At the very least, Alayne can use her relations to ensure her immediate safety following her father‘s death (such as making sure no one blows her cover until she is ready to come out as Sansa Stark).

What of Alayne Stone? With LF dead, she will be in a precarious position, but during her time at the Vale, she has risen to be popular among the Arryn household, especially Lothor Brune and Mya Stone. Yohn Royce could also make some changes in the power-politics of the Vale, thanks to the sudden disappearance of LF factor. Myranda could even seduce Robert Arryn (if he’s alive), though it is a gamble from her part since the boy could die any moment. Myranda could influence little Robert to conserve her father’s status as Keeper of Gates of the Moon. It is even possible that Lyn will be accused of LF’s murder. Lyn Corbray will lose a source of gold, but the gold is the only thing he will miss about LF. LF’s death frees both heirs to the Vale of ‘bad influence’, and the Vale nobility will be back to their status. In the Vale, a lot of people (except perhaps Nestor Royce) will be glad to find LF dead. If Harry dies, LF won’t be suspected because he betrothed his daughter to Harry, and if Robert dies before Harry-Sansa marriage, LF loses all power, so he can defend himself against any accusations. Whatever happens, LF has a knack to come on top. It is expected that either Harry or Sweetrobin will be killed or badly injured. Littlefinger, Myranda Royce, Mad Mouse, Lyn Corbray – all of these people have power to turns the events or cause some incidents for their own advantage. To be sure, there are schemes planned underneath by the players of the game of thrones. In other regions of Planetos we have magic, (oncoming) war, famine and diseases, while Vale is set to witness a grand tourney. The Vale storyline from TWOW is expected to be very different from rest of the book, because everything is still a game for the Vale populace.

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