Ayrmidon Velaryon

## Personality

### Personality Description

What was once a promising soul now a beacon of ambition and senseless need for revenge. Ayrmidon is known as a hot-headed individual who often breaks out in rage when things don’t go his way or when people deliver bad news. He barely talks to his wife but he doesn’t blame her if she ever wants to go back. This sort of obsession with death and destruction festered within his heart for all those years he’s been away from home. Ayrmidon does have a few redeemable qualities being he’s exceptionally loyal to his house and a devout man.

### Goals and Motivation

Reclaim his house’s glory by wiping out the Targaryens and the Blackfyres

### Reputation

Fearsome, he sacked the Stepstones alone with his father’s fleet leaving little to no survivors making him a force to be reckoned with. He isn’t known to be a family man and has poor temper

## Backstory

Ayrmidon was the product of an incestuous marriage by his parents; he was considered an accidental child as his parents had little interest in fostering a family. The wind cried out in anger as the family was doomed for tragedy.

Ayrmidon endured his childhood years hearing the bickering of his parents who could never agree on how best to raise their child. For much of the time, he suffered from isolation as he figured out quite early before he could read that he wasn’t their golden child. To dull the psychological trauma of the arguments, he hired a sculptor to teach him of the craft as he always liked building things instead of destroying. It was actually his combat mentor who paid the sculptor with stolen funds from gambling and kept things quiet.

The bird flocks make their daily treks over the island to the mainland as the boy was taken on a trip by his mother to the place of her birth, Greenstone. There he made quick work of his trip by befriending the heir and his siblings. He appealed through words and his artwork from the time spent on Driftmark. He wasn’t a real fighter but the least he can do is prove his intellect is superior in a way to others.

But his father wasn’t too impressed, he found these trivial hobbies of Ayrmidon to be a distraction to what he truly needed to accomplish, the basics of lordship. By this point his father told Ayrmidon that heirs like him would’ve begun their training on Driftmark while he sat on High Tide but now that it’s a ruin, they must take extra precautions. Their house while strong on the sea is living off what remains of their legacy and that he should forget thinking that things are more peaceful when they’re not. Ayrmidon took it as an insult and shot back at his father for never compromising with his mother to which he sharply responded by saying he never wanted her and that they were doomed the moment they met.

A poor marriage and a poor parentage. House Velaryon is really a fraud, Ayrmidon thought. His father is too stubborn to admit his failings and his mother finds her words to be almost useless.

5 years after being told a big truth of reality, he was 15 and nearly a man. Ayrmidon would sculpt a stone statue of what viewers might say a demented version of a dragon, it was crude in it’s design and that his mentor was indifferent to the product of 4 months worth of work. Before that however, he had many small hand-sized objects of different mythical beasts from his childhood books and displayed them around his room. Around this time, his father took on several sea expeditions to the Northern coasts of Westeros to Lys where he first was massively intrigued by the romantic appeal of the place. But as much as his father would like to stay, he only had his son work through a few trade deals on his behalf to see if his brains match his skill in sculpting.

Fast forward 4 years, he is 19 and has become a whole different person. He dropped his sculpting hobby for archery and combat as pressure grew on him to “prove” himself worthy of being a Velaryon. He was quite proficient though he would tire easily. He sailed out on numerous expeditions for trade and after every single one he would learn new techniques in bartering and negotiating. One of his favorite extra hobbies would be his debaucherous acts in Lys. He frequented the place and even owns a pillow house on the outskirts where he fell in love with Doreah of Lys and brought her back to Driftmark much to the disappointment of his mother who knew his father was encouraging this behavior. He is 19 and hasn’t been married yet being the rare boy he is. His parents argued whether to marry Ayrmidon to a Grafton or Tarth but they concluded with no agreement.

A week later after Ayrmidon brought back Dorea, his father threw his mother off a balcony and into the sea where she drowned. In haste, his father quarantined information on the island and sent a letter to King’s Landing mentioning the “suicide” of Lady Alyssa Velaryon. Truthfully Ayrmidon’s father had grown too annoyed to even deal with his wife for another day and scornfully drove his anger to his son warning him to never trust women.

His father allowed his son to choose his match as he took several sea adventures to the Free Cities to make new contracts with several elites. One day when Ayrmidon’s father was away, his lover, Dorea gave birth to twin sons and died leaving him with bastards that he was shocked to the core. He had no idea how to raise children so he left the deed to the caretakers in Driftmark while he searched for a potential match for himself.

When father and son reunited once again, the former sent the boy off to the Stepstones to get a taste of battle, namely to be sent as an expeditionary force to do the daily routine of clearing the way for trade. The Velaryons made much of their income from trade since the sacking of High Tide and the loss of much of their wealth and power. Ayrmidon reluctantly left and spent the next 2 years boarding ships, raiding sturdy wooden forts and abodes that dot the islands. There he would be aided by other Westerosi sailors and captains who joined in on the catch till none really remained but bodies littered on shores. Ayrmidon became known as the “Sea

Spike” for practically spiking every prisoner he caught no matter if they were pirates or not.

He returned to Driftmark and quickly chose the first daughter of House Celtigar, Rhaenyra as his wife after a long courtship of 4 months.

Their marriage would be the opposite of their parents, loving and cherished though the seeds of discontent grew as Ayrmidon’s bastards grew in age. Despite that, they would have two children: Vaemond and Elaena. His wife took charge in raising his daughter while he took pride in his sons, namely Vaemond and his two bastards who he didn’t discriminate between the three.

Ayrmidon gave titles to his three sons as they progressed through his and his father’s rigorous parenting style. His daughter on the other hand were largely left to their mother but he would make periodic rounds to see her.

Haegon the Stout - In charge of House Velaryon’s finances and primary dealmaker in trade and commerce. Ayrmidon has plans for him to be master of coin in Brightflame’s small council.

Laenor the Bold - The spinning image of his father’s fighting prowess if not more and very clever with his tongue who fixates on tilting his opponents. He holds little interest in romance due to the fact that he’s away from it mostly. He also commands an auxiliary force of the Velaryon fleet.

Vaemond the Wise - Only legitimate son of Ayrmidon and current heir to Driftmark whose introverted and less understood than everyone else in the family though he inherits his father’s scheming mind even further than thought.

Valaena - Player discretion

Kiera of Lys - Currently living as a socialite by modern standards in Lys alongside her mother. Her skills in the intimate field surpasses that of her family

Aelora Waters - Currently a handmaiden of a house going to player discretion

Time went by as the man grew up. He was 28 when his father passed on from slipping down a stairway and snapping his neck as he suffered from a muscle disease known as Rhabdomyolysis. Ayrmidon was sworn in as Lord of Driftmark as his wife gave birth to Valaena Velaryon which he cherished as a promised daughter of his out of convenience. Valaena came a week after becoming lord.

Ayrmidon would have two more children from two lovers which he keeps secret from his wife.

He grew older yet his skill in the blade has grown further. Ayrmidon was once offered the position of Master of Ships by the King at the time, yet due to a rumor of the lord cursing at him behind closed doors, he was cut out from the offer. This including the regressing ties between House Velaryon and Targaryen left him at an impasse. Ayrmidon had visited King’s Landing several times and found it displeasing only by the fact that the King cannot “understand” him when it’s just him being a temperamental jerk. Using this as a reason to cut ties with the Targaryens, he drove anti-Targaryen rhetoric into his children then married off Elaena to Lord Aelor Brightflame to join two Valyrian houses to make three against one in diplomacy. He felt little remorse towards suddenly sending his eldest daughter off with little warning. He claimed this was the only way they’d be able to stand up to the big atrocious Targaryens who “robbed” his house of everything they’re worth over the centuries. Revenge is what he seeks and the Iron Throne is what Ayrmidon believes is where Velaryon stands to claim for all it’s suffering.