Arstan Baratheon

## Lord of Storm's End

**Arstan Baratheon** is the current Lord of Storm’s End and Lord Paramount of the Stormlands, following his father’s death, and has since ruled his holdings with a focus upon efficient administration.

## Appearance

Like most of his house, Arstan possesses the typical dark hair of the Stormlanders that he wears in curls. His eyes are piercing and attentive, while his look usually is observant. Arstan is tall like many Stormlanders, and has a regular build less muscular than some of his more warlike ancestors, but still brings up the sufficient strength for wielding weapons used with force, as befits his training.

## History

**391 AC:** Arstan Baratheon is born to Ser Addam Baratheon, whose grandfather Lord Byron Baratheon rules Storm’s End, and his wife Alynne Mertyns, as their oldest child.

**396 AC:** Arstan’s younger brother Corwin Baratheon is born.

**398 AC:** Around the birth of his sister Mylenda, Arstan becomes a squire to his father’s cousin Ser Raymont Baratheon, and is taught to fight, especially with blunt weapons like the warhammer, the traditional weapon of House Baratheon, which Ser Raymont, a strong and muscular man, demonstrates with the very hammer Robert Baratheon once used to kill Rhaegar Targaryen.

**401 AC:** As he showed skill even more than in the training yard in more theoretical subjects like mathematics, theology, and history, and also developed more than just a basic style of writing, Arstan is also prepared for the duties that would await him as Lord of Storm’s End one day in the aspect of stewardship, to which he takes naturally.

**402 AC:** Further training at arms, Arstan grows close to his cousin Alys Baratheon, a warrior-woman in the making, whom he admires for her combination of martial pursuits and a retained ladylike grace.

**406 AC:** Old Lord Byron dies at the age of seventy-two, and leaves Storm’s End to Arstan’s father Addam. As heir to the castle and the Stormlands, Arstan intensifies his training in stewardship, and also receives lessons on matters of warcraft, both tactics and strategy, so he can one day lead the armies bearing the banner of House Baratheon.

**409 AC:** Arstan’s skills are put to a test when the Stormlands, under Lord Addam, who, as opposed to his grandfather, is more intent on war that trade, join the War of the Four Daughters, and the young heir rides into battle across the Narrow Sea as Ser Raymont’s squire. In the bloody Battle of the Ruins, Arstan takes part in the infantry charge, in which Ser Raymont is killed. Arstan recovers House Baratheon’s ancestral warhammer, while regrouping and entering back into the battle with a weapon more fit to his weight. Quickly, he adapts to the fight and leads his fellow infantrymen to success against the Essosi. As those were deeds of a knight and not a mere squire, the young Lord Rowan Tyrell, who led the Reachman forces, knights Arstan on the very battlefield.

**410 AC - 414 AC:** Now as a knight, Ser Arstan commands companies of Stormlander Infantry in various battles with varying success, but always with tactical skill. Meanwhile, Arstan hears of the efforts his cousin Alys is making at Storm’s End to keep the castle and countryside safe from bandits in the absence of the Stormlander soldiers, which earns her even greater admiration than he already possessed for her.

**414 AC:** The Stormlander forces return home from Essos, and as they do so, the ship carrying Lord Addam and some of his retainers sinks in a storm near the Stepstones. While Arstan sails on another ship, two members of House Baratheon, Lord Addam and his cousin Ser Baldric, drown in the Narrow Sea. Arstan thus becomes Lord Paramount of the Stormlands, and as he brings the news to Lord Baldric’s young children, he takes his son Armond as his squire, hoping to at least try to provide him with a guiding figure.

**415 AC:** Lord Arstan and his brother Ser Corwin attend the wedding of Alysanne Targaryen and Nymor Dayne at Harrenhal.

**417 AC:** Present Day. Lord Arstan has gained experience with ruling Storm’s End in his own right, and has enacted measures to improve the organisation of the keep, including its fortifications and the household guard, consisting of seasoned retainers. His skilled administration has made him loved at home.

## Possessions

### Weapons

* The Warhammer wielded by Robert Baratheon during his Rebellion, which adorns the Great Hall of Storm’s End, for after Ser Raymont Baratheon’s death, none of the current members of the family is capable of swinging it effectively.

### Other

* A Cyvasse set with Dragonglass pieces purchased by Lady Alys, on which the two often have played.
* A Commentary on Jaehaerys I’s Laws, written by his great-grandfather Lord Byron Baratheon.

## Connections

* Corwin Baratheon, younger brother and close advisor
* Alys Baratheon, cousin and sparring partner
* Armond Baratheon, second cousin and squire

## Rumours

* His younger brother Corwin is said to have fathered Elinor Dayne's dark-haired child at her good-father's wedding in 415 AC.

## Recent Events

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