A Game of Ice and Fire, Part 7: Intermission

We've set a sort of soft policy in my gaming group that as long as a majority of people are present, we will continue to game and have the missing Player Characters appear as secondary characters.  I was all set to do this for our SIF game, but I was enjoying Zoren's antics too much from the last session to leave him out when the group finally arrived in King's Landing.  In light of no game, I thought I would provide a list of characters and the story they have learned so far.  A lot of this is going to be coming to a head soon now that they will be entering King's Landing.

House Buckwell

Bannermen to House Lannister and rival to House Trevayne.  Lead by Lord Darren, father of Rosa and Aiden.  Rumor is that Rosa was to be involved in an arranged marriage but ran away.  Aiden is young, headstrong, and devoted to his family.  Currently in King's Landing to bring accusations against House Trevayne for the murder of their smallfolk.

House Thorne

Bannermen to House Tyrell.  The party has not had much interaction with them having only glanced the second son Orten Throne talking with Aiden Buckwell at a wedding.  Ser Naton, the eldest son, is said to be a skilled tourney night, though he has yet to distinguish himself.

House Vale

Bannermen to House Tyrell.  They only members of this house the party has met are Ser Armattan and his twin sister Amberley.  Through them, they learned that Lord Duncan has recently been betrayed and murdered by a Dornish knight and made off with the house's Valyrian sword, Thresher.  The two are on their way to King's Landing for the tourney and searching for the sword.

The Story Thus Far...

The events of individual sessions are in previous posts.  Here is the overarching plot so far.

The party is on their way to King's Landing for King Robert's yearly Tournament.  In addition, one of House Trevayne's main purchasers of their ore has requested a meeting to discuss new financial arrangements.

Aiden Buckwell is along the road to King's Landing as well, spreading accusations against House Trevayne for the murder of some of their small folk.  The party has learned that this deed was actually performed by a rogue knight, Lord Archay, also known as The Fox Knight, and a group of hired mercenaries.  The mercenaries are now deceased, having been betrayed by one of their own, Hamish Flowers, who was paid off by Lord Archay.  He himself was found recently murdered and robbed of his new found wealth shortly after the party spoke with him.  It is unknown who hired Lord Archay, but the running theory among the party members is Lord Darren himself.