Robb Flowers

**Ser Robb the Red**, born Robb Flowers, is the newest landed knight in service of House Greenmont. Previously, he was squire to Lord Lucos Greenmont, and a member of the Devoted. He grew up in Fox Hollow, where he was best friends with Ser Alfred Wyld. For most of his life, he lived in the town's inn or on the streets, and stole food and coin to survive.

Robb was an NPC played by Sam, later played by Don only during the Season Three prologue scene. The Faceless Man, often disguised as Robb, was played by Don.

## Appearance and Character

Robb was always a small lad, with a lithe frame more like his mother's, while his face, red hair, and pale blue eyes took after his father. He was given the nickname "Red Robb" by his mother at an early age.

Red Robb appears to many to be lazy and unambitious, and this is true to a point. He does not hate nobles and the wealthy, but in fact pities them: Robb sees value in living a simple life. He believes simple people have the best stories and are the happiest, despite often being oppressed by others. Robb sees the life of a knight or lord as a sad, isolating existence without true freedom. For this reason, despite his natural gifts and several years of training, Robb is not a much better swordsman than the average soldier.

Recently, however, Robb is beginning to show signs of personal growth and change. He never had parents who cared nearly as much for him as Lord Lucos and Lord Olyver did. He is openly grateful for his opportunities and to not have to steal to eat any longer. He is a loyal and somewhat brave man, with the surprising ability to empathize with other people, mediate situations, and talk his way out of trouble.

## History

### **Childhood**

Robb Flowers is the bastard child of Jennie, a prostitute from Fox Hollow, and a fiery-haired sellsword from the North named Kegren, who claimed to have wildling blood in him.

In his youth, his mother took care of him as best she could. Robb learned to steal before his tenth namesday, and helped provide for him and his mother by making use of his quiet charm and natural aptitude as a thief. Kegren visited infrequently, often breaking promises to take Robb hunting or camping. Kegren had a reputation for being a gregarious, charming, but troublesome man who drank too much for his own good.

Oftentimes, Robb's mother would send him away from their room at the inn, because of her work. Robb hated being the son of a prostitute, and would sometimes run away for days at a time, sleeping in a nook under Fox Hollow's great stone bridge just outside of town. There, Robb dreamed of a different life, a life of being a sellsword like his father, a life of adventure where he could take what he wanted and no one would dare look down on him.

Though he was a quiet and shy young man, Robb made many friends in Fox Hollow, including a tomboy named Alex, another urchin named Tuck, and Kyrie the Blacksmith -- whom he looked up to as a wise, tough, older sister. His closest friend was Alfred Wyld, a boy his own age who hunted and visited Fox Hollow often to trade. Though he did not hunt himself, Robb would hike into the woods and accompany Alfred on hunting trips. In turn, Robb showed Alfred all of his favorite hiding places in Fox Hollow: there was the secret room at the inn where you could spy through holes on patrons and listen to their conversations, the old abandoned watchtower that you could climb to look out over the entire town, and the nook under the bridge that Robb called his "safe place".

Robb and Alfred remained friends throughout their childhood and into adulthood.

### **Adulthood and Service to House Greenmont**

Robb's mother died of syphillis when he was 14 years old. His father Kegren returned to town to settle down upon receiving the news, and took Robb in for nearly a year before Kegren was conscripted to fight in Greenmont's army during The First Blackfyre Rebellion. Like many able-bodied men, Kegren died during the war, leaving Robb an orphan.

Robb continued to survive as he approached adulthood by stealing. Ultimately, he was caught, and sentenced to hang in 198 AC. Alfred, returning from the war having been knighted for heroism during the Battle of Redgrass Field, petitioned Lord Lucos to stay Robb's sentence and take him on as a squire. The bed-ridden Lord Lucos agreed.

Robb knew nothing of military service, knighthood or being a squire, and so Lucos ordered Robb to also serve in the Devoted, Greenmont's scouting regiment. Robb proved capable, intelligent, and devoted to his second chance -- but showed no ambition and a slight laziness towards his studies. Still, Lucos seemed fond of the young man, and kept Robb close.

## Events of After the Fyre

Robb was with Lucos when he died during his travel to Mara Greenmont's wedding to Alester Oakheart. Robb delivered Lord Greenmont's final words and the news of his death to Lady Mara and Ser Olyver Yronwood at Old Oak. Afterwards, Robb traveled with Olyver to Fox Hollow, and then to rescue Lady Myria from Lord Edmyn Blackmont at Vulture's Roost. During this time, Olyver teased Robb often, encouraged him to show more ambition in his life, and the two became friends on the road.

After returing to Fox Hollow, Lady Marzia Greenmont knighted Robb out of necessity, so that he would have the authority to act on behalf of the house. Ser Robb the Red was sent north to Highgarden with a mission to deliver a message to Symon Greenmont, and see the young Maester travel to Castle Blackmont to help negotiate. In Highgarden, Robb was forced to defend Symon from an attack by corrupt local guards working on behalf of an unknown faction. Robb risked his life to help Symon escape, but was badly beaten and captured himself.

After capture, Robb was tortured in a dungeon below Highgarden, where he professed everything he knew about House Greenmont and its current politics. He spoke after of a man who watched many of the interrogations, but never spoke -- a man wearing the black copper Dornish armor of a House Yronwood knight. A mysterious bald man with a scarred face, who claimed to be acting on behalf of House Greenmont, killed several of the dungeon guards and helped Robb escape captivity.

Since his escape, Ser Robb returned south alone to Fox Hollow, where he admitted everything that happened in Highgarden to Lady Marzia Greenmont. There, he learned of Lord Olyver's murder and the return of his dear friend, Ser Alfred. Robb has sworn to do whatever he came to "make things right" and be a better knight to House Greenmont.

Robb is rumored to have had a tryst with Lorelai, a prostitute who is the daughter of his departed mother's best friend. He is also rumored to owe several of Fox Hollow's inn and tavern patrons gambling debts. Perhaps for these reasons, he seems eager to avoid the local watering holes.

## Death and the Faceless Man

It was later revealed to Myria Greenmont that Robb was murdered by a Faceless Man assassin with no name, who appeared to Robb as a mysterious bald man with a scarred face. Robb never escaped Highgarden, and the Faceless Man successfully infiltrated House Greenmont for reasons currently unknown. disguised as Robb.

During their travels with Ser Alfred and the guard Bryar, the Faceless Man helped rescue Myria Greenmont during the rebellion at House Yronwood involving the Knights of the Bloodroyal, Lord Horatio Yronwood's loyal soldiers, and Prince Maron Martell's war fleet. During the party's escape, the Faceless Man assassinated Ser Alfred in cold blood.

The Man with No Name revealed himself at night, by the ocean-side to Myria, showing himself to be an ancient man from Lhaz. While he discussed philosophy and Myria's wishes for the future, he expressed a desire to reclaim his lost name, suggesting that he had decided to go rogue against his religious order: the House of Black and White. Their conversation led to the assassin exchanging a promise to kill Maron Martell for Myria, in exchange for her promise to give him anything he asked for when next they saw each other.

The Faceless Man made his way to Prince Maron's ship out at sea, but it is unknown whether or not he assassinated the prince of Dorne. Maron is believed to still be alive, and no report of an assassination attempt ever circulated the realm. However, it is possible that the Faceless Man's assassination attempt was successful, and that it is he -- and not Maron -- that sits on the throne of Dorne.

## Quotes

*"Simple folk got the best stories. Their heads aren't stuffed with nonsense about what fork goes where, or what's right and proper to say in front of a Lord or a Lady. They just live, knowing life don't last nearly long enough, and we got to make the most of what time we have."*