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[CENTER][h1][color=B57EDC]Ulrick Dayne[/color][/h1]
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[color=B57EDC][sub][ ⚔ ]Origin[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=7e6e75]139 AC, Starfall, an island of the Torrentine along the western Red Mountains of Dorne[/color][/indent]

[color=B57EDC][sub][ ⚔ ]House[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=7e6e75]Dayne of Starfall, currently sworn to House Nymeros Martell[/color][/indent]

[color=B57EDC][sub][ ⚔ ]Reputation[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=7e6e75]Little can be said about the second son of Starfall even amongst the Dornish, as the lad has only just begun entering his adulthood. Most Dornish lords knew of him purely as the diligent and dutiful squire of his father while Lord Morgan still drew breath. At the age of fifteen, during a tourney at Lemonwood, Ulrick was revealed to be the mystery knight who had unhorsed his own brother in the penultimate round, many of the lords and ladies in attendance began to call him one of the most naturally gifted lances and swordsmen of his generation. Outside of this, Ulrick is little known.[/color][/indent]

[color=B57EDC][sub][ ⚔ ]Appearance[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=7e6e75]Despite his martial nature, Ulrick Dayne has been described as looking boyish by his fellow Dornishmen. His profile remains remarkably unblemished by the Dornish sun and unscathed by the lances of his contemporaries, showing either his skill at arms or his lack of experience, depending on who you asked. Like his sibling, Ulrick retains the yellow blond hair typical of his mother's house and a pair of pale lavender eyes identical to the coloring found on his house's banners. Standing at roughly 5'10", which surely contributes to his boyish reputation, Ulrick isn't exactly the most sizable aspiring knight. Lean and compact where most knights are walking bulks of muscle, an untrained eye likely wouldn't be able to tell that Ulrick even knew how to swing a sword if he dressed himself in the common nobleman's wear of Westeros and not the light and loose fitting sandsilk of the Dornish.[/color][/indent]

[color=B57EDC][sub][ ⚔ ]History[/sub][hr][/color][indent][color=7e6e75]Born the second and final child of Lord Morgan Dayne and Jayne Fowler roughly eighteen years ago, Ulrick managed to avoid being the heir to Starfall by a whole five years thanks to his brother, Ander. As a young child his father and great uncle would often regale Ulrick with the tales and legends of their house, from those that ruled as Kings of the Torrentine in the time before Nymeria's War and Vorian Dayne, who fought against Mors Martell before becoming one of the six Dornish Kings of antiquity to be banished to the Wall by Nymeria, but the tales that stuck with Ulrick above the rest were the tales of the knights who wielded the Daynes' ancestral greatsword, Dawn, the Swords of the Morning. 

From the time he could lift a wooden toy longsword, Ulrick dedicated himself to the principles of knighthood, wanting nothing more than to live up to the legacy left by his ancestors. For every hour he spent learning letters or house sigils, he spent three in the training yard, clashing blunted swords and riding ponies with sons of servants. Before long, Ulrick's ability and dedication caught the eye of Ser Simon, who had him train with Ander and other squires at the young age of nine when he had only just been made a page. He was almost routinely bested by his brother in mock combat during this time, who seemed to find Ulrick's unwavering determination all too hilarious.

While tradition would normally see Ulrick squire for his father after his twelfth name-day, Lord Morgan had never one for knighthood. As Simon was getting rather advanced in age, Ulrick was instead squired to his older brother on the same day Ander was anointed and swore his oaths. It was around this time that Morgan would negotiate Ander's marriage to a daughter of House Blackmont. Ulrick would be the first of Ander's squires and certainly the most overworked. While he served dutifully over the course of the next three years as his brother's eldest squire and mentor to two younger boys, Ulrick was never permitted to ride in tourneys or participate in melees. Ander would say that the work of handling a knight's armor, weapon, and horse at tourneys was a position of great honor, but Ulrick soon grew restless, taking matters into his own hands.

When a tourney was to be held at Lemonwood midway through 154 AC, Morgan Dayne thought it time that Ander compete in his first tourney, and hinted at a knighthood for Ulrick upon their return. The brothers were accompanied by Ser Simon and Ander's young wife Marissa Blackmont, who, after a relatively easy birth years prior, had begun showing signs of pregnancy once more. Morgan himself was unable to attend, as his health had begun to deteriorate some time prior, and he was confined to Starfall. He would not live to see his children return home.

Simon, Ander and Ulrick arrived at the seat of House Dalt some time later and, unbeknownst to Ander or Simon, Ulrick entered himself into the competition as a mystery knight, wearing a fine suit of scale armor, a spiked helm, and a veil of silver fabric to conceal his face. 

Ulrick, announced as the Knight of the Silver Veil, performed remarkably in the tourney, unhorsing a number of his contemporaries in the lists. The most notable of these would be none other than his own brother, Ander. The match lasted only a single tilt, as Ander was flung from his horse with only a single lance. Those amongst the crowd could hardly believe that a Dayne of Starfall could be unseated so soon. Ander demanded that his opponent show his face, but Ulrick refused.

In the final tilt, the Knight of the Silver Veil went against Ser Sylas Santagar. The round ran long, with both competitors breaking nearly a handful of lances before the final clash, when Ser Sylas' lance struck true and Ulrick was unhorsed. Bested, Ulrick was helped to his feet by Sylvas himself, who asked him to reveal his identity on a match well fought. Ulrick was met with a round of applause.

When the family returned to Starfall, they found their mother in mourning, as Morgan had passed a fortnight prior. While the household prepared for the funeral of their father, Ander was named the new Lord of Starfall. What followed for the better part of a year was the monotony of routine in Starfall. Appointments, a changing of administration, a birth of a second daughter, so on. Though one thing was for certain: Ander was not going to name Ulrick a knight any time soon, still embarrassed at his defeat in the lists at Lemonwood, and so, Ulrick's life seemed to come to an abrupt halt.

That is, until, a raven arrived from Sunspear. Addressed not to Ander, but Ulrick. The younger of the Daynes had been summoned to the capital of Dorne, and he has not returned to Starfall since. He has not felt obligated to send correspondence to his family as to his whereabouts or goings on.[/color][/indent]

[color=B57EDC][sub][ ⚔ ]Family Tree[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=7e6e75][i]Morgan Dayne, previous Lord of Starfall, 113 AC - 154 AC
Lady Jayne Fowler, 117 AC, widow to Lord Morgan, residing in Skyreach
- Ander Dayne, 134 AC, anointed knight and newly made Lord of Starfall
- Marissa Blackmont, 133 AC, wife of Ander, currently with child
-- Anrea Dayne, 152 AC, Ander and Marissa's first daughter
-- Alora Dayne, 155 AC, daughter born only months after Morgan's death
- Ulrick Dayne, 139 AC, left Starfall in 155 AC to travel with Princess Alessara Nymeros Martell, currently in King's Landing 
Thalina Dayne, 118 AC, Sister of the late Lord Morgan, current Lady Regent of Wyl

Ser Simon Dayne, 94 AC, Great Uncle to the Dayne brothers and Starfall's Master of Arms, Unmarried as he claims celibacy[/i][/color][/indent]
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