Hadley Whent

**Admiral Hadley Whent** is the Admiral of Dorne and the head of the Yellow and Red mercenary company.

Hadley is the son of a farmer from a village surrounding Horn Hill, located in The Reach. Moving off from the family farm after being recruited by a band of wandering mummers at 16, Hadley found himself a mercenary at 21, and rose through the ranks of the social strata of Dorne's mercenaries until being appointed Admiral of Dorne at 33.

Hadley maintains his position as Admiral of Dorne as he has for nearly the past decade, heading the Windblown Company before becoming Admiral of Dorne, and now Dorne's fleet alongside his personal mercenary company, the Yellow and Red.

## Appearance and Character

Hadley is of average height, bearing brown eyes and reddish brown hair, he is of a muscular build. Hadley has a slight lazy eye and a somewhat crooked nose. He fancies himself a boulevardier and typically goes about in outfits that make him stand out.

Character wise, Hadley is a skilled actor, and for many who know this it means that it is more difficult for his true nature to be pinned down. Hadley, however, is incredibly open with those whom he considers his friends -- that he believes he easily makes -- and is generally something of an open book for most of those around him.

Hadley is paternalistic to most of those around him, be they his family, friends, mercenaries, sailors, or something else.

## History

Hadley Whent spent most of his early life as the millions of other people in the Dornish Marches did -- farming. Even in his words, his childhood was boring, although he did have a relatively solid circle of friends.

When Hadley was 16, a travelling band of mummers from Oldtown stopped in his village and awoke a long lasting love for the theatrical arts. Hadley and a few of his friends, against what most would consider better judgement at the time, joined the troupe of mummers and spent the next 4-5 years traveling alongside them. After his best childhood friend became a sellsword for a local lord and came back with an impressive amount of money, he began reconsidering his career in life.

During this time, Hadley got himself involved in odd situations around the Reach and sometimes Dorne, in which he'd act as different characters offstage and interact with regulars, mainly for his own amusement.

During one of these 'entertainment sessions,' Hadley found himself in the position of a merchant captain, the real one being late to his job for unknown reasons. Finding himself at sea for a day, the ship was attacked by small group of pirates, which Hadley, miraculously, managed to bullshit his way through commanding a resistance. Taking the ship back to port and running off before getting into trouble with the town guard, Hadley eventually took up his friend's idea and began working as a mercenary, and Hadley married one of his childhood friends/mummer troupe members.

Over the course of the next decade and a half or so, Hadley climbed through the ranks of the social strata of Westeros' southern mercenaries, and at the age of 35, was appointed, first as a mercenary, but then as a landed knight, Admiral of Dorne, a title which he serves both faithfully and eagerly.

During his time as a mercenary, Hadley converted to R'hllor worship, and played a large role in the climax of the War of Stone and Sky. Working with Lord Trystane, he was responsible for feigning a naval deployment of the loyalist army to the Torrentine and lure the Vulture King into a battle at Godsgrace, a battle which the Vulture King lost.

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## Household (NPCs)

* Sunderlyn Whent, wife
* Ashtin Fyste, co-head of Yellow and Red mercenary company
* Harlal Fraw, quartermaster of Yellow and Red mercenary company
* Vyrhen Whent, son