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I added some to the collab and now I can add more as we move along. (Apologies for being -slow-) Zach, per our conversation back in the IRC a while ago (using logs) I can reconstruct what we discussed; that the Lame Lion was once a close friend of Aegon III, even as Ser Martyn is a friend of Daeron, and once served as the Hand before the rise of Viserys. If that conflicts with the current consensus, let me know and I can modify.

I'll be around for days at this point, and thankfully broke the seal on this. I'll try to throw up a reconstituted character sheet as soon as able.
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House Name: House Mormont
House Words: Here We Stand


House Decription/General Information: The Mormonts of Bear Island are an old family, sworn to the Starks of Winterfell. Despite their decidedly empty coffers, the Mormonts have always served their Bannerlords faithfully and honourably - never stooping to dishonesty or illegal acts to increase their own wealth. The House is currently led by Androw Mormont, a great bear of a man nearing his Twilight years. Although Androw is still the ruler of Bear Island, his sons and grandchildren take care of much of the day-to-day running of the Mormont’s lands, with Androw spending most of his time in his personal chambers.

Name: Androw Mormont
Age: 58
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Personality: Androw is a man bound by the importance of honour, duty and family. Raised from a young age to respect these three values, he will always put them before his own personal gain. Androw is known by the people of Bear Island to be a fair and just ruler in the way that he settles disputes between his subjects - he will always listen to both sides of a story, and mete out an appropriate punishment if there is one to be had; and, like many Northern Houses, he shares the belief that ‘he who deals the sentence should swing the sword’ - so, on the rare occasion that a death sentence is handed out, the honourable old Lord himself will be there to deliver the killing blow.

Androw is loyal to the Starks before any ‘Southron Kings’, as he gruffly puts it, as he believes that loyalty should be earnt and not freely given - and the Targaryens have never made any effort to come and visit Bear Island, at least during his lifetime.

Biography: Androw was born the first son of the late Lord Hareth Mormont and his Lady wife, and the middle child of four siblings. He had a younger brother and two older sisters, who had already been raised in the traditional Bear Island fashion - with a needle in one hand and an axe in the other.

Androw’s young life was fairly uneventful, and from the age of about six and onwards his days were so full he hardly had time to be a child anymore. Unlike many young Lordlings, Androw did not enjoy a life of luxury - he was born into a lifestyle of hard work and labour, and was happy if at the end of the day he had a warm fire and a large, hearty meal to sit down to. His father saw to it that Androw would grow up to be a warrior worthy of wielding the Mormont’s ancestral weapon, Longclaw; Androw spent hours every day practicing swordplay with the warriors of Bear Island, and by the time he was fifteen he was already a fearsome warrior.

Androw fought alongside the men - and women - of Bear Island whenever they were invaded by Wilding - or Ironborn - raiding parties, and by the time his father was on his deathbed, he handed over Longclaw - and Bear Island - to his eldest son with a fond, parting smile. His two eldest sisters had already been married off to other Lords of the North by the time Androw became Lord Mormont, and his younger brother fell defending Bear Island from a Wildling attack when Androw was in his mid-twenties.

As the only surviving Mormont left on Bear Island, Androw recognised the importance of attaining a wife - and quickly. He was wed to Alysa Dustin - a rather plain young woman, but one with a large heart - something that had become rare within the nobility. She was someone whom Androw grew to love deeply. He and Alysa had three children - a boy, a girl, and then another boy, before his wife’s passing two years ago due to a cold she had never quite recovered from.

Weighed down by grief from his wife’s passing, Androw has begun gradually passing more and more responsibilities to his children and grandchildren, and spends quite a large amount of time locked away in his personal chambers - with a keg of ale kept closeby.

Name: Garlan Mormont
Age: 32
Appearance: Like his father, Garlan is a bear of a man - standing at an impressive 6’5”, he possesses a similar physique - broad, powerful shoulders, a wide chest and impressive strength; born from a mixture of genetically inherited ability and a lifetime of near constant training and labour.

His eyes are a bright blue, and shine with intelligence and wit despite Garlan’s somewhat brutish appearance.

Despite his almost beastly strength, Garlan has begun to put on a bit of weight - due to his handing over of much of Bear Island’s more physically demanding duties to his younger siblings, as well as his own two sons and his numerous nieces and nephews. The warrior’s stomach has gradually grown larger over the last few years, leaving the man with a respectable potbelly. As well as this, his facial features have lost the chiseled aspect of a young, rugged warrior - these angular looks replaced by fat and loose skin, and a rather large beard that the man has grown out in an attempt to hide this.

His hair is dark brown in colour, and sits atop his head in a mass of untamed curls; but his hair, wild as it is, is nothing compared to his massive beard; which, combined with his large amount of body hair, makes Garlan appear rather significantly bear-like. The Mormont usually dresses in leathers or chainmail, and will never be seen without a weapon - be it a large bastard sword resembling Longclaw (which he will one day inherit) or a double-bladed battleaxe.

Personality: Like his father, Androw, Garlan is an honourable man who recognises the importance of honesty, family and duty. Although he is certainly not a knight - and is much more straightforward and abrupt than the ‘Knights of Summer’ who reside in Westeros’ Southern Kingdoms, Garlan is certainly chivalrous. He cares for the smallfolk, and does everything in his power to make sure they are protected and are able to live comfortable lives.

Although he lives a good life on Bear Island, Garlan is ambitious - and, unlike his father, recognises the value of earning the Targaryen’s favour - and the wealth and power that will come with it. If he was given the chance to advance his place - and his family’s place - in the politics of Westeros, Garlan would certainly take it.

Biography: The first-born son of Lord Androw Mormont and his Lady wife Alysa Dustin, Garlan was given the full attention of his parents - and their household staff - until the age of four, when his younger sister was born. Garlan was raised in a similar way to his father - from a young age, he was allowed to explore Bear Island, accompanied by his mother - and, as he grew older, she was progressively replaced by his father’s most trusted men - and occasionally his father himself.

Garlan was trained in horseriding, hunting and fighting - and by the time he was in his mid teens, he was very well skilled indeed in all three fields. Although he was never necessarily ‘book smart’, Garlan had a talent for physical pursuits and a good head for tactics. As a result of his father’s unconventional approach to his upbringing, Garlan had all sorts of friends in his youth - from the sons of other Lords who came to visit, to the young fishermen who plied the waters of Bear Island learning their father’s trades. A very well known - and well liked - young man, he was a favourite with the ladies of Bear Island; and is likely the father of a few unacknowledged bastards.

Androw recognised his sons frivolousness, and decided to fix the issue by marrying him off as early as he could. As a way of broadening his family’s connections, Androw sought his son a wife from the Riverlands - a task which proved much harder than he had originally anticipated. However, a wife was eventually found in the form of Shireen Haigh, the youngest daughter of the Minor House Haigh. Garlan’s galavanting came to an abrupt age when it was announced at his nineteenth nameday celebration that he would be wed to Shireen the following month, after a great deal of planning and preparation on his father’s part - kept quiet from the young man to prevent his intervention.

Garlan appreciates Shireen’s beauty, but their marriage is a loveless one - Garlan, as he says, ‘could never be tied to one woman’, but instead prefers to distribute his ‘affections’ between numerous women - of both low and noble birth. Shireen accepts her husband’s indiscreet actions as part of who he is, but refuses to allow him to acknowledge any of his bastards because of the disgrace it would bring her.

Name: Cassana Mormont
Age: 28
Appearance: Cassana Mormont was lucky enough to inherit her mother’s looks over her father’s; and although she appears rather plain, she possesses beauty in other ways. Her hair is a light blonde - the colour of sunlight, as Androw often used to tell her when she was a child sitting upon his knee.

She stands at an average height, and although her frame isn’t the most curvaceous in the world, her green eyes and bright, perfect smile are what make her attractive. Cassana is not like most Ladies - she wears similar - if not the same - clothes to her brothers, and carries a sword at her side and an axe on her back.

Bio: Cassana - or Cass, as she’s called by those who know her - was born four years after Garlan Mormont, and was doted upon severely by both her parents - and her older brother, as he grew up into a young man. Cassana’s young life was somewhat more luxurious and easier than Garlan’s, but this was not to say she didn’t work - she took care of the running of the Mormont’s household, along with her mother and the few staff her father could afford to employ.

As well as household work, Cassana - like all women on Bear Island - was taught how to defend and look after herself in the event of a Wildling or Ironborn raid. Cassana is an excellent shot with throwing knives, and knows her way about a sword if she ever needs to use one.

Visiting Lords have been somewhat shocked by the way Cass dressed, earning her the nickname ‘Lady Wildling’, which was often snickered about by boys her own age behind her back - before she punched a Lord from the Riverland’s son in the nose because he made the mistake of laughing at her when she was within reaching distance.

Cass is as yet unmarried, and it seems unlikely that she ever will be wed - her father just loves her too much to send her away.

Name: Ramsay Mormont
Age: 25
Appearance: Ramsay is decidedly shorter than his father and older brother, standing at a still very acceptable height of 5’11”. The young Lordling’s hair is blonde, like his mother and sister, but has still inherited the curly, wild nature of his father’s hair. His eyes are blue, like Garlan’s, and seem to whisper of a shrewd, careful intelligence.

Ramsay is no bear, but this is not to say that he’s not strong - he’s fit, but in a much more lean way than the other men of his family. His shoulders are narrow, his frame slender - lending the young man to a fighting style more quick and graceful than the strong, brutish attacks that most men on Bear Island practice.

He wears a longsword at his side, and often has a few days’ growth on his cheeks.

Personality: Unlike the rest of his family, Ramsay is not trusting - and nor is he honourable. He has a shrewd, calculating mind, and it is rare indeed that he’ll be truly honest with someone other than his siblings.

Despite his calculating nature, Ramsay is still quite likeable - he’s smart, witty and confident, and seems to know just what to say to keep people happy - or at least he likes to think so. Ramsay has a talent for books and mathematics, which is how he came to take up the position of House Mormont’s Steward.

Minor Members of the House

Name: Rolland Snow
Age: 48
Role: Head of House Mormont’s household guard, Androw’s deceased older brother’s bastard.

Name: Harwin
Age: 20
Role: Garlan Mormont’s right-hand man, a commoner from Bear Island - in a position of command within the fighting men of Bear Island.

I’ll add more characters to this list as they become relevant, and write proper sheets for any who become major characters.
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The Daynes are more than half finished, and I wrote some in the piratepad which promptly died.
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Sorry this took so damn long, life got in the way. I'm not 100% "with it" in terms of how the new sight works, so I apologies for any buggy images, weird paragraph breaks etc.

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House Name: House Reyne

House Words: Make haste when the lion wakes.

House Decription/General Information (optional):

House Reyne are vassals of House Lannister, and are second in wealth only to their liege lords. Throughout the Dance with Dragons House Reyne were supporters of Aegon II, and fought a costly battle in an attempt to support his ascension to the Iron Throne. Lord Domeric Reyne, the then Lord of Castamere, was a prominent player in the turbulent conflict, pouring large amounts of troops and resources into the war.

Lord Domeric was a part of a host that was sent eastwards to help reinforce Ser Criston Cole at Harrenhal, however they were intercepted by infantry under the command of several Lords of the Riverlands, ultimately resulting in a crushing defeat for the greens, and the death of Lord Domeric.
For a short while afterwards the House of Reyne was thrown into disarray, up until the point in time when a young Lord Darius managed to secure dominance over the fragmented house, quickly restoring his lineage back to its former affluence. While Lord Darius’ reign was one of prominence and prosperity, it was not long before his passing, due to a fatal affliction. Next in like came Abelar Reyne, the current lord of Castamere. While lacking in physical strength, Abelar’s game is one played best from the shadows, a battle of wits and intellect, using blackmail and bribery to ensure that House Reyne’s position of power is secured and undisputed.

Name: Abelar Reyne-The Sly lion.

Age: 35
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Personality: His immense intelligence being his most deadly weapon, Abelar is cunning and calculating, his mind a vast mental bastion of knowledge. While in truth he is arrogant and has a complete disregard for social niceties, the Lord of Castamere is able to conjure an impeccable façade of grace and courtesy, should the situation demand it of him.

Abelar cares little and less for honour and duty, his only true care in the world being the preservation of his house, but more importantly his own survival. He has surrounded himself with an enormous network of spies and informants, operating on every level of society and walk of life, each one keeping him informed as to the movements of noble lords and ladies from houses great and small, and the lowly chatter of the seemingly unimportant smallfolk.

Name: Marik Reyne-The Dread lion.

Age: 19

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Personality: A black-hearted killer, vicious, brutal and terrifyingly wily; The Dread lion of Castamere inspires fear in all but the hardest of men. Marik revels in inflicting pain upon others and has a dry, sadistic sense of humour. Incapable of empathy, he is even more uncaring and conceited than his lord father, the plights of others never even registering in his twisted mind. Marik has very few who he would considers friends, but often spends his time amongst the more barbaric of his father’s soldiers, caring little for the men and women of court.
The Dread lion is an accomplished fighter, being an expert with most forms of conventional weaponry. While not a tactical thinker, Marik can easily hold his own against multiple advisers; his fluid and fast swordsmanship the stuff of fables. In recent times hushed voices have begun to whisper of a towering figure roaming the Westerlands, stalking through grimy streets in the dead of night and preying on unfortunate passers-by, attacking seemingly at random, before vanishing into the darkness.

Marik wields Harbinger, the broadsword originally used by Domeric Reyne during the Dance with Dragons.

Name: Ravella Reyne-The Laughing lioness.

Age: 19
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Personality: If one were to call Marik’s twin sister as inhumane and heartless she would most likely thank them for their kind compliments, before returning to whatever twisted corner of her warped consciousness she was currently seeking solace within.

So many stories and so much speculation surround the young women that it is almost impossible to tell the fact from the fiction. Some say that she bathes in the blood of young virgin girls to rejuvenate her pale skin, whilst others would claim that she cannibalises the flesh of fledgling servants, or feasts on the hearts of those who take her fancy.

Whether any of this is true is highly debatable, however those who have had the chance of encountering the Laughing lioness will vogue for the aura of unease that radiates off of her when she emits her shrill laughter or the horrific twitching in her feral, misshapen eyes.
No one is truly sure what dark thoughts plague her afflicted mind, but she has been known to be jubilant and joyous one moment, skittish and suspicious the next, and then frightfully ferocious soon after.

Name: Tytos Reyne-The Red lion.

Age: 17

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Personality: Tytos is rather unlike the other members of house Reyne; he is chivalrous, courtly and kind. The young Reyne is admired by those at court and adored by the smallfolk, a shining example of heroism and gentility. Despite all of his gallant traits, Tytos possesses a lustful streak, having courted and deflowered many maidens.
While perhaps not quite as lethal with a sword as his brother, and not nearly as skilled with such a vast variety of weapons as Marik, Tytos would still be considered a fine swordsman by the standards of most; having practiced his expertise with the blade for the best part of his life.

His sword is Heartseeker; a skilfully forged blade that the young lord wields with the expertise of a master swordsman.

Name: Leonella Reyne-The Trickster lioness.

Age: 16

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Personality: He father’s daughter; Leonella is as equally as intelligent and cunning as the Lord of Castamere. Even more skilled in the art of deception than Abelar, She uses every asset at her disposal to manipulate others into doing her bidding, and is not above stepping on others, even family, to get what she wants. Leonella has an immense mistrust of almost everyone around her, and keeps a watchful eye monitoring anyone/thing that might possibly be perceived as a threat.
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Lemme get cracking on rewriting the Lannister sheet here so we have a sense of what happened during the Dance of Dragons (since I diverge a bit with a split between Lannisters on which side to take). I left the Reynes intentionally unnamed/undeveloped out of the sense that someone might want to play them. ;)

I'm working on setting it up as more dissension in House Lannister during the Dance, since there were a Marbrand and some others that went black. I'll have the history ironed out -- I'm just trying to keep it straight with the "Princess and the Queen."
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House Information
During the Dance of Dragons, the Crownlands, the Riverlands and the Reach burned, but the Westerlands bled. It's true that dragonfire didn't scorch the hills, but that Westermen families fought each other over support of Aegon II or Rhaenyra. The conflict wasn't resolved so much as that it died with the ascent of Aegon III to the throne, intent on mending his realm. By the same token, Steffon "Blackmane" Lannister worked hard to mend his lands as well as the other Kingdoms, serving as Aegon's Hand at one point until stepping down in favor of the ascendant Viserys. Today, the Westerlands stand largely restored thanks to two and a half decades of careful stewardship and reconciliation between factions that warred, but that peace is precarious. House Lannister looms strong enough under Steffon, these days known by his detractors as "The Lame Lannister", for the nonce anyway.

While traditionally a fruitful house with many members, House Lannister was thoroughly depopulated during the Dance of Dragons. It will be another generation or two before there are a lot of Lannister cousins, and other Houses in the West conspire to make good marriage alliances with the Lannisters to shore up their chances of inheritance were anything to befall the Lannisters.


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Haegon Vaelaros

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Personality
Haegon is a serious man, some may even go so far as to say completely humorless. In business, in faith, in his family life, he is unwavering in his demands and expectations. The zeal and ruthless nature he showed while a young man has not broken in the wake of his faith, but been forged into something new. He sees each moment as a way to espouse his belief whether in success or failure. When he expands his business or takes out a competitor, when he makes love to his wife or tutors their daughter, it is always with the intent to serve R'hllor.

He is met with both fear and ridicule by his peers. R'hllor is not an uncommon faith in Lys, yet his fervent beliefs can even push away some priests. Those that fear him have good reason to, Haegon has made more than a few enemies due to his business practices. He does not have friends as much as he has allies and acquaintances.

History
Haegon was the eldest of his parent's six children and the only son until his final sibling was born some fifteen years after him. He grew up with the heritage of a Westerosi mother, one who shared noble and royal bloodline, as she too frequently reminded the young Haegon. He was the only one of his siblings to ever see her land of birth, though he was just a toddler at the time and recalls nothing of Dorne except what his imagination dreamed up as a child listening to a mother's stories.

Having a Dornish mother may not have earned a young Haegon harassment, but he grew up knowing there was a contrast between his family and the other merchant princes of Lys. He was not so pale, none of his siblings were, though they were all more blonde than brunette, and inherited their father's blue eyes. When Haegon was older he also realized that his parents had once been truly in love, blessed by the goddess perhaps some would say. And in fact, they were married in the temple devoted to the goddess of love, so taken with each when they met. That love though had burned too hot and had extinguished itself long before Haegon could see any sign of it except in the quiet moments when his mother's expression would become far off, sad. There was no goddess of love, there were no gods as far as Haegon could tell. Only the worship of money.

He learned his father's businesses with a zeal. Perhaps in part to prove that the Westerosi blood did not dilute the Lyseni in him, perhaps simply because he had the mind for it. Baerion Vaelaros owned a vineyard that went into making one of Lys' famed red wines and several brothels. Haegon was never satisfied, more restless than his father in pursuit of gold. More ruthless.

That began to change, at least in part, when he was a young man of fifteen. Tyene Dayne fell ill during her final pregnancy; it was a birth that both she and child barely survived. While Tyene would go on to recover, the child never did. Little Rhygael was born with a crippled body, deformed. Always sickly, weak, his mind seemed just as crippled as his body. Haegon watched in disgust as even at three namedays, his young brother was unable to utter a word, or even attempt to walk. Though it was never spoken off, Haegon knew that the child's death was not natural nor accidental. He also knew that his mother's death just a week later came from her own hands. Now eighteen, he was forced to make a decision about some things, for as horrifying as he found Rhygael's life, the loss of the little crippled boy and his mother was shocking in a way he would have never guessed. For the first time in his life, he sought meaning outside of the pursuit of gold.

Vaella was the byproduct of his first attempt to find meaning. He turned back to the Lyseni love goddess. While the child he and the priestess created in their passion brought some happiness and meaning to his life, it was not enough. Rather than give the girl up to be raised as a priestess, he took her into his father's home. What was the point of raising another in an empty belief?

Haegon turned to the Seven next, his mother's religion that she had turned back to when the love between her and Baerion failed. There was no peace in it that Haegon could find. Seven facets of the same god, he found them all to be apathetic even if they were real. What great deeds did they ever do? What signs of their existence?

It was then, in his early twenties, that Haegon converted wholly to R'hllor. The Red God whose priests could see the future, the believers who awaited their savior, Azor Ahai. There was power and in proof in the belief, and Haegon became fanatical in a few short years. Though his father wouldn't allow it while he lived, after Baerion died and Haegon inherited the estates and businesses, he would bring the brothel's children to the R'hllor's temple. He funded, from his personal wealth, missions to send the Red Priests to other lands, most notably, Dorne. He still retained his lust for gold and expansion of his business, though the intent was no beyond just proving himself or getting more. It was getting more to serve the Lord of Light, to further his worship, to be ready when the long night came and Azor Ahai would be reborn.

Haegon married a fellow believer, though from a family of new wealth. Lynaera was not so pure-blooded, much like himself, but their shared beliefs has created, if not a loving marriage, one of understanding. Married only four years ago, his wife is barely older than the daughter he created in his days of youth. Lynaera has given him a second daughter, Aedra who is three, but is pregnant with their second child.
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The Piratepad was down for a couple of days, but is now back (it was backed up anyway) so, more writing can now be done. Future group collabs will likely use google docs, even if in some ways it can be less convenient, it's much less likely to die on us.
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http://titanpad.com/ looks very similar to piratepad. Might be a viable alternative.
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Hey guys can I place a claim on Hose Swann of Stonehelm?


Sure why not!
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Crew of the Ravallah

Once the most feared sight on the horizon from Braavos to King's Landing to Slaver Bay, the Ravallah served as flagship of the infamous Dread Fleet, a pirate fleet with a still to this day mysterious home port. Commanded by the Braavosi pirate lord Enki 'the Demon' Dumazi, the vessel was believed lost after it was last seen sailing for a storm near the Smoking Sea. While the Dread Fleet would fall to Dumazi's second in command, Furroq the Fearsome (Captain of the Furious), some sailors returning from the East claim to have recently seen the blood red sails of the Ravallah—though always at a distance. Whisperers from Qarth to King's Landing have heard rumblings about the infamous pirate ship, and mayhaps more interestingly, that she is no longer commanded by the Demon, but the woman rumored to have been his lover: a Westerosi born woman named Celena the Lioness, famous in the Free Cities for her short, successful, stint as the only woman First Sword of Braavos in living memory.

The Ravallah herself is a ship seemingly of amalgamation in design; a melding of sea vessels known from Westeros and the Free Cities with the undeniable look and feel of those from the Jade Sea and beyond. Many claim that it is this unique design that provides the Ravallah it's famed speed on the open sea, while others, and most notably those made victim from the vessel in the past, are absolute that there is no other explanation for the ship's speed than some dark magic. Whatever the case, from it's blood red sails to it's supposed Shadowlands wood construction, there is no mistaking the Ravallah for any other ship on the open seas.





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Name: Marya Swann née Estermont
Age:28

Personality: Reclusive,and very cautious. She loves "her children" very much.
Biography: Nicknamed the Black Swan for having mourned her late husband for so long, she now lives a secretive life, hardly ever leaving Stonehelm. She believes her husband was killed by a poisoned dornish blade so is very wary of what she eats and drinks. Her children are not actually her own but those of her husbands first marriage. However, as her only remaining family in the world she has developed a very close bond with them taking over the after their mother when Steffon Swann’s first wife passed away. Steffon then married Marya barely half a year before dying himself. Lord Steffon Swann was killed in battle leading his forces in support of the other marcher lords against Dornish invaders. She now raises Elena and Rolland alone. Marya is currently the center of attention attention of many suitors who see her as a young beautiful widow who holds the second greatest house of the Stormlands yet unknown to all but her partners, Marya is not interested in the affections that men can provide.

Name: Elena Swann
Age: 19

Personality: Serious, adventurous and concerned about preserving the family.
Biography: Raised as any normal noble lady would be until age 14 when her mother, Steffon Swanns first wife passed away of a fever. She then assumed the mantle of lady of the house, Involving herself in her father’s affairs whilst her brother grew up resulted in her learning the basics of economics and diplomacy until he remarried. She grew up to be beautiful and tall though her fathers’ doting has made her vain.
Name: Rolland Swann
Age: 17

Personality: Martial, proud, cunning and cautious yet easily swayed by lust
Biography: Whilst it is said that Bastards Grow up faster than others this applies equally to children who grow up without either of their natural parents. Essentially raised by Stonehelm’s master at Arms and its’ master for three years Rolland became a man well before his sixteenth name day. Like his father Rolland is a fine warrior who has proved himself against bandits and other squire alike. Although still a squire it is expected that Rolland shall be knighted and named Lord of Stonehelm on his eighteenth nameday as all knew his father had intended.

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Right, there's been some confusion as to what is happening now. I won't be writing a collab solely to give out marching orders, I'll be posting them below. The next major post by myself will jump us forwards to the first acts of the war (beyond posting a collab between myself and Vanq, that will most likely be my next post) until then, players are free to write posts set in Summerhall, as all those present at the opening feast will remain there as long as it takes them to iron out details, to scheme among themselves etc etc.

Marching Orders:

The Royal Fleet: A significant portion will be a part of the first strike of the war, capturing Ghost Hill to be used as a landing point later in the war, the rest of the fleet will join the other naval forces of Westeros in holding the sea around Dorne. This is the first wave.

The Reach/The Westerlands/The Riverlands: The largest army group (at least initially) will be attacking through the Dornish Marches along their border with the Reach. This requires the most troops due to the travel through the mountains comprising of many smaller passes, meaning even divided this group must be strong. Combined with Daeron's own force, this will be the second wave.

The Stormlands/Crownlands: The host lead by Daeron will be striking down through the bonepass. Striking at the same time as the above force, this should either divide Dornish forces, or cause them to forsake either the Daynes or the Yronwoods, key bannermen in their defences.

The Vale/The North: As both realms are expected to provide smaller, but more specialized forces, these will be deployed in the Red Mountains, so that all resistance can be crushed and the supply lines maintained.

Naval forces: Key naval forces, such as White Harbor, Gulltown, the Arbor and the Ironborn will be expected to provide forces to assist the royal fleet, later to land forces at Ghost Hill.

We all good with this?
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Sounds good, Ruby in Summerhall Robert needed a word with Brodrik, can we get that on a pirate pad at some point?
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Any news for house Swann?
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Winston Smith said
Any news for house Swann?


If you want it formally accepted, the sheet needs to go in the pending character sheets thread.

Only issue I have at the moment is why the elder son didn't inherit at the age of 17, in Westeros that's well above the age of when men are allowed to rule, rather than have a female rule in the stead.
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The only reason I haven't posted House Lannister up yet is because I am figuring out what to do with the daughter, which way to go.

But we had the substantial conversation about all that when the sheet was approved prior to Guildfall, and I kept that stuff intact as discussed.
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Is House Greyjoy open..? I'd love to take them.
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Prince Potter said
Is House Greyjoy open..? I'd love to take them.


They are.
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