Game of Thrones Beyond the Dragon -Recruiting

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Beyond the Dragon

"Let us together summon a great council, as the Old King did in the days of old, and lay the matter of succession before the lords of the realm" Alicent Hightower

Queen Danerys Targaryen sits the Iron Throne. Three times a widow she has no King. Drogo, Hizdahr and Jon are all gone. Rhaego she lost before he drew breath, Aemon her miracle she lost as well. Even her grandson Jaehaerys has passed. With no heir and refusing to allow the realm to be plunged into chaos Daenerys and her small council decide to summon a Great Council. Lords and Ladies of the realm can stake a claim and a vote will be made.

Approved Characters and World information

OOC

An over view

Game of Thrones - Beyond the Dragon is a freeform, fluid and sandbox style group game that takes place in George R. R. Martin's Westeros.

This game will largely follow the show until season six. There are changes after that place the game in a different setting then the show's end left. Blank spaces that are filled in with book lore are welcome.

This game will consist of Lords and Ladies coming to King's Landing for a tournament and Great Council decide who will be the next King or Queen when Daenerys passes.

Players may take on the role or Lord or Lady, smallfolk are also welcome but due to the nature of this game working out a connection to a player who has a noble character is suggested as this will allow more opportunity to interact with other players.

Major credit to Rel Mayer and Red Lobster for inspiring GnothiSeauton who has allowed Game of thrones Ascension to be rebooted and tweaked into this game.

In Game History

- Daenerys Stormborn of the House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, The Unburnt, Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men, Queen of Meereen, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Protector of the Realm, Lady Regent of the Seven Kingdoms, Breaker of Chains and Mother of Dragons arrives in Westeros in 302 A.C., landing at Dragonstone, with support from Dorne, elements of the Reach, and a faction of Iron Islanders under the command of Yara Greyjoy, in addition to Unsullied and Dothraki and her three dragons.
- Jon Snow, the proclaimed King in the North, sails to Dragonstone, and soon pledges fealty in an exchange for an alliance in the War that truly mattered.
- The White Walkers, under command of the Night King, march upon the Wall and destroy it, the sound heard for thousands of miles.
- House Targaryen and it's allies, meet with Queen Cersei Lannister, along with her supporters.  An agreement is made to fight together against the White Walkers.
- Daenerys Targaryen and Jon Snow wed, with Jon proclaimed King Jon Targaryen.
- The Armies of Men meet the Armies of Winter in a skirmish in the most southern point in the Gift. The clash leads to the death on a White Walker general leading to the revelation destroying a White Walker kills the wrights it has created.
- Small skirmishes with heavy losses on both sides continue as the White Walkers march South and the long Night drags on.
- 303 AD brings the birth of Aemon Targaryen, Prince of Dragonstone. The child of Daenerys and Jon.
- By 304 AD nearly all of  Cersei's mercenary forces has been killed and what remains abandons her cause.
- Euron Greyjoy perhaps knowing what Cersei plans flees back to the Iron Islands.
- A catspaw attempts to kill Daenerys and Aemon, under torture he confesses that Cersei had sent him.
- House Lannister and it's allies turn upon House Targaryen. Following the battle that would come to be called The Lion's Betrayal Daenerys's mounts Drogon and flies to King's landing there she finds the Red Keep a ruin Wildfire has consumed the castle. Cersei refused to allow it to fall into Daenerys' hands.
- Queen Cersei Lannister is killed while fleeing, allegedly by her brother, Jaimie Lannister who disappears.
- In 305 AD the Night King takes the field, the armies of man have pushed back to Winterfell. Rhaegal is injured in the battle, now on foot and without his dragon King Jon faces the Night King.
- In the fight Jon is mortally injured but impales the Night King with Longclaw, this is not enough to kill the first White Walker and Jon calls for Daenerys to burn the Night King.
- Jon and the Night King perish, Longclaw is found glowing in the aftermath. Daenerys in sacrificing Jon has become the Prince who was Promised and Light Bringer has ended the Long Night.
- Jon is buried in the crypts of Winterfell.
- Daenerys is crowned Queen of Westeros at the Stary Sept in Oldtown, just as her ancestor, Aegon the Conqueror, had some three hundred years ago.
- Daenerys takes her son and rules from Dragonstone as the Red Keep is rebuilt.
- In 319 AC Daenerys moves into the reconstructed Red Keep and rules from King's Landing.
- Aemon Targaryen bonds with Viserion Mother and son often travel the realm on their dragons.
- By 325 AC Aemon is wed and had a son of his own, Jaehaerys who bonds with Rhaegal.
- In 354 AC an army of pirates and slavers the Stepstones.
- The Targaryens and their dragons respond and Viserion along with Aemon are killed when a lucky scorpion bolt catches Viserion in the eye.
- Jaehaerys become the Prince of Dragonstone, a short lived rule as the grey plague hits Dragonstone in 355 AC killing Jaehaerys, his pregnant wife, and three quarters of the people who live on the island.
- Longclaw is returned to Winterfell, Daenerys can no longer stand the sight of the sword.
- With no clear heir Daenerys and her Small Council call for a Great Council in 356 AC.

What Rolls we are looking for

Lord/Lady Commander of the Queensguard
Master/Misstress of Coin
Master/Mistress of Laws
Master/Mistress of Whispers
Grand Maester
High Septon

We could use Stormlands as well as more Houses from the Riverlands

Rules

Real Life comes first.  Don't feel under pressure.  Writing can always wait, this should be a fun game. Not something that players stress over.
Be respectful of other writers.  Pretty self explanatory. 
Don't take IC Drama seriously.  Characters are not representations of the writer. In game there will be vying for the Throne, characters will say and/or do thing you may not agree with as a player. Do not take it out on the player.
Speak up. If you feel a player is being disrespectful or causing a problem that you feel needs a neutralparty let me know.
Be respectful of other writers IC.  No godmodding.   Keep an eye on whether a scene is open or close.  Don't kill characters without discussing it with other writers.  Watch out for the content warning in the header for scenes you may not want to read. Ask before creating a scene with another player's character.
Don't be afraid to speak up if you have ideas or thoughts.  I welcome discussion and input, from everyone.
If you're going to leave or need a break let me know.  This is so that I have an idea of the number of active characters.  If you just need a break we can come up with a reason for your character to be unavailable for a time.
Use the header for IC posts This is so others can check the rating tag.  The header is there for to make things simple and organized as playable dates will be spread out and not everyone keeps the same pace.  Additionally, not everyone is into extreme stuff so a warning in the header lets others skip reading a scene they may not agree with.
This is not first come first serve. The Lord/ Lady Paramount, Warden/ Wardeness and members of the small council are important and powerful people. If you wish to play one of these characters please understand that I will be choosing not who asks first, but the player who seems best suited to fill the role.
Work together If someone is already playing a character in the House you want to be a part of PM them, ask if they want a spouse/cousin/brother/sister/etc. In the game setting there are sometimes huge families. Keep that in mind and do not be afraid to make connections with other characters
Three characters max Household servants/sword swords/ other people that will be in repeat service can be an NPC, be mindful not to make them a forth character.

Please PM your final character sheet submissions to Caela and myself.

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[b]Character:[/b]  Your character's name.  Titles are welcome.

[b]Alias:[/b]  Does your character have a nickname?  Something that they would be known as?  For example, Petyr Baelish is also known as Little Finger.  This is optional.

[b]Age:[/b]  Your character's age.

[b]Position:[/b]  What is your character's position in the story?  Commoner?  Peer of the Realm?  Member of the Small Council or Queensguard?

[b]Allegiance:[/b]  To what house, if you're lower nobility, does your house pledge allegiance to?  For example, House Mormont is sworn to House Stark.  If your character is of an order, such as the Faith of the Seven, the Citadel, or the Night's Watch, simply name that order.

[b]Appearance:[/b]  Just a brief description of your character's appearance.  How they carry and present themselves in public.  The type of clothes they usually wear in public and private.  Tattoos, piercings, birthmarks, etc.

[b]Face Claim:[/b]  The name of the person or link to the artwork of the character you're using for your character's image.

[b]Personality:[/b]  A brief overview of your character's personality.

[b]Motivations:[/b]  Your character's motivations in the story.  What are their drives and desires for themselves?

[b]History:[/b]  A brief overview of your character's personal history.  By no means does it have to be long or biographic.  Just a few sentences here and there that show some of your character's history.  One paragraph minimum.  Bullet Points will also be accepted (four bullet point minimum).

[b]Sexual Identity:[/b]  Your character's sexual identity.  Heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, etc. etc.

[b]Rumors and Gossip:[/b]  What are some of the rumors and gossip about your character?  Rumors and gossip are a part of every day court life.  This is completely optional if your character is a servant or commoner, but is required if your character is a member of court, a peer of the realm, member of the Small Council, or a Queensguard.  You're more than welcome to clarify the rumor or gossip with the truth.

[b]Strengths and Key Skills:[/b]  What are some strengths and key skills about your character?

[b]Flaws and Weaknesses:[/b]  Everyone has a few flaws or personal weaknesses.  List them here.  Only a few is fine.

[b]Character Likes and On's:[/b]  What does your character like in an out of the bedroom?  A link to your personal thread would suffice.

[b]Character Dislikes and Off's:[/b]  What does your character dislike in and out of the bedroom?  Again, a link to your personal thread would suffice.

[b]Connections:[/b]  Your character's connections and relationships to other characters.  This can be left blank, and can be edited over time.

[b]Special Notes:[/b]  This is the sort of catch-all for anything else that you want to make known about your character.  Anything that you think is important and the like.  You can also list what sort of connections and characters that you're looking for with your character here.

[b]Additional Pictures:[/b]  Optional.  A place where you can place additional pictures of your character.  Please spoiler any NSFW images.

[Caela]

Woohoo! Will have Lyanna up shortly!

Her sheet has a family tree at the end and I am totally open to family connections for her!

[sweets]

Woohoo! Will have Lyanna up shortly!

Her sheet has a family tree at the end and I am totally open to family connections for her!

You make such pretty family trees.  ;D

[Caela]

WARDEN OF THE NORTH, LADY OF WINTERFELL
THE NORTHERN WOLF, THE RED WOLF, THE DIREWOLF'S LADY

Age: 26
Political Status | Occupation: Warden of the North
Allegiance: The North | The Iron Throne

Appearance: Tall and statuesque, Lyanna towers over most other women at 5'11 in her bare feet. After her height it is a fight between which a person notices first, the flaming red mane of curls (so reminiscent of her Grandmother) or the flashing amber gaze that has often led to her being compared to the wolves that are her constant companions. While there is often a smile on her lips those eyes hold a person's attention because they are constantly moving; assessing, the world around her and the people in it with keen intelligence and a confidence born of the surety of knowing her place in the world.

While at Winterfell, she keeps her garments simple. Her dresses (if you can get her into a dress instead of leather riding breeches and a belted tunic) are usually in muted shades of green, dark blue, or brown. While she has elaborate gowns for special guests or occasions, they are rarely brought out. She doesn't feel the need to flaunt her status in her own home. She knows who she is and so do her people. There's no need to use uncomfortable clothing to flaunt her status. Outside of Winterfell she can use her clothing to emphasize her status as Lady Stark, Wardeness of the North. More vibrant colors and dresses can be drawn out, as well as matching boots or slippers to emphasize her height and the athletic length of her limbs and to give her lithe form a touch more curve to her silhouette.

Face Claim: Katherine McNamara

Personality: First impressions of Lyanna often bring descriptions like, warm, charming, bubbly, intelligent, friendly, sweet, easily amused and slightly naive. This is the face that Lyanna shows the world outside of the North and the reputation that she has worked, over the years, to build among the other Houses when they have either had visitors to Winterfell or gone to other Houses or even King's Landing for affairs of State. Few people outside of the North have any clue of the true depths or fierceness of the Red Wolf's personality.

Those that know her best would laugh at the idea of the redhead being naive, though they would say that the rest can be true. To those who know her well she is also thoughtful, clear headed, firmly grounded, loyal, fiercely determined, protective, and the best leader many have seen from House Stark since her Grandfather Ned. She puts the well being of her family and the people beholden to them above all else and all of Winterfell (and the North as a whole) knows it.

Motivations: Lyanna's main motivation is always to see to the well-being of the North as a whole. After that she seeks to support and aid her friends and family in whatever ways that she can.   

History: Born in 330 AC, 25 years after the defeat of the Night King, the first grandchild of Sansa Stark, Lyanna is named after two famed Stark women, her Great Aunt, and her Great Grandmother who were much beloved of her Great Grandfather, Ned Stark. Lyanna never knew her mother, as the woman died giving birth to her and she never knew her father well as he tended to avoid the child he saw as being responsible for the loss of the woman he'd loved. This left her much in the care of her Grandmother, Sansa, and the staff of Winterfell, all of whom were all to happy to regale her with stories of her namesakes and happier times before the War of Five Kings. Growing up on stories of her Great Grandfather, his bride, his sister, his famed friendship with King Robert Baratheon and the ensuing chaos that followed in the wake of his generation, Lyanna found herself grateful to have been born under the peaceful reign of Queen Daenerys Targaryan and her King Aegon Targaryan - formally thought to be Ned Stark's bastard Jon Snow. Years of such stories left her with a profound pity for the way that her Grandmother was used by the Lannisters and Boltons, before she was able to free herself and came into her own as an adult, a woman, and a Stark. A pity so profound that she vowed to herself she would never allow herself to be used in such a manner by anyone.

Vowed it not just to herself, but at the foot of a Weirwood tree to make the oath binding.

As she grew, however, she found that her determination to fulfill that vow led her down a different path than what her Grandmother wanted for her. She ended up distancing herself from the redhead that everyone said she looked so much like, finding other ways to spend her time than among the more "feminine" pursuits that her Grandmother often suggested. Instead of needlepoint, spinning, baking, or weaving, Lyanna could be, most often, found out on the practice courts among the men of their Hold. There she was indulged in the way of rough men with children and taught the things that interested them, and her, the most. At the feet of their household guard she learned the way of horses (riding and caring for them properly), survival skills, hunting, archery, the basics of swordplay, and how to use a quarterstaff but the weapons that seemed most natural in her hands were actually a set of matched daggers. She excelled at knife fighting and even progressed to learning how to, effectively and efficiently, fight with two daggers against any weapon their guard could bring to bear.

Learning to fight, ensuring she would never be a victim, was the happiest part of any day for Lyanna, but she recognized that to truly keep herself safe (and she didn't truly trust anyone else to do so) she needed to know how to play the Game of Houses as well. To that end many hours were also spent with their Maester learning history, languages, reading, writing, the running of a household, and basic medicinals. Time was also spent among her Grandmother's courtiers learning how to smile ever so sweetly, how to seem unobtrusive, how to observe those around her and seem non-threatening and perhaps even a little naive (or just amused), all while committing everything around her to memory. Many of their retainers knew what she was doing and it became a matter of amusement, and challenge, to test her powers of observation by trying to keep her from discovering thing when they came to visit. Those that managed to successfully keep her keep eyes and ears from learning whatever secret her Grandmother would give them to hold when they visited were often granted a boon before they left.

Beyond these lessons, Sansa also wanted to ensure that Lyanna knew her people and her family. To that end two things happened; many months during spring and summer years were spent on Bear Island so that Lyanna could get to know her family there, and Sansa arranged for Lyanna to foster with the Manderly family in White Harbor where she could learn the proper running of a large city as well as how to handle merchants, sailors, and the needs of so many Small Folk all crammed into the same space. Lyanna loved her time in both places and came away from those years having learned much but also having forged strong friendships with her cousin Darna and the petite Lady of White Harbor, Wynn Manderly.

While she would never have wished a family rift on her friend, Lyanna was more than thrilled when Sansa brought Wynn to Winterfell when she and her mother had a falling out over Wynn's insistence on raising her son. As far as Lyanna is concerned, Wynn and Robert are welcome to make Winterfell their home for as long as Wynn wants to; she views the young lad much as a favored nephew and enjoys watching him run and play almost as much as Wynn does...and quietly looks forward to the day he's old enough to give him a wolf-pup of his own. 

Now, in her late 20's, she's well known to her own people and they are loyal to Lyanna herself and House Stark in general, due greatly in part to the rebuilding efforts of Sansa after the Wars that killed so many, and the stewardship that Lyanna continues to foster. She follows the Old Ways, and many of her people admire her for never asking of someone else what she's not willing to do herself. When her grandmother died in 355 AC (just a few short months after the deaths of her cousin Jaehaerys and 3/4 of the people on Dragonstone), there was no fuss or outcry about Lyanna taking the full reins of power in the North and at the older woman's funeral, the majority of the Nobles in attendance re-swore oaths of allegiance to Lyanna and House Stark even though she hadn't asked it of them. Many of those that couldn't attend sent Ravens with their regards, and also renewed oaths of loyalty. Those letters Lyanna keeps in a small box in her bedroom, cherishing them more for the kind words and small stories that each carried of her grandmother, than for the oaths also carried in their lines.

Sansa Background

After the War with the Night King, Sansa Stark was left securely in charge of Winterfell and Queen Daenerys re-named the Starks as Wardens of the North. Knowing she would need to secure her home for her family, Sansa chose a husband from among a family that had always remained loyal the Starks, the Mormonts. While everyone knew the names Jeor and Maege Mormont, fewer (outside of the North) knew their younger brother Andar, who was content to mostly remain home on Bear Island except when called to fight. He and his wife Aellyn had two sons, twins they named Dennet and Erryk, and it was the younger of the two boys (by a mere 5 minutes) that Sansa agreed to marry...provided he was willing to take *her* name in the bargain.

By all accounts the two had a marriage built on respect and a friendship that seemed to deepen over the years and while they might not have been in love with each other, there was no doubt they cared for each other and raised their three surviving children on tales of both the Starks and Mormonts and with many visits to their kin on Bear Island.

When he came of age at 18, their oldest son, Eddard (named after his Grandfather Ned) left Winterfell on a solitary tour of the North. He left with a small purse, his horse, and his wolf, Wrath, to keep him company. His intention was to spend time at every keep that swore fealty to the Stark banner, and to get to know his people better for when the day came that his mother, Sansa, would pass the mantle of leadership to him. In the two years he was travelling, he met, and fell in love with Sarrya Umber, the middle child of Ned Umber. Ned was more than happy to forge a tighter alliance with, and reaffirm his loyalty to, House Stark by allowing his daughter to marry Eddard in 329 AD. A loyalty that never wavered even when the birth of his granddaughter in 330 AC also brought about the death of his daughter...though he never could bring himself to be close to Lyanna who so reminded him of the daughter he'd lost.

Specific Info: Lyanna excels in single combat with a pair of matched daggers that are always at her sides. She's been trained in the use of a sword and quarterstaff as well and while she is, by no means, an expert with either, she doesn't embarrass herself with them either and could likely hold off an attacker until help arrived. She is also trained in the used of a bow (for hunting not combat) and is almost always flanked by a pair of Direwolves aptly named Snow and Shadow. Horses from Winterfell are known to be fearless and steady because of being raised and trained with the Stark's wolves always nearby and are highly prized in the North for that reason.

Info on Wolf Breeding

Sansa was able to start breeding Direwolves for the Stark family when Jon/Aegon gave her a pup from one of Ghost's litters. Ghost had found a mate in the far North and while she was never entirely tamed, she was protective of those that Ghost trusted. With her own Direwolf once more, Sansa trained her new pup (a female she called Tempest) and when she was old enough, she took her to the Wall and allowed her to run free. It was a gamble, but it paid off and when they returned to Winterfell, Tempest was heavy with her first litter. Like many larger mammals, it was found that Direwolves had fewer babes at a time than regular wolves or dogs. Tempest only ever had one or two when she would give birth and Sansa took care not to over breed her, wanting to keep the Direwolves as a sign of status among the Stark family, and extreme favor to their most loyal friends. Each of Sansa's children was given their own pup when they came of age to care for one (usually around 13-15 depending on when Tempest had a litter in that age range) and were given the same instructions Sansa and her siblings were given...they would train them, care for them, and - if necessary - put them down. The number of wolves at Winterfell has always remained low. Some are lost due to simple attrition when allowed to run North, some proved un-trainable and had to either be released North of the Wall or put down entirely. Those that fully bond with their humans, do so with extreme loyalty and for life, only parting from them on their runs North when they, sometimes, return with mates or possibly litters growing in the bellies of the females.

First Sansa, and now Lyanna, keep immaculate records of their breedings and there are just starting to be enough wolves that they don't necessarily have to always let their own wolves run North, but can start breeding among the wolves they have at Winterfell and among those very few vassals that have been given a wolf of their own. Detailed records ensure no such pairing is too closely related and most litters are still started by allowing a female to run North in order to avoid inbreeding.

Snow and Shadow:

Notes on Snow and Shadow

Both are loyal companions and if travelling far, or hunting, both will be flanking Lyanna's horse (who is entirely used to the two wolves nearly equal to his own size!) but it is Snow who is her constant companion. Snow is, by far, the friendlier of the two, the one most likely to take kindly to strangers, while Shadow seems to merely tolerate the presence of anyone who isn't Lyanna, Wynn or Robert who they seemed to have adopted as part of their human pack. While neither would actually hurt anyone without orders (barring Lyanna being in actual danger) Shadow is far more likely to act aggressively and try to warn strangers off with growls and shows of teeth. Because of their differences in temperaments, Shadow is far more likely to be left home and Lyanna fully expects that, when she takes Snow and Shadow for their first runs North of the Wall, it will only be Snow who returns to her.

Family Connections:

- Sansa Stark | Grandmother - Deceased due to old age
- Eddard and Sarrya Stark | Parents - Deceased, her mother in childbirth, her father in a riding accident
- Darna Farwynd | Cousin

Sexual Identity: Heterosexual

Rumors and Gossip:

TBD

Strengths and Key Skills:

- Has the loyalty and trust of the North
- Skilled horsewoman
- Highly skilled at fighting with a pair of matched daggers
- Fair huntress, particularly in concert with Snow and Shadow
- Knowledgeable in the running of not just a Noble Household but an entire region
- Speaks and reads common fluently, can speak High Valyrian well and can read easier texts or letters, speaks the language of the First Men fluently

Flaws and Weaknesses:

- Can be arrogant
- Her temper can lead her to be vengeful and/or bloodthirsty
- Doesn't consider herself bound by the same morality as the Small Folk (or even the Nobles) she rules
- Her loyalty to family and friends could be used to manipulate her

Character Death: Possible but not preferred

Character Like's/On's: Horseback riding, hunting, weapons practice, tournaments, visiting Bear Island, Dornish Reds

Character Dislike's/Off's: Sword practice, boredom, wanton cruelty, small minds

Connections:

- Wynn Manderly and Robert Snow | Wynn is Lyanna's foster sister and closest friend. There is nothing she wouldn't do for Wynn and she views Wynn's son, Robert, not as a bastard child but as a nephew as surely as if the boy was a Stark himself.

Special Notes:

TBD

Lyanna's Family Tree

Stark Branch
 

Mormont Branch

   

And Sweets saved everyone from the long version of my write up for the North, if you're interested, it'll be spoilered below...if not she got the important stuff. :) :)

In the North

TLDR

• Sent Ravens to Lords and Ladies, wanting census and supply information after the war
• Also sent messengers to those warriors with lands and small keeps of their own (the Northern equivalent of landed Knights) to bring supply and census information for those in their land and had said messengers spread word to the small folk displaced by the wars to make way to the nearest Keep still running.
• Trusted warriors and skilled small-folk sent to Keeps whose masters died during the wars to strip them of any stored food or supplies to be distributed to still working Keeps to bolster their stores.
• Traveled to White Harbor to talk to merchant leaders, send more ravens to help re-establish trade ties after the war; particularly establishing trade for food needed to see her people through the Winter
• Orders sent to Noble Houses, those seeking aid to be given food and shelter (especially during that first Winter) and bandits to be put down like rabbid dogs
• With Spring, two major projects started 1) work to enlarge Flint's Finger into a full port town, making trade and travel along the western coast of the North easier and 2)personally overseeing the tearing down of the Dreadfort and using the available stones and timbers for other rebuilding projects
• Made plans for restoring Moat Caillen but focused on the Flint's Finger expansion, leaving the Keep for future generations to restore
• Helped Wildlings wanting to stay South of he Wall find places that would suit them provided they swore to abide by the laws of the land and put aside their own internal fighting for the good of everyone - though she was also smart enough to try and find those with longstanding feuds places far from each other
• First 10 years after the war she traveled extensively to ensure her people's welfare; ensuring food and supplies being stored in sufficient quantities for the nest Winter, helping with rebuilding, sending Ravens to the Citadel when Maesters were needed etc.
• Married Erryk Mormont in 308 AD, had 4 children - 1 died at less than a week old
• Once the North was stabilized and her family established, regular trips made to King's Landing so her children would know their family there, though she never stayed in the Red Keep again but established a family villa nearby

With the end of the Night King in 305 AD, the claiming of the throne by Daenerys Targaryen and the revelation that the man known as Jon Snow (believed to be the bastard son of Lord Eddard Stark) was in fact Aegon Targaryen, the son of Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen...the North was left in chaos. So many were dead, those left felt as if they were drifting, rudderless, their "King" now gone, having married a Southern Queen and then dying in the War with the Night King to save them all, and into the void left by that loss stepped Sansa Stark, the oldest surviving true-born child of Lord Eddard Stark with a face and name familiar to many. The Stark line had survived and, with the blessing of the new Queen on the Iron Throne, Sansa fully claimed her place as the Lady of Winterfell and the Wardeness of the North.

One of her first orders of business was to send ravens to every corner of the North. Every noble House received word to send a representative to Winterfell and to bring with them a full accounting of supplies on hand, supplies needed, and a rough census of the remaining people in their lands. She understood this would take time, but with Winter riding hard down on them, it was also necessary if they were to survive. Messengers were also sent to those warriors known to have Keeps and small lands of their own (the Northern equivalent of landed Knights) to also take measure of their stores and people. These messengers made note of which Keeps still had masters, and those which now sat empty due to their masters dying in the wars. To those left empty, Sansa sent warriors and skilled small-folk and had the Keeps raided for any stores of food and supplies, having those distributed to those Keeps closest by to bolster their own stores.

She also made a trip to White Harbor and spoke to the leaders of the merchant guilds there. It might have been considered unseemly for a Lady of a Major House to concern herself with matters of trade, but her first priority was the survival of as many of her people as possible, and on the advice of men and women she spoke with, more ravens were sent. These carried the seal of House Stark and were sent to the heads of merchant guilds in Southern cities seeking to establish new avenues of trade. In the beginning she sought mostly an exchange of goods, such as grains/fruits/vegetables from the South for things like hardwoods and furs that were only available from Northern forests and coasts, to keep her people fed. As time passed, and Winter faded to Spring, she stepped back, letting trade broaden and expand naturally.

During the Winter, with so many people hungry and suffering the effects of war, many attempted to turn to banditry to keep their families fed. Sansa dealt with this in quick and brutal terms. Families that came to the Keeps were housed and fed to the best of the Nobles ability, but those that turned bandit, who stole from the mouths of others...for them she had no mercy and it didn't take long for word to spread that the new Lady of the North would provide aid for any seeking it, and would put down those looking to take what they hadn't earned. With so many dead after the wars, there was plenty of work for everyone and no excuse was accepted for banditry.

She also found places for those Wildlings who had fought with Jon who wanted to remain in her territory. She never demanded they kneel, to herself or to the Queen, but she did demand oaths that they would live by Westerosi law and work the land for the good of all the people living around them. They could have land to farm, or could ply their trades if they had such skills, but like all Westerosi, they would have to pay their taxes and, as the Warden of the North, she'd expect them to set aside their warring and fighting amongst themselves. To make putting aside longstanding feuds easier, Sansa, was smart enough to try and separate those who had them by great distances. After all, the North was vast and there was plenty of distance that could be put between previously warring factions.

She had territory to rebuild, anyone who stood in the way of that would be dealt with...harshly. She'd learned the lessons of her youth well and, like her father, practiced the Old Ways when it came to meting out judgement.

With the coming of Spring in 306 AD, Sansa turned her eyes to other projects to help her people. One of the first of which was the expansion of Flint's Finger into a full port town along Blazewater Bay. With access to the Saltspear and Fever river, it would be easy to transport goods nearly all the way to Moat Caillen and from there to the Kingsroad and deeper to the Keeps of the North. Flint's Finger would never become the city that White Harbor was, but a port along the western coast allowed for quicker traveling of goods along the western coast of Westeros without having to wait for ships from White Harbor to sail entirely around Dorne, or overland caravans to pay the toll demanded at the Twins. She spent the first months of the year poring over plans with builders, carpenters, and various skilled tradesmen and women working out the logistics of the project itself, how many people would be needed to make her vision a reality and what supplies would be needed before setting them free to begin with the promise that she would come and see to their progress personally after she'd settled another project that she an ever-present desire to see completed.

The second project she focused on personally, was one of vengeance. Ramsay Bolton had been the last of the Bolton line and with his death those lands fell into Sansa's hands as both the Warden of the North and Ramsay's former wife. With spring and rebuilding efforts ongoing throughout the North, Sansa sent word for trusted carpenters and builders and a crew of men with each of them and marched on the Dreadfort...there she had the skilled laborers with her tear it down and had the stones and timbers that were still usable shipped around the North for other rebuilding projects. Many actually making their way to be used in the Flint's Finger expansion.

She could never fully describe the satisfaction she felt in watching the home of a family who had caused so much pain - to herself and others - being destroyed and sent to serve a greater cause. The only thing that might have been more satisfying would have been to write to Dany and asking her cousin by marriage to bring a dragon and destroy the place with dragon-fire much as Harrenhal had been. In the end, however, she didn't want a charred, melted, ruin marring the Northern landscape...she wanted all sign of the place gone. She wanted the Keep, the outbuildings, everything down to the manger in the stables gone and to let nature reclaim it as if the Keep, and the Bolton's themselves had never existed. It took time, and she couldn't remain and watch the entire destruction of the place but by the beginning of 308 AD every trace of the Keep that once been the dread of so many was gone and nature was even starting to reclaim the hard packed dirt that formed the courtyard and the floors of outbuildings. By 312 AD, you could ride past where the Dreadfort had once stood and never know a Keep had once stood there.

For her first few years as Warden, Sansa was rarely at Winterfell itself. She traveled extensively, checking on the Lords and Ladies sworn to her House, renewing oaths of loyalty, helping to rebuild. Sometimes she actually dug into the work itself, earning a reputation for being hands-on in the care of her people, though most often her ability to help was in surveying, seeing what her people needed, and sending out ravens to Maesters in the South, informing them that people displaced by all the wars had a place in the North if they would bring their skills and trades and be willing to resettle the land. It meant an influx of southerners, some of whom couldn't handle the harsh existence away from the cities of the South, but many found the harsh beauty, and relative freedom of the North to their liking and acclimated quite well. 

During this time she also married Erryk Mormont in 30 AD. Erryk was the youngest son of Maege Mormont's younger, lesser known brother Andar. She and Erryk were more a politcal match than a love match but they liked, and respected, each other and managed to have four children together starting with their oldest son, Lyanna's father, Eddard in 309 AD. As her children grew, Sansa allowed the projects she'd started at the beginning of her reign as Warden to flourish and grow on their own, while she spent more time at Winterfell with her family. Most of what she'd begun no longer needed her direct supervision, but the next generation of Stark children certainly needed a constant eye on them! 

As her children got older, Sansa returned to traveling through her territory, overseeing plantings, and harvests, making her children take part in many of the activities that made of the majority of the lives of their people. They planted, they repaired walls around sheep pastures, they played with children both Noble and smallfolk, and they got to know the lives of their people. Sansa also ensured that their Maester always traveled with them to oversee each Nobles preparations for the Winter that was always coming. They ensured that each Noble was putting aside an appropriate amount of food and supplies (furs, oil, woodpiles) so that their people wouldn't freeze or starve the next time the cold winds and snows held their lands in it's grip.

She made sure her people would live, and thrive, and that her children, and with the birth of Lyanna her grandchild, would do the same after her.

As much as she detested the place, once she had stabilized the North and had children of her own, she also made regular trips to King's Landing every few years. With a man she would always consider her brother (despite his actually being a cousin) having fathered a child with their Queen before his death, she wanted her own children to know their cousin who would one day sit the throne in the rebuilt Red Keep. Duty and love compelled her to make the trek to that hated city but she could never bring herself to actually stay within the Keep itself - despite it being newly rebuilt and not the same place she had been imprisoned and brutalized - and established a small villa nearby. She ensured her children, and eventually Lyanna, would know their family in King's Landing, though she was always happier when their Royal cousins made a rare trip North to visit her at Winterfell. She considered time spent in King's Landing to be a necessary evil; her children got to know their family there, but they also learned the ways of the City, it's Court, and the scheming and backbiting that were so much a part of any Royal Court. Life might be peaceful under Dany, but her own children and grandchildren would never be as naive as she had been when she'd first come to King's Landing as little more than a child.

[Caela]

You make such pretty family trees.  ;D

They help me keep things in order...and I like organization.

[sweets]

Lyanna is approved feel free to post her in the approved character thread.

[Caela]

Thanks Sweets!

[GnothiSeauton]

Planting a flag of interest. Will be working on a character sheet tomorrow.

[Clio]

It seems there are already a lot of women, so I might wait for some men or non-binary before I make a character.

[Caela]

Clio, there are male characters in the works as well...their writers are just in other time zones so they probably won't get posted for a day or two. You should totally start working on an idea if you have one.

[GnothiSeauton]

I'm working on a male character that I'm bringing back with a few minor tweaks.

[sweets]

As Caela said we do have some men who have approval and will be posing characters.

Feel free to drop by later or hang out for a bit and do some brain storming. Whatever you would like Clio.

[greypsychman]

I am interested and creating a male character. I won't be finished until tomorrow night.

[Aiden]

I play Macgowan Baratheon the Lord Paramount of the Stormlands and eldest Baratheon Heir.

If anyone wants to talk plot or become a vassal for the Baratheon, please let me know.

[Caela]

Side note...if anyone needs help with a family tree to help keep things organized, feel free to hit me up and I'll help out.

[Deamonbane]

I'm working on a male character that I'm bringing back with a few minor tweaks.

Please let it be Elmo...

I'll be playing Ulric and Dakeyras Grejoy, rivals for the Seastone chair, descended from Euron and Yara Greyjoy, respectively.

If anyone would like to work out some connections with either, or maybe with Ulric's master of whispers, Damien Pyke, drop me a line.

[JessicaHouse]

If he is still alive in this, I'd be interested in playing Lord Varys.

[sweets]

Please let it be Elmo...

LOL I had the same reaction.

[sweets]

If he is still alive in this, I'd be interested in playing Lord Varys.

There would be a new small council due to the setting. Most character from the show/book are dead. Some of the younger ones old by Westerosi standards now. 300AC Joffrey was married. Our story takes place in 356 AC)

If you would like to Create a Master of Whispers that would be more than welcome.

[RobHumph]

Hey guys.

I know we didn't end on the best foot. But if you'd be willing to have me, I'd like to throw my hat into the ring.

I won't be playing Patrek or Leyton or anything though, would be something new.

If I'm good to go, I'd also like to reserve Mark Strong as a face claim if that's at all possible.
No longer reserved

[TheBlackThrone]

I am interested. I make myself available as a plot-filler. If anyone needs more additions to their house, then let me know. If there are no takers, then I will just add a house to the game. I do want to avoid being the one to add more houses than there are people to fill the roles in the houses since that never really works out well in any GOT RP. So if you need brother, sister, wife, husband, unwed lover, father, mother, slave, servant, bodyguard (had to add more XD), etc. I can play any gender, any role, and any sexuality.

[Juggtacular]

I wouldn't want to play Master of Whispers, but is there a position that's like "Main Spy/Assassin" that the Master would relay orders directly to when something needed to get done with efficiency and expediency?

[sweets]

Rob feel free to submit a character.

Throne. I am looking for an estranged older sibling for my Wynn Manderly. And my Darna  Farwynd has a bunch of cousins from the Goodbrothers if either of those interest you.

Juggtacular. A spy/assassin with a reasonable background can be done. Please keep in mind a character like that may be connected to the Master of Whispers but could have a harder time making other connections. Just based on prior games with spy’s/assassins talking. If such a character interests you feel free to submit something and we can discuss

[CyrodilicBrandy]

Oh, hey! I was in GoT Ascension as Braelyn Stark, with some of these folx, but it kinda then fell through. Potentially interested again!

[sweets]

Oh, hey! I was in GoT Ascension as Braelyn Stark, with some of these folx, but it kinda then fell through. Potentially interested again!

Welcome!

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