Runceford Reyne

### Religion

Ancient Theology (think a kind of Westerosi/Essosi Neo-Platonism with the Doom of Valyria as a sign of decline in the transmission of tradition) - the early gods of the First Men (i.e. The Drowned God), the various gods of the Free Cities (i.e. The Father of Waters in Braavos, The Weeping Lady of Lys), and partial acceptance of the northern old gods of the forest, all derived from a single Absolute.

## META

### Auxiliary Character

Corla Reyne

Runceford Reyne is the Lord of Castamere and head of the ancient House of Reyne.

## Appearance and Character

An overbearing man of noble stature and posture, as in those counterpoised marble nudes that decorate the squares and manses of the Free Cities; to which add disheveled nimbus clouds of dark hair, and the proud yet sour visage of a man ever on the verge of a violent speech or passion. He is both mocked and celebrated for the introduction of more vain fashions accumulated during his time outside of Westeros into the courts of the west: embroidered taffeta purses, gloves and jerkins perfumed and tufted with silken crests, red-heeled boots flared widely to reveal silver lining.

His nature is haughty, disdainful, and elitist, opposed with a religious fire to the rise of the urban middle class and that which has facilitated it: the Faith of the Seven, the degeneration of lineages through intermarriage with families of Andal blood, and the ennoblement of upjumped sycophants by the Targaryen monarchy and its paramountcies. He holds disgust for their vulgar fear of death, saving up of money, and position jostling, which he contrasts with the older ideal of nobility that he sees embodied in himself, of divine carelessness in all things.

## History

#### 74 A.C.

Runceford is born the third son of Robert and Alysanne Reyne.

#### 75 A.C.-88 A.C.

He has a largely pleasant youth. His father ensures him an education befitting a boy of noble blood, and he spends much of his time in aristocratic sport (arms, hawking, hunting, horse-riding, tennis) or the study of High Valyrian.

#### 89 A.C.-92 A.C.

He is sent on a grand tour of the Free Cities, where he refines his High Valyrian and acquires several of its bastard tongues. Their artistry and religiosity enchant him as much as their rampant mercantilism and continuous flux of hierarchy disgust him. Because of his wealth, he is appealed to for his patronage by many, who introduce him to a variety of philosophies, styles, and fancies.

#### 93 A.C.

He returns immediately to Westeros with the breakout of the Rosegold Rebellion and is given a charge of horse with which he earns some small military glory among those Reyne men not occupied besieging the Tarbecks.

#### 94 A.C.-97 A.C.

Mild estrangement sets in between him and his family once they've fully realized the change in his manner. He holds forth excitedly at dinner on the eccentrics befriended in his travels, is infused with new fury for the Andalized customs and bloodlines of his countrymen, and keeps close to him an ambiguous group of mistresses and effete boys. His father attempts to quell this by marrying him to Corla Westerling, but both are too taken with each other for moral reformation; the dowry is plundered for the transport of Myrish luxuries.

#### 98 A.C.-100 A.C.

Corla bears Runceford a son, Corlos Reyne. Sandor Reyne, then heir to Castamere, dies in a "hunting accident" organized by their brother Reynard. Robert Reyne dies a year later, leaving Reynard Lord of Castamere. Runceford promises not to challenge him in exchange for an allowance to help sustain a life with his wife and household in the Free Cities.

#### 101 A.C.-128 A.C.

He spends the next few decades abroad, often impoverishing himself in pure indulgence only to regain wealth and status through his consolidated relationship with the Essosi elite, whose mystery cults he is rumored to take part in, whose governments he acts as a diplomat for, and whose courts he endears by playing up his origin as an exotic barbarian from the uncultivated Seven Kingdoms.

#### 129 A.C.-130 A.C.

Castamere passes to Robb Reyne, a wayward second son, upon the joint deaths of Reynard and his heir Gawen. Runceford returns to Westeros for his brother's funeral where he is asked to stay and advise his nephew, but has the Lordship of Castamere abdicated to him within a year after Robb voices concerns over his own competence.

## Family

Lord **Robert Reyne,** formerLord of Castamere, b. 37 A.C., d. 99 A.C.

* m. Lady **Alysanne Crakehall**, b. 38 A.C.
	+ **Sandor Reyne**, b. 73 A.C., d. 98 A.C.
	+ Lord **Reynard Reyne**, former Lord of Castamere, b. 73 A.C., d. 129 A.C.
		- m. Lady **Jocasta Serrett**, b. 83 A.C.
			* **Gawen Reyne**, b. 101 A.C., d. 129 A.C.
			* Lord **Robb Reyne**, former Lord of Castamere, b. 103 A.C.
	+ Lord **Runceford Reyne**, Lord of Castamere, b. 74 A.C.
		- m. Lady **Corla Westerling**, b. 84 A.C.
			* **Corlos Reyne**, b. 98 A.C.
	+ **Roland Reyne**, b. 75 A.C.
		- possible wife and children
	+ **Myrielle Reyne**, b. 81 A.C.
		- possible husband and children
	+ **Theomore Reyne**, b. 83 A.C.
		- possible wife and children
	+ **Myranda Reyne**, b. 84 A.C.
		- possible husband and children
	+ **Jocelyn Reyne**, b. 85 A.C., d. 90 A.C.

Ser **Alastor Reyne**, b. 49 A.C.

Lady **Ella Reyne**, b. 67 A.C.

* m. **Joffrey Lannister**, b. 65 A.C.
	+ **Aubrey Lannister**, b. 83 A.C.
	+ **Elissa Lannister**, b. 85 A.C.

Lady **Johanna Reyne**, b. 68 A.C.

* **Baelon Targaryen**, b. 57 A.C., d. 83 A.C.
	+ **Matarys Waters**, b. 80 A.C.

## Meta

**Attribute:** Imperious

**Skills:** Intimidation, Animal Taming, Riding, Linguistics, Theology

**Mastery:** Orator