Araphos

Araphos is the current Grand Maester on King Vaenarr Vakerian I's Small Council - a position he's consistently held since Rhaelarys II's rule.
A respected member of the Academy's higher echelon for his contribution to medicinal studies and a model for aspiring learners, Araphos has spent his decades in court trying to advise through education and reason, instead of mimicking the blind ambition of those that have gotten so many in trouble before them.
== Appearance and Character ==
With his youth now passing, Araphos is beginning to bear the weight of the inevitability of old age. What was once a mane of brown hair has since beginning turning grey; with slightly prominent wrinkles now etched beneath his eyes and along his forehead. He keeps his face clean shaven and even in his older years maintains a majorly youthful appearance. He's often clad in a traditional garb of flowing robes or a suit.
Regardless, the disappearance of his younger self has done little to upset his spirit. Even with the occasional back and hip cramps, the Grand Maester still displays a modicum of dignity standing tall even with the heft of his responsibilities, and with a chin held high. His demeanor is humble, yet demands the courtesy of respect for his position. Araphos is not a man who takes to being pushed around lightly and is amply willing to stand up for himself in the face of adversity - so long as it's with words instead of steel.
Araphos is stated to be the man that invented the titles of the Talons and Wings shortly after the coronation of Visaenys as queen. If Vaenarr was the head of the dragon, he said, then Vaehna constituted its talons while Visaenys was as its wings.  Queen Vaehna, he reasoned, embodied all the terrible power that the great dragons curated by House Vakerian could bring to bear. Her methods were direct, and as her enemies during the War of Three Dragons learned, could be fatal to those who opposed the Dragon’s will. Visaenys, however, was a gentler soul, who often advocated more genteel methods such as diplomacy. Hers was an image of observation, preferring a complete view of a situation as a dragon might when aloft in the sky.