Viserys was a little confused when he heard the name at first. He didn't know why such an unknown little person could go on a mission to Pentos with Petyr Baelish, but because he was a little person, he didn't ask any more questions.
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He knew the Bracken family, one of the oldest families in the Reach, with the blood of their ancestors flowing in their bodies.
Even according to the people of the Bracken family, during the Heroic Era before the invasion of the Andals, the Bracken family was king in this land, but later encountered a backstab from the Blackwood family.
The Blackwood family's statement is exactly the opposite of that of the Bracken family, but the history is too long and the statements of both parties cannot be verified.
The castle of the Bracken family is located along the Red Fork of the Trident River, called Stonehedge City, while the Blackwood family of Raventree City is located on the other side of the Red Fork. The two families have forged a bloody feud for thousands of years.
However, now, two ancient families with a long history have surrendered to the Tully family.
According to what Viserys knows, the contemporary patriarch of the Bracken family is named Janos Bracken. How could this Hendry be related to Geoffrey?
But it wasn't until Viserys arrived at the headquarters of the Dragonstone fleet that he understood the whole story.
It turns out that the old man's life experience that he has been concealing is that he comes from the Bracken family. His real name should be Geoffrey Bracken, and he is the first heir to the old Earl of Bracken.
And he also has a sister, Jeyne Bracken, who was once one of the wives designated by Hoster Tully, Duke of Riverrun, for his younger brother Brynden Tully, who was later known as the Blackfish.
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However, Brynden Tully did not like any of the women designated by his brother, so the brother rebelled and left the family to establish a separate family. Later, he escorted his niece Lysa to marry to the valley, and was canonized as a Knight of the Blood Gate by the Duke of the Valley.
The three children of the old Duke Bracken, the eldest is Geoffrey Bracken, the second is Jenny Bracken, and the third child is the current Earl of Bracken, Janos Bracken.
At that time, Geoffrey was trained as an heir by his father, the old Earl of Bracken. He was also extremely good-looking and proficient in swordsmanship and riding.
And his younger brother Genos had nothing to do with the inheritance. He was just eating, drinking, having fun and waiting to die. If not for Jeffrey's strong opposition, Genos was almost sent to the city to become a bachelor.
However, under such circumstances, Jeffrey made a big mistake due to impulsiveness and was forced to flee his hometown and fled overseas to become a mercenary.
That was when he was young and vigorous, he took his younger brother Janos to King's Landing, secretly drank alcohol without telling the servants, and then went out to play on the streets.
On the street, he met Roger Blackwood, the head of the Blackwood family who had a blood feud with the Bracken family, and was the father of Tytos, the current head of the Blackwood family.
Then a drunken Jeffrey had a conflict with Roger Blackwood for some unknown reason.
Then Jeffrey actually killed the Earl of Raventree on the streets of King's Landing. Until now, Jeffrey can't remember what happened.
However, drawing a sword to kill in the streets of King's Landing, and killing the earl of Raventree City, was undoubtedly a big mistake. Later, Geoffrey Bracken was killed by Viserys's grandfather, the then King Jaehaerys Stann.
Gillian II issued a wanted order.
Geoffrey Bracken was sent in a daze by his family's loyal servants and his brothers on a merchant ship that fled to the Essos continent. Until this time, Geoffrey was still drunk.
Later, as he spent the days wandering at sea and being blown by the howling sea wind, he gradually accepted the fact that he had committed a serious crime by killing someone and was destined to be exiled overseas.
However, his father, the old Earl Bracken, could not accept this result, and due to poor health, he fell ill and died. His younger brother Janos inherited the position of Earl of Stonehedge City.
From then on, Geoffrey stayed anonymous, no longer called his surname, and never returned to his hometown, until he was appreciated by Viserys' eldest brother, Prince Rhaegar, and joined the Dragonstone Navy and eventually became the commander-in-chief of the fleet.
His son Hendry Bracken was born to a prostitute while he was working as a mercenary in Tyrosh, Reese and other places. He was then sent back to the Bracken family and given to his brother Jay.
Raised by North Bracken, he received the family name because of his status as the sole heir.
The old man didn't take the initiative to reveal that he had a son. He once let it slip that Viserys heard it, but he didn't say it again when asked later.
But now he, the illegitimate son, actually came over on his own initiative.
"His Majesty."
Hendry is much older than Viserys, even older than Littlefinger.
But because he had no parents since he was a child and was dependent on others, he seemed to have some character flaws and acted submissive.
This is much worse than his father, Jeffrey Bracken. The old man's hair is gray but his back is still straight when he sits in the chair.
Seeing Viserys' sudden arrival, Hendry stood up a little at a loss, not knowing whether to continue standing or sit down.
It was Viserys who waved his hand for him to sit down and talk, and then he hurriedly sat back on the chair.
After so many years, he saw his own flesh and blood again, but there was no joy on the old man's face, instead, he was filled with sorrow.
Of course, he didn't blame Hendry. After all, it was an extremely irresponsible act to throw him away to his hometown for so many years. What Jeffrey was worried about was what Viserys was thinking now. This was obviously a estrangement.
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However, Geoffrey saw this plan, and Viserys's mind turned a little faster than the old man's.
After listening to the whole story, he understood that this was a small trap designed by Robert, or Jon Arryn, purely to add to his gamble and sow the seeds of his inability to fully trust.
As for why they didn't use the threat of hostages, not to mention the ongoing negotiations for cooperation, even if the two sides were at war with each other, maybe they knew that this move wouldn't work.
If the old man had taken the initiative to hand over Queen Layla and her son who had fled to Dragonstone Island, it would have been a piece of cake not to mention exonerating them from the past crimes on the spot, or even finding a castle to exchange for a Earl Dangdang.
But he didn't think about it back then, and he wouldn't think about it now.
What's more, he hasn't seen his son in more than 20 years, and he is not a good father to begin with.
He regards honor and responsibility more deeply than family ties.