Garret Roote

Chancellor of the Earldom

**Garret Roote** is Lord Baron of the Ceolhare Barony. He is a notable lord of the Earldom of Flynn that is a close Advisor of the Earl himself. He is widely known as the Defender of the West for his actions during the Flynn Raids of 1270-1290.

## Appearance

Because of Garret's lordly status as a Baron, his physical features have slacked off resulting in his weight gain. Once was a man who fought his way to the title of Lord Baron during the Flynn Raids now resembles a man who indulged in too much wine, feast and courtship.

Despite his weight, Garret sports the common features of the Flynn Folk, with brown hair, green eyes and a square nose. He also has a beard that he had ever since his crowning as Lord Baron.

## History

Garret Roote was born into a high-class merchant family, with his father being an acting figure in one of York's major Merchant Guilds, he was taught many things during his adolescence including many things that a kid born into nobility would normally learn. Garret then attempted to take on the legacy of his father and took on work for the Merchant Guild as early as he was allowed to but found the work to be boring and uninteresting. This was met with an unaltered response by his father as Vinnie Roote, Garrets brother, took a bigger interest in the Merchants Guild.

Garret then found himself in the Earl's retinue when he was just 16 years old when his father recommended his services to the Earl himself. Garret was amazed by the formations and order that came with the military life and he soon found himself rising through the ranks quite early in his years and by 1272 he gained the rank of battle commander after only serving in the army for 4 years. Garret was also widely known for his combat skills as during his youth, he had gathered a great strength that he used in combat.

During the opening conflicts of the Flynn Raids in 1270, Garret was disappointed to learn that the Earl mistook the strength of the Raider army and soon found himself fleeing the fields of Kinshaw when his retinue and levies were bested by the veteran and brutal raiders of Vestar. It's been said that Garret found himself surrounded by 3 raiders on his retreat back to Ceolhare, he personally slew 2 of them before almost succumbing to the last one. When the raider was about to end the fight he was saved by a spear thrust into the raider's chest by the famous Nightingale.

Garret continued to fight well into the end of the conflict with his beaten retinue until the defeat of Otto Gyldenglove and the destruction of his army. During the celebrations held at York to celebrate the Earldom's victory, it was there when the Earl gave Garret Roote the title of Lord Baron of Ceolhare to award him for his actions during the Flynn Raids. He was also given the option to marry a local lord's daughter as a reward as well which he accepted with honour.

In 1296, Garret recruited his loyal council of advisors, taken from the capital and promising people of his guard. When deserters attempted to overtake his motte in bailey in the Summer of 1296, Ser Solomon, his personal guard held them at bay long enough for the slacking city watch to reach them and subdue them.

in 1298 Garret lost his wife to a stillborn that would have been his successor to the throne. He fell into a great depression that lasted for 2 years.

1300 saw the Lord Baron accept a small migrant wave of Dwarven Refugees, hailing from the nearby dwarven colony at the bottom of the Nord Mountains. These dwarves met lukewarm responses from the people of Flynn, who were stern believers of the Order of Paragon.

As of now, Lord Baron Garret is obviously sick of his position of Baron, with no heir to groom into an effective lord, and with his council pestering him about new laws and decrees about useless parts of the Clamundian law, he has grown lazy and divided between drinking and feasting with nobles around the Earldom to the dismay of some of his council.