Garrick Rollingford

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Cyrenna Rollingford

Madelynne Rollingford

Jocelyn Waters

Cedrick Waters

Myranda Waters

Barbery Waters

Tommard Waters

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**Ser Garrick Rollingford** is the **Lord of Rollingford**, having been in the position since the death of his father and predecessor in 63 AC. Though a popular, gregarious lad in his youth, the years since the Hook Uprising have done much to sour the man.

## Appearance and Personality

Garrick is as robust as a man of six and sixty can be, his strong and wide build from his youth still quite maintained. His skin has started to wrinkle and sag, and stress lines are seemingly permanently etched into his forehead. The hair that was once a deep brown has all but turned grey, and these days he keeps it rather short, as he does his beard. His brown eyes are no longer filled with warmth. He consistently wears either armor or leathers, and usually has his sword by his side.

Where a charming and gregarious man once stood, was now a shell of his former being. The near complete massacre of his family during the Hook Uprising greatly disturbed him, and since, he has been withdrawn, angry, and bitter, his wounds left to fester. One aspect about him that has not changed though, is his dilligence to his duties as Lord, something he took seriously even as a child.

## History

### Early Life

Garrick was born to Lord Robert Rollingford, and his wife, Lady Madelynne Bywater, on the 2nd night of the 3rd Moon, in the year 32 AC. His childhood consisted of the standard fare for an heir such as himself, and he took to both his education and training with the sword quite well. Once he had reached the age of eight and ten, he wed his first cousin, and lover, Janna.

Lord Robert was a man of few words, but was an apt lord, and did his best to press his knowledge on his son. To sate his son's own interests and ambition, Robert provided him with a sum of money, with which Garrick built a tavern on the banks of the Blackwater Rush in the nearby town of Yore, named *The Bittersweet Sailor*. Yore was a rather small town that had been stagnating for years, even with the trade and money the Goldroad brought, but the tavern, which proved to be quite successful, helped to reinvigorate it. In his stead, he would would make Horton, a servant at Rollingford and a friend from his childhood, the acting propreiter.

In 51 AC, Janna gave birth to the couple's first child, Devan, and only two years later, Elston would be born. Cyrenna was born a year after, and then Madelynne, named in memory of his recently departed mother. It only took two years after the building of The Bittersweet Sailor for Garrick to have the coin to build more businesses, with a little aid from Rollingford's treasury, of course. Over time, he would buy a few different properties in King's Landing, mainly a cozy manse for himself to stay in, another tavern, a few different properties to rent out, and even a brothel, though his involvement with the last business was kept under wraps. He spent nearly as much time in King's Landing as he did home.

### Lordship

Lord Robert passed in 63 from the dreaded dragonblight, leaving Garrick as the new Lord of Rollingford. He was saddened by his death, of course, especially now that he had no living parents, but life moves on, and so did he. After all, he was a man fully grown by now.

Rollingford, and Yore as well, propsered under Garrick's rule. He would end up giving full ownership of *The Bittersweet Sailor* to Horton, who had served him as acting proprieter as loyalty, now having to focus on his lands. His businesses in King's Landing, though he still owned them, were rarely visited by him, and managed by others.

By the time Maegor's Breath swept across the land, Garrick's family had finally started to grow, but the winter would see them with numerous tragedies, starting with the death of his eldest son's wife in 77, and then the Hook Uprising in 78 AC. When letters were sent from both Lord Massey and King Rhaegar asking for his support, he stayed loyal to the crown, and departed for King's Landing with his levies to join the King's host.

While gone though, Lords Gaunt and Harte made their first strike, attacking Rollingford in what would later be known as the **Massacre at Rollingford**. The castle was severely damaged, and nearly every last man of the garrison slaughtered. To make matters worse, many of his own family were killed, nearly wiping House Rollingford out in the course of a night. Only a handful were able to escape by boat down the Blackwater, including Cyrenna and her husband, a few guards, and Elston's only son, a babe one year of age named Jaremy. All of his other children, their families, and his wife were unfortunately casualties though.

When word reached King's Landing, Garrick was furious and devestated, and with the King's permission, he led the assault on Blacklance, the seat of House Gaunt, and though he refused to stoop to Lord Gaunt's level of killing the innocent, he ordered the killing of every last soldier who refused to surrender. When he confronted Lord Gaunt in his chambers, the two dueled, ending in Garrick leaving the man a bloody, gory mess on the floor.

### Life Afterwards

When the Hook Uprising had concluded, and Garrick returned home, it truly sunk in just how much he lost. Rollingford was barely even standing, and Yore was ravaged by disease and the winter, dragonblight taking the life of his old friend, Horton. He had no time to grieve, instead now having to focus on rebuilding his home, and ensuring the future prosperity of his House through his heir, his grandson Jaremy. By 80 AC, Rollingford was completely rebuilt, and when the Fourth Dornish War broke out in 83 AC, Lord Rollingford remained at home while his forces marched with the royal host, led by his brother Corwyn, who would end up being one of the casualties.

After the Hook UprisingFamany would note that Garrick was never the same. He grew dour and bitter as he secluded himself in his castle, hardly even taking the time to visit Yore anymore, and certainly not making the time to visit King's Landing. With nothing holding him to his dead wife, he grew careless with his carnal desires, siring a handful of bastards, starting with Jocelyn Waters, conceived on a night spent with Arwyn Woodmere, the daughter of a landed knight in House Rollingford's service. He would also take on a mistress, a Lysene girl by the name of Lerina, who would bear him three children: Cedrick, Myranda, and Tommard. Another bastard would be sired with a tavern wench in Yore, to be discovered by him a few years later.

Garrick raised his bastard children in Rollingford, though he paid little mind to the two who weren't of his mistress, and that even extended somewhat to the children that were of Lerina, though he at least made an effort to pay attention to those ones.

### Rosegold Rebellion to Present Day

Rhaegar Targaryen had died, and with him, the peace that had fallen over the realm. When King Viserys insulted and his bannermen, and Lords Lannister and Tyrell declared their rebellion, Garrick begrudgingly answered the King's call to arms, if only because the Hook Uprising had instilled in him a healthy hatred of turncloaks. He would fight in the Slaughter of Bitterbridge, nearly losing his life in the process, though he would survive, only to be infuriated by the Golden Truce. After all of their fighting, the King's willingness to forgive the Tyrells and Lannisters infuriated Garrick, and he immediately marched home.

The war had been brought to Rollingford too unfortunately, and though the castle itself stood, much of the surrounding lands were razed, and thus began another cycle of rebuilding. Meanwhile, Garrick continued to grow as bitter as ever, and he would wait silently for the next war that was surely around the corner.

## Family and Household

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