Darion Baratheon is a large, broad-shouldered man, towering above many men. Yet, despite his intimidating stature, the lord has rarely used it to try and cow people into subservience, instead choosing to smile and make them comfortable in his presence and befriending them. He, like the rest of the Baratheons before him has coal-black hair which he has allowed to grow to shoulder length, this along with his beard, Darion has been often compared in looks with his grandfather Robert Baratheon when he was in his youth.
Born in 310 as the eldest of the two Baratheon twins and the acting Lord Paramount of the Stormlands in his ailing father’s name, though with no prospect of his father’s health improving, many consider the young Lord as Lord Paramount already.
Unlike his younger sibling, who does not show the qualities of a Baratheon, Darion is quite opposite in that regard, being everything that’s to be expected of a Baratheon and more. He is a very strong-willed person and somewhat stubborn when it comes to some things. Like his grandfather Robert Baratheon, Darion has the talent of drawing people to him, befriending people and making them loyal to him, even if they were an enemy the other day. As for his size, he is a very big man, easily reaching a height of 6’10” reeeand towering above many men. It is thus that he earned his nickname as the “Storm Giant”.
Ever since he was born, Darion had lived his life to the fullest everyday, trying things that seemed interesting and if they bored him, then he would try again and again until he found something he enjoyed. Many people, including his own father encouraged this curious nature of his son, thinking that he would maybe find a hobby to enjoy besides leadership, something for what he was already being groomed for, despite already having shown quite the aptitude for it.
Among one of things he found that he had a calling for, was fighting. And it was no wonder that he often won in these mock duels considering his size, and his father, seeing that, hired a few trainers to refine his skills in combat and though he is slightly above average when it comes to skill, he counts more on his strength than his actual skill in combat. His second hobby, he truly found at the age of 14 as he laid with one of the various serving girls around Storm’s End and found that he enjoyed it quite a bit as it had the same pleasure one would feel from defeating a foe, though in this case, nobody would be really hurt. So, the young lord partook in both of his hobbies quite often, beating down squires and bedding young maids.
However, only a few months later, Darion had taken to love a woman different from all the others, he had taken Lyanna Seaworth, she was the daughter of Lord Devan Seaworth of the Rainwood, one of the high lords of the Stormlands and she was a shy young woman that had fallen in love with Darion and had given her maidenhood to him during a feast at Lord Devan’s holdfast. However only a few months later, Lord Devan came along with his daughter who was now pregnant with his child and demanded retribution.
Before his father said anything, Darion instantly acknowledged the child and invited the young Lyanna to stay at Storm’s End so that both she and Darion would be able to raise him properly and promised that he would try and get the child legitimized as soon as possible."Hey no prob I'll ask the king neither of us has met to legitimize this bastard and give you no marriage if you keep your daughter here so I can keep banging her without having to leave Storm's End" is an offer no lord would take. "Retribution", in this case, is a marriage.
Only a year later, one of the serving maids of Storm's End, a woman with which Darion had also laid came to him with a little girl. Like the child of Lyanna, he acknowledged the little girl as his own child and brought the child to court to be raised by maesters and other educators and would soon prove to be as fierce and hot-headed as Darion was.
Storm's End now has a teenage lordling who has brought in two bastards, one of which is "fierce and hot-headed". This should both
A: Significantly reduce the marriageability of the future Lord Baratheon
B: Be included in "Why a rebellion was possible"
A few years later, despite him already having two bastard children, Lord Garret Rogers presented his daughter as a potential wife to the now 18 year old Darion Baratheon. However, the young lord refused Lord Garret quite rudely telling him that if he had wanted to marry his daughter, he would have been the one to propose to her. A marriage offer from a father would not be unusual. I get that this furthers "Darion was rude this single time" but it doesn't really make sense.This was a grave insult to the Lord and though, he made sure to send a letter to apologize to both the father and the daughter, the damage had already been done, he had sown the seeds of discontent within the Stormlands against him."Darion sends a letter of apology to continue to be virtually without flaw, though Lord Rogers had already become much more angry than the lords whose teenage daughters Darion had impregnated and never married." is kind of a weird way for this rebellion to start. It sounds like you want Darion to be an infamous womanizer without giving him any negative traits or real-world repercussions to his actions.
Only days later, a small retinue of knights headed by the heir of Amberly, Lord Prestan Rogers arrived to demand a personal apology from Darion, not just a written one. However, they would find none there, as the stubborn heir of the Stormlands refused, and after a few more arguments, the young Prestan challenged Darion to a duel, a duel that he accepted.The beginning of the rebellion's reasoning takes another tumble here. The letter wasn't enough, he wants an apology face to face, but this is now too much for Darion? :thinking:
The duel itself was brief as Darion easily overpowered the young lord, shattering his shield and drawing blood. In a fit of combat rage, Darion then challenged any of the knights that had come with the young Prestan to the same duel. Thankfully, while some of the knights were a bit more skilled in combat, Darion's strength was what allowed him to win all of the duels, though he would soon fall ill due to exhaustionwhat soon after the duels themselves. Even with a victory, though, this only served to worsen the relations with house Rogers and further sow the seeds towards rebellion.This lord shows up and Darion doesn't apologize, whoops his ass, and then whoops all his knight's asses. Darion has so far sired two bastards and been attacked by a force of knights, and the only bad thing that has happened to him is that he got sick once, after the fight?
In the year of 332, Prestan Rogers, the son of Lord Garret Rogers had discovered Effrin laying with another young man during a banquet. And though Darion did not know what had happened between the two inside the room, Prestan had come out yelling obscenities at both his brother for his heinous crime and at the Baratheon family for all their sins against men and against the gods.If Nebulous quits, I will either help you rewrite this part or play a gay Baratheon. Time can only tell.
Darion, who was of a fairly short temper when it came to his family, assaulted Prestan and a brief fight started between the two, however, again, due to his strength, Darion beat Prestan unconscious and would have probably beaten him to death had his own and Prestan's father not stopped him. Lord Garret, seeing this demanded retribution for this by exiling both his children as a form of justice, however, he would find none as Edric banished both Garret and Prestan out of Storm’s End.Lord Garret's response to seeing his son nearly beaten to death is to exile him and his other son?
This move had great repercussions, as many of the noble houses of the Stormlands now banded under Lord Garret Rogers and threatened rebellion against the future Lord Paramount.Which ones? A furious Darion, though somewhat pacified by his mother, had sent ravens to both the queen and Rhaegon to help settle this incident before it came to bloodshed, however no response came from either the queen or her heir, leaving the two Baratheon siblings to deal with the situation by force rather than diplomacy.
It took a month for the forces of both sides to gather. The battlefield was to be decided as the place between the seats of the two houses, close to Summerhall, the seat of the prince Jon Targaryen. While Darion was confident that he would prove to be victorious in the battle ahead, his brother did not seem to think so, or at least, he thought that this would be only the first rebellion and it would sow the seeds for yet more years of possible rebellion from the various strong-headed lords of the Stormlands.Also, this usurper has presumably told everyone Effrin is gay.
In order to prevent the death of so many soldiers and nobles, Effrin was able to convince Prince Jon to mediate the two sides. So, just before the battle would start, all the great nobles on both sides met in the middle of the battlefield and awaited for Prince Jon to arrive. And when he arrived, he certainly made quite the scene as he arrived on top of his dragon Rhaegal, with his bronze and green scales shining in the daylight. Suddenly, everyone there seemed to be ready to negotiate, as neither side really wanted to try and fight a fully grown dragon on the battlefield, knowing that they would most likely end up burned like in the Field of Fire.This part reads a little iffy, but once again, I get what you mean. The tone is a little off here.
Though they were called negotiations, under perceived threat of dragonfire, all the rebel lords save the Rogers had conceded their requests for the Baratheons and once again swore fealty to him. Now, being alone against House Baratheon and most of the other houses of the Stormlands, Lord Garraet conceded as well and swore fealty to the Lord Paramount once again, though the rivalry between the two houses still brewed.
With that, the forging of a bond between the two twins and the prince. Effrin had taken a near instant liking to the young prince and who Effrin trusted, Darion was willing to trust as well. After a time of negotiations, the young prince even took the bastard son of Darion as his own squire, making the relationship between Darion and Jon, even closer than before and gaining the loyalty of the Lord Paramount of the Stormlands.
Prince Jon Targaryen- Darion is absolutely loyal to the young prince, not only due to helping in the solving of the Amberly incident, but also for taking both his brother in the kingsguard and taking his son page and as squire... and for other, more secretive reasons.
Effrin Baratheon- Darion loves his brother absolutely, even more than his own children and has sworn an oath to protect his brother and to kill those who would do him harm, What?and though he is not sure if his brother reciprocates the feeling, but if it were necessary, he would even die for him.
Lord Garraet Rogers- For refusing a marriage offer, humiliating his son in a duel and nearly killing said son, the lord of Amberly currently hates the Lord Paramount of the Stormlands and though they have sworn fealty to him once more, they are waiting for the another occasion to take him and his brother down once more.
Prince Rhaegon Targaryen- Though the two have never met, Darion does not like the heir to the Iron Throne at all, both for not agreeing to settle the Amberly Incident and for his rather hostile opinion on bastards.
Beric Hightower- Darion has rarely talked with Beric, though from the little they did talk, the stormlord did admire the knight's honor and skill in combat, though his son might not, considering that the knight is one of his sons trainers.
All in all, the main changes I would like to be made before your take on the Baratheons is accepted is for Darion to be more fleshed out, having some negativity and facing negative consequences for his actions, and for the beginning of the rebellion to be more cohesive.
