New Characters for LOW: Tyranny of Talyn

[Ser Beric Dayne]

Character Name: Ser Beric Dayne

Character's Age: 20 (b. 578)

Character's House: Dayne

Character's House Sworn to: House Martell of Sunspear

Character Reputation: The Sword of the Morning

Character Skills

Expert: Sword
Noteworthy: Lance
Noteworthy: Land Battle
Apprentice: Hand to hand combat
Apprentice: Animal Handling
Novice: Braavosi
Novice: Dancing
Beginner: Charm
Beginner: Archery

Character Personal History: Beric Dayne was born the second son of Lord Euric Dayne and Princes Alysanne Targaryen. He was a soft and lovable child, and was very close to his mother. She died when he was a boy of five, and he was distraught for the better part of a year, scarcely willing to do anything besides mope. Eventually, he was healed of his childish grief by time, and grew into a good natured youth, enjoying the outdoors and all activities that involved anything besides sitting about. He was an apt hunter from a young age, and took to the sword with a natural grace that belied his age, and enjoyed the Braavosi lessons he received, although, he did not pursue them beyond a basic knowledge of the language, which he understands better than he speaks.

As he grew older, he began to appreciate his father more, and would spend hours sitting and speaking of battle and generalship, and simply enjoying the tales the man could tell. He spent his time split between Kings Landing and Starfall, enjoying both places nearly equally. He enjoys the company of his older sister Lavinya, though he takes merciless pleasure in giving her trouble. He ribs her and nags her, and is a general pain in her ass, enjoying every moment.

His time in Kings Landing was very enjoyable to the handsome youth, as he had a perfect opportunity to pursue his two highest pleasures: fighting and chasing after women. His father’s connections insured that he was given only the very finest instruction with the sword, training with men like Ser Owen Lannister (whom he respects highly, as like Beric, he stands to inherit no lands) to say nothing of his famous father. The city also gave him more than ample opportunity to enjoy the loveliness of women, which he took full advantage of.

He still travels back to Starfall reasonably often, though he now spends much of his time traveling with the King’s Court, seeing all that the Kingdom has to offer and living the life that any young man dreams of, moving from woman to woman, without ever needing worry about running out of strong drink. He has many friends among the men of court, and thoroughly enjoys his life.

Character Physical Description: Beric is tall and handsome, inheriting his silver hair from both sides of his lineage, which he wears of middling length, just above his shoulders. He stands around six foot two inches, with a lean and athletic frame. His eyes are a very dark purple and normally show exactly how he is feeling. His face is very expressive, which his mother had told him as a boy showed a lack of self discipline, and his thoughts are often given away without a single word.

[Erik]

1) Character Name: Ser Mors Ladybright

2) Character's Name Year (Age): 578 (age 19)

3) Character's House: Ladybright

4) Character's House Sworn to: Ladybright, Lannister through that

5) Character Reputation: A young, unproven knight.

6) Character Skills

Expert: Longaxe
Noteworthy: Riding, Lance
Apprentice: Charm, Land Battle
Novice: Dance, Bow
Beginner: Unarmed, Harp, Small Blades, Intrigue

7) Character's Second

I'll get to that.

8) Character's Followers:

That too.

9) Character Personal History:

Mors was born some nine months after the conquest of Pyke, the son of Lady Obara Ladybright and one of the knights who helped to 'liberate' the islands. He was killed in later fighting, and so Mors was born a bastard. However, Obara's long friendship with the queen insured that Mors would be legitimized.

After his mother's marriage to Ivan Grandison, Mors grew up at Grandview, and Grandison is the only father he's ever known. Except, perhaps, for Ser (To be added), for whom Ladybright spent several years squiring. Just a year ago, Mors earned his spurs, and as a reward his mother granted him stewardship of her lands in the West and Brightkeep.

Meaning he leaves the actual ruling to the maester, while most of his time is spent at court, either at Casterly Rock or King's Landing. Far better than some provincial castle, don't you think?

10) Character Physical Description:

Mors is of a dark complexion, seeming to take after his mother. But his beard grows in thick, unlike most Dornishmen, and his black hair is unruly. He keeps both groomed as immaculately as he can manage. Again, he is larger than the average Rhoynar, presumably owing to his father's blood.

[Fel]

Character Name: Lord Maekar Targaryen

Character's Age: 22

Character's Byname: The Blue Dragon

Character Skills

Expert Land Battle
Noteworthy Long Blades
Noteworthy Law
Apprentice Political Intrigue
Apprentice Deception
Novice Persuasion
Novice Spears/Lances
Beginner Animal Handling
Beginner Valyrian

Character Second: Ser Robert Redfort

Noteworthy Spears/Lances
Noteworthy Land Battle
Apprentice Archery
Apprentice Animal Handling
Novice Poisons
Novice Charm
Beginner Fortifications
Beginner Drinking

Character Personal History

Kidnapped as a baby by Ragnor Greyjoy, Maekar remembers little of his time hostaged with the Ironborn. His earliest memories where of the Red Keep, storming around it with his three older triplet siblings, exploring it and learning some small portion of the castle's countless secrets. He did not spend many years at the Red Keep, as soon he was seperated from his family and sent to take his place as lord of the Eyrie as a show of faith to the other lords of the Vale, who chaffed with the presence of a Targaryen in their most ancient keep. At age 10 he left the Eyrie and was sent to squire for one of his Queen Mother's close friends, Ser Euric Dayne. Maeker served Ser Euric dutifully for seven years, but the knight sometimes had the sense of something not quite right with Maekar. However, that did not stop the usual bond forming between his knight and, with Euric becoming almost the father Maekar had never had.

At age seventeen Maekar earned his knighthood and returned to the Eyrie. Upon ascending to lordship in proper now that he was truely a man, he took for his personal sigil, and that of his house, a single blue dragon on a white field, earning him the byname "The Blue Dragon". Soon after he was wed to the woman he had been betrothed to since they were both babes, the daughter of his liege, Lord Grafton.


Character Physical Description

Silver-white hair, lacking any trace of the golden tinge which is sometimes present in the Valyrians, grown long and usually kept in a tidy ponytail. Deep, purple eyes, that seem to stare more than merely just look at things. A thin mouth which only seems to grow thinner as Maekar gets older. A wide jaw and prominent, regal cheekbones, and thin eyebrows on a tall forehead.

[Horas]

Name: Quentyn Nymeros Targaryen
Age: 24 (b. 574)

Skills:
Expert Espionage
Noteworthy Persuasion
Noteworthy Deception
Apprentice Small Blades
Apprentice Political Intrigue
Novice Athletics
Novice Poisons
Beginner Charm
Beginner Language (Free Cities)

Physical Description: Fickle genetics have left Quentyn with neither the ethereal beauty of the Targaryen line nor the dusky features of House Martell. Quentyn's features are regular, though not particularly dashing or handsome. His eyes are a murky brown, and his skin is just dark enough for it to appear as though he has a slight tan. His hair is dark and usually kept tied back out of his way.

Quentyn is shorter than average and has a slight build, but he is deceptively quick. He rarely wears armor, and though he has a sword for appearances' sake, no one can remember the last time he drew it in anger.

History: Fate had never been kind to Quentyn. His mother, Liliyana Targaryen, sister to the Queen, was executed for regicide when Quentyn was but an infant. His father, Martyne Martell, already disowned by his family, drank himself to death shortly after. The orphan of a murderess and a pariah, Quentyn's prospects did not look good, royal blood or not.

Neither House Targaryen nor Martell was so cold-hearted to let the boy starve, however, and Quentyn always had an adequate stipend throughout his childhood. Queen Rhaenys was particularly generous, and always had a spare moment for the youth. Even so, the Queen was constantly busy running the realm, and house Martell made it clear that they had more important things to do than rear a child only peripherally involved in the line of succession. And so Quentyn was raised by and large in the rough company of the handful of guardsmen who were still loyal to his parents' memory.

Most of Quentyn's childhood and teenage years were spent travelling from place to place, spending a year at the red keep, then a few months at Sunspear, and then a few more at the King's Court, and then more wherever any would host him. He even spent a year or two abroad.

It was on his eighteenth nameday that Quentyn decided to cease being a nuisance to his family and become an asset. His skills were modest; he was no battlefield leader, and his skill with a blade was suspect. But he found work in the cracks, taking on small but necessary duties; diplomatic missions, negotiating with lords, and other less savory jobs... jobs no King or Prince could dirty themselves with, but those too important to trust to anyone other than family...

Reputation: It is a rare man who would recognize Quentyn's name, and a rarer man still who could pick him out of a crowd.

[Ser Kenneth Coyn]

1) Character Name: Ser Kenneth Coyn

2) Character's Name Year (Age): 580 (age 18)

3) Character's House: Coyn

4) Character's House Sworn to: House Florent

5) Character Reputation:

6) Character Skills

Expert: Lance
Expert: Long Blades
Noteworthy: Charm
Apprentice: Intrigue
Apprentice: Persuasion
Novice: Battle
Novice: Hand to Hand
Novice: Tracking
Beginner : Animal Handling

7) Character's Second

The Astonishing Jonathon Biggs, age 20 (born 578).

Expert: Small Blades
Noteworthy: Intrigue
Apprentice: Deception
Apprentice: Charm
Novice: Singing
Novice: Storytelling
Beginner: Dancing
Beginner: Drinking

8) Character's Followers

9) Character Personal History:
Ser Kenneth Coyn is the third son of a landed knight sworn to the Florents of Brightwater. Kenneth's father Ser Andrew Coyn served with Lord Tomas Florent at the battle of Pyke and was rewarded for his efforts with a small fief of about 30 wooded acres south of Brightwater on the Honeywine River. Kenneth's father built a small holdfast along the road constructed during the time of Francis Varner's regency. A few families live on the land to upkeep a small inn and tavern and hunt and trap the lands.

Kenneth's mother died when he was very young and her death had a profound impact on his father who withdrew to the comfort of the bottle. Kenneth's eldest brother, Ser Patrick, 8 years his elder, took over mentoring his younger brother and ensured he received martial training and swore his knightly vows. Kenneth's other brother, Heathcliff went to study at the Citadel to forge his chain and still lives at the Citadel.

When his father died last spring, Kenneth inherited nothing, but his brother Patrick borrowed money to provide Kenneth with a second hand courser, some modified half plate, a long sword and a handful of training lances.

So armed with these things the young Kenneth went out on his own to find his fortune and fame in the lands of Westeros.

Kenneth travels with a bard name the Astonishing Jonathon Biggs, a dwarf Kenneth rescued from a group of highwaymen on the road to Brightwater. Despite Kenneth’s protests to the contrary the Dwarf insists that he travels with the young knight until comes a time where he is able to repay his debts.

Kenneth is looking for adventure the ability to test his martial arts and make a name for himself as a noble warrior. With the bard Biggs' help their should be many tales but will they be filled with tales or heroism or disappointment?

10) Character Physical Description: Kenneth is a handsome man, tall with curly brown hair and a full goatee, he dresses plainly with a simple tunic which display's his house's banner a Fighting White Cock on blue field.

[House Dustin]

Note: Just a quick write up to establish skills for Dustin Lannister, more detail to follow after work.

Character Name: Lord Conwell Lannister
Age: 40, born 558
Byname:
Skills:
Master - Lance
Expert - Carrousing (Charm)
Expert - Land Battle
Noteworthy - Horsemanship
Noteworthy - Sword fighting
Apprentice - Scouting
Novice - Skirmishing
Novice - Intrigue
Beginner - Stewardship

Second:
Character Name: Dustin Lannister
Age: 14, born 584
Byname:

Skills-
Noteworthy - Long Blades
Noteworthy - Animal Handling
Apprentice - Lance
Apprentice - Charm
Novice - Intrigue
Novice - Stewardship
Beginner - Law
Beginner - Deception

Physical Description - Tall for his age and fair with the colors of Lannister. He is broad of shoulder and promises to develop into a strong man with the physical talents required by knighthood.

[Ollie]

Name: Lord Gerard Cuy
Nationality: Far Reachman
Age: 31 (b. 568)

Skills:
Expert Spear
Noteworthy Land Battle
Noteworthy Political Intrigue
Apprentice Law
Apprentice Animal Handling
Novice Athletics
Novice Fortifications
Beginner History
Beginner Stewardship

Physical Description: Gerard Cuy is a man whose youthful appearance belies his years and experience. The fair haired Lord of Sunhouse wears a severe, unamused look, his impenetrable eyes and inscrutable countenance giving little away. A light beard dusts a strong jaw and thin slash of a mouth, and broad muscles born of diligent practice are obvious beneath clothes that speak of functionality rather than fashion.

History: The smallfolk of Sunhouse rumor that when Gerard Cuy was born, he let not a single wail escape his lips nor tear stain his cheeks, but instead looked the his father, maester, and mother in the eye in turn, and sternly requested to be cleaned up. However much of this is true is open to debate, but the fact remains that from an early age, Gerard was a serious, self-sufficient child. Maester's tomes and historical texts took the place of fairy tales and picture books, cakes and sweets replaced by early mornings and rigorous studies.

At age ten, Gerard's lord father was slain by a boar while on a hunting expedition. Perhaps there are few who remember the look on Gerard's face when he heard the news, and even fewer could have recall his sentiments, but in the following day, when the Lady Cuy spoke at her husband's funeral and stated that she would act as regent for her son until he came of age, all would remember the words the ten year old spoke: “No mother, I need not a mother, nor a woman, nor any other person to rule my lands for me. I am lord now. Sunhouse is mine.”

And lord he was. For twenty-one years, Gerard has ruled over Sunhouse with austere efficiency. At age thirteen he personally began to drill the guard himself, whetting the blade for a strong military force. What few engagements the Far Reach participated in, Lord Gerard always rode at the head of his troops and eliminated the foe with neither mercy nor quarter given.

At sixteen, Gerard fathered his first and only child. The bastard girl was named Rachel, and given a place in the Sunhouse, as was her mother (the daughter of a knight of mild repute). Rachel Flowers was granted all the privileges and amenities warranted by living in a castle, as though she were a trueborn child. The girl is now fifteen, and Gerard just past thirty, and the parade of failed Lords of the Far Reach has gnawed annoyingly at the Lord Cuy's patience. The time has come for a worthy man to take the responsibility, where others have been too weak to do so.

Reputation: Cuy, though a capable lord, tactician, and warrior, is a no nonsense, unsociable man of little warmth who holds no small amount of disdain for the incapable, weak, and dishonorable.

[Teirney Lannister]

Character Name: Sonnet Manderly (Netta)

2) Character Age: 16

3) Character Nationality (Stormlands, The Reach, etc): The North

4) Character Byname:

5) Character Skills

Expert- Horsemanship
Noteworthy- Healing
Noteworthy- Charm
Apprentice- Persuasion
Apprentice- Stewardship
Novice- Deception
Novice-Intrigue
Beginner- Dagger
Beginner- Unarmed combat

7) Character Personal History: She spent the last year of her life thrown into a poisition of great responsibility, mothering her numerous brothers and sisters in the absence of their mother, and in the process acquired the skills and mentality of a leader and provider. She was educated in the formal sense but also in the art of regulating her behavior in order to attain a desired result. She has become ripe to experience the world beyond the cold confines of the North.

8) Character Physical Description: Netta is a girl of exceptional and unusual beauty, though her pragmatic nature prevents her from being aware of such superficial details as physical appearance. Dark-haired and dark-eyed, she is nonetheless of a lighter complexion. Her height is unremarkable and body a slender whip devoid of many dips and curves.

9) Character Reputation: Growing up with 13 siblings and no mother to account for them all, Netta assumed the role as the mature and responsible supervisor; but as her active mind continues to grow with age, so does her restlessness with her current situation.

Second:

Name: Irri Coul

Age: 17

Noteworthy - Swordsmanship (rapier)
Noteworthy - Horsemanship
Apprentice - Charm
Apprentice - Law
Novice - Languages (Free Cities)
Novice - Athletics
Beginner - Drinking
Beginner - Hand-to-Hand

[Ser Aemon Tully]

Character Name: Lord Allyrian Marbrand

Age: 25 (b. 574)

House Sworn to: House Lannister of Casterly Rock

Character Reputation: Recluse

Character Skills:

Expert- Intrigue
Noteworthy: Accounting
Noteworthy: Logistics
Apprentice: Charm
Apprentice: Persuasion
Novice: Language- Valyrian
Novice: Deception
Beginner: History
Beginner: Law

Character History:

Allyrian was born at the end of the Great War to Lord Axell Marbrand. He grew up in the library of Ashemark, learning history, law, and other things. He was an exceptionally smart child who learned quickly and didn't forget.

When he became Lord of Ashemark, at the age of twenty, he didn't try to go out and meet other lords. He instead spent his time building up Castle Ashemark and making trade deals. After a couple years he started a spy ring and it has slowly grown, it has yet to make a leap outside of the Marbrand lands and the surrounding area.

He has just started to leave the area around Ashemark, venturing to Casterly Rock once or twice.



Character Physical Description: Allyrian is 5' 11" and skinny. His dark gold eyes match that of his hair, which falls to his shoulder blades. His face is angular and handsome in an odd way.

[Helyn Caron]

1) Character Name: Lady Anni Targaryen (Nee. Grafton)

2) Character's Name Year (Age): 580 (age 19)

3) Character's House: Grafton

4) Character's House Sworn to: Targaryen

5) Character Reputation: none

6) Character Skills

Healing - expert
Animal handling - noteworthy
Story Telling - noteworthy
Dress Making - apprentice
History- apprentice
Languages - novice
Charm - novice
Dancing - beginner
Story Telling - beginner


9) Character Personal History:

Annie is the first daughter of Lord Wymer Grafton and his wife Lady Valine. she has three brothers wayne willis and wendal and one sister called Salla. she gets one with her brothers but is always arguing with her sister.

Anni grew up in gull town, she was her fathers little princess. during her growing up, her father arranged for her to marry prince maekar Targaryen which she went on t produce two children Vaen, a son. and a daughter called saella with

She now tuns her husbands household with persission

10) Character Physical Description:

Anni has long strawberry blonde hair and ice blue eyes. she has a short fuse which her husband normally manages to bring out in her

[House Dustin]

Character Name: Megguchin, Son of Ozyn, born 581 (age 18)
Character's House: The Bearded Men Clan
Character Reputation: The only son of the great warrior Ozyn, blood brother and right hand of the Chieftain of the Bearded Men, Kanoket.

Character Skills:
Expert - Sword
Expert - Bow
Noteworthy - Riding
Noteworthy - Survival
Apprentice - Battle
Novice - Spear
Novice - Athletics
Beginner - Unarmed Combat
Beginner - Charm

Physical Description: A strong youth, very large for his people. Wears a beard as do all the members of his clan, but being young that beard is not yet glorious.

Background:
Megguchin is the only son born of the union of Ozyn and Malita, who died giving birth to him. Ozyn is the Second of the Bearded Men and known among all for his skill at arms and ferocity in battle. After the death of Malita, Ozyn took his slain brother's wife, Unisep, into his household. That union bore no children but brought Megguchin a step brother (and cousin), Iggulden. Megguchin fed of the milk of Unisep's breast, and so he and Iggulden shared a bond as milk-brothers. The boys grew up together in the way of the Bearded Men, a Clan from the deepest and remote parts of the Mountains of the Moon. The clan is a hard people living a hardscrabble nomadic existence. They are surrounded by other such clans, and minor skirmishes and fights are a common feature of that environment. They train their boys from a young age in what military arts they may, based on the talents of those boys. Those of average skill or physical talents are taught primarily in the use of spear, javelin, and shield. Those of greater skill are raised upon a horse (one of those nimblefooted small horses of the mountains) and those with great strength are raised to make use of the composite bow constructed from the horns of mountain goats and the glue made from dead horses. A boy trained in the use of bows will start with long selfbows used for hunting until that day they should complete the Meisfrith, or coming of age ceremony, upon which day they are given a composite bow. The composite bow itself is an item of great worth due to the extensive labor required for its construction, and it would be a dishonor greater than that of losing a horse to lose the bow. Megguchin and Iggulden are both of that warrior caste trained both in the use of bows and horses. Other than the expectations of great bloodlines in the clan, and the death of brother and wife that brought them under the same roof, there is little of distinction to note in their upbringing.

Second:

Iggulden, Son of Gloous, born 581 (age 18)
Skills:
Noteworthy - Bow
Noteworthy - Axe
Apprentice - Spear
Apprentice - Unarmed Combat
Novice - Survival
Novice - Intimidate
Beginner - Athletics
Beginner - Riding