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[hr][color=00a651][h3]Ser Baldric Durant “Baldy” [/h3][/color][b] Master-at-Arms for [/b][color=00a651][b]House Landry[/b][/color][/center]
[center]Male  [b]|    |[/b]  41  [b]|    |[/b]  “The North Remembers”[/center]
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[color=00a651][b]Birthplace:[/b][/color] Castle Durant, southwest of Hornwood

[color=00a651][b]Allegiances:[/b][/color] House Landry, House Tully

[color=00a651][b]Occupation:[/b][/color] Master-at-Arms / Noble

[color=00a651][b]Relationship Status:[/b][/color] unmarried

[color=00a651][b]Sexuality:[/b][/color] Heterosexual

[color=00a651][b]Religion:[/b][/color] The Old Gods

[hr][color=00a651][h2]History[/h2][/color]
[hider]Baldric, the second son to Addison Durant, a minor noble and sworn bannerman to House Bolton and House Stark was born in 257 during the reign of King Aegon V. Baldy fondly recalls his father saying good things about King Aegon V, how he was an outstanding leader; did great things for Westeros, unlike his grandson, Aerys II, also known as [i]the Mad King[/i]. 

There had been discussion of sending young Baldric to wear the black. Innumerable reasons prevented that from happening. As a youth, Baldric trained as a soldier and assisted Ser Arthur Smallwood, his father’s Master-at-Arms. He studied with Lord Smallwood regularly and kept a keen eye on the man. Destined to be a warrior, he was given the best training a soldier could receive and eventually hardened to its rigors.

From age 9, Baldric was reared at the Twins by Walter Frey and his brood. Baldric never was at a loss for a playmate in the Riverlands. He continued his education while at the Twins, returning to Castle Durant upon reaching his 16th season to serve his father. He completed his military training under Arthur Smallwood's tutelage. 

During his 23rd Season, Baldric Durant impregnated a prostitute at the brothel outside Winterfell. He had no love for the woman, but had a deep bond with his son, Mace Snow. He wanted nothing but to raise his son as a lord in his own house. The woman who gave birth to his son was more than happy to giver her own child away. He told Mace his son was a whore, but nothing more. Mace has since stopped asking questions about her.

By the time of Robert’s Rebellion, House Durant responded to the call by Lord Stark. Baldric was then in his 24th season, quite comfortable in his role as a soldier. He strove to do his best and make his father proud. A strapping young man grown to a towering height at 6’ 4”. Still not as tall as the boys from House Clegane, but could put up a memorable fight to anyone including the likes of the Cleganes.

During the [i]Battle of the Bells[/i] the lines between the Bolton’s bannermen and the Tully’s men had gotten mixed which found noblemen and soldiers of House Durant fighting alongside noblemen and soldiers of House Landry. At the high point of the fighting, Baldric found three Targaryen soldiers attempting to corner a single man wearing the colors of House Tully. The Tully man, who he later learned was Edwyn Landry himself, eventual heir to Fallow Hill; had gotten himself into a precarious position. Baldric jumped into the melee dispatching one attacker immediately with a thrust from his [i]Shriefk[/i] into the heart of his enemy. A second soldier, Baldric sent reeling backward from a heavy front kick. The man stumbled backwards falling to the ground. The third man went round and round with Baldric until the large Durant soldier wearing Stark colors severed his left arm causing the man to retreat. The second man, who was knocked back decided he hadn’t had enough and charged into Ser Baldric Durant. The man stumbled forward, tripping over one of his fallen comrades. Baldy helped him to the ground, obliging him with a heavy thrust to the abdomen with his sword, ending the brief melee. Ever since that day, Baldric Durant and Edwyn Landry have been the best of friends.

Continually being confronted with taking the black, Baldric saw an opportunity to follow his friend, Edwyn back to the Riverlands. Instead of a dreary life of the frozen north and fighting Wildlings, he would live out his days as a warrior in farm country teaching young lads how to fight. When Lord Edwyn Landry offered him a position as Master-at-Arms at Fallow Hill, he felt as though he could not pass it up. This was the opportunity he had dreamed of. He has thanked his friend often, especially when intoxicated about how he saved him from the Night’s Watch. In a sense, they both saved each other.

Having used the sword more than any other weapon, Baldy possesses his highest skill in this weapon with and without a shield. He is disciplined possessing a fine talent with the edged weapon; a difficult opponent to defeat. As long as he has served as soldier, Baldric has been fighting with his fists and feet. He is not afraid to kick as well as punch. He has learned several unconventional methods of fighting with the hands and feet. Trained and experienced in how to deploy formations of men (of various arms) in combat and on the march. He knows how to use ground to his advantage as well as the use of siege weapons as a force multiplier.[/hider]

[hr][color=00a651][h2]Personality[/h2][/color]
[hider]Baldy is a quiet man with irascible tendencies. He has true respect for those who have proven themselves to him, which means the man survived combat by his side. Young, inexperienced people touting loud boastful comments are annoying to Baldric. He is quick to explode in their faces if they annoy him too much. For the most part, Baldric says nothing. Baldy is extremely loyal to the family he serves. The sons and daughters of his lord are treated with the respect he would give his own children.

He is very pensive, spending much time with his thoughts. He has a high intelligence; maybe in another world, he could have achieved social greatness, but not in the known world. He was born into a family of warriors, excelling at the martial arts. When thrust into combat, his firm sinews are quick to react. Baldy becomes animated slashing through waves of opponents.

Baldric loves spirits. He will drink ale on a daily basis with meals. He may even drink wine if that is all that is available but loves his rum. It is an addiction with him, forced to consume large quantities of alcohol whenever possible or the opportunity arises. On the plus side, Baldric is a happy drunk. He will sing, dance, laugh, joke and yell when he is drunk. His tendency to be irascible, gruff, fierce, or abusive are mitigated by his alcohol consumption. It is like someone flipped his “I don’t give a fuck” switch and he becomes much easier to get along with. He is quite the opposite what you typically see, singing, yelling and making a complete arse of himself. He enjoys fighting while intoxicated. It is such a refreshing experience for Baldric; quite liberating.

For all his strengths Baldric has a few misgivings within his personality. He has seen a lot in his twenty-five years as a soldier. He has witnessed some of the harshest mistreatment of humans by men. In his younger years he could afford to make moral decisions about these actions, but over time he has grown accustomed to it and has found himself on more than a few occasions acting in a similar fashion. He can be very abusive with the enemy, prisoners or anyone who simply stands in his way.

Baldric is by nature a calm, cool and quiet individual speaking only when spoken to. When stirred to action, he is one of the fiercest warriors on the battlefield or in the pub. When his temper has been elevated, he attacks with reckless abandon striking out at targets of opportunity. Sometimes Baldric is slow to calm; to recover to baseline.[/hider]

[hr][color=00a651][h2]Appearance[/h2][/color]
[hider]Baldy stands 6’ 4” (193cm) tall weighing 235 pounds (106.6kg) with very short dark brown hair and a short unkempt brown beard; shaves infrequently. His cold blue eyes are focused, cutting through the bullshit when he is presented with its stench. As a lord, Baldric can be seen wearing either the house colors of Landry or the house colors of Durant, which are a dark forest green and white. Upon a forest green doublet made of silk, he may proudly display the image of a white snow shrike from his former home in the north. Or he may wear the dull yellow of house Landry with its blue rodent emblazoned upon  his chest.

As a veteran soldier, Baldy wears a mail surcoat with a studded leather jerkin over the mail and a 2” wide leather belt to cinch it together at the waist. He has taken to wearing a bearskin cloak over this armor on cold days and wears high hard black boots. He has a few small leather belt pouches tied to the belt. Upon his hands, he wears a pair of black leather gloves under mail gauntlets with steel bracers. Many nobles prefer the steel plate, but Baldy appreciates the dexterity he gains from wearing a bit lighter armor.

Baldric had come by a Valyrian Steel sword by way of an uncle on his mother’s side of the family. It is a slender blade with a gold pommel he has named, [i]Shriek[/i]; a play on words with the house sigil. Baldy says he makes men shriek when he uses it on them.[/hider]

[hr][color=00a651][h2]Notable Possessions[/h2][/color]
[hider=Shriek][img]https://i.imgur.com/maldPX0.png?1[/img]
A steel longsword he received as a gift from his mother’s brother, Rodrick of House Bolton[/hider]
[hider=Raven][img]https://i.imgur.com/G3pLdwz.png?1[/img]
His favored destrier.[/hider]
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[hider=Baldric's Relationships][center][hider=Key]⚜ Respects ||| ☯ Neutral ||| ☮ Friends ||| ♫ Close Friends ||| § Tense ||| ♥ Interested ||| ⚤ Significant Other ||| ☠ Enemies ||| ♦ Unsure[/hider]
⚜♫[b][color=EBE957]Lord Edwyn Landry[/color][/b]♫⚜
Lord Edwyn is Baldy’s closest friend. Baldy is staunchly loyal to House Landry. He feels that Lord Edwyn saved him from taking the Black. If he hadn’t taken him back to Fallow Hill after the completion of Robert’s Rebellion, he would most certainly have headed to the wall to freeze. He is grateful for Lord Edwyn’s appointment of him to Master-at-Arms and will do whatever his lord tells him to do. He treats Lord Edwyn’s children with the respect they deserve as offspring for his lord.

⚜☯[b][color=#026aff]Pʀɪsᴄɪʟʟᴀ Vɪᴄᴛᴏʀɪᴀ Lᴀɴᴅʀʏ[/color][/b]☯⚜
Age 38. It’s complicated. Baldric wants to pay her the respect she deserves for her position in the house and he does, but her loose tongue does not set well with the traditional Northman. He wishes he could tell her to “shut the hell up from time to time,” but will not out of respect for her husband. Baldric vacillates on his relationship with Lady Priscilla.

⚜[b][color=73c6b6]Ariella Landry[/color][/b]⚜
Age 20 Lady Ariella is a precious gem to Ser Baldric Durant. He watched her grow up from a young lass to the woman she is today. He has admired her intelligence as well as her strength. His heart broke for her when her betrothed passed from the joust two years ago, but he is happy to have her back at Fallow Hill. Baldy is concerned about her appetite and gauntly appearance. He worries for her, telling her she needs to eat more and find a necessary diversion; at least while we wait for Morgain to return home.

⚜[b][color=#AED6F1]Morgain Landry[/color][/b]⚜
Age 20 The young man has been missing for two years. Baldric respects his leadership and diplomacy skills. These require patience and the young man displayed a level of patience beyond his years when he was available on Fallow Hill. IF there was something Baldric could fault the young man was in focusing on his skills as a swordsman or archer. He just needed more practice. If diplomacy fails, you still need to know how to fight. Baldric believes the young man is dead. He does not want to tell the family this and will tell them the oppositive just to keep up hope.

⚜[b][color=Coral]Ser Edmund Verner Landry[/color][/b] ⚜
Age 18 Ser Edmund is the same age as his own son, Mace. The two are very close. Ser Baldric has the utmost respect for the son of his Lord. He makes no judgment about the boy’s philandering ways. He was/is the same way. The young lord is an excellent soldier and knows he will make his family proud.

☯[b]Willam "Will" Landry[/b]☯
Age 15. Will left for the vale when he was 12. Like his younger brother Ash, he really doesn’t know the young man that well. He would pay the respect any child of Lord Edwyn deserves if they were to encounter them again.

⚜ [b][color=#7FFFD4]Ashton 'Ash' Landry[/color][/b] ⚜
Age 14 Ashton can be impetuous in Ser Baldric’s opinion but is otherwise a very competent warrior. He is impressed with the young man’s skills. Ashton has developed his own unorthodox style of fighting. It works for the teen and Baldric encourages him to continue training in this style. It is not something he would teach others. Baldric wishes only the best for the young lad at Fallow Hill.


☯[b][color=f6989d]Liliana 'Lily' Blackwood[/color][/b]☯
Age 17. Lily is a young woman who has been betrothed to Ser Edmund. He does not know the young woman very well and hopes she will make a worthwhile spouse for the young man. He respects her fiancé, but is willing to get to know her better before he passes judgement.

⚜[b][color=#ff4444]Robert Rivers[/color][/b]⚜
Age 25. Baldric appreciates Robert Rivers natural talent with the bow. He has trained with him for many years on stance, posture, string pull and aiming. The kid has taken to the bow quite well as one of the best archers in the world. Baldric considers young master Rivers as possibly taking over the House Landry Rangers, but someone needs to die for that to happen.
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