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Minority of One
This character was created for a homebrew Game of Thrones House seated in the Riverlands.
Name: Maynard Harper
Age: Nine and Thirty
Appearance: Dark copper straight hair, usually wetted and brushed away from his sharply-featured face. Pronounced widow's peak. Well-groomed mustache and chin beard. Light skin. Steel grey eyes. Medium to lean build. 5'11".
Maynard often has an air of unease, similar to a ship captain who has spotted distant storm clouds.
Personality: Aloof. Unhappy. Fiercely loyal to his House and family. Demands courage, especially from himself. Obsesses over major challenges. Allergic to cutting corners. Humble enough to seek advice. Experiences flashes of joy in the moments when those who love and care for him are elated.
Bio: Men born to noble Houses throughout Westeros can be neatly sorted into three groups: lords, those who would be lords, and non-lords. Maynard Harper was fated to be a non-lord. He was a second son. And as a proud male Harper he was expected to be grateful for the privileges he inherited, not troubled by what opportunities might be denied to him. But no matter how hard Maynard tried to make peace with his lot in life, he could never shed the cold, wet blanket over his soul — the reminder that he will be remembered and spoken of differently than his father, grandfather, and brother.
Surprisingly this did not turn him jealous. His brother is, and has always been, a good man. A deserving man. But what did that make Maynard? Undeserving, or so one could reason. And that is a bitter ale to swallow.
Maynard's troubled feelings have never impacted his loyalty to his family. His duty is to his House and brother, that much he is sure of. That much he can give them. But he will always carry the heartsickness of what he is not, and what he will never be. The curse of the second son.
Daily Wear and Carry: boiled leather breastplate engraved with House sigil, longsword, stag handle dagger, leather gloves, leather boots
Battle Arms & Armor: longsword, stag handle dagger, brigandine over mail shirt and gambeson, oak heater shield overlaid with steel, steel barbute helm, steel shoulder pauldrons, steel vambraces, steel mitten gauntlets, steel greaves, and leather boots
Preferred Mount: blood bay stallion (courser) named Rude
Age: Nine and Thirty
Appearance: Dark copper straight hair, usually wetted and brushed away from his sharply-featured face. Pronounced widow's peak. Well-groomed mustache and chin beard. Light skin. Steel grey eyes. Medium to lean build. 5'11".
Maynard often has an air of unease, similar to a ship captain who has spotted distant storm clouds.
Personality: Aloof. Unhappy. Fiercely loyal to his House and family. Demands courage, especially from himself. Obsesses over major challenges. Allergic to cutting corners. Humble enough to seek advice. Experiences flashes of joy in the moments when those who love and care for him are elated.
Bio: Men born to noble Houses throughout Westeros can be neatly sorted into three groups: lords, those who would be lords, and non-lords. Maynard Harper was fated to be a non-lord. He was a second son. And as a proud male Harper he was expected to be grateful for the privileges he inherited, not troubled by what opportunities might be denied to him. But no matter how hard Maynard tried to make peace with his lot in life, he could never shed the cold, wet blanket over his soul — the reminder that he will be remembered and spoken of differently than his father, grandfather, and brother.
Surprisingly this did not turn him jealous. His brother is, and has always been, a good man. A deserving man. But what did that make Maynard? Undeserving, or so one could reason. And that is a bitter ale to swallow.
Maynard's troubled feelings have never impacted his loyalty to his family. His duty is to his House and brother, that much he is sure of. That much he can give them. But he will always carry the heartsickness of what he is not, and what he will never be. The curse of the second son.
Fianna Harper (wife)
- Age: Six and Thirty
- Formerly Fianna Goodbrook, cousin of Lymond Goodbrook, lord of House Goodbrook
- She and Maynard were married when he was twenty
Moreen Buckwell (daughter)
- Age: Eight and Ten
- Married to Gilbert Buckwell of House Buckwell
- Lives in the Crownlands with her husband
- Presently with child
Grance Harper (son)
- Age: Six and Ten
- The current squire of Ser Karyl Vance of House Vance of Wayfarer's Rest
Saraid Harper (daughter)
- Age: One and Ten
- Age: Six and Thirty
- Formerly Fianna Goodbrook, cousin of Lymond Goodbrook, lord of House Goodbrook
- She and Maynard were married when he was twenty
Moreen Buckwell (daughter)
- Age: Eight and Ten
- Married to Gilbert Buckwell of House Buckwell
- Lives in the Crownlands with her husband
- Presently with child
Grance Harper (son)
- Age: Six and Ten
- The current squire of Ser Karyl Vance of House Vance of Wayfarer's Rest
Saraid Harper (daughter)
- Age: One and Ten
Daily Wear and Carry: boiled leather breastplate engraved with House sigil, longsword, stag handle dagger, leather gloves, leather boots
Battle Arms & Armor: longsword, stag handle dagger, brigandine over mail shirt and gambeson, oak heater shield overlaid with steel, steel barbute helm, steel shoulder pauldrons, steel vambraces, steel mitten gauntlets, steel greaves, and leather boots
Preferred Mount: blood bay stallion (courser) named Rude
