Name: Argilac Durrandon
House: House Durrandon
Age: 55
Gender: Male.
Titles: Storm King, Lord of Storm's End
House Seat: Storm's End
House Sigil: A crowned black stag on a field of gold.
Allegiance paid to: None.
Appearance: Here.
Personality: Argilac is a contradiction; he is a ruthless pragmatist, willing to put aside differences in religion or over issues such as slavery or indeed marry his sole child and heir off for an alliance in order to defeat an enemy or to protect his own kingdom and rule from perceived threats. The one issue he will never compromise over, however, is his pride. If snubbed, or he believes himself or his family to have been snubbed, then he will exact revenge in proportion.
Skills: Argilac is one of the most experienced and bloodied commanders in Westeros; he turned back a Dornish invasion as a boy, fought in the Free Cities with the free companies, defeated the armies of the Reach in the Battle of Summerfield some 20 years ago, and he led the armies of the Stormlands against the tigers of Volantis.
Weaponry: Mace, longbow and lance.
Military Strength: Approximately 30,000 men.
Biography: Argilac was fostered with Lord Caron at Nightsong, on the Dornish Marches, which were and still are prone to raids from their Dornish counterparts. The Marcher Lords, with their strong martial culture, suited Argilac, and he took up their tradition of including the bow alongside the lance as one of the main weapons a noble lord was trained in. It was with the Carons and the other Marcher Lords that Argilac repelled an invasion by their Dornish counterparts as a boy.
He did not return to Storm's End at 16 as expected, and instead, with the second son of Lord Caron, Addam Caron, traveled across to the Free Cities, where they found service in one of the newly-formed free companies in Myr. The pair spend a decade serving with the company, travelling as far east as Essaria where they fought the Dothraki before making their way back to Tyrosh. Argilac learned near-fluent Valyrian during this journey, and made friends with Rachillo Adarys, a Tyroshi merchant prince and his family whom he eventually married the daughter of, Kiera Adarys.
While in Tyrosh Argilac learned that the Reach had invaded the Stormlands, and so he, Kiera and Addam returned back to Westeros, where he led the armies of the Stormlands against the armies of the Reach, defeating them in the Battle of Summerfield. His father died several years later while on campaign against the Ironborn, leaving Argilac to become the next Storm King with Addam named as his Castellan. Kiera went through several miscarriages and stillbirths over the next decade, before eventually dying giving birth to Argella Durrandon. Her body was sent back to Tyrosh, where she was buried, and Argilac never remarried.
When Volantis invaded Tyrosh, it was only natural that Argilac defend his wife's family and city, and so he led the armies of the Stormlands into the Disputed Lands, defeating the Volantines there before returning to the Stormlands, where he has begun to consider how to deal with the pressing issue of the Kings of the Isles and the Rivers before his approaching demise from age.
RP Example: Here.
Notes:
Other RP'd Characters;
- Argella Durrandon, his sole child and heir
-Addam Caron, Castellan of Storm's End
