[OOC] Lᴀɴᴅs ᴏғ Lʜɪᴠᴏʀɪᴀ

[Pundii]

@Buddha Hm, probably reasonably well compared to the others, depending on her age. If she was old enough to start fending for herself and be involved in diplomacy, she'd probably be used/treated similarly to her siblings.

[Dion]

I think the faceclaim looks too old to make her the age I wanted, so she's 15 and 9 months (so we can prepare her for some betrothal.)

[Infinite Cosmos]

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.

@Pundii

Oh damn. Tywin.

[Dion]

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Catarina Liyana Gully

_{Papa says the storm always comes, but I think he was talking about the storm he creates when he's mad.. I haven't seen a real storm in a few weeks..}

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◾ Name:

Catarina Liyana Gully, her middle name coming in memory of lord Arthur's late mother, rest her weary soul.

◾ Age:

15 and 9 summers (meaning she's 3 months away from becoming 16).

◾ Gender:

Female

◾ Sexuality:

Sexuality is against the word of God, but she ultimately wishes to marry a man of sorts.

◾ Origins:

Serpent's Roost

◾ Residence:

The Serpent's Roost

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◾ Idealistic ◾ Detached from Reality ◾ Kind and sweet ◾ Naïve ◾

◾ Personality:

Catarina is possibly the spitting image of a good, calm lady that serves her duties (read: sits by, waiting to get married off) without a single hint of dismay at this fate. This is possibly due to her rather child-like nature or her lack of political interest, which lead her to not quite understand how the world works. In her mind everything is as idealistic as it gets, with the king being the most noble man on earth, and her father being but a loyal servant, a great man within his own right. She could not be farther from the truth, but nobody has explained it to her, and even if they would, she would likely not believe them.

Despite her good girl nature, she can switch between being playfully boyish (for a lack of other kids to play with) and being the perfect daughter. She likes throwing stones into the water as much as the next boy, and enjoys playing whenever she gets the chance. At the same time, she knows how to curtsy perfectly well, and knows how to behave like a lady, as well as what proper etiquette is. That much her lessons have supplied her with. She is sweet and kind, knows her way in and around the ladies and lords of the court, and above all shows to be a perfect candidate for being married off.

◾ Role & Career:

Does a lady work? No such thing.

◾ Hobbies & Interests:

♔ Watching ships come and go from the port
♔ Throwing stones into the sea
♔ Walking the stony beaches of the Serpent's Roost
♔ Talking to her handmaiden

◾ Likes & Dislikes:

✔ Kind people
✔ Generosity
✔ Feasts and tournaments, for the festivities
✔ Songs and poems about the king and his family, as well as any other family, as long as they are romantic or heroic
✔ The truth.. lying is a sure way to get her to distrust you

✘ Cruel people who yell
✘ Serious arguments
✘ Politics
✘ Conflict and war
✘ The old, fat men that have come asking for her hand

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◾ Family Members:

♔ Arthur Gully - father.
♔ Amara Gully - mother.
♘ Amelia Gully - sister.
♘ Lucan Gully - brother.
♘ Ithobal Gully - brother.
☸ Brandt Trout - half-brother.
♖ Tybalt Gully - cousin.

◾ Biography:

Much of Catarina's early life could be described as easy. Being the youngest, she was never lacking when it came to attention and she seemed to have a relatively good bond with most of her siblings for the time they spent together. Which obviously wasn't all that much given her siblings were all either older, or had different interests. Never the less, she got along fine with them. While her mother was perhaps cold at times, but her family orientation made it so that Catarina was never short of love when it came to her mother. She spent much of her early childhood in the care of this woman, and has vowed to return the favor when the day beckons.

Growing up more, she started spending less time in the backrooms of the courts and more time inside the court itself, seeing her father at work and experiencing nobility first hand. At time she felt like the center of attention, while other times she merely sat back in the corner of the room, playing on her own. It was confusing, for a while, and she adapted a boyish attitude because of it as she was forced to deal with it somehow. Becoming assertive and not being afraid was her self defense, which earned her the label of being 'too boyish' in her early years. That changed later, when she became the girl she is now - boyish, but beautiful enough to make people forgive it.

Her teens were spent learning how to do lady-like things, such as sewing and other such tasks. Arduous works, but none the less somewhat enjoyable. Catarina never had a preference when it came to playing or learning, because she was a girl that switched up easily, and could go from an active child outside, to being a silent and patient girl inside. Due to this she was seen as the perfect daughter (in a way) because she did not complain, and accepted her fate as a lady of the court.

Once her studies were done, as they are now, she simply lived life in the court, never doing one thing for too long, and simply doing what she felt like doing.

◾ More images because I found a tonne and I want to share:

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[Infinite Cosmos]

My Hider

This... this could be a view from Mount Promonon to like... Vaerin forest or Diovire forest....

[Dion]

Since we'll be sharing images then, let me upload my wide plethora of scenery and shit.

[Infinite Cosmos]

Since we'll be sharing images then, let me upload my wide plethora of scenery and shit.

@Buddha

Scenery and shit. Perfect for a GoT roleplay.

[Dion]

Scenery and shit, brothers. Save any you might like.

[Pundii]

While we're sharing, I found a few which could represent each of the key centers.

Corevial Castle


Mount Promonon


Serpent's Roost

[Infinite Cosmos]

@MissCapnCrunch

Scenery and shit, brothers. Save any you might like.

@Buddha

[Dion]

@Pundii Serpents Roost.. looks nothing like how I imagined it. I imagined it dark, gritty and stormy.

[Pundii]

@Buddha

That's part of the reason I picked one that kind of looks nice, lmao, figured it'd be amusing for it to have something of a more appealing factor to it. (Plus it was really hard to find a decent town/keep by the sea)

[Dion]

@Pundii It's fine with me, as long as we have more rain than sunshine.

[MrMonsoon]

Will our character be able to die in this rp? it is GOT inspired lol

[Holy Soldier]

Not as big as I thought it was going to be

[Ferris]

I have 4th of July plans and school tomorrow, but I was interested in playing another Gully kid, if that's cool. I'll hopefully have something up by Tuesday, if not before!

[Holy Soldier]

I wonder how Amara Gully's fertile dam broke with all of these Gully kids lol.

[Dion]

@Holy Soldier I mean, back in the days they had like 10+ kids. That guy of the Twin Towers was an accurate representation of an (early) medieval family to a degree. So 4 aint that much.

[Holy Soldier]

@Buddha Don't forget to "mention" the GM, it is very easy to overlook profiles on these boards. I've done it many times in my own games because people don't mention me and I think I've read everything.

[Holy Soldier]

@BuddhaIt's a big change if you read her back story. How she had complications and bore nothing but stillbirths. It is completely contrary to what was written. I was just curious what broke the dam lol.