Edgar Baratheon

Scion of House Baratheon

Jenelyn Baratheon

Cortnay Baratheon(Half-Brother)

Galladon Baratheon(Half-Brother)

Argella Baratheon(Half-Sister)

Ser Edgar Baratheon is the second son of Arlan Baratheon, Lord of Storm's End, by his late first wife, Lady Amerei Tyrell. He is the younger brother of Ser Orys Baratheon, and the elder brother of Ladies Johanna Baratheon and Jenelyn Baratheon. As a boy, he was warded with his mother's kin at Highgarden, serving as page and later squire to his uncle, Lord Loras Tyrell.

## Appearance and Character

Edgar is of average height and weight - muddling Baratheon strength with Tyrell grace, as he is fond of jesting, so that neither quality is strong enough to be defining in him. Were it not for his half-begrudging indulgence of martial exercise, and his more genuine delight for long rambles through the countryside, the second son of Storm's End would likely have ended up portly and soft. Regardless, Edgar possesses the striking features of his House in the form of deep, dark blue eyes and thick, rich hair black as any raven. Some might call Edgar handsome, and indeed a good many maidens of the Reach have run their fingers through that same rich hair, or stared sweetly into those dark eyes.

Though quiet and thoughtful, Edgar is well-spoken when compelled to speak and more than capable of holding his own in the courtly behaviors of the Reach and Crownlands, and of tolerating the behaviors of his homeland which he has come to regard as crude and even foolish. Edgar is more a lover than a fighter at heart, but he finds the scouting, tracking, and otherwise out-riding inherit in warfare to be of great interest, and considers himself a skilled candidate for such duties, should the need arise. He is fond of comedies - be they farcical, satirical, romantic, or all three - and laughter in general, tending to scorn the somber and solemn (even if a bit of Reach melodrama can quite readily tug at his heartstrings).

## Early Life

Edgar was born in the 363rd year since Aegon's Conquest, the second son of Lord Arlan Baratheon and Lady Amerei Tyrell, as well as being the second child overall. Though he cannot remember much of his mother, the nurses have always remarked that he was never content when she was absent. Thus, her death in the year 365 proved a great hardship for the infant Edgar, and though his own memories of her are faint at best, to this day he has never quite forgiven his father for the swiftness at which the twins Johanna and Jenelyn were conceived after his birth, having been told be some that such proximity may have contributed to his mother's demise. Eventually his father would remarry, and though Lady Maris has always been sweet and patient with her step-children, Edgar never quite grew accustomed to her in his boyhood.

## Highgarden, Growing Strong

While his brother, and even his sisters, have always been bold and swaggering as a Baratheon is oft-expected to be, Edgar's upbringing fostered his own natural inclinations to make him something a little less 'Storm-Born' than many of his kin. Even in early childhood, Edgar took after his Tyrell mother more than he did his Lord Father, and being warded at Highgarden only strengthened the place of House Tyrell in his heart, not to mention his fondness for Highgarden itself, and indeed the whole of the Reach and Mander. Edgar felt surprisingly at ease with the gentility and formality of courtly life in the Reach, and surprisingly enraptured by the romantic ballads and tales of chivalry so unlike the bawdy jests and gory war-stories of Storm's End. With time the second son of Lord Barathon came to regard Reachmen as the most courteous and honorable knights on the continent, Reachwomen as the most virtuous and lovely maids, and even the bounty of the Mander's soil to ripen swifter and digest easier than any of the finest dishes his own father might call for back home. He took a great delight in common affairs of peasants and peddlers alike, and that interest has never left him even into adulthood.

## The War of the Last Dragon

His pursuits and intrigues at Highgarden, his introductions to love both courtly and base, his instruction in stewardship and the arts, were soon set aside by the coming of the Last Dragon. During three years of war, from the year 378 to 381, Edgar served as his uncle's squire and was given his first - and so far only - experience with true war. Edgar was at Lord Loras's side when Highgarden, the place where he had become a man and which seemed to him the greatest seat of beauty in the realm, was razed by dragon fire. The retreat of the Tyrell hosts on that day was enough to make Edgar weep, quietly and to himself, and he could only find comfort in noticing that he was far from alone in that regard. When the fighting was through, and the Last Dragon lay dead, Edgar was knighted by his Lord Uncle in what proved to be a bittersweet honor in the face of all that had been lost and endured.

Upon earning his spurs, Edgar returned to Storm's End, and since then has been fighting a losing battle at re-integrating himself into the culture and ongoing affairs of the Stormlands. Only loyalty to his family have made such a task desirable.