Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20141125120454/@comment-17114085-20150104214159

(Karonor, try not to be so Meta next time. Taking over a fort in one short post is pretty Meta.)

"Aye." Alfbrand said and pushed Engar out of the doorway, grabbing Greidil by the arm and taking her with him as he went inside. When the three of them were inside he closed the door.

Engar didn't like the fact that his steward had pushed him but he could see that Alfbrand was angry. He looked to the wench. "Greidil...you look nice." He said awkwardly.

"Thanks, milord." She replied. But the look on her face Engar could see that she was afraid of Alfbrand.

The steward was caressing his long mustache. "Engar, we have to deal with this now." he said bluntly.

"Alfbrand. She is pregnant, so what?" He asked innocently.

"So what?" The old Nord repeated. "She is carrying your bastard. That is a big deal. If not dealt with correctly this bastard..." he pointed at Greidil's stomach. "...will try to take your throne."

"So what do you suggest? That we kill her?!" He asked, not liking the way Alfbrand was acting.

"No, of course not. She is a pretty popular wench, her absence would be noticed and people would start asking questions. Not the mention the fact that your relationship with her was not too private." The steward replied. "But we must do something. Get her away from others so they don't notice that she is carrying your bastard."

"Alfbrand, I still don't think this is so big a deal." Engar said.

"Do you know why your father was so chaste? He stopped having children after his first, you, because siblings always fight over their parent's throne. And this bastard will be your firstborn, his claim will be just as strong as any of your trueborn children." The steward explained.

"I see...so what do we do?" Engar asked.

During their conversation Greidil stood there awkwardly, they talked about her and her child as if she wasn't even there.

"We have her fake moving out of Windhelm and keep her here in the Palace. There are is a room in the northern tower that is vacant. She can remain there while the pregnancy develops. She is still in the second month, so it is just starting to show. She can still hide it, but soon it will be impossible to do so. After she has the child she can return to her regular life." Alfbrand suggested.

"What about my baby?" Greidil finally spoke.

"We will send him off for someone to care for him." Alfbrand answered her.

Greidil felt an anguish she had never felt before, she didn't want to lose the child she was carrying inside her. But as Alfbrand's angry eyes looked at her she knew she could not refuse him. Her anguish then turned to sadness as she realized that she would lose her baby. She couldn't hold back the tears.

Engar felt a terrible feeling inside him as he saw the tavern wench cry. He felt her sadness and realized how he had hurt her. I must do this to a woman ever again. he promised himself.