Chapter One

Robb walked through the battlefield of dead and injured soldiers with his Lords following, looking out for any of their own injured. There where already people out looking after the injured and separating the dead and sorting them into sides. Those of the North where being identified and cleaned to be sent home to their families. It had been a bloody battle, with many casualties on both sides. As they crested a hill they came across the healers tents, set up at the edge of the camp in order to be near any soldiers needing aid on the field. As they approached the tent they heard raised voices coming from inside.

Robb rushed forward, wanting to make sure it wasn't a Lannister soldier causing trouble. Only to be meet with the site of a women in strange clothing arguing with one of the healers. He couldn't see anything to indicate what house or where she was from, So was unaware of where her allegiance lay. Robb felt his Lords pause behind him and toke the time to assess the situation.

As they approached, Robb heard the strange women say to the healers "If you do not move out of my way this man will suffer all the more for it"

Robb looked at the man on the bed they where standing by, a young man, boy really with an arrow sticking out of his right shoulder. When Robb looked back at the arguing women the younger of the two, the stranger, seemed to have won the argument and had turned towards the boy in the bed, and as she did Robb got his first glance at her face.

Robb felt his breath catch In his throat at her beauty. She had high cheekbones and a small dainty nose. Her hazel eyes flashed and her delicate forehead furrowed in concentration as she looked over her patient. Her hair was braided away from her face, kept in place with a jewelled hair piece, then left to cascade down her back in gentle waves.

Robb was taken away from his observation of this stranger by a gasp and a low "Your Grace" and he looked over to where the healer had turned around and noticed them. The healers words must have grabbed the strangers attention as she looked up from where she was mixing some sort of paste and her eyes latched onto Robb's and stared at him boldly.

Looking back at the healer, Robb said "We heard shouting and just wanted to make sure everything was ok"

The healer got a determined look on her face and glanced over to the stranger who was still staring at Robb before looking back to him and saying "Well your grace, this women has decided that she can come in and take over the care of this patient " Robb could see her hesitate and look back at the women " We do not know her or who her allegiance is to. For all we know she could be trying to kill of our men rather than help them". At her words the stranger broke eye contact with Robb to roll her own.

She put the bowl with the mixture that she had been stirring down before standing up and giving him a small curtsy before raising her hand, which he automatically toke in his, and says "Pleasure to meet you Your Grace. I am Lady Eragana Argetlam".

From behind him he can hear Lord Bolton speak up "I don't believe I've ever heard that name before My Lady" while it as an innocent question, Lord Boltons tone of voice was quite sharp and Robb watched Lady Eragana to see if she toke offence and to see how she responded if she did . Her eyes slipped past Robb to look at Lord Bolton, and Robb got an unfamiliar feeling in his chest at not being the centre of her attention, however when he focused on her he could see that she had a unimpressed look on her face.

" I would be very surprised if you had heard it before, for my home is a long way from Westeros."

Intrigued Robb asked her "And where do you come from? "

Lady Eragana looked back to him when he asked the question and her face seemed to soften slightly as she replied "The country I come from is called Alagaësia, and it is far to the North of Westeros."

"Alagaësia, I've never heard of it" Robb said quietly.

Lady Eragana smiled softly before saying "To get there you would be at sea for about four months. I left Alagaësia five years ago to explore the world. I've found many different civilisations, some very different and some very similar to my home land. From what I've seen of Westeros in the week I've been here is that it's very similar to Alagaësia."

For a short moment of time Robb was speechless, unsure what to say, eventually he came out with "Are you here by yourself My Lady?"

"No. I left Alagaësia with twenty companions, most of which are with me here toady however we have picked up a few strays over the years. I left three of my men with my ship in Lannisport."

It didn't escape Robb's notice that she never specifically said how many men she had altogether but the last part she said got Robb's attention and toke presidence "You arrived via Lannisport? How where the defences? "

"Yes we came in to Lannisport but it took us two days before we were able to leave the docks. Every ship that comes in is being searched and we where questioned on are every move once we where in the city. If you are looking for information on how to take the city, know that it is on lock down. I'm afraid you will have a tough time."

"What about men? where you able to see how many soldiers the city had?" Lord Bolton asked her however before she could answer Robb interrupted having caught sight of a Lannister soldier that was paying them just a bit to much attention.

"Perhaps, Lord Bolton we should discuss this else where."

Lady Eragana seemed to get what he was trying to say as she dipped her head in acknowledgement before saying goes "Of course Your Grace. I'll be more than happy to help in any way I can."

"Perhaps then you would care to join us this evening when I meet with my Lords and you can share what ever information you have?"

"That's sounds agreeable Your Grace. I will have my two guards with me, they may be of more help as they saw more of the city than myself"

As she said this she tilted her head to Robb's right where he only just noticed two men in the finest of armour standing in the shadows of the tent. If Lady Eragana hadn't pointed them out Robb knew he wouldn't of noticed them and he cursed himself for it. As he tried to cover his surprise he could feel those with him shift uneasily at having not noticed them either. Robb dipped his head at her while saying "I look forward to tonight then my Lady. I will have one of my men meet you here at sunset." Before turning around and leaving the tent.

Eragana watched as the young King left the tent and let out the breath she'd been holding. Since the minute she had caught eyes with the wolf king, she'd felt like she had butterflies in her belly. He made her nervous. Not the sort that gets the blood pumping before a battle. More the sort she used to get when she was younger and her cousin's friends came to the farm. They had been older than her and she knew now that she'd had a crush. Is that what was happening with this young King? Surely she couldn't have developed a crush from the few sentence they'd spoken together. Trying to keep her mind of it and ignore the sniggering from Saphira in the back of her mind, she turned back to the soldier she'd been working on before. It was a simple enough wound to treat however the risk came from where it was during the healing after. The arm would need to be strapped in order to restrict movement so that he didn't open up the wound again. If that happened then there would be a very high chance of infection. After giving him a concoction to knock him out she removed the arrow and went about cleaning and sewing up the wound. She strapped him up and left him to sleep before going on to the next patient.

By the time she was finished treating those they would allow her near it was time for the her to make her self presentable for the King and his Lords. Her tent had been set up on the outskirts of the Northern camp by the tree line, along with four other tents that the elves where sharing. The horses where picketed to one side of the tents, the halters and rope merely for show, as they where elven horses that they had brought along with them and wouldn't wonder far without the command of its rider.

She changed from the simple dress she'd worn for helping in the healers tents to one of the outfits that Arya had made for her. The boiled leather top served as light protection over a light tunic, knee length skirt with legging and knee high boots which where all in a light blue colour to match Saphira's scales. Once she was dressed one of the female elves that had came with her came in to the tent and went about taking her braids out and brushing her hair and then clipping the right side up with her jewelled dragon clip. She decided to leave Brisingr in her tent for now so put one of her new fur lined cloaks on over the top of her dress and then left the tent to head back to the healers tents to be shown the way to the King.

Word of the stranger in camp with information on Lannisport had spread among his Lords which meant he was bombarded with questions the minute they stepped foot in to his tent once it came time for the meeting. With them all talking over each other Robb didn't have the chance to answer any of their questions.

Eventually he'd had enough and bellowed "Enough"

It took them a few minutes to quieten down but eventually they all settled into their seats and gave him their full attention.

"The Lady Eragana has agreed to tell us what she knows of Lannisport and in return if she wants to stay with us I'm inclined to let her. Reports from the healers tent suggest that she knows what she's doing in regards to healing and we are always in need of more help In that regard"

"And if she is a Lannister spy?" Small Jon Umber asked him.

" Then we keep her as a hostage" Robb replied, hoping it never comes to that.

Before conversation could go any further they where interrupted by Robb's squire entering the tent and announcing the arrival of Lady Eragana. Robb and his gathered Lords stood up to greet her as she entered and again he felt his breath catch In his throat. Her hair had been taken out of its braids and left to hang down by her face with a jewelled hair piece in the shape of a dragon keeping the hair on the right side of her head away from her face.

Robb watched the reactions of the Lords that hadn't been in the healers tents with him and wasn't disappointed. Even the most hardened of his Lords weren't immune to the Lady Eragana's beauty. Stepped away from his seat, Robb approached her while greeting her.

"Lady Eragana, thank you for coming." he said while offering her his arm and walking them to the seat he'd keep free beside him. Her two guards followed behind them and when they got to the seats she turned towards the gathered Lords at the table and introduced her two shadows. "My Lords I'd like to introduce to you Ser Luther and Ser Brodlen. While I did see some of Lannisport they spent more time wondering around the city."

Now able to get a good look at her guards Robb thought that they looked like they'd come from an old Targaryen legend. Slender, aristocratic faces framed with long hair. One guards hair was a dark black while the others was a light brown and both wore a light fitted armour in black with blue capes hanging from their shoulders.

Before she sat down, Lady Eragana removed her cloak and handed it to one if her guards. Her outfit was in the same blue as her guards capes and seemed to be in two pieces with a fitted top and a flurry knee length skirt. It was like nothing Robb had every seen before but somehow she pulled it of and make it look ladylike while Robb could see that she was also ready for a fight.

Once the rest of those gathered sat back down Robb said to Lady Eragana " Any information on the Lannisters army will be much appreciated"

Lady Eragana smiled at Robb before turning to the guard that had sat down beside her and said "This is Ser Luther, who is the commander of my knights and in charge of ensuring my safety wherever I go. He will be able to tell you more than I will."

Robb let his eyes leave the Lady Eragana and looked at Ser Luther. Robb got the feeling that he was being measured, and that his very being was on display for Ser Luther to see. Robb motioned for him to speak and he leaned forward slightly "The city guards are on constant alert. They are enforcing a curfew and all raven's are being checked before they are released." While Ser Luther talked, Robb watched the Lady Eragana looking round at his lords and noticed that her eyes narrowed a few times when she looked at Lord Bolton. Everyone's attention was interrupted by the flaps of the tent opening and the hulking form of Greywind coming in. Expecting the three newcomers to react badly Robb prepared himself to have to leap to Greywind's defence, however he needn't have worried. As Greywind ventured further into the tent towards him Robb watched the Lady Eragana as she watched Greywind's progress with a slight smile on her face. When he came level with Robb she turned towards him and said "He's Gorgeous," seeming to sense he was the topic of conversation Greywind sat down beside him and looked at Eragana "May I" she went on to ask while pointing to Greywind. Robb, knowing what she meant said "If he'll let you" while gesturing forward with his hand, expecting Greywind to refuse her. Greywind stood back up which brought his head directly beside Lady Eragana's elbow where she then lifted her hand up and slowly moved it up to rest her fingers in between his ears. Greywind, not happy with that nudged his nose up into her arm and she gave a small laugh and started scratching him.

Robb watched them in shock, along with everyone else in the tent. Greywind was notorious in his dislike of anyone but Robb and those close to him touching him, but here he was, nearly falling over in pleasure from the magic fingers scratching at his ears. Lifting his hand and setting it on Greywind's back before looking at the lords gathered round the table he said " I think, my Lords that we are done for the night. We can pick this up an other night. Get some sleep."
Slowly the tent emptied until it was just Robb and Lady Eragana, who was still occupied with Greywind. Ser Luther and Ser Brodlen had retreated to the tent entrance.
"I've never seen him take to a stranger so quickly" Robb said to her once they where alone.
She gave him a secretive smile, as if she knew something he didn't, and said "I'm good with animals. I must have that magic touch." After saying this she gave Greywind one last scratch before starting to stand and saying, "Well Your Grace it would seem it is time for me to go." Robb got up as well and lifted the cloak that her guard had left on the seat next to her and placed the cloak over her shoulders and walked her towards the opening of the tent, where he paused as she walked a few steps outside. Once she turned towards him he lifted her hand up towards his lips and gave it a kiss and saying "It was a pleasure My Lady." Giving him a small curtsy Lady Eragana said "Likewise Your Grace" before turning around and walking away towards her own tent. Robb's eyes followed her until she was out of sight before turning around and reentering his tent.

That night was the first night he dreamed about the Lady Eragana.