Ice fishing. This was a hobby that people did. The concept of it was simple. Cut a hole in ice, and pull out the circle made. Then proceed to fish. It seemed simple enough. There were hundreds of little huts on the ice. The Lord Steward did not occupy a hut. He sat on a wooden chair and sat out in the elements. He sat and patiently waited for the fish to bite. He was catching the fish ... as sport? Yes. That was what these people called it. Ice fishing was a sport. A curious one at that. The man had to wonder what was so very different between this ice fishing and normal fishing. As he sat there the snow gathered on his cloak. He was not bothered by it. He sat there still as stone, as if he was a statue from some forgotten age. The eye lenses glowed a low white as he awaited the fish to bite. It had been some time since he had caught something. Exactly thirty-four minutes and seven seconds ago.
The Lord Steward was a patient man. He was known for his patience considering what he had endured in his twenty-five years of politics. He knew how to court noble's agendas and ideas. He knew that timing was everything. This ice fishing was no different. He would incline his head slightly. Snow fell from his hood down. He watched his line. He watched it intently as the line then grew taught. With an impressive speed, the man pulled back on the line and with it came the fish. He stared at it. The fish he had caught was of middling proportions. No doubt it would make an impressive meal for someone. There was this fish fry that was to occur later. Not that the Steward was going to partake in the mass consumption of dead aquatic animals, but there was some sort of social element to it. That social gathering was to occur in a number of hours from now. He had more fish to catch. The Lord Steward place his prize in the container and again would place a worm on the hook. He would turn to the hole in the ice and he would lower his hook. Indeed. The waiting game would begin. Once more, and so the snow would gather on his statue like being.