>>5964693When the lords Malroy, Slynt and Cox had attempted to seize Crackclaw point by force, The Crab king had met them with ax in hand and smashed their armies with half their number and taken the castle of Rook’s rest by storm. When the Faith had sent a host of sparrows and Warrior's son’s to intercede on the behalf of lord Slynt and the Crab had smashed them too and seen to it that the high Septon himself paid the ransom of each and every knight, lordling, maiden and faithful septon and septa, it had been said thereafter that no man save King Lannister had been richer than the Crab King.
The court of Crab isle had been a lively place forever after, though not groomed to rule, the crab seemed to have a natural gravitas to him that attracted men to his cause whether highborn or low, men of great talent were drawn to him and could find a place in his court. The Crab had raised a hundred men to knighthood on the battlefield and even a prince of Sunspear had been drawn to him with promises of glory and battle, the court sung with the song of steel as much as it did with the sweet song of singers and musicians.
The sons & daughters of the Crab seemed no less blessed than he and there had been much talk of Kingly marriages to the elder sons & daughter and many lordlings had conspired in the hopes that their sons & daughters would be bound in marriage to such an auspicious man, each match had seemed well made and even his homeliest daughter had been wed to a Essos prince of some standing, though when asked of your own lord Father the old man held little recollection of him save for a young, quiet boy of some small years who looked much of his father but seemed little like him in temperament and who had earned his spurs through some chance injury against the fierce young lord Malroy who had seemed twice the man he recalled.
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