Riverrun and A New Lord Tully

Aegon Was Disheartened To Find Lord Hoster Had Died Not A Day Before Aegon and The Royal Progress Had Arrived At Riverrun, This Made Edmure Tully Lord Of Riverrun. Edmure Was Queen Sansa's Maternal Uncle, and Sansa Had Apparently Grown Up Fond Of Her Uncle. So A Funeral In Traditional Tully Riverlands Fashion Was Performed With The King, House Stark, House Arryn, and House Baratheon Present To Attend The Funeral. Eddard Stark and His Wife Catelyn, Stannis Baratheon and His Wife Janna Tyrell, Lysa Arryn and Her Son Robin, and Aegon and Queen's Sansa Were In Attendance. Aegon Noted Edmure's Inability To Hit His Father's Boat, He Noted It Three Times, Three Times Before Brynden Tully Tore The Bow From His Hands, and Proceeded To Fire an Arrow That Struck The Boat. The Blackfish Thrust The Bow Into His Nephew's Indignant Hands. ''Remind Me To Find The Man A Wife Who Can Hold Her Own.'' Aegon Whispers To Kevan Lannister, But Just Loud Enough That Edmure Tully Can Hear.

Aegon, Kevan Lannister, and Edmure and Brynden Tully Sat At The Table, As Oberyn Martell Poured Them Each A Dornish Red. ''How Long Has The Blackwood and Brackens Been At Each Others Throats Lord Brynden?'' Asks Aegon. ''Too Long To Accurately Guess, But The Current Lords Of Bracken and Blackwood Seem More Reasonable Than Their Predecessors.'' Says Brynden Tully. ''Well, I Want It Ended, So I Hope To Arrange Matches That Prevent The Feud From Escalating. I'm Aware This Has Been Tried and Has Failed In The Past, But My Goal Is To Tie Them In So Many Marital Knots, That They Can't Risk War Without Offending So Many Allies. Lord Kevan?'' Says Aegon as His Hand Withdraws A Parchment From His Breast Pocket. ''A List Of Names, Lady Bethany Blackwood Will Be Matched With Robb Stark, Young Lord Hoster Blackwood Will Marry Megga Tyrell, Lady Barbara Bracken Will Marry Lord Blackwoods Eldest Son and Heir Brynden. Lady Jeyne Bracken Will Marry Robin Arryn, and Her Bastard Brother Harry Rivers Will Be Legitimised and Wed To Lady Lyanna Mormont, While Lyanna's Eldest Sister Dacey Shall Marry Lord Edmure. The Rest Are Yet To Be Decided.'' Says Kevan As Edmure Balks At Marriage.

''Lord Edmure, You Have A Choice, Marrying Dacey Mormont Or A Child Of Walder Frey.'' Says Aegon as His Lord Of The Trident Looks Ready To Vomit At The Mere Insinuation Of Marrying Anything Spawned By Walder Frey's Seed. ''He'll Marry The Mormont Girl.'' Says Brynden Tully, Before Edmure Can Argue Otherwise. ''Thank Lord Brynden, A Shame The Only Lord Tully Whose Wise Happens To Be A Second Son Of The Previous Lord Tully's Father.'' Says Aegon as He Insults Edmure's Intelligence Or Lack Thereof. ''Now, Another Matter, The King Feels That Prince Jaehaerys Shall Need A Second Bride. He Requests You Find Potential Suitors South Of The Neck.'' Says Oberyn in Lighthearted and Carefree Manner.

''Lord Tywin, Lord Stannis, and Lord Tyrell Have Already Begun Searching For A Potential Matches In Their Regions, and The Riverlands Are an Ideal Place To Start Looking As Well.'' Says Aegon as He Pours Himself Half A Cup Of Dornish Red, Before Filling The Remainder Half With Arbor Gold. ''Of Course Your Grace, I'll See To It Myself.'' Says Edmure As He Gets up and Leaves. ''Idiot '' Says Aegon At The Same Time As Brynden Tully. ''Lord Blackfish, I Want You Looking Into The Matches, Let Edmure Learn How To Rule Before Entrusting Him With Royal Problems.'' Says Aegon as He Downs His Wine. With One Last Look Out At Riverrun, Aegon Leaves.

Aegon Was Annoyed By Edmure Tully's General Competence Being Lacking When Compared To His Uncle Brynden. But, Aegon Needed House Tully, Just As He Needed House Stark, House Tyrell, House Stark, House Arryn, and House Baratheon and House Lannister. The Martell's Would Support Him Unconditionally, As Would The Houses Of The Crownlands. Either Way, Aegon Had More Pressing Concerns Involving Persuading Lord Tyrell Into Agreeing To His Plan To Tie Up The Blackwood-Bracken Feud, Something That Required House Tyrell Marrying A Member Off Somewhere Slightly Below Their Station.