Theodore Ironsmith

### Children

Asher Ironsmith (Black Brother), Theon Ironsmith, Jaxar Ironsmith, Arra Ironsmith, Konrad Ironsmith, Gwyn Ironsmith, Mereya Ironsmith

### Relatives

Bryan Ironsmith (Brother), Gideon Ironsmith (Brother, Deceased), Katelin Ironsmith (Sister, married into house Forrester)

## Other Information

### Username

/u/Daer\_20

Theodore Ironsmith is the second born son of Gerold Ironsmith and Orrina Ashwood, yet he still became Lord of Ironsmith Keep.

## History

### An Unexpected Childhood

216 AC saw a son, pulled into the world kicking and screaming, for Gerold Ironsmith and Orrina Ashwood, their second within two years whom they had named Theodore.

Early life for Theodore was as regular as any for a second born. Not watched as closely over by his father as his older brother Bryan was and more fussed over by his mother to do the best he could and learn all that he could. His father loved him for sure and there was never any bad blood between the two at all, the family was built up with love and care to share with all.

At the age of four Theodore lost the title of youngest when his mother bore him a baby brother named Gideon. Theodore loved his new baby brother just as much as he did his older brother, the three would, in time, grow in unity in a brotherhood that would see them better themselves to attempt at being the best in each and every pursuit.

At just eight years of age in the year the year 224 AC Theodore got his first real taste of what this world really had to offer. His father had gone to war.The Bloodraven Rebellion last for a year but it had changed his son's in different ways. Bryan grew so timid without his father's watchful eye and prefered to take to the books to read and study rather than swing a sword. Theodore and Gideon joined him during their studies, each learning new things for themselves but the two prefered playing outside and grew in confidence, Theodore acting more like the oldest of the three by growing in charisma and dragging Bryan outside every now and then, half the time having to raise his voice or quote their father, seemingly becoming such a bossy child but in the process becoming a natural leader with a powerful voice. The two would play castle together in the yard with the other boys and in the absence of Bryan from their fun most of the time Theodore would be the lord, delegating tasks to all the other players and acting like what he thought a Lord would do.

By the time their father returned the roles had been delegated and Bryan stated his intention to pursue knowledge over rulership and his deep desire to go to the citadel to plow his time into his quest. His father agreed to such a pursuit, not wanting to discourage his son's away from what made them happy and after returning from seeing his son safely to Oldtown, turned his attentions to his second son, Theodore, who seemed to be more cut out for a future in rulership than his older sibling ever did. In time Gerold would speak only in brief and vague moments about what had transpired in Kings Landing, what he saw would clearly not sit well with the man in the rest of his years.

Gerold didn’t have much time home before being whisked away from home once more on his Lords summons. It appeared as though the Great Council that began what would come to be called The War of the Wicked, called to determine the rightful ruler of Westeros had failed. Whilst Aegor Bittersteel, one of the claimants to the throne had seemingly thrown away a great deal of any support he had by slaying an old enemy in Aerys Targaryen through use of underhanded tactics to get him to that council, either Daena Blackfyre or a supporter of her or the infant son of Aerys Blackfyre, Aenar Blackfyre, had sent assassins to deal with Aegor. Failing this led to a lot of threats and insults being thrown around by many Lords, prompting Lord Arryn to convince Lord Stark to side with Aenar the infant, determining which dragon the North fought for during war.

Gerold would spend the vast majority of the war, posted in this strategic point or that one, never really seeing much action thanks to Lord Arryn's shrewdness in military spending and probably saving a vast majority of Northmen and Valemen from death on pointless fighting so early on in the war.

Eventually the Northmen marched south. Following the dishonor in the Vale where many claim Edmund Blanetree, a companion of Forrest Frey who had been visiting the Vale, had thrown the then Lord Arryn through the moon door, Lord Stark, filled with rage of the treachery, moved the men south. Gerold and the men of Ironsmith Keep fell in with the ranks and moved with the army toward The Twins where Lord Stark had requested access.

In the end however, only a few light skirmishes that the chronicles do not note, other than the miniscule loses on either side, were the only battles Gideon saw before wars end in 227 AC. Gerold would return home once more, only this time not carrying mental scars so deeply rooted as the last he had been a part of. It would be the last physical war Gerold would be take place in before going on to live a full life to the age of fifty, passing away in the year 246 AC.

Before his father's death Theodore had learnt much on statesmanship, enhancing his skills whilst holding session in a court. Learning from his father war tactics and how to maintain a war effort were but two of the many lessons Theodore seemed to excel in, all whilst learning to fight with weapons from the Master-at-Arms, he found himself favouring blunt weapons, maces, morning stars and war hammers were Theodore's personal preferences.

### An Uneventful Adolescence

In his teenage years Theodore continued to further his skills in court and in the yard. His father was so impressed with him that he even allowed him to hold session in Ironsmith Keep from time to time on small matters, all under his own personal supervision but nonetheless the experience enhanced him not on what it was to make decisions but how do so with authority and be accepted as the final word on matters.

His brother Gideon found more fun in books just as Bryan had done in his youth, however he found himself not craving knowledge for wisdoms sake but pursued it for the betterment of his ancestral home, focusing on management of resources and business. Gerold was proud of his two stay at home son's. They would prove to be a great continuation of his legacy when he did eventually pass.

Theodore would exchange letters with his brother Bryan, now well and truly in his element at the citadel and beginning to build a chain big enough to wear. It wouldn’t be too long before that chain was long and heavy and ready to be put to use in the service of a Lord in a castle someday.

### An Unamusing Adulthood

It was in 238AC that Gerold and Orrina had their fourth child, a daughter whom they named Katelin. This would ultimately be their final child together.

It was Gideon who wed first in 240 AC. On many a trip to Ironrath to mingle with some of the ladies in a bigger keep than their own was where he met his eventual wife. Gwyn, a lowborn girl was widely accepted by the entire family as a charming girl and a good match for Gideon, although his father would have liked a more political marriage he could not deny his youngest son's request after granting his eldests the right to swear off of women all together. In that same year Gideon and Gwyn had a son called Jon. Gerolds first grandchild brought him much happiness as did it the rest of the family.

Gerold was distressed when his wife, Orrina passed on in the year 241 AC, he was comforted by the fact that she at least got to see one of her son's wed, and hold at least one grandchild in her lifetime. He knew that she would be happy to know that his and her names and legacy would go in through the passing of generations in the family.

It was in the same year of his brother marriage that a young maiden of fifteen years caught the eye of Theodore at a feast in the capital of the North, Winterfell. Already a man of twenty-four Theodore had never taken himself a wife nor a lover, wanting his first time to be something special. It was in the young maiden that he found that something special. Sarra Woods, born in The Wolfswood was his soulmate and after a few years of courting and wooing her the two were wed, not solely out of political standing but out of mutual love for one another. Overjoyed by this marriage Gerold threw a big wedding feast that would be sung about in both The Wolfswood and Ironsmith Keep for years to come.

It took some time but late in 244 AC, after the birth of Gideon’s second child, a daughter named Mereya, Sarra finally fell pregnant with Theodore and her first born and in 245 AC she gave birth to a healthy baby boy whom the pair had name Asher.

A year makes a big difference and changes came thick and fast over the next few it seemed to the entire family. In 246 AC, a year after Theodore’s first born son, Theon, his second born came into the world. It also saw the passing of Gerold, the family mourned and wept and began the transition into a new era in Ironsmith Keep under the leadership of the now thirty year old Theodore. The death of both parents saw to it that Katelin, Theodore’s youngest sibling, now at the age of eight years would be taken under Theodore’s wing for he was now Lord and he would see to it that she had every opportunity that he and his brothers did under their father's watchful eye.

In 247 AC, Gideon and Gwyn had a third child, another son named Rience and in 248 AC, after a few palms were shadily handed gold, Bryan was sent to serve as the new Maester of Ironsmith Keep, a decision that the entire family were happily surprised about, all surprised that is but for Theodore.

Having both his brothers back under one roof brought Theodore much joy and made the short term transition into his rulership of Ironsmith Keep that little bit easier. With the three consulting on everything and hiding nothing for the each other, Ironsmith Keep entered a time of prosperity with Theodore as its Lord, Bryan as it Maester and Gideon assuming the role of Overseer of business and commerce, taking the title of Master of Coin for Ironsmith Keep. Theodore added to his own council his brothers wife Gwyn, under the title of Mistress of Laws.

Life went on as normal and the family fell into a state of routine for the years that followed, the prosperity of Ironsmith Keep plateaued right around the birth of Theodore’s third son, Jaxar, naming him after a travelling bard from a distant land that left a good impression on the family and was invited back many times in the many years since.

In 253AC, at the age of fifteen, Katelin, whom had captured the heart and mind of one of the boys from the family of the Ironsmith’s liege Lords, the Forresters, was married to Roose only still on his way into manhood also it was Katelin who had persuaded Theodore to allow it. Like his father before him who would not deny the wants of the heart of his son’s, Theodore agreed to the match, knowing that their father, Gerold, and mother, Orrina, would be smiling at him from the beyond and would now, if not already, be at peace that their children were finally all taken care of.

Another two years of continual routine would follow Jaxar’s birth before Theodore’s first daughter was born, Arra Ironsmith was born mid year of 255 AC and Sarra cried with joy when Bryan had declared to her she had her first daughter. Theodore had drunk many an ale over many nights in celebration of her birth which may have led him to the marital bed and onto the birth of his fourth son, Konrad.

In the year 259 AC a group of delegates from the Reach, passing by on the way back from a trip to the Wall had stopped at Ironsmith Keep and were  graciously offered hospitality for the night. It was in that night that Jon, Gideons first son, dove deep into drink and managed to impregnate a serving girl of the travelling party. The party returned to the Reach only for the girl to write to Jon about the situation. Jon wanting to do right by her made arrangements for her to be brought back up to the North, there he married Serra and later that year his son Gideon was born. A year on and in 260 AC his second son, Coren was born also.

The family had grown very large by this point and Ironsmith Keep was seemingly not large enough to house the entire family. To rectify this Theodore and his council made plans to expand. A builder was found who drew up plans to instal an extra wing to the Keep for Gideon and his line whilst the main line of Theodore would continue to live within the main parts of the Keep. With Gideon finding the money and resources, and Gwyn negotiating the best deals with the builders and traders for what they needed the plans were approved and construction began in the year 261 AC. During the construction time it was decided that Gideon and his branch of the Ironsmiths would move into an estate not to far out from Ironsmith Keep as to be able to allow both Gideon and Gwyn to continue in their roles on the council.

### An Unfortunate Seniority

By this time Theodore had amassed fifty years in age and throughout his life things had only seemed pleasant and carefree for the most part. But the world cannot always go your way and in his twilight years, when life was meant to begin winding down, life hit him with a few sucker punches. The first two years of his seniority were quite uneventful but between 263 AC and 264 AC life went from sky high to rock bottom.

It all began with the marriages of his son's Theon and Jaxar. Theon marrying Jeyne Glenmore of Rillwater Crossing and Jaxar marrying Anya Holt of Holt Keep. Both marriages bringing about the births of son's for the pair of them. To Theon, Gared was born and to Jaxar, Cedric was born.

In that same year on Gideon’s side of the family, his daughter, Mereya and second son Rience had also married. Rience married a lowborn girl named Helenys, whilst Mereya and her partner Bryan, a lowborn stable hand in her employ as the stable master, had their first child, a daughter that they named Orrina.

Then came knocking the year 264 AC, a year that no Ironsmith shall ever forget.

On the turn of the year it seemed as joyful as any, Rience’s marriage the year prior, led to the birth of a son, Gerold. It was during a time of harvest that Gideon found himself over extended with work in managing the fields and a large family that he asked his brother Theodore to take his four grandchildren in at the keep whilst his own children and their partners worked the fields and got some respite during the nights. Theodore agreed and sympathetically sent his own children to assist in the work in the fields.

It was during the hour of the wolf when the bells rang. It was supposed to be dark when Theodore looked from the window of his bedroom in the keep but the night sky was ablaze with colours of red and orange, and the smoke pillared into the air and blew toward his nostril bringing the stench of death. All originating from the estate of his brother Gideon and his line of Ironsmith.

It was many hours before the remains were picked through and the bodies of those inside were found and pulled out from underneath all of the rubble. Eight of them in total was the number of souls that resided in the estate at the time of the fire and eight bodies were all that remained, lifeless and charred. No culprit was found and every investigation led to the same conclusion. Accidental though it may have seemed Theodore would never be satisfied with that answer nor he accept the verdict that he could not dispense justice for his departed family members in any way other than give them a funeral.

It’s fair to say that Theodore's heart broke that day of the funeral. Never seeing war but for the one inside himself his life had never been so shaken to its very core. Depression set in and the running of Ironsmith Keep fell to Sarra for the time being, unbeknownst to her at the time that she carried within her twin girls which she gave birth to later that year, naming them Gwyn and Mereya after two of the family members taken from this life too soon. Rulership therefore fell to Asher and his brothers in both their parents stead. It seemed only fitting that once again the second son showed more of an aptitude for the tasks at hand with Asher finding himself knee deep in ale and balls deep in another whore every night.

265 AC saw Theon and Jeynes second son born and named Jon, once again the name chosen after one of the fallen family members. 266 AC, Jaxar and Anya had a second son also and once again the came from one of the fallen family members, Rience.

In the four years that led up to 270 AC Theodore’s family slowly brought the man now well advanced in age, out of his disillusioned state and back into the routine of ruling once more. Although not the man he once was his natural authority and undisputed courtly skill came through in glimpses of all he attempted.

It was during 270 AC that war broke out. No longer beleaguered by depression, Theodore answered his lieges call after the embers of desire only for vengeance against the crown had been stoked into a roaring flame of rage at the actions of the Mad King Maelys Blackyre. In the war that go on to be called Durran’s Defiance, life would change completely for Theodore despite not playing a major part at all. He would take with him all three of his fighting aged son's, Asher, Theon and Jaxar, leaving behind his fourth and last son Konrad to rule in their absence under the watchful eye of Sarra.

The Northern Army arrives at The Twins and the men soon discover that The Royalist forces were aware of their movements and had the forces of the Vale take the eastern castle. In a battle dubbed The Battle of the Bridge and is highlighted as the bloodiest affair of the entire war, both sides took a high number of noble and lowborn casualties before its conclusion. On the third and final day of the battle and what is also thought of as the worst of the trio, Theodore and his men stepped onto the bridge as part of the rotation of men pushed into battle. It was during his turn at the front that a man, noble or low no one could tell in that carnage, that Theodore took a sword deep into the thigh however due to the quick efforts of his son's he was pulled back and seen quickly to by a Maester at the Northern encampment. If not for the quick reactions of two of his son's he would have died. Discovering that it was Theon and Jaxar that had pulled him away from the fighting brought Theodore moderate happiness that he hadn’t lost two of his son's, he was however very disappointed to discover that Asher, his oldest, had stayed to fight, showing a bloodthirsty, ruthlessness in battle that would see him continue with the Northern forces and half of the remaining men from Ironsmith Keep whilst Theodore would be taken home to heal by Theon, Jaxar and a small number of men to guard Ironsmith Keep.

During the Battle of the Green Fork, what remained of the men under Asher’s command from Ironsmith Keep were all but annihilated. If not for Lord Umber and a valiant charge, Asher’s body may never have returned, his soul however was another story.

At the war's conclusion the rebels had one and the North would celebrate with the addition of the Step Sisters to its realm as a token of appreciation and loyalty shown by Lord Stark and his bannermen. Asher physically returned home, as did his bloodthirst, alcoholism and whoring tendencies but his soul must have died on one of the many battlefields through the campaign. This led to the hardest decision that Theodore had to make. After Asher beat a man to death with his bare hands outside a tavern the die had been cast and Ashers future found himself either in a hangman's noose or in service at the wall. Asher was sent to the wall, not for lack of complaining but Theodore’s hands were tied.

Over the years the wound Theodore sustained on the bridge healed to a certain degree. Bryan his brother warned him he may never walk again but he sure showed him, he did need a walking stick and had a limp but oh did he laugh at Bryans face when he made his way into the hall of the Keep one morning. Riding too had apparently been wiped off the table but once again, the stubborn old mule Theodore showed Bryan up. His leg strapped into a restrictive brace so as not to fall off mid-ride he made sure he still sat upright and tall when he trotted about the yard.

276 AC saw the most recent addition to the Ironsmith family, Konrad had married Minella Cassel that year and their daughter named Jorelle was born.

Since 276 AC life had been quite until the most recent events of the times. Not one to be left behind due to ill-health Theodore was with the Northmen wherever they went and is even now with the Northern host at Last Hearth to deal with the Wildlings who have managed to break through the wall

## Timeline

216 AC: Theodore is born second son of Gerold and Orrina Ironsmith.

220AC: Gideon, the third son of Gerold and Orrina is born.

224AC: Gerold Ironsmith goes off to fight in The Bloodraven Rebellion.

225AC: Bryan Ironsmith, Theodore’s older brother, decides he wants to be a Maester and is taken to the citadel to pursue his dream of knowledge.

225AC: Gerold is once again off to fight in a war, this time The War of the Wicked.

230AC - 239AC: Uneventful to say the least. Theodore plows ahead with training and learning on how to some succeed his father as Lord of Ironsmith Keep.

240AC: Gideon marries Gwyn, a lowborn girl from Ironrath and have their firstborn son, Jon.

241AC: Orrina, Theodore’s mother passes away.

243AC: Theodore marries Sarra Woods.

244AC: Gideon has his second child, a daughter named Mereya.

245AC: Theodore and Sarra have their first child, Asher.

246AC: Theodore’s second son, Theon is born.

246AC: Gerold Ironsmith dies, Theodore becomes Lord of Ironsmith Keep.

247AC: Gideon’s third child, a second son named Rience is born.

248AC: After a few bribes in the right places by Theodore, Bryan returns from the citadel to Ironsmith Keep to serve as its Maester.

251AC: Jaxar, Theodore’s third son is born.

253AC: Katelin marries Roose Forrester.

255AC: Theodore’s fourth child but first daughter, Arra was born, this led to a very drunken celebration lasting for weeks.

256AC: As a result of the drunken celebrations, Sarra fell pregnant once more this led to the birth of Konrad, Theodore’s fifth child.

259AC: Jon impregnates a lowborn girl from the Reach named Serra, in the service of a travelling group of dignitaries. This leads to her coming back to wed him and give birth to their first son, Gideon.

260AC: Jon and Serra have a second son named, Coren.

261AC: Plans are approved to expand Ironsmith Keep with a new wing to ease the living situation. Gideon’s branch of the Ironsmith family move into an estate not to far from the Keep.

263AC: Theon marries Jeyne Glenmore.

263AC: Jaxar marries Anya Holt.

263AC: Theon and Jeyne have their first son, Gared.

263AC: Jaxar and Anya have their first son, Cedric.

263AC: Mereya marries Bryan, a lowborn stable hand in the employ of the Ironsmiths.

263AC: Rience marries Helenys a lowborn girl from Winter Town.

263AC: Mereya and Bryan have a daughter named, Orrina.

264AC: Rience and Helenys have a son named Gerold.

264AC: Gideon; his wife Gwyn, their children; Jon, Mereya and Rience; and their partners; Serra, Bryan and Helenys; all die in a tragic fire which is deemed an accident. Gideon’s grandchildren were thankfully safe in Ironsmith Keep at the time.

264AC: Theodore and Sarra’s sixth and seventh children are born, twin girls named Gwyn and Mereya after the tragic loss of the two original owners of those names in the fire.

265AC: Theon and Jeyne’s second child is born, a son named Jon.

266AC: Jaxar and Anya have another son and call him Rience.

270AC: The war known as Durran’s Defiance broke out.

270AC: During the war Theodore sustains a serious injury when a sword is thrust into his leg. Theon and Jaxar pull him away from the battlefield and to safety. Asher continues to fight.

270AC: The war ends but Asher comes back a different man, drunk all the time and whoring all whilst being bloodthirst with no remorse.

270AC: Theodore banishes Asher to the wall after he beat a man to death in a drunken brawl.

271AC - 275AC: Theodore’s wound heals and despite being told he will never walk again he does, although with the aid of a walking stick. He also is able to ride once more with the aid of a specially designed saddle.

276AC: Konrad marries Minella Cassel.

276AC: Konrad and Minella’s daughter is born, she is named Jorelle.

276AC - 280AC: Life has been once again routine and Theodore becomes more himself everyday. He begins chronicling his life in a big tome he will hopes will be read by generations of Ironsmiths to follow him.

280AC - Present: Theodore has been with the North and his liege wherever he has been required to be. Most recently marching with the men to Last Hearth to deal with the Wildlings. He has taken his grandsons; Gared, Jon and Cedric, accompanied also by Gideon, Coren and Gerold, the grandsons of his late brother Gideon.

## Family

### Parents:

#### Father:

Gerold Ironsmith (196 AC - 246 AC) (Died of natural causes)

#### Mother:

Orrina Ashwood (200 AC - 241 AC) (Died of natural causes)

### Brothers & Their Families:

Bryan Ironsmith (214 AC - Present) (Maester of Ironsmith Keep)

Gideon Ironsmith (220 AC - 264 AC) (Died in a fire under suspicious circumstances)

Gwyn (222 AC - 264 AC) (Married: 243 AC) (Died in a fire under suspicious circumstances)

Jon Ironsmith (240 AC - 264 AC) (Died in a fire under suspicious circumstances)

Serra (241 AC - 264 AC) (Married: 259 AC) (Died in a fire under suspicious circumstances)

Gideon Ironsmith (259 AC - Present)

Coren Ironsmith (260 AC - Present)

Mereya Ironsmith (244 AC - 264 AC) (Died in a fire under suspicious circumstances)

Bryan (242 AC - 264 AC) (Married: 263 AC) (Died in a fire under suspicious circumstances)

Orrina Ironsmith (263 AC - Present)

Rience Ironsmith (247 AC - 264 AC) (Died in a fire under suspicious circumstances)

Helenys (247 AC - 264 AC) (Married: 263 AC) (Died in a fire under suspicious circumstances)

Gerold Ironsmith (264 AC - Present)

### Sisters & Their Families:

Katelin Forrester (238 AC - Present) (Married: 253 AC)

Roose Forrester (234 AC - Present) (Married: 253 AC)

Cedric Forrester (253 AC - Present)

Asher Forrester (255 AC - Present)

Myra Forrester (257 AC - Present)

Robb Forrester (259 AC - Present)

### Partner:

Sarra Ashwood (225 AC - Present) (Married: 240 AC) (Lady of Ironsmith Keep)

### Sons & Their Families:

Asher Ironsmith (245 AC - Present) (Banished to the Nightswatch)

Theon Ironsmith (246 AC - Present) (Heir and Castelan of Ironsmith Keep)

Jeyne Glenmore (247 AC - Present) (Married: 263 AC) (Handmaiden to Sarra Ironsmith)

Gared Ironsmith (263 AC - Present)

Jon Ironsmith (265 AC - Present)

Helenys Ironsmith (270 AC - Present)

Jaxar Ironsmith (251 AC - Present) (Master-at-Arms of Ironsmith Keep)

Anya Holt (255 AC - Present) (Married: 263 AC) (Handmaiden to Sarra Ironsmith)

Cedric Ironsmith (263 AC - Present)

Rience Ironsmith (266 AC - Present)

Konrad Ironsmith (256 AC - Present) (Master of Whispers of Ironsmith Keep)

Minella Cassel (258 AC - Present) (Married: 276 AC) (Handmaiden to Sarra Ironsmith)

Jorelle Ironsmith (276 AC - Present)

### Daughters:

Arra Ironsmith (255 AC - Present) (Blacksmith of Ironsmith Keep)

Gwyn Ironsmith (264 AC - Present) (Mistress of Coin of Ironsmith Keep)

Mereya Ironsmith (264 AC - Present) (Mistress of Laws of Ironsmith Keep)