[OOC] A Song of Ice and Fire - the Blackfyre Rebellion (Page 3)

House Blackwood
Strike swiftly, Aim true

House Description:
 Dating from the Age of Heroes, the Blackwoods have ruled in Raventree Hall for centuries with large swaths of land and, while they are sword to the Tullys of Riverrun, they can call up vast armies to their aid. Though their history reaches farther back, they were originally Northmen who were driven from the North. Just as far back does their hatred with the Brackens reach, the other house being no more than horse breeders and petty lords that usurped the Blackwood kings of old. As if their poisoning of the Weirwood tree did not confirm it! Since those ancient days, they have had a history steeped in feuds, battles, and many victories with notable figures.

They rule from Raventree Hall in the Blackwood Vale, north of Riverrun and the Red Fork.

Recent History: In recent years, they have settled into peace. The House took Benjicot's view, that the peace was well earned after the brutal wars for succession and the turbulent times when the Young Dragon and Baelor the Blessed ruled. But the House held in reserve, it's irked-natured about allying with the Dornish, though it bristled at the apparent favor the Brackens were given under King Aegon IV. Now with alliances firm in the Riverlands, the Blackwoods hover with their hands near their swords to keep a sharp eye out for their rightful Targaryen Kings.

{202 AC} -Current Time
	-Birth of Benjicot Blackwood, son of Bennifer and Olyria
{197 AC} -Marriage of Bennifer Blackwood to Olyria Frey
{193 AC} -Death of Marianne Blackwood, suffering chest pains
{190 AC} -Death of Benjicot Blackwood
{183 AC} -Birth of Roger Blackwood
{181 AC} -Marriage of Calera Blackwood to Manfryd Lothston
{178 AC} -Calera delivers a stillborn babe
         -Ser Damon Paege is sent to the wall for murder
	 -Birth of Roland Blackwood
{177 AC} -Birth of Robert Blackwood
         -Melissa Blackwood is set aside as King Aegon IV's mistress
{176 AC} -Marriage of Calera Blackwood to Ser Damon Paege, third son of Lord Kavan of Fairmarket
{175 AC} -Brith of Brynden Rivers
{173 AC} -Birth of Bennifer Blackwood
         -Birth of Gwenys Rivers
{172 AC} -Melissa becomes mistress to King Aegon IV
	 -Birth of Mya Rivers
{170 AC} -Marriage of Quentyn Blackwood to Marianne Tully
{161 AC} -Death of Royce Blackwood, brother of Benjicot Blackwood
{156 AC} -Birth of Melissa Blackwood
         -Birth of Calera Blackwood
{151 AC} -Birth of Quentyn Blackwood

Family Members:

Quentyn Blackwood
	Bennifer Blackwood
		Marianne Blackwood nee Tully
		Benjicot Blackwood
	Robert Blackwood
	Roland Blackwood
	Roger Blackwood
Melissa Blackwood

Quentyn Blackwood

Age: 51 (151 AC)
Appearance: 
A handsome man, tall and still at the height of his physical abilities. Quentyn often could be one for scowls with an eagle's beak of a nose, scattered with scars from prior battles. His brown eyes and grey-shot blonde hair is often slicked back from his face and a beard frames his mouth. Often he wears clothes of fine cloth, though of muted colors after his late wife passed.

Description & biography: Born to Benjicot Blackwood and his wife from the House of Moonton. His childhood was spent as was many lords, playing with his sister, Melissa, and his cousin from his Uncle's marriage to a distant relation of the House Waxley, Calera. When his uncle died from a fall in a tourney when the boy was ten and had just started to work as a squire for his uncle, Benjicott took the child and mother into his own house. Though the young woman left to marry an erstwhile knight leaving Calera behind. For all they were cousins, the three turned their relationship into one of the siblings

Years pass, and the marriage between House Tully and House Blackwood was announced with the union of Quentyn and Marianne. His wife found the marriage beneath her, but she remained close to Riverrun and Quentyn was careful to ply Marianne with favors and ease himself around her temper of willful youth. In truth, they grew to find companionship in each other if not love, but all was well enough. The Blackwoods had gained favor at court with Melissa becoming King Aegon's mistress and the Brackens were appalled at the fact.

It was after their first child that Calera was arranged to wed the knight Ser Damon Paege. A sullen man that both Marianna and Quentyn were uneasy with, but Calera was eager for children of her own and feared spinsterhood despite her young age. He was the third son and well off to provide for her. Benjicot arranged a place at his court, which was refused and the newlywed pair returned to his father's much smaller keep.

After two sons were born in the following years, Quentyn seemed rather satisfied and attempted to let the bed lay cold between himself and Marianne, having no wish for more children as she had born Robert with some pain. Thus he found himself in the fight for his life as he was ruthlessly hunted by his wife and fights erupted throughout Raventree. Quentyn had left Marianne be, refusing himself and her the pleasure of the marriage bed as he worried that another child might well kill her.Marianne did not worry about more children, claiming a babe over winter is hard on any woman and that if Quentyn did not mean to use what the gods gave him to bed her, then she would mount it for a trophy. The woman enjoyed hunting. Much to the amusement of Melissa who had been set aside as mistress that same year. Thus it was the following year that Roland was born, though tragic it was.

Tragic, for Calera, returned with an armed escort and fell weeping into the arms of her aunt. With all his apologies, Lord Paege informed Benjicot that Ser Damon had struck his wife and the child had come too soon. In his fury at that fact, Damon murdered the midwife and was sent to the wall. For how could a father cast death on his son? Gifts of gold and a ward were given over to Benjicot as well, the Paeges had no wish for enmity with the Blackwoods, and their offered gifts were accepted though the Lord of Raventree was keen to find his brother's daughter a good match. It was years later that Lucas Lothston offered up his son and Manfryd and Calera met for the first time. The man was exceedingly the gentle knight and Calera found him most acceptable though her critical words and eyes kept Manfryd's tongue curbed about his dislike for his mother and sister, and his assumed slight taken from the Targaryens. The fathers found it an acceptable match, which Quentyn agreed with. What the young Quentyn did not admit to what that he had taken to horse when the Lord Paege had come with the new and ridden after Damon Paege slaying the man by the sword. Perhaps it was fury or honor the man said nothing of it and left the matter to lie.

After the birth of his fourth and last son Roger, Quentyn had taken Bennifer as his own Squire and offered to do the same with Benjicot Lothston before the boy's untimely accident. Benjicot Blackwood had encouraged the Lord of Harrenhal to accept it but grieving even as their uncle and cousins did Manfryd was loath to let his children leave his side so soon after his wife's death birthing Elayne. The girl had the look of her mother and grew into them. It was in the year 190 AC that the Stranger came collecting both Benjicott Blackwood and the younger Lothston. There was no surprise of Benjicott's death, the man had been growing frail in his years and Quentyn in his recollection of that year would find it some small token of gladness that his father did not have to live to hear the news of Calera's son's death. Now, Lord of Raventree, the Lord took up the rule, and with the aid of his newly knighted son, Bennifer, he implemented a few changes but kept a stubborn hatred for the Brackens for thrusting his sister out of favor. Marianne urged her Lord husband to extend the offer to take Alysanne, Danelle, and Elayne as wards in Raventree. Noting that they had no womanly figure in their life unless one could count the recently returned Jeyne. Again, this offer was refused and with far harsher words. Manfryd needed no aid to raise his daughters and he had no wish for help from the Lord of Raventree. He had remarried and the woman could easily enough mother three girls in the ways of the world.

"The commoner mothering noble girls raised to be ladies. They will allow pigs in the great halls of kings rather than slaughter them." Had been Marianne's comment and Quentyn could hardly disagree. Yet he received a far more interesting letter from Jeyne, the woman urged him to send letters to the girls and keep them in contact with their mother's kin. Speaking of worry that the girls, the two, Alysanne and Danelle, at least with little Elayne following like a duckling, had joined arm in arm against 'The Harlot'. There would be no motherly aside from her, and that Manfryd was a man who would hold out hope for a son but in reality it was unlikely. He spoke too loudly and if he were to ever go silent there would be true trouble or he would be dead. She remarked that the latter was more likely as his health seemed to be failing since Benjicot's death. Using his wife as a measure for the situation, Quentyn kept to the suggestion of Jeyne as Marianne saw it as acceptable.

It was a year later when his wife died, clutching her heart and Quentyn shut himself away from his family. It took Melissa ordering Bennifer to break the door down along with a scandalized Robert for Quentyn to come out and more badgering from his sister and Roger for the Lord of Raventree to resume his life. Though he found it bitter and lacked the vitality without Marianne. The light returned to Raventree when Bennifer married Olyria Frey. The woman was ruthless with how a hall ought to look and succeeded where Melissa failed in knocking the webs from the rafters in Raventree.

Bennifer Blackwood

Age: 29 (173 AC)

Appearance: Standing at six feet, the man is a literal giant with the muscles to match. His blonde hair is combed back often if not tied in a tail. Clean-shaven with strong features. He is covered in various scars from tournaments past, battles, and rough-housing in taverns. Dressing in mail and leather rather than court finery as often as he can get away with it. 

Description & biography: Born the first son of four, Bennifer was always the one to charge into things. He did get better over the years, but in general, the man leaves the thinking to his younger brother Robert, claiming that numbers make his head hurt. Action is the better course to take. A large fellow, he is careful of his strength and often worried about hurting others as a large child would. So while he is bloody-minded and eager for a fight, Bennifer's anger is slow to rise and there is often a joke around the four that their mother must have laid with a Northman rather than their father for Bennifer's size and a hint of the berserk juggernaut within him. Those wise ones do not do more than a joke, however.

Training under his fathers as a squire, his mother arranged his marriage to Olyria Frey and the deal was sealed when his father became Lord of Raventree. Good-natured Bennifer saw little problems with the choice, though it hardly stopped him from visiting the taverns and brothels. Already a bastard, he often argued with his mother over that fact especially when he took the sigil of House Blackwood for his shield upon Quentyn granting him a knighthood. When Marianne died, she found himself regretting the harsh words, and those once frequent visits tampered off and he drank more. It took his mild-mannered Aunt ordering a keg of ale dumped upon him in his bed and a scolding tongue lashing that led him to help her attempt to break down his father's door. In those four years with only Lord and son in residence when Melissa returned to the court in King's Landing that turned Raventree into an air of ale and lack of care for beautiful things. Servants slacked in their cleaning, though repairs were kept up and the food turned out well-made but simple. 

Upon the marriage to Olyria though the stout woman became a storm upon the 'squalor' she would be required to live in. The roars of temper between the two shook Raventree to its foundations for a solid year while cobwebs were stripped from the rafters and silk tapestries were hung in the halls. While not a marriage that started in love, they grew into it as Olyria taught her husband how to be a husband and not a meat-eating barbarian whose wife was an axe. After five years of marriage, they produced an heir in Benjicot Blackwood. The young mother and babe looked frail to the new father, it took Melissa's return and promise to stay with the two for Quentyn to drag his son to the tournament. It took one teasing jest from a soldier about their heir's state for the man to find himself filling and digging latrines all night for a week for the men to steer away from the topic.

Robert "The Young Steward" Blackwood

Age: 25 (177 AC)

Appearance: With his dark hair cropped short and a small beard, Robert is a handsome man. Though his hands hold callouses from swords, the man can more often be found with ink stains on his slim fingers. A willowy man, he lacks the muscles of his brother and often is seen walking the halls of Raventree in long robes with a book or transcript of some records of the castle and the trade, but always with a sword by his side and a frown on his face.

Description & biography: The Young Steward, as the common folk called him, was forever a bookish child and Quentyn considered sending him to become a maester at the citadel. Marianne encouraged this and Robert was sent to the Citadel to study and to see if he would become a Maester in time. There was no lack of sons in the family and Marianne was young enough to bear many more children, which she insisted to do. So shortly after his youngest brother, Roger was born, Robert left to study in the Citadel and excelled at it. In all truth, he was expected to become a Maester, and save for the hand of fate he would be.

Receiving a raven of his mother's death, Robert rode north and found Raventree in disarray. His father secluded himself in his rooms and Robert found that his brother had taken to drink. Roland was stoic in his mourning as a ward of the Freys from the letters that Robert had gotten. As for Roger? Robert tanned the lad's hide after he found his brother trying to duel peasants and turned into a wild thing. Taking over the training of his brother, he tried to pull the family together but failed until the arrival of his aunt. The small folk were thankful for his administration and granted him the title 'The Young Steward'. For his youth when he took up the task of arranging Raventree's trades and taxes, and his kindness to them. What they did not know is that he had taken a lover of the smallfolk, a pretty young widow known as Rosy. With her, he could not return to forge a chain even if he had wanted to. While the family knows about it, none speak of the two small boys Rosy had in the intervening years. A small bit of respect for Robert, as the lack of marriage, was no choice of his.

Roland Blackwood

Age: 24 (178 AC)

Appearance: Slightly shorter than his brother, Roland still cuts an impressive figure with his blonde hair and dark eyes. Often wearing the colors of his house and livery. A knight in truth, he lawfully follows the directive of his liege lord and practices his skill with sword and lance and keeps that physic. A man of few words and a cold demeanor, he was mocked by his brothers for not having any fun and his face matches the humorless eyes of brown over a hawk-like nose.

Description & biography: The fourth son, was born in protest of his father's celibacy. Even as a boy, Roland would admit to any wrongdoing the others did, even if it led to him being punished. It came to him being mocked and his older brothers teasing him in good nature, but not getting even a crack of a joke or temper back. The exact opposite of Bennifer, the lad was sent to his grandmother's family to foster. Though none unstood his self righteous and stubborn insistent to do the absolute right and honorable thing. While ideal for a knight, he lacked the troublesome fun that other boys his age often fell into. There he was a lonely boy and turned even lonelier after his mother's death. "His only lover is a sword." That was what many a Frey would say of Roland and in truth, there was little else to be said. His emotions were locked behind a tight wall and only once did they come out when he returned to Raventree. Finding that Robert had taken a lover and never wed the woman despite her having several bastard children. Then he demanded satisfaction from his brother for this besmirch on the woman’s and their own family name. It took Bennifer putting a snarling Roland in the dirt to stop the duel from going through. Though Roland shunned Robert for his disgrace.

Leaving Raventree often, he patrols the borders of their land and deals harshly with lawbreakers. Hanging and cutting off hands are some of the lighter sentences. More often, he sends men to the Wall. Where they could do service for the penance the gods demanded of their lives. When home, the man is often seen sitting near the weirwood tree reading a book or practicing his sword. Devout and pious, he shuns the Seven and keeps strictly to the Old Ways and the oaths he has sworn.

Roger Blackwood

Age: 19 (183 AC)
Appearance: A handsome young man with shockingly blonde hair inherited from his mother. An oddity for a Tully. Roger has sharp features and a strong nose, though it has been broken at least once. Shorter than his brother, he has a thinner frame and is lankier than anything even Robert can account for. Dressing in fine silks with high necks and tunics that fit him closely, he cuts a handsome figure, just a noble should. Rings glitter on his fingers and in his ear, he often wears a sword that is ornately decorated and is quite obvious about his status as the son of a Lord.

Description & biography: The youngest child of Quentyn Blackwood, Roger is still a boy in many ways. Taken as a squire under Quentyn after his older brother, Bennifer, was raised to knighthood, there had been talks about sending Roger out to be a ward of House Tully, but they failed when Marianne died. Only at the age of ten, Roger was furious with the world and turned that anger into striking out those around him and,  in particular, those weaker than him. Only a boy, he was found by Robert trying to bully a peasant into dueling him, having already beaten several boys with practice swords and leaving one with a broken arm. Robert took him as a squire and Roger found the life of pushing papers under "The Young Steward" something of an agony. He delighted in the sword and charming women, though he was crude in both and sometimes cruel. Often he was knocked about by Roland in punishment when the young knight found him picking on their young armsmen and the peasant boys.

Roger finally had tested his luck enough and when he was fourteen, he slaughter a pig herd's piglets for amusement. Robert paid off the man and gave Roger over to Bennifer who took the lad out to the fields to fight against bandits. They talked of anger and rage and the status of being noble-born when Roger was raised to be a knight. Bennifer was satisfied that his brother had turned himself around, for the most part. The large man had his own battle with his temper and had hoped to impart his wisdom on the matter to young Roger. But there was still a well-known kernel of hatred and bitter resentment in the boy. In a fight, the newly made knight would go for slow kills and wounds in tournaments. Mocking others even as he strutted his greatness. A cocky, arrogant youth.

Melissa Blackwood

Age: 46 (156 AC)
Appearance: A beauty with a slender frame that attracted a King in her youth, Melissa has aged like wine. With streaks of white in her once dark hair, her face has lines of age that smile and warm eyes carved into it. Dressing in court fashion, the woman cuts an impressive figure with her looks just as she does with her kind-hearted and generous disposition. 

Description & biography: Sister to Quentyn and cousin to Calera, Melissa was a happy child. Her only sadness came from late nights when Calera would cry to Melissa about her mother's leaving, though those were few. The two had been raised together as sisters and the bond held for most of their life. Be it whispering about the glorious future they would have, who they would marry, how many children they would have. So unaware of the world.

So when her father took the girls to the court in Kings Landing, Melissa caught the eye of King Aegon IV. Benjicot was less than pleased when the King paid favor to his daughter, but there was something to be said for allowing the game to play out. Granted the Teats, known as Melissa's Teats, by Aegon IV, he allowed his daughter to play as mistress to Aegon until she was passed over five years later. Melissa found herself enjoying court life and befriending many of the lords and ladies she met, even Queen Naerys and the Dragonknight. When her reign as the King's mistress was usurped by a Bracken, much to Benjicot's dislike, Melissa returned to Raventree with her three children. Mya, Gwenys, and Brynden. Her beautiful children were raised alongside Quentyn's sons and though she often returned to court to call on friends there, Melissa never returned to King's graces.

When Calera returned from her time as wife to Damon Paege, it was Melissa who urged her brother for vengeance upon learning how turbulent the relationship was. Just as it was Melissa who smiled upon finding that King Aegon IV had legitimized his bastard children. Though she had no want for the Iron Throne, and knew well her children did not stand to claim the seat, Melissa found it a bitter bit of irony that the man she had once given in to lust for, something she came to regret, was so great a fool. It was shortly after his death that Melissa returned to the Red Keep to keep a Blackwood presence at Court. She accepted no husband that Quentyn offered her and upon her leaving told her brother. "I loved in lust once and had three beautiful children. You would see me wed for happiness brother, but I have happiness and could not provide you a match for advantage." She returned often to visits at Raventree. Her most notable visit was after Marianne's death. Then it had taken her badgering her nephews and brother into a fury to pick up the pieces of their lives, even if it took dumping a cask of ale over Bennifer's head and in private holding Quentyn as he wept.

Ever the caring woman, it troubled Melissa when she heard the words coming out of Harrenhal. She had been raised with Calera and wept for her death, but now with one of her children dead and another missing. The woman keeps a sharp eye and suspects there is more to death and disappearance than can be accounted for by ghosts. Though her hands are full of caring for Bennifer's wife and their newborn son. The large knight had been absolutely beside himself with worry until his aunt had come to care for mother and child and shoo the 'blundering oaf' off to the tourney.

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House Nymeros Martell of Sunspear

Born of the union between the Queen of the Rhoynar and the peoples of the Desert Coast, House Martell rules the tempestuous land of Dorne from their citadel of Sunspear. They have survived and prospered in the face of the unceasing heat of their homeland, the predations of Northern lords and even dragonfire.

They are Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken.

Name: Prince Maron Nymeros Martell
Age: 49

Biography:

At the cusp of his fifth decade, the ruling prince of Dorne has already lead a life that will be contentious in the minds of the Dornish for an age to come.

It has been fifteen years since Maron knelt before the Iron Throne, peacefully bringing Dorne into the Targaryen realm. The dispensations won for Dorne have benefitted the desert land, unifying with the Iron Throne to control the Narrow Sea. The empowered Dornish trade has grown to rival the historic maritime empires of Driftmark and the Arbor. Peace along the Marches has further enhanced the peace and prosperity of the region.

By maintaining Dorne's royal styling, Maron has eased the blow to Dornish pride and prestige, but not entirely. Wealth and peace are only salves to those who care for such things, and this means little and less to the warmongering Stone Dornish, who benefit less from the influx in trade than their cousins of Sand and Salt.

Maron may be the most effective ruler of Dorne for an age, but he is perhaps the most inconsistently respected throughout the realm. Certainly the Stone Dornish houses did not expect the brash young Martell who, as a youth, fought in the overthrow of the conquest, to be one who would sell them into bondage with the Iron Throne. Maron, however learned different lessons than most from the Dornish rebellion. He did not see, as they did, the indominatable spirit of Dorne. He perceived instead the terrible cost of continued conflict with the Iron Throne and how Dorne could never prosper beneath such a threat. This is not to say duty became the young man's only focus across the following years, not in line to inherit himself he travelled widely, both within Dorne and to foreign shores, the former of which resulted in the birth of his first child out of wedlock, although publicly they are recognised as a child of his father's second wife, and raised in Sunspear. These years were often spent to the East among Dorne's historic allies in the Free Cities. These times inspired Maron's later conciliatory nature even more so than the war, nothing about the Free Cities suggesting they could ever be relied upon to uphold their alliances should a new invasion occur.

This did nothing to end Maron's enmity for the Targaryen dynasty, as with many Dornish, considering them both crazed despots and abominations of incest. He was not in favour of his sister's marriage to Prince Daeron as a final grasp for peace between the realms, even if it did pave the way for his own ascension to the twin-thrones of Dorne. The following years did much to show that such an offer, one sealed in blood, was still not enough. Prince Daeron's father, Aegon, continued to play host to warmongering nobles clamouring for a resumption of hostilities. No matter how Prince Daeron worked for peace, his father constructed a new grand royal warfleet, made grand gestures of grievance to the Dornish in his court and yet more to provoke them. The debacle of the construction of the wooden dragons, while a comedy, further honed for Maron that even one party seeking war among the Targaryens and Martells could upset any efforts for peace. 

When Aegon died, and Daeron ascended the throne, Maron, now Prince of Dorne, struct his great gambit. It was one sealed in blood again, taking the Princess Daenaerys to wife, but sealed in law as well. He travelled to King's Landing and knelt before the Iron Throne. The marriage may have been one of entirely political leanings, with many personal reservations, but the Princess and Prince soon found each other more than pleasant company. The marriage has proven both warm and fruitful, and Maron's great gift to his wife, The Water Gardens, is famous beyond even the limits of the realm. Their children epitomise the hyrbid court that has formed at both King's Landing and Sunspear.

In recent years, Maron's attentions have turned to matters of peace within Dorne. A land of hot sands and hotter tempers, this comes with many challenges. Only time will tell if his legacy will be one of triumph or shame.

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Name: Gwenys Rivers
Age: 28 born 174 AC
House/Affiliation: House Blackwood
Description & Biography: Gwenys is a beautiful combination of her mother Melissa and her father Aegon IV. Violet eyes and tall (5’7” or 1.70 m) and slender her deep brown hair is highlighted with platinum blonde strands throughout. She is delicate and refined, speaking several different languages. Quiet and unassuming Gwenys speaks infrequently, preferring instead to listen to those around her. She has cultivated this image for the majority of her life in order to hide her true nature. Hearing the whispers of her "ancestors" she is guided by an unseen force. There is a subtle, cunning, unhinged, mind at work behind her lukewarm expression. Knowing the value of silence and a mask has served her well in life.

Being the middle child of Melissa Blackwood and one of the Great Bastards of Aegon IV has colored her life. The whispers started at an early age and after she realized that no one else could hear them she kept it to herself. When the voices started speaking different languages she started learning the different languages to understand what they were saying. Gwenys has been made to be social because that is what society wants from her. She loathes it. She prefers books, the older the better. She especially loves anything to do with sorcery and magic taking the time to collect those books.

She was sent to Sunspear and so far she has rather enjoyed herself there. She has less restrictions which for her is a plus. The whispers have not ceased but have been less frequent until recently. Something is happening though what exactly it is she doesn’t know.

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House Arryn of the Vale



As High As Honor.


House Description:

The Eyrie is an ancient Castle and seat of House Arryn, one of the oldest lines of Andal nobility, within the Vale of Arryn. It is situated in the Mountains of the Moon on a shoulder of the peak known as the Giant's Lance, several thousand feet above the valley below. Although small compared to the seats of other Great Houses in Westeros, the Eyrie is considered impregnable to attack. During wintertime, the Arryns seek refuge against the cold in the Gates of the Moon at the base of the mountain. 

The Eyrie is the smallest of the great castles, being no larger than Maegor's Holdfast. The castle is made of fine white stone. Its seven slim, white towers are bunched tightly together and can hold up to five hundred men. The waterfall known as Alyssa's Tears can be heard from the Eyrie, and falcons fly near the castle.

The Eyrie lacks stables, smithys, and kennels, but it's granary is as large as those found in much larger castles, like Winterfell. The Eyrie also contains a sept. The castle's household guard wear sky-blue cloaks.

The High Hall is a long and austere hall, with walls made of blue-veined white marble. The High Hall is decorated with rows of slim fluted pillars and a blue silk carpet. At the end of it sit two thrones carved of weirwood, one the high seat of the lord and the other a lesser throne for a consort. It has narrow, arched windows, between which are torches mounted on high iron or silver sconces. Feasts can be held in the High Hall. Entrance to the High Hall is through carved wooden doors.
The Moon Door is a narrow weirwood door that stands between two slender pillars halfway in the High Hall. A crescent moon is carved into the door, which opens inward and is barred by three heavy bronze bars. The door opens into the sky. Most executions at the Eyrie use this door, which opens onto a six hundred foot drop to the stones of the valley below.
The Crescent Chamber is the Eyrie's reception hall. Here, guests are given refreshments and warmed by the fire after making the climb up the Giant's Lance.
A flight of steep marble stairs from the Crescent Chamber bypasses the Eyrie's undercrofts and dungeons and is protected by three murder holes. The portcullis atop the stairs leads to an arcade decorated with tapestries.
The solar is located at the end of the arcade. The chamber is decorated with a Myrish carpet and has enough room for a trestle table and at least eight heavy oak-and-leather chairs.
The Lower Hall is a hall in which food and wine can be served.
The Morning Hall is located above the kitchens and is where people can break their fast.
The Maiden's Tower is the easternmost of the seven towers of the Eyrie. From a balcony on the tower, one can see the Vale and the Giant's Lance.
The Moon Tower contains the bedchambers of Lord Arryn, which is protected by an oaken door four inches thick and has curtains of plush blue velvet. The bedchamber's window has small diamond-shaped panes.
The garden is encircled by the castle's towers. It was intended to be a godswood, but no weirwood heart tree would take root in the stony soil. The garden, which is overlooked by the ruler's chambers, instead contains blue flowers, grass, shrubbery, thin dark trees, and statuary, including a depiction of a weeping Alyssa Arryn in its center.
Sky cells are the Eyrie's infamous dungeons. They are shelves on the side of the mountain's sheer cliffs, left open to the cold sky, with slightly sloping floors to unnerve the prisoners. Many prisoners, driven mad by the cold and howling wind, commit suicide rather than remain imprisoned.
The Eyrie is located six hundred feet above a waycastle, Sky. Using handholds carved into the rock within the Giant's Lance, visitors can climb a ladder-like chimney which leads from Sky up to the castle's undercellar. Alternatively, wicker baskets and six great oaken buckets are drawn on long iron chains between the Eyrie and Sky. Supplies can thus be brought from Sky to the Eyrie's winch room, as can visitors unable or unwilling to climb the chimney ladder. Oxen are used to turn the winches, and the animals are slaughtered and left for falcons when the Arryns descend to the Gates of the Moon before winter. When the court returns to the Eyrie after winter, unspoiled meat is served in a spring feast.


To reach the Eyrie from the west, an invading army would have to first overcome the Bloody Gate guarding the high road. Within the Vale, the stout Gates of the Moon guard the base of the Giant's Lance.

Steep stone steps carved into the Giant's Lance creep up the mountainside from the Gates of the Moon; they are too narrow for horses, but are accessible by mules. Travelers on the staircase are exposed to defenders in three waycastles.
Stone, the first waycastle, is on a path surrounded by forest.
Snow, the second waycastle, is on a trail steeper than that of Stone. It is nestled into the Giant's Lance so as to command the entire pathway from Stone to Snow.
Sky, the third waycastle, is on a treacherous path. Handholds carved into the rock lead up to the Eyrie. Baskets and oaken buckets can transport supplies and travelers up to the Eyrie as well.


History
Kings of Mountain and Vale
Legends claim that the Winged Knight drove the First Men from the Vale and flew to the top of the Giant's Lance on a huge falcon to slay the Griffin King. Records indicate that Artys I Arryn, the first King of Mountain and Vale, constructed the Gates of the Moon at the foot of the Giant's Lance, where he had defeated King Robar II Royce's army of First Men in the Battle of the Seven Stars.

Artys's grandson, Roland I Arryn, believed that the Gates of the Moon was both inferior to Casterly Rock and the Hightower and strategically vulnerable to raids from the Vale mountain clans. Allegedly inspired by Teora Hunter, Roland decided to build a new royal palace high in the mountain above the Gates of the Moon.

Construction of the Eyrie took place intermittently over generations, and marble was imported from Tarth in the narrow sea, as Roland disliked the appearance of stone available in the Vale. The first maester to serve at the Eyrie was Quince.

The Eyrie was inhabited as a pleasure palace for the Kings of Mountain and Vale during spring, summer, and autumn. The Arryns descend to the larger Gates of the Moon for winter and host a feast when they return to the Eyrie in the spring.

The Conquest
During Aegon's Conquest, Queen Regent Sharra Arryn fortified the Bloody Gate and had her son, the boy king Ronnel Arryn, take refuge in the Eyrie. The fleet of House Arryn defeated that of House Targaryen in a battle in the waters off Gulltown.

After the Field of Fire and the submission of the north, Queen Visenya Targaryen, bypassed the Eyrie's lower defenses by flying upon her dragon, Vhagar, to the castle's inner courtyard. Realizing that the Eyrie's isolated location could not protect against dragons, Sharra submitted to Visenya. Visenya flew Ronnel thrice around the Giant's Lance, and the boy became Warden of the East for King Aegon I Targaryen, the new Lord of the Seven Kingdoms.

Early Targaryens
King Aegon I Targaryen visited the Eyrie during his royal progresses.

During the reign of Aegon's successor, King Aenys I Targaryen, Jonos Arryn imprisoned his brother, Lord Ronnel, and took control of the Eyrie. When Lord Allard Royce's host of loyal bannermen defeated Jonos's rebels below, the self-proclaimed King of Mountain and Vale threw Ronnel to his death through the Moon Door. Aegon's younger son, Prince Maegor Targaryen, rode the dragon Balerion to the Eyrie. To avoid being burned by Balerion's dragonflame, the Eyrie's garrison captured Jonos and threw him through the Moon Door. Maegor hanged all of Jonos's followers from the walls of the Eyrie.

After Elinor Costayne was forced to wed King Maegor I, one of her sons from her first marriage was sent to the Eyrie to be raised.

King Jaehaerys I Targaryen visited the Eyrie on Vermithor during his royal progress in 52 AC. Princess Daella Targaryen died at the Eyrie after giving birth to Aemma Arryn in 82 AC. Lord Rodrik Arryn wanted his wife to be buried in the Vale of Arryn, but Queen Alysanne Targaryen insisted that her daughter be burned and her ashes interred at Dragonstone.

During the Dance of the Dragons, Prince Jacaerys Velaryon flew to the Eyrie on Vermax to secure an alliance between Jeyne Arryn, Lady of the Eyrie, and the blacks of his mother, Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen. According to Grand Maester Munkun, Jacaerys and Jeyne agreed to an alliance in the castle's High Hall, with Jacaerys promising to have dragonriders sent to the Vale to help protect the Eyrie from enemy dragons.

Jeyne had her first cousin, Ser Arnold Arryn imprisoned in the sky cells of the Eyrie and in the dungeons of the Gates of the Moon after two failed rebellions. After Jeyne died, her preferred heir, Ser Joffrey Arryn, was contested by Arnold's son, Ser Eldric Arryn, and by Isembard Arryn of Gulltown. After a civil war in the Vale of Arryn, Joffrey eventually emerged as Lord of the Eyrie during the regency of Aegon III.


House Arryn of the Eyrie is one of the Great Houses of Westeros, and is the principal noble house in the Vale of Arryn. Their main seat is the Eyrie, which is considered impregnable. House Arryn has at least one other holding, their winter castle at the Gates of the Moon, which was once their main seat. Both of these fortifications sit astride the Giant's Lance, the tallest mountain in the Vale, the Gates of the Moon at its foot, the Eyrie at its top.

The Arryn sigil is a sky-blue falcon soaring upwards, outlined against a white moon on a sky-blue field, and their words are "As High as Honor".

The Arryns of the Eyrie have a collection of distant relatives located throughout the Vale. Although they are much poorer than the ruling Arryns, aside from the Arryns of Gulltown, these lesser branches are described as proud due to their name and heritage.

Kings of Mountain and Vale
The Arryns are considered to come from the oldest and purest line of Andal nobility, which they say reaches back to Andalos and possibly Hugor of the Hill.

When King Robar II Royce began to unite the First Men and defeat some of the petty Andal kings during the Andal invasion, the Andals of the Vale united behind Ser Artys Arryn, the Falcon Knight, a native Valeman esteemed amongst his peers as the finest warrior of his day. Robar was slain in the Battle of the Seven Stars, possibly by Artys, and the First Men houses who remained bent the knee and swore fealty to Artys Arryn, the First of His Name, new-crowned King of Mountain and Vale. From that day, the Vale became known as the Vale of Arryn. Songs of the Vale conflate Artys with the legendary Winged Knight, who is said to have slain the Griffin King atop the Giant's Lance. The First Men who did not accept Artys as their king were forced into the Mountains of the Moon, becoming the Vale mountain clans.

The Arryns initially lived at the Gates of the Moon, but over generations they constructed the Eyrie. They often used the Eyrie as a summer pleasure palace, descending to the Gates of the Moon before winter made the Eyrie inaccessible.

The Arryn kings added Pebble, the Paps, and the Witch Isle to their realm. They battled with the Stark Kings of Winter over the Three Sisters in the War Across the Water, which featured King Osgood Arryn and his son and successor, Oswin the Talon, who burned the Wolf's Den. There were bloody battles wherein the Arryn fleet turned back slavers from Volantis, ironborn reavers, and pirates from the Stepstones and the Basilisk Isles. The legendary Lady Alyssa Arryn gave her name to Alyssa's Tears, a waterfall on the Giant's Lance, when she did not shed a tear for her murdered husband, brothers and children.

Aegon's Conquest
During Aegon's Conquest the Arryn and Targaryen fleets fought in a battle in the waters off Gulltown, which resulted in the destruction of the Targaryen fleet and the death of its commanding officer, Daemon Velaryon. Visenya Targaryen, on her dragon Vhagar, burned the Arryn fleet in response. Since both fleets were destroyed, the battle was considered a tactical draw, but a strategic defeat for the Targaryens as they were unable to take Gulltown. For House Arryn the trouble did not end there, since the Sistermen on the Three Sisters revolted after the destruction of the Arryn fleet.

Later in Aegon's Conquest, Visenya was charged with subduing the Vale. Sharra Arryn, Queen Regent of the Vale, ruling in the name of her son, the boy-king Ronnel Arryn, amassed the Vale's army at the Bloody Gate. Visenya, however, flew on Vhagar to the courtyard of the Eyrie to obtain the surrender of the Vale of Arryn. When Sharra returned to the Eyrie she found her son sitting on Visenya's lap asking if he could ride the dragon with her. Once Sharra yielded and bent the knee, Ronnel twice flew with Visenya and Vhagar. The Arryns have since remained Defenders of the Vale and Wardens of the East for the Iron Throne.

Targaryen Dynasty
Queen Rhaenys Targaryen arranged the marriage of Lord Ronnel Arryn to the daughter of Lord Torrhen Stark of Winterfell, in an attempt to knit the new realm together. There are letters at the Citadel which suggest that Torrhen only agreed to this match after much protest, and that his sons had refused to attend the wedding. In 37 AC Ronnel was deposed by his brother Jonos. When House Royce gathered forces against Jonos and besieged him in the Eyrie, Jonos threw Ronnel and his family through the Moon Door. Prince Maegor Targaryen flew to the Eyrie on Balerion, and hanged Jonos and his supporters. House Arryn continued through a cousin, Hubert Arryn.

In 80 AC, during the reign of King Jaehaerys I Targaryen, Lord Rodrik Arryn married Princess Daella Targaryen, the king's daughter. Daella died in childbirth, giving birth to their only child, Lady Aemma Arryn. Aemma was married to Prince Viserys Targaryen in 93 AC. By the time Jaehaerys called a Great Council in 101 AC, Rodrik was deceased as well, and Lady Jeyne Arryn ruled the Eyrie. However, as she was in her minority in 101 AC, House Arryn played a small role in this council.

Upon the death of Jaehaerys in 103 AC, Prince Viserys was crowned king and Aemma Arryn his queen. During the early years of their marriage, Aemma gave birth to a stillborn son and suffered multiple miscarriages, though she also gave birth to a daughter, Rhaenyra Targaryen, in 97 AC. Aemma died giving birth to her second son, Baelon, who followed her to the grave a few days later.

Following the death of Viserys I in 129 AC, House Arryn became involved in the Dance of the Dragons, where Aemma's daughter, Viserys's elder child and proclaimed heir, Princess Rhaenyra, and Rhaenyra's younger brother, Prince Aegon, Viserys's eldest surviving son, fought over their claims to the Iron Throne. Jeyne Arryn supported the blacks and her kinswoman Rhaenyra. At the start of the Targaryen civil war, Prince Jacaerys Velaryon, Rhaenyra's eldest son, traveled to the Eyrie to secure aid for his mother's cause. Jeyne kept true to her promise and sent men by sea by way of Gulltown to join Rhaenyra's hosts.

Following the conclusion of the civil war, and the coronation of King Aegon III Targaryen, Rhaenyra's eldest surviving son, at the age of eleven, Jeyne became one of seven regents of the young king. She died in Gulltown of illness in 134 AC.

This led to a succession struggle. Jeyne's will named her fourth cousin Joffrey Arryn as heir. However Jeyne's first cousin Arnold Arryn had been imprisoned for trying to depose her but his son Eldric Arryn pushed their claim. A more distant cousin, Isembard Arryn, head of House Arryn of Gulltown, also pushed their claim. Even though Eldric was eventually killed, Arnold continued to oppose Joffrey. Finally Arnold and Isembard were forced to submit to Joffrey.


Recent History:
Joffrey Arryn the father of Donnel, Lysander and Alys lived to the age of 67 and died of a lung ailment. Once the civil unrest in the Vale had been quashed Joffrey had turned to further improvements in the Vale’s Navy. His actions were a long term plan to shore up the merchants with cogs, schooners and galleys. Sadly Joffrey did not live to see his vast improvements fully completed. His son Donnel however took over and improved on his father’s plan with the help of his wiley wife Brighid. Being well acquainted with vessels, her input was invaluable to finish what Joffrey started and Donnel envisioned with greater clarity. 

Donnel and Brighid started to expand contracts with Essos, Riverland and coastal merchants. Having an arranged marriage that turned out well and grew into love. There was a bit of a rocky start, due to the young age that they married but understanding and growth soon followed the couple. It was Brighid’s idea to further trade with the Riverlands being from the most southern end of the Riverlands; she was keen to use any influence she could.

The oldest son, Arthyr, was sent to Gwayne Corbray, a Kings Guard at the Red Keep.  While Jaslyn was kept at home with her mother and Mycah was fostered to different houses within the Vale starting at the age of eight.

Family Members:

Donnel Arryn - 41 born 161 AC. Always ready with a smile, Donnel enjoys life to the fullest extent. He's always playing about and active, and brings joy to all within his sphere of influence. But even with his amiable personality he is a cunning ruler that has developed an uncanny ability to read other people, particularly his bannermen. He adopts a shrewdness and probing demeanor to match his bubbliness which leaves people with spun heads as they try to figure out just what the Lord of the Vale was thinking.
Brighid Arryn née Mooton - 40 born 162 AC. Stern, serious but loving mother that takes her job seriously. She has a sharp tongue and suffers no fools, save for her children and husband occasionally.
Arthyr Arryn - 23 born 179 AC. [See Character Sheets below]
Jaslyn Arryn - 20 born 182 AC. [See Character Sheets below]
Mycah Arynn - 17 born 185 AC. [See Character Sheets below]
Alys Targaryen née Arryn - 29 born 173 AC. Wedded to Rhaegel Targaryen
Lysander Arryn - 37 born 167 AC. Head of House Arryn of Gulltown has been widowed these past 3 years and looking for a bride.
Ysolde Arryn - 20 born 182 AC


Household Members:

Captain of the Household Guard: Ser Royce Deddings - 32 born 170 AC.
Maester: Maester Trenten - 37 born 165 AC.
Septa: Septa Leynara - 50 born 152 AC.
Gaoler: Todd - indeterminate no one knows. You ask.
Ladies in Waiting: Lyndsay, Khloe, Serah - 26, 24, 22 born 176 - 180 AC.
Master at Arms: Ser Lonald Royce - 42 born 160 AC.
Bastian Forel 30 born 172 AC. Water dancer instructor for House Arryn.
Senischel: Arrold Mortimer - 65 born 137 AC.


Character Sheets:


Name: Arthyr Arryn
Age: 23 born 179 AC 
House/Affiliation: House Arryn
Description & Biography:  Arthyr is a mirthful bundle of looking on the bright side. With a coy grin always plastered on his face the young man takes after his father eerily in terms of appearance and bearing. Like Donnel, Arthyr likes to make people laugh and smile while also being a very good listener. He has a tendency to be polite to the small folk and has even helped out quite a few pages or maids in the Red Keep. Arthyr also enjoys heading out into the city itself and to get a feel for life outside the castle walls. He has a group of kids that he taught basic swordplay and even bought them all arming swords when they came of age. 

Arthyr is sometimes mistaken for a Lannister with his features, a curse of the golden hair. Luckily the Arryn livery he tends to wear makes up for it. He stands at exactly six feet, and has an athletic build. He has deep blue eyes that tend to always be shining with laughter, smiling eyes they have been called. 

When he was twelve, Arthyr was sent to Kings Landing to squire under Ser Gwayne Corbray to train in arms and armor but to also learn the way of politics from the best that exist, the courtiers of Kings Landing. He watched, listened, and took notes on every day in court. He has developed a strong sense of being lied to, or being used, and like his father he has developed a formidable mask. He is hard to read and can go from smiling to blank faced instantly. 

Arthyr is a skilled swordsman, not the best, but not the worst but his true strength is on horseback. On a Horse Arthyr is almost unstoppable. Sword, Lance, axe, mace, spear, and even the bow. He spends a lot of his early evenings in the stable training his horse and continuing the bond he has with the animal. 

Arthyr's primary weakness is his blunt, stubborn nature. When negotiating he says what he wants and will rarely be moved from his decisions. He's shrewd and uncompromising but he does it with a smile.



Name: Jaslyn Arryn
Age: 20 born 182 AC
House/Affiliation: House Arryn
Description & Biography: Jaslyn is a petite and beautiful girl who looks younger than her actual age. Her light blue green eyes are framed by deep brown thick lashes. Freckles dust her pale skin like stars in the night sky. Her hair is a pale rose gold and mostly kept up in intricate braided updos. When her hair is down it falls in a straight unbroken line to mid-thigh.

Jaslyn has spent her life in the Vale and takes after her mother and is a very serious young lady. Her days consist of learning heraldry, needle point, playing the harp, dancing, riding, hawking and water dancing. Her mother insisted that she learn to protect herself and consequently hired a Braavosi Master Waterdancer. Jaslyn learned the history of Westeros and Essos from Maester Trenten and Septa Leynara. She learned Braavosi and water dancing from Bastian Forel, the water dance tutor for House Arryn.



Name: Mycah Arryn
Age: 17 born 185 AC
House/Affiliation: House Arryn
Description & Biography:  Mycah is the youngest of the family but perhaps one of the most treasured as tends to be the case for the youngest. Mycah stands at five foot four and has a slim build. He has lighter blonde hair, a natural two-tone where the darker just undercuts the light. His eyes change shades of blue in the light and tend to be searching. 

Mycah doesn't do a whole ton of talking, and when he does he tends to be well spoken and sure of himself. He's intelligent, calculating, strategic, and mature. 

When he was eight years old Mycah came up with the idea to spend a year with each of the Vale banner lords. A year of getting to know, but also letting them know of himself. Mycah has a keen tactical mind, a natural strategist, and while he isn't the best swordsman he can hold his own and invent new ways of fighting. 

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House Mudd of Oldstones




From Ruin Rising Again


House Description:

Recent History:
The Mudds once ruled as Kings of the Rivers and the Hills from a castle along the Blue Fork whose ruins are now called Oldstones. They were the last of the First Men to rule the Trident, reigning for "a thousand years". The Mudds, the most powerful and expansive of the First Men river king dynasties, claimed land as far south as the mouth of the Blackwater Rush.

Tristan Mudd is considered one of the worst Lord Commanders of the Night's Watch.

Tristifer IV Mudd was a great First Men king who was victorious in ninety-nine of his one hundred battles. His allies included Edmure Tully and his sons. When seven Andal kings, including Armistead Vance, banded against Tristifer, he lost his final battle and died in the fighting. Tristifer V was not the equal of his father and the kingdom was destroyed during the coming of the Andals to the riverlands. The Andal victors then fought amongst themselves over the riverlands.

Marq Mudd, known as the Mad Bard, was a would-be king who unsuccessfully rebelled against House Durrandon when the Storm Kings ruled the riverlands. His authenticity as a Mudd is unconfirmed.


Delanded and fled to Essos after a crushing defeat by the Andals, House Mudd has passed the time as mercenaries in different companies, most recently the Stormbreakers. They have a deep hatred for the Tullys whom they consider usurpers. They have bided their time letting their hatred simmer and the children’s father, Konrad Mudd, spoke of retiring after the last Braavos and Pentos war. He never made it back to their house in Braavos. 

Ayden took up the idea of reclaiming their lands and the title that should rightly have been theirs, Lord Paramount of the Trident. Their father died only months after the last twins were born, Kaylib and Emryss. Their mother, Reanya Mudd, a Lyseni woman of singular beauty with flowing golden blond hair and eyes like the sea, was the ambition behind Konrad and her children inherited that ambition. Konrad fell for her during her first night in a pillow house. He took her to bed and wed her that same night after he violently got the point across that he would be her only lover. He made his point after the first three eunuchs and a semi famous water dancer fell to him in quick succession. Reanya talked him into leaving Lys for Braavos where they prospered in the free city. Konrad was a professional mercenary and Reanya had learned the art of perfume making before her father had sold her to pay his gambling debts; she had been sixteen at the time. The couple invested most of their money into the Iron Bank shortly after Konrad spoke of his deep wish to restore House Mudd to what it once was.

Reanya’s business thrived but they still lived like merchants never needing to grow more than what they were in Essos, a mercenary and a perfume merchant. As Reanya bore Konrad children she saw in them the future of this House her husband talked about. She was cunning enough to have put the idea of the boys joining the company that their father was in as they came of age. Between campaigns the children were educated by tutors in all subjects. None of the children were stupid but all of them fell into different lines of interest. She discouraged nothing in learning the more knowledge they had the more they would be prepared when they moved to Westeros. 

Misfortune soon found the Mudds and Konrad died in a campaign. With this misfortune came a windfall gaining a contract with House Arryn for her perfumes Reanya began to send over Master Builders to collect the items that would be needed to rebuild. The appeal to settle in the house that her now dead husband did not have the shine it once had, however her children took up the idea with gusto and now being adults put into motion the idea.

So twenty two years after Konrad Mudd died in Essos his children and wife would fulfill his dream.

Family Members:
Reanya Mudd
Name: Reanya Mudd
Age: 46 156 AC
House/Affiliation: House Mudd
Description & Biography: Reanya Mudd, a Lyseni woman of singular beauty with flowing blond hair and eyes like the sea, was the ambition behind Konrad and her children inherited that ambition. Konrad fell for her during her first night in a pillow house. He took her to bed and wed her that same night after he violently got the point across that he would be her only lover. He made his point after the first three eunuchs and a semi famous water dancer fell to him in quick succession. Reanya talked him into leaving Lys for Braavos where they prospered in the free city. Konrad was a professional mercenary and Reanya had learned the art of perfume making before her father had sold her to pay his gambling debts; she had been sixteen at the time. The couple invested most of their money into the Iron Bank shortly after Konrad spoke of his deep wish to restore House Mudd to what it once was.
Ayden Mudd
Name: Ayden Mudd
Age: 30 172 AC
House/Affiliation: House Mudd
Description & Biography:  Ayden “Denny” Mudd the most rounded of all the children and is the most passionate about getting the house restored. He is the dangerous kind of warrior, an educated and intelligent one. He doesn’t have a speciality when it comes to fighting. He has the ability to use most any weapon with no preference. His greatest talent lies in his mind. He is cunning and will do what it takes to win. He knows the flaws of his family and where their strengths lie. While he pushes them to their perceived limits he would always be there to help when needed. He truly loves his family and is very close with all of them.
Olyver Mudd
Name: Olyver Mudd
Age: 30 172 AC
House/Affiliation: House Mudd
Description & Biography: Olyver “Oly” Mudd is a warrior to the core. He specializes in working with just a shield, unarmed and with a whip. He is the quiet one of the group but just because he is almost always silent doesn’t mean that he can’t talk or is unintelligent, though he lets people make their assumptions. Like all the other brothers he has scars and has nearly died a few times.
Dyclan Mudd
Name: Dyclan Mudd
Age: 27 175 AC
House/Affiliation: House Mudd
Description & Biography: Dyclan “Lan” Mudd has always been a man of action. He and Rhys take after their father more in looks than the twins. His instincts are honed to a fine edge and he is especially good with spears and javelins paired with or without shields. He is brutal when it comes to anyone deemed an enemy seeing the world in black and white. He loves his family to a fault and would die to keep them safe. He is the only one out of the family that worships R’hllor.
Rhysander Mudd
Name: Rhysander Mudd
Age: 24 178 AC
House/Affiliation: House Mudd
Description & Biography:  Rhysander “Rhys” Mudd is more of a thinker and liked to plan out and design really well anything. He has designed weapons as well as buildings and furniture. He’s done less fighting than his brothers but he did design their weapons and wanted to design the place they'd be living in when they went to Westeros. Like all his siblings he loves his family and likes to make things for them. He is very skilled in carpentry, blacksmithing, tinsmithing, leather working and glasswork. He stayed in Braavos more than his older brothers.
Kaylib Mudd
Name: Kaylib Mudd
Age: 22 180 AC
House/Affiliation: House Mudd
Description & Biography:  Kaylib “Kay” Mudd is a little hotheaded Water Dancer. His arrogance extends to women as well and he has had a good share of lovers. Thankfully he is not stupid enough to have deflowered the wrong noble’s daughter. He likes to stick to the courtesans and widows so as not to get tied down. His youth and ability make him very proud. He struts around like a Summer Island bird that squawks and imitates its owners. He could be the First Sword but he doesn’t have the dedication to any but his family and none of his brothers have the desire to be Sealord. He is especially protective of his baby sister. But he has recently been bored so leaving for Westeros seems like an adventure he wants.
Emryss Mudd
Name: Emryss Mudd
Age: 22 180 AC
House/Affiliation: House Mudd
Description & Biography: Emryss “Emy” Mudd is the only daughter of Konrad and Reanya Mudd. She looks like her mother but exceeded expectations with her golden blond hair as if someone had spun gold and blended it with sunshine. It spills to the middle of her thighs. Her eyes are the color of the sea and change just like it. Emy was the only child that didn’t leave Braavos or her mother’s sight. She was educated just as much as her brothers and can argue their topic just as well as they can. However her mother did teach her about perfume. She began to learn about herbs and poisons from her mother as well. Dancing instruction since she could walk and exotic dances that were viewed as erotic were common place. Emy has had the opportunity to learn that she had a gift for balancing and flexibility. Being able to contort her body into different positions. Emryss like her brothers is very family oriented and loves all her big brothers no matter how they irritate her.


Household Members:
Paris Sand
Name: Paris Sand
Age: 23 179 AC
House/Affiliation: House Mudd
Description & Biography: Paris Sand is a Dorne native who is quick to smile and joke. He has been with the Stormbreakers for seven years. His speciality is spears and javelins.
Mylo Rivers
Name: Mylo Rivers
Age: 33 169 AC
House/Affiliation: House Mudd
Description & Biography: Mylo Rivers is a Westrosi man that is from different parts depending on who you ask. He has been with the Stormbreakers for fifteen years. His speciality is dual wielding daggers.
Sabriel Storm
Name: Sabriel Storm
Age: 42 160 AC
House/Affiliation: House Mudd
Description & Biography: Sabriel Storm is a Stormlander that has been part of the Stormbreakers for 30 years now and his speciality is the great sword.
Gabryle Flowers
Name: Gabryle Flowers
Age: 30 172 AC
House/Affiliation: House Mudd
Description & Biography: Gabryle Flowers is from the Reach and has been part of the Stormbreakers for fifteen years now and his specialty is longsword and shield.
Icarus Pyke
Name: Icarus Pyke
Age: 32 170 AC
House/Affiliation: House Mudd
Description & Biography: Icarus Pyke is a former Iron Islander that didn’t take to the Drowned God. He decided at the age of twelve to jump ship, ending up in Essos after a few years. He joined the Stormbreakers when he was fourteen, eighteen years ago. He specializes in hand axes.
Cook Ramsyes Jordon Servant
Septon Etienne Family Priest
Saibon Priest of R'hllor Servant of the House and Priest to the those that follow R’hllor. The man is from Asshai.
Seneschal Arsenio Servant
Master of Ravens Edvard Uyll Servant
Master Builder Dayvid Servant
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Tourney deets incoming

We have three main events - Archery, Jousts, and will close out with the Grand Melee. If you haven't already, make your way to the tourney gsheet to enter any characters you'd like to be in the competitions (pinned in the discord). 

Writing for the tourney is by no means a requirement to be a participant in the tourney. Over the next few days (aim for Friday), please let us know if you would like to write, or, would like to determine how your character performs and allow us to write it into the collab. PvP should ideally be sorted out between players, but I will be on call to referee/help resolve disputes. The goal is to tell a story, not have a lance measuring contest. 

As the joust would be the primary 1:1 competition, I have some suggested match ups. Once everyone is satisfied with their entrants being recorded, I will add a sheet of the match ups. But you'd be free to create/reference other matches (to other player characters or NPCs) as desired. Surprise victors, catastrophic tragedies, so many possible outcomes. 

Archery: Can be handled in a single post by anyone who wishes to write
Jousting: TBD dependent on your input
Melee: TBD

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Name: Lucas Tyrell

Age: 16 (born in 186 AC)

Appearance:

Lucas’ most recognizable feature is his thick crop of light brunette, almost sandy blonde hair. He attempts to style it appropriately but he has always found it hard to control and when he is studying he will be apt to rake his fingers through the locks, leaving it a wild mess. Unlike most of his other siblings his eyes are a light blue and are often referred to as puppy like, his emotions easily showing through them, many a family member & servant alike finding it hard to resist giving comfort when something saddens him. Lucas prefers simple clothing but he has been taught well, and can at the very least pick out pieces that do not leave him looking foolish. He is slim of form though does not appear in anyway malnourished, and has only reached a height of 5ft 9, though he claims he is still growing. 

Biography:
Born the youngest son to Lord Leo Tyrell, Lucas’ life was starkly different from his brothers. With an heir and a budding knight already in play, there was no need for him to aspire to such lofty heights. This suited the young boy well, for he had always preferred his own company, finding solitude and quiet comforting rather than a bore. 

He wished to become a maester, to immerse himself in his studies and to be far removed from the politics that surrounded the rest of his family. It was lucky that he had a father who was kind and willing to listen to his children, and he was subsequently sent to Oldtown at the young age of 10. Though he did often return to Highgarden, most of his time was spent amongst the scholars in Oldtown, learning and thriving under their tutelage, though he had not yet joined their ranks. He always had a particular interest in the higher mysteries, although many of his tutors told him he should focus on more realistic fields of study. His knowledge of the alchemist’s guild and the higher mysteries is extensive, though he has found (to his chagrin) it is not something that is deemed polite to discuss amongst the many courts of Westeros.

Whilst in Oldtown he became friends with Leo Hightower, the boy named after his father who was equally studious and learned. What blossomed between them could be said to have been more than a friendship, though openly they were just that. Shy, modest, and introverted, it takes a lot to draw Lucas out of his shell. Yet when someone does, they will see that sharp spark of intelligence, his wit, and his kindness.

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House Tully of Riverrun

Family, Duty, Honor

House Description:
House Tully rose to prominence during Aegon's Conquest, when Lord Edmyn Tully led the rebel riverlords who deserted Harren Hoare, King of the Isles and the Rivers, and instead supported House Targaryen. Following the burning of Harrenhal, Edmyn was rewarded with dominion over the riverlands by Aegon I Targaryen as the first Lord Paramount of the Trident. Despite being their new liege lords, the Tullys fielded smaller armies than the Blackwoods, Brackens, Freys, and Vances. House Tully was also not as wealthy as the Mootons, nor considered as prestigious as the Mallisters.

One of Edmyn's daughters married Lord Quenton Qoherys of Harrenhal, while Edmyn himself served two years as Hand of the King to Aegon the Conqueror, the first King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men. King Aenys I Targaryen relied on the Tullys during the rebellion of Harren the Red, and King Maegor I Targaryen was supported by the Tullys and the Harroways against Prince Aegon Targaryen in the Battle Beneath the Gods Eye. The Tullys later supported Prince Jaehaerys Targaryen against Maegor. Lord Prentys Tully served Jaehaerys I as master of laws, while his wife, Lady Lucinda Tully, led the household for Queen Alysanne Targaryen.

In 101 AC during the Great Council, Lord Grover Tully spoke in favor of Prince Viserys Targaryen over Laenor Velaryon as the successor to Jaehaerys I. During the Dance of the Dragons, the Tullys ruled over, in name at least, the quarrelsome riverlords. The aged Lord Grover wanted to support the greens, but his grandson Elmo and great-grandson Kermit supported the blacks. Elmo led the riverlords to battle on the side of Rhaenyra during the Second Battle of Tumbleton. His grandfather died soon after, and Elmo himself followed his grandfather to the grave forty-nine days later. His young son Kermit led the Lads and slew Lord Borros Baratheon in the Battle of the Kingsroad. Kermit's brother, Ser Oscar Tully, founded the Stormbreakers.

Riverrun is the ancestral castle of House Tully, the Lords Paramount of the Trident. It is situated in the western riverlands, at the confluence of the Tumblestone and Red Fork rivers. Riverrun is north of Pinkmaiden and northwest of Acorn Hall. The castle sits along the river road, an easy ride which links Lannisport and the crossroads. It is a strong three-sided castle, although not especially large. It is a tenth the size of Harrenhal.Riverrun is bordered on the north by the Tumblestone and on the south by the Red Fork, while on the west a third side faces a massive man-made ditch. In time of danger the sluice gates can be opened to fill a wide moat and leave the castle surrounded on all three sides by water, turning Riverrun into an island and leaving it practically unassailable. It commands a view of many leagues.

The riverlands is a central region of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, consisting of the rich, fertile, and populous areas around the three forks of the Trident and the northern Blackwater Rush. At the time of Aegon's Conquest the riverlands and the Iron Islands were ruled by House Hoare, the Kings of the Isles and the Rivers, although native river kings ruled centuries earlier.

Because of their central position in Westeros and lack of natural boundaries, the riverlands have been a frequent battleground. The people of the riverlands are known as "rivermen" or occasionally "riverlanders", and they are a mixture of hardy warriors, peaceful fisherfolk and devout smallfolk. Their lords have a reputation for being notoriously quarrelsome, and are referred to as "river lords". Noble bastards born in the riverlands are given the surname Rivers.

The riverlands are ruled from Riverrun by House Tully, the Lords Paramount of the Trident. Notable houses of the region have included Blackwood, Bracken, Darry, Frey, Lothston, Mallister, Mooton, Mudd, Piper, Ryger, Strong, Vance, and Whent.

Recent History:

Lord Kermit ruled the Riverlands through the end of the Dance into general prosperity and peace, at least for the riverlands. While his bannermen held greater wealth or could call up more men, Kermit sought to bind them through marriage and respect. The quarrelsome Brackens and Blackwoods would remain a thorn in his side, yet with his own marriage and those of his children, he kept the peace even through the tumultuous reign of Aegon IV. 

House Tully, though, has cracked beyond easy repair. Some smallfolk say it is a curse from the woman Ser Oscar left behind when he left for Essos. With the death of two sons, grandsons, and a son to take the black, House Tully was left to a man most unfit to rule. While Lord Kermit could have done more, perhaps, he was still a father with too much faith in his son. Naming Medgar as heir was perhaps Kermit’s greatest error in his long reign. Plenty pay lip service to their liege lord or peer, but few can claim to actually respect the man. Many hope, some in secret, some blatantly, that a young Ronnel inherits with his uncle Merrett as regent. 

Family Members:Lord Medgar Tully
Lady Rhialta Tully (nee Manderly)
Lady Ravella Tully
Ronnel Tully, a boy of 6 and heir to Riverrun
Ser Merrett the Mild, the youngest of Kermit's sons, currently at Stokeworth
Garth Rivers

Medgar Tully

Lord Paramount of the Riverlands
Medgar the Massive
The Fleshy Fish

Age: 62 (born 140AC)

Appearance:
Lord Tully’s weight cannot be overstated. Now approaching his elder years, he is frequently unable to carry himself more than a few steps, instead requiring servants to carry him to another room when he needs to leave his chambers. While he has earned his moniker, some of his other contorsions are due to the mysterious ailment no maester was able to diagnose. His eyes, once sparkly blue, are sunk into his face. His skin is either greasy with sweat or dry and flaking. He bears a perpetual look of self-disgust.

Description & biography:
Medgar was never supposed to be Lord Paramount. At times it seems as though it were his first memory. He never cared for his studies with the septon, maester, nor armsmaster. He cared little for women, never wished to wed, never wished to spread his seed nor sire children. He was a sickly child who grew into a rotund adolescent and never stopped widening into his adulthood. Nothing else could sate him like a hot meat pie, or glistening slices of fatty goose. He had no natural gifts, no ambition. He often hoped the ailments that plagued him would take him. Yet Malwyn died and he lived. Mordyn died and he lived still. His father told him to go to Oldtown, to take a vow to the Seven, to take the fucking Black. 

Medgar had no desire to rule, but he had less of a desire to do anything at all. Surely he too would die and Myles would inherit. Instead, it was Myles forced to take the Black for accidentally killing his betrothed’s cousin. Instead, it was Medgar who wed Rhialta Manderly. He would marry the woman, or he too would take the black. Marriage was less work than traveling that far north to be that cold all the time. He married her but would not put a child in her. His wife, to anyone paying attention, was faithful to her duties. She attended  him several times a week in his bedchambers. Not many months after their wedding, she gave birth to Ravella. 

Some talked and made suggestions, yet as a daughter, with one remaining son able to inherit after Medgar, the talk remained whispered only. Issues over inheritance only came to a head again when young Ronnel appeared at court in 197AC. Though Rhialta had faithfully shared her husband’s chambers once per month, no other child had ever grown in her until the year she had disappeared with Ravella. 

Medgar paid no attention to any of it. When his father died in 190AC he stayed in his rooms for nearly a month. He received visitors and bannermen reluctantly. Yet those who managed to see him found him to be easily manipulated, if also petulant and petty. His ambitious lords, his nefarious lords, were quick to take advantage. The Riverlands, which his father had done so much to build and care for for decades, began to crack and crumble. Medgar’s advisors, those that remained, do what they can to patch the damage inflicted by a negligent lord. 

Most notably, though many of his bannermen made their way to Summerhall at the invitation of the Targaryen prince, Medgar did not want to attend, nor did he want his family to go and return with more petitions. All were barred from attending.

Ravella Tully

Age: 28 (born 174AC)

Appearance:
Ravella is short, with few of the Tully characteristics. She shares much with her mother, hair dark but devoid of all but a glimmer of red, her eyes a warm chestnut, not blue. It would be hard to find Medgar anywhere within her pleasant features or mannerisms. Because of her mother’s influence, she is reserved in her dress.

Description & biography:
While Ravella’s birth may have cast doubts on her parentage, she was largely shielded from it as a child. Her grandsire, Lord Kermit, ensured she received a proper upbringing as her father would not. She spent years of her early adolescence touring the Tully bannerman houses, to strengthen ties through friendship with the river lords’ daughters or sisters. Her mother’s religious zeal for the Faith was never distant, and though she was present in her daughter’s life, she sought to influence her daughter to a chaste life, to join the Faith as she wished she had. 

Kermit would not hear of it, and before he died, he had arranged a good match for the girl with one of Lord Darry’s sons. Lord Kermit died before the betrothal could be agreed upon in full. Medgar ignored it for months, his advisers claiming it as a period of mourning, until at last there was little they could do except send their apologies and weak excuses for why the two could not be wed. Ravella was not displeased about it, a girl of only six and ten, yet the slight her father paid his bannerman was a mark against her as well. 

With her father in control of Riverrun, she found herself increasingly isolated. She no longer traveled, and her mother’s absence was felt more strongly. Rhialta would leave to tour septs or break bread with cloistered septas, leaving her daughter alone in the Riverrun’s chaotic halls. Instead, Ravella took to wandering her family’s lands. In one of these walks, she had a chance encounter, a beautiful melody of despair and longing emerged from the reeds and drew her in. The girl was besotted before she ever saw his face. Garth, her granduncle’s bastard’s bastard. She knew of him, the man who took to calling himself Ser Fishbones. With childish naivete, she thought of herself as his muse and gave in too willingly to the inappropriate affair.  

While the truth of what happened remains murky, a few details were accepted by the court. A man, barely more than a commoner, was accused of being Ravella’s lover. He bled and died for the slight. Not long after, Ravella came down with an illness. Before it could become too obvious that she grew heavy with a child, Rhialta spirited her away, leaving Riverrun for nearly a year. When they returned, it was with a baby boy. Rhialta presented him at court, naming him Medgar’s son and heir to Riverrun. There were loud whispers, but Medgar would not refute the claim and his advisers were gleeful at having an heir no matter the questions it raised. 

Ravella remains closer to the boy that many find typical. She keeps a small book with her, full of poetry and songs by some nameless bard, writings that bring a small smile to her lips or to cause a few tears to well up, sometimes both. Now passing twenty-eight namedays, she has resigned herself to a life of solitude and of the being the river maiden.

Garth Rivers

Age: 37 (born 165AC)

Appearance:
attractive bastard

Description & biography:
Ser Oscar Tully had always liked to cast his rod and bait among the realm’s women, usually reeling in quite the catch. There were few enough whom he thought of a week after, yet the rake had made sure that Edmyn (Garth’s father) was recognised his son. Then, he abandoned him for his Essosi adventures and life as a mercenary captain. The boy grew up to be a chip off the old block: proud, wont to fight and fuck. In true emulation of his sire, he himself begot a son – and possibly more – out of wedlock. Edmyn’s bastardised Tully charm won him a taste of Gysella Cox, with another apple not falling far from the tree.

Garth was born a right bastard (a bastard’s bastard even – and so a bastard twice over), into a family riven by disaster and riddled with discord. Gone were the days of ease and comfort brought about by Kermit’s deft rule and Oscar’s martial prowess. As Kermit’s years advanced, his judgment waned, naming the least suited of his progeny heir. To be fair to the Old Lad, there was little in the way of proper candidates as scandal and misfortune sheared House Tully of its finest members. The intricate web woven through marriages and diplomacy frayed, and the friendships and glories of the past were ignored.

Growing up on the periphery of Riverrun’s court allowed Garth more liberties than most. From a young age he read as much as he played, often sneaking out with one of the Maester’s books to read on the riverbank. His favourites were compendia of bardic prose and minstrel’s songs which prompted an adolescent squire to start compiling texts of his own. The words Garth commits to paper speak of a surprisingly old soul feeling deeply about the world. These revelations were never intended for an audience other than himself, and the only occasions when the words were sung was when he lounged by himself in the sun among the reeds.

Garth was restless if not rebellious and wild, leaving the white walls of the Tully keep behind him as he traipsed the countryside… but only after having stirred up trouble and mischief. Slippery as an eel, Garth complied with whatever punishment was doled out when caught. However, there was not much which could apparently touch him. Though there was one who managed to pluck the strings of his heart… and breeches.

Illicit affairs cause great excitement, and Ravella and he tasted of forbidden fruit in the pursuit of delight. They were one another’s escape from Medgar’s gloom and dourness creeping from the stone and mortar of Riverrun. To Garth, their ongoing torrid tryst is a vital adventure, and the fact that Rhialta became involved in the conspiracy only added to the thrill.

Because of his status as a bastard, and the aloof attitude of Medgar and his advisers, Garth changed the inverted Tully arms into those of a fish carcass. He participated in local tourneys as Ser Fishbones and greedily gobbled up the antipathy it conjured up. It was one way of making up for the lack of attention he received as a child. Garth’s innate melancholy goes hidden behind a mask of mirth.

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The eastern most castle along The Wall; from here The Nights Watch keeps a small fleet of galleys and lean fighting vessels to patrol for Wildlings and smugglers trading weapons across the wall. 
It also serves as a port for the Night’s Watch with traders from the south, across the narrow sea and even beyond the wall bringing their wares here.

Recent History:
News reaches Eastwatch from ships across the world, but it’s eyes are ever pointed northwards. Wildlings are like to grow more desperate as winter approaches and thus more dangerous and there are whispers of a Raymun Redbeard calling himself The King Beyond The Wall. But there are always such rumours and for now they remain just that. In truth life at Eastwatch has been quieter these past few years, the role of it’s commander often shifting more to mercantile and acquiring goods for the watch.

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Age: 63 (born 139AC)

As a bastard born to a third son of House Blackmont, Myros was never meant for much beyond perhaps the life of low-knight. But as it so happened this was to be the hour for hedge-knights and sellswords in Dorne. 

Done had bent the knee to the Young Dragon in 158AC after a gruelling war of conquest. Loyalty was ensured through hostage taking leaving the nobles with little recourse against their new Targyen overlords, instead rebellion came from the smallfolk. Myors was only twenty years old, but having recently lost his father in the war of conquest (though having only rarely seen the man) was filled with the kind of anger, idealism and fervent nationalism that comes only to young men. 

There was rebellion all across Dorne but Myros led his small band of outlaws from the hidden valleys and high-passes of the Red Mountains that he had spent much of his youth in. They would have probably remained just another group of robber-knights, but for the fact Myros decided to style himself the new Vulture King. 

The old and infamous title long associated with House Blackmont drew support from far and wide to their lair in Vulture’s Roost as they became a focal point for the unrest. What had started as a small rag-tag group soon snowballed, men would ever fight for stories. But this was to be their downfall as it also drew the wrong kind of attention. A surprise attack on Vulture’s Roost found the rag-tag defenders no match for Reach Knights, being used to hit and run fights they were soon overwhelmed and scattered. It should have ended there but it did not. Myros’ life was spared, in a manner of speaking - he was sent to the wall.

Up at the frozen end of the world Myros fiery temper finally cooled, humbled. He was a former rebel and a bastard yes, but that was hardly remarkable in the Night’s Watch. As a trained and experienced knight though he was able to do well in his new home and taking a post at Eastwatch soon discovered he had a love of the sea.

Myers spent the next 42 years of his life in black. His adventures took him to the sea as much as beyond the wall, Eastwatch had trade with the south and across the narrow sea, even with the more tamer wildlings, so he was able to see more of the world than a normal brother might. He rose steadily through the ranks, until he came to finally command the eastern-most castle. 

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Dating back to the First Men, House Lannister has a long and proud history covering thousands of years. Throughout this period they have remained the overlords of the Westerlands, thanks to their status as the wealthiest Great House in Westeros and their ability to command respect and loyalty from their vassals - severely handling those who step out of line.

Their seat is Casterly Rock, a near impregnable castle built into a colossal hill of stone, proudly overlooking the harbour of Lannisport. It is said to stand taller than even the Wall or Hightower of Oldtown, and from atop this great perch they lord over the Westerlands.

Since the bloodshed from Dance of Dragons, and the infamous raids of Dalton Greyjoy, House Lannister of Casterly Rock has spent decades carefully repairing and bolstering their hold across the Westerlands. Repairing the damage done to Lannisport, investing in infrastructure and defence, granting loans (with strict terms) to their vassals, rebuilding their fleet. These have been the major preoccupations for the Lions of the Rock for decades after the Dance, their roar rarely heard outside of the Westerlands in what had become an atypically insular realm. Indeed, when the Young Dragon launched his conquest of Dorne, it was not troops of the Westerlands that bolstered his ranks - though, Lannister gold did fill their war chests.

Only in recent generations have the Lions begun to rise from their perceived slumber. Lord Gerold Lannister - named Master of Coin to Baelor I in recognition of the House’s influence and as thanks for their contribution to the war effort in Dorne - relocated to King’s Landing in 163AC. Brought with him was his son and heir of four and ten, Tytos. The presence of House Lannister was increasingly felt in the capital, with Gerold serving on the small council until 171AC. By this time, the realms finances had been brought to fair order and important relationships built, most importantly the friendship between Prince Daeron and Tytos. Though Tytos would return to the Rock with his father upon the ascension of Viserys II, their strong friendship remained.

After the brief rule of Viserys II followed the long, torturous reign of Aegon the Unworthy in 172AC. The scandals of misdeeds, depravity and excess made for entertaining gossip in the early years of his reign, though things quickly became more consequential for the Lions. When Aegon squandered much of the crown's coin on a ‘grand fleet’ destined to be lost in a storm, he soon turned to the wealthiest of the Great Houses to fuel his decadent lifestyle, bribes and gifts. House Lannister dutifully obliged, and made no objections as dates for repayment slid by without notice from the capital.

When Tytos rode to the capital in the summer of 178AC, determined to raise the issue of crown repayments, he instead arrived to witness a gruesome scene. Sir Terrence Toyne, guilty of laying with Aegon’s mistress, was ripped apart limb by limb while a screaming girl - the mistress - made to watch. Thereafter, both the girl and her father were executed. Brackens, Tytos was told. The King was without limit, and his court more broken than any outside it could have imagined. It did not take counsel from Daeron to have Tytos realise that any attempt to pursue crown repayments was folly. He spent only a few weeks in King’s Landing, associating himself with the growing faction surrounding Prince Daeron at court before returning to the Rock.

Perhaps it was this friendship between Daeron and Tytos that drew the attention of Aegon the Unworthy, or perhaps he would have always acted as he did - but his demands for loans of gold became more frequent, the sums larger, and word occasionally reached the Rock of some insult thrown to them by Aegon at court.

Nevertheless, the Lions of Casterly Rock rode out the storm of his reign from the Westerlands, with Aegon finally meeting his end in 184AC. Since then, House Lannister has maintained close relations with the capital. These have grown only stronger since the passing of Lord Gerold in 188AC, with Tytos taking his place as Lord Paramount.

By 202AC, House Lannister has finally begun to recoup the financial losses with the growing stability of the realm. Not only is it in their financial interests to see the status quo maintained, but with the misrule of Aegon IV fresh in memory, their stance against the legitimized bastards is strong, disapproving of the incomes maintained for them and - in the case of Daemon Blackfyre - of the land granted.

What lays ahead is unclear, but the House of Lannister is determined not to fall quiet as they had during the reign of Aegon. History will not repeat, and they will live by their words, Hear me Roar.

Lord Tytos (53) - Father and Lord Paramount of the Westerlands, Lord of Casterly Rock, Shield of Lannisport and Warden of the West
Cerelle Brax | Mother and Lady of Casterly Rock
Lyman Lannister (31) | Older brother, Heir to the Rock and lover. A competent strategist and a natural and charismatic leader; it's no wonder why they can't keep to themselves
Ellyn Westerling (26) | Lyman's beautiful and honor - bound wife
Loreon Lannister (26) | Younger brother and The Lion of Lannister. Vain and conceited beyond measure, Loreon is a wild card and loose cannon. Definitely one to keep weary watch over.
Darius Darklyn (40) | Son of Euric Darklyn of Duskendale, Heir to Dun Fort. Husband to Liore Lannister. Brother by marriage to Lyman and Loreon Lannister. Father to Allard, Lionel, Leandre, Lysander, Leona, Lukas and Laelle. Deceased due to tears of lys shhhh no one knows. 
Allard Darklyn (would have been 12) | Died in childbirth. Only legitimate child of Darius.
Lionel Lannister Darklyn (10) | Proper hellion. Longs to be in battle with something or other. More akin to a dragon than lion as far as destructive prowess goes.
Leandre Lannister Darklyn (8) | A Lannister through and through. He has an eye for scheming and plans. Makes what allowance and coin he gets last well into the future. Numbers are fun for him.
Lysander Lannister Darklyn (6) | The enigma. Clay. Fits into whatever mold he's placed in. Takes after his mother on that one. He can be anything he needs to be in order to succeed.
Leona Lannister Darklyn (5) | A true princess in the making. Loves everything girly and proper.
Lukas Lannister Darklyn (5) | Boyish to the ends of the world. Can never keep his new clothes clean for long.
Laelle Lannister Darklyn (3) | An angel. Sweetest toddler to roam the meadows.

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Strikingly beautiful woman, with golden hair, emerald green eyes, fair skin and a slender, graceful figure.

Born to Tytos and Cerelle, Liore came into the world as calm as a breeze along the coast. Even from birth Liore knew how important it was to blend into the surroundings, to change and adapt to a situation in order to thrive in it.

It didn't take long for the young lion to grow into a beautiful young woman, strong and nubile. She caught a lot of attention from the opposite sex; her older brother was no different. However, their torrid love affair could date back even sooner if one were taking notes. One such suitor was Darius Darklyn of Duskendale. A proud house, stubborn and hungry like herself. In the beginning she was attracted to him, although he was nearly ten years her senior. He was handsome and the few times they had met he was sweet on her. A true gentleman.

Not until after they wed (Liore was only seventeen) did she see the change, the mask he wore cracking and crumbling away. A monster hiding in plain sight. Oh yes, Liore was well versed in how to play a part. She had been doing it all her life. Smile brightly and they will never know the struggles behind it. Cover up so no one suspects foul play. A little fib won't hurt anyone. Yes, Liore Lannister Darklyn knew how to adapt to any situation thrown her way. It was a gift.

Soon after the wedding, Liore was pregnant with their first child - a true Darklyn heir. However, he passed a few hours after birth. Complications they told her. Something went wrong during the pregnancy. Never again did Darius lay a finger on her when she was carrying. Suffice to say it's the reason why she has six children. Though they aren't his.

Regardless of either of them being married, Lyman and Liore discovered that nothing could keep them from one another. Not a wife, nor an abusive husband. And so their affair continued well on into... well it never stopped. When it was uncovered what was going on in the Darklyn clan Lyman and Liore came up with a plan to rid themselves of his presence. It wasn't difficult and it didn't take long before he was out of the picture and Liore was a widowed woman, living at Casterly Rock with her children. And in close proximity to her brother. Easy access for them. It was convincing her father not to marry her off so soon after her late husband's death that has proven to be tricky these last few months. She's managed to guilt him into holding off, but now? Two years is a long time to be without a husband, and her children to be without a father - or so Tytos claims.

How will she get out of it this time?

Liore is willful, ambitious and has a certain low cunning. She is hungry and greedy for power; moreso in the sense of elevating the family's power rather than her own. Though she isn't above putting her needs (and her children's) above even those she holds most dear. Liore is a bit impatient and demanding - especially of attention - and never forgets a slight, whether real or imagined. She weighs her options is more level headed than her brothers (though that isn't saying much). Viewing disagreement as defiance. She believes herself to be subtle and politically astute - as much as she can be given her status, gender and sex. She hates being excluded (from anything) on account of her gender, and resents the customs and conventions put on her because she is female. She thinks of herself as a female version of her father and feels slighted when people do not obey her commands as they would have done for Lord Tytos, but instead give her their counsel, or disagree with her, which she faults on her gender. Liore hates to be second guessed or questioned on her motives and commands. She takes after her father as far as her intelligence goes and implements orders as he would, so why is she the one receiving push back? She also does not shy away from using sex as a weapon or a means of control. Anything to make sure she gets what she wants in the end. Though a lot of the times she isn't enjoying the means to get there.

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House Reyne of Castamere

Never Without Pride

House Description

Built into the slopes of the Golden Tooth Mountains, the grey-stone walls of Castamere appear disappointing and dwarfed against the tremendous peaks. It lies beside a small sapphire lake, with long shadows cast over it at dawn and dusk from the surrounding mountains. However, beneath the two stout towers and narrow hall connecting them, lies a vast catacomb and a cathedral. Once having been saturated with gold and diamonds, mined, and pried to form the Reyne’s great wealth, it now was sculpted into a vast, and impressive stronghold. Built-in tiers, a stairway of a thousand steps separates the deepest parts of the subterranean keep from the world above. Fresh water flows through aqueducts from the mountain peaks down to pools and aquifers beneath the ground, an elegant design that brings life into the depths of the mountain.

The Reyne’s overseer the land nestled between the Sunset Sea and the mountains, defending the coast from Ironborn raiders and patrolling the channel between the coast and Fairisle. They are rich in alloy, minerals, and precious gems, producing fine ceramics and weaponry in their many hearths, kilns, and forgeries. Very little of their land is arable, being made primarily of hard stone, and thus most of their food is brought in through trade with the reach. Fishing is a minor industry, made difficult by the vicinity of the Iron Islands and discouraging fishermen from taking to the sea. The most popular profession of the common people is to work the still active mines, with entire families living in tents and clay huts built against the mountain, and spending days pounding back-breaking stones for little pay. This allows the Reyne’s wealth to continue to accumulate, much of it in raw diamonds and gold ingot filling storerooms deep within their keep.

At their height, House Reyne can rally 2,000 bannermen, though the difficult terrain of their land makes organizing their troops more challenging and time-consuming. However, they can afford to arm their men better than most, and the rough terrain means direct invasion by a larger army would be a difficult task for those unfamiliar with the mountain range. They aren't so separated from the rest of the Westerlands to be a distinct culture of their own, but there is a definite local identity amongst the mountaineers of the lands above and beneath Castamere. 

As the warm air off the Sunset Sea hits the high, rugged peaks of Castamere, it crowns the mountaintops with thick, near-constant clouds. It rains more days than it doesn't, feeding countless lakes, ponds, and importantly, the Tumblestone, the Red Fork, Blackwater Rush, and the Mander Rivers. Fair Isles earns its name not because the weather is particularly agreeable, but rather the relative sunshine compared to the mainland near Castamere. 

Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths
Wealth
Strong Local Identity Amongst the Common people.
Access to Ore
Access to Coal
Besiege Defense
Weaponry
Natural Defensible Territory

Weaknesses
Quickness to Arms
Threat of Ironborn
Unable to grow their own food
Relatively small population
Most of their ships are occupied defending the coast from the Ironborn
Trade routes are difficult by land and vulnerable by sea.

Recent History

About twenty-five years ago, it would appear the Reynes were gaining influence amongst the greater houses in Westeros, with the marriage of the second son, Alister, to Lady Lyssa Arryn. It was a love match, and ultimately resulted in the marriage of Josefine Arryn, Lyssa sister, to the heir of house Reyne, Mattias. For the next ten years, Josefine would go on to mother two sons and two daughters for Mattias, and on all accounts was a dutiful wife. However, during her final pregnancy, Mattias bedded her handmaiden, Lorelei from Lys, which resulted in the woman falling pregnant as well.

Five years would pass before Josefine Reyne would discover what many already rumored, that her servant's child and companion to her own daughter, was sired by Lord Reyne. The shame of this betrayal was severe for Josefine, and she was driven mad by the constant whispers and snickers of the ladies around her, many of whom she had considered friends, all the while being mocked as soon as she was out of ears-reach. She returned to the Vale to seek comfort and distance from Mattias and his bastard, but never found sleep in her childhood home. Before the first night had passed into dawn, it was said Josefine, in desperate grief, threw herself through the moondoor and disappeared into the clouds below. No one witnessed this, nor did they ever discover her body, but in the morning it was all they could assume happened when the moon door was open, and the Lady was gone. 

When her room was searched, it was discovered that the chests she had packed were all empty, and that the Lady Reyne had left no note behind after she'd gone. Mattias would discover, upon receiving a raven of her departure, folded gently in the drawer of her vanity, her final words, the words of his house.

"Never Without Pride"

Though ten years have passed since the Tragedy of Lady Reyne, Lord Reyne's abrupt withdrawal from society and the years of weakness afterward have followed the family and made for good gossip even in their absence.  

Now, Lord Mattias Reyne, sick with shame and realizing his life will soon be over, tasks his eldest son, Tyler with the demanding matchmaking of himself, his brother, and his two sisters, who all should have had betrothals arranged years ago but due to Mattias' negligence and refusal to meet his shame, have not. 

Members of Family & Relevant Associations

1st Generation

Lord Robert Reyne		| 	Lord of Castamere, 60, deceased for twenty years, Father to Mattias, Alister, Reya
	Lady-Mother Aemmalyia Reyne		| 	Born Aemma Tarth, Lady of Castamere, 70, Mother to Mattias, Alister, Reya

2nd Generation

Lord Mattias Reyne		|	Lord of Castamere, 50, Father to Tyler, Lyssandra, Addison, Aemma, and Katalin
	Lady Josefine Reyne 	|	Born Josefine Arryn, Lady of Castamere, 29, deceased for ten years, Mother to Tyler, Lyssandra, Addison, and Aemma
	The Handmaiden Lorelei	*	|	Born in Lys, Mother to Katalin, 40, Disappeared upon word of Lady Josefine's death
Ser Alister Reyne	|	Castamere's Master-of-Arms, 48, Brother to Mattias & Reya, Father to Robb, Johanna, and Micah
	Lyssa Reyne	|	Born Lyssandra Arryn, Sister to the late Lady of Castamere, 46, Mother to Robb, Johanna, and Micah
Reya Reyne	|	 Betrothed to Rylen Tyrell, Sister to Mattias & Alister, deceased for 17 years, 20, No Children

3rd Generation

Mattias' Line
Tyler Reyne	| First-Born Son, Heir to Castamere, 26, Brother to Addison, Lyssandra, and Aemma
Addison Reyne	|	Second-Born Son,  22, Twin of Lyssandra, Brother to Tyler and Aemma
Lyssandra Reyne	|	First-Born Daughter, 22, Twin of Addison, Sister to Tyler and Aemma
Aemma Reyne	|	Second-Born Daughter, 15, Sister to Tyler, Addison, Lyssandra, and Katalin
Katalin Hill	|	Illegitimate Daughter, 15, Sister to Aemma, Unacknowledged by other half-siblings and father

Alister's Line
Ser Robb Reyne	|	First-Born Son, Respected Knight, Wielder of Red Rain, 28, Brother to Johanna and Micah, Father to Cole and Jeyne
	Odella Reyne	|	Born Odella Peake, 20, deceased for quarter-year, Wife to Robb, Mother to Cole and Jeyne
Johanna Reyne	| 	First-Born Daughter, 19, Sister to Robb and Micah
Micah Reyne	| 	Second-Born Son, 17, Brother to Robb and Johanna

4th Generation

Robb's Line
Jeyne Reyne	|	First-Born Daughter of Robb, 7, Sister to Cole
Cole Reyne	|	First-Born Son of Robb, 4, Brother to Jeyne

Age: 70 years

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Description & biography: 
Age has not yet taken Lady Aemmalyia’s presence-of-mind from her. At seventy years, very few remain so sharp and guarded as the former Lady of Castamere. Other than her namesake granddaughter, she is Katalin’s only advocate. She and Josefine never got on, and there is a similar tension between her and Lyssandra as well. It is clear she favors Alister to Mattias, openly stating her disappointment for the latter, especially in the recent years with his scandal and the ensuing depression.

Name: Lord Mattias Reyne

Age: Fifty Years

Appearance:

Description & biography:
In his youth, Mattias was known to be a friendly, though short-sighted man. He and Josefine had never been a love match, arranged because Lyssa and Alister had fallen in love, at a tourney as a matter of fact, and it was important to their father to avoid the faux pas of marrying his younger son before his first. So, a more clever man than Mattias, he negotiated the dual betrothal of daughters to sons, and built what he thought would be an inseparable bond between Reynes and Arryns for generations to come. 

Lord Robert Reyne thankfully died before he had to watch his son poison that allyship, humiliating Josefine and himself, and both their houses as a result. After Josefine's death, he became a much angrier man, unable to cope with his own shame and failing in his most primary duties. The children- Tyler fifteen and Aemma only five, were neglected by him, and thus all but Tyler, lack a close bond with him. Thankfully for Castamere, Alister serves loyally in his stead, allowing his brother to willow further and further into his guilt and depression. 

Weak of body, spirit, and mind, Mattias spends most of his time in his own chambers, deligating his powers to his lessers and wallowing in self-pity and bursts of intense anger. His health has grown especially poor currently, and he himself is preparing his children for his death now that he's realized he'd squandered his chance to prepare them in his life.

Name: Lady Josefine Reyne

Age: Deceased at nine and twenty years

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Description & biography:

Josefine’s memory has faded in the decade since she’d departed. If not for the portraits, it would be a wonder if her children could even recall her face. There’s no confirmed truth around the events leading to her death, but plenty of rumors fill in the gaps, whispers of the moon door and how she must have plunged through it.

Name: Tyler Reyne

Age: Six and Twenty Years

Appearance:

Description & biography:
Tyler was born with a yoke looming, knowing that he would be heir to Castamere, and as a younger boy, he had been delighted by the promise of prominence that came with that responsibility. It was not until he grew older, and began to see the failures and frail humanness of his own father, that he became to dread the day he would inherit Castamere and be expected to answer the same impossible riddles as Mattias. He is more short-tempered, more stern, more serious, than his younger brother Addison, yet still feels inadequate and boyish when beside his elder cousin, Robb, whom he admires and envies all at once.

Tyler desires to be a good Lord, to rule with fairness and consideration his father never could, but so overwhelmed by his station, already the young man feels he has begun to fail.

Name: Addison Reyne

Age: Two and Twenty Years

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Description & biography:
Addison is the most charismatic and extroverted of Mattias five children, always seeming to know something funny that left a perpetual, carefree smirk upon his face. His attitude serves as a compliment to his twin Lyssandra, who's manner is far more reserved and at times, icy. He serves as squire to Sir Robb, and remains frustrated by his cousin's stringent requirements in bestowing Addison's knighthood. From the younger man's perspective, he has earned the title- and while there are many knights who would have given the boy the honor years ago, Robb valued too much his own prestige and honor to do so while still believing Addison to be lacking. The boy is a decent swordsman, but his flirtatious spirit and unfocused nature gets in the way of dedicating himself to his craft.

Name: Lyssandra Reyne

Age: Two and Twenty Years

Appearance:

Description & biography: Lyssandra, or Lysa, is the first-born daughter of Mattias, and she grew up being constantly praised for her courteous manners next to her clownish brother. Even as a young girl, she had been much like her mother, understanding expectations and speaking with a matter-of-factness that always seemed formal no-matter the occasion. She took her mother's death perhaps the hardest, and resents Katalin the most, hating that her mother was gone but her father's bastard remained. Even as she's gotten older, Lysa still struggles with that resentment though she's beginning to resent her father more fervently as he fails her time and time again.

She considers herself the cleverest of her siblings, and her self-importance can come off to some as inflated and unbecoming.

Name: Aemma Reyne

Age: Five and Ten Years

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Description & biography: Aemma is Josefine's last child, named after her paternal grandmother and considered the baby of the family given the seven years between her and the twins. Even as a little child, she demonstrated a sort of shyness and anxiety most children lacked. Her fearfulness only grew more terrible when at five, she became motherless and her father withdrew into his own struggles. She is plagued by nightmares and terror-driven delusion. Often, she crept through the cold, consuming walls of Castamere's subterranean keep in the dead of night to Katalin's bed chambers, to seek comfort from the only one in her life to consistently provide it.

While most might expect that Aemma would blame Katalin as many others had, but their kinship was quite the contrary. Katalin is a closer sister to her than Lyssa, and Aemma relies on her as a confidant, a friend, and a witness to her vulnerable moments of unfettered craze and disorder without judgment.

Aemma is by all public accounts a quiet, kind, and well-mannered young woman, if a bit odd and awkward even for a girl of her age. She is fascinated by geography and cartography and possesses a keen memory for distances and minor details most would find niche.

Name: Katalin Hill

Age: Five and Ten Years

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Description & biography: The bastard daughter of Lord Mattias Reine and the handmaiden Lorelei, Katalin lives between two words. Among her half-siblings and father, she is an interloper, only tolerated but never wanted. And among the servants and common people, she is looked down upon for her perceived privileges and the sin of her adultorous birth.

Her only friend is Aemma, and Katalin holds an absolute loyalty to her sister for the cherished bond between them. She is thankful that they can take care of each other, though anxious as she knows the day Aemma will be married off approaches, and they'd surely be separated. 

Katalin is the more practical of the two of them, knowing at least a bit about the ways of their world while Aemma is far more sheltered and clueless.

Name: Alister Reyne
Age: Eight and Forty Years
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Description & History:
The only brother of Mattias, Alister serves as Castamere's Master-at-Arms and often-times stand in Lord when Mattias disappears into his depression. He is a rational and serious man, but a fair one and clearly the mold from which Robb's own honor was forged. Lyssandra and he share a love match, and it was their relationship which resulted in Josefine and Mattias' pairing. 

He has spent most of his adult life defending Castamere's coast from the Ironborn, and holds a deep grudge for any ironborn he encounters, given the atrocities committed by their raiders.

Name: Lyssandra (Lyssa) Reyne
Age: Six and Forty Years
Appearance:

Description & History:

Lyssa, born in the Eerie and the elder sister of Josefine, shared many traits with her dearly departed Josefine. The women had been close since girlhood, despite Lyssa's sizeable seniority. In many ways, Lyssa stood in for Josefine as a mother, sharing her wisdom, her knowledge, and most cuttingly, her judgment. She met Ser Alister at a tourney, and despite the great distance between them, the clever girl Lyssa had been, managed to ensure their marriage, and because Mattias too needed a wife, Josefine came to the Westerlands as well. 

Since her sister's death, Lyssa has been greatly affected, broken-hearted, and regretting the last words shared between them. She blames herself for not preventing it- but blames Mattias chiefly for his sin, his cowardice, and his hand in pushing Josefine toward the moondoor. She tries to stand in as a mother for Josefine's children, looking out for them- but still lacking the closeness and warmth that their birth mother might provide. She is a stern aunt, caring but cold to the exterior- not dissimilar to her disposition with her own children.

Name: Robbert (Robb) Reyne

Age: Eight and Twenty Years

Appearance:

Despection & History: Robb Reyne has made perhaps the proudest name for himself of all the living Reyne's, as an accomplished, and honorable knight. He is a man of good nature, steadfast in his morals and as trustworthy a man you may ever meet. It has been months since the death of his wife, Odella, and the young man mourns dutifully as a loving husband, now supporting two young children without their mother. He has no interest in remarrying, though there is pressure to from his mother. 

He carries much respect for Daemon Blackfyre, though at this moment remains also a servant to the crown.

Name: Johanna Reyne

Age: Nine and Ten Years

Appearance:

Description & biography: The only daughter of Alister and Lyssa, Johanna is a friendly and comely girl. She admires her cousin Lyssandra, but doesn't carry the same attitude- perhaps because of the subtle and unspoken competition between them and Lyssandra's superiority to her turning the girl into someone less confident, though still eager and hopeful. 

She is close with Micah.

Name: Micah Reyne

Age: Seven and Ten Years

Appearance:

Description & biography: A boisterous and bold boy, Micah takes much after Addison, though more appropriately aged for his antics. He is a squire as well, and spends much of his time practicing with his brother and cousins, as well as any of other young and war-fantasizing boys training with them. 

He holds a fondness for Katalin, though their childhood romance is a secret thing between them, even Aemma, and Johanna being quite oblivious to any subtext between them.

Name: Jeyne Reyne

Age: Seven Years

Appearance:

Description & biography: Robb's eldest daughter, she is as animated and curious as any seven year old. She's not quite processed her mother's death, often asking Robb when she was coming back, as much as he's tried to explain that was never happening.

Name: Cole Reyne

Age: Four Years

Appearance: 

Description & biography: Cole speaks well for a toddler, though he's still learning. Both children are well-mannered, besides for occasional tantrums and naughtiness that all little children succumb to.

Name: The Handmaiden Lorelei

Age: Three and Forty Years

Appearance:

Description & biography: Like Josefine, many rumors circulate about the handmaiden Lorelei. Some say she was Josefine's closest friend, that Josefine had freed her from a brothel in Lys. Others claim Mattias purchased her from Lys with her trade in mind, and her only role had been for his adultery. Since she disappeared ten years ago, the stories have only gotten more convoluted, and even her daughter, Katalin, struggles to know who Lorelei had been before she disappeared. To her, she had just been her mother, though having heard all the conspiracies and hate, the girl lived in shame for the next ten years of her life.

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Name: Briar (a.k.a Saelella) 

Age: 24 (Born 178AC)

Appearance:

Briar would not strike one as a typical Lyseni born slave, for many are bred to encourage the Valryian features. Yet if someone gets close to her they would notice her lilac eyes, thr only sign of her descent, the rest masked by features from a father whom she has never known. A small tear drop shaped tattoo adorns the cheek beneath her right eye and is an enduring reminder of her former position as a slave and a worker in the pleasure houses of Volantis. Her black coils are one of her most outstanding features and she often wears her hair naturally, though when the days become hot she braids or plaits it in order to maintain some control. As with any worker at a high-end brothel, her clothes may be made of cheap fabrics but they are always clean, of suggestive designs, and flattering for her figure. 

Biography:

Born in the beautiful city of Lys, Saelella's life could have been one of delight & ease if she had been born under the right parentage. Unfortunately her mother, who would live her whole life in that one small city, worked in a pillow house. The woman's life was hard and short, and Saelellas birth was one of many unwanted pregnancies. There was no room for a child in the pillow houses or the pleasure gardens, and when she was a babe she was sold to a mercantile. He went on to trade her for a young colt in Volantis. At a young age she was marked with a small tear shaped tattoo beneath her right eye, something which would determine the direction of the rest of her life. She fought against her life in the pleasure houses, which initially was spent acting as little more than a scullery maid, running away and receiving whippings or worse. But when she was old enough she was deemed fit for proper work.   

Eventually the days, months, and years wore on Saelella as they did most others and she lost her fire. Yet she still always retained some hope that there would be a way out. She listened carefully to all she came across, leaning bits and pieces of the common tongue, eventually having enough to converse, albeit in a very broken manner. Saelella worked hard and attempted to please her masters, never putting a foot out of place. She even became well known about Volantis for being able to offer anything a man could want and was often in high demand. Saelella hated it but she became adept at pretending; it was much easier if one could adopt another persona for a night.

It was one day that her services were bought by a Westerosi, one who appeared of high status and wealth. It was not unusual but also not as commonplace as may it would have been in Lys. Though he had already paid her master, he refused her advances and instructed her simply to talk to him about anything. She was nervous for her common tongue was poor but she stumbled through, telling him of her life, of the thoughts that ran through her mind, of the things that she loved and hated. He laughed at first at her speech but when he saw her horrified expression, quickly reassured Saelella that he was impressed and only laughed because he had not expected it. He spoke Volantene well and had been more than willing to converse in her mother tongue. Saelella relaxed, for the first time in a long time, and he came to speak to her on many more occasions. 

One evening she heard shouting from her masters quarters, crashes of broken furniture and cases, and finally the appearance of the man in her room. He explained that he had paid for her freedom but that they must leave quickly for he had accidentally called the master a fopdoodle, which he later admitted he had made up on the spot. It was then, as they escaped the crowded slums of Volantis, that the man finally explained who he was. A westerosi named Rylen. He asked her is she wanted a new name, for hers was that of a slave and not of her own choosing. She agreed and eventually (after suggesting some names such as leek and cat) chose Briar, after the rose bushes that he had shown her paintings of. She was 20 then and they travelled together around Essos for a time, until she begged him to arrange for her travel over to Westeros. Briar wished to see these free lands and find a life there, and he was oft busy & she impatient for more. He was hesitant, for he said he would not go back to Westeros himself, but eventually conceded and agreed to pay for her safe passage over. They bid farewell at Pentos and he told her to go to the Reach if the rest of Westeros disappointed her, for there she could find his family. 

Upon arriving at Kings Landing, Briars life did not go as she imagined and her first year was a hard one, often living life as little more than a beggar. She tried to find other trade but her tattoo marked her, even here, and eventually she found herself wandering into a high end brothel on the street of silk. She was taken on and though it was not what she had wished, it was familiar and at least she was no longer a slave...at least in the strict sense. The men (and women) were the same as ever but she had learnt much from Rylen, and was much more fluent with her words than she had once been. She is still learning and listening, but she has impressed the madame Vorella, and often gets to take care of the more high calibre clientele.

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The Brother's of the Bloodriver

"Women cost extra, children cost double, pregnant women just cost double for the babe, not trying to swindle ya."

Brytin "Shieldtaker" Bloodriver

Age: 27

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Description & biography: The Bloodrivers are an infamous pair of sellsword's famed across the Riverlands, North, and Vale. Having earned a reputation as brutal killers, the older brother Brytin "Shieldtaker" Bloodriver who pry's the crests off of knights he defeated in battle adding them to his own studded armor. Raised by a bastard father who hated nobles, knights, and the lot of them for his lot in life. Drinking himself and beating his children he was a sergeant-at-arms for his the misbegotten vassal lord of the Riverlands.

By the time he was old enough to scrounge for himself he could was breaking noses and threatening the other children with a knife, his father would vanish from his life leaving him to care for his brother. He got stronger, faster, and tougher on his own, training against wandering hedge knights and sellswords. They had to be better or be dead was the motto they found themselves as the soldiers of fortune, though they weren't perfect fight after fight they weren't dead and the other guy was.

Soon his professionalism caught the eyes of the competing Riverlands Lords, for the next few years they butchered and beat people in the employ of their Lord... Until another offer came in for double and they changed allegiances. When the conflict ended they collected their coin and started to leave... Only for a six armored knights to come riding up upon them, demanding their surrender. What came next was messy and bloody, but they took everything they had. Horses, armor, weapons, gold, tossing their headless bloody bodies and severed heads into the Twins they rode away. Their name cemented from that forth as the river had turned bloody in their wake, bastards who left only blood, the Bloodrivers.

Seth "Heartless" Bloodrivers

Age: 25

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Description & biography: Seth Bloodrivers is a strange one, unlike his brother he has little vice for women, he drinks but not like his brother. Instead he seems calmer, more thoughtful... While brother was beating folks, Seth tried to earn a wage honestly while he could. First cleaning mugs and bringing out beer and wine in a tavern while his brother broke noses and took what they needed, eventually his own strength from 'teachings' and beatings by his brother developed him in his teenage years into a formidable fighter who would break noses and stop bar fighters.

However when his brother's mercenary tendencies caught the ire of the town both were quick to depart, while his brother depise's nobles self righteous bullshit Seth knows how to use it. He learned to read, to write, and math as they began their mercenary days knowing that it would help them get bigger and better jobs. He even had a Meister examine him as they believed something was wrong with him growing up... Turned his heart was on the wrong side of his body, something that would save his life. Yet the title of heartless is good it keeps the trouble makers away and inspires fear when they know a dagger plunged where his heart should be did could not end his life.

His brother prefers heavy weapons for smashing fools before him and stopping the enemy quickly and painfully, Seth is a skilled fighter impressive footwork and preferring knives, swords, and anything for quick and bloody work. He is not his brother's size but a far more clever and practiced fighter, his lost enough to bigger men to know exactly what he can and can't do as his brother has lost battles to smaller leaner men. Complimenting each other weaknesses they are an impressive pair so long as you remember to pay them plenty and often.

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@CorinTraven@Vanq@Almalthia Still have CSs that need approval just when you get a chance. Mine not so important since my house isn't coming around till after the tourney.
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