Characters

[Telwyn Tully]

First:

Name: Telwyn Tully

Age: 17 (Unborn and 7 in prequels)

Byname: Telwyn

Personal History:
The second son of Lord Harold Tully, Telwyn decided not to bother with knighthood, and instead to set his mind to furthering himself politically. Telwyn has also been training since a young age in the use of short blades such as daggers, knives, and dirks, which can more easily be brought to court.

Skills:

Expert:
Political Intrigue

Noteworthy:
Deception
Charm

Apprentice:
Short Blades
Persuasion

Novice:
Valyrian
Espionage

Beginner:
Stewardship
History

Physical Description:
Smaller than his older brother with a slim, sly face and a shock of bright red hair that he keeps slicked back. (When it’s not slicked, it’s unruly and stands up at odd angles. He exudes confidence and his look hints at knowledge he’s holding back.

Reputation:
Known around Riverrun for meddling in affairs that don’t involve him, but improving those situations he does meddle in markedly. This frustrates his father, who can’t punish him for his behavior because of this. Often attends meetings of his father’s council alongside his older brother.

Second: (for prequel purposes)

Name: Lord Cedric Tully

Age: Deceased (50 and Deceased in prequels)

Brief Description:
Gruff and blunt, people often tell Lord Cedric that he should have been born a Stark rather than a Tully due to his icy visage, which can only be broken by his daughter, on whom he dotes. His red hair, both that on his head and his face, has faded to white in his old age, but he still stands strong as one of the largest men in the Tully line. Cedric has little patience for political squabbles, but has gained prestige by his skill as a tactician, and his skill in the melee (when he was younger, that is).

[Ser Benin Tully]

Sorry for the delay. Internet silliness.

Pre-games character, later to be 2nd:

Lady Harlyn of house Tully, a maiden at age 16, is a comely girl with sapphire eyes and rust-colored hair that falls past her shoulders in waves. She is the second child and first daughter of Lord Cedric Tully. She is kind, and can sometimes be clouded by the romance described in the songs of old. She looks to her mother, Lady Jeyne for lessons in womanly arts such as sewing and playing the harp, and to her father for lessons in tactician.

First Character:

Character Name: Benin Tully
Character Age: 21
Character Nationality: Riverlands
Character Byname: Ben
Character Skills:
Expert: Archery
Noteworthy: Naval Battle
Noteworthy: Drinking
Apprentice: Athletics
Apprentice: Long Blades
Novice: Charm
Novice: Short Blades
Beginner: Animal Handling
Beginner: Fortifications / Construction
Character Personal History:

Lord Harold Tully's first son, 21 year old Benin "Ben" Tully, a knight. Kind to his people and they look up to him, but defensive of true right and wrong, promising to deliver justice where needed. As the eldest of five, strives to prove his worth as his father's heir and can sometimes be seen as controlling by his siblings because he holds the same standards for them.

Character Physical Description:

Tall and lanky, but muscular, with the rust-colored hair, sapphire eyes, and other facial features of his aunt, Lady Harlyn.

[Viea Greyjoy]

Name: Viea Greyjoy

Age: 20 (at the main start)

Region: Iron Islands

Background:
Viea is the second child, and eldest daughter of Lord Urrigon Greyjoy. She has been brought up as one would expect in the Iron Islands, with a healthy appatite for glory and blood.
She has a relationship with her elder brother that can only be described as hate/hate. When she was 16 the two had a fight which ended up with all her fingers in the left hand broken and an iron pot being smashed in his face. To this day she cannot move her ring finger on that hand, the rest all healed correctly.
Viea has her own ship, something she won while betting on the popular art of the finger dance when she was younger. She renamed it Valla in honour of her mother. Viea ran into some pirates on her adventures who gave her head a blow that she has never quite recovered from.
She is prone to violent mood swings and bouts of insanity when she cannot remember what happened afterwards.

Appearance:
Viea is tall and slender with long, straight black hair. Her nose has a slight crookedness that can only come from it being broken before and her grey eyes are normally full of fire.

[The Stranger]

Name: Saxon Cave (Lord)
Age: 45 (at main start)
Region: Crownlands

Background:

The mysterious Saxon Cave is a man about which much is said, but little is known. His reputation is one of equal parts wisdom and mercenary ruthlessness. His tall, charming demeanor belays a most calculating mind. Silvery, almost Targaryen hair, with a respectable beard of the same shade, with otherwise weathered features makes up his appearance. He is always casually dressed, yet no fault can ever be found with his attire no matter the occasion.

Some say that in his time Saxon served with the Golden Company as a sellsword, that he briefly apprenticed with the Warlocks of Qarth, and even that he served the House of Black and White before finally declining to take the final step to become a Faceless Man. Others say he's merely a washed up lordling and courtier who tells a good story provided you pay for the ale.

[Sam]

Character's Name: Lord Sammael of House Baratheon, the Protector of Storm's End and Master of the Stepstones
Character's Age: 42, b. 638
Character's Ethnicity: Andal

Character's Personal History: Son of the Lord, yada yada yada, was raised for war and combat and statecraft. Was a kickass warrior in his youth, and he still is (In the pre-game) but he's hitting the point where it's all downhill from here. He's a high functioning alcoholic, and a huge womanizer, and has something like sixteen kids, some bastards some not. HIs pops died like 6 months ago, so he just became Lord, and his wife's been dead for like 6 years or so

Character's Physical Description: At close to six and a half feet and roughly two hundred pounds of mostly muscle, Lord Baratheon is an extremely imposing man. Coal black hair hangs to his shoulders, and a thick beard of the same color wraps the lower half of his face, though he keeps it neatly trimmed and groomed. HIs eyes are chips of ice, and few men can hold his gaze for longer than he can hold theirs.

Character's Reputation: Lord Baratheon is well known for his exploits on the Tournament field, having won several very prominent tournament, including one thrown by the King himself in 661, and another hosted by the Lord of Highgarden in 664. He has unhorsed many great Knights, but he is also known for his fearsome ability to make war. More than one rebellious Stormlord has woken up to find Lord Baratheon's army outside his gates, days before any scouting reports indicated that he could arrive. He has campaigned in the Stepstones, Dorne, and even the Reach, and is known to have a blazing temper that can be kindled with ease, though he takes much pleasure in the company of wine and women.

[Princess Lyssandra Martell]

W.I.P.

1) Character Name: Princess Lyssandra Martell

2) Character Age: 26

3) Character Nationality: Dorne

4) Character Byname: None

5) Character Skills:

6) Character Personal History: Lyssandra is the youngest of the current generation of Martell's born from Prince Harzod Martell. From an early age Lyssandra was the typical young girl interested in playing with dolls and believing she was the centre of the universe. She would tag along with her fellow siblings and especially followed around her sister Carmesí who she saw as a bigger version of herself and someone who she wanted to grow up as. If she was separated for too long from her family she would bawl her eyes out until she ended up getting the attention that she wanted. In part, she used her cries for attention to make her brother Anders and Zarif stop their quarrelling, which was known to upset the house. Being the small child that she was it was the only strategy she could think of at a young age.

When she was not trying to bring attention to herself, she loved to play hide-and-seek, but would cry when someone got a hiding spot that was too good so that she could not find them. She also liked to play tag and at night and in the early morning when she could not sleep, she made a game of sneaking around, playing her own personal game of hide-and-seek. She does not remember much of her earlier childhood of playing games and having fun with her family apart from the pain she had to live through, the pain that continues on to her adult life.

When she was six years old she was involved in an accident that resulted in her receiving harsh facial burns and burns that covered much of her body. Not many had hopes of her surviving her injuries, and a few had even began mourning, but Lyssandra struggled on and survived. Her recovery took several years and though before she was seen as a snivelling attention seeking child, her reputation began to change to that of a tenacious fighter and survivor. Her social activities from her usual games of hide-and-seek and tag turned to small intense sessions with teachers as they taught her her letters and how to read. She was behind most children her age in terms of education and she worked hard to catch up.

There were fears her growth or her intelligence would be stunted but this was not the case. She looked up to her brothers Anders and Evan when they were in Sunspear and of course her eldest sister Carmesí. Her social skills however, did not progress as rapidly as her passion for knowledge and violence by way of the word. Although asked to come to court she would usually be riding her horse or playing games of Cyvasse with Dorne's and the Free Cities' most notable players. At around her 15th name-day she was declared a prodigy at the game.

Her position in the family and her condition gave her a narrow set of options if she wanted to help her family. She refused to be married off and swore violence to anyone that forced her to do so. As she matured into a woman the silent whispers about her simply could not be tolerated and it is said she assaulted a number of boys. Though “officially” they were hurt in a training accident. Despite her temper getting the better of her on rare occasions, she has been known to be calm. No one has tried to get through her tough exterior in a long time.

Her brother Anders has given her acquaintance to some of the better fighters and mercenary captains from the Free Cities to expand her knowledge in the martial arts. The choice became clearer to herself and the rest of the family that she would devote herself to those ends.

7) Character Physical Description: Tall and athletic, shares her sister's Carmesí’s once onyx hair. Her hair runs pas her shoulders and it usually is in that state during any formal event in order for it to cover the myriad of burn scars on her face and neck. When outside she ties her hair up in a long ponytail, unconcerned of those that would look at her. Wounds on a woman were considered freakish, but at least amidst amongst the guards and soldiers they did not seem to care much. Her eyes are a murky green, her brows and lids held low in a constant state of showing disinterest. This is also partly a result of the fire melting her skin along the side of her face. Compared to her sister, Lyssandra's skin is dark from her activity out in the sun. She is always deeply tanned wherever her non burned skin is exposed, though she does wear garments to protect herself on any long rides or walks. She is clothed in garments that any horseman or scout would wear though when it is required she dons a dress and hooded cloak. She wears a neatly decorated scabbard and sword with a hilt to match. She has never had to use it much, given her position, but she knows how to wield and use it should the need arise.

8) Character Reputation: Strong resolve and a stoney exterior, she has been known to be a tenacious survivor and has a violent temper should anyone be so unfortunate to experience it. Stories are told of her receiving burns on her body from valorous combat experiences or from walking through the desert naked for 40 days without water or food rather than from the tragic event at an early age.

1) Character Name: Ser Alyn Dayne

2) Character Age: 30

3) Character Nationality: Dorne

4) Character Byname: None

5) Character Skills:

6) Character Personal History: From a young age Alyn found himself more of a traveller than a stay at home knight, the result of boredom and too much time on his hands. His father a bit of an adventerur himself left a small inheritence for his son which freed Alyn to do as he pleased. Most of his late teens and early twenties were spent abroad in the Free Cities, attempting to claim fame as a notalbe swordsmen. Instead he met the harsh realities of being in several brutal skirmishes while in a sell-word company that his made him somewhat weary of any future conflicts. Now he relishes to be back home in Westeros but it seems his skillset is in demand, so he has been pulled again into conflict and violence. His fathers fortune has run low so he must turn to putting in work.

7) Character Physical Description: A slim but strong sort, has great stamina for any number of physical activities. His nose is slightly skewed after having been broken and his hands are rough like a farmers from scrapes that he has gotten himself into along the road. His hair is dark and his eyes are also of a dark colour, far from the traditional Daynish eyes. He tends to keep light facial hair.

8) Character Reputation: Not too well known besides in his own house as a wanderer and a man with his own set of rules.

[Ser Harlan Stone]

Name: Ser Harlan Stone
Age: 53 (43 and 33)
Region: The Vale.

Reputation: The bastard son of Lord Emmen Royce, Harlan nearly lost his life when he was 13 year old mason apprentice after the brutal murder and scarring of his half-brother when some vengeful retainers imprisoned him and threatened to kill him, believing that he was part of a plot to get power. Harlan survived but was held prisoner until the start of the reign of Lord Bayard who released him and recognized him, earning Harlans eternal gratitude. Stone is his name, and stone is his trade. He has a deep and abiding interest in masonry, and has continued to work with the fortifications and stone of the Vale. He has become a defiant defender of the Vale against the clansmen, traveling to the villages that are constantly beset and giving aid where he can. He has the strength of the mountain in him, and even in his older years it has proven unwavering. Wielding a massive stone hammer that lesser men couldn't even pick up, he has become a master of defense. It was in his later years that was knighted for valor during a particularly vicious attack from the burned men, saving the lives of several lesser noblewoman.

Expert: Construction/Fortification
Noteworthy: Blunt Weaponry (Hammer)
Noteworthy: Deception
Apprentice: Stewardship
Apprentice: Land Battle
Novice: Drawing
Novice: Story Telling
Beginner: Athletics
Beginner: Healing

Appearance: Short, with wide shoulders and thick hair that has by now turned completely white, Harlan was and is not a attractive man. A large nose with farsighted eyes, he dresses plainly.

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SECOND

Name: Clayton Hawkins
Age: 29 at game's start. (19 at the Wake Event)
Region: The Vale.

Appearance: Clayton stands about 6 feet 2 inches tall with a muscular and stocky build. He sports wavy dark brown hair and his right eye is of a blue-gray color, while his left has lost it's hue after a fist-fight in one of the many taverns in Gulltown. He almost always dresses in plain clothes, though if that is because he does not have the dragons to buy more expensive clothing or if it's because he feels more comfortable wearing them is hard to say.

[Deleted]

FIRST

1) Character Name: Ser Mychel Lannister.

2) Character Age: 24 (4 and 14 pregame)

3) Character Nationality: The West

4) Character Byname: None

5) Character Skills:

6) Character Personal History: Mychel Lannister is the youngest son of Gerion Lannister, the sometimes violoent lord of Casterly Rock. Being a younger son, Mychel knew from a young age that he would not be the centre of attention, and was fortunately fine with that. Due to the lack of care and attention by his parents, Mychel learnt to be almost exclusively self interested, seeing as no one else was interested in him. Which was helpful when he was being teased about his appearance. During his childhood he would always be found in the yard when he had to be, or in the library.

As soon as he was able to, he went off to squire at Hornvale to Ser Jason Brax, who had squired with his older brother beforehand. He got on well, with Ser Jason and opened up more to him than he had to anyone else, but was always wary of him because of how he knew his brother.

Mychel was knighted when he was nineteen, at a tourney, and has since then, been practising and hitting the books hard, with particular interest in the lands across the narrow sea.

7) Character Physical Description: While Aurane is just on the side of Handsome, Mychel had no such luck, and his girlish appearance, which he had been assured he would grow out of, stayed to the present day. His general lack of care of his appearance is not helped by him usually letting his hair grow long. He is of average height, with lightly toned arms and legs, but is stronger than he looks. He has long blond hair and green eyes.

8) Character Reputation: Has a reputation of being brash, blunt and frivolous, although the last part is undeserved.

[Farrin Tully]

First Character:

Character Name:  Farrin Tully
Character Age: 16
Character Nationality:  Riverlands
Character Byname: 
Character Skills:
Expert: Long Blades
Noteworthy: Deception
Noteworthy: Singing
Apprentice: Charm
Apprentice: Athletics
Novice: Political Intrigue
Novice: Small Blades
Beginner: Espionage
Beginner: Archery

Character Personal History:
As the second son of Lord Harold, Farrin realized that most attention fell upon his brother. He acted out, and his mischievous actions became a known trait of his. He was often caught stealing a lemon cake or some other sweet from the kitchens and though mischievous, he was never a demon. It was his mother who one day set him right teaching him the meaning of the Tully words. Since then he stopped quarreling with his brother, well, mostly. And he is willing to do anything to protect his family.

Character Physical Description:
He's the Tully red hair and stands at near six feet. Not greatly muscular but enough to move fast and swing a blade quick.

[Ollie]

Name: Ser Damian Royce, Protector of Runestone, Heir to the Vale
Age: 28 (b. 672)
Region: the Vale

Skills
Expert Land Battle
Noteworthy Lances
Noteworthy Long Blades
Apprentice Athletics
Apprentice Persuasion
Novice Animal Handling
Novice History
Beginner Higher Mysteries
Beginner Valyrian

Description: Ser Damian is a tall, broad-shouldered man whose athletic frame was born from hard training and battle. He wears a crooked smirk, with a traditionally handsome face and deep-set eyes that have an imperious, hungry look to them. Damian's noble garb is finely made but un-opulent, dark colors with a few bronze inlays or ornaments. In battle, Ser Damian wields a longsword on foot or lance on horse, and wears an ancient set of plate armor forged from bronze that has been possessed by House Royce for ages, engraved with ancient runes and glyphs that are said to protect their wearer from all harm.

Reputation:
WIP/TBD

[Sam]

Character's Name: Lord Sammael Baratheon, the Lord of Storm's End and Master of the Stepstones
Character's Age: 62 (b. 638)

Character's Skills:
Expert Land Battle
Noteworthy Intrigue
Noteworthy Small Blades
Apprentice Deception
Apprentice Long Blades
Novice Animal Handling
Novice Lances
Beginner Espionage
Beginner Seduction

Description: Lord Sammael Baratheon was born in Storm's End, second son to the Lord, though his elder brother died after being thrown from his horse in 648. At eight, Sammael was sent to King's Landing, where he served four years as a page in the court of King Valarr I. At twelve he became the squire to Ser Rycherd Morrigen, who was widely reputed to be the fiercest knight in the Stormlands, and one of the greatest jousters anyone had seen in a generation. Sammael served seven years as a squire to Ser Rycherd before being knighted at nineteen, and while many other Knights may have given him his spurs long before, 'Stormcrow', as Ser Rycherd was known, was an exacting taskmaster and pushed the young man to the limit of his endurance and further. While under Ser Rycherd's tutelage, Sammael discovered women, and by the time he returned to Storm's End at nineteen, he bore in tow two daughters and a son, each borne by a different woman.

A years after earning his spurs, in 658, Sammael gained great notoriety across Westeros by winning the tournament held at Highgaden to celebrate his marriage to the eldest sister of the young Lord Bertram Tyrell. Some whispered that it was uncouth to participate in his own tournament but he rode anyway. There he unhorsed eleven landed Knights, eight petty lords, as well as two Lords Paramount and Ser Martyn Fossoway, the greatest jouster in the Reach. He crowned his new wife the Queen of Love and Beauty, and took home the massive champion's purse in addition to his dowry, as well as undying fame across Westeros, though it did not endear him to his father-in-law. In 660 he won a second tournament, in King's Landing, celebrating the coronation of King Aegon X, unhorsing four Knights of the Kingsguard, both Rycherd Morrigen and Martyn Fossoway again, as well as well over a dozen noted and famous jousters.

Lord Sammael travelled the tourney circuit for several years as a young knight, amassing a great deal of coin from capturing knights and selling them back their horses and armor, in addition to the prize purses. He returned to Storm's End periodically, at least half the time he would return with a new bastard in tow. His wife gave birth to a daughter nine months after their wedding night, but it was five years before she gave him another child, a black-haired boy that they named Oswyn. Two more boys and then two more girls followed over the next decade, although Lady Baratheon died delivering the final girl in 674.

Lord Sammael spent much of his 30s in the Dornish Marches, campaigning with the border lords there against the Rhoynish raiders that were a constant threat coming out of the mountains to the south. Borders rarely changed in the Dornish Marches, but scores of men died on each side each year, in one conflict or another. In the 680s, after his father died and he assumed the Lordship of Storm's End, Lord Sammael turned his gaze toward the Steptstones, and began an campaign to wrest the westernmost islands from the grip of Tyrosh and Myr. His endeavors were mostly successful, with warships financed by his tournament winnings taking to the sea and sweeping aside their enemies under the command of Sammael's brother, Ser Yohn. In 690, when King Aegon died and King Maelys ascended to the throne, the new King also took an interest in the Stepstones, and a greater war was joined to conquer them. Since then, Lord Sammael returned to Storm's End periodically but has spent the greater bulk of his time at the front, campaigning.

Reputation: Lord Baratheon has a fearsome reputation as a commander of men; few are his equal on the battlefield. He was known as a prodigious swordsman and lancer in his youth, though his skills have noticeably declined with age in recent years. Despite his brusque warrior's exterior, he masks a cunning mind that many a men have died for underestimating. His greatest weakness is women, and he is well known as a dangerous man to be left alone with one's wife, or sister, or daughter. Of his eight bastard children, five were fathered on women of high birth, each one causing something of a scandal when the pregnancy was discovered.