Jeor Mormont

Jeor Mormont is the lord consort of Bear Island. His wife, the Lady Maege Mormont, is the ruler of the island. Jeor has devoted his life to the service of his family and the North.

## Appearance and Personality

Jeor Mormont wears the scars of many battles. His most prominent is a scar over his left eye. He has the characteristic icy blue eyes of the Mormonts and a head of thick, dirty blonde hair. He wears a full beard that he often braids to match his hairstyle. Jeor wears his hair long, sometimes shaving the sides to accentuate a long braid he wears halfway down his back.

He is described as fierce looking due to the seemingly angry look on his face and his massive size but he is an exceedingly gentle and friendly person to those that have earned his trust and respect. He laughs a hearty laugh, sings, and jokes at every opportunity. He is notedly optimistic despite the considerable tragedy in his life.

He and his wife have a love for maintaining their physical fitness that they passed on to their children. The pair makes it a point to spend time every day either running or hiking the countryside and regularly spar while attending to their official duties. Jeor takes great joy in seeing his children’s ability at arms.

## History

Jeor Mormont was born the only son of Beron Mormont and Jeyne Glover in 43 AC. Beron, Jeor’s father, was the younger brother of Lord Howland Mormont and therefore did not inherit the island. Beron never intended to rule the Island, so he was happy to accept his brother’s inheritance. Shortly after his rise to the lordship, Beron relocated to the Winter Town where he worked to further his family’s standing. He was quite successful in his pursuit, securing valuable trade agreements between mainland Houses and Bear Island that ensured the Island stayed well fed while enriching their trade partners.

As tensions rose between the Iron Throne and Winterfell following the sack of Bear Island and Deepwood Motte, Beron relocated his family from the Winter Town to Bear Island. Beron would serve as castellan when his brother went off to join with the Northern forces assembling to repel the suspected host of the Dragon.

It was during this time that Jeor and Maege would meet for the first time. This was the start of a relationship that would last a lifetime and shape the future of what many consider a desolate waste of a rock.

As they grew older, Jeor’s relationship with Maege matured as well. In their adolescence, they developed a romance that blossomed into love very quickly. Jeor was especially fond of Maege’s freckles, for which he had teased her when they were younger.

Jeor was the only living male with a claim to the island, having lost his father and mother to a shipwreck when he was 16. Jeor did not want to be lord of anything, he preferred to fighting and reading to governing. As such, giving up his claim out of love for Maege was not a difficult decision for him. He publicly renounced all claim two years before he wed Maege.

When he was 20 years old, Jeor Mormont wed Maege Mormont in the Godswood of Bear Island. The two immediately went about trying to achieve their ultimate goal: a family. This proved to be a difficult task at first. Over the years the Mormonts would welcome ten children into the world, six have grown to be healthy, happy adults while four, all boys, would die before reaching adulthood.

Two of their children, died in infancy. Their first child was stillborn while their third was killed by fever before he could be given a name. Their second child, another boy named Alaric in honor of their king, was born in 71 AC and raised as the heir to the Island. Alaric Mormont would drown at the age of 14 while playing with friends along the coast of the island. In 72 AC, Jeor and Maege welcomed their son Jory, named for Maege’s brother, the current heir to Bear Island. Just 10 moons after the birth of Jory, Bethany Mormont was born. Bethany is currently married to Ethan Stark of Winterfell. In 75 AC, Maege birthed twin girls called Lyanna and Dacey. Three years later, in 78 AC, Jon Mormont was born but, he too, died. Jon was taken by a bout of the Sweating Sickness in 83 AC. The couple again birthed twins in 82 AC, this time two boys they named Jorah and Jonah. The Bear’s Brood as they’re known on their home island is an incredibly tight knit family that live to serve their people.

After Maege’s ascension to rulership, Jeor took control of the training of Bear Island’s levy. He had a particular interest in the ships the island had, seeing them as a means by which the family could distinguish themselves from the mainlanders. Just as the Manderlys had done, Jeor believes Bear Island can do the same. He is also spurned by the memory of the Island’s sack, which may not have happened had a strong navy been present.

## Family

Jeor Mormont is from a cadet branch of House Mormont. His marriage to Maege was a love match; a love that has endured for decades, seeing the death of almost their entire family, the birth of ten children and the death of four, the ravaging of their home, war, and, finally, peace and prosperity.

Over their lives, Maege and Jeor have welcomed ten children into the world. Two of their children, both boys, died in infancy. Their first child was stillborn while their third was killed by fever before he could be given a name. Their second child, another boy named Alaric in honor of their king, was born in 71 AC and raised as the heir to the Island. Alaric Mormont would drown at the age of 14 while playing with friends along the coast of the island. In 72 AC, Jeor and Maege welcomed their son Jory, named for Maege’s brother, the current heir to Bear Island. Just 10 moons after the birth of Jory, Bethany Mormont was born. Bethany is currently married to Ethan Stark of Winterfell. In 75 AC, Maege birthed twin girls called Lyanna and Dacey. Three years later, in 78 AC, Jon Mormont was born but, he too, died. Jon was taken by a bout of the Sweating Sickness in 83 AC. The couple again birthed twins in 82 AC, this time two boys they named Jorah and Jonah. The Bear’s Brood as they’re known on their home island is an incredibly tight knit family that live to serve their people.

* Beron Mormont (d. 59 AC)
	+ (m.) Jeyne Glover (d. 59 AC)
		- **Jeor Mormont** (b. 43 AC)
			* (m.) Maege Mormont (b. 47 AC)
				+ (stillborn boy)
				+ Alaric Mormont (b. 71 AC, d. 85 AC)
				+ (boy, died in infancy)
				+ Jory Mormont (b. 72 AC)
				+ Bethany Stark (nee Mormont) (b. 73 AC)
				+ Lyanna Mormont (b.75 AC)
				+ Dacey Mormont (b. 75 AC)
				+ Jon Mormont (b. 78 AC, d. 83 AC)
				+ Jorah Mormont (b. 82 AC)
				+ Jonah Mormont (b. 82 AC)
		- Alayne Mormont (b. 45 AC)
* Howland Mormont (d. 66 AC)
	+ (m.) Margaret Karstark (d. 70 AC)
		- Jory Mormont (d. 54 AC)
		- Maege Mormont(b. 47 AC)
			* (m.) Jeor Mormont
				+ (stillborn boy)
				+ Alaric Mormont (b. 71 AC, d. 85 AC)
				+ (boy, died in infancy)
				+ Jory Mormont (b. 72 AC)
				+ Bethany Stark (nee Mormont) (b. 73 AC)
				+ Lyanna Mormont (b.75 AC)
				+ Dacey Mormont (b. 75 AC)
				+ Jon Mormont (b. 78 AC, d. 83 AC)
				+ Jorah Mormont (b. 82 AC)
				+ Jonah Mormont (b. 82 AC)
		- Maisie Mormont
		- Lyarra Mormont (d. 90 AC)
		- Dacey Mormont