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[Just ignore how unimposing that username is compared to the message. The thought doesn't occur to him in the face of greater concerns. With Stannis missing for over two days and a potential madman on the loose, usernames, Wyver and Olympia conflicts fall short in his mind. He's had to deal with this matter before and lost his brother, he wasn't going to let others die because of Ramsay Bolton.]

There is a man that has been assuming an identity publicly, you might know him as "Willem Rivers", a bastard from Westeros. He might appear charming and friendly, but this man is dangerous. His real name is Ramsay Bolton and committed a number of crimes in my world, including murder and flaying. Don't trust him and be on your guard. Now that he is being backed into a corner, he will become a mad dog and lash out at anyone who he feels slighted him.

Those in the royal guard, I appeal to you to help me find and detain him. He might have a new victim, Stannis Baratheon. Anyone that might have experience in combat or tracking, meet me in the training yard in front of the Palace of Olympia.

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[The words ... echo in Ned's skull, ricocheting and destroying everything inside like a misguided arrow. He can swear he hears the sound of a part of his heart shattering, and in its place .. ice. Darkness. Anger. He puts his communicator down in order to allow him to pace around the room while he processes.

Whatever forgiveness and leniency he might have ever shown Ramsay has been violently rescinded. Ned Stark is not a man of vengeance, but destroy his family? Take the lives of his children? His empathy and kindness and honor can only reach so far; it cannot reach into the Seven Hells where he imagines Ramsay to be.

He swallows down the bubbling, frothing emotion in his throat when he hears Jon speak again, returning to the communicator with a very different expression painted over his face. The warmth has left, the light snuffed. His hand, off-screen, grips the handle of Ice at his waist, turning his knuckles white.]

He'd've gone into hiding. He'd need privacy and seclusion, if he's taken Stannis. Gods know what he'll do to him before he's found. Do you know where he was when he was last seen?

[He shouldn't have told him like this, not over the network (even if it was private). It needed to be done face to face, but he doesn't have the time, not with Ramsay on the loose. He needed his father to understand the importance of this and exactly how dangerous Ramsay could be.

Ned only knew Roose Bolton from before his death. Time changed things and that family needed to be wiped away, the last being Ramsay Bolton.

It pains him to see the emotion gone from his father's face and to know that he has added to his anguish. There was a great deal on Jon's shoulders, not only in what he knew that Ned didn't, but also the fact that he hadn't dealt with Ramsay until now. It should have happened just as he stepped out of stasis, but he had waited. Now, there would be casualties and it was his fault.]

No, I don't. He isn't afraid to show his face and taunt others now. The more he feels cornered, the more he'll lash out. We will have sightings of him soon, but there will be many wounded or killed when that happens.

I thought I could get his location from Theon, but he wont tell me and now he's missing.

Aye, he'll behave much like the mad dog you likened him to.

Who is Ramsay close to here? Perhaps they might be more adept at giving possible locations. [Mention of Theon, and even more, mention of Theon's refusal to aid in this, sets Ned's jaw at a tight angle. Their last interaction hadn't been entirely pleasant, and it'd been clear enough to Ned to hear - even in text - the resentment and anger Theon felt towards him and the Starks. It unfortunately surprises him little to hear he's instead decided to protect Ramsay, if only to be against the Starks.] Or perhaps who Theon was close to, if they have a strong enough bond to have gone into hiding together.

I don't know. I doubt he would trust anyone with that information. The only one who would know would be Theon. They were living together. [Which still was beyond him. Theon had the chance to be with a family that accepted and knew him, but he preferred to isolate and punish himself this way.] There are others in Wyver who will help and look for him there.

Theon was only close to Robb- [He broke off before he said the rest.] His sister was here, but she went back to stasis some time ago. Claire tried to get it from him. I thought she might be able to convince him, but he's gone now.

We might have to search without help. It will take longer.

We'll do what needs to be done.

I'm still familiarizing myself with the area. Where would you have me start?

Start in the basic housing district, where the other outworlders have been placed after waking from stasis.

It's possible he is still there.

Aye. I will set out at once.

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