Rogar I Baratheon

King **Rogar I Baratheon** was the twenty-sixth ruler of the Seven Kingdoms and the eighth monarch of the Baratheon Dynasty. He was the second child and elder son of King Robert III Baratheon and his wife, Queen Alysanne Tully, the younger brother of Princess Ashara Baratheon, and the older brother of King Lyonel I Baratheon. He reigned from 429 AC until his death in 432 AC, and was succeeded by his younger brother, Lyonel I Baratheon, in lieu of his missing son, Raymont Baratheon.

He was formally styled as **Rogar of the House Baratheon, the First of His Name, King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, and Protector of the Realm.**

## Biography

### Background

Rogar was born in King's Landing. When Rogar was young he was betrothed to Jocelyn Stark at his mother's behest. The marriage had to be held earlier than expected, after Rogar took Jocelyn to bed and got her pregnant with their first child, Daemon, shortly after her fourteenth nameday. The couple would go on to have two further children; Raymont and Roslin Baratheon.

Rogar's father died in 426 AC. As his elder sister, Ashara Baratheon, had died of a fever some fifteen years prior, he was succeeded by Ashara's daughter as Lyanna I Baratheon. The following year, the New Daughters War broke out. Rogar was made on one Lyanna's chief lieutenants, but chafed under his niece's leadership, frequently coming to blows with her.

### Reign

After just three years on the Iron Throne, Lyanna died in childbirth further complicated by injuries she had sustained in battle. Being childless and without siblings, the throne passed to Rogar. The new king continued the war, which soon devolved into a war of attrition, with neither side able to break the other.

Three years into his own reign, Rogar's eldest son Daemon fell in battle against Volantine mercenaries. The particularly brutal way the Volantines executed Daemon's forces in the aftermath of their defeat prompted the Bay of Dragons to invite Rogar and the Royal Fleet to Meereen to secure an alliance against Volantis.

Whilst in Meereen, Rogar's two remaining children, Raymont and Roslin, vanished without a trace. Still in denial over Daemon's death, Rogar accused the Meereenese of kidnapping his children, eventually leading to Rogar launching a full-scale attack against Meereen in a fit of rage. After leading a failed charge on the Great Pyramid, Rogar was speared through the head by an Unsullied pikeman. His forces subsequently routed from Meereen, having made enemies rather than allies out of the Bay of Dragons. Once word of Rogar's death reached King's Landing, Rogar's younger brother assumed the Iron Throne as Lyonel I Baratheon.

## Personality

Rogar was generally regarded as a bad commander, worse ruler, and terrible person. While in his childhood he was seen as kind and open-handed, his teenage years turned him into a bitter and cruel man. He was quick to anger and often took to violence on those closest to him, particularly his sons, Daemon and Raymont.

Although his worst inclinations were often kept in check by his father, whom he grew to despise, after his death and especially after he became king, Rogar did not shy away from the reigns of power, frequently making extremely poor and rash decisions, which ultimately led to his death.