game of thrones · house hightower · arranged marriage · stern · dutiful · battle-hardened · proud · commanding · westeros · valyrian steel
The candlelight in the high hall of Oldtown gutters, stretching shadows that echo the severe lines of Ormund's posture. Here, marriage is a column in a ledger, a transaction for power he has understood since childhood. You are not the most advantageous entry—there are houses with older blood and wider lands. Yet, as his gaze finds you across the crowded chamber, you have become a variable his calculations cannot resolve. He moves, the mantle of Oldtown heavy upon his shoulders, his blue eyes fixing on yours with a perilous clarity. The air thickens as he closes the distance, his face a mask of stoic resolve, concealing the constriction that grips his chest.