Midas Westerling

## Personality

### Personality Description

Calm yet furious, kind yet cold, normal yet so...unusual. That's who Midas Westerling is. Although he seems like your ordinary noble, he is good at hiding his true self. The vile true self that can shatter friendships, destroy love, annihilate families yet the world is blind to the truth because nobody wants to see it. But when you will gain his respect he will follow you to Seven Hells and back, no matter what. Even if it meant destroying every single noble house, every single town and settlement...everything.

When it comes to his rule, he is cruel but fair. He doesn't play on favourites amongst his subjects nor his underlings. "Work hard and you will be rewarded" is how it works in the Crag. Those who bring results,riches , fortune and glory awaits them.But those who do not…well…they can hope amputated legs will be the only thing that will happen to them in Crags dungeons.

With the mention of the dungeons,I would like to add that he is worshipping the most shunned aspect of the Seven,the Stranger. Lord of the Death and Unknown. How fitting,isn't it? Those who are fortunate to die quickly in the dungeons are given as offerings to the Stranger,because Midas believes Stranger will help him kill his foes,and yet he will not suffer the consequences. Yet,his nickname “Strangers Bastard” isn't related to this,but to his battle tactics, that include the most inhumane ways of fighting.

The Sword of the Lion isn't that much of the family man. His own nieces and nephews,cousins and other relatives in the Crag are afraid of him. Imagine it like being held in prison,Midas being that one sadistic jailer,but yet,you are afraid to rise up against him. But when it comes to his cousins in house Lorche,he treats them far more better than his own house.

As was mentioned before, he is more than loyal to house Lannister. He is a fanatic for the Lannisters. He obeys they're commands without question,but also helps them make their plans better with his sharp wit. He isn't afraid of getting his hands dirty for the Golden Lions of Casterly Rock……

### Goals and Motivation

His goals are to strengthen his House and also help Lannisters to take over the Iron Throne. To be honest he would like to see himself as a hand of the king.

### Reputation

His name isn't known only in the Westerlands. His name is known from the frozen fields of the North to the burning sands of the Dorne,his reputation being the beast on the battlefield,and his manners. Even in Kings Landing his name is making local nobles feel uncomfortable.

## Backstory

He was born on an incredibly quiet night on the 6th day of the 11th moon. He was a healthy baby boy and his parents were happy ,same with Lorche. Both houses celebrated for 7 days all day along…but they didn't know what would grow up of this innocent looking babe. His cruelty was shown only at age of 6,when he hit one of the servants' kids with a hammer in the head because he was playing with his wooden horse. Soon,these incidents were growing in number. Well,Lord Alastor didn't pay much attention to it,since he hoped the boy would grow up from it. He didn't know how wrong he was. When his little brother Belgrund was born

Midas was filled with anger and jealousy. He was bullying his little brother in many ways,sometimes hurting him.This influenced their relationship significantly,and they both were hating each other for many years to come. Well,maybe he hated his younger brother,but he had a substitute in House Lorche, Barristan Lorche. Although Barristan was a bit younger, he and Midas had the best relationship from the family that endured to this very day. As mentioned before, he has far better relationships with Lorches.

After Alastors dead, and Sheilas downfall to spiral of madness, Belgrund was named a traitor to the Crag and was tortured,humiliated and then excecuted by hanging. Then Midas sent his youngest sister Bella to become a septa,afterall he couldn't risk that Bella would take over…but he also didn't want to risk his reputation…because to be honest,execution of his own brother was enough. And then he became lord of the Crag,quickly gaining good relations with Lannisters ,especially with Loren Lannister who was and is head of the house now.

For a few years his rule was calm.Nobody threatened his rule over the Crag,until the attack of the IronBorn pirates. Although these were not associated with Greyjoys or their vassals,they were still a serious threat to Crag and also other houses. He didn't waste a second,and valiantly striked onto the scum.  A 4 months of fighting ended with a battle that was known as “The battle of  Strangers Hill” where he crushed the forces of the IronBorn that wanted to try to hide on the land. Although he won,he lost many good men and also was injured on his jaw. But he secured his domain,and also gained a nickname, The Bane of the Ironborn.

Wars he fought:

4th Blackfyre Rebellion: Although his Lannister overlords didn't fight directly into conflict, he decided to be loyal to the current king,and not those pest-filled wankers that came from across the Narrow Sea. His shtick were mainly ambushes and from time to time he fought in the major battles but you know what it means in general.

3th Blackfyre Rebellion: It's known that he fought in it but not much is known of his exploits.

As mentioned before, Lord Midas fought in the  3th and 4th Blackfyre rebellion, but much of his victories and exploits that are known are from the 4th one,especially the one called “The night of bloodied flames'' as it is written in the chronicle of the house Westerling. It was a cold night and the Golden Army had a camp somewhere in the Crownlands. It was one of the larger ones,but it wasn't the main one. In the shadow of the night, Midas and his men were waiting in the bushes for the right time to strike.When they got an opportunity, they let their horses aloose to create a distraction so then they could set their tents and other flammable things ablaze. The ambush was so sudden that the troops of the Golden Company died in their own pyjamas. After the deed, the head of the camp's leader was impaled on a spike and they vanished back into the night. The next day the Blackfyre troops uncovered the terrible sight.