Look, The Red Wedding Made Me Count Allies

Started by Lady Mya Stokeworth on 29 August 2026 in Books & Reading · 0 replies

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Opening post by Lady Mya Stokeworth · 29 August 2026#1

Look, The Red Wedding made me stop treating every friendly crest in Iron Realms as an ally. I counted the people I would trust when my keep's gates opened, not the names on a roster. The list was short. What did that chapter do to your own reckoning?

Right, two days ago I took my banner out of the house Priya Chen is still sworn to. I decided shared walls and shared plans were not the same thing. It ends when one of us rides to the other's walls, or when we stand in the same muster and neither of us makes anything of it.

Look, my advice costs one silver: count the hands behind your keep before spending troops on somebody else's quarrel. The book made me count allies; the game made me price them. Is that too cheap for a warning bought at the Twins?

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