A/N: I'm having so much fun with this, I may never finish it at all :P There are too many fabulous ladies for Rozenn to try to offer to set Ulfric up with! I am willing to take suggestions, I can't guarantee I'll use them all, but I will defo try.
This chapter: Rozenn finds the only eligible Redguard in Skyrim...
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"My Thane! What wrong have I done?" Calder asked, bewildered.
"Calder, this is not a punishment. I want to see how you take to the different responsibilities of Stewardship, and Rayya is a perfectly adequate Housecarl to look after me here in Windhelm," Rozenn said placatingly. "It should only be for a handful of weeks, for the duration of Sun's Height. Maybe the first week or two of Frostfall at most."
The red haired Housecarl looked pleadingly at his Thane. Rozenn sighed. She'd never make a good mother if a look from her Housecarl had her relenting. "I need to see if Rayya and Ulfric might ... like each other," she said finally, in a pained undertone.
Calder raised his brows in surprise. "You're sending me to the wilds of Falkreath because you want to play matchmaker?"
"I promise I'll bring you on the next bandit raid I do," Rozenn offered.
"Three bandit raids and a dwemer ruin," Calder said.
"I - are you actually haggling about adventuring?"
"Only if you want Lakeside Manor to still be standing by the end of Frostfall," Calder replied with a sly grin: he had learned that it was good to tease his Thane sometimes, both Galmar and Lydia had told him as much.
"Fine! Will you go? I want to take Rayya to the Palace tomorrow!"
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"My Jarl, I would have you meet my Housecarl Rayya, lately of Falkreath," Rozenn said the next day in the throne room.
Ulfric barely glanced at either woman. "Well met, Redguard," he murmured. "Was there a problem with the Housecarl I assigned to you?"
From the corner of her eye she saw Galmar smack his forehead with the palm of his hand. Never annoy the Jarl he mouthed at her.
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A week later, following a disastrous dinner in Rozenn's Windhelm house, during which Rayya managed to insult Ulfric's rule, his appearance, ability to fight, and his parentage, and Rayya was sent back at Lakeview Manor, and Calder returned to Hjerim.
Fill: Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me A Match 4/?
This chapter: Rozenn finds the only eligible Redguard in Skyrim...
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"My Thane! What wrong have I done?" Calder asked, bewildered.
"Calder, this is not a punishment. I want to see how you take to the different responsibilities of Stewardship, and Rayya is a perfectly adequate Housecarl to look after me here in Windhelm," Rozenn said placatingly. "It should only be for a handful of weeks, for the duration of Sun's Height. Maybe the first week or two of Frostfall at most."
The red haired Housecarl looked pleadingly at his Thane. Rozenn sighed. She'd never make a good mother if a look from her Housecarl had her relenting. "I need to see if Rayya and Ulfric might ... like each other," she said finally, in a pained undertone.
Calder raised his brows in surprise. "You're sending me to the wilds of Falkreath because you want to play matchmaker?"
"I promise I'll bring you on the next bandit raid I do," Rozenn offered.
"Three bandit raids and a dwemer ruin," Calder said.
"I - are you actually haggling about adventuring?"
"Only if you want Lakeside Manor to still be standing by the end of Frostfall," Calder replied with a sly grin: he had learned that it was good to tease his Thane sometimes, both Galmar and Lydia had told him as much.
"Fine! Will you go? I want to take Rayya to the Palace tomorrow!"
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"My Jarl, I would have you meet my Housecarl Rayya, lately of Falkreath," Rozenn said the next day in the throne room.
Ulfric barely glanced at either woman. "Well met, Redguard," he murmured. "Was there a problem with the Housecarl I assigned to you?"
From the corner of her eye she saw Galmar smack his forehead with the palm of his hand. Never annoy the Jarl he mouthed at her.
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A week later, following a disastrous dinner in Rozenn's Windhelm house, during which Rayya managed to insult Ulfric's rule, his appearance, ability to fight, and his parentage, and Rayya was sent back at Lakeview Manor, and Calder returned to Hjerim.