So say 1450 or so? It all sounds good to me.

I actually like both LotR and ASoIAF a lot and am in the process of rereading the latter. I'll wait to see what other characters emerge and what you put on the OOC, but for now I'll announce that I have a tentative idea for a sort of sorcerous pirate with dubious loyalty to the dark lord. Potentially he could be a corrupted member of the Synod or someone who was exiled from the Synod at some point. Think Saruman crossed with Euron Greyjoy, or something along those lines.