Vorian Yronwood

130 AC

98 AC

Yoren Yronwood b. 103 AC

Gwyneth Yronwood, b. 103 AC

Michael Yronwood, b. 105

Ynys Yronwood b. 106 AC

Lord Vorian Yronwood is the current Bloodroyal, Lord of Yronwood and Warden of the Stoneway. He was born in 70 AC and is married to Yessa Jordayne.

## Appearance & Character

Vorian was once the picture of a traditional knight. Tall, blond and handsome, Vorian is now an old man, sixty years of age and still regal. His shoulders are sharp and his blond hair is a mix of Yronwood blond and the grey of age. His eyes are blue like most Yronwoods.

His gaze is hard and has seen many battles. Vorian has remained mostly in Yronwood ever since the War of the Setting Sun, only largely meeting with those that come to his lands or the Martells in Sunspear. While not proven outright, it is a largely well known fact Lord Vorian has strong disdain for House Toland, even more openly is his opposition to the Red Faith, having banned it in the Red Mountains alongside his allies. Privately, he is loyal to House Martell and seeks to end the usurpers reign in Ghost Hill and to restore the true Prince of Dorne to his seat.

## History

Born to Andrey Dalt and his lady wife Aliandra Sand in 70AC, Vorian was born with little expectations beyond the life of a faithful banner-man. His father was the younger brother of Lord Yorick Yronwood, who's own line was secured by his son Nymor.

Vorian's childhood was typical of a noble son born into the constant strife of the Dornish Marches. Withheld from the politics of being warded, Vorian tutored under his father and proved an able squire, taking to his duties like a duck to water.

Vorian was close friends with the heir to House Yronwood, Nymor, and despite the four years between them they were inseparable in their formative years and younger teens.

## The Fourth Dornish War

The greatest upheaval of Vorian's childhood was undoubtedly the Fourth Dornish War, which saw him fight alongside his kith and kin in several of the notable battles of which the war was comprised. The Siege of Blackhaven was to be his first taste of combat and the young Yronwood acquitted himself well despite his fathers misgivings.

Vorian returned to Yronwood with his father following the retreat from Blackhaven, as Lord Yorick fought a fighting retreat at the River Wyl.

Present during the capitulation to Prince Martell, the young Vorian struggled to understand why his house were suffering repercussions for simply waging war on their eternal enemies.

## The Death's of Yorick and Nymor

Growing into the composite knight he is today, Vorian constantly chafed against the measures installed by the Prince of Dorne in regards to the Marcher way of life. Ever indulging in martial pursuits left Vorian without both wife and child as he went into his mid-twenties, the young Dornishman spending time fighting on the Stepstones and at sea.

In 96AC, Vorian bore witness to the delivery of the bodies of Lord Yorick and Nymor Yronwood. Distraught at the passing of his suzerain and his best friend, Vorian led several forays into the Red Mountains but with no success. To this day, he has sworn a righteous and bloody vengeance against those who dared sully the Bloodroyal.

## 98 AC - 100 AC

Vorian continues his relentless railing against the established peace, desperate to bring his cousin's killers to justice. Whilst his father pressures him to father children and secure their line.

In 98AC, Vorian found himself fall foul of the Lady Wylla of Wyl. Whilst in the pursuit of bandits, he entered Wyl lands and subsequently put the criminals to death. As was only right, he ventured to Wyl to inform the lady of what had transpired. Wylla entered a rage, threatening Vorian's personage lest he pay a ransom of two hundred gold dragons. The heir to Yronwood agreed, remaining at Wyl for a fortnight before his cousin returned with the coinage.

After his short tenure in the care of Lady Wyl, Vorian agreed to host a tourney and feast at Yronwood. He was defeated in the joust by Daven Manwoody. Later during the same weekend, following House Dalt's blight on the honour of House Jordayne; Vorian was betrothed to the Lady Yessa Jordayne. In spite of this, Myria Manwoody became a lover of his over the same weekend.

The wedding of the pair followed in the coming months, though Vorian's tryst with Myria continued. After the death of Nymor Martell, Vorian traveled to Sunspear for the funeral of the prince; reaffirming House Yronwood's allegiance to House Martell.

## 100 AC - 130 AC

Vorian Yronwood ascended to the seat of Yronwood as the Bloodroyal in the early days of the War of the Setting Sun. At first he led various raids out into the Stormlands, but before long, full war was declared.

Ser Vorian was given a great deal of responsibility, leading two thirds of the Dornish army up the Boneway as their Field Commander, marshaling the troops in a daring attack to try and destroy the Stormlander force. His great victory was that which is known as the Butcher of the Bay in 101 AC, nearly slaughtering their army if not for Devan Baratheon breaking out of their Ambuscade.  It was only after this battle he discovered he was actually the new Bloodroyal.

He would lead the assault on Blackhaven personally, being one of the first over the walls. The Butcher would then try and consolidate his gains in the field and followed Princess Martell’s orders to the letter.

The war soon took a turn for the worst as their gains were reduced back to the Red Mountains. Vorian would Fortify his own castle and fought with Lady Wylla Wyl to defend her castle despite having been her prisoner once before. Despite the fall of Wyl, Lord Vorian fought a fighting retreat that ensured House Wyl managed to escape to Yronwood with him.

### **Betrayal and Treachery**

As Vorian settled in for a prolonged campaign in the Boneway, others in Dorne were plotting. News that a rebellion had broken out began trickling in to Yronwood and the other Stone Dornish. Then came a dreadful word. The Tolands had betrayed the Martell’s. Sunspear was burning. Dalt, and even his own wife’s house, Jordayne, had aided them. House Yronwood was a proud house, once king’s of Dorne, they were defeated by Martell through battle and not treachery.

Vorian tried to rally an army to march to Sunspear, but it was too late. All he could do was torch several Jordayne villages before returning home.

The war was over.

They had lost.

### **Resistance**

Recovering from the war was Lord Vorian’s earliest concern, but his greater thoughts were to Restoration. Vorian had visited Teora and Doran Martell several times during these years, affirming his private loyalties to them.

What was worse than Toland rule was the spread of the Red Faith. At first, the Greenbelt was spared much of the violence, but soon enough, fanatics of the Red God R’hllor had come. Septs were torched, Septons killed and septa’s defiled.

In retaliation, Lord Vorian took with him both laity and knights alike into battle. Donning black masks and without heraldry, they began to terrorize the worshippers of R’hllor for years. Soon enough they were named the Order of the Blackwing Knights (for the black masks they wore), a band of marauders riding from town to town and searching for R’hllor worshippers and putting them to the sword.

Outwardly, Vorian put bounties on the heads of red preachers and continually ignored requests from the Toland’s for religious toleration.

By 110 AC however, religious warfare began slowly dying off in the Red Mountains, as the Blackwing Knights had largely driven them off. The Seven reigned supreme in Yronwood, Wyl, and Kingsgrave. The Stone Dornish would not succumb. The Order of the Blackwing Knights soon disbanded and was largely forgotten. A ban on the Red God remains in effect in the lands of House Yronwood, and the Bloodroyal used Espionage to ensure none do so.

### **The Trying Times**

Alongside the miserable faith of R’hllor came the sand judges. After an assassination attempt on Ashlyn Tolands life (which Vorian had no involvement in), the Princess of Dorne began sending her thugs to force obedience. Such a thing incensed the already disobedient lord.

The Red Mountains became a death trap for the sand judges, for there was no sand in the Greenbelt. Vorian would send out his own “judges” to find and capture those terrorizing his people and to try them for breaking the peace. Then he’d have them hanged. This continued until the High Justicar arrived. Vorian would host him several times during his stay in Dorne.

### **Children of the Spear and the Blackwing Cabal**

In 115 AC, Vorian was approached by the Children of the Spear. Enthusiastically, he granted the full support of House Yronwood to the rebel group. The Bloodroyal would become the largest Lord in Dorne to throw his support behind the Children. His financial support and armament was used to great effect, with even his youngest sons involving themselves personally for a while. Several assassination attempts, acts of defiance and disruption, would be done with the aid of Yronwood gold. In order to protect himself, he only contacted the children under the alias of Lord Victor. He would utilize his support with the Children of the Spear to infiltrate various sand judges, having his men reporting on Toland’s work.

In 121 AC, however, Lord Vorian resurrected a new form of his old knightly order. The Blackwing Cabal slowly recruited noble lords, scions and knights as a fully noble conspiracy against the Tolands and their ultimate goal of Martell Restoration.

Finally, in 123 AC, after two years of recruiting, the Blackwing Cabal met at Yronwood for the first time with the cover of a feast and tourney. The following were present at feast:

Lord Vorian Yronwood, the Bloodroyal

His eldest sons, Anders, Yoren and Cletus

The brother of Lord Wyl

Three knights of House Drinkwater

Andrey Martell, husband of Gwyneth Yronwood.

Lord/Lady Manwoody

Even a representative of Lord Fowler  was present.

A relative of Dayne of High Hermitage and of Starfall.

A representative of House Uller

Thus formed the court faction intent on a Martell restoration.

### **The Blackwing Knights Ride Again**

Whatever was spoken of at the feast, what is known is that the black hooded riders began coming out from the Red Mountains in order to kill R’hllor worshippers, pilgrims and the such. These marauders were an issue for both Justicar and Toland both, bringing terror to the faithful of R’hllor wherever they went. Scant few were able to make it through the Boneway alive.

The Blackwing Cabal also sought to weaken the power of House Toland by hosting the Martell’s at their various castles for feasts and tourney’s. With the death of Martyn Tarbeck, the Cabal has seen fit to utilize it to their benefit by trying to fan war between the Crown and Toland.

### **Current Day**

Lord Vorian Yronwood, who has not left Yronwood since the War of the Setting Sun, has busied himself with the finances of the Children of the Spear as well as leading the Blackwing Cabal and his marauding knights.

Publicly, the Bloodroyal remains steadfast to the Toland’s, at least nominally. His eldest son Anders has traveled to the coronation with Lord Martell, hoping to keep tabs on the capital for the Blackwing Cabal and the Children of the Spear both, as well as report on the conditions in Dorne to the true Prince of Dorne.

## Family

* Vorian Yronwood, b. 70 AC
* m. Yessa Joradyne
	+ Ser Anders Yronwood, b. 99 AC
	+ Ser Yoren Yronwood, b. 100 AC
	+ Ser Cletus Yronwood, b. 103 AC
	+ Gynweth Yronwood, b. 103 AC
	+ Michael Yronwood, b. 105 C
	+ Ynys Yronwood, b. 106 AC

## Meta

Skills: Ambuscade(MAR) Formation(MAR) Fortification(STA) Infiltration(INT) Espionage(INT)

Mastery: Field Commander(MAR)