Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice & Fire [OOC] -Concluded-

[Warg the Immortal]

Alright then, time to rob from the rich and...Rob from the poor, septs, Etc. Then flee into the wood. Rinse and repeat until he dies or retires.

Yeah, be aware that if you're too much of a problem the Lords will send men to dispense you. Especially since we have someone playing the Mountain.

I'm still not understanding the hatred for the Starks. Like I get the Boltons, they butchered the family but just because the Starks didn't stop them is not something to hate them for over 200 hundred years.

I need either a better reason for the Stark hatred or a more recent reason. Until then, I can either accept it if you remove the Stark hatred or it remains on hiatus.

Ok, understood. Though, I would like to maintain a dislike to both Boltons and Starks. Any suggestions on a change I could add to do so?

EDIT: Actually, scratch that. I'll make them just dislike the Boltons. Sidenote, would it be alright if one of the Brudes was made a ward of house Stark. I think it'd make for interesting interactions with Eraus' Snow/Bolton

[The Valyria Empire]

Yeah, be aware that if you're too much of a problem the Lords will send men to dispense you. Especially since we have someone playing the Mountain.

I'm still not understanding the hatred for the Starks. Like I get the Boltons, they butchered the family but just because the Starks didn't stop them is not something to hate them for over 200 hundred years.

I need either a better reason for the Stark hatred or a more recent reason. Until then, I can either accept it if you remove the Stark hatred or it remains on hiatus.

Ok, understood. Though, I would like to maintain a dislike to both Boltons and Starks. Any suggestions on a change I could add to do so?

EDIT: Actually, scratch that. I'll make them just dislike the Boltons. Sidenote, would it be alright if one of the Brudes was made a ward of house Stark. I think it'd make for interesting interactions with Eraus' Snow/Bolton

Yes I'm fine with the ward, we could have Robb be the middle ground for the two.

Also I remembered that the lord was exiled and fled south. Why would he not go to Winterfell and ask the Starks for assistance? I'm fairly certain that even if they were busy with something, that someone in Winterfell whether it be the other lords of the North or the Starks would have given the land or provided the means to retake it, maybe just not officially.

[Warg the Immortal]

Ok, understood. Though, I would like to maintain a dislike to both Boltons and Starks. Any suggestions on a change I could add to do so?

EDIT: Actually, scratch that. I'll make them just dislike the Boltons. Sidenote, would it be alright if one of the Brudes was made a ward of house Stark. I think it'd make for interesting interactions with Eraus' Snow/Bolton

Yes I'm fine with the ward, we could have Robb be the middle ground for the two.

Also I remembered that the lord was exiled and fled south. Why would he not go to Winterfell and ask the Starks for assistance? I'm fairly certain that even if they were busy with something, that someone in Winterfell whether it be the other lords of the North or the Starks would have given the land or provided the means to retake it, maybe just not officially.

Meh, with my previous idea of having them disliking both the Starks and the Boltons I thought I'd make the Brudes an early ally in the North for the Lannisters, and with the addition of giving a reason for some of the Brudes to adopt the Faith of the Seven.

Now I suppose it could serve as a plot point of them owing a lot in the past to the Lannisters, but having loyalty to the Starks. If it sounds too silly I'll remove it though.

[The Novakian Empire]

Name: Caleb Novakai
House: House Novakai
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Titles: Lord of the Misty Isle, the Quiet Isle, and Chiltern Castle(?)
House Seat: Seafrost Castle

This, but not floating, it's on the misty isle.

House Sigil:

Allegiance paid to: House Tully of Riverrun.
Appearance (Picture appreciated):

Note, Caleb has greyish-blue eyes, but I really like this picture so I use it despite the fact it doesn't have his actual eye Colour.
Personality: Caleb is an honest, and honorable man, and is known by his people and the nobles nearby to be a just, and diligent lord. He is also excessively Kind, and dislikes unnecessary violence, instead opting to negotiate first.
Skills: Caleb is skilled in the art of jousting, and is a highly effective swordsman. He has also proved himself to be a highly competent administrator, and he has squired under the blackfish, picking up a decent amount of knowledge on the art of war. However, he has sadly been unable to put his skills to the test, and as a result is totally and completely inexperienced.
Weaponry (If any): Caleb wields an ornate steel bastard sword, given to him by his father as a gift. The pommel has a sapphire placed inside of it, and a message from his father is etched into the hilt, along with an ironwood shield with his house's sigil painted on it.
Military Strength (How many men can your lands call upon, eg. The Reach could likely muster 100,000 men.): 800 Levy Infantry, 600 Crossbowmen, 400 Men at Arms, 200 Retainers, 40 Knights.
1 Galley, 2 Longships, 100 Sailors, 60 Marines.
Biography (At least a well-written Paragraph please): Lord Caleb Novakai, named after the founder of House Novakai, was born in Seafrost Castle 16 years ago. In his youth he was raised alongside his two brothers, Robert Novakai (named after his uncle, who was forced to take the black after fighting for house targaryen in Roberts Rebellion.) and Stephen Novakai, until he was sent off to Riverrun, to be fostered by the tullies, as many Novakais before him have, and quickly proved himself to be a adept leader, quickly becoming a strong, and trusted ally of his close friend, Edmure Tully. Recently, house Novakai has suffered from wildling raids as a result of Jon Arryn's death, and Caleb has been forced to raise his banners in a effort to throw them back, although he has not had much success yet. However, he plans to meet with Lysa Arryn, and negotiate a agreement that would allow him to hunt the wildlings on their own ground, which would surely be the end of many thousands of wildling tribesmen.
RP Example: I rped once or twice in your previous games.

[The Novakian Empire]

I'm not entirely sure if I should have a valyrian steel sword, but it seemed like house novakai would've been able to acquire one by now.

[Warg the Immortal]

I'm not entirely sure if I should have a valyrian steel sword, but it seemed like house novakai would've been able to acquire one by now.

gotta add a custom house app as well

[The Novakian Empire]

Ah, silly me. I'll write one up.

[The Novakian Empire]

House Name:House Novakai of Seafrost Castle
House Sigil:

House Words: Warriors on the Water
Allegiance Paid to: House Tully of Riverrun
House Seat (Map location required, picture of Castle/town appreciated):

House Novakai is located at the mouth of the trident, positioned on the north bank, southeast of Darry Castle.
[b]Approx Number of military at command: 800 Levy Infantry, 600 Crossbowmen, 400 Men at Arms, 200 Retainers, 40 Knights.
1 Galley, 2 Longships, 100 Sailors, 60 Marines.
History of the House (At least two well written paragraphs please): House Novakai was founded shortly before Aegon's Conquest, by Lord Caleb Novakai, following the destruction of the houses occupying the lands house Novakai currently holds. They rebelled alongside house Tully of Riverrun following the capture of Halleck Hoare, the heir to Harrenhall and the future ruler of the Riverlands. The rebellion, coincidentally, began the day before aegon landed. Caleb and his ally Edmyn Tully were able to unite their armies and ambushed an army marching on Seafrost castle, crushing it. The stunning victory drew the immediate attention of the Riverlords, and the starks of Riverrun. The rebellion rapidly spread, and with the support of the starks, king Harrens forces were unable to crush the Tullys, like the previous rerbel houses. With the arrival with king Aegon and the burning of Harrenhall, the rebellion ended, with Edmyn Tully swearing fealty to King Aegon, quickly becoming the lord paramount of the riverlands. Caleb and his army assisted Aegon at the battle of the field of fire, Caleb fighting personally in the melee between the two armies before Aegon and his sisters came in with their dragons, and set the Gardners and Lannisters ablaze. Following the conquest, Caleb, and with him, House Novakai, became the trusted right hand of House Tully of Riverrun. Caleb then lead house Novakai in the years of peace following the conquest, passing away in his sleep at 78 years old. His successors fought alongside the tullys and the Targaryens in the Faith Millitant uprising, and were strong supporters of the blacks, during the dance of the dragons. The lord of Seafrost castle at the time, Christopher Novakai, commanded the armies of the Riverlands at the Battle of the Lakeshore, and his highly effective generalship won the blacks the battle. After the end of the dance of the dragons, house Novakai enjoyed decades of peace and prosperity, choosing to remain neutral in the first Blackfyre rebellion. However, the golden age of House Novakai was interrupted by the war of the ninepenny kings, in which the lord of House Novakai, Alexander Novakai, fought in the war, personally leading a charge against Maelys's force alongside Ser Barristan Selmy, but was unhorsed before the two could reach Maelys Blackfyre. After the war of the ninepenny kings, Alexander Novakai returned home, dying 17 years later at 47.
Several years later, a war that would forever change the face of Westeros began. Roberts Rebellion.
While house Novakai had always been a loyal servant to house Targaryen, house Novakai decided to honor its feudal obligation to house Tully, and followed them into the war, albeit semi-reluctantly.
The lord of house Novakai, Erik Novakai, raised the banners of house Novakai, and joined the Tully army at the battle of the Bells, where the young lord was nearly killed in a vicious duel with Jon Connington, but thankfully Robert Baratheon was able to strike down Jon in personal combat before lord Connington got around to finishing lord Erik off. After taking some time to recover at Seafrost castle, Erik again lead his banners south, this time to the ruby ford, where the most decisive battle of the rebellion would take place. He charged in recklessly with his entire force before Robert's forces could arrive, halting the Targaryen army at the ford. This proved to be a mistake however, as the Novakian forces took heavy casualties in the vicious melee that ensued, saved by the timely arrival of the entire rebel army. The battle quickly escalated from what was to be a short, Targaryen victory, to a gigantic battle, involving tens of thousands of men. Erik and his men quickly found themselves lost in the titanic melee, and were sorrounded by Targaryen troops. Erik, seeing no other option, lead what remained of his men in a attempt to break out to the centre of the battle, where the heaviest fighting was going on. His men cut a bloody path through the Targaryen lines, and shattered the armies of house Darry. As the battle swirled around him, Erik crossed swords with Jonothor Darry, and managed to strike him down, although not without being wounded. Erik and his men finally arrived at the centre of the battle, where Erik witnessed quite possibly the most famous duel in all time, the battle between Lord Robert Baratheon and Prince Rhaegar Targaryen. As erik attempted to collect himself, he saw the two ride hard at eachother, and cross their weapons. The two then engaged in single combat, a vicious display of the pure, unbridled hatred they had for eachother. Eventually, Robert Baratheon won the day when he slammed his warhammer through the prince's breastplate, killing him instantly. Leaderless, the entire Targaryen army routed, ending the battle. Although they were tired and wounded, Erik still forced his men to march alongside lord Eddard stark to kings landing. On the way, Erik composed a now-famous poem, describing the battle of the trident.

"The vast, deep waters of the trident ran red that day. As the armies crashed together, I knew that many men would die, and many mothers and daughters would cry. Swords clashed and shimmering blades flashed, men who I had marched with were torn apart, by blades of men who were soon to die. As I thought we had fought for naught, the men of the king's hold came thundering down the kingsroad. As I fought i had but one thought.. "Many a story will be told, of this ford where kings rode."

Sorry if there's a billion grammar mistakes, i'm quite tired at the moment.

[Warg the Immortal]

I'm not entirely sure if I should have a valyrian steel sword, but it seemed like house novakai would've been able to acquire one by now.

If they were founded only shortly before Aegons conquest I would say it is unlikely that they would have one. Most houses with Caltrain swords had owned them well before the targaryens were in the west

[The Valyria Empire]

I'm not entirely sure if I should have a valyrian steel sword, but it seemed like house novakai would've been able to acquire one by now.

If they were founded only shortly before Aegons conquest I would say it is unlikely that they would have one. Most houses with Caltrain swords had owned them well before the targaryens were in the west

The Lannisters lost their sword about a generation before Aegon landed and were unable to replace it, it took them 299 years to get one. Not counting that the blade was stolen and reforged. It's especially hard to find someone who can reforge Valyrian steel.

I'll make my concerns with the two apps in a later post, for now I must rest.

[The Novakian Empire]

Well, we've had almost as long to get one, so.. it's not totally unreasonable that we could have one?
Also, just curious, did you guys like the poem at the end of the app? It's my first ever, so i'm wondering if i'm any good at it

[Jhet]

*snip*

Aaaaah, the butchery of the lore. I personally get a Forrest Gump/Marty Stu impression, with Novakai doing everything better than everyone else, and showing up (and being vital) in every major event in the timeline (the valyrian steel and ironwood shield does compound that somewhat). Wouldn't it be easier better to just app as House Tully or one of their actual principle bannermen? I say that also because those troop numbers seem ridiculous. House Frey at their height have 4k, possibly pushing 5 after they conscript everyone. And here Novakai is with roughly a third of the riverland's total manpower in an area that (aside Darry's) would barely be able to push a thousand men or so. Fair enough if they ended up in a Peake situation where they controlled Harrenhal, Stonehedge and Darry, but anything less than that?

[The Novakian Empire]

My intention was to have house novakai be involved in some of the major events before TWoTFK, although now that i read it over, it's kind of over the top. I'll fix it, along with my troop numbers, I realize those are a bit insane.

By the way, aside from the field of fire, the stuff that house novakai did before aegons conquest was already being set up to happen in a seperate rp OP'd by valyria, so I just more or less went with it.

[The Novakian Empire]

Also, being vital in every major event in the timeline? Virtually everything they were involved in would've already happened either way, and pretty much every single notable person a novakai killed, was canonically felled by someone (I say someone because i specifically chose situations where there was noone named who killed them.)

Finally, house novakai has sort of a tradition of its lords having ironwood shields, which was started by Caleb Novakai himself.

[EDIT, didn't want want to take up more space so i put this here.]

House novakai's revised army may still be large, but they occupy a decent amount of land, not to mention it's far, far better land than anything the freys control. It's directly on the mouth of the trident, and in addition to that it has plenty of smaller rivers and streams that run through it, emptying into the trident. So, it's very well irrigated. And, of course, the riverlands is the first (or second?) best place for agriculture in westeros, and i don't think I need i need to explain to you that more food = more people.

You may say that " more people does not mean more troops" But, house novakai has a strong martial tradition. They occupy a warden-esque position in the riverlands, and are tasked with fending off wildling raids and, on the rare occasion they occur, invasions.
Aside from the mallisters, they produce they tend to produce the best commanders, and the best warriors, of the riverlands, although there have been some notable exceptions. Due to their warden-esque position, they are forced to have a large force on standby for invasions, in addition to their small, existing professional force. (The knights and retainers.)

[Eraus]

Also, being vital in every major event in the timeline? Virtually everything they were involved in would've already happened either way, and pretty much every single notable person a novakai killed, was canonically felled by someone (I say someone because i specifically chose situations where there was noone named who killed them.)

Finally, house novakai has sort of a tradition of its lords having ironwood shields, which was started by Caleb Novakai himself.

[EDIT, didn't want want to take up more space so i put this here.]

House novakai's revised army may still be large, but they occupy a decent amount of land, not to mention it's far, far better land than anything the freys control. It's directly on the mouth of the trident, and in addition to that it has plenty of smaller rivers and streams that run through it, emptying into the trident. So, it's very well irrigated. And, of course, the riverlands is the first (or second?) best place for agriculture in westeros, and i don't think I need i need to explain to you that more food = more people.

You may say that " more people does not mean more troops" But, house novakai has a strong martial tradition. They occupy a warden-esque position in the riverlands, and are tasked with fending off wildling raids and, on the rare occasion they occur, invasions.
Aside from the mallisters, they produce they tend to produce the best commanders, and the best warriors, of the riverlands, although there have been some notable exceptions. Due to their warden-esque position, they are forced to have a large force on standby for invasions, in addition to their small, existing professional force. (The knights and retainers.)

I'd say you are wrong on the " tasked with fending off wildling raids" my friend.....Wildlings would need to travel all the way pass the wall down south and then through most of the riverlands to get to your lands. Also by just saying "We're this good, We're that amazing" doesn't really help you in a realistic RP it'll only likely cause others to just roll their eyes at ya

Also that's a fuck ton of troops like a lot a lot

[The Novakian Empire]

The mountain clans of the vale are also called wildlings. Don't be like that, man.
And 5,400 isn't too many men, considering house novakais size, location, and general warlikeness.

[McNernia]

Is my custom house to specifics required? Should I make a character for it?

[The Novakian Empire]

You have to make a character for your house. This is a character-based rp, so if you don't have a character you can't really do anything.

[The Valyria Empire]

Name: Caleb Novakai
House: House Novakai
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Titles: Lord of the Misty Isle,Chiltern Castle,and the town of Saltpans.
House Seat: Seafrost Castle

This,but not floating,it's on the misty isle.(Image)

House Sigil:
(Image)

Okay, I let the sigil slide before cause it was your first time joining us. However, you either need to make a new one or improve on this one. I'm not sure what the quartered sigil is suppose to represent. When ever someone's heraldry is quartered is usually represents something and most quartered sigils are not the house's but a personal sigil. Join the realm is not a good sigil maker, please make a better one. An example of a quartered sigil

Weaponry (If any): Caleb wields his families valyrian steel bastard sword, Winters Bite, along with an ironwood shield with his houses sigil painted on it.

Sorry, but even though you say it's been more than enough time to acquire a sword that makes no sense. Where did the family get the sword? House Lannister is the richest house in the realm and yet they haven't been able to get one, yet a little riverlord did? Unless someone from your house either stole the sword from another house (This would cause a blood feud and the house would forever hate your house until they got it back) or someone traveled to Old Valyria, which is a deathwish.

So I'm going to say no to the Valyrian sword. We are going to keep to canon swords only.

Military Strength (How many men can your lands call upon, eg. The Reach could likely muster 100,000 men.): 6,400 Levy, 4,400 Crossbowmen, 2,200 Men at Arms, 1,200 Retainers, 600 Mounted Knights.

Way too many men, I did see the edited version on the house app. 5,600 is way too much still. Please lower it to around 2,700. Your main land is on an island, that is not much land to raise an army from.

Biography: Lord Caleb Novakai, named after the founder of House Novakai, was born in Seafrost Castle 16 years ago. In his youth he was raised alongside his two brothers, Robert Novakai (named after King Robert Baratheon, of course.) and Stephen Novakai, until he was sent off to Riverrun, to be fostered by the tullies, as many Novakais before him have.

How did a son get named after King Robert when Robert wasn't King, unless this kid is younger than 14. Robb is 14, and was born right around the end of the Rebellion. If the Kid is younger than 14, ignore that.

According to the traditions of House Novakai, Caleb inherited Seafrost Castle, and quickly proved himself to be a adept leader, quickly becoming a strong, and trusted ally of his friend and lord, Edmure tully.

Okay, what is this tradition? It does not sound like a tradition of your house, I'm pretty sure the oldest male child inheriting is pretty much the norm in Westeros (not counting Dorne). If you have some other kind of inheritance than that would not be allowed.

Also Edmure isn't Lord, Hoster Tully, his father is. Also when did Caleb inherit? You mention in the house app that Edrik or whatever was Lord during RR. I would like to know when Caleb inherited.

Recently, house novakai has suffered from wildling raids as a result of Jon Arryn's death, and caleb has been forced to raise his banners in a effort to throw them back, although he has not had much success yet. However, he plans to meet with Lysa Arryn, and negotiate a agreement that would allow him to hunt the wildlings on their own ground, which would surely be the end of many thousands of wildling tribesmen.

The Clans are not that big of a threat. They are armed with bronze weapons and weak supplies. Besides unsuspecting raids they do little damage to the Vale. Also they rarely ever travel outside the Vale as they have mastered traveling in the mountains, why would they travel to the flat terrain in the Riverlands just to raid your house?

I'll do a reply to your house app during my lunch break.

[The Valyria Empire]

Name: Robb
House: Stark
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Titles: None
House Seat: Winterfell
House Sigil:

Allegiance paid to: Starks
Appearance (Picture appreciated):

Personality: Robb is much like his father, a strong believer in honor and justice. He cares greatly for his family and values his direwolf, Grey Wind.
Skills: Good with a sword, and can protect himself from most. However there are many better with a blade. Robb is also a fantastic strategist, having learnt from his father and Maester Luwin. However, he has yet to put this knowledge to the test.
Weaponry (If any): Castle forged longsword and dagger. Shield with a direwolf head
Military Strength: 5,000 Winterfell soldiers
Biography: (At least two well written paragraphs please): Born to Eddard Stark and Catelyn Tully towards the end of Roberts Rebellion, Robb would obtain the tutoring needed for an heir. Robb would make good friends with his half-brother, Jon as they played many games together and practiced their sword fighting. Following the Greyjoy Rebellion and the Warding of Theon Greyjoy, Robb would also become good friends with the Greyjoy.

Robb recently acquired a direwolf, whom he named Grey Wind. The direwolf accompanies him where ever he goes and while not fully grown is bigger than all the dogs in the Winterfell kennel.

Now Robb remains in Winterfell, as a Stark must always be in Winterfell. He puts the administrative skills his father gave him to their fullest.
RP Example: none
Notes: Maester Luwin, Grey Wind, Hodor

[Nuxipal]

I'll be joining you this time around. I'm not sure who I'll take just yet though.

[The Novakian Empire]

Sorry, but even though you say it's been more than enough time to acquire a sword that makes no sense. Where did the family get the sword? House Lannister is the richest house in the realm and yet they haven't been able to get one, yet a little riverlord did? Unless someone from your house either stole the sword from another house (This would cause a blood feud and the house would forever hate your house until they got it back) or someone traveled to Old Valyria, which is a deathwish.

So I'm going to say no to the Valyrian sword. We are going to keep to canon swords only.

Way too many men, I did see the edited version on the house app. 5,600 is way too much still. Please lower it to around 2,700. Your main land is on an island, that is not much land to raise an army from.

How did a son get named after King Robert when Robert wasn't King, unless this kid is younger than 14. Robb is 14, and was born right around the end of the Rebellion. If the Kid is younger than 14, ignore that.

Okay, what is this tradition? It does not sound like a tradition of your house, I'm pretty sure the oldest male child inheriting is pretty much the norm in Westeros (not counting Dorne). If you have some other kind of inheritance than that would not be allowed.

Also Edmure isn't Lord, Hoster Tully, his father is. Also when did Caleb inherit? You mention in the house app that Edrik or whatever was Lord during RR. I would like to know when Caleb inherited.

The Clans are not that big of a threat. They are armed with bronze weapons and weak supplies. Besides unsuspecting raids they do little damage to the Vale. Also they rarely ever travel outside the Vale as they have mastered traveling in the mountains, why would they travel to the flat terrain in the Riverlands just to raid your house?

I'll do a reply to your house app during my lunch break.

Wowee, i made alot of mistakes!
Guess i should've seen that coming, writing a post while i was so tired.

Caleb inherited two years prior to the start date of this rp, after his father passed away after a brain aneurysm.

The mountain clans are somewhat of a threat, while they may have bronze weapons they seem to be large in number (According to asoiaf.westeros.org, there are at least three thousand, but there's a good chance there's many more than that) And, raiding the vale is dangerous due to the patrolling armies in the area, and raiding caravans simply cannot supply thousands of people. As a result, they are forced to raid the eastern riverlands to steal crops, livestock, tools, and occasionally, kidnap people. House novakais armies are much smaller than the combined armies of the vale, so it is somewhat easier to raid.
In the first book, there is firsthand evidence of them raiding beyond the bloody gate, so it's not far fetched that they would raid further west if there was any gain in doing so.

Edmure is more or less ruling the riverlands at this point, but that's really no excuse for my mistake. I'll change it after this post.

Robert's supposed to be the older sibling, but now that you have brought this to my attention, i realize it was a pretty stupid mistake i should've caught. I'll change the reason for his namesake.

Futhermore, primogeniture succession isn't actually law.

http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Customs#Inheritance

I'll have to insist on retaining my current army size however, since dragonstone and the sorrounding areas can raise about 3,430 (I checked the wiki i use for information on ASOIAF, i'll quote it in case you need to confim)

I mean, dragonstone is a volanic island, and it's not arable at all. I suppose masseys hook is, but it doesn't appear to be a very good place to grow anything at, from what i can see on quartermaester.

Dragonstone can field the least amount of soldiers. Its garrison is made up out of thirty knights, a hundred crossbowmen, and three hundred men-at-arms. When Aegon I Targaryen in 2 BC first prepared to sail to Westeros to begin his conquest, he summoned his friends, bannermen, and allies. His bannermen included House Velaryon of Driftmark, House Celtigar of Claw Isle, House Bar Emmon or Sharp Point and House Massey of Stonedance (the latter two actually being sworn to Storm's End). Their numbers were small, and it is unknown how many men set sail from Dragonstone with Aegon, as accounts differ, suggesting both a force of three thousand, as well as a force of several hundreds.

In 299 AC, Stannis Baratheon's host includes three thousand men along the shore of Dragonstone. During the Siege of Storm's End, Stannis's forces number five thousand, with less than four hundred horse. Forces from the stormlands join Stannis after Renly Baratheon's death. Ser Guyard Morrigen leads Stannis's vanguard of near five thousand prior to the Battle of the Blackwater.Stannis's host numbers near twenty thousand knights, light horse, and freeriders, though this includes men from the stormlands.

[Recon]

I would also like to join. I have read the books and I know the canon very well.

[Kulonia]

Can I add a Valyrian Steel or Castle forged steel dagger to Damien? I forgot to put a dagger at the time.

[The Novakian Empire]

Recon, I'm not a OP but i'd just like to say that there's noone stopping you from joining. All you have to do is write up a application for a house and or a character.

And kulonia, from my experience, i'd go for the castle forged steel dagger, since valyrian steel is rare as fuck.