Garlan Tarly

== Personality ==
=== Personality Description ===
Garlan is and always has been a quiet, almost brooding individual who never seemed cut out to inherit his father's lands. It seemed the boy would take far greater pleasure in hunting in the woods or traveling the Seven Kingdoms. For a couple years that was also exactly what he did.  During his twentieth nameday, Garlan had informed his beloved father of his desire to travel the Realm, while reluctant his father agreed. He had always been a man who didn't seek the company of others, not man or woman. 
However when he inherited his father's land he seemed to open up a bit. He was still a very reserved man who took pleasure in the times of silence though when duty demanded he opened up a kind, just man appeared. A man with an intense stare who valued honor and justice above anything. A man who liked to talk to his men, lead by example and a man who showed bravery. However, during very rare moments for those who had the displeasure of seeing him..lose that side of him.. a man who's rage knew no bounds appeared. A man who would kill anyone in his path and after that..a man who regretted it all.
=== Goals and Motivation ===
Bring prosperity to his people and end Injustice in the Realm
=== Reputation ===
A young, quiet man who shows great kindness to those that deserve it yet a man with a stare as cold as ice.
== Backstory ==
Being born into a House such as House Tarly will always come with responsibilities. However if those responsibilities really suited you it wasn't always so black and white. From his  birth Garlan was a quiet boy. A kid who didn't really play with others so much yet would rather stay behind to study a bit or train with a sword whenever he got old enough to do that. People could tell that ever since he began his studies the young Tarly was fascinated with the outside world, he heard stories about the majestic Mountain castle that was Casterly Rock, the Water gardens of Sunspear and the incredible size of the Wall behind which was a deep and dark mystery. 
Unfortunately for Garlan, being heir meant that he had a duty to stay in Hornhull and prepare for the day where he would succeed his father. A day he dreaded.
After his twentieth nameday, Garlan had already made quite the name for himself as a capable warrior and an honorable knight. Intelligent as a Maester and strong as a Knight was something his mother would always say. What he asked for on his nameday though was something that wasn't gonna be easy for his parents. He asked to travel. To leave the safe walls of Hornhill behind and to make his way through the Seven Kingdoms so that he can learn and see the incredible things Men have built over the millenia that they have lived on his home continent. Perhaps even built by creatures before men arrived on Westeros. Obviously at first I his father would have none of it. The heir of Hornhill was to stay in Hornhill. However after a couple days of begging, Garlan got his wish. He would set out for a long journey, a journey that would change his life.
During the eight years of his travels, Garlan set out to travel to every single corner of the continent. He visited the home of the Lannisters at Casterly Rock, he visited the seat of the Storm Kings at Storm's End. He visited the famous vineyards of the Arbor. Went all the way North to the Hotsprings of Winterfell and every manned castle at the Wall. He saw the cliffs of Pyke, the height of the Eyrie and the black stone of Dragonstone. It was his final visit however, the place he waited eight years to visit, that he claims has changed his view on the world. The isle of faces. He spent three nights there, after which he decided to return home..
The home he left wasn't the home he returned to. His mother, during his travels had passed away and now his father was alive, but terribly ill. He wasn't the same either. He still cut himself off quite often but he seemed more..open. sociable. Everyone believed the years on the road were what changed him, for the better. However..when his father passed away..rumours  say that he beat the man who told him half to death and spent the rest of the night, crying and locked in his chamber and the day after came out of it as if everything was fine. A curious event, yet after it Garlan was quick to get to work. Some would say it was a coping mechanism and it very well might have been one. He was effective, that's what mattered. After all, people have passed and come in a matter of days, best work hard while you can.
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