Bors Martell

## Knight of House Martell

The second child of the Prince and Princess of Dorne, the aging **Bors** is a wily commander and veteran of dozens of battles. Stern and unforgiving, he is called Bonebreaker for his ruthless skill in command and for his control of the war pick. Though not humorless, he is focused and determined, willing to do anything to storm castles or win battles. It is said he is only called Bonebreaker because the singers could not rhyme "Bone-shatterer".

## Appearance

Though graying and wrinkling, the uncompromising face of Bors Martell, weathered by sun and storm, still curls into an unforgiving frown. Once his hair was as dark as his eyes, but, in the point of his beard and his sideburns, he has gone white with age, as he nears his sixties.

## History

**360 AC:** Bors is born to the Prince and Princess of Dorne, a second child and first son. In any realm but Dorne he would be heir, but, of course, he was born in Dorne. His sister is but a few years his elder, and yet, he is trapped in the position of second son.

**371 AC:** In his eleventh year, Bors is sent to squire for Lord Desmond Hightower, of Oldtown.

**371 - 375 AC:** There, in the Reach, he grows fond of knightly and Andal traditions of warfare, educating himself in the ways of war. Studying in the Citadel by night and training by day, Bors is well educated in the art of war.

**375 AC:** Bors is knighted in his five-and-tenth year, after showing his skill in arms, using a dulled war pick (which was ineffective in battle, but was good for training), in a knight's melee. Immediately, he makes way for home, for Sunspear. Intriguingly enough, he stays for a scant few hours, before leaving for Essos after a conversation with his father, the Prince of Dorne.

**376 - 394 AC:** Ser Bors Martell, as he now titles himself, joins the Second Sons. Over the years, he fights in wars and wins many battles, both as a commander and a fighter. In a war between Tyrosh and Lys, he flanks the Lyseni troops from the south, crushing them. He earns the name of the "Hammer of the South". Quickly, he rises to the position of one of the captain's chief military advisors. Though he never attains the position of captain, he does meet the love of his life, his wife, Rylona of Ghis.

**394 AC:** With his wife and newborn son, Maror, Bors returns home and kneels to his sister, the Princess of Dorne. While this comes with some controversy, due to the fact Bors comes with a standing guard, his Princess is merciful and kind. He is given the title of Prince and serves his master. Bors is given the position of training and preparing the standing troops, including the house guard.

**394 - 403 AC:** Bors serves under the Princess of Dorne and preparing their troops for a possible war. He is often seen as an unnecessary paranoid, but he senses that the east shifts in their alliances.

**403 AC:** Essos cuts ties with Westeros, hurting Dorne among the hardest, who relied upon trade from Essos quite a bit.

**403 - 409 AC:** Preparing for war, Dornish fleets occasionally assault privateer ships, destroying and capturing Essosi captains. Though not initially a naval captain, Bors learns quickly, especially smashing settlements and ruined castles that privateers had taken up in.

**409 - 414 AC:** During the war, Bors leads Dornish troops into battle, winning countless victories in the Battle in the Stones. He leads Dornish troops through the Stepstones, to sacking Tyrosh, to the wars in the Disputed Lands. With his long experience in the area, Bors manages to lead the native Essosi into several traps and takes dozens of victories. Of course, his inexperienced commanders take many losses and many times over the Dornish, along with many other Westerosi, are pushed back to Tyroshi lands. While never participating in the famed and fruitless battles, Bors makes a name for himself as an apt commander in the Disputed Lands, with numerous victories to his name. He earns the nickname "Bonebreaker", for all the Essosi he defeated.

**414 AC:** Upon returning from Essos, Bors resigns his position as commander and in the council of his sister. He takes a small number of the guard, as well as volunteers, for himself and resides in a small manse near the Water Gardens.

**417 AC:** With the King ill, Bors Martell, never a political man, suddenly moves towards King's Landing, with unknown aspirations.

## Possessions

### Animal Companions

* He owns a nameless sand steed he has kept for quite a while. He received it as a welcoming home gift from the war. While his son has named it “Rhaegar”, Bors gives it no name.

### Weapons

* Bors has a curved blade, acquired from his time as a sellsword. It is covered with decoration and heraldic symbols. The only reason Bors kept the garish sword was because it featured the sun and spear of House Martell.
* A war pick, undecorated and plain, but still with flecks of blood. It is said to be the war pick Bors won that melee with all those years ago.

## Connections

* Bors keeps little personal connections, besides his wife and his son. Many have met him, but few have known him and his personality, whatever it may be, is unknown by the common court.

## Rumours

* Bors is said to have asked his father to name him heir in the Andal tradition, all those years ago, when he left for Essos. While he never pressed the claim publicly, it is said they never returned to the relationship they once had.
* He is said to have left the court at Sunspear when he was insulted by the Princess of Dorne, as he fought for Dorne and Westeros in Essos.

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