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[Pundii]

@MrMonsoon

jointherealm.com - It's all preset stuff, but there's a reasonable amount of options.

[MrMonsoon]

@Pundii
Thank you very much :)

[Dion]

If nobody else would take the position of Gully lord, we could always have something like a succession crisis. I mean, his heir is ineligible due to being a Kingsguard, his bastard son is ineligible on account of, well, being a bastard, and Tybalt is merely a nephew.

All 3 have equal amount of claim to the throne. We could make that a part of the story if the Gully lord remains unfilled.

[Pundii]

@Buddha
I was likely going to jump on the Gully Lord around Wednesday if no one sweeps in to take him, just want to give any new players the chance to make him before the cut off, though i'm open to him getting killed off and such a crisis occurring.

[Dion]

@Pundii You have a large amount of characters though.

[Tmitche23]

@BuddhaIthobal is the heir to The Quell Sea. He is the second son and rightful heir since his brother is not eligible.

[Pundii]

@Buddha I've only got the one at the moment :P

[Dion]

@BuddhaIthobal is the heir to The Quell Sea. He is the second son and rightful heir since his brother is not eligible.

@Tmitche23

Sorry, i confused him with the pirate.

[Dion]

@Pundii HNGGGG, I am confusing everyone with everyone.

yes, you making the spot might be best if not filled before wednesday.

[Pundii]

@Buddha

Lol! Worry not, I get confused like that myself some times :P

Been working on/off on a CS, i'll start adding some more meat to it in the event no one else takes the spot so I can put it up without any delay.

[Dion]

@Pundii If I ever do find the time, I'll make a lady of house Gully. A young one, so that we can play around with possible betrothals.

[NarcissisticPotato]

Do we need a character for betrothals? I don't mind making one that could be promised to a pre-existing character if anyone is interested?

[Dion]

@NarcissisticPotato I was planning on having Tybalt ultimately get betrothed (not for love, obviously) to someone. But that would be far in the future and it could literally be anyone because I was intending for it to be political.

As for my princess, she's too young to actually marry (when I make her, I'm looking at faceclaims now).

[Pundii]

This isn't a submission (yet, anyway), just putting it here for people to have a gander

Went a little nuts with writing some extra history for the Gully family here, but this is basically what I have so far for the lord of House Gully, should I take that spot.

Arthur Gully (WIP)

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Lord Arthur Gully

_{"Is it more noble to kill ten thousand men in battle, than a dozen at dinner?"}

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◾ Name:

Arthur Samuel Gully
The Golden Shark - A title to reflect Arthur's pride and military capability. Earned after the battle of The Red Rock, where Arthur's leadership allowed the Gully army to repel a considerably stronger force in the name of the crown.

◾ Age:

58

◾ Gender:

Male

◾ Sexuality:

Heterosexual

◾ Origins:

Northpond, the Quell Sea Region

◾ Residence:

Serpent's Roost in the Quell Sea Region

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◾ Hands-on ◾ Spiteful ◾ Devoted ◾ Unloving ◾

◾ Personality:

A little more in depth of who you are

◾ Role & Career:

Lord of The Quell Sea and House Gully
Commander of the Gully Army and Navy

◾ Hobbies & Interests:

Hunting
Smithing
Fishing
History

◾ Likes & Dislikes:

✔ Leading
✔ His family name
✔ Battle/Warfare
✔ Loyalty
✔ Getting his way

✘ Being undermined
✘ Religion
✘ Being disrespected
✘ Other houses
✘ Poetry/Songs

◾ Other:

Arthur is renowned for his military career, there are even songs about his greatest exploit - the Battle of Red Rock.

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◾ Family Members:

Lady Amara Gully - Wife
Ser Lucan Gully - Eldest Son
Lord Ithobal Gully - Second Son
Lady Amelia Gully - Daughter
Lord Tybalt Gully - Nephew
Brandt Trout - Bastard Son

◾ Biography:

Becoming the Lord

When Arthur was born, the Gully's were not the major house in the region of the Quell Sea, and were in fact a house in decline living in the meagre holding of Northpond. The only son to his fat, lazy father Meryn Gully, Arthur's mother died during his birth. Early in his days Arthur became a student of history, both from his father and the many scholars in the Gully court, he learned from an early age that the Gully family had once been a powerful and feared house, but over a period of many years had fallen into decline under lords who took their positions for granted.

This knowledge bred a great contempt in Arthur for his father, and an immense desire to see the Gully family restored to their rightful place as Wardens of the Quell Sea region. At this time, the Gully family had few bannermen, only the Moors were truly loyal to them, while their other bannermen, the Firemasons, had begun to grow discontent under the lazy leadership of Meryn. The Wardens of the region at this point was House Malver. House Malver had grown discontent with only holding control over the Quell Sea, and had been in great tension with House Ainsworth for many years.

Eventually, while Arthur's father was visiting with House Malver, they declared a rebellion against the crown, and demanded Arthur lead all of the Gully forces to Serpent's Roost, so they could join in the rebellion. Refusing to follow such a demand, Lord Carth Malver executed Meryn in the hopes it would bring Arthur to heel. In reality, Meryn's execution had been exactly what Arthur hoped for, and he took over as Lord of House Gully.

The Malver Rebellion

House Gully was weaker than the Malver's in terms of their army, but they had a greater navy, having been the major boat-builders for the Malver's during their time of servitude. Some of their armed forces were emboldened by retainers sent by the crown for their loyalty, but Arthur did not have a force strong enough to beat the Malver's conventionally, and certainly not enough to besiege Serpent's Roost. However, Arthur knew very well that the Malver's were aware of the Gully's weaker forces, and he counted on it.

Beginning a march toward Serpent's Roost, Arthur sent the majority of the Gully navy to distract what ships the Malver's did have in the Quell Sea itself, while a host of ships moved with his marching army along the cliffs, eventually meeting it at the White Rock. White Rock was an area right on the edge of the sea with high, cliffs of white stone and jagged rocks at its bottom. There was only two ways to approach the rock, from an easily defensible plain leading up a steep hill, or a land bridge, hidden by the tall rock itself which gave the area its name.

Arthur knew well about the land bridge, and although he figured the Malver's would use it he made no defences there, setting up all of his trenches and defenses on the plain, perfectly setting the guise of a camp waiting for a main assault. This emboldened Lord Malver, who sent a small force to distract the Gully's on the plain while the majority crossed the land bridge. When they were far enough across, Arthur had the catapults mounted on his ships open fire on the bridge, destroying it with ease and sending the majority of the Malver army falling onto the jagged rocks below. As the songs put it, the blood of the Malver's stained the White Rock red.

Easily wiping out the remainder of the Malver forces, Arthur marched on Serpent's Roost and took it relatively unopposed, putting every single Malver to the sword and wiping out the house entirely. For his service, the crown named house Gully the Wardens of the Quell Sea, rewarded Arthur with Serpent's Roost, and a bride, Lady Amara Moor.

Family

Settling into his life in Serpent's Roost, Arthur grew fond of his wife rather rapidly. He found himself reflected in her own ambition, and even her distaste for the Ainsworths, it reminded him much of his own hatred for the Malver family. The two grew to love each other despite any differences, and began to raise a family together.

Despite difficulties in the form of stillborn children which brought Arthur a great deal of frustration, he was never cruel with his wife, and continued to try for children with her despite an occasional discussion over whether it was worth it. Until this point Arthur had devoted too much of his life to his family name to see it crumble now. This frustration caused him to involve himself with a whore during a visit to the Diovire Desert, an experience he rapidly regretted, and chose to keep secret after returning to the Quell Sea. Eventually, their efforts bore fruit and their eldest son Lucan was brought into the world. A few years later, their second son was born, the pair of boys initially brought Arthur great joy, as he personally helped to educate and train them in the ways of history, war, and nobility.

Some years later, Arthur was confronted by his own bastard, Brandt, when the boy claimed to be his son Arthur was more than aware of its truth, he could see it in the boys eyes, but he refused to accept him. Devoted to his wife and regretting deeply even his involvement with Brandt's mother, he openly renounced any connection to Brandt and sent him away. This encounter awoke a more bitter side to Arthur, a contempt for himself which spilled over to his children. He became more harsh with training and teaching them, as if to wipe away his own stain of infidelity, he sought to further enrich the name of House Gully.

This contempt was only strengthened when his eldest son and heir renounced his titles to join the Kingsguard, it was only at the behest of his wife that he did not disown Lucan entirely, and he conceded later that he still held a great love for Lucan, despite his renouncement. Turning to his second son Ithobal, Arthur sought to mould him into the perfect lord, but it was not easy either. Granting him the gift of the Leviathan in an attempt to endear him to his father's word, Ithobal instead took to the open ocean to begin trading and sailing, an action which only built anger within the Gully Lord.

Out of all his children, only one commanded his respect, though still not his trust, and still with a degree of contempt - his daughter. Arthur has always been aware of his daughter's sly and treacherous nature, partly he believes it to be a result of his own teaching. He respects his daughter's ability to play the game, and as a result has granted her a position as his advisor, though he does not trust her, as he likely should not, and is not against using her for his own gain and efforts, regardless of what her own will may be.

For Arthur there is nothing greater than the family, he cares little for the wants and whims of his children.

[Dion]

@Pundii Alright, so what is the relation between Arthur and Tybalt, in this case? I see many of his 'likes' reach over to Tybalt as in Tybalt being loyal to the family (to the point of sacrifice if needed). If so, Tybalt could be the greatest asset so far for Arthur, and I can see Arthur generating a mix of trust in Tybalt (maybe even a friendship) and at the same time a cold, shallow feigned-friendship in order to convince Tybalt to do as he says.

Also, I'm creating a princess so you'll have two daughters, fuku.

[Pundii]

@Buddha

I'd say that's a reasonable idea for his relationship with Tybalt, he'd probably feel less contempt for Tybalt generally because he's not directly of his blood, so he doesn't have to worry about Tybalt carrying on his name after he dies, but he'd certainly be trying to convince Tybalt to do what he says, so he'd appreciate his loyalty in that regard.

And oh boy, i'll make sure he hates her as equally as the others. <3

[Dion]

@Pundii Hmm, well he does carry the Gully name, and in theory he has some claim to the throne if Ithobal were to die, so Arthur would do well to at least keep Tybalt close, since Tybalt is as much selfish is he is loyal. Loyalty ends where abuse begins, so make sure not to make it too obvious Tybalt is just a tool to him, and we'd be good.

And the girl will be young and malleable, I'm sure he can handle it.

[Dion]

@Pundii Double post, but what's the name of Arthur's fathers wife?

[Pundii]

@Buddha

Hm, let's go with Liyana. (Westerosi name generators are my saviour)

[Dion]

@Pundii Fair. How would the youngest daughter be treated? I am assuming this is also the last daughter, but that could theoretically still change. General attitude of father?