1) Character Name: Lord Edrick Baratheon
2) Character Age: b. 470, making him 48, I believe
3) Character Nationality: Stormlands
4) Character Byname: The Black Stag
5) Character Skills (Choose 2 beginner skills, 2 novice skills, 2 apprentice skills, and 2 noteworthy skills and 1 expert skill): Beginner Intrigue, Beginner Tactics, Apprentice Horsemanship, Apprentice Sailing, Noteworthy Swordsmanship, Noteworthy Oration, Expert Persuasion
6) Character's Second (Choose 2 beginner skills, 2 novice skills, 2 apprentice skills, and 2 noteworthy skills):
7) Character Personal History: Lord Edrick Baratheon is in fact the long estranged younger brother of the King’s grandfather. Angry and disgusted over some long-forgotten quarrel with his brother Rodrick, Ned left the Seven Kingdoms, wanting no part of a family where only his brother would be remembered by history.
The fame seeking Ned sought out the Nine Free Cities, looking for some means to set him apart from simply being a foreign crown prince’s brother. That fact proved quite handy however, as Ned attended many parties and sprinkled tales of the recentDondarrion rebellion and the long-gone Targaryen dragons and how his ancestors battled the Targaryens for the crown more than once, emerging victorious each time. He soon became a popular fixture at such gatherings. Eventually, a magistrate in Pentos gifted him with a fine ship as a token of affection.
In the coming years, that same token of gratitude became an omen of fear amongst the coast. He wandered the coasts, encountering and battling Dothraki, marveling at the works of the red priests, examining the remains of what were claimed to be dragons, and walking away from it all quite wealthy.
When times became hard, he would fall to pillaging merchant ships and then returning to the Free Cities as a wealthy traveler with gifts for the latest big gatherings. It was at one of these parties that Ned heard the tale of his father’s demise. After all these years away, Edrick had not once wrote or even acquired about his brother Rod, who would most likely be running the country by the time Ned received the letter.
Ned suddenly had a reason to return home. He was now the King’s brother… there would surely be some great parties waiting in King’s Landing.
Unfortunately, the only thing waiting for Ned was a dull job as Master of Ships and an arranged marriage to some Hightower woman he only enjoyed fucking for the first few years… it was not a very long stay.
Borrowing a few ships but practically abandoning his position and family, he went back to exploring. He didn’t even attend his brothers funeral, only coming home years later when he was broke. Returning to court, he discovered his nephew in his old position and a pair of angry adult children in his home. He was on the verge of cursing his lot in life, when his nephew's death was announced.
Edrick had never really known his oldest nephew. Callen almost certainly considered his uncle a waste of Baratheon blood and seed just as his father and grandfather had. But young Rickon barely knew him... perhaps Edrick might distact himself from boredom by entering politics.
8) Character Physical Description: Edrick Baratheon is of average height, with long curly brown hair and a small face a trim beard. He has often been described as the spitting image of his distant ancestor Renly.
9) Character Reputation: Edrick’s reputation as an explorer and adventurer has probably reached Westeros by now. Most likely though, he is still better known as the king’s brother who abandoned the kingdom... twice.
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There. Finally finished the tinkering and posted.
Hope he's approved, my terror of people's reactions is already rising,