I'm planning on fashioning more POV characters, but its just Orion for now.


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[i][b][color=f7941d][u]Recent History[/u][/color][/b][/i]

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	The youngest of the the seven great houses of Westeros, House Baratheon of Storm's End was installed by Aegon I during his conquests of the region. The Baratheon's were named thereon Lords Paramount of the Stormlands, and seen with high favor by their Targaryn Kings. For nigh nintey years the sons of Orys 'The One Hand' Baratheon have ruled the Stormlands from their seat Storm's End, taking the words, castle, and honor of the Storm King who came before. The Storm men they preside over are a resilient and fractious people, with a long memory, and a righteous fury. House Baratheon, from Orys then to Robbas in the present have struggled to rein in the proud Storm lords and their chivalry, keeping them loyal to the wishes of the Targaryn King on the Iron Throne. Their efforts have not been in vain, and it could be said that with a Baratheon at their head the armies of the Stormlands are the most loyal and dangerous force in all the Seven Kingdoms. Though many of the great houses would beg to differ on surety of that point, there is no denying the Stormlands; at least before that pincer grip on power slipped under the chaotic rule of Robbas Baratheon I.

	He was never meant to rule. Robbas was the younger brother to Boremund Baratheon and Jocelyn Targaryn née Baratheon. Boremund was sickly in his youth, prone to coughing fits and spontaneous bleeding from the nose, unlike his brother and the Baratheon's who came before he was weak of body, and slight of build barely able to stand and play. He remained in his chambers for the most part, while his brother Robbas lanced and hunted he wrote and read. At the young age of seventeen he passed away while abed, the servants discovering him pale as a ghost, perished from what the maester claimed was internal bleeding. The end scenario suited Robbas just fine. He never much cared for his brother, their personalities and pursuits clashed without end, and Robbas had always felt slighted that the lands and titles went to his pathetic excuse for a brother. He had always been strong and energetic, filled with all the wrath and lust of ten men, whereas Boremund died a virgin. Later Robbas became a knight, and at twenty-two a lord, and not one drop of his personality left him. During his reign as Lord Paramount, Robbas Baratheon was known as an effective yet ruthless ruler, the veteran of a score of battles and a master of fear. He fathered two sons and a daughter, with the Lady Sayella Baratheon, née Tarth. During the time of his rule he gathered very few powerful friends, but a great many dangerous foes, including the houses of Connington and Selmy, Fell, and Buckler, by insult and disrespect among other acts. During one night of heavy drinking, Lord Robbas bedded the new wife of Lord Selmy during his wedding day celebrations, disarmed Lord Buckler in a duel for Buckler's daughter's honor, and spit in Lord Fell's face for the slightest backtalk. In a single evening he had made three new enemies, who evermore looked on him and his household in disdain. Years later he would execute the Lord Connington for being late to battle and a craven, and installed the man's bastard son as heir, an act that has never been forgotten by Connington's trueborn sons. Robbas was no man to make amends, and actively furthered the bad blood, antagonizing the lords of his sworn houses. Even those families he was not openly feuding with him looked on disapprovingly. Of Houses Selmy, Buckler, Fell, and Connington cadets he made open mockery, and dug salt into their wounds as was his combative nature. Despite this, those four houses could do not but grit their teeth and bend to his will, weathering their Lord Paramount's mood. For it was well known by then that Robbas Baratheon harbored little patience, and was terrifying to behold in battle.

	Of the Baratheon children Robbas II, 'The Younger', was the heir to all the titles and lands. He was as blusterous and promiscuous as his predecessor, his apple falling close to his father's tree. He resided at Storm's End, married to Tolana née Swann with a young son of his own, Robbas III, perhaps his fifth child, but his only true-born. Robbas The Elder's second born was Orion, a man of twenty who was seen far more favorably then his father and elder brother by the Stormlords, he was soft spoken, and true hearted, loyal to a fault, or a "weak willed follower" as his father called him. He spent much of his time away in the Reach, courting his intended bride to be. Mellaran the youngest at only twelve remained in Storm's End, she is a pretty enough girl, and well known for being cleverer then Robbas, and bolder than Orion. Together the five of them made a rather broken family, with the only ties maintaining their cohesion being blood and honor.

	Nevertheless due to Robbas I's iron will they maintained and prospered, never giving an inch to their foes in battle or otherwise until those fateful days when the Baratheon's pincer grip on power faltered, and his demons came all at once. The day came when Robbas I fell deathly ill, his skin pale and his hands once powerful without equal shaking and weak. He was reaching middle age as they say, but the disease struck him hard and fast, and despite the maester's best efforts he could not break his fever. On the second week the bleeding began, running fast and free from his nostrils until the Lord Paramount was pale as his brother had been all those years before. That was when the ravens arrived from the Weeping Town, bearing condolences and tears of their own. Whilst riding with his friend Ser Whitehead, Ser Robbas II fell from his horse and shattered his neck on the rocks below. There was no saving the young heir, and Robbas The Elder died only days later before the funeral for his eldest son could even be held. Following soon after their passing Robbas' political enemies began making themselves known, emboldened by the loss of Robbas and his eldest son they moved on Storm's End like ravens to carrion. Before Tytan Baratheon, Robbas I's youngest brother could even arrive to say his final goodbyes to his deceased sibling, Lord Buckler had snatched away Robbas III and his mother. Carting them back with him to Bronzegate, claiming he was chosen to foster the boy until he came of age. Upon arriving at Storm's End in a rage at the news, Tytan was shocked to find Selmy wheat flying alongside the Baratheon stag, and the gates barred to him. The Lord Selmy had occupied the castle, naming himself its caretaker until Robbas III was deemed of capacity to take up the mantle as Lord of Storm's End himself. Tytan was turned away, unable to even speak to his niece, or sister-by-law. In short order Robbas' foes had dug their claws in, with clear intention to remain.

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[i][b][color=f7941d][u]House Members[/u][/color][/b][/i]


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[color=f7941d][b][i]Name:[/i][/b][/color] Lord Robbas I Baratheon
[color=f7941d][b][i]Age:[/i][/b][/color] Forty-three [i]Deceased[/i]
[color=f7941d][b][i]Info:[/i][/b][/color] The now dead lord of the Stormlands. A chaotic and controversial figure during his rule, he died under suspicious circumstances, and in such a time that allowed his political enemies to take control of the Stormlands.

[color=f7941d][b][i]Name:[/i][/b][/color] Lady Saynella Baratheon née Tarth 
[color=f7941d][b][i]Age:[/i][/b][/color] Thirty-eight
[color=f7941d][b][i]Info:[/i][/b][/color] Wife of the late Lord Robbas, she is currently held hostage by Lord Selmy in Storm's End for the good behavior of Tarth.

[color=f7941d][b][i]Name:[/i][/b][/color] Lord Robbas II "The Younger" Baratheon
[color=f7941d][b][i]Age:[/i][/b][/color] Twenty-one [i]Deceased[/i]
[color=f7941d][b][i]Info:[/i][/b][/color] The eldest son of Lord Robbas, "The Younger" as he was often called perished in a tragic riding accident under suspicious circumstances only days before his father's tragic passing.

[color=f7941d][b][i]Name:[/i][/b][/color] Lady Tolana Baratheon née Swann
[color=f7941d][b][i]Age:[/i][/b][/color] Eighteen
[color=f7941d][b][i]Info:[/i][/b][/color] The young bride of Ser Robbas II, she is currently being held captive with her young son at Bronzegate by Lord Buckler.

[color=f7941d][b][i]Name:[/i][/b][/color] Lord Robbas III Baratheon
[color=f7941d][b][i]Age:[/i][/b][/color] Two
[color=f7941d][b][i]Info:[/i][/b][/color] Little Robbas is now the young lord paramount of Storm's End after the tragic deaths of both his father and grandfather. He is being warded by Lord Buckler at Bronzegate.

[color=f7941d][b][i]Name:[/i][/b][/color] Ser Orion Baratheon
[color=f7941d][b][i]Age:[/i][/b][/color] Twenty
[color=f7941d][b][i]Info:[/i][/b][/color] The Second son of Lord Robbas the "Elder", Orion has been away from the Stormlands and Storm's End for years after a brutal argument with his father.

[color=f7941d][b][i]Name:[/i][/b][/color] Lady Mellaran Baratheon
[color=f7941d][b][i]Age:[/i][/b][/color] Fourteen
[color=f7941d][b][i]Info:[/i][/b][/color] The youngest child of Robbas Baratheon, Mellaran is currently in the care of Lord Selmy at Storm's End.

[color=f7941d][b][i]Name:[/i][/b][/color] Ser Tytan Baratheon
[color=f7941d][b][i]Age:[/i][/b][/color] Forty
[color=f7941d][b][i]Info:[/i][/b][/color] The Knight of the Swimming Stag, Tytan Baratheon is Robbas Baratheon's youngest brother, and a sworn knight and captain aboard the vessel [i]Swimming Stag[/i]. He holds some small lands on Cape Wrath and currently commands a small company of knights and lancers encamped near Storm's End, the only outspoken resistance against Lord Buckler.


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[color=f7941d][i][b][h3]Orion Baratheon[/h3][/b][/i][/color][/center]

[color=f7941d][b][i][u]Age:[/u][/i][/b][/color] [color=silver] Twenty [/color]

[color=f7941d][b][i][u]House/Affilitation:[/u][/i][/b][/color] [color=silver] Son of House Baratheon [/color]

[color=f7941d][b][i][u]Appearance:[/u][/i][/b][/color] 
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	Signs of boyhood still cling to Orion Baratheon despite him being a man grown, and a warrior bloodied. His jaw is often covered in thin black hair, not yet a proper beard, and his voice cracks on occasion in a sign of late adolescence. His hair and eyes are the typical Baratheon black and blue, with fair skin and a height so that he stares down upon more men than he looks up too. He carries himself with the pride and honor of a knight of House Baratheon, though a sharp eyed and knowing man might see through his outer shield, to recognize a broken hearted boy, lost and afraid in a world within which he does not belong. Orion is soft spoken, gentle and in most ways the opposite of his late father and elder brother. If he did not don the yellow and black, nor wear the stag sigil most would never guess he was sired from the marital family, at least not until he took up sword and lance to demonstrate his inherited and nurtured skill at arms.
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	Born in 91AC the second son to Robbas and Saynella Baratheon, Orion proved himself at odds with his father from his very first breath. Perhaps it was because his hair wasn’t as dark, or his eyes as blue, or merely the fact that he was his father’s second son. Whatever the reason right from the start it was evident that Robbas preferred his son of the same name, and doted on him whilst Orion became the center of his mother’s affections. This particular division between the boys and parents did little to mend the broken family, only highlighting their apparent weaknesses to one another. When Orion would scrape his knee as a toddling child he would run weeping to his mother whilst Robbas II would wipe away the blood and laugh. Proof, Lord Robbas concluded, one of his sons was a craven and the other a born Lord. Robbas was determined however, that Orion toughen up, refusing the be the sire of a coward. For Orion, this meant Robbas became a father from a nightmare, wroth and ill tempered with the seemingly softhearted boy. His tactics some would were cruel, but still they proved effective in forcibly fashioning Orion into a fighter even at a tender age. Tears, and fits were the first childish behavior to vanish, through beatings and harsh words and humiliating punishments Robbas ensured the young Orion never so much as showed emotion in his presence, or the presence of any of the castle staff. He snatched Orion away from his mother, and set barriers between them, thinking Saynella's womenly influence was what caused the budding of cowardice in the first place. As he grew older Storm's End became a hated name for Orion. He was forbidden to speak to his mother except in formal circumstances, and forced to participate in constant, grueling training often pitted against his more talented elder brother.

	Perhaps Lord Robbas wished for his youngest son to rebel, to lash out and show the same lustful and shameless behavior of his brother. The constant negative attention ate away at Orion, molding him into a proper man in Lord Robbas' eyes, until at last, to his father's great delight he lost his soft spoken mannerisms, became boastful and arrogant, and lusted after the young girls in the castle and surrounding towns. He never matched his brother, but fought for his father's praise none the less in a contest as vain as it sounds. While Orion merely played the character for his father's benefit, Robbas II was that person, and so Orion failed, and failed again, never seeming to be enough. Their relationship strained, father and son spent more time apart and as Orion grew older, he became more independent in his thinking and actions. Their arguments often reverberate throughout Storm's End, and more oft then not Robbas would supplement his words with a open handed blow, with the force to leave bruises on Orion's face. Even he and his brother loathed each others presence. Robbas II found extra praise in putting down his younger brother. Play was something other brothers did, Robbas and Orion fought, and fought bitterly rarely showing quarter and Robbas almost always coming out on top. At the end of these 'bouts' Lord Robbas would often comment "It would be ill fitting for any son of mine to lose. As fortune would have it, he has never lost." Making Orion grind his teeth, curse aloud and fight again.

	Orion’s fondest memories came from his time away from Storm’s End altogether. On his twelfth name day Lord Robbas sent him to squire with the Knight of Goldengrove, the venerable and notorious Ser Martyn Rowan. It was said he went through squires like he went through his foes, having lost seven to swords and arrows and accidents before Orion joined his service. Suspecting his father wished to see him dead Orion strove to spite him in this regard and be the first to survive the knight's alleged curse. Surprisingly Ser Martyn Rowan was not the ferocious taskmaster the stories claimed. He proved a dutiful teacher, and the first positive male influence in young Orion's life. Often times when their lives were in danger Ser Martyn would entrust Orion to momentous tasks ill suited to the skills of a mid adolescent, which was the true reason behind his many fallen squires. Orion proved adequate in this regard, and in the many battles he fought alongside the knight though narrowly surviving, he did indeed make it to his nineteenth name-day. He was soon after knighted, saying his vows and feeling the blade touch his shoulders seven times.

	The knighting was the proudest moment in Orion's life up to that point and he rode home to Storm's End for the first time in years in triumph, to confront his father and prove that he was befitting of Lord Robbas' praise. The words were never to come. Ser Martyn had chipped away at the rough exterior Lord Robbas had so carefully fashioned around the impressionable Orion. Clearing away the haughty fake arrogance, the shameless displays, and crass behavior until Orion's true soft spoken and gentle nature returned. Lord Robbas was not presented with a proper 'man' as he expected, but a cowardly follower, a pretentious summer knight of the Reach, and no son of his.

	Orion stormed from Storm's End in a rage after only two nights there, when the argument with his father became so fierce it ended in blows. Lord Robbas might very well have slain Orion outright for striking him, if Orion had remained to face such a fate. Instead the bitter Lord of Storm's End disowned his second son, and banished him from the Storm Lands on pain of punishment should he return. Orion had no intention of returning however, he fled back to Goldengrove, and later to King's Landing to serve in the court of the king at Ser Martyn's urging.     

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