Chapter 392
2021-01-06
Chapter 392 Creating MythsIgor doesn't believe in prophecy, but it doesn't affect a lot of other people letter. Rather than being a silly, angry youth, treating these prophecy believers as fools and despising them, Igor would rather do something useful - try to put that "belief" to good use.
That's why he named the reforged set of arrows "Lightbringer" instead of "Igor's Arrows", "Night's Watch Arrows". It's not because he thinks the name is handsome, and it's cool to steal the copyright of the prophecy... but because using this name is easy for people to recognize subconsciously: the owner of the arrow is the hero who will save mankind in the prophecy. In this way, the ready-made influence of the well-known prophecy can be easily used for one's own use, which greatly enhances the confidence of the land-grant military and civilians to win.
Seventy-one arrows, Igor named them "Lightbringer · One", "Lightbringer · Two"... until "Lightbringer · Seventy-one", to verify authenticity if necessary in the future and distinguish each other.
However, if you want to take advantage of the situation, of course, it is not a simple matter of engraving the name and number on the arrow shaft. He also wants to spread the news, not to mention the whole world, at least to let the land grant and North people know: Lightbringer is here.
And in this world with low-level communication means and slow information transfer, think of a good way to let a large number of residents know and recognize an event, not just the class that masters Raven?
There really is: Tourney.
A new member of the direct line of a Great Family has come to the world and wants to announce it. A lord chooses the legal heir and wants the rest to witness it. The lord of some place is bored and wants to show off his wealth or show off one's military strength...even which aristocrat wants to plan some conspiracy or rebel... In short, as a social activity known to everyone known to everyone, the Tourney of this era is the modern world "military exercise" and "news" The combination of "press conference", "competition" is just a form, an excuse, a bonus, not a purpose. It's really at its core: the organizer brings a bunch of people together to deliver a message.
Like the contest that Robert held when Eddard took office at King's Landing: the reason why it was called "the Prime Minister's Tourney" by countless people was not because the contest was the Prime Minister's desire or Funded, but because the theme of this Tourney is to convey an important political signal: King Robert has chosen Duke Stark to be the next prime minister of oneself, and others who have ideas can rest.
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At the moment, the land grant, especially the tense situation at the front line of the canyon, is obviously not suitable for recalling people to hold a real Tourney. But only Queenscrown and the nearest Castle Black have gathered the entire army and civilians who have given more than one third of land to hold a simple arrow technique tournament here, which is enough to spread the message of the birth of "Lightbringer" widely. , greatly improving the overall fighting confidence of the land-grant humans.
It's interesting that even when Igor was already diving light flashed and came up with a great idea, Myrcella was able to give him a few more tricks.
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"Seventy-one arrows, this number is not too high." Little Princess frowned solemnly on the way back, whispered, "Why don't you Claiming that you forged 77 arrows, this number is very sacred in The Seven religion, and will surely make many believers happy to be the propagandist of your story for free. That Smith master didn't use his own Valyrian Steel before Have you made a few sample arrows from the material, you can buy six of them as 'Lightbringer ·72' to 'Lightbringer ·77' - after colluding with him, make enough arrows. Then on the shaft There must be countless people rushing to Baojin to improve her appearance."
Igor winked at her, he had always regarded Myrcella as a distressed little baby who needed love, but now he realized that she had come up with the idea. The ability is quite first-class, and the expression when thinking is unexpectedly attractive: "It's a good proposal, but after all, not all believers of The Seven are fighting side by side with me, I can't make up a lie, just to please this group of people."
"You can make the story a little longer, add other factors, and take into account the feelings of people of various beliefs." Myrcella thought for a while, and immediately came up with a new trick, "You have to know that people will always Believe what they want to believe - for example, if you claim to the public that oneself forged 77 Lightbringers with the help of a Lord of Light priest, in this story, whether it's a follower of The Seven or R'hllor All believers can find the focus they want and the elements that are enough to spread around..."
"And we North people! We believe in Old Gods!"
Arya stomped her feet anxiously by the side, and almost shouted: This is my master, what are you doing to chat with him all day long!
"Well... I'm sorry, I almost forgot." Myrcella quickly apologized and lowered her head for a moment, "Then add some elements about the Old Gods, what is there in the beliefs of the North and the new land-givers? Is something considered sacred?"
"Heart Tree!" Arya replied, she felt threatened: if you don't show a little bit of cleverness to attract attention, oneself will soon be compared in front of the master, changing She has become a stupid girl who can only wield knives and swords. "We can say at the beginning of the story that the master found the sword in front of a Heart Tree! Anyway, that sword was given to you by Bran, and I got in touch with him. That's fine!"
"That makes sense," Myrcella agreed. "We can say that in a Heart Tree that was split by lightning or burned by fire, Lord Igor pulled out the Give him the unknown Valyrian Steel Sword, and then the ruined Weirwood, and let him reforge the sword into a Lightbringer!"
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Igor was originally just a He listened to the discussion of the two little girls with fun, but as the details of the story became more complete and the content became more and more serious, his face slowly became serious - the more he listened, the more reliable he felt: Isn't this just making up a myth? ?
Oneself found a mysterious sword inserted in a huge Heart Tree, and with the help of a Lord of Light priest, it was melted and reforged into 77 arrows, named Lightbringer. Plus he had already decided: no matter how the Night King's army was repelled in the end, Night's Watch would announce to the public that it was "Lightbringer" who shot the Night King to end the war...
This Everything, when put together in the end, is a believer of Old Gods, Red God, The Seven, or even a person who does not believe in God and just heard the prophecy. They can find what they want from it and are willing to spread it. A story of great public opinion!
As long as it can be spread all over the world, thousands of years later, some people will definitely regard this story as a part of orthodox mythology, deduct words from it, analyze the details, and try to restore the impossible truth!
"hmph, boring." Melisandre coldly snorted, snort disdainfully on this kind of wanton storytelling and blasphemy against Spiritual God. Although she occasionally uses some illusions and words to achieve her goals, there is one principle that cannot be broken: never collude or conspire with people other than high priests, so as not to damage her own mystery and sense of power. "You can make it up, don't put my name in it, I've never participated in your discussion, and I haven't heard a single word."
After saying that, Red Woman walked away and went straight to Back to the oneself room.
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"Leave her alone, she won't talk nonsense, this idea is very interesting, and it has the value of further improvement and implementation." Igor laughed indifferently and turned his head Go and instruct a few confidants not to spread what they heard, "It's getting late, you two girls, come to my room after dinner. Let's revise this story together, while the arrow technique tournament is being held, We are going to spread this new myth through various means."
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(end of this chapter)