink and had his eyes as if he was watching his future prey, after another 15 minutes Lord Hohenzollern began to whisper with his knights, they came out and brought something wrapped in a cloth
after this, he stood up, took the package and approached the king.
''my king, would you like to try a new alcohol that is produced in my city, it is quite popular because of how strong it is'' he said as he pulled a glass bottle out of the cloth, revealing an amber colored liquid.
Robert quickly poured the contents of his jug and presented it to Lord Hohenzollern.
''I will see if this alcohol is as strong as you say, fill it up'' said the king with a smile ''drink it carefully, many have fallen for this drink'' said lord Hohenzollern as he poured the liquid into the king's jug.
Then the king drank the entire contents in one sip and began to cough loudly.
Damn, strangler?, his plan was to poison the king?, I was getting up quickly to call the royal guards, but Robert began to laugh.
''Hahaha, oh, this burns a lot, give me more it's very good what is it?'' asked the king.
Lord Hohenzollern had a surprised face.
''mhhh, you shouldn't drink so much at once, the alcohol content of this is very high, it is whiskey, an alcoholic beverage that is made in my personal distilleries, my king, I give you the bottle, I leave the consumption of this beverage to your mercy'' said lord Hohenzollern.
After that, lord Hohenzollern made sound his fingers and many servants entered, bringing with them several bottles with the same liquor and distributing them among all the lords present.
After that, lord Hohenzollern sat down again and did not interact again until the end of the banquet, showing a smile.
I sat down and calmed down again, I had a great fright for a moment, I thought they had poisoned the king, I took the opportunity and poured myself a pitcher of that liquor.
It was quite good, unlike the wines of the south this drink was not sweet, and it burned the throat leaving a good taste in the mouth, as for the king he had not stopped drinking, I hoped that he would be fit for the archery tournament later.
3 hours after the banquet started all the lords were moving to go to observe or participate in the archery tournament.
Arriving at the fields where the tournament was taking place all the lords took their places, to my surprise no Prussian participated in this tournament.
''Lord Hohenzollern, none of your men are going to participate?'' I asked him with doubt ''we use crossbows, not bows, the only ones who use bows are the Finns, and they are very busy hunting birds'' said Lord Hohenzollern without stopping watching the competition.
I guess they are the cats Varys was talking about.
Nothing surprising happened, except that Robert was drunk and wouldn't separate from the bottle or leave it to fetch another one.
The winners to the surprise of many were men of house tarly, and they took 8,000 and 2,000 dragons respectively.
The whole day went smoothly
the next day everything happened almost the same only this time everyone was consuming the Prussian liquors, they ate and drank, Robert was in conversation with the knight of Lord Hohenzollern Charles practically all the banquet.
Then again we returned to the fields of the tournament, while we passed through the streets of the capital I could notice that several lords were using the Prussian perfumes, to withstand the smell of the city.
Arriving to the fields of the tournament in the melee, many Prussian knights participated in preliminary combats, practically the totality of the finalist were knights of the Teutonic order, the smile of lord Hohenzollern could be observed from far away.
The winner was not a surprise, it was Charles who defeated several of his companions to win the prize of, 15000 golden dragons and the second place was another Teutonic knight, making it clear that these men were as well-trained as they were equipped.
Leaving this aside, I observed the king talking to Lord Hohenzollern.
''I thought you were going to participate in this tournament'' said the king ''I don't want to get dumb from a blow to the head'' replied lord Hohenzollern.
''ah come on at least you are going to participate in the joust tomorrow?'', asked Robert ''no, why if the winner is clear, Charles will win, he is the best rider of the Teutons'' said lord Hohenzollern raising his shoulders
''my brother Jaime will take him down on the first lance, Lord Hohenzollern, he has more experience in this'' said the queen.
''Who asked for your opinion woman?'', said Robert ''well I may be going overboard with pride, I'm not sure who will win, I haven't seen how fair Ser Jaime lannister and Ser Barristan Selmy are, they have more experience'' said Lord Hohenzollern trying to calm the situation.
The queen withdrew, giving lord Hohenzollern a death glare, and I could watch as Robert became the sea that eroded lord Hohenzollern's will of steel.
''come on, it will be fun to watch you ride and kick Jaime's ass'' said the king ''I'm not that good a fighter, you can watch as Charles knocks Jaime off his horse'' said lord Hohenzollern.
All the way back, Robert was pressuring lord Hohenzollern to participate for 1 hour until he finally bent lord Hohenzollern's will.
Or perhaps lord Hohenzollern realized that he could not get the idea out of the king's head as long as he was drunk.
''ok, I'll participate, but don't expect me to stand out, maybe I won't even make it past the first round'' said lord Hohenzollern with a rather exhausted face ''hahaha that's what I wanted to hear, come on we can still celebrate what's left of the day
I could see Lord Hohenzollern lowering his head in defeat, it's funny to see someone doing something he doesn't like to please someone else.
But tomorrow we will see what Lord Hohenzollern is made of, or he will look for a way to take away the promise he made to the king because so far, we have seen the martial prowess of his knights but never his.
