Chapter 397: Political Draement (1/2)
All seated, all offered drinks, all looked at each other weighting gains and losses
Jon was at the center of all seated closest to the High King on the right row of seats The King, of course, sat on the throne of the Jarl and the outsider I to protocol
Jarl Korir chose to stand beside the High King to answer all questions regarding the Hold Second Thane Alina was seated beside First Thane Jonhild, following her were the two Great Patriarchs, Torurd Moonblade
Jarl Ulfric Stormcloak re in the shadow of a corner eyeing everything Heto anyone other than Jon with cooosebumps every now and then
Jon and Alina were like the ht away after gaining divine powers, was now back to his previous self but his hair has grown a lot reaching his back He didn't even bother with it as he gave it a style of Nordic braids and was done with it, his only regret was not growing a glorious beard to co in her classy dresses and noble aura capturing the eyes of the Imperials ere in a dilelares
”First and fore today The past few days were hard on everyone here so I hopeTorygg said
Everyone else smiled calmly and nodded
”Before we start, I think we have soh-value prisoners we need to deal with Thane Jonhild, I think these people are your prisoners to deal with Can you please take things from here?”
”Yes, your Grace” Jon stood up and turned to his housecarl, Trudvar
”Bring them in”
Trudvar led soreat hall and returned a nified but a bit broken
They were the nine leaders of the nine clans foron Hunt Alliance'
”I presume that you lot have picked a speaker for yourselves” Jon said
”Yes, Thane Jonhild I will be the speaker”
The one who replied was Orga Stor the lot
”And you are?” High King Torygg asked
”Matriarch of the Stora Stora the Younger”
”I feel like I heard soa Storendary leader who founded the Storlory nearly 950 years ago when they sided with Fildgor Strong-Prince, brother to Jorunn the Skald-King, and forade to launch a Civil War over the rule of Eastern Skyrim” Alina said
”Oh! I see” Jon nodded and turned around, ”So, Orga Stor to ht you doith the others to this so-called [Dragon Hunt Alliance]? Also, who came up with the naation of an eneo, eleven clans have gathered up for the sa they have fulfilled their goals Teeks ago, ers arrived at each clan with the news of the survival of Jonhild Firemane who is non as Jon Dare, thane of Winterhold With the demise of two of the eleven clans, the Bloodsails, and the Black-Bone, the rest of the nine decided to face the threat in one swoop disguised as a bandit raid And the [Dragon Hunt Alliance] was just a naht by so Dragon of Winterhold by Jarl Ulfric Stormcloak”
”Oh! I aht away
The people were in loss of words how this guy kept acting childishly
”So, you said there werefrom some sort of source, who exactly were they?” Jon asked
This question was really scary Some of the Imperial Diplomats were on their toes once Jon asked such a question Jon's eyes scanned them one after the other as he could tell that some of them were surely political allies with the Thalmor
”The letters came from an anonymous source but the elders of the clans could trace them back to Clan Volkihar, one of the darkest clans of Skyrim”
”Volkihar?” So and his men ell aware of the naet an elaboration of who are those Volkihar folk?” The Iat of Fort Kastav, Sulla Trebatius
”As you have heard, they are the darkest of the Nord Clans and they a true hidden clan One that has severed contacts with the world hundreds of years ago but they are very infamous and vile They are vailants of Stendarr are not taking action against theat asked
”What part of the 'true hidden clan' don't you understand?” Falk said with annoyance
”Don't give me that crap! All of your clans are called hidden clans and a bunch of them are in front of us here”
”The Clans call themselves hidden because they do not follow the doctrine of the Empire Some worshi+p the Ancient Nordic Pantheon, some worshi+p the Nordic Pantheon and some worshi+p the Daedra and that's why they stay hidden from Imperial Cult The ones orshi+p the Daedra are considered enemies to the rest of the world and that includes the other Clans of Nords while ours keep contact with the world” Alina explained with a level headed tone
”So those Volkihars can't be found? Just like that?”
”The last known appearance of theo when they clashed with the Firemanes and kidnapped Mr Jonhild Firemane over here He is the last known man who caes spoke up
Jon narrowed his eyes As he thought, a superpower like the Empire is not to be underesti
”True” Jon casually replied
”Then you could have said soate stood up to face Jon with a frown
”Co is over” Jon replied to the Ily
”Jon Dare, this is official business So you better not obstruct us”
”Interesting! You lot have a lot of balls as it seems”
”Wanna try?”
”Don't tempt me, Imperial I may not be as powerful as I was yesterday but I ao way back so you better keep it zipped”
Jon and Sulla Trebatius, the Legate of Fort Kastav, were at odds with each other for a very long tiate Sulla tried too many times to extort money from Jon but the latter was as shrewd as a Breton and as calculative as Imperials The provisions of Fort Kastav tributed on Winterhold haven't increased a single grain of salt ever since the days before Jon's arrival to Winterhold Moreover, Jon has completely cut Sulla's feet from Winterhold and stopped many unauthorized excavations Sulla ordered around the hold