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Game of Thrones - Blood and Fire

Ruby said
Hey, we tried, right? ^_^

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Game of Thrones - Blood and Fire

We are, Sable!

Woo, Sini! Have fun in France! It's beautiful there in the South, this time of year. Eat lots of peaches! =)

Game of Thrones - Blood and Fire

I think I've finished my CS, for now - I'll add other characters/names as I need them, but they'll only be minor roles. Cold might be joining House Martell, as well - but we'll see what happens with that.

Game of Thrones - Blood and Fire

Put my WIP for House Martell up in the character sheet thread.

Game of Thrones - Blood and Fire

[Massive WIP]

House Nymeros Martell of Sunspear



Members of the Household

Prince Mors Martell, 37
--Arron Sand, his first child and bastard, 22.
--Serela (girl) and Oberyn Sand (named for Mors’ grandfather - a boy), his twin bastards, 17.

Cerrick Martell, Mors’ cousin, 47, Master-at-Arms of Sunspear.

Symon Yronwood, 43, uncle of The Bloodroyal - Mors’ advisor.

Important Members

Mors Martell

Appearance:
Name: Mors Martell, Prince of Dorne
Age: 37
Personality: Mors Martell is a typical Dornishman: proud, charismatic and headstrong. He is named after the Lord of Sunspear who married the Warrior-Queen Nymeria: a fitting name, many say, because of his strong personality and sense of ambition. He believes in his people, and has been a fair and just ruler throughout his years on the throne. He has encouraged the frequent raiding of the Dornish Marches over the last ten years: and in his efforts to create a united, stronger Dorne, has even managed to pacify the Yronwoods long enough to negotiate a peace amongst the Noble Houses of the Red Mountains, who have always been known for their pointless bickering and feuding.

An intelligent man and an excellent politician as well as a military tactician, Mors is a proud ruler: and not one who will easily submit to foreign authority.

Biography: Mors grew up in Sunspear, under the stern but loving hand of his father, Prince Quentyn Martell. Mors was the first and only child of Quentyn and his wife: although they tried, they were not able to have anymore children together - the fault of which lay with Quentyn, although no one would admit it. As a result of this, Mors was cherished during the early years of his life, and given everything he could possibly wish for - along with a strong education, in things both martial and academic, the latter of which his mother insisted upon.

He had grown into a charismatic, well-learned and capable young man by his sixteenth nameday, who was popular at court and whose skill with a spear and bow on horseback had spread throughout Dorne. His father had been old when he had sired him, and he died two years later: leaving Mors to inherit the throne, barely a man of eighteen years. The Prince was surrounded by flocks of advisors from the day of his coronation, but quickly whittled these down to a much smaller number: recognising those who truly wanted to help him, and those who wished to control him.

Mors had always considered the Dornish people to be superior to those who dwelled in the more fertile lands above them: as a result of this, he spent the first few years of his reign negotiating a long-lasting peace between the Northern Houses, who were constantly shedding as much of each other’s blood as they were of those from The Reach and The Stormlands. Once the peace had been established, the Northern Houses adopted a much more aggressive stance towards those who inhabited the Dornish Marches: harassing and raiding them much more often than they had been for as long as anyone alive could remember.

The Prince has not yet married, but has sired a number of bastards with various different women. He is a well-liked and respected ruler, and most certainly a proud one: although he knows nothing of the coming invasion of the Targaryens, he will not bend the knee lightly.

Cerrick Martell

Appearance:
Cerrick has the violet eyes that the men of House Dayne are renowned for, as well as their light-coloured hair. He does, however, have a slightly darker skin tone than some of the House’s members - a result of the Martell blood that also flows through his veins.

Name: Ser Cerrick Martell, heir to Sunspear
Age: 47
Personality: Cerrick is surprisingly stern and serious for a Dornishman - and distinctly lacking in any of their stereotypical sexual licticiousness. He takes his knightly vows seriously, and does his utmost to serve his leigelord: Prince Mors Martell. Controlled by a strong sense of duty which he picked up during his days at Castle Yronwood, Cerrick is a stern man who believes his calling is on the battlefield - not in the comfortable, lavish chambers of a politician.

Biography: Cerrick was the firstborn child of Arthur Dayne and Ellaria Martell, third son of the Lord of House Dayne and second-born child of Oberyn Martell respectively. He spent his childhood at Starfall, and was sent to foster at Castle Yronwood in his ninth year.

It was during his time with the Yronwoods that Cerrick developed his strict sense of moral duty, and honed his martial skills to the legendary standard which he is known throughout Dorne for. Unlike most Dornish warriors, he was trained how to fight like a traditional Knight of the Seven - with sword, shield and lance: and spent only a small amount of time learning distinctly Dornish skills like knifethrowing and archery.

Cerrick was knighted when he was seventeen, and spent the next few years of his life leading raiding parties against the inhabitants of the Dornish Marches, before he was called to Sunspear by his uncle - Prince Quentyn Martell. He was twenty when he arrived at the seat of the Martells, the only conventional ‘city’ that Dorne possessed. He was informed that he was to become one of the members of the young Mors Martell’s personal guard, and would help with his military training.

During his years at Sunspear - as Mors grew up and Prince Quentyn’s health gradually faltered in his old age - Cerrick developed a strong sense of affection towards young Mors, and it was this sense of affection that led him to swear his sword - and life - to his cousin whenever he was coronated, eight years after his arrival at Sunspear.

Cerrick and Mors’ close bond, along with his martial skill, allowed the man of both Dayne and Martell blood to rise in the ranks to become the Master-at-Arms of Sunspear by the time he was thirty-five. He has been an envoy between the Martells, House Yronwood and the other Northern Houses many times, and currently resides at Sunspear.

Game of Thrones - Blood and Fire

Looks cool!

I'll get a sheet together for House Martell. =)

Game of Thrones - A Song of Ice and Fire

Zacharius said
A lot of houses can trace their lineage back before the conquest, the only real houses that can be pinned down as not being around in the new setting are those with Valyrian blood or the few that are mentioned as cropping up since then.The Kingdoms certainly did interact, they just didn't all collectively bow to a single distant throne, you'll probably find, beyond some amount of development, the lives of most minor lords and the peasants was pretty similar.

Oh, alrighty! I'll shut up, then.

Anyone else want the Martells?

Vampire: The Masquerade. Dance of the Damned

Sundered Echo said
Though perhaps this discussion ought to move off this thread now? It is technically dead now and we're keeping the corpse visible, so to speak.

Would someone like to make a PM thread? We can discuss things there. =)

Game of Thrones - A Song of Ice and Fire

I'd just like to point out that I'm a bit.. iffy, about setting the RP during the era of Aegon's Conquest. Wouldn't Westeros be.. completely different?

I'm no expert on Martin's lore, so please correct me if I'm wrong - but isn't Westeros, at this stage, a collection of small kingdoms who don't have much interaction with one another? And wouldn't a fair few of the Houses that existed after Aegon's conquest/in ASOIAF not exist, at this stage? I'm probably wrong, and I'll go along with the RP being set during the conquest anywho; I guess it gives us more free reign.

I might make a bid for House Martell, before anyone else nabs it (that is, if Ruby is stepping down from playing them, as I heard rumours of in the chat). If someone else already has plans for Dorne, I'll probably re-take House Redwyne, but do a slightly different spin on them.

Squrmy's Interest Check! [High Casual-Advanced/Literate] - Fandoms/Semi-Original Ideas Inside!

Hey all!

I've never written up a one-on-one Interest Check before, but lately I've found myself lacking more and more when it comes to talented, committed and mature writing partners. I'll try to make this about as short and sweet as possible, so that you don't have to read paragraphs upon paragraphs of pointless information.

About Me:

I'm eighteen years old, and I live in Australia. I'm originally from Ireland, but I've been out here for about five or six years now. The fact that I'm located on the other side of the world to most of you makes me slightly unavailable at certain times of the day - I work and go to school, and try to have some sort of social life: and I also try to sleep as much as I can. This means that I probably won't be able to write more than one or two posts a day maximum (sometimes only one every few days), and will only be available to chat to those of you located in America during the late evening/early morning.

What I'm Looking For:

I've been roleplaying since I was.. nine, I think - and as soon as I'd started writing, I was hooked! I love to write, and I'll write about just about anything, so long as it doesn't involve anything too taboo (ie anything to do with toilets). I'm looking for a dedicated and mature writing partner who isn't afraid to write out scenes involving violence, torture or even drug use - and, yes, as the word implies, 'mature' means that there may be some sexual elements to our writing, if the RP is heading in that direction. I'm not a smut author, however; I have no interest in purely sexual writing, as it does nothing for me.

I haven't got a list of criteria that you have to meet in order to roleplay with me: I'm a nice, approachable guy, and I'm willing to give anyone a chance. All I ask is that you have a good grasp of the English language and know how to use grammar correctly, try to reciprocate the length and quality of posts I give you, and that you use a spellchecker if you're not the best speller in the world (I use one myself, my spelling is appalling!). I'd also like you to be down-to-earth, in possession of some sort of a sense of humor, and easy to talk to: I don't like to just roleplay with someone - I like to get to know them, too! Yay, friends! >.>

Ideas

I haven't got any firm plots in mind at the moment, but I'll list a few ideas/themes below that I'd be interested in exploring. I play a male myself, as I don't think that I can RP as a woman properly (as I'm not one!) - although I can double as a woman if need be. The ideas are as follows (all fandoms using OCs as mains, not canon).

Fandoms:

Avatar: The Last Airbender
Avatar: The Legend of Korra
Eragon
Game of Thrones
The Night Angel Trilogy
A Prince of Thorns
Naruto
The Hunger Games

Other Ideas:

World War 2
The Holocaust: this is something that I'm rather interested in, and believe would make a superb roleplay. I'd like to play an SS Officer, with the other player maining a German Jew. We'd follow the pair's journey from the streets of Berlin before the Party's Rise to Power to the Extermination Camps in Poland at the end of the war.
Medieval
Medieval Fantasy
Pirates
Tudor Times
Napoleonic Era
Ancient Rome/Greece/Egypt

Anywho, thanks for reading! PM me or tell me below if you're interested in discussing one of the ideas above - or, indeed, any other idea that you might have.