Edric Royston

**Ser Edric Royston** is the Lord Commander of the Kings Guard for House Brightflame. Officially Serving the Brightflames before the Second Dance of Dragons between House Brightflame and House Targaryen.

## History

### Before the Golden Dragon

After Robert's Rebellion, when Edric was 17 years old his uncle Rennedar sent Edric to Eyrie, while he and Edric's sister Wellisa stayed at their castle. Edric started to train for a knight at Eyrie, where he met a son of a minor Vale noble. His name was Kellan. Edric and Kellan quickly became close, earning their knighthood and sharing in their adventures. On Edric's 21 name day the Eyrie received news that the Mountain clans were spotted in great numbers at the Redfort. With many great nobles feasting there, the two young knights boldly gathered what man they could and marched to the Redfort in hopes of honor and glory for their lords. As Ser Edric and Ser Kellan led their party through the narrow pass towards Redfort, a mass of beastly men quickly emerged from the dense woods, savagely attacking the two young knights and their men. Ser Kellan, his friend and companion for many years was brutally surrounded, pulled from his mount and savagely butchered. Edric charged his courser into the mass of clansmen slashing and chopping in a rage. Soon his men rallied and narrowly defeated the clansmen, but at a great cost. Ser Kellan lay dead and mangled from countless axe and spear wounds, his armour either torn from his body or badly smashed and dented. The answers for the tragedy soon became clear after finding several castle forged weapons among the dead attackers as well as the two final words from a tortured clansman "Tywin Lannister". "The Clansmen admit that Tywin Lannister gave them weapons for their help in the Battle at the Green Fork against the North". Ser Edric Royston proclaimed as he paced in the great hall of the Redfort. He was pleading amongst the great lords of the Vale who just hours before gathered for a feast while his friend laid dying. Royston expected the lords to be outraged by this Lannister act but instead Lord Nestor Royce cautiously proclaimed "I will not risk war against the Lannisters because of what you and your house have done". These words were like an axe smashing again and again into his chest. How could he ever stay? He knew that his departure from the Vale would be swift for he needed a King who would join him in his vengeance against the Lannisters.

### Brightflame Service

He sailed from Gulltown and arrived at Dragonstone, where he asked to meet King Baelor. King acepted him into his service and Ser Edric proved himself to King Baelor that he is a Knight worthy to become a King's Guard. Before the Second Dance of Dragons, Edric was named King's Guard of King Baelor and he joined Ser James Lail and Richard Lick. After Aegon was defeated, King Baelor planned to attack Kings Landing and claim the Iron Throne. Ser Edric and Gaerion Doryerion Hand of the King came up with a plan to take Kings Landing and King Baelor wisely listend and accepted their council. The Plan was made and the war started. King Baelor with his mighty Dragon army conquered Kings Landing and took the Iron Throne. The Crownlands fell quickly and King Baelor defeated Tywin Lannister twice on the field of battle and captured him. Edric fought bravely in the conquest of Westerlands. When King Baelor assembled the army to siege Riverrun, the last the stronghold still in control of the Lannisters, his army was ambushed by Daven Lannister. In the heat of battle King Baelor was seperated from his King's Guards and knights, surrounded and killed. Edric and his fellow King's Guards were not able to save the King and in attempt to break through the Lannister lines they were all gravely wounded. King Baelor was dead and his brother Daeron was named King of the Seven Kingdoms. All men grieved, but none more then Edric and his two fellow King's Guards who failed to save their King. After the burial of King Baelor, Daeron crushed the Lannisters in Riverrun and avenged his brother. Edric, James and Richard were given a second chance by King Daeron and they all swore oaths to protect him to the death, this time they were determined to fulfill their task. King Daeron decided to drive the Iron Born out of the Riverlands and conquer the Iron Islands. Ser Edric fought beside King Daeron and protected him throughout many battles and when King Daeron launched the invasion of the Iron Island, he named Ser Edric Lord Commander of the King's Guard. Edric never expected to become a Lord Commander after King Baelor died, but he accepted the honor and since then he fights beside King Daeron against the Iron Born who still resist Daerons rule. Edric never forgot what the Lannisters did to his friend Kellan and his King Baelor, as long he carries fury within him he will never forget, never...