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Ok so, the sheet's really well written and I understand the desire to want to play a weakened house, but there's a few things to note here.

Firstly; House Baratheon is the Lord Paramountship closest to the Targaryen Crownlands, and this is an age of relative stability and peace for the Iron Throne (at least initially). Not to mention the Targaryens still have their dragons 'and' Storm's End is one of the most powerful seats on the Narrow Sea for the Kingdom to maintain. I don't really see a situation in which the Targaryens allow the Baratheons to entirely lose control of the Stormlands. It might be worth altering the end situation to one of the rebellious Lords being installed as the Regent to the young Baratheon heir, and ruling through him, that way.

Secondly, one of the main potential claimants to the Iron Throne, Rhaenys Targaryen, is half Baratheon through her mother, Jocelyn Baratheon. As mentioned you're more than welcome to change canon to play different characters, this is quite an important link. To keep this connection intact, I'd like to offer the solution that Robbas the Elder was a younger brother of both Jocelyn and Boremond (making him a son of Lord Rogar Baratheon and Dowager Queen Alyssa Velaryon) and that, unlike in canon, Boremond died without heirs. Let me know if that works for you.


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I more or less second this. You write well, and I quite like the sheet. It's great - for another time period. House Baratheon commands pride and place at this point in history, more so than usual. They have an important role to play. Their genealogical and geographical proximity to House Targaryen and the Crownlands makes the series of events you so fabulously describe unlikely. Perhaps you could look at the established canon of the time period and see if and how you might incorporate it into your application. Alternatively you might look at other houses to play where this issue does not occur. A large part of why I was interested in playing them was because how closely entwined the Baratheons are with established canon.

Also, not to be nitpicking, but it's "Ours is the Fury" not "Our's".

Furthermore, in regards to your earlier query, I'm fine with working something out between the houses we end up playing. Be they Baratheon and Hightower or otherwise. I very much enjoy collabs! I think I even shared a House with someone...
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@Ezekiel I understand of course, which is why, before I finished the sheet, I asked whether the scenario would be to chaotic of a starting point. I'll rewrite, as I do intend to keep applying for Baratheon. Your suggestion for Robbas being the younger brother of Jocelyn and Boremond is excellent, I was originally intending Robbas just as an outright replacement for Boremond but this way we can maintain canonical characters a bit more.

Edit: Finished my watered down back-up version. Please let me know if this one is more palatable?
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@Ezekiel@Sini@Ruby how closely do you want to stick to the canon? Dorne are my favourite kingdom and would be my first choice but obviously they weren't part of the Seven Kingdoms at this time and played no role in the Dance of the Dragons (please correct me if I'm wrong). I haven't given too much thought to how exactly I'd get Dorne involved but just wanted to know to what extent it would be possible if at all. I'm more than happy to play as another house for the sake of simplicity.
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@Ezekiel how closely do you want to stick to the canon? Dorne are my favourite kingdom and would be my first choice but obviously they weren't part of the Seven Kingdoms at this time and played no role in the Dance of the Dragons (please correct me if I'm wrong). I haven't given too much thought to how exactly I'd get Dorne involved but just wanted to know to what extent it would be possible if at all. I'm more than happy to play as another house for the sake of simplicity.


Dorne might not play a huge role in the Dance, but they're very involved in the current conflict over the Steptones. They're allied with a bunch of the Free Cities against Daemon/House Velaryon/Pentos/Braavos and the unaligned pirates, so they're really involved right now.

Sticking to Canon is less important for those houses not tied to the established Royal family at this point, so, you'd have a lot of creativity with House Martell.
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@Sini Have you determined if you'll be playing as House Hightower or not? I'd like to start a Direct Message thread so we can discuss the finer details, if you would be so inclined.
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Is this intending to simply move the canon red Kraken earlier in time?
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The Canon Red Kraken is around this time. He inherited Pyke a year before the Dance.

Edit: wait, I'm an idiot. For some reason I got it into my head that this is a year before.
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The Canon Red Kraken is around this time. He inherited Pyke a year before the Dance.

Edit: wait, I'm an idiot. For some reason I got it into my head that this is a year before.


No worries. I'm not against rewriting the Red Kraken into this period, just think it needs a little retailoring to do that,
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Nah, I think I'll write up an original Greyjoy character. Or maybe go with a lesser house - if I go Bracken, would anyone be interested in playing a Blackwood?
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@Sini Have you determined if you'll be playing as House Hightower or not? I'd like to start a Direct Message thread so we can discuss the finer details, if you would be so inclined.


Sure. :) You may also find me on Discord.
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Nah, I think I'll write up an original Greyjoy character. Or maybe go with a lesser house - if I go Bracken, would anyone be interested in playing a Blackwood?


I can always write up a Blackwood sheet, for a non-GM character.
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House Hightower


Ancient and proud, House Hightower of the Hightower is the most powerful of the noble houses in the Reach. Among their illustrious lineage are kings and queens, men and women both legendary and infamous. They have often preferred trade instead of war, but are far from pacifist.

Their seat is the Hightower, located in the city of Oldtown, an impressive lighthouse fortress which features on their coat-of-arms as a stone white watchtower, crowned with fire. Their motto is "We Light the Way". Further burnishing their prestige is Vigilance, their Valyrian steel sword.

As masters over the oldest and wealthiest city of Westeros, protectors of both the Citadel and Starry Sept, and with a host of bannermen all their own, the Hightowers command pride and place. As their sky-scraping seat of power does over Oldtown, so do the Hightowers loom large over the pages of history indeed.



Recent History:

House Hightower, like their eponymous seat, has risen sky-high. Having made a name for himself as an able administrator as his Abelar’s right hand man. The brothers had quarrelled most viciously, and it was agreed that Oldtown had become too small to accommodate them both. Ser Otto duly exchanged Oldtown for King’s Landing where he did very well for himself indeed. Upon Baelon the Brave’s death in 101 AC, Ser Otto was named Hand of the King by Jaehaerys I. Otto Hightower would hold the office for nigh a decade, until his incessant dogging of Jaehaerys’ son, Viserys I, to elevate the king’s grandson above Princess Rhaenyra caused him to fall from grace. Leaving behind his Daughter Alicent, Queen since 106 AC, and a strong faction that support her son’s claim to the Iron Throne, Ser Otto returned to Oldtown to reconcile with his elder brother.

For the past two years, Abelar and Otto have patched up an uneasy peace between them. While Otto may no longer be Viserys’ Hand, he still exerts massive influence through his daughter, the Queen. Otto has adopted patience, confident his skills and personal relations to the royal house will see him restored to office. Lord Abelar believes his brother’s ambitions soar too high, and is convinced he would be better off tempering them. At the same time, he understands his brother’s pursuit of power for Otto has no lordship to call his own. He is aware of a certain parallel between himself and King Viserys. Whilst the King has been heard to say “Let Daemon play at war. It keeps him out of trouble,” Lord Abelar adapted the royal quote to fit his own brother, displaying his sarcastic sense of humour: “Let Otto play at politics. It gets him in trouble.”

Sworn Houses:

House Beesbury of Honeyholt
House Bulwer of Blackcrown
House Costayne of the Three Towers
House Cuy of Sunhouse
House Mullendore of Uplands
House Members:

  • Lord Abelar Hightower (51), also called Abelar the Able
    • Ser Ormund, his son and heir (27)


  • Ser Bryndon Hightower (48), the foremost knight of Oldtown, also called Bryndon the Bold (or Bryndon the Bald in covert ridicule).


  • Ser Otto Hightower (46), Abelar’s youngest brother
    • Ser Barris, his eldest, deceased
    • Queen Alicent Hightower (27), wife to Viserys I. She is three-and-twenty years of age, (born 88 AC), and became Queen in 106 AC. She has already given His Grace two sons and a daughter, their children being
      • Aegon (born 107 AC), a raucous toddler
      • Helaena (109 AC), a quiet child still in swaddling
      • Aemond (110 AC), a newborn babe
    • Ser Gwayne Hightower (15), youngest of Otto's children, and already a knight of renown in spite of his young age.


Assorted cousins and kinsmen:
  • Ser Myles Hightower, a knightly cousin, a greedy and miserly man.
  • Ser Hobert Hightower, (41), yet another cousin, a stout, slow-moving man who is known to dabble in poisons.



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FEAST YER EYES ON THIS!



I believe these are the only two sheets fully finished.

Either way, they're both accepted, you can plonk them in the character tab :)
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I am also interested in this, are you still accepting?

I feel like perhaps playing a slightly lower born character, or maybe a foreigner?

Main current idea is a Lyseni pirate, who might have teamed up with Daemon in the War for the Stepstones for revenge on the Kingdom of the Three Daughters after they drove the pirates out in 106AC. Could even be a member of the Saan family actuallu, there's no canon members for this time period I think.
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I am also interested in this, are you still accepting?

I feel like perhaps playing a slightly lower born character, or maybe a foreigner?

Main current idea is a Lyseni pirate, who might have teamed up with Daemon in the War for the Stepstones for revenge on the Kingdom of the Three Daughters after they drove the pirates out in 106AC. Could even be a member of the Saan family actuallu, there's no canon members for this time period I think.


Definitely still accepting.

This is a great time period to go with a character with that kind of background, plenty of drama building up that doesn't just revolve around the Westerosi noble houses, so a pirate would be more than welcome. I'd suggest a pirate of some note just to make it a bit more interesting for you, however.
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Alright, there we go, let me know if you want any edits.
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Alright, there we go, let me know if you want any edits.


No problems I can spy! Feel free to drop them in the Character Tab
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Really excited to see what everyone else has planned for this!

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What is the deadline to submitting an application? I plan to take Lord Tyrell if available. But I do have a question. During the time of the Dance of Dragons, the Tyrell Lord was only but an infant. I was wondering if I could simply change that and create an OC whose age could better fit the storyline. It wouldn't stray from reality in any way, simply a change of age.

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