Durran Caron

## Personality

### Personality Description

Durran was born into House Caron of Nightsong, the oldest of the Marcher Houses(disputed by the Swanns). The House in its time has been part of the Reach and the Stormlands.  Durran has become brave, daring, and bold due to his father and his uncle teaching him to be so.  Further, Durran is often described as intelligent and quick thinking. This is thanks to his strong education by his father and his martial training by his Uncle which taught him to think outside the box. Durran has grown to be very ambitious like his father as he not only wants to advance the position of his own house but that of House Brightflame. Durran is also described as very loyal as his father taught him that loyalty means everything and that Loyalty is directed towards House Brightflame. He is very Prideful such as of his house's long history and like his father took the title of Lord of the Marches. This can often make Durran seem very arrogant and at times rude.  Like his, Father Durran has also grown to be very active, often riding, and hunting in his free time but also very diligent in his duties as Lord. Durran also despite his age is very mature and rarely takes any situation involving his duties lightly. Although Durran can also be at times over confident and that can cause issues on the battlefield.

### Goals and Motivation

Durran Seeks to Strengthen his house and improve its standing in the Stormlands. He wants to have the greatest Infantry and Cavalry force in Westeros. Further, he Wants to see a member of House Brightflame placed on the Iron Throne.

### Reputation

Durran has a reputation of being a young talented Lord that comes from a good family. He’s known to be ambitious just like his father. Durran is also known to be quite close and loyal to members of House Brightflame as is his house. He’s also known for his talent on horseback and military tactics.

## Backstory

Durran Caron is the firstborn son and youngest child of Lord Royce Caron and Lady Ellyn Caron. Since his birth, Durran has received a strong noble and knight education as his father wanted him to be a perfect lord and warrior. Durran almost always was with one of his tutors or one of their household knights or uncles during his early youth. Durran quickly grew to love riding and was encouraged by his father and Uncles to often take time to ride. He also soon grew to love Swordsmanship and Military Tactics and started to have many sparring sessions with his uncles. His father also made him his Selmy Uncle’s squire to learn from one of the best knights in the Stormlands. His Uncle focused a lot of Durran’s later martial training on horseback as he wanted his nephew to be one of the best cavalrymen in Westeros. Durran’s father also during his early life took him to visit Summerhall and at times Kings Landing to build up his son’s loyalty to the members of House Brightflame.

Durran was knighted at 16 by his uncle and took part in a few small jousting tournaments in the Stormlands. Shortly after Durran turned 17 his father and mother passed away from a sudden illness. Durran soon threw himself at this work as Lord with the help of his uncles and diligently did his duty. He focused on training his Infantry and Cavalry and gathering more Knights at Nightsong. Durran also furthered his house's relations with House Selmy and the Brightflames during this first year of his Lordship. Although this caused his house's relations with the Baratheons to worsen even more as it did under his father. Further, Durran became known for being quite ambitious yet talented by many other Lords and Ladies in the Stormlands.

The last few months of his reign mainly focused on increasing his house's influence in the Stormlands and increasing their wealth a little. Further, building up relations with some of the minor Stormland Lords to gather their friendship but also to gather up support for House Brightflame unofficially. Durran also swore his official loyalty to each of the members of House Brightflame at Summerhall. This also has worsened his house's relation with the current crown but Durran has been wise to make sure to give them no reason to move on him.