Urragon Drumm

### Titles

High King of the Iron Islands, The Bone Hand, King of Salt and Rock, Son of the Sea Wind, Lord of Old Wyk, Herald of Old Wyk, Captain of the Grey King's Wrath

### Alias

Urragon One Eye, Urragon the Bloody-Handed

## Relations

### Children

Uther DrummAsha Drumm

Dagon Drumm

Sylas Drumm

Syella Drumm

### Siblings

Esgred DrummErena Drumm

Dagmar Drumm

## META

### Alternative Characters

Raymun Caswell, Hugo Tully

King Urragon Drumm, Tenth of his Name, High King of the Iron Islands was born to Lodos Drumm and Sarra Goodbrother in 58 AC. He has reigned over the Iron Kingdom for nine years now. Urragon committed suicide by drowning after his crushing defeat against the Royal Fleet in 98 AC.

## Appearance and Character:

Urragon Drumm is a lean man, a former raiders life still keeping his body fit as he descends into middle age. He dresses simply, eschewing wealth and pomp upon his person. His gaze is intense and focussed, his one good eye glaring balefully framed by wiry brown hair. His other eye, ripped out years ago by a blade is oft hidden by an eyepatch, but among his own family he often exposes the empty eye socket.

The High King of the Iron Islands rarely smiles, his mind constantly thinking on ruling his kingdom. He is not merciful, often described as brutal, balanced by his more even tempered wife. Among his subjects he is stony faced and difficult to read, but among his wife and siblings he is more likely to relax his iron temperament

## History

### Born Amidst Salt and Rock (58 AC - 65 AC)

Urragon Drumm was born to an absent and brutal father, and to a cowed and pious mother. Lodos Drumm took little interest in his children when they were younger, spending his time with his warlike brothers and drinking with the captains sworn to him. Urragon was mostly taken care of by Lodos’ household, as well as his mother, though she was oft feebler than Lodos would have liked.

Urragon was followed only two years later by his younger brother vickon, then their younger sister Esgred a year later. Erena followed but two years after her, and Dagmar after them.

Urragon was a bright boy, spending his younger days exploring the island of Old Wyk with his brother vickon as soon as he was able, and learning the art of war from his uncle Goremund. He attended his father on his ship, quickly learning to love the sea and all that associated with it. He began sailing with whoever would let him on their ship, when he wasn’t fighting with Goremund or his father. He was an able boy, but unlike his brother Dagmar or his father, both large, imposing men, his build took after his Uncle Wulfgar, who was taller and leaner.

It was Wulfgar he oft spent time with as well when he was not fighting or sailing. Urragon had no real interest in stewardship, not at the time, but from Wulfgar he learned the history and lore of House Drumm. He learned of Dagon Drumm, the necromancer, and of Ravenfeeder, a Drumm king chosen by kingsmoot years passed.

### Stormy Weather (65 AC - 74 AC)

It was the year of 65 AC that one of the most tumultuous events for House Drumm occurred, one that would affect the Iron Islands as a whole for years to come. Cromm Wavewalker, a lesser-known drowned priest came to Old Wyk, pledging his support to the castle. He offered to teach Lodos' sons in the way of the drowned faith, to instruct Lodos himself spiritually, and to lead Old Wyk towards a more pious future. Lodos himself had little interest in the faith, but his wife eagerly accepted the offer of a priest to teach her children.

In many ways it was Cromm Wavewalker who would raise the young children, with Lodos so often away. He spoke of the glory of the drowned god, of the proper rites and rituals, and of what was owed to the king below the water. He was often with Lodos as well, and many think it was him that put the thought of kingship in his mind, poisoning his mind against the Greyjoy Kings, telling him that only he had the strength to lead the islands to a greater future.

He spoke against the Greenlands as well, that the Drowned God's writ would flow over that land once again. He spoke of the lands that had been lost to the Targaryens, and of the lands that they would one day travel too. It was less raiding that Cromm dreamed off, but a land of thralls to the ironborn, a land that owed fealty to their people, a kingdom of thralls, that the next generation would be born as Ironborn.

It was in the sad year of 68 AC that Urragon's mother Sarra also passed. Never a particularly strong woman, the strain of birthing her youngest daughter, Syella Drumm proved too much for her, and she died shortly after. Her daughter did not long outlive her, surviving only a week before passing quietly in her sleep. Though his mother had

It was when King Torgon took the throne in 73 AC that Lord Lodos first began to speak out against him, along with other Ironborn sworn to the Old Way. His banning of raiding and discussion of trade lead lords like Lodos and Wulfgar Goodbrother to mutter that this was not the way of the Drowned God, speaking both openly against his rule and behind closed doors. But Torgon Greyjoy was not a stupid man, and his reforms were slow, for now.

### An Attempt at Reconciliation (74 - 79 AC)

At the age of 16 Urragon was an able warrior, sailor and leader, serving as first mate upon his father's ship. He had participated in a few raids before King Torgon sat the seastone chair, following in his father's footsteps. While Cromm Wavewalker's appearance may have been one of the most monumental events in the history of House Drumm, the year 74 AC would prove one of the most important in Urragon's own life.

Fearing Lord Lodos' influence, King Torgon decided to mollify him through a tactic as old as the seastone chair himself: by wedding his younger sister to Lodos' heir. Though he might despise the Greyjoy's rule, Lodos was not so bullheaded as to reject such a clear gift. And for a time, it worked, Lodos calming down slightly as the young Greyjoy woman came to live with them.

For Urragon himself, his new bride must have been quite a shock. He had spent most of his time on the wooden planks of ships, and had found little time for women, unlike his younger brother vickon. Unless there was some unknown greenlander woman, or young dalliance, the woman who would become his queen would be the only woman he had known. Though it took time for any kind of emotional closeness to flourish, their physical relationship moved far quicker, as was expected of them. Despite Urragon's own feelings on her kingly brother, their first child was born in 77 AC, and named Uther.

### Sins of the Father (79 AC)

By 79 AC, famine caused by the earlier winter had left the Iron Islands in a state of distress. Perhaps earlier than he might have hoped, King Torgon came to his lords with a solution: in return for a hefty dowry, he had agreed to wed a daughter of the Redwynes, a declaration that was met with outrage from houses like Goodbrother and Drumm. The next is history; when the ship bearing the food grew close to the Islands, it was Goremund and Goodbrother who met it, burning the ships and stealing the bounty. When Urragon's uncle was killed in court with King Torgon, the islands erupted into war, with House Drumm lead by Lodos himself. Urragon left with his lord father, leaving his young wife already pregnant with their first daughter.

Urragon served with Lord Wulfgar when Lodos divided up the fleets, serving as his second in command, captaining his own ship, the *Grey King's Wrath*. He was stationed at Old Wyk when his brother Vickon was killed, ferrying his younger sister and a few of Drumm's ships to their fleet from Great Wyk where they had originally been. It was the second of Urragon's great tragedies, after his mother's death.

His first major victory was due to his uncle's methods; extracting the knowledge that Maron Greyjoy was to be found at a minor port in Pyke for the next few days, with only a skeleton fleet. Lord Wulfgar Goodbrother leapt at this opportunity, and both he and Urragon set sail for Pyke.

The ensuing battle proved important in the young Drumm heirs life. He and his men swarmed the ships, assisting their forces, and Urragon and his mates were found where the fighting was thickest. It was by sheer coincidence that he found himself up against Prince Maron himself; and both of them knew the consequences should either succeed against the other. They both fought well, and valiantly, but Maron was the older, and it was with a precise strike that his sword flicked across Urragon's left eye, spouting gore and blood. Urragon tried to defend himself, but in the mess of the combat the ships shifted, and Maron toppled into the water, crushed by ships in the mess.

For the next few weeks Urragon and his uncle tried in vain to save the eye before Wulfgar Drumm realizing the best course of action was simply to burn it out and let the socket heal. He would wear an eyepatch for the rest of his life, and in the next battle he would fight in it would be stuffed with gauze.

That battle would prove sooner than Urragon would like, when Lord Goodbrother came up with a daring plan. If they could take Lordsport, he said, they could win the whole sorry war with one stroke. Once that port was open to them, it would be easy enough to march on Pyke, and from there Harlaw would surely surrender.

As with all plans, it worked nowhere near as easily. Coming upon Lordsport in the dead of night, with nothing put the distant fires of the town to guide them, the first snag became clear. While they had been hoping for the element of surprise, a small Harlaw fleet was docked in port for repairs, a fleet they would need to deal with first. Taking the ships quickly and quietly, it was an almost bloodless battle, capturing many harlaw captives before they even knew they were under sttack. Lordsport however, proved quite the opposite.

While they were battling the errant Harlaws, the Botley in charge of the small town managed to get the garrison organized, and it was twice they assaulted the town. Twice they tried to stream raiders through, only to be repulsed. Halfway through the second raid was when the call went up; a Harlaw fleet, presumably bolstering the first one, was arriving. In the retreat that followed, Lord Goodbrother took a spear to the back, leaving Urragon in charge.

As his ships fled, the Harlaw's fleet began to gain on him. While they were equal in number, thers' were quicker, and Urragon realized that they would have to fight if they wanted any chance of escape. They had taken casualties in the siege however, and their Harlaw captives were close to equal to them. Before they had a chance to come to the same conclusion and attempt to mutiny, Urragon ordered each and every one of them executed and thrown overboard, committing the heinous act on his own ship himself.

The battle that ensued was quick and brutal, each crew fighting for their very lives. When each fleet took casualties, the Harlaw fleet retreated, leaving Urragon's fledgeling group to run for home, soaked in blood, but gloriously alive.

It was soon after that the war was won, asthe Blacktyde fleet turned cloak and granted King Lodos his crown. Urragon was on the deck of the Foambreaker, King Torgon's ship when he was executed, watching as his father ripped apart the Driftwood crown and threw it into the sea. The rest of the islands fell to the Drumm's quickly, with each lord swearing fealty to their new king. If Urragon thought how this would affect his wife, now down two brothers, it is not recorded. He would return home to the birth of his daughter Asha Drumm.

The Red Reign Begins (79 AC- 89 AC)

Urragon's part in his father's kingship existed mainly to curb his more reckless tendencies, advising against raiding the West and North, setting sail for the lands beyond the wall, the Riverlands and the Reach. His father raided and reaved often, leaving his new wife and Urragon to tend the throne while he was gone. Cromm, now called Kingmaker, enjoyed a renewed sense of prosoperity as well, elected by the Drowned Priests as the first among them, the Harbinger of the Drowned God. For a time the kingdom prospered, though Urragon oft met with the priest who had partly raised him, speaking of the future. But a year had passed when Urragon's second son was born, named Dagon for his grandfather, and for the founder of his house. He would see another son born but two years later, named Sylas.

But raiding without strategy can only persist for some time. Soon, the navies of the Iron Throne began to rally against them, and Lodos found his raiding parties turned away from larger defences, or chased from the coast by royal warships. Urragon began to take a more active role in the ruling of the Kingdom as Lodos began to steal away in his castle talking of a raid that would see them profit from the Stormlands, and the Vale itself.

His grand plans would not come to fruition, however. For in 89 AC, Lodos' ship was caught in a storm between Orkmont and Old Wyk, and the wreck was later recovered, but King Lodos was nowhere to be found. His son Urragon ascended the Seadragon Throne, and his rule began.

### High King of the Iron Islands (89 AC - 98 AC)

Urragon began his reign and active and focussed leader, his wife and him playing a game of diplomacy and intimidation. They formed the Salt Council, meant to advise the Iron King and govern the Iron Kingdom, and Urragon quickly banned raiding of the greenland "until an opportunity presented itself." In its place, he began to organize yearly raids to Essos, lead by his Lord Captain or other famous raiders, gaining plunder and thralls from far off places like Pentos or Lys.

He and his wife also formed the Revenants, warriors drowned a second time by Cromm himself, personally sworn to the Seadragon Throne. They would guard him, as well as lead missions, spy, assassinate, or any other duty the king required. It had a flexible number, and each warrior was allowed to return to their family if released from their vows by the King himself.

In 93 AC, the Crimson Fleet was completed. A project began by his father, using ships taken from King Torgon, the Crimson Fleet was a fleet of 100 warships sworn to Old Wyk, a standing navy commanded by the Salt Council, and by King Urragon himself. It was formed by taxing warships from each of the Iron Islands houses, each chosen to donate a certain amount of ships depending on wealth.

But King Urragon's reign was not without upset as well. Against his Iron Law, one of Aeron Harlaw's salt sons lead a raid on Barrowton, breaking the writ against invading the North. Though the raid was successful, Qhorin Harlaw was killed in Barrowton, leading his captains to return home laden with plunder but without a commander. That did not save them, for Urragon declared that the breaking of the Iron Law was an offence worthy of execution, and commanded the Lawspeaker Aeron Harlaw to cut off the swordhand of each first mate of each ship that had gone before drowning the men in sacrifice to the Drowned God. With Red Rain, Urragon removed the swordhands of each Captain before doing the same. Since his son had died as well, Urragon allowed Aeron to choose three ships to be saved judgement. Once the judgement was carried out, Urragon sent the hands to King Stark, declaring that he would keep closer watch on his subjects, and that the North would not feel the Ironborn's assault again.

## Family Tree

### House Drumm

* Dagon Drumm, Lord of Old Wyk b. 17 AC d. 54 AC
* m. Alannys Stonehouse b. 19 AC d. 75 AC
	+ Lodos Drumm, High King of the Iron Islands b. 38 AC d. 89 AC
	+ m. Sarra Goodbrother b. 40 AC d. 68 AC
		- Urragon Drumm, High King of the Iron Islands b. 58 AC
		- m. Lyanna Greyjoy, Queen of the Iron Islands b. 59 AC
			* Uther Drumm, Heir to the Iron Islands b. 77 AC
			* Asha Drumm b. 79 AC
			* Dagon Drumm b. 80 AC
			* Harwyn Drumm b. 81 AC d. 98 AC
			* Syella Drumm b. 91 AC
		- Vickon Drumm b. 60 AC d. 79 AC
		- Esgred Drumm b. 61 AC
		- m. Aeron Harlaw, Lord of Harlaw b. 53 AC
			* House Harlaw
		- Erena Drumm b. 63 AC
		- Dagmar Drumm, Master of Arms of Castle Drumm b. 64 AC
		- Dacey Drumm b. 66 AC d. 74 AC
		- Raya Drumm b. 67 AC d. 74 AC
		- Syella Drumm b. 68 AC d. 68 AC
	+ m. Helya Wynch b. 59 AC
		- Harras Drumm b. 80 AC
		- Qhorin Drumm b. 82 AC
		- Mara Drumm b. 85 AC
	+ Gysella Drumm b. 42 AC
	+ Goremond Drumm b. 44 AC d. 79 AC
	+ m. Kyra Rivers b. 45 ac
		- Rickon Drumm b. 64 AC
		- Loren Drumm b. 71 AC
	+ m. Rhea of the Shields b. 48 AC d. 74 AC
		- Alannys Drumm b. 67 AC
		- Yara Drumm b. 70 AC
	+ w. unidentified ironborn woman
		- Wex Salt b. 65 AC
	+ Wulfgar Drumm, steward of Castle Drumm b. 48 AC
	+ m. Erena Stonehouse b. 51 AC
		- Lyra Drumm b. 70 AC
		- Artos Drumm b. 73 AC
		- Maege Drumm b. 75 AC
		- Halleck Drumm b. 78 AC