Osric Arryn

Warden of the East

Alaric Arryn

Jon Arryn

Myranda Arryn

Owen Arryn

Rowena Arryn

Sharra Arryn

Gunthor Arryn

Lord Osric Arryn is the current Lord of the Eyrie, having ascended to the position following his father's death in 366 AC. Left with an economic crisis in the wake of his father's death, Osric has since steered the Vale towards prosperous times once more with a steady hand.

## Appearance and Character

Osric Arryn was a strong, vigorous, and handsome man in his youth. Though he has grown thinner in his later years and somewhat sickly, the Lord of the Eyrie still maintains a dignified appearance whenever he can, keeping his greying and thinning brown hair to the sides and his beard short.

Osric is a stern and often cold man, taking his duties as Lord of the Eyrie very seriously and dedicating most of his time towards them. The most important thing to him is the strength, safety, and prosperity of the Vale and it's people, defeating all other concerns. He holds a strong sense of honor, but this is something he's willing to bend for the Vale. This focus has left his relationships with much of his family distant and even strained with a few, but it has preserved the Vale's strength.

Though generally quiet, he carries an authoritative presence when it's needed, expecting nothing but absolute loyalty from his bannermen and family, something which draws him into conflict with some of the more independent scions of his house. Nonetheless, he remains level-headed even in trying times, the Vale's struggles in his youth having largely shaped his seriousness and dedication to his duties.

## History

### Early Life, 326 - 343 AC

Osric was born in the third moon of 326 AC to Uther Arryn, the Lord of the Eyrie, and Lady Alyssa Templeton. As the eldest son born of the two, he immediately became Heir to the Eyrie upon his birth. His father was more or less became disinterested in him mere weeks after his birth, with his mother and grandmother, Sansa Stark, seeing to his well-being in his early life.

As a child, Osric was free-spirited and playful, paying little attention to his studies, much to his mother's frustration. When he reached the age of ten, his uncle, Yohn Arryn, took both him and his younger brother of two years, Harrold, as squires. Both Arryns would become acquainted with Yohn's two other squires, Lewyn Corbray, the Heir to Heart's Home and the eldest of them all, and Mathos Templeton, the Heir to Ninestars. They would all grow to become good friends with each other, often getting into trouble together in their youth.

As he grew into his adolescence, Osric became more focused on his studies and preparation to become eventual Lord of the Eyrie, preparation that was mostly overseen by his mother and uncle. He was a natural at sword-fighting and strategy, excelling in both fields under Yohn's careful instruction. By this time in his life, his grandmother, Sansa Stark, had already retreated into solitude, passing in 343 AC, a year of great sadness for both the Vale and it's eventual lord.

### Knighthood, Love, and Marriage, 346 AC-354 AC

Osric was knighted by Ser Yohn Arryn in 346 AC, shortly after the former's twentieth nameday. Now a proper knight in his own right, Osric began holding court in his father's name, usually alongside his mother, helping to see to matters that his father wouldn't. This time spent governing the Vale earned Osric the respect of his eventual bannermen, but it tended to cause him great stress in his early years.

In 349 AC, Osric found himself smitten with a new handmaiden of his mother's, known simply as Mya of Gulltown. Within moons of her arrival, Osric began to engage in a clandestine relationship with her. Though he knew she was born far too low for a match between them to ever be considered, Osric cared not.

His lover soon found herself with child in 351, and Osric, not wishing to dishonor her, bribed a septon to marry the two of them. None of his family knew of this secret marriage with the exception of his older sister, Aemma, and his brother, Harrold, both of who swore to not speak a word of it. In the early moons of the following year, Mya gave birth to a healthy boy, Gerold. Osric was overjoyed at being a father, but deeply conflicted, the stress of maintaining a secret marriage and now a secret child severely affecting him.

The existence of the marriage was soon discovered by Osric's father, who immediately got to work to fix the issue caused by his son. Within a week, Mya of Gulltown had quietly disappeared from the Eyrie, sent to join the Silent Sisters. The septon who had performed the marriage was found dead in his sept with more than a few empty casks next to him, and Osric's son, Gerold "Stone", was sent to Heart's Home to be warded by Osric's childhood friend, Lord Lewyn Corbray.

Less than half a year later, Lord Uther arranged a marriage between Osric and Ysilla Grafton. The initial start of their marriage together was unhappy, as Osric was still immensely bitter over recent events, though they still managed to produce a son in 354 AC. Their marriage would grow happier within time, eventually even falling in love with each other and having four more children.

### The Stagnation, 353 - 366 AC

Osric became further involved in the matters of the Vale as he grew older, especially during the Famine of 353-355 after a blight destroyed most of the Vale's wheat and barley. Though the crown's intervention ended the famine, the already fragile state of the Vale's economy grew even worse, and not even Osric could correct it at the time. In 362, tragedy struck him once more when Ysilla died giving birth to a son, Owen, but he had little time to grieve with the other pressing issues at hand.

To make matters worse, Yohn Arryn, who had been appointed Knight of the Bloody Gate some years ago, was captured by the Burned Men before being mutilated, returned to the Bloody Gate naked, and then killed by the axe of Dakkan, the leader of the Burned Men. Enraged, Uther gathered a host of a few thousand and charged out the Bloody Gate in search of the Burned Men while Osric held the gate, having advised against leaving it's safety. Just as he expected, his father's host returned to the Bloody Gate with only a quarter of it's numbers.

During the Fall of the Bloody Gate, Osric and Harrold rallied the remaining defenders to make a stand, but when the latter fell to Dakkan's axe, the defender's morale quickly broke. Enraged and in grief, Osric had to be dragged away by his men during the retreat.

Osric fought in the following Battle of the Black Hills, facing off against Dakkan with his father, and later participated in the Burned Men Massacre alongside his father, allowing his anger from the past year to be unleashed on the clansmen. He finally returned to the Eyrie with his father after they were content that the Burned Men were dead.

With the Vale's prosperity all but gone, Lord Uther took drastic measures, sponsoring piracy in the Bite in 364 to interfere with White Harbor's trade against the advice of both Osric and Lewyn Corbray, who had been appointed High Steward of the Vale on Osric's suggestion a year prior. In the same year, Osric wed Lucea Corbray, Lewyn's daughter, to solidify their alliance and friendship.

When the Manderly's discovered the Arryn's treachery in the Bite, they invaded and occupied the Sisters. Instead of commanding the host sent to take the Sisters back himself, Uther instead put the task on Lord Melcolm, who was confident in his abilities. Nonetheless, the attempt to take the Sisters back failed, and the Crown ruled that the North would be given suzerainty over the Sisters. The conflict would later be known as the Falcon's Gambit, or Uther's Gambit within the Vale.

### Lord of the Eyrie, 366 - 378 AC

Uther Arryn passed in his sleep shortly after the end of the Falcon's Gambit, leaving the fourty-year-old Osric as Lord of the Eyrie. Left with a crisis in the wake of his father's misdeeds and death, the new Lord Arryn's first priority was working to restore the Vale's honor and prosperity. Luckily, a delegation from Pentos arrived in Gulltown shortly after his ascension, working out a new trade agreement between the Vale and Pentos.

Within moons of the trade agreement's finalization, the Vale's economy saw a resurgence, though Osric knew that truly healing the Vale of it's wounds would take many years. Nonetheless, Osric's efforts saw noticable improvement of the Vale's situation by the time 367 AC rolled around. In the meantime, he began cultivating as many allies as he could, sending his second son, Alaric, to be warded at Storm's End, while additionally taking Manfred Lannister on as a squire. Pelinor Corbray, now his goodbrother, and Lucas Templeton had already served him as squires.

By his tenth year as Lord of the Eyrie, the Vale's economy had improved greatly. Intent on opening the Vale back up to the realm once more, Osric sponsored a tourney to be held in Gulltown, hosted by House Grafton, in 376, iniviting the entire realm with the exception of the North. The joust was won by Osric's former squire, Ser Manfred Lannister, who named Eleyna Lannister the Queen of Love and Beauty. The melee was won by Alaric Seaworth, and the archery contest by Brynden Tully.

### War of the Last Dragon and Aftermath, 378 - 383 AC

The Vale remained untouched and dormant when Daena Targaryen began her invasion of Westeros, Osric taking a stance of neutrality initially, though not because he intended to declare for the Last Dragon. With the northmen mobilizing and preparing to march, Osric's son and heir, Ronnel, lead a host of Valemen to invade the Sisters, occupying it.

Lord Arryn finally answered King Garlan's calls to meet with him and Lord Stark at Harrenhal, though insisted that the Knights of the Vale would only fight if the Sisters were granted back to the Eyrie. Surprisingly enough, Lord Stark readily agreed, and it was additionally agreed that both lords would send wards to each other in 382 AC as a show of good faith: Lyonel Arryn, Osric's great nephew, for the Vale and Benjicot Stark, Lord Stark's son, for the North.

The Knights of the Vale joined the fray afterwards, fighting with great ferocity and contributing to the crown's victory near Maidenpool. Though the Vale fought in the remainder of the war, which would see both Daena and her dragon dead, Osric took another grave loss in the form of his son and heir, Ronnel.

Nonetheless, life moves forward as it always does, and Osric has since looked towards strengthening the Vale again, as well as preparing his second son, Alaric, to eventually assume lordship of the Eyrie when his time comes.