Because of the Battle of the Green Fork, the Northern Army had not suffered the devastating defeat and losses it had in the original course of events.
Roose Bolton therefore had not kept retreating all the way to the Twins, instead setting up camp near the riverbank embankment.
He used the river as a defensive line to contain Tywin.
On the embankment of the Green Fork, Roose Bolton was speaking with several Riverlands nobles.
Two of them were young men, while the other was a boy not yet ten years old.
The little boy was Lyman Darry, the one who had excitedly shouted during the crowning of the King in the North that day.
He was the only male left in House Darry.
As for the other two young men, they were his bastard cousins.
The one speaking with Roose Bolton was named Martin Rivers.
The other, standing beside him, was called Monde Rivers.
Just as "Snow" was the surname reserved for bastards of the North, "Rivers" was the surname reserved for bastards of the Riverlands.
Though both were bastards, neither had the slightest thought of seizing little Lyman's inheritance.
They only wanted to figure out how to retake Darry Castle as soon as possible!
Lyman's father was Count Raymun, and Count Raymun had treated these two nephews as his own sons.
Yet he had died at the hands of The Mountain.
The Mountain was simply too terrifying. Neither Martin nor Monde dared entertain the thought of killing The Mountain to avenge Raymun.
At the very least, they did not dare imagine accomplishing such a thing through their own strength.
They only wanted to reclaim Darry Castle quickly, to repay Raymun for raising them.
In such a conversation, little Lyman could not get a word in at all.
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