Chapter 63 - Long-Awaited Gifts
Winterfell Castle
POV of Doric Bolton
In the evening, the feast started, and Doric despaired at having to drink piss-like ale to wet his throat.
People in this world didn't know about germs. This ant they didn't know that boiled water is just as safe as drinking ale if not safer.
Well, the rest of the food was slightly better even if it paled in comparison to the food that he ate on an everyday basis at Dreadfort.
After all, he has set aside a good amount of wealth to import the wine and cheese from Arbor, different quality fruits from the different houses of Reach, and vegetables from Braavos as well as a renowned chef from Pantos.
And with the recipe book he got as a reward, it is understandable that the food he ate on an everyday basis would be much better than the feast prepared here.
Not that he was looking down on Starks. He did not doubt that Lady Catelyn Stark had done the best she could with the resources she had in her hand, and she had his respect for that.
During the feast, the Karstarks, the Umbers, and Manderlys sat at one table to show their support for Lord Stark while Doric sat at another table along with the head of House Ryswell, House Dustin, and House Whitehill who showed their support to him by sitting on his right and left side.
The feast was a bit tense because of the clear divide between the houses and even Lord Stark was a little worried about it even though his stoic expression didn't show much of anything.
But he had the perfect solution to ease the situation and as well as make a na for himself in Westeros. It was ti to give his long-prepared gifts to the Houses of North.
So, stood up with his tal cup in his hand and hit the cup with his fork to draw attention to himself. When he saw everybody in the hall looking at him in silence, he turned his head to Lord Eddard Stark and began to speak.
"My lord, I have so special gifts from Bolton lands for House Stark. May I have your permission to have my n bring them to the hall?" he asked.
He could bring a few n to join the feast with him, but he couldn't bring too much. So, most of his n waiting outside of the hall with his gifts.
"You have my permission, Lord Bolton." Lord Stark replied with his stoic face. Although he relaxed a little after he heard that Lord Bolton brought so special gifts. Bringing special gifts ant that House Bolton wasn't totally against the House Stark and wanted to build a good relationship between the two Houses.
With Lord Stark's permission, Doric's first batch of n entered the hall with a gift in their hands. And Doric started to explain these gifts to Starks and as well as to other Lords.
"My first batch of gifts is cleaning supplies that included soaps, shampoos, toothpaste, and toothbrushes for especially ladies from House Stark. As for n from House Stark, I brought full body armors, training armors, and weapons made from Frost Steel by a grandmaster blacksmith from my land."
As Doric finished his explanation his n brought gifts to Lord Eddard and Lady Catelyn. All the lords in the hall were watching armors and weapons with envy. Doric had already started selling Frost Steel products to Lords of the North but most of the lords in the North were poor so they couldn't buy much.
And these armors and weapons were superb. They had never seen this kind of fine craftsmanship before. There were embossed emblems of House Stark on the armors and weapons.
'How could a blacksmith do that? What kind of monster is he?' These were the thoughts of most of the lords in the hall at the mont.
On the other hand, Lady Catelyn opened the box that was presented to her. And when the box was opened a good sll suddenly spread all over the hall. Lady Catelyn was surprised by the sudden intense fragrance. It was an even nicer fragrance than perfus.
When she looked into the book, she saw so colorful soaps, so colorful liquids in glass bottles, so wooden containers, and so smash brush-like things with wooden handles.
She looked at Doric and asked. "Thank you for gifts, Lord Bolton. But I am afraid I didn't hear the things you ntioned before except soaps. What are these?"
"The things are cleaning supplies invented by , my lady. As soaps are used for skin cleaning, shampoos are used for hair cleaning, and toothbrushes and toothpaste are used for tooth cleaning. My n will instruct your castle maester about their features and how to use them."
Lady Catelyn nodded at him, and he continued his speech.
"As for the second batch of gifts, I brought another creation of mine. When I was sitting in my castle, I thought there was little entertainnt in this world. So, I decided to create so entertainnt."
As he was speaking his n presented the board gas to Lord Stark.
"These board gas of mine are not only entertaining but also improve your strategic thinking and calculative mindset. I am sure intelligent people will love them. I will not explain gas and rules because it takes a lot of ti. So, my n explain this ga of mine to your castle maester as well. But their nas are Checkers, Backgammon, and Ga of Thrones."
Lord Stark and the lords in the hall didn't know anything about the gas except they were entertaining and needed intelligence to play, but they could see that one of the boards was different from other boards.
It has superb craftsmanship with so parts made from wood, so parts tal, and so parts glass. Anyone could see that so pieces had direwolf heads, so this was a present that was specially made for House Stark. And truthfully this kind of gift could easily beco a Houses family heirloom. This was a one-of-a-kind super luxurious gift.
"And as for my last batch of gifts..."
Lord Stark and other lords looked away from the ga board and turned their heads toward Doric. In their minds, there was only one question.
'Are there even more gifts?'
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