Ambush at the Twins

## Prelude

> *Swine King: The Cobalt Brotherhood has harassed my men far too long. I look forward to removing Ser Andrew's head from his neck.*
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> *Bard: Do as we say and we will remove far more from the playing field.*
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The Order of the Black Knights was the main threat on land as most of Haywin's other resources were focused on the capitol and taking it in one decisive assault. But among his lords, Lord Martin Lightingfyre was sent to the mainlands to help the Order in terms of numbers, alongside him the Order had made talks with the Swine King's forces. The self proclaimed King had caused trouble of his own, raiding villagers, kidnapping lords and ladies, and even temporarily taking a castle, though the rightful Lord took it back soon after. According to the sole survivor of the order, they had done business with the King before but that was a payment basis, this time they had proposed an alliance, vowing that they would convince Lord Haywin to honor any land gains the King got under Haywin's campaign. The same source says they had no intention of even telling Haywin about this deal and even suspected that the king wouldnt survive the war regardless of Haywin agreeing to the deal or not. Nevertheless the King agreed to a tentative alliance especially when they mentioned there first real target. The twins, and the Cobalt Brotherhood.

Ever since the Battle of the Silver Tooth the Cobalt Brotherhood was a sanctioned and honorable order dedicated to protecting the King's lands from any who would try and do it harm. In this they were fairly successful they were a constant threat to Bard Koi, Renly's Rebels, and the swine King. They had avoided getting involved in many civil was despite there strength and respect as Ser Andrew Hebron had done what he could to avoid such matters that would corrupt the cause of the Brotherhood. For the Darkspear Rebellion he was making an exception since the rebels had used bandits to achieve there goals and thus defeating them and taking them out were part of the same solution. Meeting up with Ser Jory to try and gain some more troops for a push against the Order and then move on to Bloodstone they might have been able to raise a deadly host. Something there enemies very much wanted to avoid at any and all costs. Moving to intercept this meeting they hoped to put an end to both Ser Hebron and Lord Jory.

## The Battle

> *Andrew: You cowards have no remorse, what cause can justify such needless slaughter.*
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> *Bard: The cause that benefits us, the only cause we ever needed.*
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As Jory's forces marched down to meet the Brotherhood he noticed a village burning in the distance, shocked he would change course looking to find what was wrong, there he was attacked by the Order's men lead by Ser Goren, fighting in the village ensued as fires raged on to cause even more confusion. This was just part one of Bard's plan. The real plan involved Ser Martin moving in for the kill meeting with Andrew wearing Redwater banners and dressed well enough that at a glance they wouldnt be stopped until the meeting. Still when Ser Andrew got a good enough look at them he knew well enough to know they were not Jory's men but by the time he was he was caught in between them and the Order's forces. Jory tried to fight out of his own situation but the Swine King attacked his own men in the rear preventing him from even knowing about the brotherhoods situation until hours later as he eventually drove off the enemy forces. Ser Andrew wasnt as lucky and when Jory finally arrived at the Twins he found the battered Brotherhood there, what remained of there scattered men, and Ser Andrew killed by Ser Bard.

## The Aftermath

> *Jory: I vowed to protect the people from this kind of evil, and for too long Ive been playing the game of petty politics with lords rather then focusing on the people. Ser Andrew maintained his oaths better then most, and he died to defend them. The men responsible wont surive the year. I promise as such*
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The Cobalt brotherhood was alive but severely wounded and the leader of the order since its inception was dead. This was easily the weakest the order had been and Jory was devastated that such a noble cause had been hurt solely because of that. The Order had gotten the better of them but Jory hadn't been this angry since the betrayal of the Whents and was determined to stamp them out completely. Sending a letter to Robin to lead the Redwater forces in his stead he started to bring his men together to defeat them. Even getting Ser Rickard Greywinde who had broken off from him since then back on his side as they both decided these men had to be stopped above all. Together they would pursue the enemy until the Order was finished, though they also wanted to find the Swine King they would sadly never encounter him, though he would meet other problems on his own.