Ser Borros Storm, the Bloodswan

Ser Borros Storm, also known as the Bloodswan or Borros the Bloody, is the bastard son of the Lord Arthur Swann of Stonehelm. Borros is the sworn sword of his half brother, Lord Andrew Swann of Stonehelm. Widely known throughout the Stormlands for his alleged bloody past and propensity for violence, Borros Storm was given the monikers he now carries at a young age.

## Appearance and Personality

A hulking beast of a man, Borros stands at 6'3 and weighs well over 200 lbs. He is a man of solid muscle with a build that fits his height. He is unkempt, wearing hair down to his chin and untrimmed stubble about his face and neck. He has the look of a Swann with the same brown hair and green eyes. He has a scar across his face that was the result of a skirmish at a tavern.

The blunt, disdainful nature of the Bloodswan is well known. His life has made him a hateful man that swears constantly and rarely answers in more than a sentence. His voice is monotone, only filling with inflection when he is angry. He despises most of his family aside from his brother, who he is still often annoyed by. Despite his bitterness and cynicism, Borros has a soft spot for the downtrodden, weak, and those he considers pure. While virtually incapable of true tenderness, Borros has had a number of incidents where he showed his softer side.

## Family

Borros was born to Lord Arthur Swann off a one time encounter with a teenage kitchen scullion. His birth caused a rift in the Swann household, a rift that grew deeper when Lord Arthur privately decided to allow the boy to be raised amongst his siblings. Lord Arthur never acknowledged the boy but his parentage quickly became known.

Borros was treated terribly by the Lady Swann and his sister Marya. Andrew was the only person to show the bastard boy any measure of kindness. For that, the two grew close. Borros swore his sword to his brother when he took his place as Lord of Stonehelm.

Marya Swann despises Borros and has from a young age. She often ridiculed and made fun of him, taking every opportunity to remind him of his bastard birth. Their conflict grew much deeper when Borros, on his brother's orders, removed his mistress and her child from the castle.

## Early Life and Knighthood

Borros was born on a violently stormy night in 77 AC. The violence of his birth killed his mother, who birthed him on the floor of the kitchen in which she worked. Lord Arthur Swann had taken her one night while drunk following an argument with his wife. Nine moons later, the girl of only nine and ten died bringing his bastard into the world.

The violence of Borros' birth was a preview of the life that would follow. Lord Arthur took the boy into his care, raising him alongside his trueborn children as Arthur's whipping boy. Despite never formally recognizing the child as his own, Borros' parentage was no secret. His relationship with Andrew began when they were infants.

As time went on, Borros grew quickly and became large very early on. While the other children played, Borros was often left behind. He trained in combat with sticks and developed a very savage fighting style that is unpredictable, often overwhelming his opponents very quickly. His years of training built the already large boy into a walking castle that never seems to tire when he is in combat.

Fraught by conflict with his family and routine beatings for Andrew's poor behavior, Borros developed an angry demeanor. He is now laconic in his speech and is routinely combative with those that he speaks to. He is a man that enjoys violence and often looks for fights. He enjoys taunting and harassing others, a skill that he puts to use in sieges. He develops grotesque, demoralizing displays that sap enemy morale.

Marya Swann was a constant harassment for Borros growing up and she continues to loathe him today. He calls her "the bitchy shrew" and other colorful names both to her face and to others. She regularly attacked him for his parentage and every aspect of his being. The two have never shared a friendly moment.

When Andrew took his lordship, Borros swore his sword to him. In exchange, Andrew knighted him.

## Recent Events

Borros was tasked with ridding Stonehelm of the bastard of Lord Andrew and his mistress. Despite opposition by Lady Marya, Borros took the girl and her babe from the castle to an unknown location. The screams of mother and child shook the castle the night they were taken, leading the smallfolk to whisper that the Bastard of Stonehelm had inflicted some unspeakable violence to them leading many to begin calling him Borros the Bloody or, more commonly, the Bloodswan. The Bloodswan embraced the name, amused by the fear he now seemed to elicit. On his breastplate, he smeared dripping red paint in the shape of the embracing swans that adorn the sigil of House Swann, giving the impression that the sigil was painted in blood.

After the incident with the bastard girl, the Bloodswan fully assumed the responsibility of dealing with his brother's dirty work. After an exchange between Lord Andrew and a hedge knight in a tavern, the hedge knight was later found drowned in a trough in full armor. The Bloodswan was seen riding the hedge knight's horse back to Stonehelm, blood on his greaves.

## Family

* **Lord Beric Swann** (b.30 A.C., d 68 A.C.)
	+ **Lord Arthur Swann** (b. 50 A.C., d 95 A.C.)
		- Lord Andrew Swann(b. 76 A.C.)
		- **Borros Storm** (b. 77 A.C.)
		- Marya Swann (b 80 A.C.)
		- Edric Swann (b 83 A.C.)
		- Ellyn Swann (b 86 A.C.)
* Elinor Swann, (b 55 A.C.)
* Cameron Swann (b 62 A.C.)
	+ Robar Swann (b 81 A.C.)
	+ Elyse Swann (b 79 A.C.)