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[color=#C8A951][sup][i]"Bittersteel was half-dragon, and all bastard."
—Arianne Martell to Lysono Maar[/i][/sup][/color][/CENTER][table][row][/row][row][cell][center][sub][sup][sub][h3][b]
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[sub][COLOR=darkgray][b]Age:[/b] 24
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[b]Allegiance:[/b] House Blackfyre[/COLOR][/sub]
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[INDENT][sup][COLOR=darkgray]Aegor is tall and muscular, lean and lithe as a panther, with the purple eyes of his Targaryen blood set above a close-cropped beard, little more than a shadow on his jaw. His black hair marks him apart from the silver-gold of his father's line, a bastard's distinction worn without apology. His armour is well-made but deliberately plain — grey steel and black rings, practical and without ornament. His helm bears a horsehead crest with a flowing mane behind it. His shield displays his personal sigil, the red stallion of House Bracken combined with black dragon wings from House Blackfyre on a golden field, the horse snorting fire. He does not smile. He has not smiled in some time.[/COLOR][/sup][/INDENT]
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[COLOR=darkgray][b]◼ Weaponry:[/b] A knight's warhammer and lance. He is a ferocious and capable warrior, having trained extensively in the martial arts expected of a knight of his standing.
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[b]◼ Notable Skills:[/b] One of the foremost military commanders riding under the Blackfyre banner, considered alongside Ser Quentyn Ball to have had the largest hand in convincing Daemon to press his claim. A proven battlefield commander with a particular aptitude for cavalry engagements and a ferocious warrior capable of holding his own against the most dangerous opponents in the realm.
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[b]◼ Retinue:[/b] Knights and men-at-arms sworn to the Blackfyre cause, many drawn from houses with Bracken connections in the Riverlands.[/color][/sup][/indent][color=#2e2c2c]-[/color][/hider][/INDENT][/cell][cell][INDENT][sub][sup][sub][h3][b]
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[COLOR=DARKGRAY][indent]Aegor was born in 172 AC at King's Landing to Barba Bracken, the fifth of King Aegon IV's mistresses. He was born only a fortnight before Queen Naerys nearly died in childbirth, and with Naerys lingering near death, Barba's father began to speak openly of Barba marrying the king. When Naerys recovered, Prince Daeron and Aemon the Dragonknight forced Aegon to send Barba and her bastard son from court. Aegor was raised at Stone Hedge among his mother's kin, nurtured on her resentments and the ancient grievances of House Bracken, growing into the bitter and hard-edged man the court had made him before he was old enough to understand it.

The enmity between Bittersteel and Bloodraven runs deeper than politics. Many would blame the ancient enmity between their houses, their competition over their half-sister or even that Aegor's mother was set aside in favour of Bloodraven's. In truth the matter was more simple, Bryden was able to remain at court, becoming some distant part of the royal family in his own strange way. Aegor was cast out, permitted only temporary visits to the halls that should have been his childhood home.

When Aegon IV died, he legitimised all his bastards, but while his brothers have come to wield Valyrian steel, Bittersteel was left with nothing but the legitimisation itself. It was the final insult in a life full of them. It was Bittersteel and Ser Quentyn Ball who had the largest hand in convincing Daemon Blackfyre that he was the true heir and should press his claim.[/indent][/COLOR]

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[COLOR=DARKGRAY][INDENT]Bittersteel rides in service to a king he helped create, prosecuting a rebellion he has longed to start. His loyalty to Daemon is genuine, the Black Dragon is the one man who has treated him as something more than a useful embarrassment, but it sits alongside a web of personal grievances that the rebellion gives him legitimate cause to pursue. He wants Daemon on the Iron Throne and his half-brother Brynden Rivers broken. He is a hard man who has little use for anything beyond war, and war, at last, is exactly what he has. He does not think beyond victory. He has never found it useful to.

As it stands the specific location of Bittersteel is unknown to the royalist forces, going to ground in the Riverlands. Unknown to even Bloodraven's spies, he heads North to the Twins.[/INDENT][/COLOR][/cell][/row][/table][sub]__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________[/sub][/COLOR][/INDENT]