"I present to you, the ex-Maester of Winterfell. Maester Walys. He served at the time of Rickard Stark. Maester, please tell us about the letter you received from Lyanna" Alexander ordered.
Robert's ears were attentively opened instantly. Including everyone else in the room.
"I-I received a letter from Lady Lyanna before she went away. In the letter, it was written that she was going with Prince Rhaegar on her own accord. That she was in love with him since the Tourney of Harrenhal. She also disclosed that she was the secret Knight of the laughing tree. I knew what I had to do at that moment. If that letter had reached Lord Rickard, the rebellion would have never happened. So I burned it and hired a lad to intercept Lord Brandon Stark and tell him that Lady Lyanna was abducted by the prince. The rest we all know. However, I did receive another news that Lady Lyanna and Prince Rhaegar had secretly married as well. Prince Rhaegar had already secretly gotten his marriage undone with Elia before all that."
As soon as he finished speaking, Robert fell to the ground with a loud thud. He felt meaningless, he felt like all his life was meaningless. The Maesters were behind god knows what else. He looked at his hand and remembered how he killed Rhaegar. Furthermore, he widowed his beloved Lyanna. Surely she didn't love him but he did like her. The rage he had felt at that time was for her, even if it was misplaced, it was still for her.
"The Order of Maesters had brought so much damage to our society that even words can't describe it. So many wars started because of them. So many more that we will never know happened because of them. They lived like a leech. Sucking the life out of Westeros. They held back all the knowledge and made it nearly impossible to spread. This way they made sure that Maesters were always needed.
This is the reason why I visited the Citadel in Oldtown some years ago. There I met a good man, Arch Maester Marwyn. He told me about the secret plots of the order. I also did my investigation and found dragon and human bones secretly kept underground. So, I had no choice but to destroy and rebuild. I created the Tower of Knowledge, which only serves one purpose, to spread the knowledge. There is no order of Maesters anymore. The position is just a word now. In the north, we now call them teachers or Professors. I will be creating these towers of knowledge in every city in the world. These will be places where anyone can go to receive an education. I will also make it free to teach children as well.
Our future is bright, as long as you follow me. Now, back to the trial. But, let me bring some new guests first." He took out the anywhere door from his pocket dimension and opened a passage to Winterfell. Elina, Anna, Rina, Jon, and Eric were waiting for him.
He opened the door and 2 women and 3 children walked him. As soon as Rina and the kids saw Alexander, they ran to him.
"Grandpaaa," they shouted.
"Hahaha... Come here," he laughed and picked them up. Rina and Eric on his shoulders and Jon in his arms.
"They may not look familiar to you all." He said and lifted their disguise. Elina's hair returned to being black and her skin a bit tanned. Anna's hair turned back to being the original and her face to what it was before. Rina also looked at her hair change from reddish-brown to black, her eyes from black to deep blue. Aegon's hair turned back to white and his eyes purple. Jon was just Jon.
"Welcome back, Elia, Lyana, Rhaenys, Aegon, and Jon." Alexander greeted.
"Who's Rhaenys Grandpa?"
"Who's Aegon?"
The kids asked.
"They are also your names sweetlings. But you can still keep calling yourself Rina and Eric if you want."
"I love my name, I won't change it," Rina proudly said.
"Yes, me too," Eric added.
But that was not the case with Elia and Lyanna. Ned walked out of the crowd and hugged Lyanna. He knew about her but still, he felt like his sister was really back now.
Robert didn't know what to do, he just walked up to her and kneeled down on one knee.
"I am sorry Lyanna. I made you a widow. I will accept any punishment you want to give me. I'll accept it even if you want to behead me." He solemnly said, his eyes facing the ground.
Lyanna walked up to him and caressed his hair. "It wasn't your fault. It was no one's fault. The Maesters did it. I forgive you, Robert. I am also happy to see that you turned out to be such a fine man." She smiled.
Robert lifted his face to look at Lyanna. Both had tears in their eyes.
"You should meet my son, Robert. Jon, come here," she called.
Little Jon came hopping to his mother. "Jon, this is Uncle Robert. He's a very strong man."
Jon looked at the bearded well-built man in front of him. Both of them were face to face as Robert was still kneeling.
"Cersei Lannister, you have been found guilty of your crimes and are sentenced to death. Jamie Lannister, for cooperating with the trial, you are to take the black. Tywin Lannister, even if Elia and her children are alive, you still orchestrated the sacking and planned their murder. You also caused the death of Tysha. For your crimes, you are also sentenced to death. Maester Walys, you are sentenced to death for causing conflict and manslaughter. All your punishments will be given tomorrow morning, inside the execution hall." Dobby read the verdict.
|| Cersei Lannister - Category 3
Murder - 44
Indirect Murder - 209
Blackmail - 387
R*pe - 15
Sin Percentage - 59%||
||Jamie Lannister - Category 3
Murder - 497
Indirect Murder - 29
R*pe - 37
Sin Percentage - 63%||
||Tywin Lannister - Category 3
Murder - 238
Indirect Murder - 3,278(Reins of Castamare)
Blackmail - 392
R*pe - 67
Sin Percentage -70%||
Alexander had given the data to Dobby already and they were getting rightfully punished. Though Alexander also knew that most of the people involved in the Lord and Knight's business were Category 3, especially those who fought in rebellion.
Most of the people in the hall cheered. Except for Kevan, Tyrion, and the criminals. Tyrion didn't have much love for his sister and father but he still loved his brother. Maybe a little less after learning about Tysha.
Tywin and Cersei were taken to the specially made cells with new locks. Jamie was left to wait for someone from Night's Watch to come for him.
"You don't look so good, Tyrion," Jamie grimly spoke.
*Sigh* "We all are broken people, brother. Some broken by strangers and some by your loved ones. Now... Sorrow is my only salvation. Goodbye, enjoy the Wall, I always wanted to see it" Tyrion slowly walked away. Leaving Jamie standing alone, to think about his whole life and the things he could have done differently.
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