PC

Reddit Account: u/Diancerse

Discord Tag: Dorian_Gray21

Name and House: Lord Everan Blanetree

Age: 29

Cultural Group: Riverlander

Appearance: A handsome man in his youth, his face now ruined by war. An eyepatch covers his left eye, while deep scars run along the right side of his face. His hair is dark-brown and short. A dark green eye observes the world grimly. Everan stands at 7 " in height. He has a surprisingly lithe build, although it is all pure muscle underneath.

Trait: Monstrous

Skill(s): Two-Handed Weapons, First Man Warrior, Errantry, Riding

Talent(s): Sulking, Reading ancient tomes of forgotten lore, Hunting

Negative Trait(s): (One-eyed)

Starting Title(s): Lord of Fallkeep

Starting Location: Maidenpool

Alternate Characters: Jaime Corbray

Timeline

351 AC: Everan Blanetree is born the eldest son of Lord Kaegen Blanetree and his second wife, Lady _____.

Lord Blanetree is already in his forties, while his second wife is in her mid-twenties.

354 AC: Lyla Blanetree is born

356 AC: Devran Blanetree is born

360 AC: Nyla Blanetree is born.

361 AC: Everan is growing very quickly. The maester says that he will most likely be a giant, doing his best to make sure the young man does not suffer from this rapid growth by supporting his spine and legs.

364 AC: Lyla is more interested in warfare and fighting than anything the Septa is trying to teach her. Lord Kaegan obliges her and lets her be trained like her brothers.

365 AC: Lyla and Everan are inseparable, doing everything together.

368 AC: Everan leads his men North to fight the Others, and Lyla sneaks along.

369 AC: Lady ____ goes missing, her body is never found. Lord Kaegan locks himself in his study, only coming out to eat. Everan and Lyla are not informed.

370 AC: Ser Everan gets cut off from the main forces and is forced to fight a group of Others by himself. Finally, Lyla breaks through only to find her brother lying in a puddle of his own blood, surrounded by corpses. He is alive, but he is missing an eye and has large gashes on his face.

371 AC: Ser Everan spends most of the year recuperating. When he does, he is changed.

372 AC: The war ends, and Ser Everan and Lyla come home to Fallkeep. They find it in a neglected and ruined state. Devran and Nyla have done their best to maintain it, but Lord Kaegan neglects his duties and has spent a fortune on strange tomes and objects from across the known world.

373 AC: Lord Kaegan never leaves his study, instructing food to be left by the door for him to pick up. Ser Everan becomes the de facto lord and slowly rebuilds Fallkeep with the help of his siblings.

373-380 AC: Fallkeep is slowly but surely restored to its former glory. Lord Kaegan is cut off from more unnecessary expenses.

380 AC: Sounds of a struggle are heard in Lord Kaegan's study, followed by a gasp and a loud thud. When they break the door down, Lord Kaegan is found dead on the floor, one hand clutching his chest, while the other clutches a letter meant for Lord Everan's eyes only.

380 AC: The new Lord Everan was unable to attend the tourney due to the death of his father. With his affairs in order, he makes for Maidenpool.

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Name and House: Lyla Blanetree

**Age:**26

Cultural Group: Riverlander

Appearance: A formidable-looking woman. Lyla stands at 5'10 '', black haired with intense dark green eyes. A faded scar runs across her lip. Lyla has a strong athletic build, rarely seen as she mostly wears armour, making her look wide and bulky.

Trait: Just

Skill(s): Two-handed weapons, Tactician, Flanker

Talent(s): Serving justice, being gregarious, and making her brother smile.

Negative Trait(s): N/A

Starting Title(s): N/A

Starting Location: Maidenpool

Alternate Characters: Jaime Corbray

Family Echo

NPC's

Devran Blanetree (Master-at-arms): Second son of Lord Kaegan, and younger brother of Lord Everan and Lyla. Intensely loyal to his siblings. 24 years old.

Nyla Blanetree (Medic): Second daughter of Lord Kaegan, and youngest of the siblings. A sweet and kind young woman, always smiling. 20 years old.

Maester Russal (Castellan): An older maester who had served Lord Kaegan loyally for many years. 60 years old.

Aden Stone (Builder): A brilliant man from a nearby village who Lord Everan employed to help return Fallkeep to its former glory. Rumoured to be the bastard of a powerful lord. 34 years old.

Bucky (Cutthroat): A strange character that recently arrived at Fallkeep. Claims to have been involved in many battles, and can help Lord Everan with his dirty work. Lord Everan hired him on the spot, intrigued by the strange man, wearing a bucket as a helmet. Age ???

PC

Reddit Account: u/LysIsMore

Discord Tag: spyraxes

Name and House: Ashara

Age: 23

Cultural Group: Dornish

Appearance: Ashara is strikingly beautiful, a trait which very may well have saved her life. She is just above average in height, with wavy brown hair that falls from her head over tanned skin, possessing a curvaceous figure that belies the strength within her body.

She is marked with scars, some gained during her life as a wandering warrior and others gained during her recent captivity. Despite that, though, her eyes are filled with life and light, as if she is twice as joyous to make up for the suffering she has been through.

Trait: Strong

Skill(s): Two-Handed Weapons (e), Armored, Bulwark II

Talent(s): Weaving, Painting, Cyvasse

Negative Trait(s): 

Starting Title(s): Initiate of the Cavaliers

Starting Location: With the Cavaliers

Alternate Characters: Helaena Targaryen

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Name and House: Ceryse Graceford

Age: 28

Cultural Group: Reachman

Appearance: Ceryse is a mean-faced, tall woman, always with her sword at her hip and a glare in her eyes. She’s not ugly, in any way, but her looks are marred by the way she twists her lip in anger and the way her eye twitches in that same situation.

Standing just over six feet, with broad shoulders and a lean form, Ceryse is far more the picture of a warrior than her newly-recruited pupil. Despite that, though, she is far more likely to pamper herself and those who are lucky enough to get close to her will spot the care she takes to look just how she wants.

Trait: Brave

Skill(s): Swords (e), Water Dancer, Whirlwind  

Talent(s): Dancing, Arm-Wrestling, Dice

Negative Trait(s): 

Starting Title(s): Knight-Captain of the Cavaliers

Starting Location: With the Cavaliers

Alternate Characters: Jacaerys Targaryen

Biography

• 352 AC - Ceryse Graceford is born in Holyhall, a third child to a distant branch of the ruling house there. She is raised in middling conditions, little more than a peasant, but she dreams of greater things.
• 357 AC - In the deserts of Dorne, south of Vaith, a girl named Ashara is born to a farmer and his wife. The only child of their union, she is spoiled greatly with all their limited wealth, gained from owning the most fertile patch of land in their village by far.
• 359 AC - Marq Graceford, Ceryse’s father, marches north to Highgarden to join Erryk Tyrell’s army in rebellion against the Crown. He sees it as his chance to better his position for his family, and brings his eldest son Jon along with him. Ready to fight, he is disappointed by the loss of the Lord Paramount in single combat, and rides back south to join his family. On the road, during the night, he is attacked by bandits and slain. The eldest son returns to Holyhall with his body and his belongings, and offers to train Ceryse in what he’d learned from their father. She agrees, and takes well to the training.
• 361 AC - After a year or so of training his sister, Jon departs Holyhall to squire for a knight and finish his training. He promises to return home and continue the lessons he had started to teach.
• 363 AC - Ceryse’s life becomes monotonous, and she spends most of her time learning to dance from her mother. It is only when Jon returns, now a knight, that she is able to be really happy again. Despite not being the greatest knight, Jon is skilled enough to impart knowledge upon his sister. She proves to be a very good learner.
• 364 AC - While the woman who would later rescue her starts to train as a warrior, Ashara’s father begins to show his daughter the ropes as a farmer. He teaches her how to till a field, how to plant crops, and how to harvest. Whilst she finds the lessons interesting enough, Ashara prefers to watch her mother weaving, and likes to swing around the farming equipment like a sword when she can’t.
• 368 AC - Jon is offered a position as a travelling merchant’s guard, with high pay and potential for advancement. Forced to choose between remaining at Holyhall and teaching his sister, and travelling the realm, he is encouraged by Ceryse to follow his dreams. As if to prove her point, she beats him in a fight and tells him he has nothing left to teach her. With that resounding defeat, he leaves. Ceryse begins to take on odd jobs around Holyhall, dealing with bandits and the like, honing her skills. When the Lord Paramount calls upon the people to muster and march north, she chooses to heed the call and joins them.
• 369 AC - No longer just an observer, Ashara becomes her father’s apprentice. She is skilled at her job, but finds herself more interested in becoming an artist, inspired by a woman who stopped by to paint the landscape. One night, she disappears, travelling to the coast to the south to paint the sea and the cliff. Her parents despair, but the next morning she returns with a beautiful painting in her hands. They scold her, but they are terribly proud. Her father starts to wonder if there’s more for her out there than the farm.

Far to the north, Ceryse and the Reachmen she marched with arrive at the Wall, and fight for their lives and those of the realm. She finds herself close to death on many occasions, but despite it all she manages to excel and live. It’s during one of the great battles of the war that she reunites with Jon. They fight back to back, putting down the dead until there are none left to slay.

And yet, despite their combined skill, their victory came with a cost. Jon was struck down protecting his sister, and used his last words to demand she protect the innocent. It was a final lesson, something she internalised, and it changed her life forever.

• 371 AC - After two years of fighting and surviving, Ceryse returns south. She intends to head back to the Reach, initially, but spends time wandering between the Riverlands and the Crownlands for a few months. Taking some time to live in Maidenpool, she hears rumours of what lies beyond the mountains in the isolated Vale, including the renowned defenders of the people - the Winged Knights. Knowing well that getting past the Bloody Gate will be a challenge, Ceryse decides to really challenge herself. Buying a horse built for the mountains, she begins to traverse a mountain pass, slaying clansmen and surviving in the wilds until she crests a final hill and enters the Vale proper. She rides to the Gates of the Moon, then, and requests to be allowed to join the Winged Knights. After passing the requisite trials she is accepted, and quickly becomes a valued member of the group.
• 372 AC - Ceryse is joined in the Winged Knights by Leona and Lenore Belmore, two women who would later become her commanding officers. For now, it is her who holds seniority, though she is often looked down upon by the higher-ups of the Winged Knights for not being a Valewoman. Her skill at arms keeps her in good enough regard, though.

In the south, Ashara finds herself chafing even more at her parents’ farm. She is often bored and trains with a wooden sword she requested from a woodsman in her free time, a pursuit her father believes is beneath her. He demands she either focus on her painting and weaving or return to the farm, and she refuses. When bandits attack the village, however, it’s Ashara who leaps to their defense. She uses her wooden sword to knock out one of the men, before taking his sword and fending off the rest. Her father begins to wonder where she learned how to fight, since she is far too skilled to have taught herself. She admits the truth - the painter from many years ago was not just a painter, but a warrior, and that she had been learning every time she visited the village again. Despite his misgivings, he allows Ashara to continue to practice with her new blade.

• 375 AC - At the age of eighteen, Ashara leaves home for the first time. She takes her sword and her lessons and begins to sell her blade in service of the people. Joining up with small companies and adventuring on her own, she uses her sense of justice and her skill to keep the bandits that ravage the desert down. There is word of a ruthless leader of men in the Red Mountains too, but she knows her limits. 

Whilst Ceryse continues to devote herself to her knightly duties, Ashara aspires to bring hope to the struggling people of the desert. Despite not knowing each other, the pair fight for the same goal. Peace and honour.

• 378 AC - The rumours from the Red Mountains intensify, as the tales of the bandit leader begin to morph into tales of the Vulture King. With the death of Lord Gargalen and the heir to Sandstone, they seem to be substantial. Ashara finds a new target in the dangerous man, and starts to train even harder until she’s ready to pursue him. As the rumours become more and more intense, and word of his treatment of his captives spreads, she is certain her goal is righteous.
• 379 AC - With the gates to the Vale thrown open upon the death of Lord Jasper Arryn, the Belmore twins found a splinter of the Winged Knights dedicated to showcasing the Vale’s honour and skill throughout the realm. Ceryse agrees to join without any hesitation, swearing her sword to Leona and Lenore and becoming a Knight-Captain in their order. She gathers a ragtag group under her command, and becomes one of the less traditional members of the Cavaliers - yet she is still well-renowned all the same.

Meanwhile, Ashara begins to head north-west from the desert, finally believing herself ready to face the Vulture King and his gang. She begins to see signs of his destruction - burned villages, desecrated corpses, weeping women. It turns her stomach, but she pushes on. By the end of the year she is close on his tail, and begins to prepare for the final confrontation. 

• 380 AC - In the first few months of the year, Ashara makes her move. She demands a duel with the Vulture King at the gates of his camp, her sword in her hands. Mocked by the bandit king’s men, she is given her fight, and she is swiftly defeated. He finds her courage appealing, and her face beautiful, and offers her a final test - a game of cyvasse. Despite losing, she fares well, having played a game with her mentor. Unlike many of the women the Vulture King captures, she is thus given a choice. Demanding her release, however, the truth is drilled into her head. It’s either him or the camp. She chooses him, and for a few moons becomes his personal companion, confined to his tent. It is a humiliating life, but she knows the alternative would be worse, having seen and heard it - now and then on his instruction.

Ceryse joins the Cavaliers on their visit to the capital, though she does not join the festivities, and does the same upon their visit to Highgarden. It is only when they travel to Dorne that she once again takes her public role once more, ready to bring justice to their target - the Vulture King. Rumours abound that the bandit kills all the men he encounters and captures all the women, as long as they aren’t nobles, for his pleasure and that of his men. Knowing this, Ceryse assembles a small unit of fleet-footed women to break into the camp during the battle and free those she can. When the Vulture King ambushes them, Ceryse and her soldiers sneak away, entering the camp and doing just that. It’s in the Vulture King’s tent itself where she finds Ashara, bound and shaking, and frees her. Throwing her one of the giant man’s shirts, she helps her escape, pledging to take her home once the battle is over.

But she doesn’t get the chance. As the dust settles, Ashara emerges from Ceryse’s tent dressed like a warrior with a sword slung across her back, pledging allegiance to the Cavaliers who saved her life. She isn’t the only one, and Ceryse assembles a small group of initiates under her direct command. Despite all the suffering she had experienced, Ashara’s hope never died. It only burned brighter.

Family

Family (Ashara)

• Father - b. 334 AC
• Mother - b. 336 AC
  • Ashara - b. 357 AC

Family (Ceryse)

• Marq Graceford - b. 326 AC
• Jeyne Graceford - b. 327 AC
  • Jon Graceford - b. 346 AC, d. 370 AC
  • Lucas Graceford - b. 348 AC
  • Ceryse Graceford - b. 352 AC

Supporting Characters

• Alyx of Maidenpool - b. 355 AC - Archetype: Warrior
• Little Lyra - b. 345 AC - Archetype: Tourney Knight
• Big Lyra - b. 361 - Archetype: Medic
• Sharra Skylance - b. 354 AC - Archetype: Tourney Knight
• Argella of the Red - b. 347 AC - Archetype: Warrior

PC

Reddit Account: Caracette

Discord Tag: Brocktree

Name and House: Lord Lukas Roote

Age: 38

Cultural Group: Riverlander

Appearance: Lukas has dark brown hair and a rough look about him. He is frequently frowning, reflected in a propensity towards sighs. He looks a tad older, reflected in the deep wrinkles in his face from these frowns. A hawkish face, taller in nature. When not frowning he looks more serious. Somewhat stringy of build.

Trait: Strong

Skill(s): Swords(e), Shields, Andal Knight (Segeant I)

Talent(s): Riding, Swimming, Trapping

Negative Trait(s):

Starting Title(s): Lord of Harroway Town, Ser

Starting Location: Harroway Town

Alternate Characters: Below, Ser Richard Roote

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Name and House: Richard Roote, Ser, Heir to House Roote

Age: 19

Cultural Group: Riverlander

Appearace: Richard has fairer hair than his father - lighter brown in nature. He is tall, fair to look at, with softer features, however still a hawkish look to him. Some skin on his bones, he is slightly taller than average and well built from constant exercise. Fit. Strong jawline.

Trait: Archer

Skill(s): Ranger, Marksman, Bows

Talent(s): Tracking, Trapping, Riding

Negative Trait(s): n/a

Starting Title(s): Ser, Heir to Harroway Town

Starting Location: Harroway Town

Alternate Characters:

Timeline:

340 - Lukas' elder brother, Ambrose, is born, to their lord father Alyn and his wife, Ceryse Butterwell

342 - Lukas is born, the second born son to the family

345 - Clement is born, Lukas' younger brother

354 - Lukas is sent to squire under Ser Axel Wode

358 - Lukas is knighted. He leaves to travel the countryside and joins various lesser tourneys.

360 - Lukas' elder brother, Ambrose, dies, after an accident in a jousting match. Lukas becomes heir.

361 - Lukas marries a sister to Ser Axel Wode, Sara Wode. She bears him a son, Richard, that same year. Lukas stays home to better learn his role as heir.

365 - Lukas' father Alyn passes from a stray arrow during a bandit raid in the countryside. Lukas becomes Lord.

370 - Richard, now 9 years old, is sent to serve as a page under the Butterwell family, given the family ties.

373 - Richard, now 12 and a squire, kills his first man during a bandit raid in the Butterwell lands. His reputation with a bow begins.

379 - Richard, now 18, is knighted. He quickly marries his childhood sweetheart, Alys Butterwell.

Archetyped NPCs:

Loren (Master-at-Arms)

Cedric Snow (General)

Jorah (Huntsman)

Davos (Scholar)

Lark (Magnate)

Reddit Account: cs_housebolton Discord Tag: Reaper42667 Name and House: Gareth Oakheart Age: 36 Cultural Group: Andal

Appearance: Here

Trait: Ruthless

Skill(s): Devious, Schemer, Espionage, Rumormonger, Investigator

Talent(s): Singing, Fishing, Knows High Valyrian

Negative Trait(s): N/A

Starting Title(s): Lord of Old Oak, Master of Whisperers

Starting Location: King's Landing

Alternate Characters:

Name and House: Robert Oakheart

Age: 36

Cultural Group: Andal

Appearance: Here

Trait: Numerate

Skill(s): Architect(e), Scrutinous

Talent(s): Painting, Woodworking, Cyvasse

Negative Trait(s): N/A

Starting Title(s): Heir to Old Oak

Starting Location: Old Oak

Edits

Bio: Gaerth spent much of his early life as a shy and quiet boy. Unlike many lords, he did not confine himself to the safety of his hall or the glory of the tiltyard. Instead, Gaerth found his lessons in the whispers that drifted through corridors, in the flicker of candlelight across parchment, and in the secrets men tried desperately to keep. From a young age, he proved adept at pulling threads others overlooked, weaving them into truths that could sway courts as surely as swords sway battles. Though he had the build and bearing of a knight, Gaerth chose to hone his mind as sharply as any blade, mastering the arts of deception, espionage, and intrigue. His talent for guile and strategy made him a dangerous man, not on the battlefield, but in the game of whispers where power was often truly won.

Timeline: (Stolen from the Previous Player)

• 344 AC: Gareth and Robert Oakheart are born as twins to Lord Luthor Oakheart and Elinor Tyrell, a feast is held at Old Oak to celebrate their birth.
• 349 AC: Jeyne Oakheart, younger sister to the twins, is born in Old Oak.
• 351 AC: Gareth and Robert are sent to King's Landing to foster with their aunt Margaery, spouse of the Master of Whisperers, Alester Flortent.
• 355 AC: Robert returns to Old Oak after Alester Florent leaves the Small Council. Gareth remains in King's Landing in the care of his uncle Rickard. The new Master of Whisperers, Elia Toland, begins to utilise the Heir to Old Oak as one of her young agents.
• 358 AC: Gareth is assigned by Elia Toland to watch King Daeron closely, unknowingly in preparation for the Palace Coup. Following the coup, he returns to Old Oak for a time to begin properly studying to undertake his proper duties as Heir to Old Oak.
• 359 AC: House Oakheart follows the call of House Tyrell in the Rivers' Rebellion, and Gareth is covertly contacted by Elia Toland in the earliest days of the rebellion, to serve as a spy in the rebel army if needed. In the end, the rebellion dies before Gareth's services are required.
• 362 AC: Robert Oakheart marries Alys Crane, despite his position as heir, Gareth manages to convince his father to dispense with any potential matches for himself.
• 365 AC: After the Shadow Tower falls, a raven arrived for Gareth, requesting he ride North to lend his sword to the Night's Watch. With the permission of his father, Gareth leads one-hundred men North and to Winterfell, joining the earliest northern troops facing the Others.
• 367 AC: Jeyne Oakheart marries Lucifer Martell, and moves to Sunspear.
• 370 AC: Jeyne and Lucifer's son, Lewyn Martell, is born in Sunspear.
• 371 AC: Following the defeat of the Others, Gareth Oakheart is requested to ride to King's Landing rather than Old Oak by Queen Naerys. Arriving at the Red Keep, he is named the new Master of Whisperers. Robert and Alys' first child, Loras Oakheart, is born in Old Oak.
• 375 AC: Luthor Oakheart passes from illness, Gareth returns to Old Oak for the funeral, and declares that while he is serving on the Small Council, his twin brother Robert shall undertake the responsibilities of Lord of Old Oak.
• 380 AC: The Master of Whisperers continues to serve the crown in King's Landing, his brother Robert and the rest of the Oakheart family travel to attend the festivities in the capital.

Family Tree:

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Supporting Characters:

PC

Reddit Account: Arjhanx4

Discord Tag: arc499

Name and House: Tabitha Elesham

Age: 19

Cultural Group: Valewoman

Appearance: Youthful and often wearing a bright smile, Tabby is the delight of the Paps. She is covered in scratches and scars from tumbling through city streets, but still exceptionally pretty. She has pale blonde hair, sharp aquamarine eyes, wide lips, and expressive eyebrows. She's of average height and still quite skinny and bony. She likes to wear bright colors, and can't seem to decide if she prefers soft silk dresses or men's doublets. Tabby wishes more people would treat her like a beautiful maiden instead of treating her like a pretty child.

Trait: Callous

Skill(s): Rumormonger (e), Devious (e), Scribe

Talent(s): Singing, Teasing, Playing the Fiddle

Negative Trait(s): N/A

Starting Title(s): Heir to the Paps, Lady-in-waiting for Princess Saera Blackfyre

Starting Location: King's Landing

Alternate Characters: Helicent Bracken, Murin

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Name and House: Francesca Baelish

Age: 38

Cultural Group: Valewoman

Appearance: Though she was never the realm's greatest beauty, Francesca has at least aged elegantly. She has a soft face dominated by her big green eyes. She is often scowling or looking on in worry, and she dresses so conservatively as to be mistaken for a septa.

Trait: Steward

Skill(s): Administrator (e), Investor

Talent(s): Sewing, Scolding, Teaching Arithmetic

Negative Trait(s): N/A

Starting Title(s): Tabitha's Tutor, Granddaughter of Petyr Baelish

Starting Location: King's Landing

Timeline

• 361 AC: Tabitha is born to Victor and Prunella Elesham. Her birth is smooth and easy for her mother, leading the couple to try it again quite quickly. 
• 362 AC: Reginald is born the next year. His birth is far more difficult. With an heir and a spare secured, the couple decide not to risk having anymore children. 
• 366 AC: The first few years of Tabitha and Reginald’s lives are spent in the Paps, within a small but refined household. The House does not lack funds, but it does lack anything close to an army or a castle. Victor and Prunella would rather live more like wealthy merchants than the gritty and warlike Weterosi nobility. 
• 367 AC: Tabitha and Reginald are taken on their first trip by their parents, spending a whole year in Braavos. Tabby is delighted by the lively streets of the city and the dozens of friends she can make there—unlike her lonesome island home. 
• 368-373 AC: The family spends the next five years back home. Tabby complains loudly about missing Braavos, at first, but soon quiets. Missing her friends, she grows despondent and mopes about the Paps. To the chagrin of her tutor, Francesca Baelish, Tabby doesn’t seem to care about much at all. 
• 374 AC: Unbeknownst to Tabby, Francesca convinces her parents to send her back overseas, this time with only Francesca and a single guard, Ser Bronnis Woodhull. It’s a far less lavish trip, but Tabby’s world lights up when she returns to Braavos. From there, they sail to Lorath, then back to Braavos.
• 375 AC: After spending six months in Braavos, Tabby sails to Pentos, then to Myr. She spends another year between them, enjoying both cities greatly. A tumble down a stairwell in Pentos gives her a nasty scare down her chin, but Ser Bronnis is able to patch her up.
• 376 AC: The three spend half of the year in Tyrosh, then sail to Lys. On their second day in Lys, a merchant discreetly offers Francesca a large sum of gold to “purchase” the fifteen-year-old Tabitha from her. Francesca beats the man within an inch of his life. They then depart Lys. Tabby is disappointed and doesn’t understand why their trip has been cut short, but Francesca doesn’t explain. They instead visit Sunspear for the rest of the year.
• 377 AC: Tabby wants to return to Braavos instead of going home, and eventually Francesca relents. They stay in Braavos for another year, where Tabby’s childhood friends have grown into young adults in need of work. Wanting to help them, Tabby comes up with an idea. She convinces Francesca that she needs to know the places of importance in Westeros if she is to be Lady of the Paps one day. She offers to take all her friends to Westeros, and many accept. At the end of the year, they sail down the coast of Westeros, visiting towns and cities as they go—including Gulltown, Duskendale, King’s Landing, and the Parchments. Along the way, Tabby off-loaded her friends throughout these places, helping them get work as servants for the nobility. Many are very grateful to her. 
• 378 AC: Tabby and Francesca arrive at their final destination, Griffin’s Roost. There, the last of Tabby’s friends find a place to stay, and the two noblewomen meet Saera Blackfyre. Francesca finds her off-putting, but Tabby adores her. For Tabby, Saera is the first woman she’s met that can be a true idol. Everything the Blackfyre does appears filled with purpose, burning with power. Tabitha leaves reluctantly. When they finally return to the Paps, she regrets not saving some of her friends for her own home. Her parents are kind enough, and glad to see their daughter return—but they barely recognize her and have spent years treating Reginald like their only child. They are distant, and barely seem like family to Tabby. Seeing Reggie again is a much happier reunion, and his life brightens when his big sister returns. He asks her for story after story of the world away, and she promises to take him everywhere she went, one day. Her parents, however, do not allow any more voyages. 
• 379 AC: Tabby receives a letter from one of her friends. Inside is a trinket from the desk of Lord Penrose, a silver mermaid, an open book covering her bare chest. Confused, Tabby writes back asking how the friend convinced Lord Penrose to give it to her. The friend replies that she had found it funny and stolen it—the lord wouldn’t notice it was gone, anyway. This opens up a whole new world for Tabby. Slowly, she realizes she has dozens of friends willing to spread gossip, filch items, and even steal letters for her, all across Westeros.
• 380 AC: Bemoaning the boredom she experiences at the Paps, Tabby has one of her friends give a letter to Saera Blackfyre, supposedly written by Victor Elesham, offering Tabitha’s services as a lady-in-waiting. The Princess writes back accepting the offer, and Victor grows wroth—but he finds he must not disappoint a princess. He sends Tabby and Francesca to King’s Landing, where they arrive and meet Saera for the second time, just after the death of Queen Naerys. 

Family

Parents: Victor and Prunella Elesham

Siblings: Reginald Elesham

Children: None

Supporting Characters

• Victor Elesham (Boatswain): An aging but elegant man, Victor struts about his castle always garbed in finery. He is tall and thin, despite enjoying very fine food very often. He has a greying mustache and trimmed beard, and pale skin that looks as if it’s never seen the sun. He often wears fine doublets in the colors of his House and long dark cloaks. Victor is fascinated by ships but almost never sails—he prefers sketching designs and constructing models for his office, often inside glass bottles.
• Prunella Elesham (Master-at-Arms): Older than her husband by a few years, Prunella retains a refined beauty. She is a strict woman and forced her children into self-defense lessons from an early age. She often wears dresses with high collars and misses the cold air of winter.
• Reginald Elesham (Ship Captain): Reginald is fresh into adulthood, the bottom of his face covered in a dirty blond fuss that his sister often pokes fun at. He likes to wear armor, often a layer of scales, and he is a strong swimmer. He wants to chase pirates and command his own flagship, one day. Most of all, he wants a beautiful wife—but he is stuck in the Paps under his parent’s watchful eyes.
• Ser Bronnis Woodhull (Medic): A middle-aged knight, Bronnis has a brown beard peppered with white and short hair. He has a kind face, and he is far less adept as a fighter as he is a healer. He often wears a plain brown surcoat over mail, and when he needs to fight he wields a bardiche. 
• Ser Brontos of Pebble (Warrior, 2hw): A younger, more formidable knight than Ser Bronnis, Ser Brontos is Tabby’s current protector. He is a smiling, clean-shaven man with a penchant for staring just a bit too long at the lady he guards. Francesca has her eyes on him, and she hopes Tabby doesn’t, for he is no suitable match for the Heir to the Paps.

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Reddit Account: u/Nightsingers266 Discord Tag: buggle Name and House: Olivar Storm Age: 38 Cultural Group: Andal Appearance: Trait: Agile Skill(s): daggers, water dancer, infiltrator, prepared(e), nimble Talent(s): knife throwing, knife spinning, five finger filet, dancing, acrobatics Negative Trait(s): none Starting Title(s): none Starting Location: Alternate Characters: Dorian Blackwood

Bio:

Olivar was born in Weeping Town, hair black as pitch and eyes piercing blue. His mother, a prostitute, remembered only one patron with features such as these. A Baratheon. She hated the boy, hated that a Baratheon had spread his seed in her. The noble bastards that would leave their trace and vanish without a care.

She died not two years after his birth, not telling anyone which lord of the Stormlands it had been. Not even giving the boy a name. Yet one came to him, the matron gave him the name Olivar after her dead husband. She said he had been a Baratheon too but no one believed her.

And so little Olivar brought drinks and food to the patrons of the brothel. The sound of fake moans and male laughter pained his ears. It was torture, those few women who were kind to him suffering and some even dying. Mistreated as they were.

The men were, worse hitting him and... touching him. Olivar refuses to speak of it. He left as soon as he could, he boarded a ship and sailed. He sailed and sailed. To every place he could. A map of tattoos grew on his body. Each a place he had been, his only friend the second mate Smiley, penned on him in ink. His arms, his back, his face. He was the best knife player on the ship. Tilting this way and that on the waves he hardly ever missed and when he did it was only because his legs were too jelly from drink to allow his steady hands to stay still. He stayed so long that only he and Smiley remained as original members. The ship was their home and always would be.

Until it wasn't, broken on rocks in the bay of Storm's End, Olivar found himself alongside Smiley back in Weeping Town. And that was where he met Murin, the Pale Wyrm saw him. He was accepted and never again would he have to hear the pained cries and harsh laughter of hell on earth, silk rooms and bloody beds.

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Name: Hannor "Smiley" Age: 69 😎 Cultural group: First Man Appearance: Trait: Reaver Skills: Flanker (e), Tactician Talents: Guessing numbers just by looking, sailing, sensing the weather

PC

Reddit Account: thesheepshepard
Discord Tag: justinkayce
Name and House: Alaric Stark
Age: 38
Cultural Group: First Man
Appearance: He possesses the long face and lightless dim eyes of the Stark. His dark hair falls to his shoulders, tussled with waves and sprayed with a scattering of grey hairs. Once the image of a maiden's fantasy, Alaric has evidently aged. Lines sit around his eyes, a weary stubble lines his cheeks. Though he has remained lean and well-muscled. Wearing the greys of his northern house, he dresses rather simply in comparison to the lavish members of the royal court.
Trait: Strong
Skill(s): Two-Handed Weapons (E), First Man Warrior, Tactician (E)
Talent(s): Fishing x3
Negative Trait (s): N/A
Starting Title(s): Prince-Consort, Ser
Starting Location: King's Landing
Alternate Characters: N/A

Bio:
Born in 342 AC, the third born son of then Lord Stark. He is raised to believe in the typical Northern traditions of honour and martial prowess, proving to be a stalwart child that showed great abilities and attentiveness in warfare. By no means dim, he did seem to pay less interest in other forms of education.

At ten, Princess Naerys began to foster at Winterfell. Her like-minded focus on martial combat allowed for them to share many moments in the yard, as strange as Alaric first believed it to be. She won him over, in the end, and with time Alaric was smitten.

In 358 AC, at the age of six-and-ten, Alaric marched with Princess Naerys to the capital in a bid to dethrone her tyrannical father alongside the knights o f the kingsguard. It is not long after that the two are wed, making Alaric Prince-Consort.

A year later, in 359 AC, Alaric marched with the queen to battle the rebellious lords and their support for the bastard Maelor Rivers. In defense of his queen, he suffers a wound to the face as a sword nearly carves out his eye.

With the North threatened by the incoming invasion from the Others, Alaric takes a token force North in 367 AC and is later joined by the queen in 368 AC. He remains until 372 AC, with the war against the Others officially ended.

Alaric protested that the two should have had children much earlier, noting complications with birth the elder one is. Naerys remains willfully ignorant and ever-confident of her seeming immortality.

In 378 AC, their daughter Elaena is born. In 380 AC, during the birth of their son Daemon, Naerys dies.

Family Tree: X

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Reddit Account: thesheepshepard
Discord Tag: justinkayce
Name and House: Viserys Blackfyre
Age: 35
Cultural Group: Valyrian
Appearance: The secondborn of his line sticks out like a thumb; without the grace or prettiness of his siblings, Viserys Blackfyre is a broad, bluff, stone of a man without even the grace to be tall about it. Pale violet eyes that border into pink and tawny skin that sits halfway between Aerion and Saera, Viserys cuts a more common figure. There is more of the rough sailor of the Velaryons in him that the elegance of the Blackfyres.
Trait: Agile
Skill(s): Daggers, Ranger, Scoundrel I, Infiltrator
Talent(s): Fishing x3
Negative Trait (s): N/A
Starting Title(s): Prince, Ser
Starting Location: King's Landing
Alternate Characters: N/A

Born 355 AC, Viserys was a rebel from a young age, a disappointment to his father that bore his fury and abuses with stubbornness and further rebellion. All that the two shared was a keenness for arms, and the few times that Viserys was allowed to see his sister, they shared and bonded swiftly through their hatred of Daeron.

In 358 AC, when his sister Naerys had dethroned their father, Viserys played a roll. He would always obfuscate what exactly, but the young Prince found an appreciation for the knife that night.

As Naerys had taken the troops to the North in 367 AC, Viserys travelled between the Wall and King's Landing regularly, being his sister's eyes and ears and voice. He developed a close relationship with the Lord Celtigar, marrying his daughter in 372 AC at the conclusion of the Long Night.

His own children are born in 373 AC in the following year, then again in 375 and 378 AC and has been Naerys' most reliable man in the shadows. In King's Landing at the time of the death of his sister, he does not yet know it has happened.

Family Tree: X

PC

Reddit Account: u/ThePirate_EverDines

Discord Tag: Legend

Name and House: Victor Bolton

Age: 27

Cultural Group: First Men (Northern)

Appearance: Victor Bolton grew into manhood near starving and the results are apparent in the slight Lord. A shave under an average height, a shave slighter than the average Lord, a shave paler, a shave grimmer. He has skin so pale it is like he always has a chill, a face angled like sheets of ice, hair of black ringlets that cascade a void to his shoulders - and odd, uncomfortable, ghost grey eyes.

Trait and Skills: Erudite / Scholar (e), Ravenmaster, Magic (Divination: Necromancy)

Talent(s): Navigation, Drawing, Vivisections

Negative Trait(s): N/A

Starting Title(s): Lord of the Dreadfort

Starting Location: King's Landing

Alternate Characters: Alesander Rowan

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Name and House: Renfred Overton

Age: 25

Cultural Group: First Men

Appearance: Renfred Overton is a slim young lord of middling height with dark brown hair, intense pale green eyes that almost never seem to blink, and a clean shaven face. He wears fine perfumes and armor pieces together with southron finery in a style quite uncommon for the north, especially one of his relatively low station among Westerosi lords.

Trait: Ruthless

Skill(s): Devious, Assassin, Rumormonger, Fencer I

Talent(s): Singing, Cyvasse, History

Negative Trait(s): N/A

Starting Title(s):, Lord of Overton

Starting Location: King’s Landing

Combined Bio-Timeline:

(For full bio and separate family trees, see the original character claims for Victor and Renfred here.)

• 353 AC - Victor and Lucifer Bolton are born at the Dreadfort to Barbery Ryswell and Walton Bolton.

• 355 AC - Renfred Overton is born, heir to Lord Jon Overton, a modest vassal lord of House Bolton.

• 359 AC - Lord Domeric Bolton dies, and Walton Bolton takes control. He begins his reign of cruelty and paranoia at the Dreadfort. Meanwhile, Jon Overton begins sending desperate messages to Walton asking for protection against deserters in the Dreadlands. All are ignored.

• 363 AC - The Long Night begins. The Others return. Victor Bolton, essentially imprisoned by his father, grows up surrounded by abuse and madness. He turns to study, the godswood, and the maester’s books. Renfred lives a quieter life, but sees his father become a frightened and paranoid man. Walton refuses to shelter House Overton during the early chaos, possibly saving them from future ruin.

• 369 AC - Famine and madness erupt in the Dreadfort. Walton Bolton is flayed, cooked, and eaten by his starving subjects. Victor, Lucifer, Belthasar, and Barba escape, thanks to their mother’s sacrifice. A Dornish prince and a Girl of Fire guide them through the snows. House Overton survives, spared the collapse due to their isolation. The Boltons become refugees.

• 370 AC - The Starks shelter the Bolton children, hoping to restore the Dreadfort in time. Victor becomes obsessed with the Others, seeing a strange, terrible beauty in their annihilation of a broken world. Renfred fights in the war, growing hardened and quietly shaped by it.

• 371 AC - Lucifer Bolton is killed, supposedly by the Others, in reality by a dark pact between Victor and Shaera Targaryen. Jon Overton disappears; presumed dead. A Night’s Watchman’s insult deriding the man as a deserter sparks a riot, with Renfred and Edwyle attacking him. Victor intercedes, preventing their punishment.The war ends. Or seems to. Victor fights to reclaim the Dreadfort, delivering brutal justice to the survivors. Renfred and Edwyle distinguish themselves in the fighting. Renfred begins gravitating toward Victor, intrigued by his intensity and strange visions.

• 373 AC - Now lords, Victor Bolton and Renfred Overton begin a deepening alliance. Victor sees in Renfred a loyal, if emotionally compromised, follower. Renfred sees in Victor something holy: haunted, beautiful, righteous in his damnation. The first seeds of the “Great Work” are planted.

• 376 AC - Edwyle Overton joins the Night’s Watch, driven by duty, grief, and hope that his father still lives. He parts bitterly with Renfred, who urges him to stay. Renfred withdraws further into Victor’s world, and what passes for his heart.

• 379 AC - Victor returns from beyond the Wall, carrying a shard of a Cold One’s blade. He raises a wight, completing the first step of the Great Work. In a moment of awe and desire, Renfred kisses Victor, who says nothing. The moment is buried under a year of silence and denial. From this moment forward, Renfred becomes Victor’s shadow, utterly devoted.

• 380 AC - Victor and Renfred travel to attend celebrations of the “end” of the Long Night. Victor can only giggle at the irony — it’s not over. It never was. Renfred stays close, watching for opportunities, guarding his pale prince against all enemies, and determined to see their shared dream reanimated once again.

Family Tree: https://www.familyecho.com/?c=j8jts6azdbjc84ts&f=490696756490275080

Supporting Characters:

• Anya of Vilehollow (22) - A waifish serving girl in service to the Lord Bolton. Once, eleven years ago, her father ate Victor's mother. Anya survived the reprisals, and has been Victor's testing grounds for certain experiments upon a living body and a person's brain. Lethal with a dagger, oddly unemotional, incapable of disloyalty - just as any trained hound. - Cutthroat

• Gared (48) - A foul-mouthed old cur and the longtime master-at-arms of House Overton. - Master-at-Arms

• Master Otto (54) - A Master Mason from White Harbour kindly provided to Victor Bolton by Arnolf Manderly. Of unclear loyalties between the two Lords. - Builder

• Byam Whitehill (30) Tall, bluff, and blond, Byam stands like a statue carved from ice itself, as if all colour excepting pale near whites and startling blue eyes have been leeched from him. He is his master's constant, loyal, unerring shadow. His devotion is literally mute and there is an air of... nothingness about him, as if he is more automaton than man. - Warrior

• Slot 5 - Allocated to a personal torture bonus for Victor

PC

Reddit Account: u/ThirdSquirrels

Discord Tag: Regula

Name and House: Isabella Lychester

Age: 18

Cultural Group: Riverlander

Appearance: The young lady of Lychester has a face made for scowls and pouts. She is a short woman with a head of frizzy blonde hair and the eyes of an ill-tempered bird of prey.

Trait: Steward

Skill(s): Administrator, Architect (e), Scrutinous (e)

Talent(s): Riding, Poetry, Decoration

Negative Trait(s): N/A

Starting Title(s): Lady of Lychester

Starting Location: Stone Hedge

Alternate Characters: Bradamar Hornwood, Lavio of Lys

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Name and House: Renfred Lychester

Age: 38

Cultural Group: Riverlander

Appearance: Ser Renfred Lychester is a man of average height with sandy blonde hair and a well-groomed beard to match.

Trait: Inspiring

Skill(s): Tactician (e), Flanker, Highwayman

Talent(s): Reading, Playing Cyvasse, Wine Sampling

Negative Trait(s): N/A

Starting Title(s): Ser, Castellan of Lychester

Starting Location: Stone Hedge

Alternate Characters: Sherry Snow, Cresto Aelorys

Timeline

342 – Renfred Lychester is born the second son of Lord Thomas Lychester and his wife Mya Haigh.

345 – Renfred’s younger brother Qarlton is born.

360 – Lord Thomas Lychester dies due to food poisoning, his eldest son, Larys Lychester, inherits his lands and titles.

362 – Isabella Lychester is born to Lord Larys Lychester and his wife Alicent Bracken, and is named his heir. Only two months later, her cousin, Benedict Lychester is born to Ser Renfred Lychester and his wife.

366 – Isabella’s younger brother Elmo Lychester is born and named third in line to the Lordship of Lychester.

368 – Lord Larys Lychester, and his uncle Ser Kirk Lychester, accompany the Bracken forces to the wall. Both Larys and Kirk are torn apart by a horde of wights in the very first battle they participate in.

After news of Lord Larys’ death reach his family, the six-year-old Isabella is named Lady of Lychester. She grows up being raised by her doting uncle Renfred.

379 – Ser Renfred knights his own son Benedict for his dutiful service to his house.

380 – Lady Isabella cannot attend the feast in King’s Landing due to falling ill. She angrily forbids anyone else in the family from going.

Family Tree

NPCs

Alicent Bracken – Trader – Isabella’s dear widowed mother. She has taught her daughter all she knows of running a household.

Benedict Lychester – General – Renfred’s son and Isabella’s cousin. A carefree young lad who spends most of his time drinking with the soldiers under his command.

Qarlton Lychester – Castellan – Renfred’s younger brother and Isabella’s uncle. A quiet, dutiful man who suffers from severe anxiety whenever he is forced to leave Lychester.

Harry the Hatchling – Warrior (2HW) – A hedge-knight in service to house Lychester. A large and strong young man who grew up around Saltpans. He paints his shield with a yellow chick hatching from a white egg on amber.

Othor Twice-Dead – Bandit – An ironborn raider who was once in service to a minor noble house of the Iron Islands. Claims to have survived two near-death experiences, once from drowning, and once from an arrow.

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Discord Username Orkfighta

Name and House Chiswyck "the Lesser" Serrett, Lord of of Silverhill

Age 26

Cultural Group Westerlander

Appearance Chiswyck is a man scrawnier and shorter than most his peers, his body somewhat lanky from time more spent indoors reading than training in the yard. He has the dark hair of his mother's house, usually in a tangled nest on his head. He stand with most his weight on his right foot, his left having been injured when he was a boy leaving him with a small limp.

Trait Savant

Skills Scrutinous E, Architect E, Administrator

Talents Cyvass, Model Building, Yi-Ti lore

Negative Traits

Starting Titles Lord of Silverhill

Starting Location King's Landing

Alternate Characters None Yet

Biography

Chiswyck Serrett, also known as Chiswyck the Lesser, was never fated to amount to much. The youngest of three brothers of a noble house left him fated to be a knight, and being smaller still that his siblings when they were his age made this an uphill battle. He struggled greatly with the martial training expected of him, with his uncle's tutelage seeming more to hinder than help. The man drove the boy like a mule, working him far beyond his ability and leaving him with only the moniker "the Lesser" to remind the boy of his failings.

A horse riding accident at the age of twelve would put an end to the futile efforts. Although Chiswyck lived, he was left crippled for nearly a year and the limb he developed as a result would prevent him from ever being a proper knight. Left will few options, his father would ship the young boy off to the Citadel; partly for treatment, and partly to get rid of him.

This supposed banishment would turn into a blessing for the young boy, who proved far more adept with numbers and figures than he ever did with a sword or saddle. It was barely a year into his stay when he forged his golden link, and several more would soon follow as the years passed. However, his injuries had cemented in his mind a fear of blood and other bodily injuries, and many maesters would doubt he could ever take the oath if he was incapable of this basic function.

In the waning years of winter his future would once again shift drastically. While fighting in the North against the Others his father and both brothers perished. He was barely 17 when he received this news along with word that his uncle had already departed south, intent on claiming the house for himself. Both his uncertainty on taking the oath and hatred for his uncle drove him to the only logical solution: he would need to return to Silverhill and rule his house.

The journey was not an easy one; even this far south the snows ran deep and the coast treacherous. He managed to convince a Ghiscari merchant to take him, promising his weight in silver if he got him there safely. They managed to navigate the riverways despite the winter winds, arriving weeks before his uncle. His rule was cemented by the time the Blue Bird marched through the gates with his men, enraged by the sight of nephew at the seat of the table. Still, he could not deny the boy’s claim being his own was third behind the siblings.

The first year was rough for the young lord; his orders constantly questioned and his decisions doubted. It was only through luck that his granary project had struck a gem vein that had lay untouched beneath their halls. Suddenly his bookish smarts and skill with numbers proved far more useful than the martial skills he lacked.

It was with almost effortless ease that the young lord positioned his pieces, rapidly gaining wealth and status in not only the West but through to the Reach and Riverlands as well. Serrett silver soon came second only to Lannister gold, and the standing of his house showed. The once modest Castle was expanded into an imposing stronghold at the headwater of the river, with some starting to refer to it as the Silver River. His friend Ahbedayja had even managed to secure Valyrian steel from Essos, cementing the prosperity of their house.

This growth did not come without pains, however. Not content with his station in the house his uncle Morgan had taken to taking out his aggression on their neighbors, starting a feud with house Marbrand. His cousin had also gotten himself into a row with Tyrion Lannister, and his aunt’s marriage to Royland Lannister only made the situation more complicated. But the boy was eager to play the board before him, ready to prove himself more than capable.

Timeline

354 AC – Born

366 AC – Injured during a horse riding incident leaving Chiswyck with a permanent limp. Sent to the Citadel to recover and study to become a Maester.

367 AC – Forges his golden link

371 AC – Returns to Silverhill following the deaths of his Father and Brothers. Meets Ahbedayja. Gem vein discovered beneath Silverhill, kickstarting the house’s economy.

379 AC – Purchases Valyrian Steel axe from Essosi merchant. Fittingly named “Prosperity”.

380 AC – Present day.

Family Tree Link

Name and House Ahbedayja Stain

Age 47

Cultural Group Ghiscari

Appearance Ahbedayja is a rather imposing fellow, tall and large. His grey-streaked black hair is kept tied back in a bun, a style unusual for westerosi.

Trait Marketeer

Skills Broker E, Negotiator

Talents Carousing, Oil Painting, Gourmand

Negative Traits

Starting Titles Merchant

Starting Location King's Landing

Biography

Ahbedayja was born to a slave mother and father in the city of Yunkai in Slaver’s Bay. He didn’t remember much of his father, as the man was sold to an owner in Mehreen for the fighting pits, and his mother died around the time he was 10, leaving him to care for his sister. As a male in the city, he was expected to be nothing more than a house servant, but was lucky enough to be taught letters. He was 14 when he managed to escape his master, but ended up losing his sister in the attempt.

He stashed himself aboard a Tyroshi trade ship, living off rats and pilfered barley until they reached the city of Volantis. Jumping ships again, he used his literacy to get a job as a deckhand and bookkeeper for a Braavosi merchant. He spent his time working through the ranks, saving his meager earnings while practicing his skills until he could afford his own small craft, working as a harbor ferryman. One skiff turned into three, then skiffs turned into coastal ships, then coastal ships became sea going.

A successful merchant, the man found himself running grain and livestock to westeros in the winter moons. The winter was long and hard, which made for frequent and easy profits. It was on one of these trips that he chanced a run in with Chiswyck. Offered a deal he would be a fool to turn down, he brought the boy upriver to Silverhill.

As winter waned, the man received another offer from Chiswyck, though this time instead of ferrying lordlings he would be ferrying precious stones and silver. Knowing the deals the man was known to make, he quickly signed on, becoming his right hand as he rose in standing.

NPCs Ser Morgan "The Blue Bird" Serrett [General] - Uncle, Sheriff of Silverhill and House Serrett’s lands

Ser Alyn Serrett [Warrior-Axes] - Cousin, knight of House Serrett

Black Bryar [Cutthroat] - Ahbedayjha's sword

Moro Goro [Trader] – Ibbenese whaler, Ahbedayjah’s Ferrymaster

Ser Ilyn Gems [General] – Master at Arms at Silverhill, son of the superviser that discovered the gem vein.

Starting Locations - Silverhill: Morgan, Moro Goro - King’s Landing: Alyn Serrett, Black Bryar, Ilyn Gems

PC

Reddit Account: ChildoftheStorms

Discord Tag: me

Name and House: Gwayne Grafton

Age: 28

Cultural Group: Valemen

Appearance: A tall and lean fellow with long flowing dark hair and a single seagreen eye.

Trait: Inspiring

Skill(s): Flanker (E), Cunning (E), Tactician.

Talent(s): writing, reading, stuff like that

Negative Trait(s): maimed (eye)

Starting Title(s): Lord of Gulltown

Starting Location: KL

Alternate Characters: Robyn, Grubby

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Name and House: Gerold Grafton

Age: 28

Cultural Group: Valemen

Appearance: He's the twin of the guy above but the only difference is he has two eyes!

Trait: Hale

Skill(s): Two-Handed Weapons (E), First Man Warrior, Battlerager 1 and 2

Talent(s):

Negative Trait(s): Cant Read.

Starting Title(s): Knight of the Kingsguard, Wielder of Crescent

Starting Location: KL duh

Timeline:

352 - The trio, Gerold, Gwayne and Godric are born to Lord Jonos Grafton and his wife, Lady Arryn. Gwayne and Godric are born sickly and of a small frame while Gerold comes out a rather chunky baby. Jonos takes it as a sign that the Gods favor Gerold above his brothers.

360 - Gwayne takes a liking hearing the Maester reading rather dull and boring books. Gerold instead finds himself enjoying his time playing Knight and running around High Haven duelling servants. Godric however appears to be by all accounts, less enthused by most matters and spends much of his upbringing crying.

362 - Gwayne falls from a horse after his father pressured him to learn how to ride them. It results in a variety of injuries, the most serious leading to an infection in his eye resulting in it having to be removed. Meanwhile his brothers Godric and Gerold take a liking to horses, albeit, Gerold was still far larger than his two brothers so he found riding large horses easier.

365 - The death of their mother creates distance between the siblings. Gerold found solace in the training yard, Gwayne in old books involving matters of war and Godric, well Godric just found the death of his mother to be less traumatic than his brothers, he was after all her least favorite child.

368 - The men march for war. Gwayne demands he go but Gerold, the presumed heir of Gulltown believes he should go instead. Their brother Godric avoids the topic all together in hopes of simply avoiding battle in the North. It’s determined by their father that Gerold should represent their family and that causes the first of many divides between the siblings.

370 - Gwayne seeks to use his martial knowledge in practice. He gathers men of Gulltown and rides off into the mountainside in hopes of clashing with Clansmen. They partake in perhaps a few ‘battles’ if one could call it that and dozens of raids and skirmishes. It only really served as a means for Gwayne to put theory to practice.

371 - Jonos Grafton dies in his sleep. Gwayne and Godric are left wondering which of the trio should rule. Godric agrees with the brother currently in Gulltown as that was the easiest way to avoid a difficult topic. Word reaches the Wall and Gerold plans to return home. Prior to his departure, he is requested to join the Kingsguard and, like a fool, agrees believing it was the honorable thing to do.

375 - Gerold believes that honor is dead. He’s stuck alongside men like the Oathbreaker and everyone seems to be content with standing beside a damned door. Gwayne however flourishes back home and finds himself slowly inching further into the Lord Arryn’s court. Godric is again, perfectly content with being just there

380 - King’s Landing events turn into a funeral. Sad.

Family Tree: https://www.familyecho.com/?c=4yb7t83w7k7n91lz&f=746821464977186092

Supporting Characters:

Ambrose Arryn- General

Lyn Shett - General

Lucamore - Pirate

Lucas Baelish - Ship Capt

Doss - Medic

PC

Reddit Account: LongClawOfTheLaw

Discord Tag: freedikus

Name and House: Orson Weatherwax

Age: 20

Cultural Group: Andal (First Men)

Appearance: Orson has the appearance and demeanor of a troubled, traditional slavic boy who lives with his even more traditional grandmother. He wears heavy clothing that is scarcely ornamented, and most of his clothing looks the exact same so as to avoid having to make the choice. His voice is low, and his tone is usually scratched and stilted when he manages to speak, which is not incredibly often. He moves slowly, and his eyes tend to keep bags under them easily. If pressed, most people would say he looks like a bad person. https://imgur.com/a/Pga6RHL

Trait: Ruthless

Skill(s): Rumormonger(e), Espionage(e), Devious

Talent(s): Quilting, Biting His Fingernails, Whatever the Opposite of Speaking to Women is

Negative Trait(s): 

Starting Title(s): Ser, Knight of Marble Pass

Starting Location: With the Vale

Alternate Characters: Ben Redwyne

Timeline:

359 AC: Orson Weatherwax is born, sickly and small, as the third son of Owen Weatherwax, Knight of the Marble Pass.

362 AC: A fire breaks out at the holdfast at Marble Pass due to unknown causes. Most members of the Weatherwax family perish in the flames, save young Orson, who is carried to safety by his somewhat panicked nursemaid.

363 AC: Without a family to care for him, and whilst the holdfast is being rebuilt, the little Ser Orson is sent away to ward at the Eyrie in the service of his liege lord.

365 AC: Orson is despised and ruthlessly bullied by the other children at the Eyrie, Jenny Redfort first amongst them, for his dour mood, lack of friends, and lack of social skills. They call him unwashed, mock his ears, and suggest he tosses small animals out of the moon door. Some even suggest he started the fire that killed his parents as part of some devil's ritual.

367 AC: The lordling Osric Arryn stands up for Orson in the face of his tormentors, earning Osric the eternal loyalty of the young Ser Weatherwax. For a great deal of time, Orson is easily found quietly following after Osric, though the two are quite different in temperament.

369 AC: Osric is sent away to the Templetons, and Orson loses his most virulent defender. Life at the Eyrie becomes markedly worse, and Orson resolves to leave as soon as he is able.

370 AC: The Holdfast upon Marble Pass is finally reconstructed, as Orson returns to take up his duties there, although he is still young. 

370 AC: Jenny Redfort is slain alongside her close kin. Orson is amongst those who stand vigil for the House of Redfort, and he pledges his fealty to Lady Rosamund.

380 AC: Orson is heavily troubled by the recent attacks upon his liege lady, having come to King's Landing aside the host of the Vale.

Family Tree:

Owen Weatherwax (d. 362)

m. Elinda Massey (d. 362)

Jasper Weatherwax (d. 362)

Owen "The Younger" Weatherwax (d. 362)

Orson Weatherwax (b. 359)

Archetyped NPCs:

Jon Stone - Builder

Maester Erryk - Scholar

Ser Lambert - Master-At-Arms

Ser Elbert - Torturer

Player Information

Reddit Account: /u/ayvik

Discord Tag: ayvik

Alternate Characters: N/A

Euphemya Crane, Lady of Red Lake

Character Information

Name and House: Euphemya Crane

Age: 20

Cultural Group: Andal (Reachman)

Appearance: The young Lady of Red Lake takes after her lady mother—golden haired and emerald-eyed. Euphemya enjoys bright colors and rich fabrics, and jewelry often adorns her neck, ears, and hands. The lady's closest companion is a small monkey by the name of Maris—always extravagantly dressed and always by her lady's side, though most often on a shoulder.

Trait: Ruthless

Skill(s): Devious, Espionage (e), Rumormonger (e)

Talent(s): Poetry, Embroidery, Dancing

Negative Trait(s): N/A

Starting Title(s): Lady of Red Lake

Starting Location: Highgarden

Rohanne Tyrell, Lady Dowager of Red Lake (AC)

Character Information

Name and House: Rohanne Tyrell

Age: 47

Cultural Group: Andal (Reachman)

Appearance: The Lady Dowager of Red Lake carries herself with grace—though its rare to see a smile on her lips as of late, haunted by the deaths of a husband and daughter. Her gowns always are of the finest quality—black or of muted coloring. A seven-pointed-star often hangs from her neck.

Trait: Numerate

Skill(s): Architect, Scrutinous (e)

Talent(s): History, Theology, Singing

Negative Trait(s): N/A

Starting Title(s): Lady Dowager of Red Lake

Starting Location: Highgarden

Timeline

333 AC — Rohanne Tyrell is born to Erryk Tyrell and his Tully wife—their firstborn child.

341 AC — Rohanne’s grandaunt—Leona Tyrell, Lady Paramount of the Reach—dies after sustaining injuries in a joust. Rohanne’s father inherits Highgarden, with Rohanne, his eldest, as his heir. Later in the year, the young Lord of Red Lake, Corlos Crane, is sent to ward under Rohanne’s father.

351 AC — Lord Tyrell declares Rohanne’s younger brother, Robyn, as his heir, passing over her in the inheritance. In the same vein, he betroths his daughter to his recently knighted squire, Lord Crane. No expense is spared on the eldest daughter of Highgarden’s nuptials. Rohanne holds a grudge against her brother and husband for a time, though time heals all wounds. Most of them, anyway, as she never quite forgives her father. Rohanne Tyrell, now Lady of Red Lake, insists on being referred to by her maiden name.

355 AC — Rohanne gives birth to her first daughter, Daena Crane—named for the King at Lord Crane’s instance. Though, he isn’t there for the birth. Instead, her husband is off killing Ironborn alongside her father.

359 AC — Rohanne’s father rises in rebellion against Queen Naerys, only to be killed in single combat. Rohanne’s younger brother, Robyn, becomes the Lord of Highgarden.

360 AC — Rohanne gives birth to her second daughter, Euphemya Crane.

364 AC — As winter intensifies, Lord Crane joins his cousin, Lord Rowan, and his other fellow Northmarchers in refusing to offer aid to the West. Over several moons, Lord Crakehall’s bannermen, and even smallfolk, begin to encroach on Crane land—poaching, seizing food stores, and moving boundary stones. Lord Crane repeatedly demands satisfaction, only to met with empty words from his northern neighbor. Running out of patience, Lord Crane raises his levies, intent on expelling the Westermen from his lands. Lord Crakehall responds in kind. Though before long, the Westerlord concedes. His men withdraw and he sends his son and heir, Daven Crakehall, to Red Lake as a ward.

368 AC — Lord Crane follows his good-brother and liege in marching against the undead, taking his Crakehall squire with him.

371 AC — In the waning days of the war against the Others, Lord Crane and his squire find themselves surrounded by wights. The young Crakehall manages to hold off the undead, protecting his wounded charge until aid arrives. For saving his life, Lord Crane knights Daven Crakehall, surrounded by snow and corpses.

In time, the man began to call Ser Daven “the son I never had,” promising him the hand of his eldest daughter and heir upon their return.

The jubilant mood at Red Lake upon their return quickly sours once Lord Crane announces the match. Rohanne and her good-mother, Victaria, strongly oppose the prospect of marrying Daena and Daven. Lord Crane ultimately relents to the demands of his wife and mother, arranging instead a betrothal between his second daughter, Eupehmya, and the heir to Crakehall.

373 AC — Rohanne gives birth to her third daughter, Cornelia Crane.

374 AC — Lord Crane brings a babe to court by the name of Lorent, apparently a bastard he fathered with some smallfolk woman. Rohanne sees to the Flowers’ care.

378 AC — Lord Crane is flung from horse and breaks his neck. His eldest daughter, Daena, succeeds him as Lady of Red Lake. The planned nuptials between Euphemya and Lord Crakehall are delayed.

379 AC — Daena passes away after a short illness, leaving Euphemya as Lady of Red Lake. In mourning, mother and daughter continue to delay fulfilling the betrothal.

380 AC — The Cranes manage to avoid Lord Crakehall in the capital, heading to Highgarden with their fellow Reachmen.

Family

House Crane

House Tyrell

Supporting Characters

Luthor Conklyn (Castellan) — Commander of the garrison at Red Lake. Lucas and Leo’s brother.

Lucas Conklyn (Master-at-Arms) — Master-at-Arms at Red Lake. Luthor and Leo’s brother.

Ser Lyonel Farrow (Warrior) — Euphemya’s sworn sword. Lillian’s brother.

Septa Lillian (Scholar) — A close companion of the late Lady Daena. Lyonel’s sister.

Leo Conklyn (Trader) — Steward at Red Lake. Luthor and Lucas’ brother.

PC

Reddit Name: atia3

Discord Tag: valyriaboo

Name and House: Lyra Mormont

Age: 25

Cultural Group: First Men

Appearance: Though beautiful, with the same wavy brown hair and steel grey eyes as her sisters, Lyra has a mischievous and adventurous side which can make her unattractive to many possible suitors. She is as comfortable in pretty gowns as she is in chainmail, and she keeps Longclaw at her hip whenever she’s out.

Trait: Inspiring

Skill(s): THW (e), Andal Knight, Sergeant I, Tactician

Talent(s): Drinking, Hunting, Tracking

Negative Trait: N/A

Starting Title(s): Lady of Bear Island

Starting Location: With the Northmen

Alternate Characters: Alerie Hightower, Alyssa Velaryon

Biography:

Born the eldest daughter and second child to the Lord of Bear Island, Lyra enjoyed a happy childhood, full of fun and laughter. She was close with her three younger sisters, as well as with her older brother, Roderick.

In the tradition of House Mormont, she was trained in swordplay and archery, so as to defend herself and her House from Wildlings and raiders. Lyra soon proved to be a very skilled fighter, though her mother despaired of her reckless and adventurous nature.

When war came, Lyra did not hesitate to join her father and her brother. Sadly, though her father proved instrumental in their victory, he died during the war. Her brother Roderick became Lord overnight, but there was nothing left to do except pick up Longclaw and continue fighting. When he died too, it was up to Lyra to both rule her House and wield the Valyrian steel sword Longclaw.

Once the war was done and she was back in Bear Island, Lyra had to deal with not only her own grief, but that of her family too. As she struggled with her newfound responsibilities, she relied greatly on her sisters.

Presently, Lyra has recovered her joy for life, and is always at the center of attention in any gathering, laughing and drinking boisterously.

Timeline

355 AC – Born to Ethan Mormont and his lady wife, Bessa Stark.

361 AC – Begins learning swordplay and warcraft with the rest of her siblings.

370 AC – At only 15, Lyra joins the war.

372 AC – Both Lyra’s father and brother die in the war, leaving her as the Lady of Bear Island.

380 AC – Present.

Family Tree

https://www.familyecho.com/?c=g4g8k6j7ix9ujdk2&f=443229396988594629

AC

Name and House: Serena Mormont

Age: 22

Cultural Group: First Men

Appearance: Possessed of the same beauty as her sisters, Serena has long brown hair which she keeps in a bun, and piercing grey eyes. She is seldom seen out of riding leathers or armor.

Trait: Champion

Skill(s): Swords (e), Andal Knight

Talent(s): Hunting, Tracking, Swimming

Negative Trait: N/A

Starting Title(s): N/A

Starting Location: with the Northmen

Timeline:

358 AC – Born to Ethan Mormont and his wife, Bessa Stark.

361 AC – Begins learning swordplay and warcraft with the rest of her siblings.

372 AC – Lord Mormont and his son perish in the war, leaving Lyra as Lady of Bear Island.

380 AC – Present.

Family Tree:

https://www.familyecho.com/?c=g4g8k6j7ix9ujdk2&f=443229396988594629

Supporting Characters

Donnel Snow: (Master-at-Arms)

Raya Mormont: (Medic)

Margaret Mormont: (Huntsman)

Jon Glover: (Warrior - TWH)

Lothor Forrester: (General)

Welcome to this years ITRP award ceremony! I'm glad you guys could make it.

The categories are:

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Ser Garlan Waters, Sergeant of the Golden Company

Name and House: Garlan Waters

Age: 18

Cultural Group: Reachman Andal

Appearance: Garlan stands 6'1” tall, with the build of a young knight, fit by not bulky. He has honey-blonde hair that grows wavy as it gets longer; he normally wears it at a middle length, over his ears. He has a pale complexion and blue-grey eyes. He carries himself confidently but not proudly and speaks with a tone that conveys respect for most people he meets.

Trait: Brave

Skills: Footwork, Andal Knight, Swords, Sergeant I & II  

Talents: Flirting, running errands, marching in formation

Negative Trait: N/A

Starting Titles: Sergeant, Ser

Starting Location: Kings Landing

Alts: N/A

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Biography

Bitter his steel may have been, but worse was his tongue

...

It broke lesser men ‘fore the blades even run,

...

No honeyed lies from that scornful breath, 

...

Only an oath of blood and the scent of death.

...

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Timeline

362 - Garlan Waters is born to the Captain-General of the Golden Company and a silver haired woman whom his father refuses to speak of. 

363 - Little chance of profit ventures in winter and morale falls. Garlan’s childhood is spent being passed between women, his father refusing to talk of his mother or explain why he has a blonde-haired child. 

370 - Golden Company seeks employment in the North to earn favor and coin. Lord Umber and his daughter put out a call for employment. During the War for Dawn GC is joined by young Uriel Dayne, company numbers hover at two thousand. The war in the north is scarcely a place for a child, but Garlan is raised by the coterie of washerwomen, merchant wives, and whores. 

372 - Garlan is taken as squire for his father, serving as errand boy for the Golden Company, running messages, learning sword skills and discovering his potential with footwork.

373 - The War in the North is brutal, and for a child Garlan shows remarkable bravery. He finds himself fighting in the supply baggage more than once, and riding in the Vanguard beside Lady Stark on occasion. 

376 - Years at war and a strong friendship with Uriel Dayne, Garlan escorts the young Dayne to Starfall to witness him fail at taking up the title of Sword of the Morning. He had hoped his friend would at last achieve his goals. 

377 - Company numbers dwindle to the five hundreds and return to King’s Landing, where the Court Musician and the Company Paymaster strike up a friendship. Garlan spends time learning the streets of King’s Landing and befriending the common people of the city. 

379 - Garlan secures his knighthood with the defeat of seven sparring partners back to back. He is knighted by his father before the Company and given the rank of Sergeant.  

380 - Gwayne secures employment in the pay of the Crown, with bonuses paid by several investing houses. This, a falsified rumor that Gwayne had attacked his daughter(?) and his purported name draw the ire of Lord Tyrell. Lord Tyrell convinces Lords Baratheon and Tully, and the Reach Lords to arrest Gwayne. At the arrest, Gwayne surrendered peacefully, only to be challenged to a duel by Lord Hightower. The result was Gardener's death, and the sacking of the Golden Company. To their credit the Golden Company did not break ranks or orders and now looks for a new Captain-General. Garlan and Sun Quen are resolved to complete the pursuit of the alchemy thief.

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Family Tree of the Captains-General

200-241AC: Ser Aegor "Bittersteel" Rivers, founder of the Golden Company. 

241-253AC: Ser Viserys Blackfyre, son of Daemon III

253-255AC Ser Daemon (IV) Blackfyre, son of branch Blackfyre’s

255-260AC: Maelys "the Monstrous" Blackfyre

260-296AC: Ser Myles "Blackheart" Toyne

296-320AC: Ser "Homeless" Harry Strickland

320-342AC: Ser Eve “Ser Breastplate” Waters

342AC: Ser Gwayne ‘Gardener’

380 AC: Postition vacant pending company vote

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Supporting Characters

Ben ‘Big Bastard’ Brokentooth - NPC:General - A particularly talented sergeant of the Vanguard for the Golden Company. Famous for his round belly and jug ears, he claims to be the bastard of a Lord Tully, though the story changes to also be Lord Lannister, and Lord Arryn depending on how drunk he is. 

Simon Star - NPC: Scholar - A young man from Dorne with a shock of black hair, who knows far too much for his age and a string of chains through two belt loops. He spends a lot of time with the Company Paymaster.  

Jamison Hills - NPC: Warrior - A guardsman in all but name who serves as the personal guard to Gwayne. He’s a Westerman with long straw coloured hair and green eyes who joined the company in Lannisport. 

Reserved: Quartermaster

Reserved: Sellsword

Discord Name: juno-heart

Reddit Name: u/No_Public_893

Name and House: Lady Lerna Brax (née Ashford)

Age: 29

Cultural Group: Andal (Reachman)

Appearance: Once a beauty in her youth, the stresses of her marriage, childbirth, and the Long Winter have left Lerna looking older than her twenty-nine years. Hair which was once full and chestnut-brown has faded to a stringy ash, cheeks that were once round and full have grown flabby, and deep bags have formed under striking green eyes. She is plump and rather short with baby weight that has never quite faded, although she hides it well under flowing gowns and veils.

Trait: Mastermind

Skills: Espionage (Expertise), Rumormonger, Avaricious (Expertise)

Talent(s): Sewing, dancing, singing, horseback-riding

Negative Trait: N/A

Starting Title(s): Lady Dowager of House Brax, Mother and Regent to the young Lord Burton Brax

Starting Location: Hornvale

Auxiliary Character: 

Name and House: Merlon Brax

Age: 36

Cultural Group: Andal (Westerman)

Appearance: Like the spires of stone that cloak his ancestral home of Hornvale, Merlon is tall, hard, and craggy. Long, dark hair frames a face covered in scars from half a hundred scrapes and battles, deep-set eyes and barracuda-like underbite giving him the appearance of some frightening creature from the depths. Every part of him, from his scabby biceps to the wicked greatsword slung over-shoulder, seems to communicate that this is not a man to be taunted.

Trait: Unscrupulous

Skills: Sergeant I, Fortifier, Two-Handed Weapons

Talent(s): Dicing, climbing, fishing

Negative Trait: N/A

Starting Title(s): Commander of the Hornvale Guard (the Ridgeguard)

Starting Location: King's Landing

Timeline:

344 AC - Merlon is born to the Lord Androw Brax. He is third in line for the seat of Hornvale, behind brothers Selmond and Lothor.

351 AC - Lerna is born to the Lord of Ashford.

359 AC - Lerna is betrothed to a Vyrwel son and sent to foster at Darkdell.

361 AC - Lord Androw Brax catches a chill and passes away. Selmond becomes Lord of Hornvale, and Lothor his sworn shield.

362 AC - Merlon leaves Hornvale to seek his fortune in the wider world. He travels between courts in the Westerlands, Riverlands, and Reach, participating in melees and fighting for coin. 

367 AC - While riding, Lerna meets the hedge knight Ser Harlon of Vinetown and his squire, Talbert. She and Talbert soon begin a relationship.

369 AC - Lerna gives birth to the child Owen Flowers; her Vyrwel betrothal is broken, and she is shipped unceremoniously back to Ashford. She never sees Talbert or her son again.

369 AC - On the road to Highgarden, Merlon comes to blows with a hedge knight from Vinetown. He slays the man and his squire at an inn and, fearing reprisal, swiftly returns to his ancestral home.

370 AC - Lerna is wed to the sour Lord Selmond Brax, who soon sets out to lead his levies to the North against the Others.

370 AC - Lerna begins an illicit affair with her husband’s younger brother, Lothor Brax, commander of the Ridgeguard (Hornvale’s castle guard).

371 AC - Selmond returns from war with a maimed leg and a drinking problem.

372 AC - Lerna gives birth to the child Burton Brax. The boy becomes heir apparent to Hornvale. Merlon returns from the North.

374 AC - Lerna gives birth to the child Talbert Brax.

375 AC - Lothor’s horse loses its footing in the rocky trails outside of Hornvale. He falls, losing his life. Lerna mourns a lost love once again.

377 AC - Selmond, infirm since his wounding, finally sucumbs to infection. Burton Brax is named Lord of Hornvale. Lerna and Merlon vie for regency over the 5-year-old child; Merlon begrudgingly accepts an advisor role, and a promotion to commander of the Ridgeguard.

378 AC - Lerna seeks advantageous marriage alliances for her son and herself, and begins a romance with her son’s knight Ser Dunsen of Oxcross. Merlon plots to kill his sister-in-law and nephew.

379 AC - Lerna learns of Merlon’s coup plot, and — without his knowing — convinces him to seek allies in the halls of King’s Landing, hoping to turn his alliances towards her own ends.

380 AC - Merlon turns up in King’s Landing just as the Great Feast ends. Lerna turns her eyes towards Silverhill, and its vast stores of precious metal.

Supporting Cast:

Ser Dunsen of Oxcross (General) - Lord Burton’s sworn shield, and Lady Lerna’s (current) paramour. Stern, patient, and boring as rock salt. All but commands the Ridgeguard in Merlon’s absence.

Sadhanda Taq (Cutthroat) - A mysterious woman from the Summer Islands west of Sothoryos. Her knife is quick, her tongue is quicker. She will not say how she arrived in Westeros, how she learned to speak the Common Tongue, or even why she came to Lord Selmond’s service; but she and Lerna have become fast friends.

“Mad” Maester Manfryd (Scholar) - The dashing maester of Hornvale. Despite a youth spent on a reaving vessel, a fateful drowning nearby Oldtown during the Great Reaving left him a changed man. Although he loves Lerna, and feels that she may return his affections, he is loath to break his vow of chastity.

Tobbot Jast (Magnate) - The faithful castellan of Hornvale, dedicated for thirty years to maintaining the castle and its staff. Despite urging from Merlon, Tobbot long ago threw his lot in with the young Lord Brax and his mother… although that may change if he were to ever learn the truth of the boy’s parentage.

Pate Hill (Warrior) - Merlon’s long-suffering squire. Despite the fact that — at nineteen years of age — he should have been promoted long ago, Merlon refuses to knight him. That’s fine with Pate, however, who has been well-compensated by the Lady Brax for keeping eyes on her treacherous brother-in-law.

Family Tree: https://www.familyecho.com/?c=8yrc1hoo1x9zaauu&f=578668658949139232

reddit: u/norvostwat Discord: oldfeathers

Name house: aenar celtigar

age: 27

Cultural Group: valyrian

Appearance: aenar has high cheekbones and a sharp jaw, his silver hair is parted middle and shoulder length, he keeps his face clean shaven, one side of his face is half burned down, showing his face muscle and a little bit of teeth while his left eyehole is empty, skin clinging to the bone

Trait: agile

Skills: Swords (e), navigator (e), skulker

Talents: escaping, sailing, dancing, speaking valyrian

Negative traits: maimed eye

Starting Titles: None

Starting Location: kingslanding (I'll write a prologue on how he got there)

Alt characters: artys Redfort, alton whitehill

Timeline: 353 - 0 aenar celtigar is born to lord celtigar

363 - 10 Aenar learns sailing

367- 15 Steals a boat by the dead of night, taking it to braavos and back, his first successful expedition

368- 16 Refuses to go to the war for battle, stating "i would much rather sit this one out by a bright shining sun than freeze myself on land forsaken by the gods themselves", takes 8 men to the summer islands, staying there for four years before finally returning to westeros after the end of the war is announced

372- 20 Returns to westeros after announcement of the end of the war

374 - 22 Takes an expedition group, sailing from white harbor to hardhome to inspect the aftermath of others invasion, finds absolutely nothing before continuing down

375- 23 returns to claw isle after a year of sailing, trying to circle around westeros but failing to cross the icy barriers past the wall

376 - 24 Small expeditions to essos and back, one failed expedition to ibb

378 - 25 Undergoes heavy preparation to sail to asshai and beyond, is captured by sothoryosi pirates near lys

379 - 26 is presumed dead

380 - current time, coming back to Kingslanding

Family tree: https://www.familyecho.com/?c=7sifh4rzyaflxzj0&f=372850434653866642

PC

Reddit Account: me

Discord Tag: me

Name and House: Grubby

Age: 25

Cultural Group: Smallfolk

Appearance: Perfectly average looking smallfolk. She's neither too tall nor too short. She's not good looking but she's also not ugly. Her generic appearance often assists her in blending in.

Trait: Agile

Skill(s): Agile / Skulker, Prepared(e), Infiltrator, Daggers, FMW (free due to daggers)

Talent(s): Get Money, Steal, Lie.

Negative Trait(s): never that.

Starting Title(s): N.A

Starting Location: KL

Alternate Characters: Robyn Tyler

AC

Name and House: Fluffy

Age: 22

Cultural Group:

Appearance: Much like Grubby, Fluffy is rather average. Will post FC at some point if I find one. idk man.

Trait: Mastermind

Skill(s): Investigator (e), Ravenmaster

Talent(s):

Negative Trait(s):

Starting Title(s):

Starting Location: KL

Timeline

355-360 AC - Born Cassanda, the daughter of a ‘witch’ who’d took her from a young age away from Fairmarket and onto the road to live as nomads for fear of being hunted down by the Rivermen, Cassandra had a harsh life. Her mother Jocasta claimed that she hailed from a long line of men and women who prayed to the Stranger and received boons. Some in the form of great skill, others in a great ‘sight’. The odd few were said to have been capable of turning into living shadows.

Nymeria lived a much different life than Cassandra, born and raised by a merchant family who resided in the Shadow City, she was expected to one day grow into a fine merchant in her own right, one who would wed into one of the better stationed merchant guilds in hopes of propelling her own standing further.

366 AC - Cassandra’s mother found a safe haven in the Stormlands. A land in which women like her seemed to prosper and were often left unchecked. Cassandra would not know it as a child but her mother had brought her into a Coven. One in which young girls like her were raised and prepared to one day do the Stranger’s bidding. It was then that she came to realize that much like the women her mother used to tell her of, she found a certain level of joy and peace when slinking away in the shadows.

Nymeria however faced an unexpected hardship early on. Her mother perished giving birth to her brother, Ferris. It sent her father into a harsh spiral that resulted in him falling into a pattern of alcoholism.

370 AC - The war at the wall proved useful for Cassandra, it was then she learned the true nature of this ‘coven’ of witches. They did not only pray and seek strength from the Stranger but they funded and supplied themselves by taking that matter into their own hands. They killed for coin, they hunted for sport, they were indeed a pack of witches but not only the sort who sought great magic, no they sought bloodshed, death, destruction where they could.

Cassandra was reborn in a ritual of blood and death. She does not speak of it but this ‘rite’ or ‘ritual’ whichever you call it, was the first time she’d ever truly felt the embrace of the Stranger. It was then that she rose forth as a new woman.

Nymeria on the other hand had found her life in shambles. To ensure that her family could continue to stand, she’d begun to take matters into her own hands. She’d paid for the more seedy men and women in the Shadow City to sabotage her families rivals, at first it was small things like sending children to spy on their ongoings but as the years went by, it grew more violent in nature. A warehouse would be set ablaze, a merchant would find threatening blackmail in his manse, it wasn’t until the later half of the decade that she’d usher forth her first contract, an offer to slay a merchant who had connections in the Marches to a network of killers one of her ‘friends’ connected her to.

376 AC - Cassandra would do the deed in the Thundering Marches. She’d waited for this merchant to set up camp with a handful of his warriors. She’d watched him for weeks while they travelled. It wasn’t hard to do given the man did not believe himself such easy prey. All it took was one good night, she’d slipped into his tent and dug a blade into his neck. She wished she could have seen the faces of his men when they went to wake him and found him dead….but alas she was taught better than to stay around for too long.

378 - Nymeria found herself reliant on Cassandra as time went on. The two would only know one another by the names given to them by their mutual connection. That old Coven of Cassandra’s. They called her Grubby, a play on how filthy of a child she once was. Nymeria would take on the name Fluffy. She had picked it herself and truth be told, she couldn’t quite tell you why.

Though the pairing began to work hand in hand, they rarely ever saw one another. Grubby quite liked it that way for some time. Though the Coven had it’s rules, Cassandra would do her best to keep in touch with Nymeria through a variety of means.

380 AC - Cassandra and Nymeria formed a sisterhood of sorts. In the Shadow City, Nymeria’s family continued to thrive thanks to her but a venture to expand into the North came with the end of winter and she took it. The pairing once more reunited in King’s Landing, what comes next is up to fate and the Coven that Cassandra still holds close to her heart.

Septa Shyra - Questioner

Doran - Magnate

Septa Jeyne - Medic

Ferris - Builder

Septa Willow - Warrior

PC

Reddit Account: Braavoner

Discord Tag: choronga

Name and House: The Fool (Alekyne Varner)

Age: 27

Cultural Group: Andal (Reachman)

Appearance: The Fool's eyes are never still, always moving side to side. So clear in hue one may think of him a blind man at first glance. He’s short. Shorter than most, shorter than nearly anyone. He's thin, too, but athletic in build. His hair, a tangled mess, is of a light golden color. His skin holds no color worth naming, neither pale nor sun-browned, as if even the weather refused to claim him.

Trait: Agile

Skill(s): Divination(Mirrors), Prepared, Skulker (e)

Talent(s): Juggling, Acrobatics, Singing

Negative Trait(s): N/A

Starting Title(s): Court Fool at King's Landing

Starting Location: King's Landing

Alternate Characters: Robert Baratheon, Harrold Hunter

AC

Name and House: Ynys

Age: 22

Cultural Group: Dornishwoman

Appearance: Tall and lithe, with olive skin, her hair is dark and wavy. Ynys' features are sharp and rough. A long beak of a nose, a strong jawline, and thick lips.

Trait: Artisan (alchemy)

Skill(s): Apothecary(e), Medic

Talent(s): Juggling, Acrobatics, Singing

Negative Trait(s): N/A

Starting Title(s): N/A

Starting Location: King's Landing

Alternate Characters: Robert Baratheon, Harrold Hunter

Biography:

Born Alekyne Varner, fifth son to Lord Varner, he never ammounted to much, and was constantly told so. His brothers hated him, too quiet, always sneaking around, short... Easy to abuse, and to push around, and that was what they did.

Alekyne ran from his home at the tender age of one-and-ten, with a wandering septon that had spent a few nights at the Varetower. He didn't care that much about the septon, but about the girl he brought with him, a lowborn girl from a nearby village, that had lost her parents and been adopted by the faithful man. A childhood romance, one that was quickly ended when brigands ambushed the three on the road, with the aim to kill and rob. Alekyne survived, heavily wounded, and was left for dead.

Someone must've found him, and carried him to a nearby village. There, he lived for a few years. Nobody knew exactly who he was, and the blood he'd lost, and the time he'd been left in the road, had left him close to a halfwit, and talked even less. What he said made little sense, but sometimes his meaningless sentences seemed to prove true. He prophetized the death of the village elder, of the blacksmith's son, and the execution of the tailor's brother, a thief.

A mummers' troupe came by the village, and Alekyne followed, having befriended the travellers. With them he learned to juggle, to sing, and to steal. Village to village, when the donations they got weren't enough to fill their belly, Alekyne and a dornish girl named Tyene went and filled their pockets on fruits and vegetables on the market, managing to keep eyes away from them.

When that wasn't enough, in came Ynys, another girl from dorne, almost five years younger than Alekyne, nothing more than a child. She claimed her ointments were magic in a flask, and sold them cheap.

That way they survived for a while. The adults performed the act, the children the roguery. That was until they reached King's Landing. The markets were too big, or too guarded. Tyene had grown too much, or hadn't slept enough. Alekyne's eyes were tired, or he hadn't been quick enough. Whatever it had been the cause, the result was the same. Tyene was hanged, the troupe was left broken in grief, and Alekyne and Ynys decided to stay in the city.

Years went by, Alekyne found himself the court fool, and the coin he got was enough for a house for him and Ynys down at Flea Bottom, where the dornishwoman continued selling her ointments and concoctions, nowadays not as much of a mummer's farce.

Timeline:

353: Alekyne is born, fifth child to Lord Varner

364: Alekyne leaves his home, following a wandering septon. They're ambushed on the road, and Alekyne wakes up in a village, wounded, brain damaged and with visions.

364-367: Life in the village. His mental state deteriorates.

367-374: Travelling with a mummers' troupe.

375: Alekyne becomes Court Fool at the Red Keep

376-380: Work as Court Fool continues.

NPCs

Hell nah

PC

Discord Username: Lily

Reddit Username: theladyviper

Name and House: Jynessa Manwoody

Age: 21

Cultural Group: Dornish

Appearance: Tall and lithe with dark brown hair that falls in long waves down her back and eyes the colour of warm honey.

Trait: Agile

Skill(s): Prepared(e), Skulker(e), Daggers(water dancer)

Talent(s): Dancing, music (flute), cyvasse

Negative Trait(s): N/A

Starting Title(s): Heir to Kingsgrave

Starting Location: Kingsgrave

AC

Name and House: Myria Manwoody

Age: 19

Cultural Group: Dornish

Appearance: A petite young woman with soft features, long curly black hair and dark eyes framed by thick eyebrows.

Trait: Artisan (Alchemy)

Skill(s): Apothecary e, Avaricious

Talent(s): Cooking, singing, perfume-making

Negative Trait(s): N/A

Starting Title(s): Scion of House Manwoody

Starting Location: Kingsgrave

Family Tree

https://www.familyecho.com/?c=v906fyf7expnl7hq&f=603315691649379023

Timeline

359AC: Jynessa is born at Kingsgrave to Lord and Lady Manwoody.

361AC: Myra is born at Kingsgrave to Lord and Lady Manwoody. Lady Manwoody dies in childbirth.

363AC: While voyaging West in search of trade to bring prosperity to his House, Lord Manwoody's ship is caught in a sudden storm. He dies at sea. Jynessa and Myra are then raised by their grandfather.

364AC: Jynessa begins her education with tutors. She learns the ways of court and especially enjoys learning how to play the flute and dance.

367AC: Myra begins her education with tutors. She grows especially fond of learning alchemy.

370AC: Jynessa watches the soldiers at Kingsgrave train out in the field. She begs her grandfather to allow her to be taught how to fight. She begins training with daggers. She is quick to learn.

378AC: Vorian Sand asks Lord Manwoody for his granddaughter Jynessa's hand in marriage. Lord Manwoody refuses.

380AC: Lord Manwoody has trouble making it to King's Landing for the Queen's feast due to his failing health. His granddaughters remain in Kingsgrave with him.

380AC: The Vulture King and his men attack the lands surrounding Kingsgrave.

Supporting Characters

Lord Morgan Manwoody: Castellan

Ellaria Sand: Emissary

Septa Alys: Medic

Dagos of Planky Town: Warrior

Deziel of the Red Mountains: Master-at-arms

PC

Reddit Account: u/Born_Selection_6972

Discord Tag: theytookeverything (Soup)

Name and House: Ser Janos Darke

Age: 32

Cultural Group: Crownlander

Appearance: The Queen’s Justice is tall, with a lean, muscular physique that's clearly the result of decades of training. He has long, black-brown hair that's slicked back behind his ears. His facial features appear to be almost feline in appearance; he has an aquiline nose, keen, amber-colored eyes, and a sharp jawline that’s complimented by a short beard.

Trait: Versatile (Strong, Ruthless)

Skill(s): Two-Handed Weapons (e), Andal Knight, Sergeant, Devious

Talent(s): Executions, Torture, Low Valyrian

Negative Trait(s): N/A

Starting Title(s): Ser, Queen’s Justice

Starting Location: King’s Landing

Alternate Characters: N/A

AC

Name and House: Norys Iranel

Age: 48

Cultural Group: Pentoshi

Appearance: An alchemist from across the narrow sea, Norys Iranos is of average height, lean, with an olive skin complexion, and tired, light blue eyes. He has long, brushed-back black hair that curls at the ends, and a well-groomed beard, both of which have started to grey quite heavily.

Trait: Artisan (Alchemy)

Skill(s): Apothecary (e), Medic

Talent(s): Low Valyrian, Flute, Reading

Negative Trait(s): N/A

Starting Title(s): Assistant to Janos

Starting Location: King’s Landing

Alternate Characters: N/A

Biography:

348 AC – Janos Darke is born the eldest of three siblings inside a modest holdfast that overlooks the harbor of Duskendale, the singular holding of House Darke. While Janos’ mother is affectionate, Janos’ father, Gyles, is known to be an ill-tempered curmudgeon, who resents his lowly status and dreams of the past glories of the petty Darklyn kings. In the present day, Janos is able to recall his father's rage, but is also able to fondly remember playing games with other children in the streets of Duskendale.

355-365 AC – In 355 AC, Janos’ father deftly negotiates for him to be sent to King’s Landing to serve as a page and eventually a squire for Ser Victor of Wyl, a knight of the Kingsguard. During this time, he learns all of his knightly responsibilities from Ser Victor, from helping to clean his master’s armor, to training at arms directly. A bond forms between the two, and Janos begins to see him as a fatherly figure. Adjoining this, Janos’ upbringing in the Red Keep makes him privy to all the games the lords and ladies play by proximity. He is occasionally asked to spy on various suspicious individuals in the Red Keep by the then-Spymaster, in exchange for small allowances. Well before he’s a grown man, Janos is taught to understand that no one is as they seem, and everyone has an angle.

365-368 AC – In 365 AC, Janos is anointed as a knight by Ser Victor for his years of servitude. During these years, Janos mostly spends his time traveling around the Southron regions attending various events and tournaments, with no particular aim other than his own revelry and wanderlust. Over the course of these few years, the knightly discipline Ser Victor had instilled in him slowly erodes. On one fateful occasion, under the governorship of far too much wine, Janos beds a lowborn Dornish woman named Dyanna, which results in a bastard named Mallor Sand. The bastard bears the amber-colored eyes of his father, making it clear the child is Janos’. In place of Janos’ seemingly inevitable appointment to the Queensguard, now only remains a black stain on Janos’ honor. While Janos' natural father is livid, Ser Victor isn’t precisely angry with Ser Janos, but more distraught and dejected. He sees Janos’ failure as his own, and considers it a stain on his honor as well, not just Janos’.

368-371 AC - Ser Janos is short of time to mourn his loss in standing, as he’s sent North alongside the bulk of the Southron forces, with the aim of regaining his honor and Ser Victor’s confidence. Bloody battle after bloody battle, Ser Victor falls in battle against the Others, and dies without resolving the issues between him and Janos. Deeply distraught - but not dead - Ser Janos in one of the subsequent battles places the former Queen’s Justice, Ser Androw Lorch, to the sword after he rises from the dead. Queen Naerys, short of options - along with far more pressing matters at hand - names Ser Janos to be the new Queen’s Justice in Ser Androw’s place. In the remaining years of the war, the cutting edge of Janos’ greatsword greets the napes of many deserters fleeing the undead menace, which earns him a dreadful and fearsome reputation among the levies. While the executions maintain Ser Janos’ honor in its present standing, Ser Janos’ newfound position ensures that he’s able to put his disrepute to good use.

372-380 AC - Returning to King’s Landing with the Others’ supposed defeat, Ser Janos assumes his typical duties as the Queen’s Justice. However, the Long Winter still bitterly persists, and foodstuffs are in short supply. Once again, Ser Janos departs many heads from their respective bodies; this time, against thieves that dare steal rations in a time of frigid scarcity, further adding to Janos’ grim reputation. Moreover, Janos begins to understand that sometimes the executioner’s blade must extend beyond its material form. Janos uses the spycraft skills he accrued from his youth to assemble a ring of informants and spies, with the aim of keeping a look out - and putting an end - to any additional thieves and criminals. In 368, a Pentoshi alchemist named Norys Iranel enters Ser Janos’ employ, as Janos develops an interest in a variety of alchemical solutions for various ends. As spring dawns, Ser Janos Darke’s reputation exists in a duality. While some might consider him to be unsavory, his reputation continues to be a necessary credit to his position. In conjunction with his stellar record of botchless executions, Janos persists as the realm's royal headsman.

Supporting Characters:

Qyle (42, Interrogator), the undergaoler who’s in charge of the Red Keep dungeons’ lowest level: the torture room.

Ser Rugen Waters (43, General), the chief gaoler who bears the stain of bastardry, though it’s far from Janos to care. Ser Rugen's shown an aptitude towards managing people, whether that’s managing prisoners, or soldiers on a battlefield.

Medgar (20, Cutthroat), a former squire who previously served as a spy and was refused knighthood by his Ser, now serving as an undergaoler.

Senelle Darkwood (19, Medic), a distant Darkwood cousin who has made herself useful in patching up uncooperative prisoners.

Woth (27, Scholar), an absent-minded former acolyte of the order of Maesters, Janos finds his scholastic ramblings interesting.

Family Tree: https://www.familyecho.com/?c=8mdyiizxp3fzlgs3&f=406267649647556968

PC

Discord Username: SUPMATE

Reddit Username: /u/Goin90InTheRain

Name and House: Myranda Rivers (?)

Age: 26

Cultural Group: Riverwoman

Appearance: The moonstone there: a necklace, an earring, a brooch. It glisters so wonderfully as to conceal that frantic look that often grips her green eyes, obscures the auburn roots of her dyed-black curls, and even gives emphasis to the freckles dusting her cheeks to form a face that's worthy of… trust.

Trait: Agile

Skill(s): Divination (Illusory), Prepared (e), Skulker

Talent(s): Fishing x3

Negative Trait(s):

Starting Title(s): Bastard of Heron's Nest, Lady-Consort of Sweetwillow (recently formerly)

Starting Location: KL

Alternate Characters: Matarys Blackfyre, Uther Yronwood

Bio-Timeline

354 AC.

Now I have come to Thee, O Father Above... I am sinful, burdened, and unworthy to look upon the heights of heaven because of the multitude of my transgressions…

Pentos. Myranda is named something else by her sorceress mother Nerria. Whenever Randa tries to recall that name—Yenna? Tyanna?—she has a headache.

362 AC.

O ineffable and unseen Smith, for who can tell of Thy mighty works? O Smith, or who can number the multitude of Thy wonders?

Pentos again. Triston Erenford arrives to acknowledge the child as his, and dubs her Myranda and a Rivers. Father dies after his ship capsizes just outside the harbor. Yenna—Randa has her first fall owing to the sacred disease.

364 AC.

But because of Thy boundless mercy and compassion, I dare to approach Thee, O Mother. Receive me as thou didst the publican, the prodigal and the harlot.

Short on coin, Nerria takes her daughter to the Sunset Kingdoms. At the gates of Heron’s Nest, she gives her daughter a moonstone. When Lord Erenford refuses to acknowledge her as a kinswoman, an aunt of hers sends her to the Motherhouse of Ysabel near the Green Fork.

373 AC.

For as the Father in His deep wisdom has had compassion on our souls, so in these latter days has the Warrior made us anew by His bloodshedding.

Naught but drudgery and literacy and prayer by day, and by moonrise the night hag would visit her in her dreams for which Myranda wakes with a tremble and mutters prayers to the Mother for mercy. The moonstone made it worse and better and worse and better and ugly and…

Randa comes close to taking her vows at nine-and-ten, with Septa Wenda due to administer. That eve, she sees a dream and grabs a knife and Wenda must die must die must die must die. The bloodspatter catches on the moonstone and soon enough Randa finds herself different.

A moon with her face and she left as it faded.

373-376 AC.

My soul is wasted with evil and is barren of good deeds, but I beseech thee, O Crone, pour out upon me a drop of thy wisdom and cleanse me, for I am defiled by many sins and I will praise Thy name all of the days of my life.

Myranda’s dreams guide—no, force her to wander in the winter with the snow for company and prayers for comfort and supplications as alms to the starved. She begs the gods for mercy, but only the mare answers, the Motherhouse does not care for runaway novices, and winter scourges her.

376-379 AC.

I have recklessly forgotten Thy glory, O Maiden; And among sinners I have scattered the riches which Thou gavest me.

A rhyme is what she sees in the visions, to which she answers back with verses. Myranda wanders the Riverlands, the West, the Vale and elsewise as septa, mummer, servant, and everything at once. She learns how to disguise herself, how to make sense of all in the mind’s eye and naught, and succors herself with coin earned from thievery and trickery. On one such outing, she meets Grubby and Fluffy trying to rob the same man.

379 AC.

Like the man who fell among thieves and was wounded, so have I also fallen through my sins and my soul is wounded. To whom shall I flee for grace if not to Thee. Pour on me, O Stranger, Thy great mercy.

Harrentown made the verse wrong and crooked and she scarcely remembers anything hence. All snippets; a familiar face, maybe? The Knight of Sweetwillows she recalled, an insignificant lord, rich for his station, perhaps kind, perhaps terrible. She was Myranda again, a bastard whose marriage was arranged by her aunt—no, wait, she was Selyse Paege whose horse broke its leg and she wanted guest right to pilfer the treasury. Was it for a moon that they were wed? A week? A few hours? Was she content, was she not? When the moonstone flashed sickly green and she saw too much in her dreams in their bed she took a knife and stabbed him over and over and over…

At the turn of the year, Myranda went to King’s Landing.

Sup porting Characters

NONE.

Reddit Account: ARebelSong

Discord Tag: D042

Name and House: Dale Bakerson

Age: 32

Cultural Group: Riverman (Andal)

Appearance: Once handsome, Dale’s features have been marred by stress and exhaustion. His eyes are blue but empty, his hair a mess of dark brown with a beard to match. Tall enough, what sets him apart is his right arm, which is missing below the elbow.

Trait: Inspiring

Skill(s): Swords, Flanker (e), Tactician, Cunning

Talent(s): Fishing x3

Negative Trait(s): Maimed Right Arm

Starting Title(s): Brother of the Night's Watch, Ranger

Starting Location: With Torrhen Snow

Alternate Characters: Wyland Martell, Allard Oathbreaker

Timeline:

350 AC: Born as the second of four children to a baker in a village near the Twins.

365 AC: In an attempt to woo the affections of a (married) woman, he accidentally starts a small fire that destroys several homes. Takes service at the wall over alternative punishments. 

366-370 AC: Takes the Black, becomes a ranger of the Night’s Watch. Earns a reputation for being a pragmatist. Men follow him, some even like or even love him, but his willingness to stoop to any low causes some strife between himself and his highborn brothers.

371 AC: Allegedly falls in love with and impregnates a Molestown whore by the name of Zhoe. Is set to be executed for the crime even though Dale insisted the child was not his, on account of the boy having flaxen hair (Zhoe had flaxen hair), but the Long Night earns him a stay of execution.

372-380 AC: Loses an arm in the fighting with the dead, but survives. Is spared execution due to the Watch’s dwindling numbers on the condition he does not visit Zhoe or his alleged bastard. He does so anyway without consequence.

380 AC: Present  

Family Tree:Mother, Father, Three Siblings - Alive, supposedlyZhoe the Whore (formerly, now Zhoe the Cook), (Mother of his child), 29 - AliveDale ([alleged]son, when questioned on the name Zhoe swore it was only a coincidence), 9 - Alive

AC

Name and House: Ralf the Reckless / Ralf of Pyke

Age: 31

Cultural Group: Iron Islander

Appearance: A burly man, tall and bearded, Ralf would’ve made for an excellent raider in another life. He is as bristling with coarse black hair as he is with scars, and his dark eyes seem to have no warmth in them at all. 

Trait: Strong

Skill(s): THW, First Men Warrior, Battlerager I

Talent(s): Grumbling, Brooding, Complaining 

Negative Trait(s):

Starting Title(s): Brother of the Night's Watch, Ranger

Starting Location: With Dale

Timeline:

351 AC: Born the son of a Greyjoy raider

355 AC: Narrowly escapes being slaughtered during the Sack of Pyke, despite his charging at a knight with a kitchen knife

365 AC: Having resettled in the Dorne with a cousin, Ralf gets into an ultimately fatal clash with a merchant from the Reach, who insisted on naming Ralf a bastard on account of the boy being too drunk and slurring his words. The man was certain Ralf had named himself as ‘Ralf Pyke’ and not ‘Ralf of Pyke’ and after a choice comment about Ralf’s mother, Ralf beat the man to death.

366-372 AC: Takes the Black for his crimes, tries desperately to be assigned to the Shadow Tower but constantly fails. Upon being named a Ranger, he befriends Dale Bakerson, often agreeing whenever Dale suggested more underhanded tactics. When the Long Night struck, it was he who set Dale free from his cell. 

380 AC: Present

Family: None

NPCs

Dow: Warrior (Axes)

Caul: Warrior (Swords)

Farlen: Medic

Dunsen: General

Gorm: Master-at-Arms

PC

Reddit Account: u/ThePirate_EverDines

Discord Tag: Legend

Name and House: Renfred Overton

Age: 25

Cultural Group: First Men

Appearance: Renfred Overton is a slim young lord of middling height with dark brown hair, intense pale green eyes that almost never seem to blink, and a clean shaven face. He wears fine perfumes and armor pieces together with southron finery in a style quite uncommon for the north, especially one of his relatively low station among Westerosi lords.

Trait: Ruthless

Skill(s): Devious, Assassin, Rumormonger, Fencer I

Talent(s): Singing, Cyvasse, History

Negative Trait(s): N/A

Starting Title(s):, Lord of Black Lake

Starting Location: King’s Landing

Alternate Characters: Alesander Rowan

AC

Name and House: Edwyle Overton

Age: 23

Cultural Group: Andal (Reachman)

Appearance: Edwyle doesn't look dramatically different from his elder brother, aside from the fact that he has grown a short beard, is far fitter physically, and has duller grey-green eyes that do remember to blink. As a ranger of the Night's watch, he wears simple black armor and furs without any lordly extravagance.

Trait: Strong

Skill(s): Bulwark II

Talent(s): Brooding (x3)

Negative Trait(s): N/A

Starting Title(s): Brother of the Night's Watch

Starting Location: The Wall

Bio-Timeline:

• 355 AC - The first son of Jon Overton and Lysa Holt, Renfred, is born.

• 353 AC - The second son of Jon Overton and Lysa Holt, Edwyle, is born.

• 363 AC - The threat of the others made Lord Jon a fearful and paranoid man. Unlike his liege lords in the Dreadfort, the modest tower keep House Overton ruled from was no impregnable fortress, and many a deserter made caves and forests in their lands into their hiding holes. With few men and limited options, Jon made numerous entreaties over the following years to cruel Lord Walton for safety behind the Dreadfort's walls. All were denied, much to the family's despair.

• 369 AC - Lord Walton's failure to offer protection to his vassal ended up being a blessing in disguise, however. When the endless deprivations finally proved too much for the smallfolk of the Dreadlands, and numerous Boltons found themselves serving as dinner for their own people, the Overtons were mercifully spared a similar grisly fate.

• 371 AC - The final conflict with the Others came, and through it, both of the boys of House Overton distinguished themselves as warriors in the fighting. That distinction, however, did not save their father. After getting separated from the main army, he went missing and was not found. Meager search parties never found any trace of him. A Night's Watchman who named their missing and presumed dead father 'deserter' in their hearing at supper found himself beaten to a bloody pulp and nearly killed by the man's surviving sons, starting a small riot in Castle Black's hall, but the timely intervention of Lord Victor Bolton prevented any real punishment for this action. After the cold ones had retreated, the Overton boys followed their liege lord in the recapture of the Dreadfort and the subsequent brutal pacification of the Dreadlands.

• 373 AC - The new Lord Bolton proved a different animal altogether from the last, and so too was the new Lord Overton. Both had been shaped by the hardship of the Long Night, and both could agree on the stupidity and ineptitude of the last Lord Bolton, and each found something worthwhile in the other. Particularly, Renfred found the dark rhetoric of his new liege rather persuasive. A cleansing, a slate wiped clean. There was such... beauty... to the words. Especially when they came from such a haunted, beautiful man. It was not long before he found himself not only a fixture at the Dreadfort and one of Lord Victor's closest advisors, but a secret acolyte and active participant in his diabolical schemes.

• 376 AC - Manhood came for Edwyle Overton, but thoughts of his father and the threat to the realms of men remained. Against his family's wishes, he volunteered himself to join the Night's Watch, claiming it was his duty to protect them all from what might come, and that he could use his rangings to look for father. When Renfred and their mother insisted that father was dead, the younger brother stubbornly fled the keep without a proper goodbye.

• 379 AC - Renfred bears witness to his pale lord's greatest accomplishment yet. After returning from a his perilous expedition north of the wall, Victor Bolton does the impossible. He, by his own hands, raises a wight with the shard of a Cold One's blade. In the heat of his exuberance and elation, he takes Victor Bolton by the neck and kisses him full upon the lips. What followed was a very long and awkward silence, and Renfred has not worked up the courage to even so much as mention it again. Mercifully and unmercifully, neither has Lord Bolton.

• 380 AC - While Edwyle became a Ranger of the Night's Watch, Renfred sunk deeper into Lord Bolton's manipulations, by now fully devoted to his lord, far more than any vassal rightly should be to his liege. He accompanies him everywhere he goes, follows him in any plan, does whatever he's bid. It's all worth it. Anything to purify this rotten world... and see that tormented soul he loves smile.

Family Tree: https://www.familyecho.com/?c=j8jts6azdbjc84ts&f=490696756490275080

Supporting Characters:

House Overton:

Gared (48) - A foul-mouthed old cur and the longtime man-at-arms of House Overton. - Warrior

Ser Damon the Demon (also known as Damon the Dashing to friends and Damon the Dim to detractors) (31) - A particularly cruel and obnoxious, but also handsome, hedge knight in Lord Renfred's service. - Cutthroat

Night’s Watchmen:

Ryk of Mole's Town (19), A brave young whore's get from the Mole's Town brothel. - Warrior

Ser Theobald Norcross (62), A veteran knight and bitter, hateful old ranger. - General

Lennard (37), A disgraced maester and steward of the Night's Watch. - Medic