TheAncientCelt
The Leech Lord
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Appearance (Differences from the picture): The most distinct features Viserys possesses are Valyrian qualities. His deep, violet eyes and long platinum hair marking him as a child of house Targaryen.
Name: Viserys Blackfyre
Title: Captain-General of the Golden Company, heir to the Iron Throne.
Nicknames: The Golden Dragon, Myr's Bane, The Tyroshi Dragon, The Valyrian Bastard, The Blackfyre King
Gender: Male.
Age: Thirty One.
Marital Status: Single and not yet sworn to any hand.
Personality:
The Captain-General of the Golden Company can be called many things by many different people. To his enemies, particular the Free City of Myr, he is a vile bastard born from treachery. To rival Sell Sword companies he's a prideful and bull headed man, out to prove himself the greatest among them. In Tyrosh and Lys however he's known as a hero, a generous knight from Westeros, fighting for their lives. The truth is fickle, though, and all the stories told about the Golden Dragon could not sum up who he truly is.
One of his most dominating qualities is the confidence Viserys emits. Whether it's bartering for a better price from a client or riding into battle, the Blackfyre king acts as if he's steps ahead of the competition. His commonly nature, going from drinking with the lowest of his company to dining with wealthy merchants, has inspired fierce loyalties to him. Men follow their Captain-General not (solely) due to their filling coffers, but the style of man he is, often times leading by example. The Golden Dragon's strength at hand is only rivaled by his leadership capabilities, keeping his soldiers content enough even in times of defeat. An important quality for the Valyrian bastard to hold, as his own brash nature has led him into particularly devastating consequences, resulting almost in his demise thanks to his thirst for vengeance on a turncloak. The Blackfyre King is quick to befriend a man, yet slow to forgive him his misdoings. He holds little love for traitors and oathbreakers, mostly imprinted on him from his brothers in the Golden Company.
The most damaging quality that Viserys has is his ambitious drive, his lust for more and greater fame and glory. Under his leadership he's been known to pick contracts with losing factions, only to make his victories more impressive after the fact. While this has granted him great fame it is often felt greatest in his ranks, with more men laying dead than need be. And in all fairness, Viserys has never been known as a quick child, preferring to learn through his mistakes. This makes Viserys a man wise past what his years would hint at, his own stubborn nature and word as the Captain-General of the Golden Company leading him further into less savory situations. Yet his own skills with a sword or lance and the faith he shares with his brothers at arms keeps the man confident, secure in mind that they'll pull through by days break.
Towards enemies, Viserys will often reach out with an open hand. Provided they surrendered and provided him little trouble. The Blackfyre isn't afraid of speaking of their successes, though he'll almost always make his sound greater. To betrayers he's one without mercy. It would be a blessing if the Golden Dragon killed a man who turned his cloak quickly. Often times they are sent away, to the Basalisk isles to be sold, to Slaver's Bay, given to Dothraki. He spares no sleep for their fates.
Of all his names, it's said that none will grab Visery's attention as much as calling him Waters. It will sour the mood of the Captain-General quickly, only referring to him as bastard can you find him angrier. The name he most prefers to go by is the Blackfyre King or the Golden Dragon, in respect of the Golden Company.
Biography:
The early years of Viserys Waters life isn't an uncomfortable one. The Blackfyre grew up in the Red Keep, squired for a knight sworn to his father, and learned much under his maesters and septons. The bastard received little warmth from his kingly father, however, given only what a dragon deserves and little less. His own mother was a mystery to the man, some spoke she was a servant girl, others a princess of Dorne. Whoever she was, it seemed the old mad king kept her far from her child. Viserys was an active child always, moving about the Red Keep and the city, when permitted, freely harassing those around him in his young ignorance. On his two and ten name day Viserys was finally allowed to see Westeros, squiring for Ser Rodrik Strong for three years. They traveled from tourney to tourney, staying at different lordly dwellings before the Blackfyre finally returned to the Red Keep. Older, stronger, slightly smarter, the young bastard began to understand his situation.
Being the illegitimate child to Maeryn left him with little when his father finally died. The desire to follow in Maeryn's footsteps led Viserys to a bold step, going so far as to threaten the High Septon at knife point to legitimize him. Naturally the High Septon refused and the bastard was taken into custody, detained in his quarters for two months for his offenses.
In the years after that occurrence, Viserys tried to garner Maeryn's admiration another way, hoping to still yet be named heir. He entered in tourneys after convincing Ser Rodrik Strong to knight him, though the bastard child did little to stand out at first, he gradually improved to the point of lasting well into the tilt, and further in melee's. The Golden Dragon found himself swelling with pride at such accomplishments and sought to confront his father, only for it to end with the Valyrian Bastard being ridiculed at for over stepping his bounds as he wished to succeed Maeryn. By the age of eight and ten Viserys Waters abandoned Kings Landing and Westero altogether, sailing for the Free Cities with gold and treasures from the Red Keep on his back. There he would drink, eat, and whore throughout the Three Sisters, Lys, Myr, and Tyrosh, until he confronted the former Captain-General of the Golden Company, Baelor "Blackheart" Blackfyre. The two men sized each other up before the older Blackfyre cackled, handed Viserys a proper sword, and named him brother. It was then that Viserys Water renounced his name, taking the older Blackfyre name.
Viserys would spend the rest of his adolescence rising in the Golden Company, getting to know the different officers and attending the routine meetings of the elite circle. It became apparent that Baelor Blackheart intended for his distant relative to succeed him. The Golden Dragon would become familiar with the different merchants, the pirates, slavers that routinely visited the Step Stones and the Disputed Lands. By the age of twenty four Viserys found himself commanding the company, Baelor having died of an infected wound after weeks of agonizing treatment. Baelor Blackheart left Viserys with one parting gift, the old sword of house Targaryen, Blackfyre. A weapon that the young commander has kept on his person at near all times. The Valyrian Bastard would then tie the Golden Company closely to the Free City of Tyrosh, taking up several contracts for them in his short reign as the Captain-General. Though the Golden Company took contracts from Lys and Volantis too, they rarely left the south eastern corner of Essos during Visery's rule.
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Viserys has said on numerous occasions that he isn't fond of Kings Landing, finding the city to smell too much and the residents to be depressing. The Blackfyre Prince has become a fan of slavery during his time in Essos, frequently purchasing men to trade off for greater profits, or buying exotic women to service him. The idea of sailing is disconcerting for the young bastard, having a distrust for the sea since a young age. It's speculated he allies himself with Tyrosh only to not have to combat a strong naval power. Viserys does in fact wield and use the ancient sword Blackfyre regularly.
Viserys refuses to travel North of Pentos, having a fear of the Free City of Braavos, particularly their Facelessmen. Likewise, the Warlocks of Quarth make the Blackfyre king uncomfortable. Viserys prefers the company of women, but he isn't one to judge too harshly on men laying together. Distancing himself from the Faith of the Seven and most moral institutions has given him a relaxed outlook on certain aspects of life. Viserys has a strong resemblance to his father, often times when he was younger Viserys was called a young Maeryn.
Name: Vladan (Formerly of House Bolton)
Gender: Male
Age: 67
Titles: Grand Maester
Marital Status: N/A
Personality:
As a maester of the Citadel one would assume Vladan to be cheerful, warm, fatherly even. The man is remarkably cold and one for blacker humors. Vladan is intelligent, were he not he wouldn't be the Grand Maester. He often used that end to support the former king, Maeryn. Whispering into the kings ears about the rumors of his court, the vile serpents, he would call them. The man is as loyal as any other maester, sworn to help the realm and give sound advice to the king who sits the Iron Throne.
While he means well, Vladan is blunt in what he says, more often then not. If he finds a person lying, he will call them out on it. Unless it suits his own ends, naturally. The Grand Maester has a quick mind and a head for strategy, weaving an iron chain in warcraft. It's said that the chain he studied has helped him keep a youthful body, whereas other maesters wither in the years. Vladan is still able bodied and fit, capable of wielding a blade if he needed, though as a maester no such occasion would occur.
Being from some northern house, which isn't clear as all maesters give up their family names one forging their chains, Vladan has a naturally pessimistic view of the world. He is a firm believer in might makes things right, and that the only different between right and wrong is which end of a sword you're on. On this subject he has long since suggested dismantling the Great Houses of Westeros and planting two in place for each kingdom, keeping them fighting one another. Yet his words were often ignored.
Vladan is highly skeptical of the Faith of the Seven and isn't afraid to speak his mind, though rarely will he spare a word, good or bad, about the Old Gods. The Drowned God is also a topic that the Grand Maester rarely delves into, aside from calling it a mummers farce on two separate occasions.
Biography:
Vladan was born into the Bolton family, being the youngest son of the current lord, Vladan found himself at a cross roads. He could join the Nights Watch or venture south to join the Citadel. The young Bolton made the trek south, hoping to stay clear from the Wall in favor for the warm southernlands. There Vladan was introduced to the order, where he gave up his name and began his work on a chain. Just as a boy, Vladan felt an attraction to the iron chain, and worked towards it. In the years to come he would become a fully recognized maester and spend time in the Reach, under the command of House Florent. In the company of the Florents, Vladan earned their trust, as most maesters do, becoming a close source of advise. The man was visibly broken when he left the Florents to return to the Citadel, where he continued his studies to become an Archmaester.
After studying intensely for ten years and writing a book of his own, Men Wrapped in Iron, a book discussing the advantages of a standing, professional army. Largely based on the Unsullied of Slavers Bay, did he rise to the position of the Archmaester. Vladan felt accomplished, joining the Conclave that would decide who the Grand Maester was, the most qualified man of his own chain as well. Ironically, it would be a follow up to Men Wrapped in Iron that would later make him Grand Maester. The Dothraki War Bow, documenting the destructive power of a strong and mobile mounted archer unit could bring. Though Vladan was an old man by the time he was named the Grand Maester, already a few years into his fifties. Though one might of confused him for a man ten years younger, as Vladan spent hours meticulously keeping his body in shape.
In the present Grand Maester Vladan wholly supports Kuvira as the new queen, going so far as to push for her coronation to be rushed forward. If only to keep the noble houses from rising quickly in any form of rebellion or in anger at a woman ruling them.
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Vladan has never returned to the North since he became a Maester, but strongly hints at his heritage. Though few even in the Citadel know who he once was, as is the nature of the maesters.
Vladan's vows of celibacy seem to be taken lightly, as he has bedded several of the servant women and hand maidens in the past. Though he has a remarkable disdain for whores.
Vladan has been tried once for the murder of a fellow maester, and he notoriously requested a Trial by Combat. Assuming that Vladan would fight himself, the accuser, A Frey, brought in a relative to represent him. Vladan called upon a hedge knight Danny the Swift, the battle was one sided, ending in Vladans innocence.
His unnaturally blue eyes often cause people to wonder if he's dabbled in blood magic. Those who ask receive a simple "No." in response.
The Grand Maester as well seems to have a small army of spies within Kings landing and several noble houses. Quite possibly the Grand Maester forcing others of the order to relinquish information to him.
Name: Lucas (the) Silverspear
Nicknames: Ser Lucas Spearthrower, Ser Lucas Silverspear, The Silver Captain, The Mad Bull
Titles: (Golden) Captain of the Golden Company, knight.
Gender: Male
Age: 43
Marital Status: Divorced.
Personality:
Lucas Silverspear is a man with a dominating presence. Whenever he speaks his voice is loud and tone commanding. Few have the gall to talk back to him for that alone. He's immensely proud of his accomplishments, be they how fast he can throw a spear to his families history serving in the Golden Company. To those who would threaten his life or the style of his life, he is violent towards, angry and very vocal. Ser Lucas has no fear of speaking his mind, though that doesn't make him an honest man. He's been known as a liar for years, particularly when gambling in the taverns and brothels of the Free Cities.
To Ser Lucas, life is a battlefield, where one must tread the line between merryment and death carefully. Find yourself thinking of battle and ones own imminent demise and one finds themself ignoring life itself, so Ser Lucas says. In contrast to this, the exiled knight claims that if a man does the opposite, he'll lose his life. Ser Lucas lives day by day by this code, calculating each move he has to make, and when he needs to make an example out of a man, for shows of strength and authority.
Ser Lucas is a strict believer in the Seven Gods of Westeros, proclaiming so loudly and often whenever members of the company practice other faiths. He has little tolerance for their heathenism, but as brothers in arms, he does not strike them with fist nor sword. When magic is concerned the knight scoffs openly, believing it all to be a farce from the mummers and old tales for the children.
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Ser Lucas was born into the Golden Company, as was his father and grandfather before him. Lucas grew up without a surname, being the child of a bastard and a barmaid from Volantis, though he would later acquire two. In his youth Lucas traveled with the Golden Company from contract to contract, squiring for the knights when he needed. He was taught the treacherys of the Targaryens and what it meant to truly be a knight then. At the age of sixteen he officially joined the sellswords in combat, being apart of the recently elected Baelor Blackfyre's honor guard. Ser Lucas took his first life that day and later sired his first bastard, but he was best known for killing a captain of the Storm Crows with a toss of his javelin from a hundred and twenty meters away. Impressed with the young member, Baelor jokingly referred to him as the Spear Tosser. Later he would be called Spearthrower, the moniker coming from the Storm Crows themselves when recounting the defeat at the hands of the Golden Company.
In the years after that battle, Lucas would go on to climb through the ranks, eventually attaining a minor captains title, commanding over a hundred men. He proved quite adept at leading soldiers, keeping men moving in the heat of battle and understanding the components of enemy tactics. With his hundred men, Lucas foiled three attempts at flanking the Company forces in the battle of Maegor's Hill. Once the dust settled and the mercenary bands retreated, Baelor himself knighted Ser Lucas and promoted him, giving him ownership of a third of the companies strength. A year later, Ser Lucas was officially made one of the twelve Golden Captains, the second highest rank a man can obtain in the company. It was with this influx of power that Lucas' ego grew, he went on to marry the fifth daughter of a Pentoshi magistrate, but later deemed her unworthy of his time and sent her off. He had eyes on a Volanti noble woman, widowed for years though fertile still. The Captain went to woo her time and time again, bringing gifts in the form of gold and jewels, texts from Westeros and Dothraki stallions. She rejected each one, and eventually Ser Lucas went and demanded a ship be built in her honor, but when he revealed the massive galleon to the noble woman, she confessed that she was having an affair with an influential slaver from Astapor. In his rage and embarrassment, Lucas had the ship burnt and sunk in the harbor of Volantis itself. The truth eventually came out, with friends and enemies alike referring to Ser Lucas as the Silver Captain, for no woman would turn down true gold, he was seen as a lesser alternative. In later times he'd be called the Silverspear, which he eventually took as his surname.
In the Disputed Lands, Ser Lucas became known as a legend in his own right. Under Baelor Blackfyre's rule, he routinely led smaller divisions of the Company in isolated contracts, rarely did he return in defeat. His keen understanding of the nature of battle led enemies to fear him and the magistrates and merchants to seek him out. When the time came, Ser Lucas assumed he would be made the new Captain-General of the Golden Company, as Baelor proved himself unable to sire children. But the appearance of Viserys Waters thwarted those plans. At first, the two hardly interacted. But Viserys rose quickly in the ranks, far faster than Ser Lucas, and his own rash nature and willingness to run into battle himself earned him admiration Ser Lucas couldn't help to match. In seven years Viserys rose to the position of a Golden Captain, much to Ser Lucas' ire. He almost immediately became the Captain-General, as Baelor Blackfyre was unable to recover from an infected battle wound. The relationship between the two has been tense ever since, with Ser Lucas typically being on the opposite end of the Disputed Lands, with a host of several thousand men all to himself.
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Ser Lucas has almost no true loyalties to Viserys Waters, thinking him to be the bane of the Company.
The Silverspear had once killed an elephant with his signature tossing capabilities, piercing its left eye and forcing it to rampage over the battle, before bleeding thanks to multiple injuries.
Lucas has studied different battle tactics in the last twenty years of his life, honing his already great understanding of combat and realistic battle scenarios. He's one of the finest, if not the finest strategist and tactician in the Company.
While Ser Lucas is an able fighter on his own, he rarely takes the battle field anymore. He commands atop a horse and from a perched position, giving orders to secure their victories. For this reason some suspect he is a craven or a poor fighter, though the man isn't afraid of brawling with his subordinates should they provide him lip.
Name: Cethann Celtigar
Nicknames: The Armored Crab, The Octopus, The Brute of Flea Bottom.
Titles: Commander of the City Watch, Lord of Claw Isle.
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Marital Status: Was previously married to Lady Martha Thorne. Wife died after falling down the stairs.
Personality:
Cethann is a brute of a man who embodies the worst aspects of power. He has little care for his fellow gold cloaks or the people in King's Landing, only that he has authority over them and can steal or brutalize them as he sees fit. He is loud, obnoxious, quick to anger and quicker to react. He's taken hands from the peasantry for small offenses, and assigns taxes to vendors and merchants that go entirely to him. Those who defy his taxation often find their goods taken or destroyed.
Lord Cethann, as he prefers to be called, frequently visits brothels, to the dismay of whores. Once he chooses a woman, he won't stop visiting her until he is bored of her teats and bits. After which he's likely to throw her into Blackwater Bay, for it's said he whispers secrets in the ears of his lovers. Cethann enjoys a good victory, but hardly a fair fight. He will command the gold cloaks around him to cripple and beat adversaries that stand in his way before slowly finishing the job.
His loyalty is reserved for whoever can keep him in power and pay him proper coin, though as Lord of Crab Isle, his wealth is grand already.
Biography:
Cethann is the oldest of five children, born from Lady Helena Celtigar née Royce and Lord Aethon Celtigar. As a boy, Cethann was tutored most in swordsmanship, with his father hoping to raise a warrior and bring honor the House Celtigar. Though the maesters didn't neglect other fields, Cethann received a full education, with extensive knowledge being given on trade and sailing. Cethann would participate in tournaments in his teenage years whenever the opportunity presented itself, but the young lord would more often then not be disqualified for extensive damages done to his opponents in the melee, taking things several steps too far. Lord Aethon eventually forbade him from entering the tournaments, as he frequently paid the debts his son collected, the injured parties always asking much of Lord Aethon.
When Cethann was twenty he was arranged to marry Martha Thorne, a young and beautiful woman, heiress to House Thorne. Their marriage lasted months before Martha was pregnant, a sign that the gods favored them, Lady Helena often said. Once Martha Thorne was close to giving birth did the accident that forever tainted Cethann's name occur. The official story is that a shaking of the earth caused the nine month pregnant Martha to trip down the stairs, cracking her skull open and losing her child in the process. But many suspect that Cethann shoved his wife from the top of the tower. Servants spoke often of the arguments the two had, with Cethann abusing Martha physically if she wouldn't give in to his demands. Nights before Martha's fall Cethann struck his wife hard, knocking her unconscious. She wrote to her father and Lord Rory, who they were sworn to, the next day for fear of her life. For this reason it's suspected Cethann threw his wife down the stairs.
Lord Aethon was furious with Cethann's "action" and demanded he leave Claw Isle. Cethann begrudgingly did so, heading south to King's Landing where he later entered the Gold Cloak's and was promoted to Commander of the City Watch after less than a year of service. Recently Cethann has been named Lord of Claw Isle with Aethon Celtigar's passing, a sickness having taken him. Cethann has yet to return home, but has written to his mother frequently, demanding gold be funneled over to his estate in King's Landing.
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Cethann holds both a horn said to call Kraken's from the sea, but also a Valyrian steel axe. He uses neither, holding both back at his home keep on Claw Isle.
The Thorne's have a particular hatred for Cethann, knowing full well that he had a hand in the demise of Martha, several claims have been made against him. But messengers from House Thorne scarcely leave King's Landing when they tried to present a case again him.
Cethann is known as the most dangerous man in King's Landing, both for his wanton cruelty but especially in single combat. Cethann is fast and strikes with purpose. Ever swing of his blade is meant to kill, if a man is able to leave a battle missing a few fingers its deemed good fortune. The use of his subordinates in battle almost always guarantee him victory, as well.
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Biography: [i'd like at least a paragraph for this one. More would be encouraged, but I understand not everyone likes filling out Character Sheets.]
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Make sure you read the rules in the Overview Tab, it's a short list. I promise.
Anyone who's coming back from the previous RP, you can just copy and paste your Character Sheets over here. If yours wasn't accepted by Fordee, tag me in it and I'll look over them. You can make changes to your character, as long as they aren't drastic.
Appearance (Differences from the picture): The most distinct features Viserys possesses are Valyrian qualities. His deep, violet eyes and long platinum hair marking him as a child of house Targaryen.
Name: Viserys Blackfyre
Title: Captain-General of the Golden Company, heir to the Iron Throne.
Nicknames: The Golden Dragon, Myr's Bane, The Tyroshi Dragon, The Valyrian Bastard, The Blackfyre King
Gender: Male.
Age: Thirty One.
Marital Status: Single and not yet sworn to any hand.
Personality:
The Captain-General of the Golden Company can be called many things by many different people. To his enemies, particular the Free City of Myr, he is a vile bastard born from treachery. To rival Sell Sword companies he's a prideful and bull headed man, out to prove himself the greatest among them. In Tyrosh and Lys however he's known as a hero, a generous knight from Westeros, fighting for their lives. The truth is fickle, though, and all the stories told about the Golden Dragon could not sum up who he truly is.
One of his most dominating qualities is the confidence Viserys emits. Whether it's bartering for a better price from a client or riding into battle, the Blackfyre king acts as if he's steps ahead of the competition. His commonly nature, going from drinking with the lowest of his company to dining with wealthy merchants, has inspired fierce loyalties to him. Men follow their Captain-General not (solely) due to their filling coffers, but the style of man he is, often times leading by example. The Golden Dragon's strength at hand is only rivaled by his leadership capabilities, keeping his soldiers content enough even in times of defeat. An important quality for the Valyrian bastard to hold, as his own brash nature has led him into particularly devastating consequences, resulting almost in his demise thanks to his thirst for vengeance on a turncloak. The Blackfyre King is quick to befriend a man, yet slow to forgive him his misdoings. He holds little love for traitors and oathbreakers, mostly imprinted on him from his brothers in the Golden Company.
The most damaging quality that Viserys has is his ambitious drive, his lust for more and greater fame and glory. Under his leadership he's been known to pick contracts with losing factions, only to make his victories more impressive after the fact. While this has granted him great fame it is often felt greatest in his ranks, with more men laying dead than need be. And in all fairness, Viserys has never been known as a quick child, preferring to learn through his mistakes. This makes Viserys a man wise past what his years would hint at, his own stubborn nature and word as the Captain-General of the Golden Company leading him further into less savory situations. Yet his own skills with a sword or lance and the faith he shares with his brothers at arms keeps the man confident, secure in mind that they'll pull through by days break.
Towards enemies, Viserys will often reach out with an open hand. Provided they surrendered and provided him little trouble. The Blackfyre isn't afraid of speaking of their successes, though he'll almost always make his sound greater. To betrayers he's one without mercy. It would be a blessing if the Golden Dragon killed a man who turned his cloak quickly. Often times they are sent away, to the Basalisk isles to be sold, to Slaver's Bay, given to Dothraki. He spares no sleep for their fates.
Of all his names, it's said that none will grab Visery's attention as much as calling him Waters. It will sour the mood of the Captain-General quickly, only referring to him as bastard can you find him angrier. The name he most prefers to go by is the Blackfyre King or the Golden Dragon, in respect of the Golden Company.
Biography:
The early years of Viserys Waters life isn't an uncomfortable one. The Blackfyre grew up in the Red Keep, squired for a knight sworn to his father, and learned much under his maesters and septons. The bastard received little warmth from his kingly father, however, given only what a dragon deserves and little less. His own mother was a mystery to the man, some spoke she was a servant girl, others a princess of Dorne. Whoever she was, it seemed the old mad king kept her far from her child. Viserys was an active child always, moving about the Red Keep and the city, when permitted, freely harassing those around him in his young ignorance. On his two and ten name day Viserys was finally allowed to see Westeros, squiring for Ser Rodrik Strong for three years. They traveled from tourney to tourney, staying at different lordly dwellings before the Blackfyre finally returned to the Red Keep. Older, stronger, slightly smarter, the young bastard began to understand his situation.
Being the illegitimate child to Maeryn left him with little when his father finally died. The desire to follow in Maeryn's footsteps led Viserys to a bold step, going so far as to threaten the High Septon at knife point to legitimize him. Naturally the High Septon refused and the bastard was taken into custody, detained in his quarters for two months for his offenses.
In the years after that occurrence, Viserys tried to garner Maeryn's admiration another way, hoping to still yet be named heir. He entered in tourneys after convincing Ser Rodrik Strong to knight him, though the bastard child did little to stand out at first, he gradually improved to the point of lasting well into the tilt, and further in melee's. The Golden Dragon found himself swelling with pride at such accomplishments and sought to confront his father, only for it to end with the Valyrian Bastard being ridiculed at for over stepping his bounds as he wished to succeed Maeryn. By the age of eight and ten Viserys Waters abandoned Kings Landing and Westero altogether, sailing for the Free Cities with gold and treasures from the Red Keep on his back. There he would drink, eat, and whore throughout the Three Sisters, Lys, Myr, and Tyrosh, until he confronted the former Captain-General of the Golden Company, Baelor "Blackheart" Blackfyre. The two men sized each other up before the older Blackfyre cackled, handed Viserys a proper sword, and named him brother. It was then that Viserys Water renounced his name, taking the older Blackfyre name.
Viserys would spend the rest of his adolescence rising in the Golden Company, getting to know the different officers and attending the routine meetings of the elite circle. It became apparent that Baelor Blackheart intended for his distant relative to succeed him. The Golden Dragon would become familiar with the different merchants, the pirates, slavers that routinely visited the Step Stones and the Disputed Lands. By the age of twenty four Viserys found himself commanding the company, Baelor having died of an infected wound after weeks of agonizing treatment. Baelor Blackheart left Viserys with one parting gift, the old sword of house Targaryen, Blackfyre. A weapon that the young commander has kept on his person at near all times. The Valyrian Bastard would then tie the Golden Company closely to the Free City of Tyrosh, taking up several contracts for them in his short reign as the Captain-General. Though the Golden Company took contracts from Lys and Volantis too, they rarely left the south eastern corner of Essos during Visery's rule.
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Viserys has said on numerous occasions that he isn't fond of Kings Landing, finding the city to smell too much and the residents to be depressing. The Blackfyre Prince has become a fan of slavery during his time in Essos, frequently purchasing men to trade off for greater profits, or buying exotic women to service him. The idea of sailing is disconcerting for the young bastard, having a distrust for the sea since a young age. It's speculated he allies himself with Tyrosh only to not have to combat a strong naval power. Viserys does in fact wield and use the ancient sword Blackfyre regularly.
Viserys refuses to travel North of Pentos, having a fear of the Free City of Braavos, particularly their Facelessmen. Likewise, the Warlocks of Quarth make the Blackfyre king uncomfortable. Viserys prefers the company of women, but he isn't one to judge too harshly on men laying together. Distancing himself from the Faith of the Seven and most moral institutions has given him a relaxed outlook on certain aspects of life. Viserys has a strong resemblance to his father, often times when he was younger Viserys was called a young Maeryn.
Name: Vladan (Formerly of House Bolton)
Gender: Male
Age: 67
Titles: Grand Maester
Marital Status: N/A
Personality:
As a maester of the Citadel one would assume Vladan to be cheerful, warm, fatherly even. The man is remarkably cold and one for blacker humors. Vladan is intelligent, were he not he wouldn't be the Grand Maester. He often used that end to support the former king, Maeryn. Whispering into the kings ears about the rumors of his court, the vile serpents, he would call them. The man is as loyal as any other maester, sworn to help the realm and give sound advice to the king who sits the Iron Throne.
While he means well, Vladan is blunt in what he says, more often then not. If he finds a person lying, he will call them out on it. Unless it suits his own ends, naturally. The Grand Maester has a quick mind and a head for strategy, weaving an iron chain in warcraft. It's said that the chain he studied has helped him keep a youthful body, whereas other maesters wither in the years. Vladan is still able bodied and fit, capable of wielding a blade if he needed, though as a maester no such occasion would occur.
Being from some northern house, which isn't clear as all maesters give up their family names one forging their chains, Vladan has a naturally pessimistic view of the world. He is a firm believer in might makes things right, and that the only different between right and wrong is which end of a sword you're on. On this subject he has long since suggested dismantling the Great Houses of Westeros and planting two in place for each kingdom, keeping them fighting one another. Yet his words were often ignored.
Vladan is highly skeptical of the Faith of the Seven and isn't afraid to speak his mind, though rarely will he spare a word, good or bad, about the Old Gods. The Drowned God is also a topic that the Grand Maester rarely delves into, aside from calling it a mummers farce on two separate occasions.
Biography:
Vladan was born into the Bolton family, being the youngest son of the current lord, Vladan found himself at a cross roads. He could join the Nights Watch or venture south to join the Citadel. The young Bolton made the trek south, hoping to stay clear from the Wall in favor for the warm southernlands. There Vladan was introduced to the order, where he gave up his name and began his work on a chain. Just as a boy, Vladan felt an attraction to the iron chain, and worked towards it. In the years to come he would become a fully recognized maester and spend time in the Reach, under the command of House Florent. In the company of the Florents, Vladan earned their trust, as most maesters do, becoming a close source of advise. The man was visibly broken when he left the Florents to return to the Citadel, where he continued his studies to become an Archmaester.
After studying intensely for ten years and writing a book of his own, Men Wrapped in Iron, a book discussing the advantages of a standing, professional army. Largely based on the Unsullied of Slavers Bay, did he rise to the position of the Archmaester. Vladan felt accomplished, joining the Conclave that would decide who the Grand Maester was, the most qualified man of his own chain as well. Ironically, it would be a follow up to Men Wrapped in Iron that would later make him Grand Maester. The Dothraki War Bow, documenting the destructive power of a strong and mobile mounted archer unit could bring. Though Vladan was an old man by the time he was named the Grand Maester, already a few years into his fifties. Though one might of confused him for a man ten years younger, as Vladan spent hours meticulously keeping his body in shape.
In the present Grand Maester Vladan wholly supports Kuvira as the new queen, going so far as to push for her coronation to be rushed forward. If only to keep the noble houses from rising quickly in any form of rebellion or in anger at a woman ruling them.
Other:
Vladan has never returned to the North since he became a Maester, but strongly hints at his heritage. Though few even in the Citadel know who he once was, as is the nature of the maesters.
Vladan's vows of celibacy seem to be taken lightly, as he has bedded several of the servant women and hand maidens in the past. Though he has a remarkable disdain for whores.
Vladan has been tried once for the murder of a fellow maester, and he notoriously requested a Trial by Combat. Assuming that Vladan would fight himself, the accuser, A Frey, brought in a relative to represent him. Vladan called upon a hedge knight Danny the Swift, the battle was one sided, ending in Vladans innocence.
His unnaturally blue eyes often cause people to wonder if he's dabbled in blood magic. Those who ask receive a simple "No." in response.
The Grand Maester as well seems to have a small army of spies within Kings landing and several noble houses. Quite possibly the Grand Maester forcing others of the order to relinquish information to him.
Name: Lucas (the) Silverspear
Nicknames: Ser Lucas Spearthrower, Ser Lucas Silverspear, The Silver Captain, The Mad Bull
Titles: (Golden) Captain of the Golden Company, knight.
Gender: Male
Age: 43
Marital Status: Divorced.
Personality:
Lucas Silverspear is a man with a dominating presence. Whenever he speaks his voice is loud and tone commanding. Few have the gall to talk back to him for that alone. He's immensely proud of his accomplishments, be they how fast he can throw a spear to his families history serving in the Golden Company. To those who would threaten his life or the style of his life, he is violent towards, angry and very vocal. Ser Lucas has no fear of speaking his mind, though that doesn't make him an honest man. He's been known as a liar for years, particularly when gambling in the taverns and brothels of the Free Cities.
To Ser Lucas, life is a battlefield, where one must tread the line between merryment and death carefully. Find yourself thinking of battle and ones own imminent demise and one finds themself ignoring life itself, so Ser Lucas says. In contrast to this, the exiled knight claims that if a man does the opposite, he'll lose his life. Ser Lucas lives day by day by this code, calculating each move he has to make, and when he needs to make an example out of a man, for shows of strength and authority.
Ser Lucas is a strict believer in the Seven Gods of Westeros, proclaiming so loudly and often whenever members of the company practice other faiths. He has little tolerance for their heathenism, but as brothers in arms, he does not strike them with fist nor sword. When magic is concerned the knight scoffs openly, believing it all to be a farce from the mummers and old tales for the children.
Biography:
Ser Lucas was born into the Golden Company, as was his father and grandfather before him. Lucas grew up without a surname, being the child of a bastard and a barmaid from Volantis, though he would later acquire two. In his youth Lucas traveled with the Golden Company from contract to contract, squiring for the knights when he needed. He was taught the treacherys of the Targaryens and what it meant to truly be a knight then. At the age of sixteen he officially joined the sellswords in combat, being apart of the recently elected Baelor Blackfyre's honor guard. Ser Lucas took his first life that day and later sired his first bastard, but he was best known for killing a captain of the Storm Crows with a toss of his javelin from a hundred and twenty meters away. Impressed with the young member, Baelor jokingly referred to him as the Spear Tosser. Later he would be called Spearthrower, the moniker coming from the Storm Crows themselves when recounting the defeat at the hands of the Golden Company.
In the years after that battle, Lucas would go on to climb through the ranks, eventually attaining a minor captains title, commanding over a hundred men. He proved quite adept at leading soldiers, keeping men moving in the heat of battle and understanding the components of enemy tactics. With his hundred men, Lucas foiled three attempts at flanking the Company forces in the battle of Maegor's Hill. Once the dust settled and the mercenary bands retreated, Baelor himself knighted Ser Lucas and promoted him, giving him ownership of a third of the companies strength. A year later, Ser Lucas was officially made one of the twelve Golden Captains, the second highest rank a man can obtain in the company. It was with this influx of power that Lucas' ego grew, he went on to marry the fifth daughter of a Pentoshi magistrate, but later deemed her unworthy of his time and sent her off. He had eyes on a Volanti noble woman, widowed for years though fertile still. The Captain went to woo her time and time again, bringing gifts in the form of gold and jewels, texts from Westeros and Dothraki stallions. She rejected each one, and eventually Ser Lucas went and demanded a ship be built in her honor, but when he revealed the massive galleon to the noble woman, she confessed that she was having an affair with an influential slaver from Astapor. In his rage and embarrassment, Lucas had the ship burnt and sunk in the harbor of Volantis itself. The truth eventually came out, with friends and enemies alike referring to Ser Lucas as the Silver Captain, for no woman would turn down true gold, he was seen as a lesser alternative. In later times he'd be called the Silverspear, which he eventually took as his surname.
In the Disputed Lands, Ser Lucas became known as a legend in his own right. Under Baelor Blackfyre's rule, he routinely led smaller divisions of the Company in isolated contracts, rarely did he return in defeat. His keen understanding of the nature of battle led enemies to fear him and the magistrates and merchants to seek him out. When the time came, Ser Lucas assumed he would be made the new Captain-General of the Golden Company, as Baelor proved himself unable to sire children. But the appearance of Viserys Waters thwarted those plans. At first, the two hardly interacted. But Viserys rose quickly in the ranks, far faster than Ser Lucas, and his own rash nature and willingness to run into battle himself earned him admiration Ser Lucas couldn't help to match. In seven years Viserys rose to the position of a Golden Captain, much to Ser Lucas' ire. He almost immediately became the Captain-General, as Baelor Blackfyre was unable to recover from an infected battle wound. The relationship between the two has been tense ever since, with Ser Lucas typically being on the opposite end of the Disputed Lands, with a host of several thousand men all to himself.
Other:
Ser Lucas has almost no true loyalties to Viserys Waters, thinking him to be the bane of the Company.
The Silverspear had once killed an elephant with his signature tossing capabilities, piercing its left eye and forcing it to rampage over the battle, before bleeding thanks to multiple injuries.
Lucas has studied different battle tactics in the last twenty years of his life, honing his already great understanding of combat and realistic battle scenarios. He's one of the finest, if not the finest strategist and tactician in the Company.
While Ser Lucas is an able fighter on his own, he rarely takes the battle field anymore. He commands atop a horse and from a perched position, giving orders to secure their victories. For this reason some suspect he is a craven or a poor fighter, though the man isn't afraid of brawling with his subordinates should they provide him lip.
Name: Cethann Celtigar
Nicknames: The Armored Crab, The Octopus, The Brute of Flea Bottom.
Titles: Commander of the City Watch, Lord of Claw Isle.
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Marital Status: Was previously married to Lady Martha Thorne. Wife died after falling down the stairs.
Personality:
Cethann is a brute of a man who embodies the worst aspects of power. He has little care for his fellow gold cloaks or the people in King's Landing, only that he has authority over them and can steal or brutalize them as he sees fit. He is loud, obnoxious, quick to anger and quicker to react. He's taken hands from the peasantry for small offenses, and assigns taxes to vendors and merchants that go entirely to him. Those who defy his taxation often find their goods taken or destroyed.
Lord Cethann, as he prefers to be called, frequently visits brothels, to the dismay of whores. Once he chooses a woman, he won't stop visiting her until he is bored of her teats and bits. After which he's likely to throw her into Blackwater Bay, for it's said he whispers secrets in the ears of his lovers. Cethann enjoys a good victory, but hardly a fair fight. He will command the gold cloaks around him to cripple and beat adversaries that stand in his way before slowly finishing the job.
His loyalty is reserved for whoever can keep him in power and pay him proper coin, though as Lord of Crab Isle, his wealth is grand already.
Biography:
Cethann is the oldest of five children, born from Lady Helena Celtigar née Royce and Lord Aethon Celtigar. As a boy, Cethann was tutored most in swordsmanship, with his father hoping to raise a warrior and bring honor the House Celtigar. Though the maesters didn't neglect other fields, Cethann received a full education, with extensive knowledge being given on trade and sailing. Cethann would participate in tournaments in his teenage years whenever the opportunity presented itself, but the young lord would more often then not be disqualified for extensive damages done to his opponents in the melee, taking things several steps too far. Lord Aethon eventually forbade him from entering the tournaments, as he frequently paid the debts his son collected, the injured parties always asking much of Lord Aethon.
When Cethann was twenty he was arranged to marry Martha Thorne, a young and beautiful woman, heiress to House Thorne. Their marriage lasted months before Martha was pregnant, a sign that the gods favored them, Lady Helena often said. Once Martha Thorne was close to giving birth did the accident that forever tainted Cethann's name occur. The official story is that a shaking of the earth caused the nine month pregnant Martha to trip down the stairs, cracking her skull open and losing her child in the process. But many suspect that Cethann shoved his wife from the top of the tower. Servants spoke often of the arguments the two had, with Cethann abusing Martha physically if she wouldn't give in to his demands. Nights before Martha's fall Cethann struck his wife hard, knocking her unconscious. She wrote to her father and Lord Rory, who they were sworn to, the next day for fear of her life. For this reason it's suspected Cethann threw his wife down the stairs.
Lord Aethon was furious with Cethann's "action" and demanded he leave Claw Isle. Cethann begrudgingly did so, heading south to King's Landing where he later entered the Gold Cloak's and was promoted to Commander of the City Watch after less than a year of service. Recently Cethann has been named Lord of Claw Isle with Aethon Celtigar's passing, a sickness having taken him. Cethann has yet to return home, but has written to his mother frequently, demanding gold be funneled over to his estate in King's Landing.
Other:
Cethann holds both a horn said to call Kraken's from the sea, but also a Valyrian steel axe. He uses neither, holding both back at his home keep on Claw Isle.
The Thorne's have a particular hatred for Cethann, knowing full well that he had a hand in the demise of Martha, several claims have been made against him. But messengers from House Thorne scarcely leave King's Landing when they tried to present a case again him.
Cethann is known as the most dangerous man in King's Landing, both for his wanton cruelty but especially in single combat. Cethann is fast and strikes with purpose. Ever swing of his blade is meant to kill, if a man is able to leave a battle missing a few fingers its deemed good fortune. The use of his subordinates in battle almost always guarantee him victory, as well.
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