Robert Strong

Theodan Strong

Giselle Strong

**Robert Strong** is the firstborn son of the late Lord Florian Strong and and the second of Princess Jaehaera Targaryen.

## Appearance and Character

Robert Strong shares many of the trademark looks of the average Strong, with ginger hair and a strong jaw, he looks like a near spitting image of his father when he was his age. Though he is far smaller than his father, and closer to sharing his mothers size, Robert tends to be a decent mix of both of his parents.

It's said that his personality is incredibly similar to that of his father, yet those who know him will say that he's more akin to his mother in that regard. Robert publicly portrays himself as the near perfect and gentle Lord of Harrenhal. He's well groomed and mannered in all regards, who carries himself with great pride and a somewhat extroverted personality.

In truth however, Robert is an incredibly vain and easily irritable young man. He holds a more quieter nature than he portrays himself, and more often than not keeps all of his thoughts and unpolished words to himself, as he continues to work on exhibiting himself as nothing but the perfect Lord.

## History

As a young boy, Robert quickly took a liking to all things martial, much of which was in hopes of gaining the attention of his mother who'd spent much of her time educating Aerys. Clinging onto her, Robert grew into an incredibly jealous little boy who'd quietly brood about just how his mother cared more for her Tully children than he did him.

The perceived lack of attention drew him closer to his father yet even as he pulled away from the Princess, he couldn't stop attempting to gain her attention. He tried his best to learn quicker than his eldest brother, to be stronger and faster than his eldest brother but it often simply failed as the younger Robert always came in second compared to the Tully.

By the time he was eight, Robert was convinced that his mother's love wasn't needed anymore. Instead, he fully devoted himself to please his father and began to use the drive he had to please Jaehaera on his father. The worries of the Cobbler Rebellion drove Florian to try and prepare his eldest boy for what would soon come his way.
And it would come sooner than either would expect as the Cobblers mob would make way to Harrenhal and Harrentown, just as Lord Florian worked to muster his levies within its mighty walls.

Seeing the Cobblers march into Harrentown, Lord Strong and his son marched out to meet what they assumed was a smaller group of rebels. Almost immediately into the skirmish, they began to quickly realize that they were outnumbered and so Lord Strong ordered a retreat, giving Harrentown over to the Cobblers. He took any man, woman, and child that he could back behind his mighty walls and waited for aid. It would be there that Florian would tell his son tales of his first war, the Battle of King's Landing during the Rosegold Rebellion. He told his son of how grew into a man that day, of how he'd killed a man to defend his mother's dignity and life. And he'd asked him to do the same for his family, for his little brother and all his sisters, for every man, woman, and child who were protected by House Strong.
And so Robert did just that. As his father's squire the young man marched out of Harrenhal once the Cobblers made way for Gods Eye alongside his uncles Robin and Petyr and their sons Domeric and Benedict, both of whom were older than him.

What would later be called the Battle of the Bloody Lake was a gruesome and downright horrible day for members of House Strong. As the Cobblers began to burn trees, forces under Lord Tully moved in from the north while the Strongs swung in from the east, all descending upon the Gods Eyes. The battle was incredibly fierce and it would be here that Robert's life would forever change. Roughly a few minutes after the forces clashed, the young man witnessed his cousin Domeric lose his life as arrows fell upon them, which would quickly be followed by their uncle Robin falling at the hands of a Cobbler. The young boy did his best to cling by his father's side but at some point, the two lost one another in the mess that was the battle and it was here that Ser Petyr Strong and Robert would find themselves being cornered against the shore.

Robert claims to not recall what follows but the young boy and his uncle fought for their lives as the horde of Cobblers pressed against them. Without question, Robert was unprepared and far too young to truly put up much of a fight and was put down with great ease. The blade that was set to kill him however cut open the young man's face, leaving a gash from the helix of his ear to the top of his upper lip. It hit him with enough force that it knocked the Strong unconscious, leaving the Cobblers to think they only had to face his uncle and the few men they'd cornered. However, allies poured in and were quickly able to defeat the men. Yet as it often did for the Strongs, tragedy struck, during the fighting, Ser Petyr was shot by an arrow and had sustained a wound that not even the best Maester would heal. It was there on the shores of the Gods Eye that he too would perish yet unlike the others, it would be hours later in the arms of his eldest brother, Florian Strong.

Robert at that point had awakened and found that his head had been wrapped around in bandages. He was in great pain but he recalls exactly what his father told him. They'd marched to war with seven Strongs, and all but Lord Florian had come out unharmed. His father wept as he told him that all his brothers were now gone, that his nephew Domeric had perished as well. And for a while, he'd feared that his eldest son Robert would have gone as well. He pleaded with him to forgive him, to not have taken him out to battle, to know that he was unprepared for all he'd seen that day. Yet all the little Strong could do was weep back, he'd wanted to please his father and he'd hoped that by marching he would have.

He wasn't strong enough to protect his family, they might have won that day but with the loss of four Strongs and the wounding of two others, Robert felt as though he'd failed as an heir. He was unable to kill a single man, all he did was hide behind his father and uncle. Knowing that he'd promised never fall into this position again. And as the war raged on, he did his best to prepare for a world after this.
As the years went on, the Strong grow into a skilled warrior as he learned from his mistake as a young boy. By the time he grew into a teenager, Robert was capable of fighting and besting men who'd spent twice his lifetime fighting. He'd finally felt as though he'd made his father proud, and a portion of him hoped that his mother would feel the same as well, even if he'd grown distant to the woman. And Lord Florian was incredibly proud of him, thanking the Gods that his eldest was a fine warrior while his youngest boy was a genius in his regard.

As the years went on and the Strongs were matched off, the young woman Robert was set to marry died of an illness in 122 AC while three years later his brother would be married off to a Bracken girl. Though that same year, their sister Mya Strong would be stricken down by the Gods as well during a horse-riding accident. That however wasn't the only death within the Strongs in recent year, Lord Strong himself perished at the tail end of 129 AC, to which Robert and his family held a funeral for the old man before receiving news that the King, his uncle had perished as well.

Since then he's stayed in King's Landing as he prepared to return to his mighty castle.

## Family

House Strong of Harrenhal

* Florian Strong b. 77 AC d. 129 AC
* Jaehaera Targaryen b. 73 AC
	+ Robert Strong b. 105 AC
	+ Mya Strong b. 106 AC d. 125 AC
	+ Celia Strong b. 107 AC
	+ Theodan Strong b. 108 AC
	+ m. Larra Bracken
	+ Gisella Strong b. 110

## Skills

**Attribute:** Strong

**Skills:** Weapon Proficiency/Axes & Blunts/Off-Hand(COM) Precision(COM), Formation(MAR), Military Engineering(EDU)

**Mastery:** Berserker(COM)