I'll see if I can type a summary without being ninja'd.
Sir Stone was a peasant who saved the life of the king. In gratitude, the king (who vaguely remembers Stone) knighted him and gave him the town of Feroshire to rule over. As Stone improved the town, he discovered rich mines nearby and began developing them. This attracted the attention of Count Foles, who is Stone's lord.
Not all was simple infrastructure, minerals, and intrigue, however; there was also love. Stone fell in love with and married Marna, the daughter of the duke (who is Foles's lord); they later had a little boy. Despite the happiness, there was also woe in the form of a couple assassination attempts by Foles (presumably) and a war. The former lead us to coming in contact with the Rat, an...unofficial aide and adviser, while the latter (if I recall) caused us to be promoted to Baronet. Or was it just Baron?.
Plotting against and by Count Foles was halted when he died under suspicious circumstances and was replaced by a claimant who was even less liked by the people and Stone. With help from the Rat, Stone found an illegitimate son of the old Count Foles and, with the support of at least some of the Count's subjects, installed him in the county.
That's all the major events that come to mind. I probably scrambled the order and left stuff out, and I know there are a lot of details left out (like Stone's glorious if dangerous hunts, or how the claimant was previously a knight who challenged us to a challenge that would take place when we were recovering from a bear injury), but that's the gist.
I totally own up to the fact that I went too grim, GWG. Most of that rage in the last two pages resulted from my suggestion that we shouldn't care if our wife died, because we could marry better next time. That was not in-line with Stone's established persona, however, which is occasionally pragmatic and ambitious, grim when necessary, but not an outright monster. He loves Marna. I get it. Heh.
I'm glad you're able to admit your faults and understand why they were such.