Lords are gold and knights steel, but two links can't make a chain. You also need silver and iron and lead, tin and copper and bronze and all the rest, and those are farmers and smiths and merchants and the like. A chain needs all sorts of metals, and a land needs all sorts of people.
George R. R. MartinIf you need help bark like a dog." - Gendry. "That's stupid. If I need help I'll shout help." - Arya
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