Chrisarys Stormfyre

Also known as **Chrisarys Henning** Is a younger member of the ensemble of Brightflame Lords and knights but prominent for being at the center of many conflicts

## Character Personality

Chrisarys was known for being a young but skilled fighter while not the most skilled he was better then any man his age should have been. He was known early on for his caring disposition and his desire to protect people but he would spend a good deal of his time being known for his cruelty in certain actions and his own level of vanity that prefaced much of his actions, how much of this is due to trauma and how much of this is due to his own youth and maturing out of it when he started to act like his younger self is up for debate.

After the death of William Henning, Chrisarys developed a streak of cruelty his actions against the Buckwells would be known soon enough though chrisarys was known to have felt remorse for that later in life, and his murder of his wife the moment he found out about her betrayal rather then alerting anyone else and giving her a fair trial. He had a known desire for recognition that stemmed from him believing the stories of being aegons son so fiercely he felt he was destined for greatness and even after the lie had been exposed to him still felt a connection and desire to be recognized as a Dragon in his own right. This drive would lead to some of his later action and mistakes, drive away more and more allies and make enemies, all while He did keep a few who treated with respect and honor of his old self. Another flaw of his was his sense of self worth, he didnt like to be punished for acts he was responsible for, he felt he deserved to hold Hen Hill despite many others being more fit for the role and more capable after the Death of William which spawned a great deal of his feud with his brother, and he seemed almost insulted by the idea that he wasnt fit to rule after his captivity with the Dunbridges even though most would agree he wasnt.

He grew out of most of his bad habits with age as most men do, becoming a respectable but at times difficult lord (Mostly his sense of self worth remained, he made many comments at tourneys and feasts that made it clear he still felt that he was meant to do something later in life) But his love of battle was gone, having seen close hand what war does to people and was far more humble about his position, no longer acting as if it was his right and was much faster to forgive slights that he had been before he lost Hen Hill. During the Winter war and beyond he spent most of his time helping civilians caught in the war rather then fighting for glory or fame like he had been known to crave early on, he raised his kids into respectable men and sent his soldiers to try and clear bandits out of the nearby areas and bring peace and stability to any part of the crownlands he could.

## Early life

Chrisarys grew up in Essos with the Hennings and under false pretenses, while he never new his real father much he was tricked and convinced he was actually born the son of Aegon Targaryean, as William had taken him him from his real father when the man started to lose his mind. How and where he was given the story of his false heritage was unknown but he kept it for a good part of his early life until he started to fight in the war. He eventually moved near Dragonstone where his family found themselves in service to the Lord of dragonstone Stannis Baratheon observing a plan set by William, though they soon found themselves fleeing when Stannis began to burn people, Chrisarys himself witnessing close hand at an early age the effects of fire on a man that kept him wary of flames for years to come. Instead of pleding themselves to any of the Five Kings they pledged themselves to King Baelor and helped in the early goings of taking Dragonstone from Stannis himself. Chrisarys was young, but he had begged William for the opportunity to fight and William knew he couldnt sway him or his own children Rhaegon and Visenya (Both of capable fight age) Chrisarys achieved little glory for himself and found combat didnt come easy when it was a well and true battle but he stayed close enough to the Hennings to meet many lords both old and new that he remained a well known face in Dragonstone. and Chrisarys hoped that one day he could be allowed to be legitimized and rule as a Targaryean which he had long felt he had yearned for

His reality had been shattered by the rather abrupt return of the Golden Company lead by Aegon Targaryean himself, declaring himself King Aegon VI. Chrisarys remained loyal to the Brightflames but he wanted to go as an envoy to Aegon to try and get his supposed father to see reason and yield to the Brightflame cause allowing them to unite and take the 7 Kingdoms together. William refused to let him go so Chrisarys went himself going to the Stormlands and meeting the Golden Company head on. His declaration amused the knights of the company but Chrisarys assured himself once Aegon raised him up he would be seen for the man he really was. Instead his real father who had joined up with Aegon's cause showed himself, Aemond Rivers a bastard son of Aerys Targaryean (or so he claims) who was taken in by the Hennings and later had Chrisarys with Wyla, but his obsession drove the two of them apart, because Aemond refused to renounce his supposed birthright for anything and was frustrated with Williams patience. Aemond mocked the young and naive boy for thinking he was the son of a person who would only be a few years older then him and many of the enenmy knights taunted the boy further. Chrisarys, embarrassed and frustrated drew his sword on his father but was quickly bested by the older and more experienced man and then taken prisoner. Chrisarys spent most of the Golden Company's early invasion and even some of the begining of the Second Dance of Dragons as a prisoner of House Targaryean, all the while berating himself for acting alone and not knowing the truth sooner. But eventually a party lead by William freed him in a daring escape from Griffen's Roost. Afterwards Chrisarys renounced his silly ideals and forever claimed the Hennings were his real family, before he and them would rejoin the fighting.

Near the end of the War with Aegon Chrisarys was part of the final confrontation between the two kings. Though Aegon bested Baelor, Chrisarys himself came to face his father, who he had also learned killed his birth mother as well and the two fought again, this time Chrisarys wasnt taken by rage and humiliation and instead focused on serving the true king and Aemond was always quick to anger, one wrong step and Chrisarys disarmed and injured his father but refused to become a kinslayer. Instead his father was taken as a prisoner and left to rot in a cell, while Chrisarys continued helping House Brightflame until they had taken King's Landing from the Lannisters.

## Knighthood and Hen Hill

Once he had the power to do so Baelor rewarded House Henning with there seat Hen Hill, and the money to refurbish the keep. Chrisars welcomed the chance to live in a castle proper and from there would stay out of the main armies battles, while he didnt mind the life of a soldier with the revelation of his real father Chrisarys wanted t spend time better discovering who he was and what he was good at. Squiring for William at many tournaments and feasts he would soon make many relations including one to Daniel Youngflower who became one of his closest friends. His family did the same and Hen Hill became a network for traffic of both visits and trading. Chrisarys would watch it all unfold before him and attempt to get involved in much of it. Though he had many years ahead of him he wanted to find his calling as soon as possible, ever the determined worker that he was. Chrisarys wouldnt see a real battle again until Battle of the Silver Tooth where he Fought with the Cobalt Brotherhood against the Crimson Coats, which was the first major battle inside Brightflame territory. Chrisarys saved one of the leaders of the brotherhood and killed a few Coats, earning his knighthood at a rather young age. He returned to Hen Hill a hero of sorts and decided to see the rest of the world with his time. Deciding to check the North one of regions he hadn't seen yet, there he was saw the Wall from afar before finding and capturing a young Wildling Meera. The Wilding was about his age and Chrisarys refused to kill her instead bringing her back to Hen Hill where she would remain a prisoner. Chrisarys grew curious about things past the wall and Meera told him of many things, both good and bad about what was back there, though he would never end up venturing out there himself his adopted siblings would do so later in life.

Chrisarys sense of adventure would turn into a desire to be recognized, Chrisarys wanted nothing more then to be seen as a value member of the Kingdom. His first attempt after the battle would be him coming up with a plan to deal with the Dragon Queen Daenarys Targaryean, the plans full contents were never revealed as many of the people he was trying to convince seemed to have conflicting information, ranging from assassinating the Queen to marrying her, to simply finding a way to take her dragons and he somehow got much support for it that caused it to reach a wide array of people. When the information passed to Jory the Wartime hand of the King he suspecting alternative motives from the man who had once tried to claim he was Aegon's son. He promptly had the young man arrested, and then went on a hunt to arrest his best men Thomas Dayne and Daniel Youngflower when he suspected them of trying to kill his vassal Lord Rodrick Whent (A misunderstanding in itself but not helped by Dayne going on the attack when confronted by Ser Jory). At the Trial that followed Chrisarys was forced to explain himself, he reaffirmed his pledge and loyalty to House Brightflame and how he would never seek to undermine there authority, how his plan was merely one to hinder the dragon Queen from coming to Westeros, and then admitted to his own identity crisis of which he never fully recovered from, desperatly wanting to be legitimized by the King and do something memorable to get it to reconcile with the fact he wasnt a true Targareyan. Through other peoples testimonies and plans Chrisarys was considered not guilty of treason and Jory to bury the hatchet handed him a new blade though it was made clear to Chrisarys that as the bastard of a bastard he had little if any claim to the name Targaryean.

Instead Chrisarys was named Stormfyre, a new house that would serve under the Hennings. Now a legit man in his own right but kept under William's house he gained daniel as a sworn sword for a time and was set to be married to a noble family Gullegen which was on the decline after the death of there lord who lead the crimson Coats and his son Jason who died a year later after trying to kill Ser Jory. But Chrisarys was tempted by the pull of other women, one of the younger Whents Lyanna, and Meera the Wilding girl who started to accompany him outside the keep. William would stand for neither, The Whents were already bound to them by marriage and would do no good for Chrisarys long term prospects and Meera wasnt a noble family or suitable a bride. Instead William forced the marriage neither wanted because Chrisarys needed to start building influence and Lady Alys Gullegen needed a husband. There marriage remained as loveless and never had a chance, for soon after bannermen claiming loyalty to the Gullegens came bearing her young son and William and Chrisarys let some of them in, only to be betrayed in what was the First Siege of Henhill. This battle showed the folly of marrying a house of traitors so willingly, an error William never got to live to learn as he was slain in the battles closing moments, leaving Chrisarys distraught and angry at the world. Chrisarys continued his war with the Gullegen's (More specifically the Buckwells the vassals of the Gullegens waging the conflict) who teamed with the Dunbridges, long time enemies of the Hennings to try and kill Chrisarys, Chrisarys brought his allies some more experienced in war then he was and with a swift act bested them in battle and sent the Dunbridges packing, Chrisarys personally saw to it that the Buckwell line was ended, chasing after the last male before finding his daughter and wife, he killed him his wife and then raped and murdered his daughter, before burning the house they were in to try and remove evidence of this act. But many had seen him chase after Lord Buckwell and many rumors of his act were made, Chrisarys initially denied anything saying Lord Buckwell escaped him (He would later confess to these deeds but it was many years later).

Instead Chriarys tried to rule the castle of his adopted father, before being politically outmaneuvered by his brother Rhaegon, who was the more proper heir as Williams eldest Son. The two jockied for power in the astle first passively but slowly there aggressions started to rise however Chrisarys intially came out on the losing end for his mental stability was called into question, for the eventual murder of his Wife Alys.Chrisarys had caught her writing a letter revealing her part in the plot against the Hennings but he pushed her out before she could confirm this for anyone else and the letter she suppsoedly wrote went missing. His young age also hampered his ability, that and Rheagon simply had more powerful allies to his cause and Chrisarys soon lost any influence in the castle. It was around this time the first of his bastards were born from a Whent, but this drove a wedge between him and the Whents, as they felt he had defiled one of there own, he found further comfort in Meera who Rheagon was content to let him stay with as she posed no threat to him. Thomas dayne became his only friend in the keep as Daniel had left to form his own sellsword company and start to gain money for his own castle and earn a lordship, and later events sent Visenya over to Essos to have her child while Sheira Henning would be married to Lord Khalkuho (Another plan of Rheagons to strengthen his hold on the castle.) Chrisarys was mostly alone in his feud with Rheagon and his brother proved his superior in politics

## Kinslayer and Lordship

Chrisarys was bitter about what had transpired but staying with Meera and being allowed to stay he almost seemed content to live his life as this, a knight who would earn his way to making the Stormfyre name meaningful, but out of curisity he snuck into the castles chambers again and ended up finding his adopted father Williams will. And when he read it he found a big discovery that William had named him his heir shortly before he died, Rheagon had been hiding it. Chrisarys was touched by the man who had been his real fathers gesture and left Hen Hill to go and tell the hand about this looking for support. His depature timed with an attack on Rheagons life leading him to think Chrisarys did it, Chrisarys assumed it was a ploy by his brother to have him killed for treason and when he went to Jory with the Will he pledged himself to Jory as a vassal "Help me take my fathers home back and everything in it will be at your beck and call my Lord hand." So began the Henning Civil War soon joined by Visenya as they all fought for control of the castle. Rheagon claimed that there was no way to truly verify that the will wasnt forged by Chrisarys, and even if it was it alone didnt justify Chrisarys ascension as Chrisarys wasnt a true Henning and had the weakest claim to the castle. While all of this was true he still called his own banners and Visenya came with a msotly sellsword army to make her own case. Chrisarys merely wanted the castle and would have joined forces with his sister but he also felt that she might try and undermine him as well plus they had opposing factions on there sides that they didnt think would cooperate so both merely focused on rheagon for the moment. In the Third siege Chrisarys lead his troops to a secret passage hoping to take Rheagon unaware and win back the castle. Chrisarys failed to account for the fact that his brother knew these passages as well and trapped him when he attempted to use them, taking him captive and torturing him before murdering the Gullegen babe he was taking care of and took his arm (Though not his dominat hand).

Chrisarys would spend even more time as a prisoner bitterly noting that his bastard father treated him better then his brother that he had known since he was a kid. Though he was eventually freed by his sister, Rheagon took her down and fought Chrisarys himself where by luck the younger knight bested the Henning Lord and killed him in single combat, officially becoming a kinslayer he had tried to avoid becoming with his father. Though Visenya was the most fit for leading she had no desire to be the lady of a castle and Chrisarys took the seat and reafimred himself as a Redwater vassal. There he stayed for the rest of the year recovering from his injuries from the battle and taking Meera as his known lover, though they never married. He was mostly known for going to Essos for a short time but beyond that he stayed quiet giving Jory aid during the Black rebellion but staying out of the conflict himself. Unfortunately this time in isolation did little to help his poor mental state, and when drunk he found that he had slept with a Redwater lady, and not just anyone but a lady that was soon going to be offered to the Vale for apolitical marriage to bind them to House Brightflame. The marriage was ruined and Jory was irate demanding Chrisarys face justice, and Chrisarys refused not wanting to be punished for the mistake, and instead the 5th and one of the bloodiest of the Hen Hill Sieges would be between Chrisarys and his Liege Lord Jory. Jon Youngflower died for his cause while Rodrick Whent was killed by his allies and in the end Chrisarys and Jory came face to face where Chrisarys was allowed to keep his land and home but had to be removed as a vassal of lord Redwater making it clear to anyone that he was no longer under his direct protection. Chrisarys initially paid this little mind, having felt that he had proven that Hen Hill would not be easily taken.

## Losing Hen Hill

He was tragically and painfully wrong, soon after this attack the Dunbridges took advantage of Chrisarys actions and overal dislike of his house to point out that as a Stormfyre Chrisarys had no place running the castle and made to siege it. Chrisarys called for his allies to finally end the dunbridges who had been a thorn in his side....and was shocked as instead many lords flocked to the Dunbridges themselves to remove him including once steadfast allies such as the Starkwoods and the Darkspears. It was too late to make any plea for mercy this time as Asher Dunbridge lead a strike against the castle that Chrisarys was ill equipped to defend and despite his best efforts his sortie was stopped his walls were toppled and the enemy came crashing into his forces, Thomas dayne had time to get some of the Hennings out but he was killed and Chrisarys was bested by Asher in single combat with relative ease. Initially it was beelived Asher took his head and paraded it around the castle for all to see, but instead he had just taken one of his servants heads that looked close enough to the orignal. Chrisarys was left to witness everything that Asher did to his loved one, he tortured Meera to death trying to get her to spill where the Hennings that escaped fled to, she refused anything and protected the family to the last breathe while Chrisarys watched. He was also a witness tot he death of William Henning Wife Nymiera and the son of Aemond Henning who was just a boy barely a year old before keeping Chrisarys alive even as he begged for death. Instead Chrisarys was beaten and tortured further forced to live in the villages where if he tried to flee Asher made it clear he would kill everyone he talked to there. So Chrisarys stayed watching men lose there lives in war, marching off and never turning back and slowly Chrisarys felt regret knowing he had sent many men to there deaths just the same way, after a month of this he was brought back humbled but not forgiven Asher didnt do that to teach him a lesson as he sent all of Chrisarys friends off to fight in the war in the North, knowing most wouldnt make it back. He then kept him inside the castle scarred and and burned and beaten until Chrisarys accepted his new name of Stormy and became a servant of the cruel Asher for the rest of the year. Chrisarys had long since given up any hope of escape expecting to die in the castle as a servant for his many actions but he held on to a sliver of hope in a red priest who had come into town when he was running errands for Asher who promised him a role in the wars to come, the one to save all of man.

But even this flicker of hope couldnt save him, Asher watched him constantly and he never made an attempt to escape knowing that he would suffer but so would others, and so long as he kept his mouth shut the rest of his family would live. Instead help came to him through no action of his own. Asher Dunbridge made the mistake of trusting Lief Wilder in trying to kill the rest of the Hennings and when Lief turned on him it gave the precedent he needed to siege his castle alongside his allies, some of whom were only enemies of the Dunbridges, who had amassed more hatred then Chrisarys in less time then he did. The current Lord Ashers brother tried to get Daniel and Visenya to back off by revealing Chrisarys was alive but that he would kill him if he didnt surrender. But Daniel who had long since come to accept that he was dead decided that it was worth the effort to take him down anyway. His plan worked and Daniel personally saved chrisarys before the Lord could act on his promise, though Chrisarys wanted to regain his lordship in his state he had no means to as even his allies felt his state was not fit for lordship instead it was given tot he equally unexperienced but much more mentally stable William Henning who Chrisarys became a steward towards.