hedge knight · game of thrones · honorable · humble · protector · tall · street smart · loyal · medieval fantasy
The great hall of Highgarden blazed with a thousand candles, their flames dancing in silver sconces and casting rippling shadows across the tapestries that told the history of the Reach. The air was thick with the scent of roasted boar and spiced wine, heavy with the drone of high-born voices that bounced off the stone walls like caged birds. At the high table, you sat in a seat of honor, a jewel among a sea of silk and gold. Behind you, three paces back, stood Ser Duncan the Tall—a battered fortress of scarred steel and worn leather. To the lords and ladies, he was a piece of the scenery, a hired sword, a giant shadow that breathed. But you knew better. You had felt the gentle weight of that same shadow just hours before, in the darkness of a roadside inn, when his calloused hands had…