[Warning: Contains spoilers]

Concept:

The year is 298AC. Nearly three hundred years ago, Aegon the Conqueror brought fire and blood to the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, and forged his Iron Throne from the blades of his enemies. Fifteen years ago, the Mad King Aerys II Targaryen brought and end to years of relative peace when the crown prince Rhaegar eloped with Lyanna Stark -- and, in response, Aerys executed Lord Paramount Rickard Stark and his heir Brandon, and called for the heads of the young Lord Paramount Robert Baratheon, betrothed to Lyanna, and his good friend Eddard Stark. With Rhaegar's defeat at the Ruby Ford of the Trident came the end of a dynasty spanning generations, and the so-called Usurper took his seat at the Iron Throne.

Now, a decade and a half later, all the carefully-forged peace teeters on the edge of a knife. His Grace Robert Baratheon is dead, gored horribly by a boar whilst hunting in the kingswood, and the King's Hand Ned Stark lounges in the black cells. Joffrey, Robert's untested son, holds an uneasy grip on the throne as the armies of the west sweep into the riverlands.

In the midst of it, of course, sits the somewhat lowly House Vypren, holders of the modest city of Fairmarket. Sworn to the Tullys of the Riverlands, they eye the growing hostilities with unease as the threat of war begins to creep nearer and nearer to reality.

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Alrighty, with that out of the way, you've probably gleaned that what I'm aiming for is a character-based RP set in the world of George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series. Naturally, it will most likely contain overt spoilers for the entirety of the written material.

Currently, my idea was to center our interest around the people of House Vypern, a minor dynasty in the riverlands. With about three total mentions over the course of the series, there's plenty of room for people not to feel bogged-down by established roles. The proposal you see above places my idea of a setting at the very beginning of the War of the Five Kings, but I'm open to any other suggestion of setting and time.

There are a number of possible character roles to be filled:

House Vypern
- Lucias Vypren - Lord [of Fairmarket, though this is completely conjecture]. Middle-aged.
- Lythene Frey, daughter of the Late Lord Walder Frey and wife of Lord Lucias. Middle-aged.
- Damon Vypren, knight and heir to Lord Lucias.
- Elyana Vypren, daughter of Lord Lucias.
- Jon Wylde, landless knight and husband of Elyana Vypren.
- Any relatives

Other
- A maester
- A septon
- Landless knights, sworn shields, guard captains, etc.
- Smallfolk of various sorts

Anyone not claimed will be played as an NPC by yours truly. I also might pick up a main character depending on the amount of people that we get.

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If you're interested, leave a post below, preferably outlining the type of character you'd be interested in playing. I'm all-ears if anyone has suggestions or comments. I expect everyone involved to have a decent knowledge of the books (or, at very least, the wiki). If you're completely new to the series but interested -- and not afraid of spoilers -- feel free to say so and I'll try to get you the basics.

Hmm, so it is ok if we don't know much about Game of Thrones? It's not that I dont want to watch the show, I just haven't had the time to devote to it. If it's a problem, fine, but I'd be interested.

That's fine, but you'll run the risk of being somewhat confused and also potentially being spoiled as to some very major plot twists. I'll be running off of the book-canon, so it won't be exactly the same, but if you want to stay relatively clear of spoilers be warned.

Also, you're going to want to read the wiki. This is a good jumping-off point.

That's fine. I actually have the book, just never got around to reading it. I may actually start now :)

I'd like to be Elyana, how old is she?

That is largely up to interpretation -- literally the only mention of her is, I think, in one of the appendices. I'd imagine somewhere in the mid-twenties; everything else is up to you.

Oh, wow, could get into this. I have a handmaiden I might use

@DeltaV I am interested, but I believe there's a small error - the year 289. The bulk of the series take place in 298-300.

Yep, that was a typo -- got the two numbers switched around. Welcome aboard!

Definitely interested huge fan of GoT but I try too stay away from cannon characters even ones that aren't even established so if possible could I maybe take a guard captain or sworn shield that worships the old gods but let me know what you all think :)

I'm at least interested.

Hello! This sounds like a hell of a ride! I'd like to either play Jon Wylde or a cousin of sorts... either way plots will soon be rising

Good to see we've got a decent group going, I had my doubts. I'll give it a few more days to see if any more interest accrues, and then set up an application for people to get characters made.

I'd be interested in doing a young hedge knight or something similar to that. :)

@DeltaVso... are we gonna start soonish?

I was hoping to hold out for another person or two. Life's been busy in any case; I'll try to get an OOC up sometime in the week.

Before I get the OOC going, I'd like to take a general survey of people to see what you'd like out of the RP. A few questions that I'd be nice to see you guys answer:

- What level of control should the characters have over canon events? Do you want to be actively manipulating the overall ASOIAF plot, or reacting to and dealing with situations caused by it?

- Do you want to see a basic system of 'stats' or 'traits' utilized? The former might bring it closer to a tabletop style, where you'd put a set amount of points into your character's abilities and from that your success at performing actions might be determined. The second would be similar, but with a series of skills or personality traits that you'd pick from a list and that might give bonuses or maluses to certain events. Obviously neither are strictly necessary, but it might be useful in quantifying character's abilities.

- What should House Vypern's sigil and/or words be? They're such a minor house that we essentially have complete control over this.

1. Hmmm... some control would be cool, but I think it should be a balance of both

2. Personally the less tabletop the better

3. The sigil should be an eel, no idea for words

Yeah I'm with agentmanatee on the first two ideas and I'm not too fussed about the sigil, my character won't be from vypern so it's wouldn't bother me. :)

I had an idea for the house words... its not great but here it its

"We live by deeds, not words" or simply, "Deeds, not words"

http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/89100-a-song-of-ice-and-fire/ooc

OOC is up!