The centurions exchanged glances, and Bud Lannitz said, "Sir, Clegane noodles certainly don't stick together."
Count Auder abruptly stopped himself from letting out a cold snort. He could see that these guys were serious; they genuinely believed the noodles wouldn't stick together.
However, the Earl's decades of experience had taught him that no matter how well-made the noodles were, or how skilled the servants were, they would inevitably stick together.
Earl Odd rationally recalled the military whistle, snow salt, and chopsticks. Could it be that the Mountain had truly created noodles that wouldn't stick together? In an instant, Earl Odd remembered a very powerful figure from the Seven Kingdoms, from the former Targaryen dynasty, for whom a song sung throughout the Seven Kingdoms was written, "A Thousand and One Eyes."
How could one person possibly have a thousand and one eyes?
But this man truly possessed this extraordinary ability; his name was Brynden Rivers. Known as "The Blood Raven" or "Duke of Blood Raven," he was the legitimate bastard son of Aegon IV and Lady Milissa Blackwood.
Brynden Rivers was initially a strong warrior, much like Gregor Clegane. His sword was the Dark Sisters, a Valyrian steel sword owned by House Targaryen. He was also a skilled archer, wielding a longbow made of weirwood.
Those in the Seven Kingdoms who had received rigorous training from the nobility all knew that Brynden Rivers possessed the power of the 'Thousand Eyes'.
According to historical records, Brynden Rivers initially possessed only a rabbit, allowing him to see through its eyes; then dogs, sheep, pigs, and finally all animals, including ferocious beasts like wolves and shadow lynxes, which he could possess and control; eventually, his possession abilities extended to all kinds of birds in the sky. Ultimately, he could use the eyes of all kinds of birds and beasts.
This brought him endless convenience in battle.
When did Brynden Rivers begin to acquire the ability of 'a thousand and one eyes' from an ordinary soldier? No one knows except the Seven Gods and himself. There is no clear record of the time in historical records.
But everyone in the Seven Kingdoms knows that Brynden Rivers' power is the manifestation of God's will in the world.
God has seven faces, or seventy faces, or seven hundred faces, or seven thousand faces.
Lannesport trades with the free trading city-state of Braavos across the Narrow Sea. The Braavos Islands contain the Isle of Gods, which is home to various gods, including a temple dedicated to the Many-Faced God: the Black and White Courtyard of the Faceless One. The Many-Faced God is said to be the god of death. If death has a thousand faces, how many faces would all these gods have combined?
If the Mountain creates noodles that never stick together, this ability, while far less unpredictable than Brynden Rivers's 1001 Eyes, could very well be a fragment of the Seven Gods' will, just like Rivers's transformations.
As Brynden Rivers' magical abilities grew stronger, he rose from a common warrior to become King Aerys I's trusted advisor, promoted to Hand of the King, Prime Minister of the Seven Kingdoms, second only to the king. Upon Aerys I's death, he became Hand of the King under Mecca I.
And his amazing abilities continue to grow stronger.
Because of Blood Raven's extraordinary intelligence capabilities, he can thwart all sorts of enemy plots in a timely manner. It has been a tradition throughout history for loyal and righteous men favored by the gods to be highly valued by the king or his great lord.
In addition to possessing birds and beasts, Blood Raven was also able to enter the future through dreams and see specific events and scenes in the future. After some unknown dream training, Blood Raven's abilities became stronger again. With the ability to dream, he was able to gradually travel back to the past and discover those top secrets that were deliberately hidden and should never have been known by anyone.
In Aegon 233, Bloodraven, as Hand of the King, decided to hold a Great Council to publicly elect the successor to Meerkat I in order to prevent the country from splitting apart. He tricked Aeneas Blackfyre, the leader of the rebels at the time, and Bloodraven agreed to let him come to the Great Council in the palace to assert his true Targaryen bloodline and to fairly obtain the right to participate in and be elected. In addition, Bloodraven guaranteed his safety.
However, the moment Aeneas Blackfyre stepped into King's Landing, he was captured by the Golden Robes. Bloodraven beheaded Aeneas Blackfyre outside the Red Keep's gates, his head impaled on a spearhead.
After killing his political enemies, Aegon V was elected king at the Great Council, and the king then arrested Bloodraven for breaking his promise to Aeneas Blackfyre.
To avoid being branded as a hypocrite who broke his promises, Aegon V decided to shift the blame to Bloodraven. He publicly sentenced Bloodraven to death, but also gave him the opportunity to wear black clothes to avoid execution.
Bloodraven had no choice but to become a Night's Watchman on the Wall.
In Aegon's 239, Bloodraven, due to his exceptional abilities, was elected Lord Commander of the Night's Watch from a common Ranger. In Aegon's 252, Bloodraven disappeared completely during a Ranger patrol beyond the Wall.
This Blood Raven was so powerful that he could possess and control all sorts of birds and beasts, and even travel through the past and future, experiencing real events in his dreams. Where did he go after disappearing outside the Wall? Did he die or live? The biographies of modern historical figures end here, and no one knows his fate.
Although Lord Odd didn't know Bloodraven's fate, the college student who transmigrated into this world as the Mountain knew that Bloodraven's abilities later grew stronger, and he became a 'Green Prophet,' his avatar being a three-eyed raven. He would also become the occult master of Bran Stark, a seven-year-old boy from the Stark family in the North.
As a nobleman destined to inherit his family's lands, Count Ode was required from a young age to study various aristocratic etiquette and the history of the kingdom, including the history of the East across the Narrow Sea. Count Ode possessed a thorough understanding of prominent figures in both ancient and modern history.
More than a hundred years ago, after the dragons disappeared, various magic scrolls and spells gradually lost their effectiveness, but the will of the gods never ceased to descend, which is why the faith of the Seven Gods became the state religion of the Seven Kingdoms.
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Although the scientific knowledge of Oldtown Academy is driving the world forward, the occult has always been around people, like a shadow that has never left.
Based on his own understanding, Count Odd, with conflicted feelings, categorized the Mountain's "Clegane Noodles" into the mystical realm, similar to Blood Raven. However, when he looked at his men one by one again, he realized that he might have been wrong again.
The centurions of these families and Count Ode knew each other all too well.
Bud Lannitz said, "Sir, Clegane noodles are not what you imagine… some kind of magical power… but are machine-produced noodles, the kind of machine that is similar to the gate winch machine in our Lannisport."
Seeing the Earl's furrowed brow, Barrow Lanny said, "My lord, Clegane noodles weren't invented or produced by the Mountain this time. They were conceived by a blacksmith who had worked on very complex gate winches. This kind of mechanical noodles belongs to the science of the Citadel."
"Alright, lead the way. I want to see the 'Crigan Noodles' that will never stick together," Count Od commanded.