When they announce a passenger's name and ask they come to the chief steward for a message. I'm always curious: what are the messages generally about?
Most people have a cell phone now so I can't imagine someone called the ferry to pass a message on to his wife to bring home some milk. My guess is they found a lost item? Just wondering if anyone happens to know.
#Profile
Name and House: Hubard Stone (Sunderland)
Age: 23 (Born 257 AC)
Cultural Group: Sisterman
Appearance: Round blue eyes and keeping his head bald after his shameful exile from his home.
Gift(s): Clever
Skill(s): Tradecraft (e), Courtly, Drinkmaster
Negative Trait(s): Maimed (Shattered legs, requires permanent wheelchair. Has special saddle for riding if he has to)
Starting Title(s): Chief Steward of the Vale
Starting Location: The Eyrie
Alternative Character(s): None
#Biography
Hubard Stone, born to a mother whose name no one really cared about till a certain Lord had his unjustly way with her. It was in this act that led to his birth in 257 AC, on the shores of the three sisters. His early memories were one of a man who did as he pleased. His father's duties oft laid disregarded in place of raising his legitimate son and Hubardβs half-brother, Owen. Of all of Maelysβ son's, Hubard and Qarlton were the closest. The two base born half-brothers raised in similar fashion by those who saw to their upbringing. One servant of the court in particular took an interest in Hubard and began teaching him from a young age the small delicate intricacies of courtly dealings. From a young age Hubard had learnt many of the traditional dances of the Sistermen and those of the Vale for the servant was born on the mainland of the Vale as too was his own son, born the same year as Hubard, he was named Hugh. Hugh himself was a large lad, bigger always than most of his age it was said he would look down upon children half his age always.
By the age of thirteen, Hubard was often noted as a clever boy for his age, picking up on even the slightest inconsistencies and being somewhat of a bookworm, picked on by others Hubard secluded himself often, only being visited by Qarlton who would bring him stolen alcohol from their father's own stash, or Hugh to learn how to read more for Hugh, although by that age a good foot standing over many a young man and broader of shoulder than even those of an average soldier, he was somewhat illiterate. It was during his thirteenth year of life that Maelys also took a fleet and reaved along the coasts of the Vale in the name of Aemond Blackfyre and although Hubard despised his father for the acts committed against others he learnt a thing from the years that followed, although shady in his dealings of smuggling, reading through his father's logs, Hubard learned a lot of tr
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