[Warning: Contains spoilers]

[b][u]Concept:[/u][/b]

The year is 298AC. Nearly three hundred years ago, Aegon the Conqueror brought fire and blood to the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, and forged his Iron Throne from the blades of his enemies. Fifteen years ago, the Mad King Aerys II Targaryen brought and end to years of relative peace when the crown prince Rhaegar eloped with Lyanna Stark -- and, in response, Aerys executed Lord Paramount Rickard Stark and his heir Brandon, and called for the heads of the young Lord Paramount Robert Baratheon, betrothed to Lyanna, and his good friend Eddard Stark. With Rhaegar's defeat at the Ruby Ford of the Trident came the end of a dynasty spanning generations, and the so-called Usurper took his seat at the Iron Throne.

Now, a decade and a half later, all the carefully-forged peace teeters on the edge of a knife. His Grace Robert Baratheon is dead, gored horribly by a boar whilst hunting in the kingswood, and the King's Hand Ned Stark lounges in the black cells. Joffrey, Robert's untested son, holds an uneasy grip on the throne as the armies of the west sweep into the riverlands. 

In the midst of it, of course, sits the somewhat lowly House Vypren, holders of the modest city of Fairmarket. Sworn to the Tullys of the Riverlands, they eye the growing hostilities with unease as the threat of war begins to creep nearer and nearer to reality.

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Alrighty, with that out of the way, you've probably gleaned that what I'm aiming for is a character-based RP set in the world of George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series. Naturally, it will most likely contain overt spoilers for the entirety of the written material. 

Currently, my idea was to center our interest around the people of House Vypern, a minor dynasty in the riverlands. With about three total mentions over the course of the series, there's plenty of room for people not to feel bogged-down by established roles. The proposal you see above places my idea of a setting at the very beginning of the War of the Five Kings, but I'm open to any other suggestion of setting and time. 

There are a number of possible character roles to be filled:

[u]House Vypern[/u]
- [url=http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Lucias_Vypren]Lucias Vypren[/url] - Lord [of [url=http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/fairmarket]Fairmarket[/url], though this is completely conjecture]. Middle-aged.
- [url=http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Lythene_Frey]Lythene Frey[/url], daughter of the Late Lord [url=http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Walder_Frey]Walder Frey[/url] and wife of Lord Lucias. Middle-aged.
- [url=http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Damon_Vypren]Damon Vypren[/url], knight and heir to Lord Lucias. 
- [url=http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Elyana_Vypren]Elyana Vypren[/url], daughter of Lord Lucias.
- [url=http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Jon_Wylde]Jon Wylde[/url], landless knight and husband of Elyana Vypren.
- Any relatives

[u]Other[/u]
- A maester
- A septon
- Landless knights, sworn shields, guard captains, etc.
- Smallfolk of various sorts

Anyone not claimed will be played as an NPC by yours truly. I also might pick up a main character depending on the amount of people that we get.

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If you're interested, leave a post below, preferably outlining the type of character you'd be interested in playing. I'm all-ears if anyone has suggestions or comments. I expect everyone involved to have a decent knowledge of the books (or, at very least, the [url=http://awoiaf.westeros.org/]wiki[/url]). If you're completely new to the series but interested -- and not afraid of spoilers -- feel free to say so and I'll try to get you the basics.