Danny

Amateur healer

Potion seller

Mystic

**Danny** is a nomadic skinchanger hailing from the island of Skagos who traverses Westeros alongside their she-wolf Ren and infant daughter Camilla.

## Appearance and Character

Tall and willowy, Danny's height seems to offset the diminishing of their frame brought on by the hardships of their upbringing. Despite their slim build, they've managed to accumulate mild definition due to constant travel, labor, and a newly varied diet. Danny's skin bares a natural pallor with freckles speckled across their nose and cheeks. They have a small scar on their right cheek. Their easy smile is accentuated by a pair of sharpened canines, displaying a warmth in sharp contrast to the iciness of their eyes. Danny has fiery hair that reaches past their chest, taking on a bronze hue from the Southern sun.

Time in the South has suited Danny well, the ceremonial paint that once always adorned their face replaced by a tan that accentuates their freckles. The leathers and furs once considered a necessity are now stored away in a trunk in favor of light dresses and robes that sway in the wind. They enjoy wearing flowers in their hear.

Danny typically has a tranquil, seemingly unmovable temperament when alone that works in tandem with their playful attitude, only challenged by the frequent alien scenarios they find themselves engaging in as part of life on mainland Westeros. They are an optimist in the purest sense of the word, a trait that both gets them into trouble and helps them survive the tribulations that follow. Danny seldom spends much time with others outside of what is required by their trade due to the extensive time spent with only one other person and the considerable time thereafter spent by themselves. They are ignorant to many social customs as a result of their isolation, and can often seem strange or rude due to their lack of manners and odd behaviors. The mannerisms borrowed from a literal animal do nothing to help their socialization.

## History

### Early Life

Danny's origin is known to them only through vague secondhand descriptions and distant memories. Born on the mystical island of Skagos, the closest thing Danny would know to a human family was a solitary hunter by the name of Hoarfrost who claimed to have discovered them as an abandoned baby in the nest of a she-wolf called Rema. Prickly, short-tempered and distant, Hoarfrost nonetheless received Danny's affection and parental admiration even if his child-rearing methods were primitive at best and he never actually named the babe. Hoarfrost was the most unlikely figure to take on single fatherhood, and although sometimes survival was met by the skin of their teeth, Hoarfrost never thought to abandon his wild child. Danny grew into an inquisitive youth, one whose imagination compelled them to explore the world beyond their small shack. They ventured only once into their hunter father's shed, and that proved enough cause for Hoarfrost to chain the child whenever he needed to venture into civilization.

Despite Hoarfrost's initial attempt to kill the thing, the she-wolf Rema proved a continuing influence in Danny's upbringing, however limited. From an early age, perhaps compounded by Hoarfrost keeping Danny isolated from other humans, Danny adapted behaviors and mannerisms from the creature. Hoarfrost wasn't exactly a man of manners himself, and in that way furthered Danny's animal-like nature.

Hoarfrost's hunting would prove his end in 93 AC after receiving a fatal wound from a prey that resisted. The prey would parish shortly thereafter, both of their bodies remaining in the shed overnight until Danny woke alone, thankfully unchained. Already knowing the shed to be a fearful place, they couldn't have predicted just how frightening the sight of their father would be. Danny curled beside their father's cold body and sobbed, feeling unspeakable grief and a flood of emotions more vivid than anything they'd ever experienced before. After desecrating the prey that became their father's killer, Danny would give Hoarfrost a kiss before briefly sustaining themselves on him and grinding his fingers down to the bone to keep in a small bag hung around their neck. Despite Danny's attempts to mitigate their grief or otherwise keep Hoarfrost around in spirit, Hoarfrost's death would prove one of the most devastating points in Danny's life. After this point, the rest of Danny's formative years would be spent in perfect isolation with only Rema and a few vagrant wolves to keep them company, yet they never felt loneliness until adolescence. They learned to sustain themselves, keep a home, and even acquired a working knowledge of the sparse plant life available in walking distance around their shack.

It was during this isolated period that Danny's bond with Rema became something more significant than unwavering companionship and mimicked behavior; Danny discovered they could assume Rema's consciousness, something they experimented with increasing frequency over time.

In 94 AC, Danny would make their first attempt at contacting a nearby village. More accurately, Danny scouted the settlement before nightfall, looking to discover someone who would lift them out of loneliness, as they did to Hoarfrost. They soon realized it would be a complicated task at best, and after several failed encounters, Danny managed to nab a fully-grown acquaintance: a short girl with golden hair and a voice that made Danny's heart race. Unfortunately, the reality of their circumstances were nothing like what they imagined, and after a particularly hostile encounter Danny realized their companion wasn't going to work.

Following this failure, Danny fell into something of a depression to be lifted only after Rema gave birth in 95 AC to a sizable litter. Danny's closest bond was with the runt of the litter, whom they named Ren. The others would eventually scatter, settling in various locations around the island. Despite being the runt, Ren would grow into a sizable beast. Danny's desire to travel was born through a sense of loneliness and wanting. However, it would take Rema's death in 95 AC to completely devastate Danny and give them cause to begin planning to leave Skagos.

### Less Early Life

Danny would spend the remainder of 95 AC accumulating the means of arranging transportation, not having the heart to destroy the shack that had been the only home they'd ever known. With only a packed sack over their back, Hoarfrost's bones around their neck and Ren by their side, Danny caught a boat to White Harbor. The world, Danny came to learn, was big, blue, and beautiful, and they were content to fall in love with the world if nobody wanted to love them. They developed a genuine albeit often misguided interest in people, being that their newfound profession had them encountering people in countless peculiar situations. In addition to logging their travel, Danny used their vague origins as an excuse to offer an amateur mystic that was little more than the interpretation of cards they made themselves and a small, cryptic prediction of the future. Where Danny once occupied Rema's mind, they now shared Ren's. From White Harbor, Danny traveled south through the Neck, spending a brief period in Seaguard, passing through Riverrun and being left in awe of the ruin of Harrenhal, before taking a sharp turn towards the West.

Due to their solitary upbringing, their love of travel became complicated and decidedly lonely due to their ignorance towards social cues or any knowledge of Westerosi social norms, making interaction with others a necessary evil that typically left both parties confused, concerned, or otherwise agitated. It was here their bond with Ren would be both their salvation and their downfall, as the creature they so loved to mimic proved a familiar comfort without realizing the more they leaned into these behaviors, the harder it became to integrate.

They spent a brief period in Lannisport followed by a lengthy tour of the Reach. After visiting Oldtown, they changed course to reach the Crownlands, arriving in the shipyards of Hull on Driftmark in 97 AC. This would be the closest thing to a permanent residence they'd have the capacity to maintain until arriving in King's Landing a few year later, and it was here they'd discover the closest they would ever come to true love: a pregnant whore by the name of Jocelyn. While at first maintaining a professional distance from Jocelyn while servicing the workers of the brothel, the pair soon took to each other and bonding through their collective discontent with their lives and mounting sense of loneliness. Danny became protective of Jocelyn, trying to persuade the shy girl to abandon her profession and accompany them on their travels. However, it was the pimp, the likely father of Jocelyn's bastard who would stand in the way.

Any sense of peace or belonging within the world would be suddenly ended when Jocelyn perished in childbirth in early 98 AC. Danny did everything they could to save her, at first unable to even pay mind to the child their lover had just birthed. In her dying moments, Jocelyn thanked Danny for giving her what she never had: a love that she wanted. Danny would hold Jocelyn after she died, pleading for her to stay and make the family they always talked about.

Despite her death being natural, Danny would blame the pimp for everything. After enacting swift and brutal revenge, Danny quickly skipped town with the newborn in tow, adopting the girl as Hoarfrost adopted them. Their next destination would be the most challenging yet: King's Landing.

With Jocelyn's death, the emptiness inside of Danny returned and their yearning for true, everlasting love continued with the resolve that should they ever find it, they would never, ever let them go.

## Recent Events

Danny finally reaches the capitol of Westeros in 99 AC, content to set up temporary shop and wait for business or adventure.