Jennalynn Hightower

[Jennalynn Hightower]

Character Name: Jennalynn Hightower (nee. Royce)
Character Age: 17 (b. 684 A.L)
Character Nationality: The Vale

Character Skills:

Expert: Charm
Noteworthy: Deception
Noteworthy: Dancing
Apprentice: Persuasion
Apprentice: Animal Handling
Novice: Intrigue
Novice: Healing
Beginner: Singing
Beginner: Stewardship

Character Personal History:

Jennalynn is the youngest child and first daughter of Ser Malcolm Royce and his wife Amya Royce. She was born at the Eyrie and raised mostly by her mother and servants, Ser Malcolm not really interested in a daughter. Her uncle, Bayard, arranged her to become a foster and lady-in-waiting to King Maerys II Targaryen's daughter, Rose, whom were the same age as the princess. She was sent to King's Landing at the age of six and was raised there by the septas to become a proper lady of the realm. She exchanged a lot of letters with her mother and the rest of the Royces that remained in the Vale, keeping a close contact with them, even if they were leagues apart.

She grew to love the court-life and can't really see herself ever leaving the court or the princess to return to the Eyrie, unless it's for a really good reason. At court, she has gained a few followers that follow her around everywhere she goes. She has recently become a woman, and is therefore ready to find herself a husband, which she isn't really looking forward to as she realizes that means she'll have to leave court. So far she has managed to charm her way out of a few betrothals to some minor lords from around the realms. She has recently become betrothed to Lord Gareth Hightower, the younger brother of Lord Hightower and heir to Oldtown. Her future husband earned a keep in the Stepstones after being a hero in the last battle there and will soon leave the mainland to be with her husband and begin a family of her own.

Character Physical Description:

Jennalynn is light-skinned and petite, though with ample curves. She has long brown hair that curls about her neck, and large, green penetrating eyes. With her smooth-skinned light color, perfectly oval face, Jennalynn can charm many with her pretty, dimpled smile with full lips. She is usually seen wearing fine satin gowns that show off her curves and draws the attention to her.

Character Reputation:

She is really too young to have a reputation yet, but is now known as the bride of Lord Gareth Hightower, the lord of Gale's Keep in the Stepstones.

[Jennalynn Hightower]

Character Name: Aladale Royce
Character Age: 23 (b. 678 A.L)
Character Nationality: The Vale

Character Skills:

Noteworthy: Espionage
Noteworthy: Deception
Apprentice: Hand-to-Hand
Apprentice: Marksman (Archery)
Novice: Animal Handling (Mastiffs)
Novice: Athletics
Beginner: Persuasion
Beginner: Drinking

Character Personal History:

Aladale is the fourth born child and third son of the Keeper of the Gates of the Moon, Lord Garrett Royce and the man's wife, Elyandre Royce, formerly of House Hunter. He was left mostly to his own devices as a child, his father concentrating on giving his older brothers the skills they would need to rule the Gates of the Moon one day and his mother dotted over his sister, whom where the pride of his mother's eye. Aladale was more left in the care of the guards and other servants of the household and has therefore not been much of a presence at big gatherings and other festivities that has been held around the realm. He was usually left behind at the Gates when his father and brothers travel the Vale and beyond at one point, but it have never really bothered Aladale, at least he hasn't shown any bitterness or resentment toward his family. He was sent away to Gulltown at the age of fifteen and has remained there since. He sailed beneath the colors of House Grafton during the Stepstones War, but didn't do anything out of the ordinary and was therefore not really celebrated as a hero in the war and returned to Gulltown and have there continued to serve the Graftons. He has recently returned to the Gates of the Moon and have there gained the position of Kennelmaster under his father.

Character Physical Description:  

Aladale is a young man in his mid-twenties, with a slim but still muscular build, that stands a little over 6 feet and 2 inches. He has light brown hair that ends between his ears and shoulders, though he usually keeps in tied back in a kind of pony-tail, and his green eyes are somewhat hidden beneath his eyebrows. He has a small scar just above his right eye-brow that he earned during the Stepstones War, but otherwise he has a pretty smooth skin. He sports a small beard that he seems to keep properly in check, not letting it grow unruly. He wears almost exclusively clothes in black or bronze colors, but there seems to be a special relationship to a simple dark brown shirt made of hemp with a hood that he is seen wearing most of the time when at the Gates of the Moon. 

Character Reputation:  

There is little known about the son to the Keeper of the Gates of the Moon, the minor branch of Royces that are descendants of Lord Roland Royce, cousin to Aranya Royce. 

[Jennalynn Hightower]

Character Name: Brother Braumin
Character Age: 35 (b. 666 A.L)
Character Nationality: The Vale

Character Skills:

Apprentice: Stewardship
Apprentice: Religion (The Seven)
Novice: Blunt Weapons (Flail)
Novice: Hand-to-Hand
Beginner: Drinking
Beginner: Healing

Character Personal History:

Brother Braumin was born in the Vale, that much is known about the man, other than that there isn't much the man shares about his past to others. One can hear upon his speech and see upon the way he moves that he is of noble blood, but if asked about it, he will shake his head and say that it is no longer important and that he now is a reborn man of the Faith and in the eyes of the New Gods.

Character Physical Description:

Brother Braumin is a tall and broad-shouldered man in his mid-thirties. He has short-cropped hair of a dark brown color, but grows out bushy side-whiskers of the same color and has grey-blue eyes. He is always seen wearing the brown cloth that a member of the Begging Brothers wear.

Character Reputation:

Brother Braumin has no reputation to speak of. He is a begging brother of the Faith.

[Jennalynn Hightower]

Special NPC:

Stranger's Adventure

Character Name: Ser Creighton of the Vale
Character Age: 33 (b. 668)
Character Nationality: The Vale

Character Skills:

Noteworthy: Blunt Weapons
Noteworthy: Athletics
Apprentice: Espionage
Apprentice: Deception
Novice: Persuasion
Novice: Drinking 
Beginner: Intrigue
Beginner: Animal Handling

Character Personal History:

Ser Creighton of the Vale has no noble blood running in his veins, born the only son of a carpenter in Gulltown, Creighton's life has always been simple. Always make sure to have food and ale at your table and you'll have a good life. Creighton spent his youth working for his father, but soon found other means to earn some coin by serving a merchant in Gulltown by breaking into the merchant's rivals warehouses and did everything from stealing, vandalizing to beating up people in exchange for money. He was conscripted into the army when Westeros warred in the Stepstones were he served as a footman in the Vale army. He fought and survived and by either luck or godly intervention, Creighton returned from the war with a knightly title, though the man that had knighted him died shortly after departing the ship that had sailed into King's Landing for resupplying before continuing to the Vale. Ser Creighton stayed behind when the ship sailed, having decided that there were far more opportunities in King's Landing than in Gulltown. He soon came in contact with Lord Saxon Cave and have since worked for the man doing similar work that he did for the merchant in Gulltown, though Creighton tries his best to keep his affiliation to Lord Saxon to a minimum. 

Character Physical Description: 

Ser Creighton is a rather short man, standing just above 5 feet 6 inches, with a muscled but chubby build. His hair is receding, so he has taken up the custom of shaving his head bare, while he sports a small beard along his chin and a goatee. He has stubby-fingered hands and he is missing the little finger on his right hand, and his beady dark eyes are hiding beneath bushy eyebrows. 

Character Reputation:

He has no reputation of importance.