[center][b]House Blackwood[/b]
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[i]Ever Watchful[/i][/center]

[b]Recent History:[/b]
[indent]Every House is subject to the ebbs and flows of fortune and currently... House Blackwood's fortunes are in ebb. Ser Edmund Blackwood wasted away to a mysterious and sudden illness too rare for the Blackwood Maester to treat and a scant few years later, Lord Quentyn Blackwood was slain by Ser Otho Bracken in a tournament melee, meaning the only remaining trueborn Blackwoods were all of legal minority. Thus, over the past two years, a regency council has ruled over Raventree Hall, forcing the [i]Flock of Young Ravens[/i] to bide their time before exacting their revenge.[/indent]

[b]Household Members:[/b]
King's Landing
[indent]Prince Brynden "Bloodraven" Rivers (27). Master of Whisperers of King Daeron.
Lady Melissa Blackwood (45). Courtier in the Red Keep. Former consort to late King Aegon IV.
Princess Mya Rivers (29). Courtier in the Red Keep.
Princess Gwenys Rivers (28). Courtier in the Red Keep.[/indent]
Blackwood Vale
[indent]Young Lord Bennifer "Benny" Blackwood (14). Lord-in-waiting of Raventree Hall. Squire to Ser...
Young Lord Robert "Bobby" Blackwood (12). Lord Benny's younger brother.
Young Lord Roland Blackwood (10). Lord Benny's younger brother.
Young Lord Roger Blackwood (8). Lord Benny's younger brother.
Ser Lorent Blackwood (16). Knighted by inheritance as knight of Muddy Hall. Lord Benny's older cousin.
Maester Mollen. Specialized in history and geography. Unable to treat late Ser Edmund's illness.
Lady Sylvia Blackwood (37). Born to House Ryger, mother to Lord Benny and his siblings. Current regent of Raventree Hall.[/indent]

[b]Characters:[/b]

[hider=Prince Brynden "Bloodraven" Rivers]
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Name: Prince Brynden “Bloodraven” Rivers
Age: 27
Biography: Brynden was born in King’s Landing as the bastard son of King Aegon IV Targaryen and his sixth mistress, Lady Melissa Blackwood, who had replaced the king's fifth mistress, Lady Barba Bracken. Brynden's older sisters were Mya and Gwenys Rivers. Although Melissa was eventually dismissed by Aegon IV in favor of his seventh mistress, Lady Bethany Bracken, Brynden was able to maintain close relations at court because of Melissa's popularity. Like all his half-brothers, Brynden was legitimized by Aegon on his deathbed, an action that earned the late king the whispered epithet of ‘The Unworthy’.

Aegor “Bittersteel” had always been resentful of Brynden. Brynden’s mother had replaced Aegor’s own as the King’s preferred consort, and later on in life it was Brynden, not Aegor, who earned their half-sister Shiera’s favor. Despite being lithe in frame and weak compared to his brothers, Brynden was smart, cunning, ruthless, and he held some mysterious form of charisma; a force of personality that spurred others to do Lord Bloodraven’s bidding. There are many who have gone as far as to accuse the Master of Whisperers of sorcery, but Lord Bloodraven has only ever held the good of the realm in his heart.
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[hider=Lady Melissa "Missy" Blackwood]
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Name: Lady Melissa "Missy" Blackwood
Age: 45
Biography: Both younger and prettier than Lady Barba (albeit far less buxom), as well as more modest, Missy has always had a kind heart and a generous nature that led even Queen Naerys herself – as well as the Dragonknight and Prince Daeron – to befriend her. During her “reign” as the king’s consort of choice, she bore King Aegon three bastards: Mya, Gwenys, and Brynden (Bloodraven) Rivers. 

Eventually, Lady Barba Bracken would successfully plot to replace her with her younger sister, Lady Bethany as king’s consort, but good Lady Missy had powerful friends in court by then, and she continued to call the Red Keep home along with her three children. 

Nowadays, she mostly works in advising her young son and Master of Whisperers. Lord Worm has many enemies, after all.
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[hider=Young Lord Bennifer Blackwood]
Name: Young Lord Bennifer Blackwood
Age: 14
Biography:Son of Otho Blackwood, young lord Bennifer is set to inherit Raventree Hall and Blackwood Vale upon his ten-and-sixth name day. The orphaned grandson of Lord Quentyn Blackwood who was slain in a tournament melee by Ser Otho Bracken, young lord Ben intends to become a knight in order to avenge his grandfather’s murder at Bracken’s hands, and to force a pact of peace with House Bracken through a marriage arrangement.

Young Lord Ben is the son of the late Ser Edmund Blackwood, who died of a sudden illness prior to his own father, Lord Quentyn. Ben also has three younger brothers: Robert (12), Roland (10) and Roger (8), with each brother being two years younger than the prior, and an older cousin Lorent (16) who rules over Muddy Hall in Blackwood lands.
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[hider=Late Lord Quentyn Blackwood]
Name: Late Lord Quentyn Blackwood
Age: 57 ✝
Biography: Lord Quentyn Blackwood ruled Blackwood Vale from Raventree Hall for 35 years before his ultimately untimely death at the hands of Ser Otho Bracken. House Blackwood and House Bracken have been traditional enemies to each other since time immemorial, and though the scheming between both Houses had been limited to the royal halls as of late, this death and the ultimate feelings of revenge instilled in the four Young Ravens, may lead to a true renewal of hostilities between both Houses.
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