[hider=Ser Dalar the Black][center][h3]Ser Dalar the Black[/h3]
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[b]Ser Dalar, loyal retainer of the Martell family[/b][/center]

[INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3][i]Age[/i][/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][INDENT][INDENT]29[/INDENT][/INDENT]
[INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3][i]Appearance[/i][/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][INDENT][INDENT]To avoid beating a dead horse - Dalar the Black is a man with Summer Isles heritage, whose mother moved to the Shadow Town. With this fact out of the way, a fact which always seems to draw the eye of passerby's and noblemen and women alike, we can move on to more pertinent features. Dalar is a very tall (6'3") man with a very broad, massive physique. He is not as close to the bulkiness of the famed Mountain himself, but he is certainly a strong looking man who looks like he can deal some serious damage. 

Everything about his physique reinforces this, from the size of his hands (large and masculine) to his way of walking (with confident, large steps) to even how he rides a horse (favoring the Dornish sand steed). 

Although ser Dalar is not a very rich individual, being raised from poverty, he expresses himself through typical Dornish clothing with a touch of Summer Isle color. This includes a colorful Summer Isle feathered cape, which was gifted to him by the Martell family for his continued and loyal service to their family. While this does not turn any heads in Dorne specifically, it is certainly out of the ordinary if not downright strange in the more northern parts of Westeros.

Like most Dornish, Dalar favors a spear, and carries one with him most of the time he's moving about. Beyond that, his numerous belts are strapped with two curved daggers, alongside a regular straight longsword, sheathed at his right side (for Dalar is lefthanded).[/INDENT][/INDENT]
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[list][*] Mother arrived in Shadow Town as a prostitute, and gave birth to Dalar there - died shortly after child birth.
[*] From then on, Dalar lived as a gutter child, surviving on scraps and whatever strangers would give him as charity.
[*] During his seventh year he sees a Martell nobleman, namely the Prince-consort, Daemon, and his guards happen to be slacking off. Seeing an opening, Dalar moves in to pickpocket Daemon, to ease him of the burden of his purse.
[*] As he moves in, he bumps into a man, who also is on approach to Daemon, slipping between Daemon's guards. He falls over when Dalar bumps into him, the clang of a curved serpentine dagger falling onto the tiling following. Dalar falls on top of him, something that seems like a stroke of godlike luck later on.
[*] The guards slay the man immediately for this attempted assassination, and Daemon thinks Dalar responsible for saving his life.
[*] Dalar is taken to Sunspear and made squire to a knight.
[*] During his time as a squire, Dalar learns the basics of combat, squiring, and attempts to adapt to court-life with moderate success.
[*] The knight he squired for commends his success at age 15 and, at age 16, Dalar is knighted as Ser Dalar the Black, and presented with a feathered cape of his own, colorful as one would expect.
[*] Pending duties as a knight, he is assigned to be Deria Martell's guard and, as a relatively low effort job, Dalar begins spending more time in the courtyard practicing his skills with the spear, sword and his daggers.
[*] At 21, guilt takes control of Dalar and he confesses to Delia Martell that he did not 'safe Daemon's life' but rather accidentally tripped the assassin and ended up on top of him. She either takes it as a joke, ratted him out, or simply didn't care - which of these options, Dalar never figured out. But he remained as a knight.
[*] Gerold "Darkstar" Dayne rises as vulture king in Dorne, and Dalar plays a large part in the initial skirmishes. As a minor knight he plays no major role, though other knights commended his skill and bravery, incurring a small boost in his personal prestige.
[*] After the rise of the vulture king, and the inability of the Dornish armies to vanquish him, other more small criminals take this as a sign that it's safe to openly operate within Dorne, causing a smuggling ring to rise in Plankytown. The busting of this ring was performed, in part, by ser Dalar the Black.
[*] Following years of servitude, and with no remaining neccesity to guard Deria Martell, he is instead assigned to guard Rhaella Targaryen on her journey as well as for the duration of her stay in the Vale.
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[INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3][i]Relations[/i][/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][INDENT][INDENT][list][*] Delia Martell - after a long time of service, Deria has become some sort of friend to Dalar, though it is less like a friendship and more like a mentorship.[/list][/INDENT][/INDENT][/hider]