Pellinore Blackthorne

Lord Pellinore Blackthorne was the sixthborn son of Aron Blackthorne by his wife Daena of Volmark. He became Lord of House Blackthorne in 940AE, upon the death of his elder brother and predecessor Trystan, and he would go on to lead his family for almost 50 years until his death at the Battle of Brackensbridge, where he was personally slain by the Orc chieftain Bolzog. At the time of his death he was 88 years old, making him the second longest-lived Blackthorne ruler since Jason himself; this, coupled with the fact he was already past 40 when he became Lord, earned him the affectionate nickname of "the Old Griffin" among the populace. He was regarded as being a grim and stern man, perhaps owing to the guilt he felt after witnessing the death of his elder brother Arthur as a child, but his methods of ruling--cautious, conservative, slow to anger, but fierce when provoked--made him an able steward of the Blackthorne legacy. Pellinore married four times and had five children; three daughters named Adora, Indira and Eraena, and two sons named Giacomo and Edwyle. 
== Appearance and Character ==
Alone of his siblings, Pellinore inherited a great deal of the Rookwood look from his grandmother, Joanna Hawthorne. Alone of his siblings he was tall, thin, and gnarled, with fierce grey eyes and a long, "beak-like" nose. His hair was long and lank; it had the Stormborn scarlet coloration, but turned to grey as he went older, as did his chest-length beard. Though his appearance might have grayed, his physicality never began to fail him and he remained fighting-fit until his death. He wore a distinctive winged helmet with his dark armor in battle, and carried his father Aron's axe.
Pellinore was said to be a cheerful child, but after he witnessed the fall of his elder brother Arthur from the tallest tower in Griffin's Peak it changed him. He spent the rest of his life as a stoic, stern and humorless man who rarely smiled and detested frivolity. He married four times but had little affection for any of his wives even as he outlived each one; only his eldest daughters Adora and Indira truly saw their father's affectionate side. Though an able and patient politician, Pellinore was a warrior at heart, and while his temper was nowhere near as fierce as his father's, it could still be a terrifying thing when roused.
In both appearance and personality, Pellinore is said to quite closely resemble his grandson Dominic; it is known that the young Bloodhawk looked up to his grandfather, and may have gone out of his way to put some effort into modelling his later persona by Pellinore's example.
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