Meeting Ned, Sansa & Arya

After your tumble with Ros and Armeca you managed to make your way back to the castle and to your new accommodation. The room was rather meagre but it had a view of the sea that hid the horrific smell of the city.

You awoke the next day to the sound of gulls and sunlight coming through the window. Eddard Stark had asked to see you today to discuss some raiding that had been going on in the stepstones.

You walked up the stairs of the tower of the hand glad that you wouldn't be doing this everyday. A Stark guardsmen let you into the tower solar and sat at the table tucking into breakfast were the two daughters of Eddard Stark with their Septa.

Sansa smiled nervously. A tall slim woman with soft thick auburn hair and blue eyes, Sansa had all the traditional colourings of the Tullys and was a strikengly beautiful young maiden. Arya had a splodge of mud on her face and much darker colourings. Arya could have been a very beautiful woman herself shorter than her sister though less frail looking she had dark brown hair that was cut at the shoulder and a more tomboyish look to her.

"Can we never get any peace!" Arya complained as you walked and bowed to the Stark women.

"Arya! have some respect" The Septa made Arya apologise.

Sansa was blushing her cheeks a deep red as she looked at you. "You're so dutiful to come and see our father so early,"

Arya rolled her eyes at that and then excused herself and ran off.

"Haha well duty calls," you said, you didn't really want to be up this early but when the Hand of the King wanted your time you couldn't really refuse.

"It's a shame you missed the tournament of the hand, I have been told that you are quite a fearsome warrior," Sansa said looking away as you looked into her eyes. It was a shame that she was betrothed to Joffrey.

"It is a shame when a beautiful maiden like yourself, could've had my favour," You said teasing the blushing Sansa.

Eddard came out of his study and invited you in and you spent the next hour discussing what could be done about the piracy in the step stones. During the meeting you found that Ned was staring at your hair and then back at a book that was on his shelf.

"Oh Jack before you leave do you know why your father left the capital in such a hurry," Ned said

"I'm not sure my lord hand, though I doubt it was anything more than a disagreement between himself and the King you know what they can be like," You answered and this likely was the case your father and the King had never gotten on since the King had given Renly the Stormlands instead of Stannis.

You left with Ned's permission and spent the rest of the day walking the Castle grounds and flirting with some of the ladies of the court.