"...Every time you open with 'I need you to stay calm' the story invariably contains scandal, explosions, and some way for you to make it partly my fault." Thus it has ever been, even if only through letters. 'No I won't take that match, I have a bride in the Spire' has been a common refrain for years. Nevermind that her own family quietly ceased any attempts at matchmaking and that only served to strengthen his resolve to remain a bachelor by using her as a beard. "Yes, I remember."

It arrived shortly before the first body was found. It'd been-

Well. Something.

"...For the civil war." Anyone with Stark Armaments would turn the tide.