Chapter 20 - Volume 1
TL: So I played the Game of Thrones from Telltale recently to see if it can aid with the narrative of this series. But if this series is to get any better in quality, it will need an editor or someone to teach me what areas I can improve on.
Now in regards to the Game of Thrones game itself, if anyone is curious, the narrative was mostly okay but there were moments of facepalm (in a bad way). As a game, imo, it wasn’t great. Every time I played each episode, I felt like I was being handed out cards that were increasingly worse with no way to win at it.
In short, I was playing to lose. The game is rigged.
In a game where I’m participating as a participant in the Game of Thrones, there should be at least one way where I can prevail and win against my enemies, but there was never one in sight and simply ended just like how I thought it would be, simply because there was never a way to win. This became an un-fun game, to say the least.
At the end of the game I received my rating of “Player played the game with Cunning Strategy.”, which makes me feel like it was sort of a joke.
Chapter 20 – The one who persuades
Bretton stiffly sat down and cast a sneering look at Brendel. He was certain in his heart that Brendel was definitely lying. They had trained together in the same military batch in Anchorite, and even though he did not see him after they went back to Bruglas, he had continued to receive news about him and knew about his background.
His father was just a miller, his mother had some noble blood in her and his grandfather a knight who survived the November war. But what sort of extraordinary experiences would he have?
What he did not know was Brendel actually reduced the number by half. Even so, that number made everyone worried. The size of the undead army vastly outnumbered their thirty guard members who even brought a group of weak villagers with them. How were they supposed to break the siege?
The old captain also sighed.
“Alright, Brendel. Since you came to tell us all these things, would it be right for me to think that you have your own solution? I can tell you right now, if the situation is as you have reported, then I have no confidence to bring these men out of this siege.”
Freya bleated with surprise.
But Brendel nodded: “I do.”
Everyone’s gaze suddenly focused on him, and even Bretton looked at him with shock and disbelief.
Brendel wiped his sweaty palms on his shirt and took a breath. He was a little tense. Even though he had a plan, he only had a little confidence in it, and to receive the attention of everyone made him feel pressured. The next few sentences he was going to say concerned many lives. He wondered if he needed to be more careful in his choice of words to convince them.
He reminded himself to think calmly and not leave out something behind.
“Everyone can travel to the north and cross the River of Daggers.” He said.
“The River of Daggers?”
“Where is that place? Why do we need to go there?”
Brendel hesitated for a while. How was he going to explain that the ‘White Knight’ Ebdon and the ‘Undead Ghost’ Vlad will be late for nearly two days before surrouding that area?