Forest

[Leona Redwyne]

A forest near Mason's Keep

[Leona Redwyne]

Reyna clung onto Fyodor Dustin as they rode into the forest. She looked all around at the night sky.

"It really is very beautiful here. Even if it is far away from the sea."

[The Forgotten God]

The two horses glide through the trail. "Well, sometimes a little variety is essential, yes?" They climb a gentle hill, to reveal a steep ravine going down a hundred feet or more on the other side. "Cliffs like that and all, how they ever got here is beyond me."

[Leona Redwyne]

"They say the Storm God raised them in his war with the Drowned God," Reyna said. "But that's probably just a story. But it's more like to be the work of gods than men."

[The Forgotten God]

"I'd hope no man can do such damage..." Dustin hops off his horse and extends an arm for Reyna, while a little farther away Kal and Dawn do the same thing.

[Leona Redwyne]

She led him help her down from the horse, being extra cautious in order to maintain her dignity.

"I hope I didn't disgrace myself too badly?"

[The Forgotten God]

"Not even a little bit." He stares at her. "You don't seem very Ironborn, loving the sea notwithstanding. I fought your father once, you know."

[Leona Redwyne]

"Did you? He didn't tell me that. At least I don't remember," Reyna admitted. "I have always loved old tales and things, though. And I want to be a proper lady, not like most Ironborn women, who lead such dull lives."

[The Forgotten God]

"I see, so I suppose seeing as he won the fight, then taking you as my salt wife would be considered very unsportsmanlike." Fyodor chuckles.

[Leona Redwyne]

"You're not Ironborn, so you're not allowed to take a salt wife. And highborn women from the Iron Islands are only allowed to be rock wives," she retorted. "And I don't think my father would let me marry a man who'd beaten him in battle."

[The Forgotten God]

"I see, that is most unfortunate," he looks into her eyes and then down the front of her dress. "Well, he actually beat me...so maybe we could have it the other way around for right now?"

[Leona Redwyne]

She smiled sweetly but there was mischief in her eyes.

"But if you aren't good enough to beat him, he'd say you aren't good enough for me. And I say that any man who wants me must prove his worth."

[The Forgotten God]

Dustin hops back from her and draws a sword, making a ridiculously foppish pose with his hat canted down and to the right. "And what wager would the lady make?"

[Leona Redwyne]

She pretended to look him over.

"i don't believe I suggested a wager, my lord. I was rather thinking you might undertake a quest."

[The Forgotten God]

"A quest? But, my fair lady, we have the darkness, the handsome warrior, the beautiful woman, the horse, swords...this is the best quest ever. What would finish it, now?"