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Cruxa wrote:As a sworn sword, would it be possible to become a landed knight? Or even eventually dismissed by Lord Morgryn?

Vladivostokava wrote:Name: Rana Blacklocke III
House: Blacklocke
Age: 281 AL. (17 years old.)
Gender: Female
Titles: Guardian of the Black
House Seat: Blackreach
House Sigil:

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Allegiance paid to: Starks, Reeds, Karstarks,
Appearance (Picture appreciated): 5'0 2/4" (Five foot two fourths of an inch. It matters god damn it.), One blue eye, one brown eye, pale skin, black-blue hair, a scar from a lizard lion claw running down the right side of her face. (Picture 2)
Personality: Rana is very quiet but when she dose speak she is know to be very snarky and irritating. She is rather skilled in negotiating and has been know to keep the peace. The people love her and is commonly associated as being the face of the Blacklocke family. She makes regular appearances in fishing settlements through the swamps offering assistance where she can.
Skills: God-level Archer , she is one of the best archers in the neck. camouflage and stealth expert, if she doesn't want you to see her, she won't be seen. Skilled fighter with knifes, she considers it fun to attack a lizard lion with nothing but her bare hands and a frogging knife.
Weaponry (If any): An oak bow with the house sigil carved near the top of the shaft, Bronze short sword (Gladius style.) Concealable suradded frogging knife.
Military Strength: 880 men in the Blackreach military but she is personally tasked with 80 of those men known as Black Coats. They are the only real standing army and household guard that the Blacklockes keep around.
Biography: Rana Blacklocke III is the daughter of Harkin Blacklocke the Third and Arika Blackwood. Her brothers are Brunn Blacklocke and Harkin Blacklocke the Fourth. Rana is unmarried, but not because she could not find any suitors, she is actually very popular among men of the neck as well as men of the north and ha had many offers in both past and present. She has received offers from members of the Karstark, Glover, Blackwood and Umber families. However she has turned them all down. At a young age Rana went back and forth between houses in the north visiting relatives in house Karstark, Forrester and Blackwood. She has a relatively strong relationship with all her family members save for her own father, however she could not bring herself to abandon Blackreach. Rana learned to be a lady in the North under the watch of House Forrester at the same time she also learned to be a crannogmen and to be honest it seems she prefered the company of snakes and lizards lions of the neck over the snakes and lizard lions of the north and south. In her young age she spent a year in Winterfell where she, Robb and Jon became fast friends spending many days playing in the woods, wrestling and even sword fighting though those were mostly kept secret. It is clear that Rana has had eyes for the Stark boy. By the age of 15 she was inducted to the Black Coats under the supervision of her older brother Harkin Blacklocke the Fourth. The Black coats are the Guardians of the Black and the only real military in Blackreach. Under the training of her brothers and the other Black Coats she honed her combat skills with a bow and quickly became one of the best fighters in the neck besting even her brothers. After a few years of training and rising in rank within the Black Coats her brother Harkin stepped down and nominated her for leadership. The Black Coat soldiers took a vote and she won 79/85 votes, the soldiers voted for many reasons but mostly because she is a competent and compassionate commander., Rana is known to put the care and health of her men over all else. She became the only woman to ever be elected as a leader of the Black Coats. This made her father unimaginably proud with her quickly rising to be his favorite child, seeing his only two sons wander off to Essos for a few years to start a small mercenary company, it gave the Lord no choice. Now Rana patrols the swamps and keeps the peace she has been known to make stops in small villages and make donations of food. She is universally known as a guardian of the people and the public face of House Blacklocke.
RP Example: Here.
Notes:

The Novakian Empire wrote:

Cruxa wrote:As a sworn sword, would it be possible to become a landed knight? Or even eventually dismissed by Lord Morgryn?

Anything is possible. Hell, orys one-hand, a landless bastard with unknown parents, became the hand of the king and lord paramount of the stormlands, and founded house baratheon.

Warg the Immortal wrote:

Cruxa wrote:As a sworn sword, would it be possible to become a landed knight? Or even eventually dismissed by Lord Morgryn?

I think Lordships and landed knighthoods can only be granted by a Lord Paramount

Cruxa wrote:

Warg the Immortal wrote:I think Lordships and landed knighthoods can only be granted by a Lord Paramount

Ok, but can his liege lord dismiss him? I feel like Morgryn is the kind of guy who changes his mind easily.

The Forsworn Knights wrote:

Cruxa wrote:Ok, but can his liege lord dismiss him? I feel like Morgryn is the kind of guy who changes his mind easily.

Yeah, I imagine that if Morgryn were to somehow obtain a second fief he would be looking for a Castellan. If Jon asked to be released Morgryn would probably accept grudgingly, as there is nothing worse than an unwilling bodyguard. Just ask Aerys.

Cruxa wrote:

The Forsworn Knights wrote:Yeah, I imagine that if Morgryn were to somehow obtain a second fief he would be looking for a Castellan. If Jon asked to be released Morgryn would probably accept grudgingly, as there is nothing worse than an unwilling bodyguard. Just ask Aerys.

no, jon is willing, able, and happy with his station. however, i'm asking like if morgryn were no longer satisfied by his service.

The Valyria Empire wrote:

The Novakian Empire wrote:Anything is possible. Hell, orys one-hand, a landless bastard with unknown parents, became the hand of the king and lord paramount of the stormlands, and founded house baratheon.

Unknown parents? It's pretty much confirmed (though not out right stated) that Orys is Aegon's half brother.

Also thank you Argen, you perfectly explained what I meant about the Knights. I'm fine with a group of dudes who fight and serve. But like Argen said, they styled off the Kingsguard. (Take no wives, serve the king) which is a symbol of the Crown. That's why Renly made his Rainbowguard, he wanted to have his King's Guard to show that he is a King.

Robb doesn't have a Kingsguard cause that's a Faith of the Seven thing, but he does have his Royal Retinue. A group of great fighters who travel with the King at all times.

I'm fine with a retinue, but a small group of seven guys that is basically a Kingsguard is not okay, unless you're going independent.

Edit: Also he didn't really create House Baratheon. He basically just took House Durrandon's sigil and words and replaced the name.

The Forsworn Knights wrote:

Cruxa wrote:Ok, but can his liege lord dismiss him? I feel like Morgryn is the kind of guy who changes his mind easily.

Yeah, I imagine that if Morgryn were to somehow obtain a second fief he would be looking for a Castellan. If Jon asked to be released Morgryn would probably accept grudgingly, as there is nothing worse than an unwilling bodyguard. Just ask Aerys.

Vladivostokava wrote:Does anyone have any tips on my app? This will be my main character.

Vladivostokava wrote:Name: Rana Blacklocke III
House: Blacklocke
Age: 281 AL. (17 years old.)
Gender: Female
Titles: Guardian of the Black
House Seat: Blackreach
House Sigil:

(Image)

Allegiance paid to: Starks, Reeds, Karstarks,
Appearance (Picture appreciated): 5'0 2/4" (Five foot two fourths of an inch. It matters god damn it.), One blue eye, one brown eye, pale skin, black-blue hair, a scar from a lizard lion claw running down the right side of her face. (Picture 2)
Personality: Rana is very quiet but when she dose speak she is know to be very snarky and irritating. She is rather skilled in negotiating and has been know to keep the peace. The people love her and is commonly associated as being the face of the Blacklocke family. She makes regular appearances in fishing settlements through the swamps offering assistance where she can.
Skills: God-level Archer , she is one of the best archers in the neck. camouflage and stealth expert, if she doesn't want you to see her, she won't be seen. Skilled fighter with knifes, she considers it fun to attack a lizard lion with nothing but her bare hands and a frogging knife.
Weaponry (If any): An oak bow with the house sigil carved near the top of the shaft, Bronze short sword (Gladius style.) Concealable suradded frogging knife.
Military Strength: 880 men in the Blackreach military but she is personally tasked with 80 of those men known as Black Coats. They are the only real standing army and household guard that the Blacklockes keep around.
Biography: Rana Blacklocke III is the daughter of Harkin Blacklocke the Third and Arika Blackwood. Her brothers are Brunn Blacklocke and Harkin Blacklocke the Fourth. Rana is unmarried, but not because she could not find any suitors, she is actually very popular among men of the neck as well as men of the north. She has received offers from members of the Karstark, Glover, Blackwood and Umber families. However she has turned them all down. At a young age Rana went back and forth between houses in the north visiting relatives in house Karstark, Forrester and Blackwood. She has a relatively strong relationship with all her family members save for her own father, however she could not bring herself to abandon Blackreach. Rana learned to be a lady in the North under the watch of House Forrester at the same time she also learned to be a crannogmen and to be honest it seems she prefered the company of snakes and lizards lions of the neck over the snakes and lizard lions of the north and south. By the age of 15 she was inducted to the Black Coats under the supervision of her older brother Harkin Blacklocke the Fourth. The Black coats are the Guardians of the Black and the only real military in Blackreach. Under the training of her brothers and the other Black Coats she honed her combat skills with a bow and quickly became one of the best fighters in the neck. After a few years of training and rising in rank within the Black Coats her brother Harkin stepped down and nominated her for leadership. The Black Coat soldiers took a vote and she won 79/80 votes. She became the only woman to ever be elected as a leader of the Black Coats. This made her father unimaginably proud with her quickly rising to be his favorite child, seeing his only two sons wander off to Essos for a few years to start a small mercenary company, it gave the Lord no choice. Now Rana patrols the swamps and keeps the peace. She is universally known as a guardian of the people and the public face of House Blacklocke.
RP Example: Here.
Notes:

Vladivostokava wrote:

Vladivostokava wrote:Name: Rana Blacklocke III
House: Blacklocke
Age: 281 AL. (17 years old.)
Gender: Female
Titles: Guardian of the Black
House Seat: Blackreach
House Sigil:

(Image)

Allegiance paid to: Starks, Reeds, Karstarks,
Appearance (Picture appreciated): 5'0 2/4" (Five foot two fourths of an inch. It matters god damn it.), One blue eye, one brown eye, pale skin, black-blue hair, a scar from a lizard lion claw running down the right side of her face. (Picture 2)
Personality: Rana is very quiet but when she dose speak she is know to be very snarky and irritating. She is rather skilled in negotiating and has been know to keep the peace. The people love her and is commonly associated as being the face of the Blacklocke family. She makes regular appearances in fishing settlements through the swamps offering assistance where she can.
Skills: God-level Archer , she is one of the best archers in the neck. camouflage and stealth expert, if she doesn't want you to see her, she won't be seen. Skilled fighter with knifes, she considers it fun to attack a lizard lion with nothing but her bare hands and a frogging knife.
Weaponry (If any): An oak bow with the house sigil carved near the top of the shaft, Bronze short sword (Gladius style.) Concealable suradded frogging knife.
Military Strength: 880 men in the Blackreach military but she is personally tasked with 80 of those men known as Black Coats. They are the only real standing army and household guard that the Blacklockes keep around.
Biography: Rana Blacklocke III is the daughter of Harkin Blacklocke the Third and Arika Blackwood. Her brothers are Brunn Blacklocke and Harkin Blacklocke the Fourth. Rana is unmarried, but not because she could not find any suitors, she is actually very popular among men of the neck as well as men of the north. She has received offers from members of the Karstark, Glover, Blackwood and Umber families. However she has turned them all down. At a young age Rana went back and forth between houses in the north visiting relatives in house Karstark, Forrester and Blackwood. She has a relatively strong relationship with all her family members save for her own father, however she could not bring herself to abandon Blackreach. Rana learned to be a lady in the North under the watch of House Forrester at the same time she also learned to be a crannogmen and to be honest it seems she prefered the company of snakes and lizards lions of the neck over the snakes and lizard lions of the north and south. By the age of 15 she was inducted to the Black Coats under the supervision of her older brother Harkin Blacklocke the Fourth. The Black coats are the Guardians of the Black and the only real military in Blackreach. Under the training of her brothers and the other Black Coats she honed her combat skills with a bow and quickly became one of the best fighters in the neck. After a few years of training and rising in rank within the Black Coats her brother Harkin stepped down and nominated her for leadership. The Black Coat soldiers took a vote and she won 79/80 votes. She became the only woman to ever be elected as a leader of the Black Coats. This made her father unimaginably proud with her quickly rising to be his favorite child, seeing his only two sons wander off to Essos for a few years to start a small mercenary company, it gave the Lord no choice. Now Rana patrols the swamps and keeps the peace. She is universally known as a guardian of the people and the public face of House Blacklocke.
RP Example: Here.
Notes:

Vladivostokava wrote:What about with the writing?

Thank your for the help.

she prefered the company of snakes and lizards lions of the neck over the snakes and lizard lions of the north and south

The Valyria Empire wrote:

Vladivostokava wrote:What about with the writing?

Thank your for the help.

I feel like you focused too much on the house and not enough on the character. Besides being elected you didn't really tell much of her bio. More details would of been nice, like expanding the "well known in the north"

Like, is she friends with any one in the North? Did she leave a lasting impression on anybody important? Maybe important enough to be a potential candidate for a wife to Robb? Did Lord Blacklocke try to arrange a betrothal between the two? Maybe the Brudds, Boltons or Glovers?

Also the detail of the two sons going to Essos. Why would the heir go to Essos? He is going to inherit, the father would certainly not allow this but he has all the training and power coming to him. Why go create a sellsword company? Makes no sense besides trying to find a to make a female the heir. I'm going to have ask that you fix this.

What made her want to pick up the bow? You say she's an expert but didn't go into any detail as to why.

Das Stahlreich wrote:Will we wait until the next day in the RP for the semi-finals, like in the books, or will we just go ahead and do them?

The Valyria Empire wrote:

Das Stahlreich wrote:Will we wait until the next day in the RP for the semi-finals, like in the books, or will we just go ahead and do them?

I figured we'd get the jousting done in the first day and save the melee for the next. I honestly want to skip the melee due to how chaotic it is and just do a RNG to determine the winners. (Doing re-rolls of course to account for the Cleganes and Oberyn.) I would like to allow our plots to resume.

The Novakian Empire wrote:I say rng it. Just announcing a victor completely disregards who would be in second and third place, the guys who don't get the gold but they get prestige.
So pretty much everyone aside from thoros of myr.

The Novakian Empire wrote:Actually, how about this. 10 v 10 and 10 v 10, with the final round facing the victors off against eachother. Whichever team wins splits up the prize, 1000 gold dragons to every team member.
[EDIT]
Got it wrong, 20k goes to the winner, so 2k per team member.
Literally all that's needed is three posts by our best writer, describing the melee. As long as it gets done and our characters are represented, everyone is happy, right?

The Novakian Empire wrote:Actually, how about this. 10 v 10 and 10 v 10, with the final round facing the victors off against eachother. Whichever team wins splits up the prize, 1000 gold dragons to every team member.
[EDIT]
Got it wrong, 20k goes to the winner, so 2k per team member.
Literally all that's needed is three posts by our best writer, describing the melee. As long as it gets done and our characters are represented, everyone is happy, right?

Jhet wrote:

The Novakian Empire wrote:Actually, how about this. 10 v 10 and 10 v 10, with the final round facing the victors off against eachother. Whichever team wins splits up the prize, 1000 gold dragons to every team member.
[EDIT]
Got it wrong, 20k goes to the winner, so 2k per team member.
Literally all that's needed is three posts by our best writer, describing the melee. As long as it gets done and our characters are represented, everyone is happy, right?

Westeros melees are a free-for-all.

RNG. One roll per participant. Highest roll gets first place, then second, then third. Re-roll equals to get one higher than the other.

Five participants. Rolls are:
A - 13
B - 15
C - 18
D - 20
E - 18

The 18s (C, E) are rerolled:
C - 7
E - 19

E beats C

So the winner is: D
Second Place is: E
Third place is: C